I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 108: Detail

It didn't take much effort to follow the path he had decided to take, the only partially difficult portion was remembering where the starting point of this journey was.

Sure he remembered that the shrimps are white and somewhat hidden but the back and forth information of finding them, made it possible for a few details to slowly slip out of the young man's mind or at least become a blur.

But once gazing at the mist along with the border that separated shallow waters from the deep one, a little flash of memory came to his mind. "Of course! I need to reach my new home first!"

And after that bit of orientation, he instantly fell on the right path and followed along what we know as the border. It came as a brief realization that he for some reason had always followed the right side once meeting the border, but this time he was doing quite the opposite.

Tim followed the border with little effort, the task was important but he remembered that this route is at least 2 kilometres long so it wasn't the best idea to break through the waters at full speed.

Considering his normal and much more relaxed speed, it took about 2 hours to get through half of this long route and this is when he began feeling a bit too tired.

With a brief question, he asked the system to break down his overall state of being at the moment. And the nice lady was quick to heed the request.

[Your current state will be deciphered in the following...]

[Health bar = 83/100]

[Hunger bar = 3/15]

[Sleep bar = 20/35]

[Stamina bar = 4/15]

[It isn't the best but you just need to stop and relax to get rid of half the problems.]

He had sunk in the sand for a good 15 minutes and one thing stood evident as he contemplated over a few thoughts, "Looks like I need to hunt something right now. The shrimp nest is like an eternity away."

Tad exaggerated but he had a point. Feeling a bit more relaxed, he arose from the sand and used those little eyes to observe more of his surroundings.

A silver like glow managed to shine and it was irritating to the eye, he didn't quite like it and swiftly looked away. But curiosity grew stronger and he slowly swam closer towards the irritating light, what caused it became clearer all thanks to vision itself allowing it to.

Naturally, approaching a living being or anything in particular, would shed detail to him whose sight is almost hilariously short.

This fish was half its length, after further observation he figured out that not 1 but 3 of them floated around as a school. This made him happier as the chances of fully replenishing the hunger bar became much easier.

Feeling absolutely no threat from these beings, he charged straight forward with a sudden burst of speed, relaxing a bit earlier made this all the more possible.

Biting through the fish's neck, he heard the system announce. [Silver belle killed, 2 system points have been given to you as a reward.]

[Total system points = 397]

[Eating a full grown silver belle grants the following effects...]

[Effect on health, non existent]

[Effect on hunger, +3]

[Effect on sleep, non existent]

[Effect on stamina, non existent]

"Those are pretty sucky effects." Timothy complained and right at that moment, his eyes met a pain sharp enough to force them shut.

[Sight has been upgraded to level 15 for a full hour, use it wisely.]

"The hell?" He almost shouted, confused at best and the sudden pain made him forget what exactly this 'sight' thing was.

After a few seconds he gained enough courage to open his eyes and the surroundings became almost unbelievable, to the point where the young one almost synced into a coma thanks to the sudden shock.

He could see about 5 kilometres away, that itself isn't something significant considering that he could see far without this upgrade. But what was shocking, was the fact that he could see everything clearly in the most insane detail rather than it being a big blur.

Seeing his entire surroundings in a blur before was a hard life. Everything felt like a mist but instead just carried different colours and any shade they represented.

Shaking his head, not quite sure how to comprehend this and having trouble believing it to although the system confirmed it a bit earlier. Tim lended an eye to the other 2 fish that stood near and was almost scared to death.

The silver belles did not grow in size and for that he was half thankful, but what shocked him was the detail he could see on these species. Every corner and piece of skin appeared clearer than ever and the detail made the fish seem as if a disease had struck them that forced the skin itself to chap and shatter.

Which felt even more bizarre as just a moment ago, these fish seemed smooth as the sea waters itself.

Unwilling to look at them any longer, he shifted the gaze to the far left and could see hundreds upon hundreds of fish swimming in the far distance, above the mist.

The ones that were 2-3 kilometers away seemed almost clear enough to make him think that they floated around just 20 meters away.

But the fish who swam around to what felt like the border of his visionary capabilities, appeared less smooth and more like a blur. That was fair considering that the distance between them and him felt like an eternity.

Afterwards he decided to look at an animal who appeared to be the biggest of anyone nearby, perhaps 3 kilometres away.

A second after that animal approached close enough to almost lend a kiss. He screamed and awaited for death itself, cussing. "What the fuck!"

Opening his eyes again, he noticed that the massive animal was still at its original spot, lazily swimming around. Considering the way of swimming, this must be a whale species of some random sort.

Focusing on the whale again, he noticed that it got far too close. But this time he was less shocked about it and used an example of his past life to build up a theory, "This upgraded sight is letting me zoom in anywhere I want to!"