Ocean Master
[Hello, Sebastian!]
[You are dead!]
"..."
[Welcome to Oceania!]
[You will be reanimated in 20 seconds.]
[Your rebirth has given you the following starting point status]
"Holy Moly! Where the f*ck am I?"
…
Sebastian, an anatomist in his previous life has been reborn in the magical world of Oceania due to his crazy tendencies developed from his line of work as a dissector of sea creatures.
Known as the crazy dissector by his colleagues back on earth, instead of feeling despair and the longing for home like other protagonists, Sebastian welcomes his new circumstances with open hands after understanding the world.
"In a world where no one frown upon my tendencies, where I can dissect all the sea creatures that I want, where I'm even revered for how proficient I am at dissecting".
"Man, this is heaven!"
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A pair of eyes blinked open in the unending darkness, confusion shining from the depths as the owner looked around sluggishly.
The owner felt like his brain was heavy, it felt dull like pounded yam and mashed tofu. It was a freakish comparison, but it was apt for his situation. He felt as if his pituitary gland was put on the burning fire.
His brain being heavy could have been shrugged off as it was a daily occurrence to him, but why the hell was his eyes feeling hazy too?
"Where the f*ck am I?"
"What in the name of all anatomists is happening to me?" He cursed but was surprised that no sound came out from his mouth.
Ignoring that which was his second love, ignoring things, he tried to organize his thoughts through gritted teeth. "I thought I was tending to my shark pool. After that, what happened again?"
"What happened…?"
"Crunch!"
He shuddered on the thought as his sluggish brain quickly became active.
"I succeeded, I bred a new variant from the great white and whale shark family. But the bite… Damn, I was bitten by my own pet shark?"
"Did I survive, am I in the hospital?"
He could not see himself yet, just darkness but he imagined himself placing his right hand to his chin in contemplation. Then a voice sounded, spooking the shit out of him.
[Hello, Sebastian!]
"What in the name of all anatomists is that?" He freaked out.
"Who are you? A witch? Come out, none of your petty voodoo magic works on me! I already transcended all that".
[Hello, Sebastian!]
This time, he was really spooked as his voice lowered. "Please, I'm just a petty human with no hope in life. My flesh is not sweet, try that of Dave, I promise you that his blood is sweeter than wine".
[You are dead!]
"…"
[Due to your innovative discoveries and experiments that made you the most ingenious young anatomist on earth, the 7 great seas had mercy on you and you have been reborn into another world.]
[Welcome to Oceania!]
"…"
It took about a minute but when Sebastian finally answered, it left the voice in his head speechless for minutes.
"Haha, you think you can fool me right? What year is it old fool?"
"You think it's the mid-80s, you think I'm so foolish to fall for such petty tricks? Get a girlfriend bro".
"Or is this even a movie trick, when did I become a movie star? Ok, jokes aside, take me out or I call the police".
[You will be reanimated in 20 seconds.]
[Your rebirth has given you the following starting point status]
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Name: Sebastian
Level: 1
Stats:
Power: 2.5
Speed: 1.2
Mind: 14
Constitution: 1.0
Luck: 0
HP: 25/25
[Skills: Bite Level- 3; Swim Level- 2; Dash Level- 1; Sharp Dorsal Fin- Level 1; Tail Fin- Level 1; Electroreceptors- Level 1]
[Species: Young Great White- Shark]
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Sebastian kept quiet for a moment after seeing this. Ignoring the abnormal fact of how this was shown directly inside his head, his mental eyes instead gleamed like stars on seeing them.
"Holy…Shit!"
"That's some impressive stuff you have there man. You really know your anatomy, a big thump up to you for that. Receive my respect man".
"So, where's the shark? You know I love sharks, unveil the beast!"
[Reanimation complete.]
Before Sebastian could question what was happening, he suddenly felt a prick in his brain. The darkness surrounding him disappeared all of a sudden, and he saw himself inside…
"Water???"
He felt like pissing his pants immediately when his eyes finally saw light. He was inside water, and not a swimming pool, he was freaking under either a sea or an ocean by the density of the water.
He noticed something immediately, he was without an oxygen mask yet he could breathe underwater. What voodoo was that?
Another thing that made him even more freaked out was that he could not feel his legs nor his hands. When he tried to raise them, he felt something smooth gently hit the ocean water.
Shifting his unfamiliar head slightly to the side, he saw a shadow reflection that made all his blood run cold.
His eyes widened in horror, the realization of everything coming to hit him.
"I am a shark?"
Pissing his pants was an understatement for the current state of his mind, he almost burst-pissed his pee-pee to bits and pieces on coming to this realization.
A few minutes later, he was able to reorganize his brain after thinking deeply and hard about his life.
When he first came to the realization, he felt horrified but it did not impact him much again after thinking about it for a few more minutes.
What more could be expected?
He was an anatomist back on earth. His colleagues called him the crazy dissector because of his obsession to study the internal structure of more and more sea creatures, dissecting animals was his first love.
When such a crazy anatomist got reborn in a possible fantasy world called Oceania as the greatest of all sharks, the great white, where he could dissect as many animals as he wanted, what did they expect. The beast was unleashed.
After coming to terms with it, he finally started noticing a few more changes, such as his eyesight.
As an anatomist, he didn't exactly have bad eyesight but now all he could call his eyesight was a beast. Studies back on earth revealed that sharks have 10 times sharper eyesight than humans, and he could not agree more now.
He was now in a location under the ocean that was surrounded by rocks. They jutted out of the ground like thick knives, forming a large cave network here.
The water was dark blue in color which faintly revealed how deep he was underwater, he guessed that it was probably a few hundred meters under.
After going through this, he went back to his status again.
Going through the status again, he had to confess that it was badass. Since all his time as an anatomist, he had never seen the stats of a shark being calculated and tabulated so clearly.
He felt a little bad knowing that he only had 2 power points, he hoped that they amounted to something though.
"But if this is really a fantasy world, why don't I have an enchanted weapon like the Mjolnir?"
He grumbled. "Is this favoritism?"
As he fantasized about the legendary things he could achieve with his stat points, he suddenly saw a shadow flash past above him. Before seeing it, he already sensed the electromagnetic waves.
Great white sharks, like all other sharks, have an extra sense given by the ampullae of Lorenzini which enables them to detect the electromagnetic field emitted by the movement of living animals.
At close range, this god-like ability allows them to locate even immobile animals by detecting their heartbeat.
He was not familiar with such new senses yet so it felt weird, but he admitted that it was a super useful ability.
"I guess this is the electroreceptor ability". Even as he mumbled this to himself, he was already retreating deeper inside the cave. He just saw something that almost made him piss his pants again.
His movements were clumsy but practical.
Thud! Thud!
At the top of the cave where rocks jutted out to form a thick network, a huge tiger shark was currently staring down at Sebastian, who would now be the baby great white shark.
"Umm…, system, whatever you are, I need some help here".
"Where's my shark mom, is she so irresponsible to leave her kid stranded in the wild?"
[First mission unlocked: Survive the Tiger Shark's attack!]
[Mission reward: 1 Skill point, Random Experience point, and information about the system.]
"Shit! Help me, I need no information shit".
Screaming anxiously, Sebastian got no response and the stripped shark fellow was now getting closer.
Thud!
The water rippled beside him as the huge tiger shark shook its body, bashing at the rocks to break them apart and force its way through to its prey.
