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Creak!
As Sebastian chuckled, he was startled as he heard this sound that woke him up again. He intended to raise his body and look, but he became stuck. This was when he noticed another fact of his evolution that he almost missed.
His eyes widened. "I ballooned in size!"
Now, even trying to shake his tail fin was a problem. His body was now so big that the walls of the hole were practically compressing his skin.
Seeing this, he didn't know if he should cry or laugh. Despite his feelings, he was still amazed by his current size.
From his previous size of 4 meters, he was now towering at a massive unbelievable size of about 12 meters.
"What…?"
He felt like taking a snap and putting it on his Instagram page immediately but once again he remembered that this was f*cking Oceania.
Yeah, Instagram and other social media platforms were some of the few things that he missed about his previous world.
Despite the blood, gore, and constant battles here, everything still clicked with his first love, which was to dissect everything. For that, he could endure every gore that followed.
It's not like he was afraid of horror movies Afterall.
Putting all these errant thoughts behind him, he came back to the matter of his size. Seeing himself like this felt unbelievable to him, but he could accept it, knowing the fact that he already encountered eels that were over 15 meters long.
For those guys, he could only take his cap off for them and praise them in Chinese.
He was not in a hurry to leave so he took his time to admire his newfound strength. Compared to his previous self, he felt like a Lion that was packed with power, just waiting for the signal to pounce on prey.
"Not bad". He praised.
After such an evolution, he was filled with energy but he felt he should sleep a bit to alleviate any stress that may follow.
After all, he was not like other sharks. He knew what stress was capable of.
As his eyes were slowly losing focus, they snapped open again as he heard a growling sound reverberating around the dark red hole. Without even thinking, he knew what it was.
[As a shark, most especially as a Megalodon, 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.]
"Dammit! I know!"
While grumbling in his mind, he got prepared to go hunt for prey with the motivation that he would get to try out his new skills.
Thud!
He was once again startled when he heard this sound above him.
He kept quiet and listened, he heard the thudding sound coming from above continue. He was pleasantly surprised.
"Is prey already waiting for me? That's good".
Without hesitation, he ignored the hot heat that was still affecting him before hovering up. Without any trouble, he broke through all the rocks that he painstakingly set up the previous time with his sheer power.
As soon as Sebastian bulldozed his way out of the hole, he felt a pair of shocked eyes land on him.
Looking over, he was stunned as he saw 3 Giant Shrimps looking at him in shock. He was a little confused at first but he immediately understood.
"These guys are the relatives of the Giant Shrimp that I killed here".
Seeing the giant shark that towered above them despite their equally giant size for a Shrimp, the 3 Shrimps didn't dare hesitate as they turned to escape.
Sebastian reacted instinctively and pounced on the food.
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
He didn't even need to add the dash skill to it this time. Just one movement of his body brought him close to the nearest Shrimp as he immediately bit down.
Crunch!
He felt the crispy sensation of biting down on delicious prey again. In seconds, he gorged the food down his throat before pouncing at the other Shrimp.
This fellow was even more pathetic as it died from a snapping bite to the head. The last was able to try retaliating a bit, but all its efforts were naught.
In less than a second, Sebastian also gorged its delicious meat.
[You have killed a Volcano Shrimp- Level 10: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 2 Adaptation points.]
[You have killed a Volcano Shrimp- Level 13: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 1 Skill point and 5 Adaptation points.]
[You have killed…]
While grumbling about how he gained only 1 skill point from 3 skills, he decided to swim into the deeper parts of this seamount to hunt for prey.
Despite his evolution, he did not dare look at himself as the overlord of this volcano world already. For an enormous world of fire like this, there was definitely no lack of top-tier predators.
Despite all this, he felt anticipation for the probable encounters.
Without wasting any more time, he cautiously started swimming deeper inside the enormous seamount.
…
At a certain location, hundreds of kilometers deep inside the volcano.
The ward-robe-like cliff walls of the volcano here were the same as the top, the difference was that only a handful of sea creatures were qualified to stay here where the volcano's heat was extremely concentrated.
At this moment, in one of the big holes inside the walls laid a gigantic lizard with the head of a Dragon and the tail of a snake.
It was originally in a deep slumber, but its red eyes that burned with fire suddenly snapped open in the eternal redness.
Its eyes that looked like they could see through time and season looked up, penetrating through all the obstacles of boiling rocks obstructing its path.
It tried to focus its eyes and see what it was looking for but its penetrating vision skill was being blocked by a strange power.
"The 1st Sea King!"
As it muttered this, its body subconsciously tensed up.
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As soon as Sebastian started swimming through the water, into the deeper parts of the seamount, he did not forget to activate his always reliable skill, his advanced electroreceptors.
The deep background color of red in his surroundings which was of extreme contrast to his previous hunting ground made him feel unaccustomed to it.
As he swam, he suddenly stopped as he saw his system notification flash before his eyes.
[Due to your having reached the threshold of Level 10, you have unlocked a unique clue from the system.]
[Do you wish to access the unique clue now?]
Seeing this, he was stunned for a moment. "The heck! I actually forgot about this due to the euphoria brought by evolution".
He felt an urge to facepalm but he suddenly remembered that he was now a shark, making him feel a little awkward. Putting that behind him, he thought to the clue of the system.
Apart from the basic Oceania information that the system shared with him when he first came to this world, this was the first time that the system was giving him a clue.
Now, he felt curious about it. "Yes, give me the clue".
[Affirmative!]
[System Clue: Unique Skills are an embodiment power of this world formed by the Origin essence in each of the 7 Seas.]
[In Total, there are 7 unique skills, and each of them, except the Water Transmutation that you currently have, are owned by the Sea Kings.]
[For you to get access to other unique skills, you have to kill the corresponding Sea King and assimilate its magic essence.]
[You have unlocked a mission: Unique Skill Hunter!]
[Mission Details: Find and hunt down any of the Sea Kings to get their corresponding unique skill.]
[Mission Reward: Skill points and Adaptation points shall be given according to host's level when he completes the mission, and clues on how to get stronger will be given to host.]
Seeing this, Sebastian was pleasantly surprised. He was already fantasizing about himself getting other unique skills, but he didn't even know that another unique skill existed before now.
And not only did they exist, but he also had the ability to assimilate others, which meant that he could wield other unique abilities like the Water Transmutation skill.
Thinking of this fact alone left him breathless. "Holy Moly! I think I'm really a protagonist by the way things are going".
He was as shocked as he was excited about this discovery. The mission addition was the cream on top of the cherry to him, he felt giddy from this clue.
"System, you're awesome".
