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.

10 HP before it stopped melting into me. Even just that small bit of acid was a third of my

to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore myself to a picture of

much acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in the form of Acid

but I cannot pass

Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged

Buy!

skill learning melts through

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 to upgrade all of them if possible, leaving

for the tricky

The Biomass.

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

I want to battle and gain more Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs, carapace or mandibles, all of which

probably be pointless, +1 won’t make much of a difference to anything, my

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

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 being able to see the enemy before they

It’s settled then.

purchase +4 eyes? This will cost 4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

the itch that overcame me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my carapace

torture.... Make

mutating. Mutations are

settles down and my

that now since my eyes bulge further out from my head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even see my own gaster waggling behind me when

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

come a long way Anthony, and soon, soon you will be

to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those

the main tunnel I 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 it

also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their body will be

to wait and see

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