17 Elder Shadow Crab (1/2)
Monster hunting time! You know, I know this sounds crazy, but I'm actually starting to enjoy this type of thing. Wake up, eat some dirt, kill some peeps, evolve, and sleep. I don't need any sleep though. It just relieves my mental fatigue.
That said, I need to figure where to head today. Honestly I don't want to mess with another spider, so where I previously went is out of the question. Why? Because spiders taste disgusting. Really fucking disgusting.
This time I head away from the tunnel with the nine-legged spider. Not too far away, mind you, but far enough that I think I won't encounter any of those disgusting things. I truly do not like them. Anyway, this new tunnel I chose is very wide, but definitely not too tall. It isn't a problem for a worm like me, but I bet most creatures wouldn't fit in this, at least not any stronger than me. Let's go!
Full of excitement I worm my way into the squashed tunnel. There seems to be no one here. Did I choose an abandoned tunnel? I'll go a little farther just in case. Don't want to get jumped by an angry monster or anything. So father into the tunnel I go.
I think it is about five minutes of just straight worming before I finally get something. I was just chilling, worming slowly through the tunnel, when something made me focus ahead of myself. And what did I see from that? Crabs. A damn lot of crabs. I thought crabs were aquatic, why the fuck are they here!
Why am I so angry? Well, now the playing field is really dangerous. The features of a crab allow it to sweep through this tunnel vastly unhindered. It even offers protection from stronger enemies. Not to mention, how the fuck am I supposed to bite a crab to death?!
Well, on the bright side I can level up bite really quickly. Not that it will matter if I die. I'll need a game plan, and a damn good one too. But I don't want to just back out in the face of a real challenge, so I better get thinking.
The first and most obvious thing to do is find a crab or separate one from a group. I am not confident in handling more than one right now. I have no idea of what they can do, and I'm going to be really careful because of that.
The first thing I do after hammering out some nails is back off. There are way too many crabs in there, and even with my upgraded heat-sensing glands I can barely make out them individually. And even then it's very blurry. Progress.
After backing off from the center of the tunnel a little bit, I stop and dive into the side, digging myself a little hidey-hole. This is the second thing that needed to be done. I'll either wait for some time and watch the crabs' habits, or find a solo crab to lure out and fight. Either one works, it's just a matter of what I come across. And I won't get hungry either. This soil is very moist and nutrient-full. While it won't give me life matter, it will sustain me quite well. Now we wait.
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It has been so long. Not even kidding, I think I've been here for almost a day, and I've barely seen any crabs moving through the tunnel. My best guess is that this isn't the only one they use. But that isn't the main point. These crabs are fucking creepy! If I had to describe their appearance, it would be like the outer shell of a crab, but completely black and they have spider eyes. If that wasn't enough, parts of their body randomly shift into the shadows near them. I'll have to watch out for that in combat.
I'm completely rambling in my brain, as I do, when I see a solo crab move past me. I'm so caught up in my inner monologue that I almost miss it.
Oh shit! I almost passed up this chance! This crab is the perfect target! It's fairly obvious that this crab is injured, or was born deformed, I'm not judging. It looks like it's limping, and on its left where a claw should be is just a flailing limb. I don't know if Jeremy is rewarding my studious ways of stalking prey, but damn this is just too juicy of an opportunity to pass up! There's only one problem. This particular crab is massive. Seems like a deal-breaker? Yeah no. I have been waiting for a crab to be alone for way too long and I'm not typically a patient guy. I'm going for it, I guess I'll just be a bit more careful than normal.
Alright, more of my inner dialogue successfully completed, I head out of the wall to slowly stalk behind the crab, being extremely careful. I don't want this chunk of life matter to see me before I'm already eating it. Successfully out of the wall, it took way too long for my taste, I get worm ass in gear and dash towards the crab, aiming at its left rear leg and just going for it, chomping my mandibles down in between the hard outer shell of the body and leg.
Ouch! Even in between the shell pieces this crab has some serious defense! That said, one leg down, at least one more to go. Of course, it isn't going to be easy, Mr. Crabs has seen me, and I'm a nice hard pile of cash.