Chrysalis

Chapter 23

As quickly as possible I start chowing down, trying to get as much Biomass as I can.

[You have consumed a new source of biomass: Lupus Draco Cub, you are awarded one Biomass]

[Basic profile of the Lupus Draco Cub unlocked]

[Lupus Draco Cub: Wolf Dragon Cub, The young form of the fearsome Wolf Dragon, they have a high resistance to flame]

Good to know, looks like these creatures are only the young? Crazy.

Must keep eating!

The sounds are slowly growing louder now, I still can't see anything but I have a terrible feeling I know exactly what is coming my way.

If I only I had an extra hour, even ten minutes would be enough! Don't think, just eat!

[You have gained one Biomass]

Must.

Keep.

Eating.

[You have gained one Biomass]

Dammit, I'm starting to feel too full to eat. I've consumed an entire wolf dragon at this point, my stomach is full to bursting!

Wait! I just remembered a disgusting thought… Something I recall learning due to my hobby of keeping a pet ant colony at home.

Ants have two stomachs…. Scouts and workers don't always carry prey back to the nest. Sometimes they eat and fill up their 'social stomach' and then walk back to the nest and regurgitate the food for other ants to eat.

If I recall correctly, honeypot ants take this to a massive extreme, where some worker ants will turn themselves into living storage containers, their gaster swelling to ridiculous sizes as they stay in the nest and give food to their hungry colony.

So if my personal stomach is full….

Time to fill the social stomach!

Each more!

start wolfing

urging me to work faster. I can make out the sounds better, the clash of

more Biomass and

Cmon'.

CMON.

have gained one

Finally! Thank you Gandalf!

nest and down the shaft and quickly

out with all my speed, only to find my back section is too heavy, weighed down by all of

Don't do this

will carry me I crawl and drag myself towards

I'm so damn heavy!

climb climb

my nest is. I can hear the roar of monsters as they throw themselves into battle and the shouts and clash

my nest

too! Soldiers

I need you

haul yourself up this

monster they see apart with coordinated fire, moving to side tunnels launching magic and arrows down them before sending pairs of soldiers in to

This is an extermination!

and rush as quickly as I can up to my dirt wall. I pass through the gap

gap! Dammit! I've got too much junk

man! I mean, pull

six of my legs I grip the wall as hard as I can and drag my body through

me to lose my grip and fall off the ceiling, landing flat on

of breathing space now, I'll spend my Biomass quickly and then haul down

to purchase Acid +3 and Legs +1? This will cost four

Go for it!

feeling of mutation immediately erupts, especially in my acid gland but I don't wait for it to subside, the fear staying here and getting caught

more than I'd like. I'm having to carefully shift my bulky backside, making sure I'm properly

able to sustain my bulk a little better

down a muffled boom echoes down

me a moment to realise what

dirt wall! This means they're coming past my nest and will find the shaft

redouble my efforts, accelerating down the wall at a dangerous pace, my claws begin to slip and slide as I risk unsafe footholds on the wall to expedite

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