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.

lost 10 HP before it stopped melting into me. Even just that small bit

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

acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in the form

but I cannot pass up the

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

Buy!

sensation of skill learning melts through

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

only I had access to more skill points! I’ll have to level up again 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 losing out on XP would

for the tricky

The Biomass.

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

improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs, carapace or mandibles, all of which

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

Mandibles doesn’t tempt me much, larger, stronger mandibles would

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

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

this torture.... Make

mutating. Mutations are amazing! But mutating

it settles down and my vision is one again

my eyes bulge further out from my head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even see my own

it to be but it certainly is massively improved from when I was first reborn here in

come a long way Anthony, and soon, soon you

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

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

can move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick

just have to wait and see if an opportunity presents

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