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.

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

(which took a good while) I was able to regenerate eight HP and

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

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

upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy

Buy!

skill learning melts through my brain. So

additional range boost I’ll be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability to reliably output damage. It’s a

quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want to

the tricky

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 senses

improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one

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

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

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

It’s settled then.

+4 eyes? This will

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

can’t describe the itch that overcame me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my

torture....

mutating. Mutations are amazing!

settles down and my vision is

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

what I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively improved

way Anthony, and soon, soon you will be

about being misty eyed! I have to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can!

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

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 exposed targets I could aim

to wait and see if

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