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.

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

to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore myself to

combat the rewards have finally shown

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

-> Improved Acid Shot. cost 1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks whilst giving additional improvement to

Buy!

warm trickling sensation of skill learning melts through my brain.

this additional range boost I’ll be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving

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

the

The Biomass.

really want to 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 from sneaking up on me, the advantage in senses must never

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,

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

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 only creature I’ve managed to bite

two viable paths, +4 eyes or +3 acid 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 below I want to

It’s settled then.

like to purchase +4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

can’t describe the itch that overcame me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs

this torture.... Make it

Mutations are amazing!

it settles down and my

vision has improved quite a bit, I can

but it certainly is massively

come a long way Anthony, and soon, soon you will

harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring down into this cavern blasting everything they

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

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

and see if an opportunity

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