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.

it stopped melting into me. Even just that small bit of acid was a

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

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

basic skills I’d love to purchase but I

to

Buy!

sensation of skill

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

many skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all of them

for the tricky

The Biomass.

monsters has been critical so far in allowing me to locate isolated prey and prevent others from

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

with a process of elimination, carapace upgrade would probably be pointless, +1 won’t make

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

priority list? My instinct is

It’s settled then.

purchase +4 eyes? This

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

in that moment. I could feel my

Gandalf... this torture.... Make

are amazing! But mutating

it 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 see my own

certainly is massively improved from when I was first

way Anthony, and soon, soon you will be home with

to hang about being misty eyed! I have to continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring down into this cavern blasting everything they

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

them alone. They tend to move around in groups of two or three and they certainly can move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their body will be able

to wait and see if an

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