This was when Sebastian finally knew how little and cute he was, though it didn't matter at this moment. He was about 1.2 meters long and compared to the tiger shark who was towering at an outrageous 10 meters, he was just prey.
Thud!
"Oh boy!"
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Unlike the big bad tiger shark that was bigger than the cave and had to force its way through by bashing against the walls, Sebastian was much smaller but the problem was that he could not swim.
Thud!
He felt like crying every time that he heard this from behind him. "Am I dying here? This is too early".
"I'm dying when I've not even started my conquest to dissect all beasts, what a sad ending that would be!"
He had all the tools to swim, the dorsal fin, the tail fin, they were all there. And he even felt like his instincts were now finetuned to be shark-like, he felt an urge from deep in his blood to swim.
Despite all these urges and advantages, the problem was his unfamiliarity with the new mode of movement and organs. Adaptation to new organs and body was not something that could be done in a day.
After living more than 25 years on earth as a human, suddenly being reborn as a shark and getting used to it was a herculean task that brought only tears to his eyes when he thought of it.
This only became more apparent when a predator was stalking closely behind him. "Is this what those deer on earth felt when being hunted by lions and cheetahs? What a pitiable existence".
They were there, but swinging the fins in the right way to propel himself forward proved to be another herculean task.
Swinging it wrongly, he saw himself somersaulting like a rocking chair with no arm. He was just like a clueless SpongeBob, moving left and right in weird angles that even left the predator confused.
At some point, the tiger shark even paused with a confused expression on its stripped face. Before coming to this world, Sebastian could not understand shark expressions, but he swore that he saw a confused look on its face.
Just like his second love, the tiger shark ignored the abnormality and continued forging forward closer to its prey.
One thing Sebastian noticed that brought him some much-needed relief was that the deeper inside the cave he swam, the narrower it became which meant that it became harder for the tiger shark to move also.
Despite this, the distance between them was closing at a speed that he did not like at all.
He tried all the swimming techniques that he knew as a human but nothing seemed to be working. He tried butterfly style, breaststroke, backstroke, front crawl, and even the backside dance but none of them worked.
"Noo…, I don't want to die!"
The tiger shark's head was now unimaginably close.
Snap!
The enormous teeth that were larger than what was expected of normal tiger sharks clapped together dangerously, making the water ripple outwards.
This was underwater, but drool seemed to flow out from the predator's wide mouth and quickly blended with the water as its snout raised up in the water surface like it was smelling the best delicacy ever.
Its jaws kept on snapping open and close hungrily as it intensified its efforts to bite hard at its prey. The nearby rocks slowly broke and gave way, allowing it to force its way deeper.
At this moment, Sebastian was already as tense and stiff as a shrimp.
Seeing death stare at him in the face, he became frenzied. His small shark body wriggled back and forth, trying every means just to take that important swim downwards. Then…
Crunch!
[You have been bitten on the tail by a tiger shark, you have received -6 damage with additional -1 damage from bleeding.]
[Your tail fin bones have been injured, movement speed impaired by 10%.]
Sebastian felt pain waves hit hard at his brain, forcing him to let out a soundless wail as his bitten tail quickly wriggled free and retaliated on instinct.
His originally harmless tail suddenly hardened and whipped upwards viciously like a sharp knife, cutting a shallow hole through the thick skin of the much bigger tiger shark.
[You have activated skill: Tail Fin attack.]
[You have cut your opponent with your tail fin, you dealt 0.2 damage.]
That was surprising, and the damage dealt was a little disheartening when compared to the damage dealt to him by the tiger shark but he could not complain. A beggar was not a chooser after all.
The tiger shark did not have much of a reaction to his attack, it tried to attack him again by aiming at his body this time but he was not such an easy target despite the huge difference in size.
He may not be familiar with swimming yet, but moving his body to dodge required much less complicated methods.
He timed the tiger shark and moved to the side every time that it tried to crunch down on his juicy flesh. As he dodged, he did not forget to retaliate with his tail every time, dealing little bits of damage.
Of course, he was bitten again as the tiger shark got more irritated.
As this tug of war continued, he was surprised as he suddenly saw the water below him ripple a bit. He looked closer, he thought he just saw something long like a rope but he was not sure.
Not willing to divide his attention, he turned back to focus on his weak against strong battle but what happened next scared the hell out of him.
Whoosh!
He was not able to react as something swooped past him with mind-blowing speed. As he could not react, so was the tiger sharp not able to react too.
In just a second, the tiger shark suddenly stiffened as the long intruder wrapped it up tightly in a firm hold. Before Sebastian could blink, the tiger shark shrank as it was squeezed tightly.
This was when he saw it clearly. "A Viper!"
The over 20m long black Viper sneak attacked the tiger shark before it could react. After squeezing it a bit, it quickly dipped its enormous head inside its coiled body and started swallowing the shark whole.
Its coiled body shook a bit from the inside like something was resisting against it, but with its body tightly pressed against the walls of the cave, it suppressed all the tremors with its elastic skin.
Seeing this, Sebastian almost fainted in shock, he was already dying from a tiger shark but now another.
He was not disgusted by the scene as his previous job was much more disgusting than this, he was rather horrified. Before, he looked down on such a scene from the superior perspective of a human.
Now, seeing it as an equal beast too, he feared for his life.
Squelch!
A disconcerting sound reverberated accompanied by a bubble in the water as the Viper's abdominal muscles contracted the prey while swallowing, Sebastian gulped from his position.
"This is my time to run".
He could only thank his God for being reborn as a young shark now, the Viper clearly left him because he was too small a prey to fill its bottomless stomach.
Ignoring the scene of carnage that was before him, he did what was expected of any sane young shark. He turned, ignored his unfamiliarity with swimming, and started trashing about downwards.
Even if it was just shaking his sharky body, it was something as the water current would carry him down.
He pumped himself. "You can do it! Sebastian, run! Run!"
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[Mission accomplished: Survive the Tiger Shark's attack!]
[Mission reward: You have gained 1 Skill point; information about the system is now available.]
[After completing a mission: You have earned random Experience points]
[Congratulations for completing your first mission: You have earned additional random Adaptation points {5-10}.]
[Points randomizing…, randomization complete.]
[You have gained an additional 5 Adaptation points.]
[You are under the mild bleeding status; you'll lose 0.01 health points every 2 seconds until you fill your stomach with food.]
[As a shark, most especially as a great white shark, you need food to survive in Oceania. Without abundant food to sustain yourself, your chances of easily dying to hunger are greater than dying to a predator.]
"Oh, shut up!"
Only a little bubble came from his mouth, but in his mind, Sebastian felt that he just yelled angrily at the interface thingy. He didn't know what to call it yet, so he just called it whatever he liked.
Though the bubble that came from his mouth was barely noticeable, he still freaked out as he tucked himself tighter into the hole while secretly praying in his mind.
"God, help me please. If I survive this, I'll sacrifice anything for you".
After running from the scene of the carnage where the enormous Viper snake swallowed the tiger shark, he sought a place to hide his small body from the shining eyes of the predators in the ocean.
When he was escaping, he really wished he had a map to navigate the cave but unfortunately for him, no genie was here with him to fulfill his wishes.
In the end, he had to grope his way downwards with no prior knowledge of his location nor if other predators like the Viper were below.
With trepidation and a rapidly pounding heart, he continued his SpongeBob-like swim downwards, trashing the water left and right until he finally got to a different location of the cave.
