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.

that sticky goop fired on 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 tempted to upgrade my carapace in the hopes

a good while) I was able to regenerate eight HP and mostly

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

still a few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve my most effective offensive

1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks whilst giving additional improvement to

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill learning melts through my brain.

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

points! I’ll have to level up again as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all of them

for the tricky

The Biomass.

far in allowing me to locate isolated prey and prevent others from sneaking up on me, the advantage in senses must

would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend

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 rather work on speed

means that +1 legs 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

priority list? My instinct is to be

It’s settled then.

to purchase +4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

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

this torture....

hate mutating. Mutations are amazing! But

and my

that now since my eyes bulge further out from my head, my field of vision has improved quite a bit, I can

but it certainly is massively improved from when

and soon, soon you will be home with

continue to harvest XP and Biomass as fast as I can! Those humans will come roaring down into this cavern

roof and once more going on the hunt. If possible I want to take advantage of the

There is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers

just have to wait and

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