He really felt like doing a happy dance right now to celebrate this extremely valuable clue, but once again he remembered that he was a shark.
This clue directly inflated the ambition in him that he's been trying hard to suppress since his arrival to this world.
Though he always tried to hide his true feelings by the fact that he was happy with getting to dissect more peculiar and strange sea creatures in this world, he knew that he had other ambitions.
It was impossible for a human like him to not feel any curiosity or fear when he was suddenly reincarnated into a world filled with only water.
Since transmigrating into this world, he always had that silent ambition in his heart to know the mysteries of this world.
He was not satisfied with just being a spectator who passively watched.
Not only did he want to know the mysteries of this world, but he also wanted to how he was reincarnated, he wanted to know the power that reincarnated him, he wanted to know who reincarnated him, he wanted to know a lot of things.
These were his basic curiosity as a human, but the only problem was that he didn't dare probe too much because of his lacking strength.
From the little examples that he already experienced in this world; he knew that he needed strength for everything. He knew that if he decided to settle for less one day, that day would be the day he died.
That was why he was happy, he was confident that with more unique skills, he would have the power that he needed to probe at the secrets of this world.
And yes, to dissect more sea creatures too, that could not be excluded.
As he fantasized about himself wielding all 7 unique skills and spreading terror across the 7 Seas, even to the humans of Atlantis according to the system that ruled this world, he discovered another problem.
Those that wielded the unique skills, the system addressed them as Sea Kings. Thinking deeper into that fact alone left him chuckling dryly to himself.
"Is this actually a suicide mission? I'm not part of the suicide squad".
No matter how stupid he was, he knew that a sea creature qualified to be called a Sea King in this world was something that the current him didn't want to encounter at all.
And who knew if they could devour his unique skill too. To be exact, this clue from the system now made him warier about this world.
He didn't want to wake up one day only to be crushed to death by a war hammer magical manifestation.
"That would suck". He lampooned.
Despite this slight problem that he discovered; he was still super satisfied by the clue from the system. At least, he now had a goal to strive towards.
"Now, Sebastian, it's time to hunt and eat meat".
Boom!
He jolted in shock due to the sudden sound before looking into the distance.
Seeing the fluctuations of what would be nothing else other than an ongoing battle, his face became weird. "Don't tell me that prey here are so eager to become my food".
"Well, that'll be nice".
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
Carefully and silently, he activated this skill and started swimming forwards, following the vibrations in the water to locate where the commotion was coming from.
The seamount just like a real mountain had trees and stubborn weeds, the only difference was that they were all red with tyrannical vitality, and the trees towered into the sky like skyscrapers.
As he moved, Sebastian noticed an oddity. He would be quickly discovered due to his skin color that was in contrast to the surrounding redness.
He was not stumped though; he had a solution this time.
[You have triggered Adaptation: Camouflage Organ.]
Immediately, he felt a cool feeling like a fluid was seeping into his veins to access his skin pores. As this happened, his skin color slowly changed from its default dark blue to a dark red color.
In moments, he was now a red great white shark, easily blending with his surroundings. Seeing this, he felt like grinning.
He finally entered assassin mode.
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Boom!
As Sebastian got closer, the sound of the ongoing battle also became more prominent. The surrounding water was stirred rapidly, spreading the vibrations of the commotion to great distances.
Seeing this, he was once again speechless.
"Are you guys so eager to die?" He cursed.
This made him even more cautious as he swam forward. He was pretty sure that tons of other predators were already alerted to the commotion of this battle, and some may already be here.
Courting death was a talent, he secretly marveled at the identity of the 2 fools who already mastered this innate talent.
Silently weaving in between the red trees that blocked his path, he finally arrived at a location where he saw the 2 fellows who were battling so hard like a man and his ex-girlfriend who was throwing a tantrum.
"A Giant Crab and a..., Worm?"
He easily identified both parties, but his understanding of this world was once again overturned by the sight.
One of the battling predators was the Giant Crab that he was already accustomed to after facing a few of its kind, the only difference was that this one was far bigger than the normal.
For the opponent, it was a gigantic Worm that defied everything known as Science. For a moment there, Sebastian felt like he was hallucinating for real.
The Giant Worm's huge body slithered across the top of the seamount like a snake, two claw-like adaptations extended out of its upper body like a pair of hooked teeth as it attacked the crab below it viciously with this.
The Giant Crab was much more compact and smaller than it was, but this did not lower how dangerous it was at it attacked viciously with its pair of claws.
At this moment, these 2 predators were embroiled in a fierce battle.
Grinding metallic sounds reverberated through the water as the Worm's claw-like adaptations ground at its opponent's thick shell, while the claws of the Crab stabbed into its flesh.
At this moment, both parties were already severely injured but they did not stop nor did they even contemplate stopping.
Seeing these 2 juicy preys that were begging to be killed, Sebastian salivated but did not attack immediately. He wanted to wait, follow the changes in the battle, and make the right decision before attacking.
He felt the urge to go showcase his new skills, but a powerhouse got to chill and act like a powerhouse, not a charlatan.
Pumping himself with that and finding it reasonable, he hovered silently in the water like an assassin predator, stalking both preys for the right moment.
Sebastian did not have to wait long. Just about 2 minutes later, a new predator arrived on the battlefield, a strange sea creature that looked like an amalgamation of a Sea Lion and a Crocodile.
Roar!
Seeing the ongoing battle, this newcomer did not hesitate to join in the show.
In moments, the battle situation became more chaotic. And just a few seconds after this new fellow arrived, 2 other Giant Worms drilled out of the seamount and joined the battle.
Seeing all these, Sebastian decided that it was enough lest the battle attracted too many predators. This was the perfect time to act.
And he already observed some details from his hiding point, the Giant Crab and strange Sea Lion creature had more brute strength, while the Giant Worm's claws had poison in them.
As soon as the 2 new Giant Worms came out, without hesitation, they bit down with their claw-like adaptation at the Giant Crab who was now the center of attention.
Grii...!!!
As this sound reverberated from the crab, Sebastian acted.
[You have activated skill: Sonic Reflection.]
Immediately, the echoes of the grinding roar of pain were stopped in mid-air by an invisible force, then they were amplified before hitting back more aggressively at the 5 predators on the battlefield.
[You have dealt an AOE magic domain skill: You have inflicted your opponents with the dizzy status.]
Sebastian took advantage of this, activated his dash skill, and rushed out of his hiding point. Before the nearest Giant Worm could recover, he activated his Shredding Bite skill and bit down with force.
The Giant Worm felt the vibrations but it could not react fast enough, all it saw was a red monster rushing towards it before the enormous maws clasped down on it.
