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Chapter 504 - Speed, I am not, speed.

This cocky monster is going to catch these mandibles, just as soon as I manage to get a hook on him. The strange thing is how he was able to enter and exit my gravity domain so easily… Is it a question of mass? True, he's thin as an anorexic stick on an Atkins diet, but I'd assumed that he'd be dense, like Crinis. That shadow flesh can be packed pretty darn tight. I'm starting to suspect that they may not have done that in order to avoid hampering his sp...

Chapter 503 - Round Four

Author note: Got caught up playing the FF7 remake yesterday, apologies! As a guy who played the original to death in my mid to late teens, the entire game is nostalgia packed mind punch. I'm loving it.

There's been a notable increase in spectators between rounds. When I had my first fight there was hardly anyone about to watch the spectacle but now, here in round four? Someone's getting popular! The observation area is 2020-04-05 09:38:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 502 - Holy Ground

Beyn Antseeker, for that was now his name, tread forward with reverence. This was a sacred place, and one toward which he felt only the deepest respect. They were all around him now and he did his best not to disturb their paths and they moved passed him with purpose. They were always so sure of themselves, the Path was clear before their multi-faceted eyes and their many legs could not stray from it.

[Hurry your step, human. There is much work to be...

Chapter 501 - Trade

Author note: Hey folks! Past Chapter 500 now. Whoo! Feels crazy to think that this story has pushed past 650k words. Thanks to all who joined up Patreon last month and thanks to all who stuck around. Hope you are all enjoying the novel and staying safe out there!

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Enid Ruther couldn't decide if she was more tired or invigorated. The council meeting had run late, again, until even Bertold the ...

Chapter 500 - The rumbling below

Six monstrous ants each the size of large hounds snapped their mandibles toward the human hunting party, the sharp *clack* sounds reverberated through the rock walled tunnel yet Isaac Bird, Chief Guard of Renewal Village, didn't feel threatened. He raised a hand to signal the delving party behind him to halt which they did without hesitating. A small jolt of pride welled up in his chest at his troops quick response but it was followed by a more powerful pa...

Chapter 499 - What comes next?

I suppose I shouldn't be disappointed that they turned me down, but I can't help a little pang of emotion run through my mind. Maybe just once, just ONCE, someone would accept the antenna I offered in trust and then just walk away. But no. It had to be this crap again. The last time a sapient surface dweller threw my own generosity in my face was the Queen of Liria. I responded to that affront in sensible fashion, I robbed her and her kingdom blind of ever...

Chapter 498 - No Tickle

There's not a lot to do when imprisoned. It's lucky that I'm used to this sort of thing, others might have a really hard time. In fact, being confined to a small space without anything to do is almost bringing up nostalgic feelings of my human life. Except this time I'm brought regular meals and have pleasant, non-shouty conversations. It's a plus. After Tiny hung around for a little while and I forced him to absorb that rare core he and Corun headed off f...

Chapter 497 - Keep the train going.

The mutation wagon stops for no ant! With one choice locked in it's time to go for the next one, and I think I have the just the thing. I thought about it when I was considering my last upgrade, namely my Vestibule. I haven't wanted to upgrade this organ since I'm out of range of the Colony and it provides no benefit to me, but I had an idea. The first upgrade I picked gave me extended range with the organ, which was great. What if I keep mutating it and extending the range...

Chapter 496 - Idle Monster

It took time and effort, but finally, I have been successful in my quest to consume the Biomass resulting from a Gravity Bomb! After contending with the dense ball of ex-monster with my mandibles without success, I had to apply other methods to try and soften it. Water magic and acid had some effect, but not much on the unyielding chunk but they did provide the impetus that allowed the breakthrough! By first cooling the sphere and then heating it with ice ...

Author note: Messed up schedule

Hi folks. 

I wanted to apologise for the lack up updates over the last few days. Covid-19 safety measures have gone into effect where I live, school and shop closures being the most significant and needless to say it's been massively disruptive and stressful, not leaving me a whole lot of time or energy for writing.

However, I WILL catch up and post extra chapters over the next few days to make up for lost time. I need to get some sleep right now, but I'll finish and post the...

Chapter 495 - Deal with the devil... ant

The thing about Golgari is that they're totally covered in stone. It's easy to forget it sometimes, since the rock moves and shifts along with their movements, as if it were a part of them. Scratch that, it is a part of them, just not something they were born with. I've been able to get a little detail out of the few members of the species I've spent my time with, and picked up a few other morsels of insight through observation. Essentially, they're born without th...

Chapter 494 - Dangerous Satisfaction

The Shapers in the stands watched in shocked silence as the ant monster relaxed its pose and made its way across to its defeated foe. At first, it didn't seem as if there was anything left after the vortex of doom vanished but when Granin looked closely he could see a small the size of his own clenched fist resting in the depression left behind in the aftermath of the spell.

Anthony crawled down into the crater and before the befuddled eyes of the spectators began to ...

Chapter 493 - The round that wasn't

It would be a lie to say that Granin wasn't nervous as he shifted is his seat and watched the gates rise to commence the third round of competition. That damned ant had been quite adamant that his spell would be a spectacular one hit kill for any creature that didn't know it was coming. Granin himself knew of some pretty potent artillery type spells that required a triad to work together for an extended cast, compressing and shaping mana before releasing i...

