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.

my thorax 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

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

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

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

upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy

Buy!

the warm trickling sensation of skill

this additional range boost I’ll be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability to reliably

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

for the

The Biomass.

in allowing me

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 or mandibles, all of which

with 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 rather work

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

priority list? My instinct is to be more defensive. Moving into another

It’s settled then.

you like to purchase +4 eyes? This will

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

moment. I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching

Gandalf... this torture.... Make

mutating. Mutations are amazing!

my vision

field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even see my own gaster waggling behind me when I’m facing straight ahead!

but it certainly is massively improved from when

Anthony, and soon, soon you will be home with the

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

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 fully rested, now it may be time to

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 to some extent. The only exposed targets I could aim for are their faces, feet and

have to wait and see if an opportunity presents

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