Chrysalis

The monster behind me has ripped itself free and is approaching its prey, already skewered in through by one of its limbs.

Unfortunately for you, standing behind me is not a good place to be!

POW! POW! POW!

Firing blindly I rapid fire three shots which, after turning my head I can see have splashed all over the unfortunate monster.

Ha! Take that moron!

Reeling in pain as the acid begins to burn furiously away at its flesh, the creature pulls itself backwards, simultaneously ripping the spike out of my body.

My mind completely blanks out for a moment due the sheer agony tearing at my psyche. Holy moly Gandalf! That one stings!

Activate the regeneration gland!

As the regenerative fluid begins to course through my body, hopefully closing over the holes I have above and below the abdomen I can finally turn to face my adversary.

Able to stab me straight through the diamond carapace this creature must have some serious chops!

What looms before me is truly a nightmare beast. Two enormous elongated, double jointed arms protrude from the front of the body, each limb tipped with needle points that glitter in the light. Suspended between these two limbs is a withered, tattered body with a curling, hooked tail that it drags through the ground.

Come on now monster! That doesn’t even look practical!

My health, which had plummeted down to half after being pierced through is recovering rapidly as my healing gland does its work. One heck of a good purchase that!

Eyeballing my foe warily I feint left and right, trying to buy a few more precious seconds for my wounds to close. My enemy hesitates briefly before screeching horribly, tube-like mouth distending to ridiculous proportions before it raises one spear tipped limb and slams it down towards me.

Thankfully the restrictive acid is doing its work! The creature is so much faster than it looks. The fearsomely pointed arm flashes through the air and plunges deep into the earth, sinking deep into the dirt as if sliding into warm butter.

I was barely able to dodge that strike! Only by flinging myself to one side was I able to avoid it by the slimmest of margins! Despite looking so distorted this monster really means business. That speed and penetrating power are a real threat, able to stab straight through my sturdy defences.

playing for time I might just end up getting stabbed through

its arm I lunge forward

CRUNCH!

bring my jaws down on the offending arm with a vicious crushing bite! I mandibles clamp down before the beast can retract the fearsome weapon. With satisfaction I can feel my mandibles ripping and tearing but I’m disappointed I wasn’t able to cut

back, hissing

do

smashes down

Whoa there!

thing so damn fast?! When I see the arm raised up I know I have almost no time to dodge because I’ve never seen the thing come down! It’s like it just

this level of speed, if I hadn’t hit with the acid I’d probably

in fear just thinking about that scenario. The terrors of the Dungeon really are innumerable. How is a humble ant colony supposed

can see

good news, but holding the line, two hundred workers strong, devouring any monster that

you colony! Keep up

form is fearsomely strong, blasting out electricity and using his sheer physical force to smash his opponents to paste. He can’t keep it up indefinitely though, I can already see wounds cut into

sources growing in the walls. This is truly going to be an endless wave of monsters!

in the chamber. If the ants can’t keep digging we will eventually be overwhelmed. The colony has many numbers but not enough to fight a never ending number of

mandibles, flipping the switch and bringing out my gravitational energy instead.

hello at my kind of

YOINK!

Have I sabotaged your

towards me. Completely unprepared for such a sudden flight it’s

CRUSHING BITE!

*crunch*

directly on my enemies face. At this close range I can see the tube mouth is surrounded by tiny gem-like eyes, as if the body were studded with little rubies. Each of those dozens of eyes is wide with terror as my jaws

Have another!

CRUSHING BITE!

monster’s flesh is compacted as whatever skeleton it had shatters under the force