Through an opening that looked like a tunnel, he finally saw outside the cave for the first time since he came into this world.
With just one look, he confirmed all his conjectures, he was in a real ocean.
From the tunnel-like opening, he saw that the cave outside surface was a long slope that led all the way from the top to his current position, and it still went deep inside the darker parts of the seawater.
At a distance away from where he hovered in the water, he saw a large rock surface that towered up into the sky like a mountain. He couldn't see where it started from, he could not see its end also.
He remembered that these were called Seamounts.
Through the sharp eyesight which was an advantage of great white sharks that he appreciated, he was able to see a lot farther than what any human in his previous world may be able to see from his position.
Though in his position, the water was a little darkish blue in color, he was still able to appreciate the ocean bed surface before him.
He saw trenches that led deep into the ground. After seeing past a certain point, he only saw darkness inside the trenches.
Inside the trenches, he saw abnormally huge eels going up and down. What actually shocked him was that the biggest eel that he saw had electric sparks spiking and snaking around its smooth body eerily.
"Holy moly!"
He exclaimed but only bubbles came out of his mouth without a sound.
Looking a little farther into the distance, he saw a place looking like a coral forest. From time to time, he saw marine creatures like sea urchins swimming about at a leisurely pace there.
The phenomenon that fascinated him most about this sea was that from what he saw, there was clearly no sunlight shinning down here, but some blueish-green mysterious light illuminated the ocean constantly.
He already tried looking for its source but he could not find it.
"Is this magic?" He thought.
The picture painted before him left his eyes glittering like he was staring at stars, but this did not last though as he saw something else.
"A sea lion!"
He shrank immediately on seeing this, subconsciously moving back towards the tunnel that led him out of the cave.
The sea lion didn't notice him, but all his enthusiasm to explore the ocean directly evaporated on seeing it. He finally remembered his number 1 objective, which was to find a hiding place.
Outside here was clearly too vast for a young shark like him, he figured that there would be better hiding places inside the cave.
Struggling with swimming again, he turned his body before finally trashing it left and right into the cave again. When he got back inside, he was relieved to see that the Viper was not coming yet.
Encouraged by that, he continued his trashing journey downwards to find a better place to hide.
Counting in his head, he noted that he was swimming down for a few minutes already and the deeper he went the narrower the cave walls became.
Another few minutes later, he was surprised to find the cave leading him into a 3-way crossroad tunnel below.
Seeing the 3 tunnels, his gut feeling deterred him from entering any of them.
In a forlorn mood, he turned and started trash swimming back up. That was when he met trouble, through his sharp eyesight he saw the predator first. The Viper was already swimming down.
Shocked and spooked, he started searching for an alternative to hide immediately. With the speed of the snake relative with his speed, swimming back down was not an option.
He didn't know if it was dumb luck, but he surprisingly found a shallow hole at the side of the cave wall. His eyes lit up as he quickly shoved himself inside and tried to squeeze himself in.
Paired with his dark blue skin which was a natural camouflage under the ocean, he easily blended with the dark grey color of the cave walls.
Now, here he was, trying to make the interface thingy keep quiet while secretly praying for his life.
He was silent, his body was motionless, but his mental state was as shaky as a volcano on the verge of erupting.
His breath seized as he suddenly saw a shadow come closer. He could hear the hissing sound of the snake as its tongue flickered left and right, feeling the water surface like a detective Conan snake.
As all this happened, Sebastian felt like he was in a hot pot of soup.
The enormous Viper spent about 4 minutes hovering around the place before it finally turned back, it couldn't go downward because of its size in relative to how narrow the tunnel was below.
As it finally started swimming away, Sebastian peeked a glance.
The giant Viper slitted away like the evil one it was, its tongue reeking of pure evil. Its body was a little bloated, probably due to the tiger shark that it swallowed a moment ago.
Sebastian wondered if it even digested the food before moving again.
"Phew! It left". He felt like leading a praise song immediately.
He was not exactly the church boy, but after surviving a life-and-death situation, there was nothing impossible that he can't do right now.
He took 10 minutes to calm his rapidly beating heart and his mental state before finally giving attention to the interface thingy again.
"I'm sorry for being rude, interface thingy, I was kind of in a pinch there. And it's not like you helped matter's either".
"So…, I received a bunch of gifts for surviving, right?"
"How does this even work? Is it like Santa Claus gifts, Merry Christmas, it's that how it's done?"
[System Reminder: You're under the mildly bleeding status.]
"…"
"Ok…, that's progressive. You said you'll tell me more about yourself". He decided to try another approach.
[Host is finally qualified to know the basic information of the system and Oceania. To get information, spend 5 Adaptation points.]
"F*ck, that's basically robbing me of what you just gifted me. What type of Santa Claus are you?"
Grumbling but not getting any response from the system, he finally gave it the approval to take 5 skill points. It's not like he even knew their use, they may be useless so no problem.
[5 Adaptation points have been taken: System-host information exchange unlocked.]
Yes, he was a baby shark now, but Sebastian still found a more comfortable angle in his small nest to rest at to better listen to the story.
"I wish popcorns are here, they're the best for movies and stories".
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"I'm waiting".
[Host should ask any question for clarification.]
"You didn't tell me to ask first, why are you so f*cking hideous? And who's your host, are you a parasite?"
[Sebastian, welcome to The Ocean domination system!]
[I am not a parasite; I am the system that has been assigned to you to lead you through the perilous waters of Oceania.]
Sebastian went silent for a moment; an you mean that expression on his face. "You mean, you're like those system shit that those shit allnovelfull authors write about? How's that even real?"
"Now, if you don't know that's degrading your image to me. I find it hard to trust strangers, this will only make me have a harder time trusting you".
[Host's decision to trust or to not trust me is none of my business.]
[You're the one who was reborn into Oceania, live a few days here and the realization of everything will come to you. If you still don't believe, you can as well just die.]
"…"
Sebastian was speechless. "That's impolite".
[Host has been more impolite to the system since you were reborn. If you want, I can list the scenarios of your impoliteness down to you.]
Sebastian didn't know what to say about that. Coughing a bit, he finally decided to ask some real questions. His talks about not believing the system were just bullshit, he already confirmed long ago that this was real.
"So where is this exactly, Oceania? Is it in Europe, Africa, Asia?"
[This is Oceania, not Earth.]
"Dammit!"
After taking deep repeated breaths which seemed strange in his sharky body to calm his mind down, Sebastian asked again.
"So, if this is not Earth, then this world, Oceania, what is it? What is it made of, how did it come to be? And where am I? I'll appreciate a map, you know".
[Information about how Oceania came to be is locked, reach the requisite level before you can access the requirements to unlock it.]
[Oceania is a world, just like your previous world, Earth. The only difference is that, unlike Earth, Oceania is completely submerged in water with no presence of dry land.]
"Ooook, that's insightful".
[Just like your Earth is divided into 7 continents, Oceania is divided into 7 seas. They are the building blocks of this world.]
[The combination of all 7 seas forms an ocean, that's what is called Oceania.]
[The 7 seas are The Green Mist, The Red Cove, The Black Veil, The Blue Sea, The Dungeon of Souls, The Hot Realm, and The Atlantian Domain.]
"Holy shit, that's some badass names you got there".
"But wait, Atlantian…, Atlantis?"
