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.

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

the slug (which took a good while) I was able to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore

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

but I cannot pass up the

Acid Shot. cost 1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill learning

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

more skill points! I’ll have to level up again as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four!

for the

The Biomass.

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

this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend

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

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 mandibles would help fight a little but not much, the only creature I’ve managed to bite much at all is the Thorn Lizard and they seem quite

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

It’s settled then.

to purchase +4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs

torture.... Make

Mutations are amazing! But mutating

settles down and my vision is

further out from my head, my field of vision has improved

like it to be but it certainly is

soon, soon you will

as fast

of the bonus Biomass for new targets... Since I’m fully rested, now it may be

fast. There is also the possibility that their thick fur,

wait and see if

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