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.

and lost 10 HP before it stopped melting into me.

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

skills I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve my most

Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill

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

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

the tricky

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

would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs, carapace or mandibles, all of which would increase

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

which would help for scouting, retreating and fighting all together, cost effective indeed. +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

or +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

It’s settled then.

like to purchase +4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my carapace shifting to make

this torture....

mutating. Mutations are

down and my vision is

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

be but it certainly is massively improved from when I

soon, soon you will

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

want to take advantage of the bonus Biomass for

is 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

have to wait and see if an opportunity presents

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