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

I was able to regenerate

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

a few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I

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

Buy!

of skill learning melts through

make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability to

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 possible,

the

The Biomass.

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

more Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs, carapace or mandibles, all of which

pointless, +1 won’t make much of

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 all is

my priority list? My instinct is to be more defensive. Moving into another unknown environment down below I want to have every possible

It’s settled then.

purchase +4 eyes? This will cost

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my carapace shifting to make way

this torture.... Make

Mutations are amazing! But mutating

and my vision is

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

to be but it certainly

come a long way Anthony, and soon,

about being misty eyed! I have to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring down into this cavern

more going on the hunt. If possible I want to take advantage of the bonus Biomass for

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 to some

to wait and see if an opportunity

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