[Yes, the current ruling hegemon of the 7 seas is Atlantis.]
"You mean the ancient story is real? The lost city is real?
[Such information is not recorded in the system's database; host has to find that out himself.]
"Ok, I understand". Sebastian sighed exaggeratedly which only resulted in bubbles in the water. "Thanks for all the information, but I'll really appreciate knowing where I am currently among the 7 seas".
[Information locked: Pay 20 Adaptation points to buy a comprehensive map from the system store.]
"F*ck, I knew it!"
He trashed angrily a bit but the system paid no attention to him, not even seeing it polite to give at least an apology.
Fuming, Sebastian organized his thoughts. "Ok, how did I come to this world?"
[Information locked: Reach the requisite level to know the requirements to unlock such information.]
"…"
He took a deep breath. "How about my status, I want to see it again. Is that locked too?"
[No, host status can be shown at any time.]
"Ok, show me".
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Name: Sebastian
Level: 1
Stats:
Power: 2.5
Speed: 1.2
Mind: 14
Constitution: 1.1
Luck: 0
HP: 12/25
[Skills: Bite Level- 3; Swim Level- 2; Dash Level- 1; Sharp Dorsal Fin- Level 1; Tail Fin- Level 1; Electroreceptors- Level 1]
[Species: Young Great White- Shark]
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"Damn, why is my health so low?"
[You are under the mild bleeding status, fill your stomach with food to wear effects off.]
"Ok, I get that. But why is my luck 0?"
[Because you're unlucky.]
"…"
"Is that why I got the lowest random 5 points from the Adaptation points given as my reward for the mission?"
[Yes.]
Sebastian's face darkened, he didn't know how it looked on his new sharky face but it darkened. He took a deep breath of the underwater oxygen again before asking his series of last questions.
"You call yourself the Ocean domination system, what does it mean?"
[Yes, that is my name. I was created to aid whoever becomes my host to get the ability to dominate all 7 seas and become the ocean don, the Ocean master of Oceania.]
"Ok, I get you".
After getting the answer to the last series of questions that he asked, Sebastian finally left the system and fell into deep thought.
From all the evidence that was around him, the system was right. He died to the bite of his own shark, his soul through whatever magic was trapped and brought to this world, Oceania.
Now, he had to survive and dominate this world and become the so-called Ocean master. He just didn't know where to start from, no contract, nothing of the sort, how was he sure that the system was not deceiving him?
As the great anatomist that he was, one of his greatest antics that he lived on was to only believe what he saw with his own eyes than what even his President told him.
He already made up his mind to confirm what the system said, he had to go out into this world himself. He was an anatomist and anatomists were invisible scientists, there was no way he was going to die.
Wait…, this suddenly brought his mind back to something crucial.
"System, what if I'm killed, I'll be reborn again right?"
[…]
"I…, I'll be reborn again right?"
[…]
"…"
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"Ok, everything is fine, absolutely fine. All I have to do is wait here, I'm sure a prey that I can kill for food will swim along. This is a wide ocean Afterall".
A few minutes ago, after asking the system repeatedly and not getting any reply Sebastian finally gave up. He hated to admit it, but he guessed that this silence meant that dying here was really dying.
After being reborn once, it was not too much of a plea to ask for another right? But the loathsome system just decided resolutely to ignore him.
He wanted to go out to explore this world before after listening to the information given by the system, but because of the real possibility of death, he decided to play it cool.
Slow and steady wins the race, that was his motto now.
Even a maniac anatomist like him was afraid of death, even if he was just but a shark now, he still appreciated the feeling of having life.
His HP was remaining only 12 from the initial 25 and it was still reducing bit by bit as he bleeds, the blood flowing from his body was not too obvious but he knew that he was bleeding due to the slight itch he was feeling.
He was still unaccustomed to his new body, he wanted to get to understand it well before taking on any risky adventures.
So there he laid, against the wall in his small hideout, waiting for food to swim along. It felt funny, as a human he just needed to go to the market and get some fish, but now he had to hunt one by himself.
Well, as far as he had the opportunity to dissect it everything was good.
He positioned himself in the hole in a way that his head faced outside a bit, thereby seeing all the way to the tunnel that led outside the cave.
Like this, he could see whatever creature that was coming in.
So, the wait started. He counted at first in his head but after 20 minutes he got tired, he was just too distracted to focus on the concept of time.
He didn't know for how long he was waiting already, but he was beginning to get tired of it. He was about to start thrashing in frustration when his eyes caught something suddenly pop into the cave through the small tunnel.
He froze, eyes widening a bit as he made sure that his body remains as still as possible. Focusing his eyes, he finally narrowed down on the fish that just swam it.
It was a small fish, a little smaller than he was. Despite the darkness of the cave, he could see how colorful the body of the fish was.
It was purplish-blue in color, with a little bit of yellow and black lining the sides of its caudal and tail fins. It looked extremely beautiful at a glance, but that was not what Sebastian cared about at this moment.
"Food!"
His eyes glittered like stars but he was able to hold himself back from looking too intensively to not spook the small fellow.
The fish let out bubbles from its mouth as it surveyed the surrounding of the cave in a lookout for any threat. Seeing none, it looked up and down, probably contemplating where to go.
Having made its decision, it abruptly turned and started swimming leisurely upwards, up in the direction that Sebastian hid.
"Come on, come on baby! Daddy is waiting for you".
Droll practically started dropping from his face on seeing this, his imaginary hands already wide open to welcome the prey.
Then, the fish abruptly stopped, it looked around with a confused expression on its face like it discovered something. Suddenly not willing to continue its journey, it turned and started swimming back.
Sebastian's mouth was practically wide open in a big 0. "The heck?"
Forget about his health points, personally, he was feeling hungry already. There was no way he was letting this prey go, he had to eat.
Before he could move out from his hole, he suddenly felt the water stir.
Whoosh!
From the same tunnel, a newcomer came with such fast speed that all he could see was a blur. It collided with the much smaller fish, then the next second half the fish entered this new fellow's belly.
Sebastian was shocked. "That's a…, Bluefin Tuna!"
Seeing the tuna that was slightly bigger than him swallowing the prey that he patiently stalked, he suddenly felt angry. The tuna was bigger than him, but he was a freakish great white shark.
Without careful thought into it, he suddenly burst out of his hole and hauled himself at the big adult tuna.
The tuna saw him and reacted, it tried to turn its body but Sebastian already got to its side. Consumed by the desire to kill and eat his prey, Sebastian forgot himself and left control to his instincts.
The swimming that was originally his problem became something trivial.
Crunch!
[You have activated skill: Bite attack.]
[You have bitten your opponent, you dealt 1.8 damage.]
As soon as his sharp teeth dug into the tuna's body, he shook his body from left to right, shaking the tuna along as his razor teeth sawed across the flesh of the bigger fish.
The Tuna opened its mouth probably from pain as bubbles erupted but it could do nothing as the fish got stuck in its throat.
Removing his teeth from its flesh, Sebastian bit down again but this time something surprising happened. A blueish white light glowing like a shield suddenly surrounded the tuna's body, blocking all the damage from his bite.
His teeth bounced off its skin, making his jaws become numb for a moment. During this time, the raging tuna finally removed the stuck fish from its throat and turned around.
Wom!
A blue light shone around its mouth, before a stunned Sebastian could react the light accumulated to the peak before being shot at him. A blue glowing ring-shaped energy manifestation flew at him.
