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.

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 tempted

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

using so much acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level 5!

I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve my most effective offensive

The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy

Buy!

sensation of skill

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

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

the tricky

The Biomass.

critical so far in allowing me to locate isolated prey

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

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

is tempting, I’d become a bit more mobile which would help 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

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.

It’s settled then.

you like to purchase +4 eyes? This will cost

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my carapace

this torture.... Make it

mutating. Mutations are amazing!

down and my vision is one again

head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can even see my own gaster waggling behind

to be but it certainly

a long way Anthony, and soon,

XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those

roof and once more going on the hunt. If possible I want to take advantage of the bonus Biomass for new targets...

is also the possibility that their thick

have to wait and see if an

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