Crunch!
[You have inflicted staggering damage to your opponent.]
[You have applied Vampire Effect to your prey: -8 Damage for 10 seconds.]
[You have killed a mutated Poison Worm- Level 13: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 4 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
In just one bite, Sebastian's now outrageous strength empowered his teeth power so much that the Giant Worm died from just one bite.
For a moment, a strange silence reigned in the small battlefield as the other predators looked over in shock. They couldn't believe that one of them was able to die so easily.
When they saw the red great white shark, their natural instinct urged them to attack but for some reason, they felt a deep fear emanate from their hearts, prompting them to feel like running for their life.
[You have activated skill: Cardiac Sphincter Constrictor.]
[You have inflicted your opponents with Fear!]
[You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]
Taking advantage of their moment of fear and stiffness, Sebastian rammed straight into the nearby predator who was once again another Giant Worm.
Boom! Crack!
The Giant Worm made a squeaking noise in pain as the ramming collision spread damages through its body, making it curl up in pain, making sounds like its body was strangely shattering like a mirror.
The shockwaves from the battering ram spread to the surrounding water rapidly, affecting the other predators in the process.
Crunch!
Sebastian viciously bit again, and he secured his 2nd kill in less than 10 seconds since he dashed into the battlefield.
Perhaps, it was because of the shockwaves of his ram into the Giant Worm, but the other predators finally recovered from the innate effect of fear that originally gripped their hearts.
The remaining Giant Worm immediately reacted as web-like magic lines sizzling with fire appeared in the air; this was a strange Silk magic with fire attributes.
As it attacked with the silk to restrain the powerful predator who intruded into their battle, the Giant Crab suddenly covered itself with fire magic, covering its body in the blazing fire as it rushed at Sebastian.
For the strange Sea Lion that somehow had characteristics of a Crocodile, its rows of teeth started glinting in an ominous red light as it charged at the red shark.
Sebastian did not panic on seeing this, he calmly turned his huge body and reacted appropriately to curb this mindless charge.
[You have activated skill: Sonic Drill.]
[You have activated skill: Water Cyclone.]
The vibrations in the water surface suddenly converged together under the control of the sound magic domain. They compressed to form what looked like an illusory drill, then it shot outwards.
Bam!
The drill moved at the speed of sound, giving the Sea Lion no time to react as it dug into its brain like a bullet, destroying all its brain juice in the process and splattering blood everywhere.
It didn't die immediately, but it was now hovering at the point dividing life and death as a large hole was now inside its head.
It was at this moment that the vibrations in the water were stirred again, then a water cyclone was rapidly formed before the fiery Giant Crab got to Sebastian's location.
The Water Cyclone pushed the Giant Crab back, then its AOE damage finished the uncompleted job with the Sea Lion.
[You have repelled your opponent- dealing damage in the process.]
[You have killed a Tyrannosaurus Sea Lion- Level 12: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 3 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
Seeing this, the Giant Crab and the last Giant Worm finally came to their senses, revealing horrified expressions at this apex predator.
Without hesitation, they both turned to escape.
Sebastian instinctively decided to go in pursuit but something held him down. He felt the magic silk floating in the water tie him up, firmly wrapping and holding his fin in place.
[A magic skill has been used on you: Silk Chains.]
He simply shook his now enormous body, and he was able to escape the influence of the skill with sheer brute strength.
He was about to go in pursuit again when he discovered another predator who was originally hiding in the dark.
He knew this predator, he's clashed with them before.
"Dragon Fireflies!"
Seeing the familiar Giant bird that looked like an abomination made from the combination of a beetle and an eagle, Sebastian decisively gave up his decision to pursue his remaining 2 prey.
Immediately after he noticed the appearance of the first Dragon Firefly, the next one showed up as they both folded their wings and dived down from the top of the enormous red tree.
They rapidly moved through the water at such mind-blowing speeds like they were mechanically propelled underwater jets.
Screech...!!!
The first Dragon Firefly opened its beak wide and screeched as its eyes were now trained on its prey. Greenlight flared in its throat, then a green fire was breathed out of its throat at its prey.
It watched Sebastian's performance from above and knew that the great white shark was a formidable opponent, it didn't dare underestimate him and this was the main reason why it decided to act.
Seeing the scorching green fire descending from above, Sebastian did not panic like the last time he encountered it as he calmly reacted.
[You have activated skill: Magic Shield!]
A green shield with simple magic lines revolving around it immediately shimmered to life around him, isolating and protecting his body from all vices outside.
As soon as the green shield appeared, the green fire collided with it.
Boom!
The water at the point of collision raged wildly, sending extreme heat waves to the surrounding in conjunction with the heat that was already a specialty of this ocean volcano region.
The bright green eruption like that of a nuclear bomb that followed blocked out every sight, numbing every eye that looked at this scene directly.
Above this bright light, the Dragon Firefly still had its sight on its prey as it finally descended to Sebastian's position. Its eyes shimmered with a dark brown light, an adaptation that protected its eyes from the bright light.
As soon as it got the right angle that it wanted, without hesitation, it struck down viciously with its eagle-like powerful beak.
At this moment, Sebastian's magic shield already flickered and disappeared after negating the power behind the raging green fire breath which was in itself an amazing feat.
Bam!
The beak encountered some obstruction from the Young Megalodon's now extremely thick skin muscles, but its sharp pointed tip was still able to penetrate after struggling a bit.
Sebastian grunted a bit in pain, but that was all.
[You have been attacked by a skill: Beak Punch!]
[Adaptation effects has been triggered: Damage Reflection Skin Coating.]
[You have reflected 30% of the damage dealt to you.]
Suddenly, the Dragon Firefly shuddered as its beak shook before it started bleeding from the side of its beaks. It was startled for a moment but it quickly understood that this was a skill.
At this moment, it was on top of Sebastian so his teeth could not reach it immediately. And besides, the sharp talons of the strange Oceania bird already got him in a death grip.
Suddenly, the dorsal fin on his back stiffened.
Before the Dragon Firefly could react, he struggled, shaking his body in the process as his now extremely sharp dorsal fin cut an opening through the strange firefly's belly.
The Dragon Firefly shrieked and subconsciously flapped its wings to swim upwards due to the pain.
This was what Sebastian was anticipating.
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
Crunch!
Sebastian closed the distance before it could react, his large row of teeth clapping down into its neck in the process.
The predatory bird's talons stiffened for a moment before it started thrashing left and right in pain. Dark green blood flowed from its neck as Sebastian's teeth dug deeper into it.