He tried to dodge but he could not, the attack slammed into his skin heavily. He felt like he was just hit by a truck.
[You have been hit by a magic skill; you have received 5 damage.]
Despite being horrified by what happened, Sebastian did not run as he knew that it would only lead to suicide.
From his calculations, despite its magic skills and larger body mass, as a shark, he had an advantage over the Tuna. Quickly swimming to its side, he unleashed another vicious bite close to its tail.
After biting through, the blue protective shield shone again but he quickly removed its teeth before it came into effect fully. Blood flowed freely from the already badly injured Bluefin Tuna.
As soon as the shield went back, he bit the tuna again this time close to the head. As soon as he saw the Tuna's mouth glowing, he backed off.
Using such a strategy, he slowly chipped the opponent's life away until the Tuna lay limp like frozen fish. Blood dripped down the corpse's body, blood also dripped down his.
[Congratulations! You have killed your first prey.]
[Reward: You have gained 4 skill points and 2 Adaptation points. You have gained random Experience points.]
[Bonus Reward: 2 Adaptation points.]
[Your Bite Skill has leveled up to level 4, your Swim skill has leveled up to level 3.]
[It's advisable that host start eating immediately, your HP already went below the critical stage.]
Hurriedly checking his health points, he saw that he had only 2 HP left.
He could not think of anything at all, suppressing the pain that was afflicting him he snapped his jaws up and down at the Tuna, taking huge bites from its flesh and eating rapidly.
A few minutes later, he already finished the Tuna.
[Congratulations! You…]
He couldn't hear what the system said, he was too exhausted for that.. Hauling himself up, he stuffed his frame inside his hole again, hid well before falling asleep.
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Bleh!
"The heck did I just do?"
Sebastian woke up from his nap feeling spooked by the sight that presented itself before him. Bits of flesh and blood left by the Tuna that he ate, alive!
He practically got a stroke thinking about it.
In his previous life, he was a lot of things but a carnivore was certainly not one of them. After waking up, he felt energetic and refreshed but the memory of him ravaging the flesh of the Tuna could not leave him at all.
Remembering something, he quickly stole a peek around the area.
The small fish was gone. He didn't know what heaven-defying luck the fellow had; 2 predators were going after it but shockingly they ended up battling each other to the death while it escaped easily.
This was when he remembered that the system was about to say something to him before he slept. "System, what did you say?"
[Congratulations! You have eaten the meat of a low-tier predator: Mutated Bluefin Tuna- Level 11. Basic profile information of the Bluefin Tuna has been unlocked.]
[The mutated Bluefin Tuna is one of the higher surface oceans' fastest, and strongest predators. It eats a variety of prey but prefers pelagic fishes and invertebrates that they can swallow whole.]
[As a mutated fish, it already has the power to make use of the lowest-tier magic. Beware of its glows before attacks, you never know when you'll get crushed by one of them.]
[You have leveled up once.]
[You have leveled up once.]
Seeing this, Sebastian quickly checked his status again. He was surprised by what he saw, he was level 3 now. And not only that, his critically low health was now back to full.
After savoring the feeling brought by this, he finally turned his attention to the gifts that the system showered on him after he killed the Tuna.
Asking the system, he quickly got the hang of the use of all the points that he was given. Apparently, the skill points were for him to purchase new skills later when he was about to evolve.
According to the system, he had to get to level 5 before he would become eligible for an evolution. And according to it, he would have the option to learn magic skills then too.
Thinking of the magical abilities that were used by the Tuna, he felt himself salivating. Thinking back to the battle, it was really a close fight that any mistake could have led to his death.
At the heat of the battle, he was not even the one in control of his body again. All his reactions then were all based on instinct.
Maybe it was because he prayed for survival before the Tuna came, he was glad that he emerged victoriously.
For the adaptation points, according to the system, they were for him to buy utilities such as the map and body mutations. He needed 20 of those just to get the map, he felt like crying on thinking of it.
To improve his skills, he didn't have to spend his skill points on them again. All he had to do was to use them in battles, and they would level up after they have been used enough.
It felt unreal, but after undergoing one battle in this new world, he suddenly started craving it. It was a close battle, but the rewards that he got from it were worth it for him to find it himself.
He needed to grow strong, which could not be debated. For him to explore this world, dissect all its creatures, find the Atlantis said by the system, and a lot of other things, he needed strength.
And to do that, from the example of the Tuna he had to find more fish to kill.
Obviously, he was still not strong enough to explore the outside world beyond the cave yet. Despite this, he was confident that he could explore the depths of the cave without dying.
He hauled his body from his hole, the seawater washing the dirt away from his body as he took that important swim downwards.
He didn't know if it was because his swim skill upgraded in the last battle, but his swimming ability improved a lot. He suddenly felt like he could swim better, which was evident in his movements immediately.
He was still moving like a thrashing SpongeBob, but come on, compared to the previous time he's improved by a lot.
Encouraged by that, he continued taking that crucial swim downwards.
From the gains of the last battle, he finally believed the words of the system. Perhaps, maybe it was really called the Ocean domination system and could help him become the overlord of the 7 seas.
Even if it was a scam, bro, a shark could dream.
…
Swimming much less thrashingly than before, Sebastian's eyes saw the underground that was at the bottom of the cave again.
Not panicking like the first time that he came here, he was able to notice a lot more details that he couldn't before. He noticed that the water here was rushing faster than the one at the top.
The dirt here became less, the walls and floor mostly covered with stones of various colors, making it more beautiful the deeper he went.
As the cave became narrower, he also saw the features more clearly. He saw a few blood marks that stained the sparkling rocks with a few cuts too, he guessed that this was caused by some other aquatic animal.
The perplexing thing was that as he got deeper, he noticed that instead of the surroundings becoming darker, it was instead glowing in a green color. The exact same as the one outside the cave.
This made him wonder about the energy that was powering the green light.
A few meters below, he saw colorful grass growing underneath the cave just in front of the 3-tunnel junction. With their different colors blending together, it formed another beautiful sight.
He didn't know what was waiting for him at the end of these tunnels, but what he saw already gave him a good feeling about it.
Getting to the tunnels, he didn't do any complicated maths. A little alert now, he entered the tunnel that was closest to him.
If he did it one at a time, he was sure he would achieve results.
And from his previous battle with the Tuna, he already confirmed that the creatures in this world were like those on earth. Humans still dwarfed them in intelligence.
With such an advantage, he was a little more confident in his chances.
Plop!
Not hesitating again, he plunged into the tunnel at the far-left side before quickly disappearing in.
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The first thing that Sebastian discovered on entering the tunnel was that it was narrow, far narrower than he estimated seeing it from the outside. This did not stop him though; he continued his smooth glide downwards.
As the water here flowed fast like a rapid, he didn't have to put much effort into swimming, he just let his body glide with it like an eagle sailing the wind.
Like he already observed, despite being so much deep inside the cave now it didn't get darker but instead glowed more. The blueish-green glow of the ocean became more apparent here.
It seems that his glide downwards was destined to be cut short as from his position, he could already see the end of the tunnel. And from what he saw, it was fairly expansive.
Plop!
The rapidly flowing water quickly threw him out into the expanse that was before him, as soon as he arrived the water changed from rapidly flowing to gentle flowing.
The switch was so abrupt that he found it a chore to adapt to it with his new senses, he lamented.
