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.

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 health! I’m severely tempted to upgrade my carapace in the hopes it

good while) I was able to regenerate eight

shown in the form of Acid Shot

purchase but I cannot pass

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

Buy!

warm trickling sensation of skill learning melts through my brain. So

be able to make more reliable shots from greater range,

are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all

for the tricky

The Biomass.

other monsters has been critical so far in allowing me to locate isolated prey and

would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs, carapace

probably be pointless, +1 won’t make much of a difference

would help me dig a bit

+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 every possible advantage I can get. That means being

It’s settled then.

to purchase +4 eyes? This will cost

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my carapace shifting to make

Gandalf... this torture....

mutating. Mutations are amazing! But

my vision is one again

tell that now since my eyes bulge further out from my head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit,

be but it certainly is massively improved from when I

long way Anthony, and soon, soon you will be

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

tunnel I go, scurrying onto the roof and once more going on the hunt. If possible I want to take advantage of the bonus Biomass for new targets...

they certainly can move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their body

and see if an

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