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 that small bit of acid

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

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

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

continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks whilst giving additional improvement to attacks

Buy!

the warm trickling sensation of skill learning melts through my

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

are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all of them if possible, leaving them behind and losing out on XP would

the tricky

The Biomass.

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

effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs,

work with a process of elimination, carapace upgrade would probably be pointless, +1 won’t make much of a difference

I’d become a bit more mobile which would help for scouting, retreating and fighting 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 all is the Thorn

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

It’s settled then.

+4 eyes?

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

overcame me in that moment. I could feel my

Gandalf... this torture....

mutating. Mutations are

settles down and my vision is one

my head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even see my own gaster waggling behind me when

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

soon, soon you

to hang 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

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

move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most

to wait and see if an

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