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.

on me was bad enough but oh boy did it burn. I had a partially melted section of carapace on the back of my thorax and lost 10 HP before it stopped melting into me. Even just that small bit of

to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore myself to a picture

finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level

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

Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks whilst giving additional improvement

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill learning

make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability to reliably output damage. It’s a

skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all

the

The Biomass.

my eyesight to +4. Having superior vision to other monsters has been critical so far in allowing me to locate isolated prey and prevent others from sneaking up on me, the advantage

my acid, this would then leave one

process of elimination, carapace upgrade would probably be pointless, +1 won’t make much of a difference to anything, my defence is terrible,

stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit and sharper mandibles would help fight a little but not much,

+3 acid with +1 legs. Do I continue to place my senses at the top of my priority list? My instinct is

It’s settled then.

+4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

the itch that overcame me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching

this torture.... Make it

Mutations are

and my vision is one

further out from my head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even

still isn’t what I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively improved from when I was first

and soon, soon you

I have to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring down into this cavern blasting

go, scurrying onto the roof and once more going on the hunt. If possible I want to take advantage of the bonus Biomass for new targets... Since I’m fully rested, now it may be time to try and take on one of

move around in groups of two or three and they certainly can move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their

wait and see if an opportunity presents

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