"Stay still, body; stop wobbling!"
It was not easy being a shark, don't let anyone deceive you otherwise.
After barely stabilizing his body in the water, he finally looked carefully at his surroundings while staying alert.
Inside the cave, down the tunnel was a sight that he did not expect, it looked like a coral reef down here. The only difference was that the colorful corals were glowing, making it an even more beautiful sight.
Down here was a huge expanse of water, far bigger than he expected.
Apart from the corals that lined the floor, illuminating everywhere beautifully, the other notable fact was the sheer size of it. Below the tunnel was far bigger than he expected, he could not see its end.
Seeing the rainbow light shining from the corals into his sharky body, Sebastian felt like he was in heaven. "I wish I can just sleep here, and spend an eternity doing it".
Wom!
The water beside him suddenly shifted a bit, making him sharply turn his head alertly. He could see nothing, but f*ck the sneaky bitch, he had a skill that could counter that.
He didn't even know how to execute his skills yet, he just focused, and surprisingly it worked.
[You have activated skill: Electroreceptors.]
Perhaps, it was because he didn't pay attention before but seeing this skill in action again left his mouth opened in a big wow, making bubbles rise.
As soon as he activated it, he felt like he activated a radar detector. From his location, he developed a new vision sense by instinct.
His vision became black and white, and like a radar, he saw the electromagnetic waves moving around him and all over the place. His normal eye vision was still there, he felt like he had 2 overlapping vision organs.
"Damn, this is awesome!" Before he could only see his front, but now he could see everything in a meter around him with HD quality view.
He focused again, that was when he saw it, the originator of the shift in the water. Through his black and white electromagnetic vision, he saw the black and white lines converge at a corner to form a long shape.
He could see eyes, 2 glowing red eyes, he could see a long body, and a tongue flicking at the water.
"Another evil snake! That loathsome being!"
Compared to the Viper that did the dark work to the tiger shark in his front a few hours ago, this fellow was much smaller.
He didn't know if it was because of the trauma caused by seeing the Viper feast on its food, or if it was just his inclination or even an instinct developed from his species, but now he just loathed snakes.
"Eat it!"
Furiously flicking his tail fin left and right, he quickly propelled his much larger body at the small snake.
Hiss!
Seeing his swim direction, the snake immediately erupted from its position, curling its body quickly and raising its head as 2 dagger-sharp teeth revealed themselves from its exposed mouth intimidatingly.
Sizzling sounds reverberated as its long disgusting tongue flicked the water continuously, it seemed much more dangerous all of a sudden.
Not deterred by that, Sebastian went for the head.
Crunch!
He bit it viciously on its neck, the snake also retaliated and bit him on the side of his body but the pain was negligible compared to what he felt.
Reflexively, as soon as his teeth dug into the snake's neck, he shook his body left and right, allowing his sharp teeth to saw and tear the poor snake to shreds.
With another crunching sound following it, the snake was bit in 2. Its body twitched and trashed on the water for a few seconds after being separated before it finally went limp.
[You have activated skill: Bite.]
[You have bitten your opponent on the neck, you have dealt -4 damage. -3 additional damage due to teeth shredding technique.]
[You have been bitten by a Young primordial cave snake; you have received -1 damage. You have been poisoned, eat opponent's meat to recover.]
[You have killed a Young primordial cave snake- Level 5.]
[You have gained 1 Skill point, and 1 Adaptation point.]
[You have gained Experience points.]
[You have gained an additional 1 Adaptation point for killing a prey of new species. You have unlocked the basic profile of the Primordial cave snake bloodline.]
Not willing to wait, Sebastian ignored everything around him and quickly dug into the delicious body of the snake. Perhaps it was because of his species, but he already developed a liking to eating prey.
After wiping the remains of the Primordial something snake from the cave, he finally gulped contently and went to a corner to evaluate the previous battle. He guessed that he just made a few new discoveries.
Though he didn't level up again, he didn't feel sad. It was reasonable as compared to the mighty Tuna that he killed that could even use magic, this snake was just a baby.
This brought him another question, why did the tiger shark not use magic against him when it hunted him?
Was it contempt?
He was not sure as even when the Viper swallowed it, it didn't release any magic. Maybe it was too caught off-guard by the Viper to use it, he just didn't know.
Putting that aside, he placed his attention on his discoveries.
His battle with the snake just now was easy but he was surprised to notice something about his skills. According to his skill tab, he had a lot of skills but since he was reborn here, he's only activated 2 of them- bite and tail fin attack.
He remembered when he attacked with his tail, it was probably because of his desperation then but he swore that his tail became sharp which was perplexing as it was only meant for swimming originally.
What of the swim, dash, and the other skills, why couldn't he activate them? Or maybe, that was phrased wrongly, but why hasn't he used them yet?
His eyes widened in realization; he tried an experiment.
He focused his mind on his tail while forming an imaginary image for the tail fin skill. He waited for a few seconds; when he was already becoming disappointed it happened.
[You have activated skill: Tail fin.]
The tail stiffened before becoming sharp all of a sudden, Sebastian swore that he saw the surrounding water boil a bit like his tail became hot.
Excited by the prospect, he tried the other skills.
[You have activated skill: Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Dash.]
The only problem was that after activating them consecutively for some time, he felt mentally drained. He guessed that something was drained from him everything he activated a skill.
Maybe stamina points or something, but it was not shown in the system. Despite this defect on the Santa Claus system's part, he was happy about his new discovery.
He was slowly on his way to Sebastian Shark domination.
"But wait, does that mean I swim so terribly because I didn't activate the swim skill before?"
"Dafuq man!"
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After coming to that very important realization, Sebastian suddenly felt a lot more confident about himself and his chances of surviving here.
He guessed that he was kind of lucky being reborn as a great white shark, he's read in novels of people being reborn as a stick. The heck! He just couldn't fathom how awful they felt if it was real.
Probably because his stamina was already drained, he couldn't continue his exploration journey into the deeper paths of the tunnel immediately.
And after his previous battle with the Tuna where he got injured, he slept but it was nowhere enough to substitute for how exhausted he was. He guessed that it was probably better for him to sleep well now.
Besides, it's not like big predators like the Viper could force their way inside here, they were too big. He felt like laughing evilly, he would enjoy his young shark form while it still lasts.
Finding a cluster of blue corals who had the same dark blue color as his skin, he slept on top of them to act as a natural camouflage for himself.
Forget about sleeping with one eye open, Shark's did not have such weird inclinations. From Sebastian's knowledge, when a Shark is in its deep rest period, half its brain is active and both of its eyes are always open.
They didn't have eyelids, so what more could be expected?
It felt weird to him, but he had to get used to it, this was going to be his new lifestyle for a period of time that he did not know.
Perhaps, he would one day wake up and see that everything was a dream, but now he had to follow the rules of Sharks.
With eyes wide open and a brain filled with imaginations, slowly but surely, he gradually slipped into the sweet embrace of sleep.
"I almost forgot how this felt".
…
Blink!
Probably some hours later, but when Sebastian woke up the first thing that he noticed was the dimmer illumination from the blueish-green source lighting up the cave, making it seem darker all of a sudden.
He guessed that this was nighttime in Oceania, it was creepy but beautiful.
He still didn't move to shake himself from the sleep though, apart from the lighting he noticed another thing. Perhaps its disturbance was what even woke him up in the first place.
