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.

stopped

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

combat the rewards have finally shown in the form of Acid Shot

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

-> Improved Acid Shot. cost 1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks whilst giving additional improvement to attacks from increased

Buy!

of skill learning melts through

range boost I’ll be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as

quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all of them if possible, leaving them behind and

the

The Biomass.

really want to upgrade my eyesight to +4. Having superior vision to other monsters has 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

mean improving my acid, this

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

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 not much, the only creature

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

It’s settled then.

like to purchase +4 eyes? This

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

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

this torture.... Make

mutating. Mutations are

down and my vision is one again

my field of vision has improved quite a bit,

it to be but it certainly is massively improved from

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

and Biomass as fast

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...

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 extent. The only

just have to wait and

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