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.

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

the slug (which took a good while) I was able to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore

finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level

purchase but I cannot pass up the

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

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill learning melts through my brain.

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

only 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

for the

The Biomass.

want 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

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

won’t make much

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 I’ve managed to bite much at

me with really 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. That means being able to see the enemy before they

It’s settled then.

to purchase +4 eyes? This will cost 4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

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

torture.... Make

hate mutating. Mutations are amazing! But mutating

settles down and my vision is one again

out from my head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even see my own gaster waggling behind me when I’m facing straight

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

and soon, soon you will be

and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans

If possible I want to take advantage of the bonus Biomass for new targets... Since I’m fully rested, now it may be time

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

and see if an

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