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.

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!

slug (which took a good while) I was able to regenerate

acid in combat the rewards have finally shown

a few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve my most effective

The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged

Buy!

the warm trickling sensation of skill learning melts

from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability to reliably output damage.

skill points! I’ll have to level up again as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging

for the

The Biomass.

to +4. Having superior vision to other monsters has been critical so far in allowing me to locate isolated prey and

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

of elimination, carapace upgrade would probably be pointless, +1 won’t make

is tempting, 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

instinct is to be more defensive. Moving into

It’s settled then.

like to purchase +4 eyes? This will cost 4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

that overcame me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my carapace shifting to make way

Gandalf... this torture....

hate mutating. Mutations are

my vision is

improved quite a bit, I can even see

I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively improved

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

fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring down into this

of the bonus Biomass

can move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their body will be able

wait and see if an opportunity

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