I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 127: Brown coating (3)

This situation didn't fail to become more and more intense. Sure he has gotten a massive advantage with venom finally being unlocked, but the idea of being able to bash a dangerous substance through enemies, managed to add stress as much as it gave excitement.

By all means, it was up to him now to deliver the biggest punch in battle. Typically that wouldn't be much stress but here, a massive battle was only accelerating.

The two sides were yet to clash, just a swim towards the enemies managed to get a portion of them in a clear view - which inevitably meant that they were only a bit over 20 meters away.

There was no better time to test out his tail than now, so he continued to swim forward and took the fastest enemy head on. This one was separated from the group standing behind so it was easier to land a shot without suffering repercussions from the close by enemies.

Lunging downwards, his tail curled a bit more compared to the last strike for the sake of increasing the chances of a venom blast. Unwilling to face the mouth of the enemy whom was a bit bigger than him, the young one took a sharp left and then headed directly towards the enemy with a sharp right.

Finally, collision stood evident as the young one flung his tail across the enemy's back and heard the system announce. [Barb venom = 3/5]

The strike he made could be easily considered as random, it was almost instinctive but in all ways not good enough - like a little boy who tried it for the first time.

But strangely, the system did not notify about a kill. He wanted to ignore it but of course the lady can read his mind and so she began explaining. [Don't forget that your venom is level 1. You can't expect to kill an enemy within a second with your venom.]

"Makes sense." He answered and decided to fight against the other approaching enemies. This one had been cut and struck with venom, how many bites could it withstand against a massive platoon?

Charging towards the side of the entire group, his tail curled downwards and aimed to reach closer to the belly. This way, the attacks will be a bit deeper.

Crashing against the first enemy on this side became possible swiftly and he kept the tail in that position, while at the same time sliding across the other enemies nearby.

The idea was to avoid stopping to fight one enemy and instead leave a cut across a great line of brown. Which proved evidently successful. These lobsters felt empty like shrimp so every slice across their backs wasn't enough to slow down his speed.

[Barb venom = 0/5]

"Oh well, at least some lobsters will struggle because of my venom now." He thought after reaching the other side of the enemy platoon.

Timmy had made a rough guess here, but there has to be at least 500 brown lobsters in this new platoon alone. Gazing at the far distance, he could see at least a couple more patches of bigger size so this was rolling down to a dangerous snowball.

Sure his community still has over 4,000 shrimp, but how many battles can they withstand against these enemies who have equal amounts of fighting bodies, if not more?

The far patch of enemies was just 100 meters away so it was only a matter of time before the battle here would become worse. So that fact considered, he immediately began swimming towards the far enemies with a plan in mind.

But right then the system alarmed, [Hunger bar =0/15]

[You will slowly lose health now until hunger is replenished.]

"Shit!" He shouted and then turned right around.

Since most of the lobsters were focused on the battle in front of them, none really cared to look behind. So with the opportunity given, he charged towards one of the lobsters, bit it right across the spine and then swallowed the bite.

This wasn't enough to raise a bar but it's better than nothing. Afterwards he bit the lobster by the chunky tail and began dragging it away from battle. Most lobsters didn't notice this commotion, and those who did, failed to care about it.

The lobster tried to fight back but it was difficult to do so with an injured spine. Looking for a weakness, Timmy decided that the head might be the best idea so he swiftly bashed the marvelous barb against the head.

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

[Total system points = 626]

This one wasn't large but here it worked in every advantage. The little boy took a bite and then the other. Considering the rising tension, he took about 3 bites per second and ate a good portion of the enemy, until the system announced. [Hunger bar 2/15]

That felt like enough, so with a flap against the water that was enough to cause a dusty cloud, he charged towards the closest brown platoon and tried recounting the little details in the hastily built up plan.

The enemies were only 50 meters away now from the big battle, so it was easy to reach them. One thing he did not notice was the shrimp community behind, cursing the little stingray in every way their limited dialect could fit, because they saw him as a 'king who deserted a battle'.

That wasn't necessarily a big issue but this situation was ironic, especially considering that his only aim was to help what was left of the community.

He stood in front of the platoon of 900 or so lobsters whom originally were supposed to clash in battle very soon, and shouted. "Stop right there!"

Surprisingly they listened to the command as if fear was their middle name. A bigger lobster poked out of the crowd and thankfully could speak the same language.

Yet again, it was nothing peachy. "Who are you to stop my lobsters? You are nothing but a floating disk!"

Feeling rather entitled, the little boy immediately shouted back. "I am the king of those shrimp that your stupid lobsters are fighting. Now I demand you to stop this battle and battle me instead."

Seeing that this big lobster wasn't satisfied, he added. "Don't get me wrong, this isn't a self sacrifice. I want to slice your biggest warriors into pieces and feast on them later, to prove who is the real boss here!"

That's when the system notified, [18 western rock lobsters killed, therefore 18 system points have been given to you as a reward.]

[Through the group you killed, some were larger than others so you also get an additional pack of 36 bonus points.]

[Total system points = 680]

The numbers were definitely satisfactory, but now he didn't even have to look back to assure. "The battle behind me is close to being over. We will stop this war now and allow the big boys to settle this out."

Fixing his gaze directly at the enemy's eyes, he threatened. "Bring your fucking king here if you want to!"