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.

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

able to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore myself to a

finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level

I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve my most effective offensive

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

Buy!

warm trickling sensation of skill learning melts through my brain.

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

quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all

for the tricky

The Biomass.

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

I want to battle and gain more Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs, carapace

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

and fighting all together, cost effective indeed. +1 Mandibles doesn’t tempt me much, larger, stronger mandibles would help me dig

with +1 legs. Do I continue to place my senses at the top of my priority list? My instinct is to be more defensive. Moving into another unknown environment down

It’s settled then.

to purchase +4 eyes? This will cost

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my

this torture....

are amazing!

it settles down and my vision is one again

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

be but it certainly is

You’ve come a long way Anthony, and soon, soon you will be home with the

and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come

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 the

also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most

and see if an opportunity presents

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