The other Dragon Firefly was stunned on seeing its sibling in such a state. It didn't dare breathe out its green fire lest it deals mutual damage to its siblings, but it rapidly closed the distance to help.
[You have activated skill: Water Cyclone.]
The Water Cyclone rapidly appeared again, isolating him and his prey while keeping the other helpless Dragon Firefly at bay.
At this moment, Sebastian already began the holy movement- rapidly shaking his body to enable his teeth to tear more flesh apart. After doing it in so many battles, it was now already instinct to him.
The Dragon Firefly stuck in his mouth struggled more fiercely despite the damage that was already dealt to it, showing its strong vitality and strength.
It kept on attacking Sebastian with its sharp talons and other adaptations, but the Young Megalodon paid little attention to these little damages.
Seeing this, the other Dragon Firefly open its mouth and roared as it quickly got over its dilemma and got prepared to use its fire breath skill without thinking of the consequences.
Having been observing it through his electroreceptor skill, Sebastian reacted to curb its damage immediately.
[You have activated skill: Sonic Reflection.]
The Dragon Firefly shuddered as the loud sound of its own roar suddenly attacked it. Its brain short-circuited for a moment, making the gathering green fire in its mouth go out of control.
Boom!
The fire raged, clearly not differentiating friend from foe as it tore its mouth apart in the process before the damage quickly snowballed to its whole body. Then, the Dragon Firefly stiffened like a roasted Shrimp.
"..."
Seeing this, Sebastian was left speechless. "You f*cking killed yourself?"
He was speechless, but he did not remove his teeth from the other Dragon Firefly that was still struggling under his rows of sharp teeth.
The strange predatory bird raged some more with rigorous endurance, then it finally became stiff, dropping its body lifelessly at the same time.
[Congratulations! You successfully killed a unique apex predator: Young Death Dragon!]
[You have killed a Death Dragon- Level 13: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 11 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
[You have gained additional 5 Skill points for killing a unique apex predator.]
[You have obtained the basic profile information of the Death Dragon.]
[You have obtained a unique system clue: Death Dragons are the descendants of the Death Sea King- Necromancy King!]
Seeing this, Sebastian was dumbfounded.
"Damn!"
Seeing the information that he got after killing the Dragon Firefly, no, Death Dragon, Sebastian finally understood why Leroy advised him to escape immediately when he met them.
"So, these guys are actually the descendant of a Sea King?
"How envious! That's like having a badass dad to protect you, something I don't have". He lampooned in slight envy to himself.
Though he expected the commotion caused by the Giant Crab and Worm to attract other predators, he did not expect a Death Dragon to be attracted too.
Right now, he felt that he should thank those 2 fools for causing the commotion because, without them, he wouldn't have gotten his first knowledge about a Sea King.
"Necromancy King!"
The name repeatedly rang in his mind, and he made sure to keep it at the back of his memory for future reference.
From the name, it showed this Sea King's identity and power. One more thing was that he did not expect actual sea creatures to have necromancy abilities in this world which was just shocking.
Well, he should have expected it after seeing so many weird things. This system clue was invaluable to him as he finally knew one of his future opponents.
From the knowledge that the system revealed to him about unique skills, the Sea Kings, and how many of them there were, he already guessed that each of them corresponded to each of the 7 Seas.
He guessed that apart from the ruling kingdom of Atlantis, these Sea Kings were the sovereigns of all sea creatures in each of the 7 Seas.
For how he got the Water Transmutation skill, he guessed that the Sea King who originally wielded this unique skill suffered a mishap of some kind.
He didn't know if his conjectures were correct, they were just random, but they were fairly rational enough.
He also guessed that the secret behind his reincarnation also lied with these Sea Kings which was why any information about them was invaluable to him.
Thinking about that, he finally turned to the Death Dragon that died to his powerful jaws of steel.
He felt a little proud after this achievement.
He still remembered the first time when he encountered Death Dragons, he made a gutsy display but, in the end, he could only run for his life with his tail behind his fins.
But in just a few days, after his evolution, he personally killed one, and for the other...
Turning his head to look at the remains of the Death Dragon that blew itself up with its own fire breath left Sebastian sighing speechlessly. He felt suicide bombing vibes from this dead fellow.
Though he wanted to curse at its uselessness, he knew that the main reason why it happened was his well-timed use of his new sonic reflection skill.
He finally got a firm impression of the power of some of his skills.
When used right, its influence in a battle could even eclipse the effects of his trump card skills and effects.
Another fact that made him excited was that this was his first time fighting such a high-grade battle and he wasn't forced to use his trump card skills.
All the opponents that he killed were top-tier predators, they were unlike the Blue Tang fishes and eels that he got used to in the previous expanse.
These were fellows that were tempered by fire, and even the worm that was supposed to have a low-tier bloodline was freakishly strong.
The fact that despite all these, he killed them without using any of his trump cards showed his current power. He was growing and slowly developing to become a real powerhouse.
Putting all that behind him, he finally turned to begin his feast.
This time, his stomach would not have any cause to complain of food anytime soon as all the prey that died to him this time were food of high quality.
Swimming closer, he started his feast.
Crunch!
[You have eaten the meat of a mutated Giant Worm: You have unlocked the basic profile information of the Giant Worm.]
[You have eaten the meat of a mutated Sea Lion: You have unlocked the basic profile information of the Sea Lion.]
After feasting on these delicious prey, reminding him of the crispy taste of prey here induced by the extreme heat of the surroundings, Sebastian finally turned to feast on the meat of the dead Death Dragon.
For the other Death Dragon, though its loss of control over its magic made its fire breath go berserk and exploded its body, a few patches of meat here and there were left behind.
Sebastian left none of this behind, he googled all the food up.
After swiftly going through the basic profile information of the Giant Worm and the mutated Sea Lion, he finally settled down to thoroughly scrutinize the basic information of the Death Dragon.
[Congratulations! You have killed and eaten the meat of a unique apex predator high in the food chain: Death Dragon- Level 13. Basic profile information of the Death Dragon has been unlocked.]
[The Death Dragon is a dangerous apex predator that was created from the random mismatch evolution choices and adaptations of their ancestor.]
[In your terms, the Death Dragon in its high evolution stage is more like the mad scientist, Frankenstein's monster.]
[They are a species of Dragon that are below no other. They have an innate ability to breathe Death fire, and this ability increases as they undergo more evolutions.]
[Young Death Dragons have no choices in their evolution growth as all the choices have already been made by their ancestor. You either decide to follow or mutate into a different species.]
[They attack mainly with their extremely powerful and sharp talons, sharp beak, and Death fire breath.]
