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.

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 it provides

to regenerate

using so much acid in combat the rewards have finally shown in the form of Acid

few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to

Shot skill, continues to improve

Buy!

the warm trickling sensation of skill

shots from greater range, improving my safety as well as my ability to reliably output damage.

only I had access to more skill points! I’ll have to level up again as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I want

the

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 must never

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

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

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

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 4

Oh boy....

Yes.

hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!

I could feel my eyeballs growing, stretching and my carapace shifting to make way

Gandalf... this torture.... Make it

mutating. Mutations are amazing! But

down and my vision is

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 waggling behind me when I’m facing straight

vision still isn’t what I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively improved from when I was

come a long way Anthony, and soon,

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

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 on one of the blade tailed

trick is finding one of 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,

and see if an

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