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!

and start wolfing down food

my back, urging me to work faster. I can make out the sounds better, the

Biomass and then I'm outta

Cmon'.

CMON.

gained

Finally! Thank you Gandalf!

nest and down the

with all my speed, only to find my back section is too heavy, weighed down by all of the Biomass, it's dragging on the

do this

carry me I crawl

I'm so damn heavy!

climb climb you

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

see my nest now,

Soldiers are

Stealth! I need you

Anthony, haul yourself

with coordinated fire, moving

This is an extermination!

wall. I pass through the gap I left at the ceiling, but just before

the gap! Dammit! I've got too much junk in the trunk to

I mean, pull

my legs I grip the wall as hard as I can

causing me to lose my grip

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

and Legs +1? This will

Go for it!

wait for it

down, my increased weight slowing my descent more than I'd like. I'm having to carefully shift my bulky backside, making sure I'm properly supported before each step so I don't immediately fall

my bulk a little better and allow a safe

I'm almost halfway down a muffled boom echoes down the shaft above, followed by dirt cascading down over

to realise what has

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

wall at a dangerous pace, my claws begin to slip and

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