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.

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

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

rewards have finally shown in the form of

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

Improved Acid Shot. cost 1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks

Buy!

of skill learning melts through my

reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability to reliably output damage. It’s a

more skill points! I’ll have to level up again as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all of them if

the

The Biomass.

+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

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 or mandibles, all of which

a 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

+1 Mandibles doesn’t tempt me much, larger, stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit and sharper

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 every possible advantage I can get. That means being able to see the enemy before they see

It’s settled then.

you like to purchase +4 eyes?

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

that moment. I could feel

Gandalf... this torture.... Make it

Mutations are amazing!

and my vision

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

it certainly is massively improved from when I was first

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

being misty eyed! I have to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring down into

I want to take advantage of the bonus Biomass for new targets... Since I’m

also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their body will be able to nullify my acid to some extent. The only exposed targets I could aim for are

wait and see if an

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