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.

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

I was able to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore myself to

acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level 5!

to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve my

continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid

Buy!

warm trickling sensation of skill learning melts

to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability

many skills are converging to level four! I want

for the tricky

The Biomass.

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

effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass

pointless, +1 won’t make much of a

effective indeed. +1 Mandibles doesn’t tempt me much, larger, stronger mandibles would

me with really only 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 have

It’s settled then.

+4 eyes? This will

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

that moment. I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my carapace shifting

Gandalf... this torture....

hate mutating. Mutations are amazing!

my

improved quite a bit, I can even

I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively improved from when I was first reborn here

a long way Anthony, and soon, soon

to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast

scurrying onto the roof and once more going on the hunt. If possible I want to take advantage of

also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of

to wait and see if an

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