[In Oceania, they are known by all and feared by many.]
Seeing such a detailed breakdown of this monster, Sebastian heaved a sigh of relief as he could not help but thank his system once again.
Through this information, he was able to learn a lot of things that would make his subsequent battle encounters with this winged Oceania predator much easier.
He heaved a sigh of relief before deciding to continue his exploration.
He wanted to explore the seamount, while at the same time training with his new skills until he was familiar with them.
When his mana points were exhausted, that was when he would find a new hiding place to build his hideout and rest.
For now, exploration continues.
Before leaving, Sebastian decided to stop and go through an adaptation that he hardly paid attention to before since he bought it due to the conditions of his environment and a ton of other reasons.
[You have triggered Adaptation: Map.]
Yes, his map adaptation was one of the few add-ons that he neglected a lot in his body since transmigrating into this world.
It was not his fault, it's just that the always eventful situation of his surroundings left him with little time to pay attention to it.
As soon as he triggered the adaptation, he felt like a huge virtual map appeared in his imaginary vision.
The map currently had only 2 regions, a region represented by the normal green color of the Green Mist Sea and the other that was tainted with a deep redness that was glaring to the eyes.
These 2 regions were his previous location in the wide expanse of water and his current location in the ocean volcano.
As this was the only location that he's visited since transmigrating into this world, they were also the only places recorded on his map.
The mechanisms of the map were that as he explored the world, the explored regions would be indicated in the map to enable him to easily locate them when needed in the future.
For him to narrow the map down to get more accurate directions, all he needed to do was focus and the map would respond accordingly like he could zoom it similarly to a camera.
It was just like an advanced version of google maps in his previous world.
On the map, he could see a great distance between his previous location and this world of fire. Though it was in a miniaturized version, Sebastian guessed that the actual distance was probably hundreds or even thousands of kilometers.
To get more accurate statistics, he had to experiment with it himself.
His conjecture left him feeling a little depressed. Apart from the varied type of sea creatures that were here, in every other facet, he preferred his previous water region than here.
Well, a beggar was not a chooser Afterall. He decided to follow his legendary second love again, which was ignoring things.
After thinking about it, he decided to give these 2 main regions a name on the map as he would probably explore more regions after here.
[Unique Region name has been given by host!]
[Explored Regions: Wardrobe Ocean Volcano; Leroy Cave Expanse.]
There was a tendency that he would explore more ocean volcanos in the future, so he simply named this region with the characteristics that were more glaring to him, the wardrobe-like shape of the large circular cliff walls.
For his previous expanse, he simply named it so because the Leroy Clan's cave was located there which was the best landmark naming to him.
After completing this important task, he finally turned to explore deeper into the seamount but on instinctively activating his electroreceptors again, he was surprised as he found a hidden hole below him.
Looking down, he found only rocks but he was sure that a hole was hidden there due to the penetrating powers of his electroreceptors.
Before going closer to check it out, he quickly made some conjectures.
The Giant Worm fought with the Giant Crab here without fearing for its life, and when another predator came, 2 other Giant Worms suddenly appeared.
Connecting this with his discovery, he confirmed it and made a guess. Just like the city of eels that he encountered before, there was likely a city or at least a town of Giant Worms below here.
Without hesitation, he swam down to check out the rocks blocking the entrance but he was stunned as he encountered no resistance.
[Host has broken through the effects of an illusion magic.]
"Illusion magic?" Sebastian was once again stunned.
When he looked again, he noticed that the rocks were gone and a hole leading deep into the seamount was what presented itself before him.
Inside the hole was clearly darker, but the redness of the surroundings illuminated it a bit, though in an ominous manner.
Filled with curiosity now, Sebastian decided to explore it. Of course, before entering, he rapidly formed a contingency plan to prepare a way out for himself in the case he met trouble that he could not easily escape from.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
Cautiously, he slowly swam inside the hole that led into a large tunnel below. Due to the Giant size of the Worms, the hole was big enough for him to enter, making things a lot easier.
[You have triggered Adaptation: Camouflage Skin.]
As he entered, he triggered this adaptation again to adjust the redness of his skin to better blend with that of the hole. Then, he continued his exploration down.
As he went deeper into the tunnel, he was surprised to notice that no Giant Worms was lurking in the surroundings. What even surprised him more was that he started noticing the handwork of humans in play.
The deeper he swam, the more he deduced that this was a cave tunnel dug out by human hands or equipment.
"Did the Atlantians once live here? Or are there other humans in this world?" He soliloquized curiously while still being alert.
From barely containing him in, the tunnel slowly widened to almost twice his size. A few seconds later, he finally arrived at what seemed to be the end of the tunnel.
On getting there, the darkness was now much more significant but he quickly noticed the 2 Giant worms that were slithering in the water opposite him.
Besides these 2 Worms, he discovered another thing- this was a huge network of underground tunnels and passages and they were all built in the styles of humans, clearly not natural.
From his position, 5 other tunnels extended in different directions.
As the Worms didn't discover him because of the darkness of the cave, he was able to leisurely observe more. Looking towards the depths of one of the 5 branching tunnels, he discovered what seemed like a hall.
2 large pillars stood in the middle of the hall, and piles of human skeletons were arranged on top of each other there.
Looking at the other 4 directions, he saw the same thing. Putting all these together with his knowledge from earth, he came to a conclusion.
This was a Catacomb.
Seeing the unnerving sight of human skeletons piled on top of each other before him and the skulls looking straight at him, paired with his conclusion, Sebastian could not help but shudder a bit.
As an anatomist, he was not scared of blood, gore, and anything related, but things related to death, catacombs, and mausoleums were scary to him.
This was even more obvious when he was experiencing it from a first-person perspective. This was unlike horror movies where he watched behind a screen, this was the real deal.
He could not help but lampoon that this world was rapidly becoming more fantasy-like in a dark manner that he did not like, which scared him.
The only thing that prevented him from running with his tail behind his fins immediately was the fact that he was not a human weakling anymore, he was now a young Megalodon with magic and battle skills.
At this moment, he really wished that he could make use of his ultra-range electroreceptors skill immediately. With that, he could penetrate obstacles and see much further.
Despite this unfortunate shortcoming, he still made use of what he had.
[You have activated skill: Advanced Electroreceptors.]
[You have manually manipulated your electroreceptor skill.]
Doing this, Sebastian was able to narrow down the point of focus of the skill towards the direction where he detected the 2 Giant Worms.
Observing through that specific tunnel, he didn't see any other predator except the Giant Worms. Giving himself some psychological confidence with that, he finally moved forward slowly.
