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.

that sticky goop fired on me was bad enough but oh boy did it burn. I had a partially melted section of carapace on the back of my thorax and lost 10 HP before it stopped melting into me. Even just

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

finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level

few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up

Shot. cost 1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks whilst giving additional improvement to attacks from

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill learning melts through my

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

converging to level four! I want to upgrade all of them if possible, leaving them

the

The Biomass.

far in allowing me to locate isolated prey and prevent others from sneaking up on me, the

Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then

make much of a difference to anything,

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 all is the Thorn Lizard and

+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

It’s settled then.

+4 eyes?

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs growing,

this torture.... Make it

are amazing! But

it settles down and my vision is one again

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

but it certainly is massively improved

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

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

tunnel I go, scurrying 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

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,

wait and see if an

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