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.

carapace on the back of my thorax and lost 10 HP before it stopped melting into me. Even just that small

the slug (which took a good while) I was able to regenerate eight HP

have finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level 5! Ready to be

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

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

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill

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

many skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all of them if possible, leaving them behind and losing

for the

The Biomass.

in allowing me to locate isolated prey and prevent others from sneaking up on me, the advantage in senses

more Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave

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

+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 much at all is the Thorn Lizard and they seem

list? My instinct is to be

It’s settled then.

+4 eyes? This will

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

me in that moment. I could feel

torture.... Make it

mutating. Mutations are amazing! But

down and my vision is one again

has improved quite a bit, I can even see my own gaster waggling behind me

be but it certainly is massively

and soon,

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

more going on the hunt. If possible I want to take advantage of the bonus Biomass

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 their faces,

wait and see if an

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