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.

of carapace on the 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! I’m severely tempted to upgrade my

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

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

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

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

Buy!

of skill learning melts through my

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

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

the

The Biomass.

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

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

would probably be pointless, +1 won’t make much of a difference to anything, my defence is terrible, I’d rather work on speed

cost effective indeed. +1 Mandibles doesn’t tempt me much, larger, stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit

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 see

It’s settled then.

to purchase +4 eyes?

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

I could feel

this torture.... Make it

Mutations are amazing!

settles down and my

since my eyes bulge further out from my head, my 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

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

I have to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring down into this cavern blasting

into 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 may be time to try and take on one of the blade tailed

their thick fur, which covers most of their body will

and

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