Chapter 16: Evolution Complete!
[Crocodile-Mouthed Ape]
Compared to the regular Giant-Mouthed Apes, these ones were slower but much stronger.
They were the same species, just a different evolution path, similar to how Kumoko could evolve into a [Small Taratect] or a [Lesser Taratect].
The former was smaller and faster with lower stats elsewhere, while the latter was the opposite. Kumoko chose the Small Taratect path to maximize her Godspeed skill.
Terrifyingly, these Crocodile-Mouthed Apes could launch themselves with incredible force, leaping clear up to the hundred-meter-high platform Kumoko was defending! Even worse, some of them started throwing their own comradeslike living projectiles!
Suddenly, Kumoko's situation went from bad to worse. The pressure intensified.
The Crocodile-Mouthed Apes opened their massive jaws and lunged at Kumoko. One of them clamped down, tearing off nearly half of her body in a single bite! Her HP instantly dropped to a critically dangerous level.
"Don't think you can run!"
"You like to eat? Then eat this!"
Luckily, she still had plenty of MP. She rapidly synthesized large amounts of poison. Shoving the synthesized toxins directly down the throat of the ape biting her!
"[Poison Synthesis]!"