Hi, Jamie here keep in mind that
1: I can't spell so chapters may have grammar issues when they release
2: I am doing this for fun and so chapters will release whenever, but I will try to have a minimum of ones a week
That's all, I hope you like it
Anna was your average young adult, working as an intern to some big company trying to make it by, until one day she was taking a nighttime walk in the park when she saw what looked to be a large tranchala in with a top hat "hello little gentleman" Anna said as she petted the little man "hello to you to miss" the spider said, making Anna jump back "you can talk?!" She cried, "indeed, and I have a proposition for you" the spider said, as he started raptly weaving a contract, Anna was shocked but she hadn't processed it was real. She took the contract and instantly signed it, after all how could this little guy have bad intentions but soon after Anna felt the worst headache of her life and blacked out
Eventually Anna woke not being able to see anything but being able to feel a slight sloshing around her as if she was in water suddenly a blue box appeared in her vision
Name: Anna carn Race: swarm queen (egg) Sex: female gender: female Exp: 0/10 Level: 1/10
Str: 0
Dex: 0 Int: 1 Wis: 1
There was another box to the side
Systems: incremental system Basic monster system (swarm queen (egg)) system system
"Ok what is going on" she said to herself mentally soon after yet another box appeared in front of her vision
A Quest has been made Contents: wiggle your egg Reward: 1 Exp Type: repeatable
"Ok deep breath one step at a time, first what is a swarm queen" Anna thought to her self
Swarm queen is a race of monster that are considered the peak of insects, arachnids and anything you may find under a log they also are considered massive threats to some for their ability to create massive swarms of monstrous insects and the like while also being powerful on their own for their ability to gain power the larger and stronger they're swarm, or powerful children of the dead goddess of insects and are worshiped by cult dedicated to goddess of insects and respected as sacred beasts to the rest of believers of the decay Pantheon
You currently are a extremely young member of this species
"Ok so one, it seems like I'm some super ant queen monster thing. Two ,I be killed on site by anybody unless they're part of this Pantheon of decay, but three I get to have my own army of bugs!" Anna thought with excitement "but what is this Pantheon of decay thing" she asked
The Pantheon of decay is the Pantheon of Gods and goddess's related to unsurprisingly decay this includes the god of mushrooms, god of rot, deity of naturally animating undead, as well as other minor gods, goddess's and deities and formally the goddess of insects who died 1000 years ago. The pantheon is considered neutral by pantheon's of life and reincarnation considered good by pantheon's of nature and death.
"Alright I don't understand most of that but let's move on to what exactly the stats mean"
Your stats come from the basic monster system (swarm queen (egg)) the current stats you have unlocked are str,dex,int and wis
Str is how much physical force you can exert
Dex is how much find control you have over your body
Int is how much and how well you can remember it also increases your max mp
Wis is how much mental processing power you have and it also increases your mp Regen
Note that the numbers are relative to the most understood species by you (human, so 1 is equal to the average human, 2 is twice the average human and so on)
"Ok mostly what I expected but what are the systems" Anna asked
Systems are ways to gain power mental, physical, magical or any other kind depending on the system every intelligent creature (intelligent defined as sentient or sapient) has a two systems one depending on their species/race and one randomly chosen at birth you are extremely lucky as the system randomly chosen at birth is impossible it's probability being 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 you are an anomaly of anomaly's It gives let's you have more than 2 systems giving you infinite potential
"I can't even understand that many zeros" Anna thought perplexed "but infinite potential is-its good" she said amazed "but what are you, you seem to be intelligent"
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I am your loyal retainer made by your basic monster system (swarm queen (egg)) I know most common information and things regarding you, your swarm and your systems
"Interesting I will name you Li because you're like a library"
I am humbled my queen
sometime later...
"So, Li" Anna said
yes, my queen
"What are my systems"
your systems are basic monster system (swarm queen(egg)), incremental system and the very rare system system
"Alright give me the explanation of first one"
the basic monster system (swarm queen(egg)) this system lets you gain and spend monster system credits (MSC) you gain the credits by you or your swarm killing other monsters (you only get 50% of credits for kills by your swarm) these credits of enhancements to your body, currently you can only enhancements your shell durability
"How can I kill monsters if I'm an egg"
may I suggest looking at the incremental system
"Alright, Li pull up the incremental system"
the incremental system has many abilities and can boost no form of power on its own but can exponentially increase the production of incremental system credits (ISC) by using themself, that can be converted to other systems credits
"Ok" Anna said mostly confused "open the incremental system, Li"
at once, my queen
opening incremental system... determining theme... theme chosen, terrarium
suddenly, a cylinder appeared a diagram inside looking like an ant hive terrarium she used to have, the inside... like a wasteland just scattered plant and animal life
environment: forest stage: mini grove plant life level: Barin plant eating life level: Barin carnivorous life level: Barin decomposing life level: Barin scavenger life level: Barin ISC per min: .1
ISC to MSC
1:100
ISC to SSC
1:100,000
anna didn't look at the upgrades knowing they will cost lots of ISC "I'll just wait" she concluded. "Li, dose the system system just le me buy more systems"
indeed, my queen, it is 100 SSC for now
satisfied with her understanding anna remembered the quest she got
A Quest has been made Contents: wiggle your egg Reward: 1 Exp Type: repeatable
soon after she got to jiggling
1 Exp
1 Exp
1 Exp
1 Exp
1 Exp...
level up
A ding was heard, but Anna didn't notice because she was focused on wiggling as time melted away
level up
level up
level up
level up
level up
level up
level up
level up
Anna stopped just before she leveled up for the last time before she was going to hatch because she didn't know what leveling up did exactly, so she asked LI "hey LI, what dose leveling up do"
it
1: gives skill points depending on 1% your total level
2: gives stat points depending on 1% of your total level
3: some systems give additional bonuses on level up, right now you gain 1 MSC
"Ok then I'll go back t- wait what happens if I upgrade the eggshell then hatch"
the upgrade will be transferred to exoskeleton hardness, coverage and durability
"In that case I'll just wait" she then wiggled the last few times, then Anna saw or rather felt something change
level requirement reached hatching from egg...
the first thing she felt was 8 or 10 or possibly 12 appendages some with more control than others, her sight felt like she was focusing on every angel, suddenly she felt her emotion come back, it seemed her emotions were dulled to nonexistence in the egg. she fell down in the intensity of the flurry of feelings, and her mind trying to comprehend and change for her new instincts, limbs and compound eyes... after an agonizing 3 hours it finally settled down, a list of questions forming in her mind but first she determined she should find out how safe the environment was.