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 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 are so many

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

much acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in the form

are still a few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve my

upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy

Buy!

sensation of skill learning melts

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 output

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

the tricky

The Biomass.

to upgrade my eyesight to +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 in senses must never be

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

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

to place my senses at the top of my priority list? My instinct is to be more defensive. Moving

It’s settled then.

+4 eyes? This will

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

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

Gandalf... this torture.... Make

hate mutating. Mutations are amazing!

down and my vision is one

bulge further out from my head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even see my

it certainly is

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

hang about being misty eyed! I have to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans

onto 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 try and take on one of the blade tailed

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

just have to wait and see if an

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