Chapter 492 - The shape of the days to come

Granin and I end up sitting facing each other. Though in my case 'sitting' is more of a comfortable crouch, which brings us fairly close to eye level. Although again, in my case I technically have a heck of a lot of eyes.

[There were a hundred and twenty eight monsters at the start of this tournament. After just two rounds we're down to thirty two.] 

Even through the rock on his face I can see the disgust plain and clear on his face. He lo...

Chapter 491 - Why so much pain?

After discussing the great escape the conversation turns back to more idle topics. Where did you live on Earth? Wow, I sure didn't live anywhere near there! How did you die? Don't want to talk about it? I'm not surprised! It's probably not surprising that we aren't the type of people who'd want to excessively share about our human lives. Given what I learned from the lord of the Dungeon, Mr Beardy Man himself, put together with the few small hints that I g...

Chapter 490 - The Worm conspiracy

[Hell yes my invertebrate brother! This is what I'm talking about! Leave the crazies to be crazy and let's get out of here. We'll have a way better chance of surviving together than we would on our own!]

Jim the Elemental Worm of Earth is all in. No too surprising considering he already wants to escape and has made no secret of it. His entire body wiggles with delight as he enthusiastically expresses his desire to get out of crazy town. Sara...

Chapter 489 - meeting of the minds

I don't get much time between gruelling bouts of training my elemental Skills, but the time I do get I spend playing with my new pet, the mini-demon. He's awkward, unable to fly on his stunted wings and frequently tumbles over when walking about on his weak little arms. Every time he falls his big green eyeball wells up with moisture and I have to soothe him for a while before he can calm down and get back up.

I don't remember Tiny or Crinis being th...

Chapter 488 - Back at it

A few hours later Granin barges into the chamber and pushes past my ever watching triad of guards to climb down into my cell. When he reaches the bottom and sees me feeding a little mini-demon he freezes for just a second before he bursts out laughing.

[You as well?] I complain.

[I mean - I just - … Can you imagine their faces if they heard?]

Not this again. I'm almost starting to feel guilty.

[He's an incredible piece of work!] I...

Chapter 487 - I feel potential here

The Biomass left behind by the demon was even less appetising in appearance than my usual fare, but that doesn't mean I'm going to leave a juicy pile of Biomass on the floor. I need 'dem points! So I stuff my +25 stomach until the only remnant of the that hideous demon is the rather large glowing core on the floor. 

After my last match and I obtained the core of the Rhino I did what I usually do with such a core. I pushed my core surgery skill t...

Extra chapters

I've wanted to offer more extra chapters on Pateron for long time now and I just got a chance to finally sit down and pump out some chapters, so here you are! 

More chapters for all!

 4 chapters for colony members and 10 for others! Whoo!

Chapter 486 - The shock of it all

Up in the stands Granin can't help but chuckle in relief as he watched Anthony gingerly approach the disgusting pile of Biomass that had seemingly been vomited from thin air. Perhaps at some point he could have told his charge that demons stored body parts in self-contained micro-dimensions, allowing large and powerful monsters to appear small and harmless, the bulk of their body mass shunted off into a pocket space. The Shapers would dearly love to be abl...

Chapter 485 - Demonically delicious

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My massive ant body hurtles through the air as if I've been fired out of a cannon with my mandibles open wide. The air whistles past, pushing my antennae back against my head with the force. I'm seriously moving now, I can almost taste that demon now! Even as I prepare for the chomp, the monster doesn't appear to have given up. Resentment and anger are accumulated in that eye and it flashes blindingly green once more!

I knew it would come down to this! I've no ...

Chapter 484 - The secret technique of the elders

Sunk deep into meditation, by mind is cool and composed, the pain ringing on the outside of my awareness. I can take this, I can handle it. Get that healing spell going ASAP and worry about everything else later. I push my legs to drag my damaged body to some sort of cover as my two most powerful minds cooperate to throw together some healing magic. It only takes a few seconds but it feels like an eternity before the spell is complete and my flesh begins t...

Chapter 483 - The real master of magic

The second I put a leg with twenty metres of the demon, it suddenly acts. One of its dangling arms flicked in my direction and three of the red balls flew in my direction at once!

BOOM!

Arrrgh! Pain blossoms along the side of my abdomen as I manage to turn my body at the last moment, protecting my head. The unfortunate result is that my legs are exposed and as the three balls detonate alongside me they are immediately ravaged w...

Chapter 482 - Envy

The little winged demon continues to idly flap and hover in place as it glares at me with its maddened eye whilst I try to figure out exactly how this thing is higher evolved than me. If it poured all of its evolutionary energy into mental stats and organs that enhanced its magical ability, how the heck is able to fit all of that into such a tiny body? I know for a fact that my brains occupy more space than the tiny monster occupies and it supposedly has a...

Chapter 481 - In the red corner

I don't have that much time to recover before Granin returns to my cell. I suppose I should count myself lucky that he didn't walk in whilst I was mutating, that would have been embarrassing. I'm tempted to ask him about it actually, something I really should have asked the Sophos when I had the chance. My pets don't seem to have any issues when they mutate, and my siblings in the colony don't seem to either. Is this something that only reincarnated Earthl...