As he slowly moved through the tunnel, his keen observation enabled him to notice much more human touches in this strange catacomb.
Through the help of his camouflage organ, he was able to get extremely close without alerting the 2 Giant Worms, enabling him to observe the pile of skeletons more closely.
As he observed the human skulls, he suddenly saw a green light flash through one of them, spooking the hell out of him.
Whoosh!
One skeleton suddenly stood up from the pile of bones, revealing itself to become what seemed like a skeleton snake with 4 legs.
Due to the movement of the skeleton, the Giant Worms were alarmed. While discovering the skeleton, they also discovered the predator that was now dangerously close to them.
Even though he was spooked by the skeleton snake, Sebastian was able to react on time, attacking first before he was attacked.
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
[You have triggered Adaptation: Spikes!]
[You have activated skill: Spike Attack.]
[You have activated skill: Empowered Tail Fin.]
Crunch!
Sebastian's deadly sharp row of teeth immediately came down at the nearest Giant Worm, pulling and shredding a sizeable amount of flesh in the process.
As soon as his row of teeth bit into its flesh, he turned his body, stabbing his spikes into its side in the process while using his already stiffened tail fin to slash at the other Giant Worm who was in the process of attacking.
In a moment, he dealt 3 attacks. Almost at the same time, he activated another skill as the skeleton snake rapidly swam to his face.
[You have activated skill: Magic Shield.]
[You have activated skill: Magic Teeth.]
Bam!
The skeleton snake rapidly collided with the magic shield, the impact spreading cracks through its bony body as it shriveled like a smoked Shrimp while being repelled backward.
It tried to retaliate but Sebastian already chained another attack against it. He removed his row of teeth from the first Giant Worm and opened his mouth.
Pu! Pu!
His magic empowered teeth shot out in clear already defined trajectories, rapidly impaling the skeleton snake and in moments, it was shattered into fragments of bones.
Ignoring the system notification, Sebastian rapidly turned to face the 2 Giant Worms as they were already in the process of using their strange Silk magic.
Hitting and crushing one with brute strength with his Battering Ram skill, he killed the other by firing a Sonic drill through its brain.
After doing this, he started observing his surroundings for any other danger while making sure not to focus on the pile of bones again.
He wasn't sure if the skeleton snake was a result of him focusing on the pile of bones, but prevention was better than cure. This encounter already made him lose interest in this catacomb, but a strange curiosity made him stay.
After waiting for about a minute and not detecting any danger, he finally heaved a sigh of relief while going through the system's notification.
[You have killed a Mutated Poison Worm- Level 11: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 3 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
[You have killed a Mutated Poison Worm- Level 12: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained…]
[You have killed a Tainted Skeleton Snake- Level 8: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 2 Skill points and 2 Adaptation points.]
[You have obtained a special system clue: Experimental Ground.]
[This Seamount was once an experimental ground of the Atlantian Mage Professors. The Experiment failed, and an abomination was created here, forming a terribly dangerous substance.]
[Experiment Name: ???]
Seeing this, Sebastian was once again stunned. This was his first real clue to other humans since coming to this world, he could not help but feel his taking in liquidated oxygen become rapid.
From this, he also got another discovery, Atlantis humans could become Mages, which meant that the sea creatures were not the only ones with magic.
Going to the experiment train of thought, he could not help but associate the experiment with the Necromancy King.
Not only was he inside a catacomb related to death where he encountered a strange skeleton snake, the 2 Death Dragons that he saw may imply that a nest of those abominations was close by.
And all these paired with the experiment pointed to Necromancy.
He badly wanted to explore deeper to know the truth, but the terribly dangerous emphasis from the system was rare, which gave him trepidations.
In the end, he decided that before leaving, he should just explore the periphery of the catacombs, if possible just this tunnel to its end to understand the overall situation a bit.
He just had a breakthrough, pairing this with his trump cards, he did not believe that he could die so easily.
Despite this, he repeatedly cautioned himself in his university lecturer's tone. "Sebastian, only the periphery. You are too young to court death".
He knew that if he used his voice, his subconscious may decide to ignore it, but definitely not the Mathematics Professor's voice.
"Mathematics Professors were King".
Cautiously, Sebastian's tail flapped left and right as his enormous body moved through the catacombs while he observed keenly with both his eyes and his electroreceptor skill.
On one side of the tunnel were the normal walls, while the other side had its walls formed from the pile of human skeletons.
The more he observed the tunnel, the more it seemed like a hall to him. After more careful observations, he deduced that the main body of the hall was the part already covered by the pile of human skeletons.
Due to how the skeletons were piled and arranged, he could not deduce exactly how they died.
"Did a huge war erupt here or something?"
As he thought to himself, his eyes became sharp as his electroreceptors just warned him of another group of Giant Worms ahead.
This time, they were 3 of them, slithering on top of each other like they were doing inexplicable things. They were so focused on their little fun playing that they didn't notice the incoming danger.
Already experienced with dealing with them, Sebastian did not rush as he found a better angle to better observe the 3 siblings.
Though he just had a feast before entering this underground catacomb, he knew that his dimensional storage stomach would not complain of more food.
He already knew the squelching sound that they made to communicate with themselves, and his strategy this time was to take advantage of it.
Even if the one made by him wouldn't make sense, he believed that the 3 Giant Worms would at least react to it.
[You have activated skill: Sound Control.]
This was Sebastian's first time using this skill but for some reason, he felt like he was already a veteran in controlling it. He knew that this was a specialty of his system, so he was calm.
He controlled the vibrations in the water, tapping into the residual sound waves that were left in the water to form a sound of his own.
Squesh! Squash!
Suddenly, a sound that was extremely unpleasant to the ears reverberated. He even flinched slightly when he heard the sound.
The 3 Giant Worms stopped their activities at the same time, then they all turned to face the direction of the sound.
They didn't have eyes, only an adaptation that was like antennas on their foreheads waved in the water like they were trying to pinpoint where exactly the sound came from.
Squish! Squosh!
This time, they finally moved to go check out the fool who was disturbing them who could not even form a coherent communication sound.
With the help of his camouflage organ, Sebastian's enormous body slightly blended with the walls of the catacomb tunnel, preventing neither of the 3 Worms to detect the anomaly.
At this moment, the first Worm was already directly below him, granting him the perfect opportunity to strike and he took it.
[You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
[You have activated skill: Sonic Drill.]
Boom!
His enormous body quickly moved with the skill, crushing the body of the first Giant Worm to the wall. In this process, he quickly disengaged and opened his mouth, biting at the second Giant Worm.
