41 - Chrysalis Time!

Chapter 41 - Chrysalis Time!

Written By Dr Armstrong

~〈The Wyrm〉~

'I guess stealth ain't an option, anymore...' The Wyrm mused to himself as he stared at the giant arrow pointing down at his location...

It wasn't a corporeal object—More like a scuffed hologram, as any attempts to make physical contact with the arrow was a fruitless endeavour.

He even tried to shoot his arrow through it, one made of light, but it just passed through the damn thing like it wasn't even there...

'Still more useful than the actual Green Arrow...' He silently joked as his eyes returned to the now silent battlefield.

An abundance of gelatinous Monsters crawled through the floors and ceilings, scavenging the various rubbish left from the big battle; the corpses.

These weird Slimes had actually sprouted from the remains of his rainbow Spells... He didn't know what he should think about it, though he didn't bother the Slimes as they were quite useful Janitors.

There were a variety of colours among the Slimes, all of them corresponding with an Attribute he had used for the combo attack... Red Slimes, Green Slimes, Gray Slimes, Blue Slimes...

White Slimes... Though there was only one of such colour, and the guy was... Trying to eat the Child Hero.

Yeah, Julius was still alive for some reason... Actually, he was the only human alive on the battlefield. All of the others had either deserted or had been trampled under the She-Dragon's big feet.

Honestly, Skill Issue.

There should also still be some Humans in the camp, though the Wyrm simply didn't give a shit anymore... He already had his fill of EXP.

"N-No...! Get off of me!!!" Julius shouted like a woman trapped in an elevator with Bill Cosby.

"Heh... That's weirdly funny." The Wyrm commented as he saw a Slime-tag hentai scene about to unfold...

Of course, such a thing wouldn't happen... The Slime was after Julius's body, not his... Body.

'I'll just ignore it for now.' He had no time to stop the Slime's imitation of Ezra Miller, Evolution was the current priority!

As the Wyrm walked through the battlefield, his leg suddenly touched something meaty and squishy...

"Squeak... Squeak..." It was an all too familiar Bat, the same one which had amused him earlier... His backside was completely torn open, the guts spilling out, though the Bat remained alive!

"Oh, Greg... I thought you were dead—" The Wyrm's telepathic speech was interrupted as the sound of squelching could be heard, blood covering his face with the scent of depraved iron.

"..." Larry had accidentally stepped on the wounded Greg, reducing him to a mere blood stain on the floor.

"CAN I EAT...?" The big man asked as his hands picked up the various innards left by Greg's meaty explosion.

The Wyrm turned towards the Dragon's corpse... Yeah, it looked pretty mutated and disgusting, so it was understandable why Larry desired something else for dinner.

"Yeah, whatever...." The Wyrm said before sitting in a lotus position on the rocky floor. It's Chrysalis time, baby!

——Chrysalis ~ Evolution——

Pure Essence: 100

[TYPE HERE:...]

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First things first, he wanted Horns... Those things are just too aesthetically pleasing to the Draconic eye.

However, he stopped when he felt a burning feeling compounding on the sides of his head... A quick glance at the Hologram produced by Chrysalis revealed a pair of unusual stumps growing on his head.

Ahh... It seems there was no need to get Horns as regular Evolution already gave me the organ.

The Wyrm wasn't too bothered by this, actually, he was rather happy! No need to spend precious Pure Essence on redundant organs, the guy was quite stingy in this aspect.

He quickly moved on from the Horns and focused his attention towards another important organ... His Limbs.

If one were to pay attention to the Wyrm's anatomy, one would have immediately realized his Limbs were far more Shrimp-based than they were Draconic!

Essentially... No fingers.

His limbs merely ended with sharp protrusions that somewhat resembled claws and because his claws were rather sharp... He had to actually stab the floor whenever he ran too fast!

[TYPE HERE: Just give me better feet, brah.]

• Human Feet (10)

• Feline Paws (10)

• Avian Feet (10)

ETC...

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He immediately discarded the first option... just, ew.

"Hmm... Can you fuse the Feline Paws and Avian Feet?" Those were both good options, so perhaps he could just have both? One can never be too greedy...

「Avian Paws (15)」

"Absolutely phantasmal, Voice-chan... I'll give you a kiss on the cheek if you make those Paws more Draconic is aesthetic." He tried using the fabled Draconic Rizz to his advantage.

「Avian Paws that match your colour scheme and aesthetic (15)」

The price didn't even increase, let's go!!!

"Now give me explosive sweat." As a Fire Wyrm, he actually lacked the ability to sweat... Which didn't really affect anything due to his unique biology.

But sweat was one of the bodily liquids naturally secreted by the body without having to use his little brother downstairs... Such a thing could be weaponized!

And what could possibly be more "Weapon." than checking explosions?

「Explosive Sweat Glands that can release liquids on command (10)」

It was actually cheaper than the Avian Paws, which were a rather nice surprise to be sure...

Now for the second part of plan weaponization... Mist!

For this part, he needed to utilize an organ that could release gaseous chemicals on command... His Intestines!

Though of course, he couldn't just spread his intestine all across his body... That would be too weird!

So instead...

「Carcliscak (25)」

This was actually not an Organ that any creature on Earth possesses, he just made a whole new organ from nothing...

Essentially, this organ could basically use voodoo it could, theoretically, convert all of the bodily fluid secreted from the body into a mist-like gaseous form.

An explosive mist.

And of course, he wasn't finished...

「Electric-conductive Photophore (15)」

Photophores were the organ that gave bioluminescent creatures their signature glow-in-the-dark feature...

Since playing cloak and dagger was impossible with his current situation, he might as well make use of bombastic weaponry.

And as some would know, water was an excellent conductor of electricity...

「Elephant Skin (10)」

An Elephant's hide could store huge amounts of liquids in its pores. With this, his ultimate weapon was complete.

Good luck to anyone wanting to slay the Wyrm now, there's a huge chance they wouldn't even be able to approach the guy.

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"Why are there so many CN translation fics now, I'm getting tired of having the protagonist be from Giant Panda Country." -Remark