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.

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 was a third of my health! I’m severely tempted to upgrade my carapace in the hopes it provides better protection but

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

using so much acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in

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

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

Buy!

of skill

be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety

possible, so many skills are converging to level

the

The Biomass.

upgrade my eyesight to +4. Having superior vision to other monsters has been critical so far in allowing me to locate isolated

this would then leave one extra

upgrade would probably be pointless, +1 won’t make much of a difference to anything, my defence is terrible, I’d rather

tempt me much, larger, stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit and sharper mandibles would help fight a little but

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?

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

feel my eyeballs growing,

this torture.... Make

are amazing! But mutating

down and my vision is one again

has improved quite a bit, I can even see my own gaster waggling

it to be but it certainly

and soon, soon you will be

XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring down into

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...

to move around in groups of two or three and they certainly can move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick

to wait and see if an opportunity presents

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