While doing this, the familiar sound waves in the air quickly converged together, forming the dangerous sonic drill before firing at the last Giant Worm.
Crunch!
While he repeatedly bit at the Giant Worm in the middle, the damage that he dealt to the other 2 made them want to instinctively roar in pain but he reacted before they did.
[You have activated skill: Sonic Reflection.]
As soon as both Giant Worms opened their mouth, the sound did not get to come out as it was stuck in their throat before hitting back at them.
While doing this, he finished the Giant Worm in the middle with one final bite before going back to the one at the front.
Just 2 consecutive bites and the fellow also succumbed. Then, he finally turned to deliver the last blow to the fellow who was still suffering from the sonic drill damage to its brain.
[You have killed 3 Poison Worms- {Level 14,12 11}: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 8 Skill points and 15 Adaptation points.]
Not seeing it as much of an achievement anymore despite the speed at which he killed them, he quickly gobbled down the meat of the 3 Giant Worms before continuing his exploration.
In that same tunnel, as he explored, he met other groups of Giant Worms which he easily killed after chaining a few skills against them.
Of course, the main thing that allowed him to continue his exploration while killing was the fact that he didn't make much of a commotion during all the killing.
At this point, he more or less confirmed already that the skeleton snake appearing was a result of him staring directly at the pile of skeletons.
This brought him another question that he had no answer to, what was special about the skeletons? Is it something that he could dissect to know the answer?
Putting that behind him for now, he continued observing carefully. Another fact was that farming Skills and Adaptation points so easily left him in a good mood, which prompted him to continue exploring.
A few minutes later, amidst the gloominess of the catacombs, he finally saw something different.
At the very end of the tunnel where it branched into other tunnels sat a blueish white box. The box pulsed in a lifelike manner, while the white slowly dissipated from it, spreading coldness to the surrounding.
Seeing this, Sebastian did not become rash and go directly, he instead decided to observe from afar with his electroreceptor skill first.
Manually controlling his electroreceptors, he focused it on the box. Immediately as he narrowed its range down, he felt a painful prick in his brain.
[You have been tainted by the Poison box: You have attracted the attention of the Wandering Hound!]
"Tainted? Wait, I attracted attention?"
Tap! Tap!
Suddenly, he heard a sound that he was extremely familiar with from one of the tunnels connected to the one he currently was, the sound of a lady walking with high heels.
This was an extremely normal sound in ordinary circumstances, but this was clearly not an ordinary circumstance. This was Oceania not Earth, and besides, he was inside a strange mausoleum.
He wanted to turn and escape immediately but he held his nerves and decided to wait. He wanted to see the source of the sound first, he didn't want to escape without even knowing what exactly was happening.
As the tension grew in him, the source of the sound finally appeared.
Tap! Tap!
Sebastian subconsciously looked down, his eyes focusing on the beautiful pair of high heels and the fair legs on them. He was about to heave a sigh of relief but when he traced this up, he stiffened.
The delicate female legs went up to a point before being replaced by black fur, the remaining part of these beautiful legs was a bloodthirsty hound.
The enormous hound had 3 heads, the ones on the left and right were normal dog heads, while the one in the middle was that of a beautiful girl.
The human head suddenly turned to look at Sebastian and asked in an extremely feminine tone that should induce pity, but could not to the current Sebastian.
"Why did you disturb my sleep?"
"Me?" Sebastian felt a chill down his spine.
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Sebastian kept quiet shortly after blurting out a clarification question as he observed this delicate female head. A lot of things went through his mind, but he forced down his panic and observed.
At this moment, he could only give all credits to the numerous horror movies that he watched in his previous life which hardened his nerves against such things.
Despite the lady's skin still being filled with vitality and freshness, her eyes were dull, blurry, and lifeless like she was possessed. And as she spoke, her teeth were revealed, they were stained with blood and flesh.
"Why did you disturb my sleep?" She asked again.
"…"
Perhaps, irritated by the silence, her face became warped as a pair of sharp teeth immediately grew from her originally still human teeth.
"WHY DID YOU DISTURB MY SLEEP?"
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
Sebastian obeyed his laws immediately, decisively turning to escape when the situation revealed any danger.
The tunnel was too small for him to turn his body fast enough, so he didn't even pay attention to it. All he did was use the original essence of the skill, which was reverse swimming.
Sensing his retreat, the female head revealed even more anger, successfully transferring the anger to the originally silent hound heads as they roared in anger.
Whoosh!
The hound lady abomination moved so fast that it seemed like it teleported. In a moment, she appeared above Sebastian as she opened her mouth and screamed the question again.
"WHY DID YOU DISTURB MY SLEEP?"
[You have activated skill: Sonic Reflection.]
The female head immediately revealed a warped expression of pain as her scream dealt counter damage to her, but as Sebastian tried to escape even faster, one of the hound heads bit down at him.
Crunch!
[You have triggered Adaptation: Damage Reflection Skin Coating.]
[You have reflected 15% of the damage dealt to you.]
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
As the hound head suffered from the reflected damage, Sebastian bit down on it in retaliation, removing a sizeable amount of flesh from it.
The other hound's head bit down also but Sebastian blocked it with his Magic Shield as he took this opportunity to dash further towards the exit.
In a second, he was already close to the exit but the female head finally recovered from the sonic reflection damage.
Looking at the vile being that disturbed her sleep, her originally dull and unfocused eyes gleamed sharply as the walls of the catacombs shook.
Suddenly, the walls of the catacombs closer to where Sebastian was escaping squirmed before rapidly forming what seemed like a spear. The spear rapidly shot out the next moment.
Sebastian quickly activated his Magic Shield again but he was not fast enough. The shield only blocked it slightly before the spear penetrated all the way through, digging deep into his skin.
He only managed to save his eyes from direct damage as the spear appeared directly before him from the front.
[You have been hit by a skill: Earth Spear.]
[You have been tainted with the undead magic domain: You will lose -4 HP until you leave the vicinity of the magic domain.]
As soon as Sebastian saw these notifications, he noticed the walls, even the skeletons forming the walls at the other side squirming to form other sharp-pointed weapons to attack him.
Protected by his magic shield, he originally wanted to ignore this and continue his escape but the hound lady arrived before him with her almost instantaneous movement skill again.
The female head opened her mouth, revealing her sharp teeth as she viciously bit down on his skin.
[You have been attacked by a skill: Tainted Bite.]
[You have been inflicted with the Abomination Absolute Death specialty, you will suffer from the absolute death poison and vampire effects.]
