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.
sticky goop fired 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 acid was a third of my
(which took a good while) I was able to regenerate eight HP
acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level
purchase but I cannot pass
Acid Shot. cost 1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy
Buy!
of skill learning melts through my
additional range boost I’ll be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as
again as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging
the tricky
The Biomass.
upgrade 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
this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs, carapace or mandibles, all of which would
process of elimination, carapace upgrade would probably be pointless, +1 won’t make much of a
much, larger, stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit and sharper mandibles would help fight a little but not much, the only creature I’ve managed to bite much at all is the Thorn
with +1 legs. Do I continue to place my senses at the top of my priority list? My instinct is to be
It’s settled then.
like to purchase +4 eyes? This
Oh boy....
Yes.
hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!
I could feel my eyeballs growing,
torture.... Make
Mutations are amazing! But mutating
down and my
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
still isn’t what I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively
long way Anthony, and soon, soon you will be home with
as fast
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
They tend to 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 body will be able to nullify my acid to
have to wait and see if an
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