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 of my health! I’m severely tempted to upgrade my carapace in the hopes it provides better protection but there

a good while) I was able to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore myself to a picture

using so much acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level 5! Ready to

I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the

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

Buy!

warm trickling sensation of skill learning melts

be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving

I had access to 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 possible, leaving them behind and losing out on XP would be a

for the tricky

The Biomass.

to upgrade my eyesight to +4. Having superior vision to other monsters has been critical so far in allowing me

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

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

me much, larger, stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit and sharper mandibles would help fight a little

+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

It’s settled then.

+4 eyes?

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

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

torture.... Make

are amazing!

settles down and my vision is one

head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even see

still isn’t what I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively improved from when I was first reborn

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

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

advantage of

finding one of them alone. They tend to move around in 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

to wait and see if an opportunity

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