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

a good while) I was able to regenerate eight HP and

shown in the form of Acid

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

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

Buy!

skill

from greater range, improving

as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all

the

The Biomass.

Having superior vision to other monsters has been critical so far in allowing me to locate isolated

more Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that

+1 won’t make much of a difference to

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 I’ve managed to bite much at

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

It’s settled then.

you like to purchase +4 eyes? This

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

that overcame me in that moment. I could feel

Gandalf... this torture.... Make it

mutating. Mutations are amazing!

down and my vision

improved quite a bit, I

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

You’ve come a long way Anthony, and soon, soon you will be home with

about being misty eyed! I have to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I

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

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

just have to wait and see if an opportunity presents

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