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.

of carapace on the back of my thorax and lost 10 HP before it stopped melting into me. Even just that small

while) I was able to regenerate eight

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

purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve

1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid

Buy!

of skill learning melts through

be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability to reliably output

skill points! I’ll have to level up again as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four!

for the

The Biomass.

so far in allowing me to

and gain more Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave

work 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

stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit

only two viable paths, +4 eyes 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 unknown environment down below I want to have every possible advantage I can get.

It’s settled then.

like to purchase +4 eyes? This will cost

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my carapace shifting

this torture.... Make

Mutations are amazing! But

it settles down and my

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

to be but it certainly is massively improved from when I was

come a long way Anthony, and soon, soon

as fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring

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

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

have to wait and see if an

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