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!

to the centipedes and start wolfing down food as quick as

sounds are like a whip on my back, urging me to work faster. I can make out the sounds better, the clash of swords and the roar of

more Biomass and then I'm outta

Cmon'.

CMON.

have gained

Finally! Thank you Gandalf!

to my nest and down the shaft

with all my speed, only to find my back section

Don't do

legs will carry me I crawl and drag myself towards the wall and stat

I'm so damn heavy!

climb

pull myself up the wall and start moving towards the side tunnel where my nest is. I can hear the roar of monsters as they throw themselves into battle and the shouts and clash of arms

nest now, only

see something else too! Soldiers are

Stealth! I need

Anthony, haul yourself

up the tunnel, advancing in organised groups they are blasting every monster they see apart with coordinated fire, moving to side tunnels launching magic

This is an extermination!

reach my tunnel and rush as quickly as I can up to my dirt wall. I pass through the gap I left at the ceiling, but just before

fat to fit through the gap! Dammit! I've got too much junk

I mean,

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

audible 'pop' I get through, the sudden momentum causing me to lose my grip and fall off the ceiling, landing flat on

tiny bit of breathing space now, I'll spend my Biomass quickly and

+3 and Legs +1?

Go for it!

acid gland but I don't wait for it to subside, the

and start making my way down, my increased weight slowing my descent more than I'd like. I'm having to

+1 Legs will be able to sustain my bulk a little

down the shaft above, followed by dirt cascading down over

moment to

coming past my nest and will

at a dangerous pace, my claws begin to slip and slide as I risk unsafe footholds

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