"That small purple fish with many colors again!"
The fish that led to his battle between the Tuna was here again, and it was swimming lazily above his head while trashing the water about.
Was his camouflage so effective, or was this fish just so dumb? Well, he didn't care. In his new shark body, his number one rule was to never reject any food that presents itself before him.
Crank!
His face went white.
He felt his teeth vibrate, numbing him to his very bones like he just received a voltage of electricity flowing through his body.
He was shocked, looking closer he saw that same protective magic shield that was on the Tuna flare up to protect this small fish too. He suddenly felt inadequate.
"Small Purple fish, even you too?"
"I cannot be outdone, I'm a shark for shit's sake".
Crunch!
He bit again and this time it went through, the poor fish was divided into 2 just from one bite. It couldn't materialize the shield again, perhaps its stamina got exhausted too or whatever powered it's magic.
Without hesitation, he bit and quickly finished the meat left of it.
[You have killed a Blue Tang fish- Level 8.]
[You have gained 2 Adaptation points.]
[You have eaten the meat of a new fish species: You have unlocked basic profile information of the Blue Tang fish.]
[You have gained an additional 1 Adaptation point for eating a new species of fish.]
Ignoring whatever basic information that he didn't care about, he wondered why he didn't get any skill point this time. Perhaps, it was because the fight was too easy.
Well, it was too damn easy so he was guilty this time.
From everything that he observed, he also guessed another fact. From the Primordial snake, after killing it, he only received 1 Adaptation point and the additional point for killing the first of its species.
And then going back to the Tuna and this Blue Tang now, he received 5 and 2 Adaptation points each for killing them.
From what the system revealed to him, he guessed that going from level 5 to level 6 was a huge milestone that would evolve aquatic organisms in Oceania by a large amount as they would have access to magic and a lot of other things then.
So, killing level 6 organisms gave him 2 Adaptation points, level 5 and below organisms only gave him 1 Adaptation point, while level 11 organisms gave him 5 Adaptation points.
For the Skill points, he guessed that he received them after the system calculated the frequency at which he used the skills in any battle before defeating his opponent.
For the Blue Tang, he clearly didn't use much of them so getting no skill point as a reward was justifiable.
And for the reason why a level 8 Blue Tang fish was so much weaker than a level 3 him, he guessed that it was because of the difference in species.
There was no way a Blue Tang had a chance against a great white shark back on Earth, perhaps only in Oceania would such a scene be seen but he's not seen any yet.
He guessed that this was the reason why the tiger shark didn't use a magic ability on him then, it just didn't have access to it yet. It was its starting point after birth that made it so big and strong, but it was probably still below level 6.
Having made all these realizations, Sebastian felt more appreciative of the species that he was reborn as.
Feeling better about himself, he propelled himself up again. He looked left and right to detect if any opponent was nearby, he also did not fail to activate his electroreceptor skill to double-check.
He nodded to himself; the coast was clear.
[You have activated skill: Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Dash.]
He erupted with speed from his starting position, flew like a mini-submarine forward as he quickly disappeared into the depths of the tunnel expanse.
Operation Shark domination officially began.
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Everywhere was the same, the expanse inside the cave was the same in the sense that it was the same coral reef sight that greeted Sebastian wherever he went. It was a beautiful but bloody adventure.
In his previous world when he was still a human, he was a great fan of animated cartoons where the main characters were fictional creatures who went on adventurous tours through jungles and oceans.
Never in his life did he think that he would become just like one of those main characters, Oceania rebirth was the best thing that has ever happened to him.
Even better than the first time he kissed his girlfriend, though she dumped him just a few days later due to his weird anatomist tendencies.
He didn't know for how long he's been in the expanse already, but he didn't care as he was having the time of his life. In here, he hardly found a creature that could threaten him, only prey.
[You have activated skill: Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Bite.]
[You have activated skill: Tail fin attack.]
[You have dealt crippling damage to your foe; you have killed a Blue Tang…]
[You have killed a…]
[You have gained…]
These were the messages that his system kept on spamming at him, but he didn't get irritated by them at all, it made him fall into a euphoric mood.
Since he arrived here, his most frequent victim was the Blue Tang.
Most of them here were not even above level 5 yet, and without magic, he only needed one crunch to snap them into 2 and expose their blood and internals.
Another thing that made him euphoric was the sheer number of them, this cave seemed like their breeding ground. He wondered where their nest was, going there was the most optimal way to level up.
Despite the number of times that he ate the Blue Tang fishes, the flesh taste that still seemed the most appetizing to him was that of the snake.
They were evil beasts that are supposed not to exist in this world at all, but he still loved them. The soft feeling when his sharp teeth dug into their flesh almost left him crazy, it was just too sweet.
After he killed the young Primordial snake, he only found and killed another common water snake before they became scarce. He suspected that they already noticed him and were hiding.
Thinking of the sweet softness of the snake flesh, his mind could not help but divert to human flesh. He had to admit that in terms of flesh, humans certainly beat snakes in terms of softness.
He started craving it a bit.
It was crazy, but after staying in this shark body for more than a day already, he already started thinking like a great white shark.
"Perhaps, this is why sharks bite humans so much back on earth. What delicious flesh!"
Forgetting about that, as soon as he finished the last Blue Tang food that was before him, he set his eyes at the front again.
[You have activated skill: Electroreceptors.]
Despite the strain on his stamina, he always left this essential skill activated. He didn't know how life would have been here without it, he already classified it as his 3rd love.
All he wanted now was to continue farming Adaptation points, he wanted to get the Map said by the system as soon as possible.
During his attacks, he also observed another fact. Against creatures like the Blue Tang fish, his attacks dealt considerably more damage than when he fought with higher-leveled opponents.
He guessed that this was also a cause of the difference in species.
After killing so much of the Blue Tang fish, his human mind told him to rest but his sharky mind told him to continue. He felt like 2 personalities were warring in his head, one more rational and the other more bloodlust-filled.
He didn't know the one to follow. Why was he even still thinking like a human? He was a freaking great white shark now.
As he warred with the rationality in his mind, he suddenly stiffened as he detected the presence of another predator just like him in his domain. Through his electroreceptors, he felt a heavy presence from the beast.
Raising his head slowly, sparks flew in the air as he stared man to man at this new challenger.
A giant Grouper.
Unlike normal grouper fishes, this one was too unreal for Sebastian to wrap his head around. It was smaller than the tiger shark that he encountered yesterday, but this bro was still a boss at a staggering figure of over 8 meters.
He wondered how this fellow was able to fit inside the tunnel.
Grii…!
The Grouper suddenly let out a sound like a low growl intimidatingly, making all the hair equivalent in Sebastian's sharky body rise.
Compared to this towering fellow, he was far smaller but he was not afraid. He had the intelligence of a human which was projected in his 14 Mind points, and he was sure that it meant something here.
The Grouper tried to let out another growl, but Sebastian already disappeared from his previous position like the flash.
[You have activated skill: Dash.]
Whoosh!
He arrived at the Grouper's side almost immediately but the fellow despite being shocked was able to react, the familiar blue glow of the shield suddenly covered its body.
Already anticipating it, Sebastian drifted to a stop. The shield flickered a bit before disappearing, as soon as it disappeared…
Crunch!
With all the force in his body, he bit down with mind-blowing force.
[You have activated skill: Bite.]
[You have bitten your opponent, you dealt -3 damage.]
