Chrysalis

I really need to mutate my stomach. After powering through the remains of two tier seven demons, I’m absolutely stuffed. Without my capacity upgrades, it would have been impossible to fit them both in. It’s a little saddening that my efficiency upgrades give me absolutely no benefit when eating another monster of my own tier, but such is life. Those mutations exist, but I’ve gotten far more value from my higher Biomass gain from lower tiered food.

As I flop on my side, still surrounded by my gravity domain, I groan and rub at my distended gaster with my back legs.

“Might have gone a little overboard there,” I mumble.

With such Biomass-rich fare on the table before me, it’s not like I could possibly hold back. Like a bloated uncle at Christmas time, I kept going back for more until it was all gone.

As I flop, I idly check on my mana and Altar and am delighted to find that my resources are barely going down at all. With my increased gravity mana generation while using gravity mana, I can sustain the domain almost indefinitely. I will eventually run out, but with this spell alone running, I can sustain it for hours.

There’s enough of the Colony in range to keep the Altar running steady as well. The net result is that I’m able to take some time to digest, undisturbed by the rest of the horde while my three comrades battle fiercely.

It takes them over an hour to finish the fight, but eventually, Tiny, Crinis and Invidia make their way over to me when no more demons remain. Bruised, battered and low on resources, the three of them look absolutely spent.

I stretch my six legs, clean my antennae and stand up.

“Great work, you three!” I congratulate them.

Protectant materialises beside Tiny, looking similarly spent. Her antennae have a definite ‘I’m annoyed at you’ tilt.

you twenty as well!” I say enthusiastically. “A hard fought battle is the best way to rank up your

around us, there should be plenty for all of

I think you need

the third stratum, it’s hungry mouths. Demon larvae are boiling up from beneath our

already shovelling food into his maw, flicking the little demons off his chosen meals

an even larger

quickly as they can until they’re all full and we

climbing isn’t all that feasible right now. I have to strain much harder than normal, due to all the extra weight we’re carrying, but

are feeling lethargic as we digest, so the fighting is sluggish and sloppy to say the least.

feel a sense of safety roll over me. I wasn’t truly threatened on our hunt, outside of my fight against the tier sevens, but there’s

is everywhere, trails and markers tingling against my antennae. The Vestibule thunders with

might as well do a little mutating while I’m here.

[I’m ready, Master.]

always count

Tiny snorts loudly.

[And you, Tiny.]

Invidia blinks, slowly.

too,

sensitive? Here in the safety of Colony controlled land, and with the dignity preserved by the dedication of my loyal shadow monster, I dive into the menus and

can manage at my current evolution and I’ve got nothing hitting that prestigious mark at the moment. I think my first order of business should be to ramp up my stomach. After stuffing myself silly, I’m reminded of the importance of ensuring my stomach is as prepared as it can be to