Chrysalis

Chapter 21

Phew, that was a furiously busy day. They have said in the past that great risk bring great reward and of course that is true.

It isn’t like I didn’t know that already, but I’d hoped to minimise as much risk as possible, circumstances have forced me into being aggressive and thankfully it has paid off!

I check my status to behold my incredible bounty!

Name: Anthony

Level: 4

Might: 15

Toughness: 12

Cunning: 25

Will: 18

HP: 28

MP: 0

Skills: Digging level 4; Acid Shot Level 5; Grip Level 4; Bite Level 4; Advanced Stealth Level 1; Tunnel Sense Level 3

Mutations: Eyes +3, Antennae +2, Acid +2

Species: Hatchling Ant Worker (Formica)

Skill points: 1

Biomass: 4

After consuming the Thorn Lizard and remains of my Coral Slug I had two Biomass, I held onto those and found another isolated Coral Slug to battle. By repeating my trick from earlier I was able to deal critical damage by landing a shot inside its mouth, however I wasn’t quite as quick and didn’t manage to avoid the acidic mucus the slug managed to project at me.

my thorax and lost 10 HP before it stopped melting into me. Even just that small bit of acid was a third of my health! I’m severely tempted to upgrade my carapace in the hopes it provides better protection but there are so many

to regenerate eight HP and

in combat the rewards have finally shown

still a few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve

skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill learning melts

greater range, improving my safety as

as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I

for the tricky

The Biomass.

superior vision to other monsters has been critical so far in allowing me to locate

my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave

carapace upgrade would probably be pointless, +1 won’t make much of a difference to anything, my defence is terrible, I’d rather work on speed

+1 legs is tempting, I’d become a bit more mobile which would help for scouting, retreating and fighting all together, cost effective indeed. +1 Mandibles doesn’t tempt me much, larger, stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit and sharper mandibles would help fight a little but not much, the

the top of my priority list? My instinct is to be more defensive. Moving into another unknown environment

It’s settled then.

+4 eyes? This will cost

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

describe the itch that overcame me in that moment. I could feel

this torture.... Make it

are amazing! But

and my vision is one

now since my eyes bulge further out from my head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even see my own gaster waggling behind me when I’m facing straight

what I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively improved from when I was first

soon,

continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come

of the bonus Biomass for new targets... Since I’m fully rested, now it may be time to try and take on

is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their body will be able to nullify my acid to some extent. The only exposed targets I

to wait and see if

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