The Grouper quickly recoiled from the pain, with rage now evident on its face it turned its head towards Sebastian's position with equally fast speed.
Already predicting what would happen next, Sebastian quickly withdrew but he was still affected.
The Grouper's mouth opened like a huge 0 as the bright energy flared deep inside before sucking the next moment, Sebastian felt an enormous force of attraction pull him towards the opened mouth immediately.
The worse part about it was that as he resisted it, damage was continually being dealt to him.
[You are under the influence of a magic skill: -0.7 to -0.9 damage for the duration of the skill.]
Not able to withstand it again, Sebastian's body was pulled against his will. He hit the Grouper's mouth and the energy exploded the next moment; with pain erupting all over his body he flew away.
[You have been dealt crippling damage; you have received -11 damage.]
Horrified, Sebastian quickly turned around. The Grouper was already about to charge at him again, but a voice suddenly reverberated from the side.
"Big Group, that's enough".
The Grouper obeyed and stayed still, but it still directed a resentful glare at Sebastian probably for the bite injury that was inflicted on it.
"So, you're the new Shark guy who's been terrorizing this area since yesterday, huh?"
"Aren't you ashamed? A great white shark, afraid of the outside expanse and coming to a cave here to act as the shameless big dominator".
Sebastian was shocked twice; he never knew that the creatures here could speak. He turned his head warily. "Who is there?"
"The one that his name cannot be called!"
"The heck! Show yourself, cowardly boaster!" Sebastian cursed.
The tone deepened. "I'm behind you!"
Freaked out, he turned around slowly but he only saw water and nothing else. He broke down immediately, this only made him even more spooked.
Voice softer now, he demanded again. "Who are you?"
"I'm the all-knowing one!"
"…"
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This time, perhaps due to shamelessness heavily dripping in the tone as the voice said it, but Sebastian finally located the bastard who was acting boss from the shadows.
Shifting his sharky body, he turned back again, and though nothing was showing before him he was confident that the voice sounded from there.
Bright like suddenly flared, color rapidly filled the vacant space before him, the first dominant color that appeared was dark green before brown quickly followed it.
In just one look, Sebastian confirmed that this fellow was hovering before him since but he probably hid before with magic. Seeing this, he really wanted magic now.
As soon as the colors appeared, it was quickly followed by the features. The brown color revealed a hard semi-circular shell, then from the hard shell emerged 3 dark green pairs of webbed hands.
Sebastian looked intently, looking for the last finishing touch that would form the whole organism, then the turtle's head suddenly popped out, making him flinch and trash his tail fan a bit.
"Well, hello there".
"A turtle?"
"Yeah, are you surprised?"
As it spoke, the big turtle that was easily bigger than Sebastian's current body gently waved at the Grouper fish, indicating that it could go.
Sebastian was speechless for a moment, looking on with his mouth slightly parted in a big 0 shape, making bubbles rise up in the ocean. "You're shameless".
"Yes, I know".
"…"
After taking his time to organize his thoughts, Sebastian calmed his mind and asked. "Why did you ambush me?"
"I didn't, you're too cheap for me to spend such effort on". The turtle gently raised its foremost webbed pair of hands in a posture that felt like it was picking its nose at Sebastian.
Ignoring that, Sebastian continued asking. "How are you able to talk to me?"
"Which village did you crawl out from?"
"You're f*cking asking such a dumb question like how do I talk? Man, did your parents not teach you anything about Oceania at all?"
Sebastian felt a little offended by that, but he suppressed it as he caught a keyword there. He suddenly tried to act in a way that would make him look pitiful, though he was sure that it was probably looking awful.
The turtle paused, bringing down its webbed limb on seeing this strange scene. "The f*ck are you doing?"
"I'm sorry, it's just that my parents abandoned me, please teach me about Oceania, I don't know anything".
The turtle paused for a moment; eyes dazed like it was thinking through what this great white shark just said. Then it suddenly threw its head back and erupted laughing.
"Hahaha, kid, you're really shameless…, and clueless too. Just like me".
"You don't know about the shark incarnation ceremony?"
"No". Sebastian shrank.
"Then you really have a lot to learn". It raised its webbed limbs to pick its nose again. "Well, before going to that, what brought you here? Aren't you ashamed, coming to flex your ego here by feeding on Blue Tangs, food that even I reject?"
"Umm, that, I'm…"
"Forget about that, I'll just take it as it's because of your shamelessness. About wanting to know more about Oceania, nothing comes for free". Its eyes suddenly seemed to gleam slightly.
Sebastian shuddered, he was familiar with this look, it was the look that merchants gave to fine babes when they're doing business with them.
"I…, I, what is the price?"
[You have activated skill: Swim.]
As he asked, stuttering he slowly moved his tail fin left and right, propelling himself forward at a barely noticeable speed.
The turtle answered. "About the price…"
[You have activated skill: Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Bite.]
Boom!
Sebastian suddenly bolted forward at the turtle; his jaws already wide open in expectations of the loud crunch sound after it landed. But contrary to his expectations, he didn't hear that.
Ta…kpa!
[You have been hit by a skill: Holy Slap {2}]
Sebastian was stunned in one place, looking like a fool as he felt the pain waves of the 2 sharp slaps hit his brain hard. He could not see it, but he could imagine the 2 slap marks that were currently in his sharky face.
"Think you're clever right, Kid?"
"No, no, I was…"
Pa!
This time, Sebastian saw it clearly. The turtle just casually waved one of its webbed limbs, then a white energy manifestation in the form of a palm appeared. This manifestation was what slapped him.
"I'm sorry".
"Don't be kid, I'm used to disciplining newcomers every time".
Pa!
"Please…"
Pa!
After giving the mischievous shark the spanking of its life, the turtle finally settled down and rested its front pair of limbs to the side of his shell like a human resting his hand on his chin.
"So, can we continue now?"
"Yes, I'm sorry, yes".
"Good boy!"
What made Sebastian more resentful was that the slaps didn't take his health points due to some magical manipulation by the turtle, but they hurt as hell which left him crying.
"The price for learning under me is…, to join me!"
Whoosh!
The sound spooked the hell out of Sebastian again as he yelled and curled himself up, trying to cover his head with his fins which of course yielded no positive result.
He waited for the slap, he waited again but nothing happened. Still, in trepidation, he turned to look again, and what he saw shocked the hell out of him.
Seeing his shocked expression, the turtle revealed a wide grin. "Welcome to my clan, the Leroy clan".
Fishes, lots of fishes, and sea creatures were what dominated this expanse all of a sudden. Groupers, turtles, crabs, the species of sea creatures present were too numerous for Sebastian to count completely.
After finally reining in his shock, he turned to the turtle with a weird expression on his face. "Leroy, that's your name?"
"Yep, anything the problem?"
"No, you just reminded me of someone". Sebastian laughed awkwardly while trying to avoid the intense gaze of the dozens of fishes that were resting on him. "He was actually one of my idols, Leroy Jenkins".
"What?"
"Ah, nothing".
"Good". The turtle nodded before turning to the community of fishes that were behind him, which were his clan members according to him.
"Boys, welcome our clan's newest member, the great white shark…" It turned its head. "What's your name, kid?"
"Sebastian".
"Welcome, Sebastian!"
"WELCOME SEBASTIAN!" All the fishes and ocean creatures cheered the new member of their clan.
"Umm, thank you".
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