I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 126: Brown coating (2)

Considering that bodies on top of bodies belonging to the white-legged shrimp community, were laying around above the sand, mutilated and dead ~ it was easy to figure out what to attack although the odds had slowly grown to his own community's favour.

He charged towards the smallest group that was underneath, at least he could see these ones so putting up a worthy battle wouldn't be difficult.

But yet lunging in the middle of the battlefield would be a death assuring idea, so he swam towards the outskirts of battle to pick out an enemy who stood a foot away from the rest. Perhaps this one was a leader? Maybe so, because he was bigger than most of his comrades which in a way asserts authority in a common group.

This enemy was about 70 centimeters long, stood a bit thicker compared to any species here as well. But size regardless, Timothy charged straight forward and planned to unleash every bit of his frustration on this unfortunate man.

This time he planned to unleash a move that he wasn't quite used by. There were far too many long legs and antennas on this being so being stuck in this one's bones would feel a tad more uncomfortable compared to any other situation.

So as he charged towards the side of the beast, the marvelous stinger avoided to curl. Finally reaching collision with this bigger marine animal, Timothy's prime weapon swiftly brushed against the enemy's back.

Since the barb didn't curl, the very tip had sliced rather than stabbed compared to other situations. So it ultimately meant that his speed wasn't dragged down by collision, and the slice that was delivered had burned a bit more although the wound wasn't deeper.

As he swam away from the enemy, a battle shout echoed above the others. Managing to turn around, he noticed that the very shout came from the enemy. Although the motive to such a thunderous tone was easy to find the root of, it still stood a bit confusing how one species would have such vocal power.

That regardless, it still remained evident that the attack was successful enough to cause heart trembling pain. So he rushed towards the enemy once more and already began propelling his tail against the water to set the muscles loose.

By now he had a feel of how thick the enemy's skin could be so it was a tad easier to determine how to strike now. In a blink of an eye, he clashed with the big one again and swam away at an equally fast speed compared to before.

This time however, the barb had sunk twice the amount deeper. Which not only urged the big one to let out a shout, but also was enough to muffle it down - as a result the enemy didn't scream but instead began looking around to spot and counter attack the next move.

Timmy had already swam towards a safe distance and observed how his own community had completely devoured the whole group that stood against them. That fact considered, they began charging towards the big one since no other obstacle stood in front of them at the moment.

Taking a peek to his right, he noticed that the big brown dot was crawling closer by every given second so it stood evident that another big battle will clash soon.

His community began surrounding the biggest enemy and took off one bite after another. It wasn't difficult to overwhelm a single enemy regardless of size, so only seconds passed by before Tim was confirmed that this enemy was close to giving the last kicks.

Thanks to that fact, he charged straight forward and wanted to unleash a move he was yet to master. While charging forward with as much speed as he could build up, the young one violently chucked his barb forward and said goodbye to horizontal balance.

Straightening his tail along with the rest of the body, he bashed against the enemy's back and allowed the entire stinger to sink in. This was growing in his conscious to be called the "bee formation".

[Western rock lobster killed. 1 system point has been given to you as a reward.]

Staggered beyond prepare, after putting an attempt to swim away from the battle, he murmured. "What? These aren't shrimp?"

[This kill was a system given task so you also get an additional point.]

[Since this body was an abomination compared to species in this area, you get an additional 10 points.]

[Total system points = 645]

[Eating a full grown western rock lobster usually grants the following effects...]

[Effect on health, non existent]

[Effect on hunger, +5 bars]

[Effect on sleep, +2 bars]

[Effect on stamina, non existent]

And then, the system raised out a question that managed to touch his every heart string although he was still trying to catch up with everything. [3 new options have been unlocked, would you like to hear them out?]

With a quick thought, he answered. "The primary option is about venom right? Show me that one for now and I will look at the other ones later."

Timothy feared that if all the options had been listed out, he would try to upgrade them all and by then the battle would have ascended towards too many deaths. So it was only logical to take this decision.

[Option 1 = unlock venom]

[Price = 20 system points]

"That's extremely cheap." He recited and felt a bit bad about calling the system a cheap bastard before. That aside, he immediately requested. "I want to buy this one, unlock it right away!"

[Purchase confirmed]

[Loading purchase...]

Right through those seconds, a tremendous pain struck at the very tip for a short half a second. Then it halted for a while and gave the delusion that it completely disappeared. But right after it struck again with pain half the time less effective compared to the last one and finally, the pain went entirely away.

[Purchase complete]

[20 system points consumed]

[625 system points remaining]

[Now, you have the ability to unleash venom on anything you please.]

[Barb venom = 5/5]