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.

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

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

the rewards have finally shown in the form of Acid Shot level

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

Shot skill, continues to

Buy!

trickling sensation of skill learning melts through

I’ll be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety

level up again as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want to upgrade all

the tricky

The Biomass.

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 sneaking up on me, the advantage in senses

if I want to battle and gain more Biomass then directly improving my combat effectiveness would mean improving my acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs, carapace or mandibles, all

probably be pointless, +1 won’t make much of a difference to anything, my defence is terrible, I’d rather

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

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 means

It’s settled then.

purchase +4 eyes? This will cost

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs growing,

this torture.... Make

hate mutating. Mutations are amazing!

and my vision

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

it to be but it certainly is massively improved from when I was first reborn

soon, soon you will

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 see

the main tunnel I go, 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

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

and see

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