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.

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 acid was a third of my health! I’m severely tempted to upgrade my carapace in the hopes it provides better protection but there

slug (which took a good while) I was able to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore myself

acid in combat the rewards have finally shown

a few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I

-> Improved Acid Shot. cost 1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve

Buy!

the warm trickling sensation of skill

reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability to reliably output

as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all of them if possible, leaving them behind and losing out on

the tricky

The Biomass.

my eyesight to +4. Having superior vision to other monsters has been critical so far in allowing me

if I want to battle and gain more Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one

won’t make much of a difference

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 only creature

of my priority list? My instinct is to be more defensive. Moving into another unknown environment down below I want to have every possible advantage I can get. That means being able to see the enemy

It’s settled then.

to purchase +4 eyes? This will cost 4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

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

Gandalf... this torture....

hate mutating. Mutations are amazing! But

settles down and my vision is one again

can tell that 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 ahead!

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

soon, soon you will

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

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 the

and they certainly can move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their body will be able to nullify my acid to some

and see if

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