Chrysalis

Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!

Ah, the satisfying feeling of having my face hands clapping fools. The monsters of the fourth stratum are tough, there’s no doubt about that, but these are all spawned during the wave, without enough evolutions or mutations to really threaten a highly developed monster like me.

A mass of boulders rumbles towards me, acting in harmony as if connected by some invisible force. An earth elemental?

Chomp!

I shatter it.

“Skreeeeee!”

A feathered worm bursts out of the soil in front of me.

Chomp!

Not today, worm!

A weird, dinosaur-looking thing charges at me, waggling its little arms.

Chomp! Chomp!

Needed two that time!

tunnels just feels more like home to me. Part of that is likely my ant nature, and the other is probably down to the circumstances of my birth. Fighting

not efficient to bite all these monsters one by one, which is why Gandalf

VOID CHOMP!

Altar, the bite shatters entire ranks of frothing beasts and I follow up with a scorching blast of Dragon’s Breath, the hyper-potent jet of flame superheating even the rock of the tunnel wall. There’s a lot of spells I haven’t juiced up with the Altar to see their full effects, and this is merely one of them. Infused with

Neat.

be able to advance and retake the next layer of walls at this rate, but if I pour water over it all,

Someone with a clearer head on their shoulders

the stout warriors of the Colony as I pass through. I have to be careful with those now. My antennae have become so large I can cause some real damage if I’m

a few minutes at least,” I announce to Solant and her gang. “After you’ve evolved again, you lot will be able to

that’s why we don’t seal the tunnels and close off the nest?” Solant

our successful defence against, and harnessing of, the wave. How many thousands upon thousands of Biomass are being harvested in the second and third strata right now? How

in understanding, but I

most effective way to train your Skills, as well. With every wave, we supercharge the development of the family. Who could say how long it would have taken

my crew back to the command centre only to find a

“I assume–?”

“Hurry up!” Victor yells.

yourself a little bit,

tunnels, helping to roll

as they develop ideas and strategies together. When I feel it’s safe, I bring them forward and give them a taste of the fighting, along with a taste of the

No matter how far back I push the hordes of ravenous beasts, they return in less

make our way back to the central hub this time, the activity inside is even more frenetic

hard to