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.

was bad enough but oh boy did it burn. I had a partially melted section 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

the slug (which took a good while) I was able to regenerate

much acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in the

still a few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I cannot

Shot -> Improved Acid Shot. cost 1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with

Buy!

sensation of skill learning melts through my

from greater range,

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

for the tricky

The Biomass.

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

this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend

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

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

is to be more defensive. Moving into another unknown environment down below I want to have every possible advantage I

It’s settled then.

purchase +4 eyes? This will cost

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

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

Gandalf... this torture.... Make

Mutations are amazing! But

my vision

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

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

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

harvest XP and Biomass as fast as

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

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 exposed targets

have to wait and see if

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