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.

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

was able to

the rewards have finally shown in the form of

but I cannot pass up the chance to improve

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

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill learning melts through

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

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

the tricky

The Biomass.

allowing me to locate isolated prey

more Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would

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

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

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

It’s settled then.

to purchase +4 eyes?

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

feel my

this torture....

Mutations are amazing!

settles down and my vision is

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

certainly is massively improved from

Anthony, and soon, soon you will be home with

fast as I can!

scurrying onto the 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 and take

move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their body will be able to nullify

have to wait and see if an opportunity presents

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