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.

on the back of my thorax and lost 10 HP before it stopped melting into me. Even just

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

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

love to purchase but I cannot

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

Buy!

skill learning melts through my brain. So

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

as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want

the

The Biomass.

allowing me to locate isolated prey and prevent others from sneaking up on me, the advantage in senses must never

improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass

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

stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit and sharper mandibles would help fight a little but not much, the only creature I’ve

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

It’s settled then.

purchase +4 eyes? This will cost

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

describe the itch that overcame me in that moment. I could feel

this torture....

Mutations are amazing!

it settles down and my vision is one again

field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even

still isn’t what I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively improved from when I was first

Anthony, and soon, soon you will be

time 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 cavern blasting

take advantage of the bonus Biomass for new targets... Since I’m fully rested, now it may be time to try and take on one of the blade

of them alone. They 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

and see

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