[You will continue losing health randomly ranging from 5 to 15 HP from both effects until you either die or kill your opponent.]
Seeing this, Sebastian's eyes narrowed as he changed his strategy immediately. He instantly stopped his escape and retaliated.
[You have activated skill: Water Cyclone.]
[You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation.]
[You have created a magic manifestation: Flaming Sword.]
As the water cyclone stirred by the sound magic domain pushed it around, the hound suddenly felt its danger premonition spike. It instinctively dodged but the flaming sword still cut one of its hound heads.
It screamed in pain, and once again Sebastian attacked its main female head with his sonic reflection skill. In its dazed state, he arrived at its side and bit down hard.
Crunch!
[You have activated Vampire Teeth Adaptation's active skill: Blood Vampire.]
[You have failed to activate the Blood Vampire state.]
[You have activated Vampire Teeth Adaptation's active skill: Blood Vampire.]
[You have failed…]
As Sebastian repeatedly activated the Blood Vampire effect while being met with failure, his electroreceptor skill warned him of other opponents.
Quickly tracing the white and black lines to outline the new opponents, he almost coughed blood as dozens of the same hound lady battling with him started appearing from the different interconnected tunnels.
He was alarmed but he did not dare leave as his life and death was now attributed to if he could kill the strange hound lady who bit him.
While still attempting to activate the Blood Vampire effects of his teeth adaptation, he controlled the Flaming Sword magic manifestation and repeatedly cut at the strange hound.
As soon as its main head regained lucidity, it tried to struggle but Sebastian shot a sonic drill through its main head while still biting at it.
When its reinforcement was already close and almost within reach, the Blood Vampire effect finally activated.
[You have successfully activated the Blood Vampire state.]
Crunch!
Sebastian's teeth effortlessly tore through its thick hound skin, spreading the black blood that spurted out of the injury into the surroundings of the catacombs.
[You have created a magic manifestation: War Hammer!]
Boom! Boom!
He first slammed the magic war hammer down on the hound's main head, crushing the delicate female head to mangled flesh.
[You have killed…]
Without even waiting for the notification to be completed, he controlled the hammer to directly strike a hole open through the ceiling of the catacombs.
[You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Supersonic Speed!]
Boom!
He moved before the closest hound lady reinforcement could bite into him, tearing a hole through the remaining parts of the ceiling as he escaped at supersonic speeds.
In seconds, he tore his way out of the catacombs into the outside expanse.
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Whoosh!
After tearing his way out of the underground catacombs, Sebastian did not even dare look back nor sideways as he continued his rapid escape into the depths of the seamount.
His current speed induced by his supersonic speed skill was so fast that his vision blurred a bit, and it also affected the clarity of his electroreceptor skill.
The hardened red trees and weeds rapidly flickered and moved across his vision like figments of an imagination, his rapid swim left a long bubbly trail in the water until he crossed a significant distance before stopping.
He didn't just stop because he wanted it, he knew that the monsters in the catacombs were not the only predators that he should take note of in this seamount.
If he continued moving at such a speed, he was bound to attract another predator. Cursing that, he stopped his enormous body and observed his surroundings carefully with his 2-fold vision.
[You have triggered Adaptation: Camouflage Organ.]
With that, the color of his body experienced minute changes again, changing to blend with the surrounding water.
After doing this, he relaxed further and observed.
With his tail fin flapping left and right gently, he quickly finished his observation of his surroundings and concluded that he didn't attract the attention of any dangerous predator.
Then, his attention finally went back to the strange catacombs.
Looking into the distance, he did not see any hound lady monster coming after him which made him heave a huge sigh of relief.
With a heart filled with trepidation, he activated his triple reverse swim skill and started navigating his way back to the position of the hole that he tore through the ground to emerge out of the catacombs.
As he swam, his ears were pricked to detect any sound in the surroundings, his electroreceptors, eyes, and even his sound domain magic were already activated and on standby.
About a minute later, he finally arrived at the location.
"This…" He expressed shock at the sight that presented before him before he quickly remembered a specialty of the hound lady monsters that they could control earth magic.
The hole that he tore from the catacombs outside was already covered, but there were still clear signs of it in the seamount, making it seem like the ground was stitched back together.
Ignoring this abnormal sight, he heaved another huge sigh of relief. Still, a safe distance away from there, he finally started analyzing his experiences in the strange catacombs.
What left the most impression on him was undoubtedly the strange Hound lady monster. Not only was it ridiculously strong, but there were also numerous others of its kind in the catacombs which made it all the more frightening.
He could only thank his God that they could not come out of the catacombs.
He made this conclusion as they didn't pursue him to the surface, his impression of the hound lady monster was not of a predator that easily gave up on free food.
Putting that aside, the question came- what the hell was that horrifying abomination monster?
Despite escaping already, he could still hear the spooky sound of the tip of the high heels tapping on the catacombs floor which left him shuddering in fear.
Another fact was that Oceania actually classified a hound as a sea creature.
"Man, at this rate, my intelligence will slowly deteriorate". He lamented.
Putting all these aside, he came back to the main point- what exactly was the catacombs. He didn't exactly know, but he had a guess already.
He already knew that it was somehow related to the Necromancy King, and with the clue about that place being an experimental ground, he came to some inconclusive conjectures.
Those pile of human skeletons was actually experimental test subjects. During the experiment, something happened, and they somehow fused with trained hounds to form that abomination monster.
This was a completely random thought, but this was all his brain could come up with immediately.
He also didn't forget the blueish-white box that emanated a chilling cold to the surroundings, he guessed that the box was either one of the experimental machination requirements or an artifact.
Referring to it as an artifact was funny but after seeing Leroy's battle gear, he was a lot more open to such things.
Of all his conclusions, the most important one that he came to was 'this was an off-limit area to the current him'.
Just one of the hound lady monsters forced him to give his all to defeat it and they were tons of them still inside the catacombs. If he didn't decisively use his unique skill, perhaps he would have become one of those abominations already.
Unless he grew significantly stronger or he received help from other powerful sea creatures, he was not stepping here again.
After calming his mind, he finally remembered the system notifications.
[You have killed an Abomination Hound- Level 18: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 15 Skill points and 10 Adaptation points.]
[You killed your opponent, you have been liberated from the effects of the Abomination Absolute Death specialty.]
[You have obtained the basic profile information of the Abomination Hound.]
"Sheesh…, they really have abomination in their names?" Sebastian was dumbfounded.
In his mind, he could already outline a crazy scientist just like the previous him, carefully dissecting a hound and a human, then stitching their bodies together to form this abomination.
"Sh*t!" He shuddered.
After finally calming down, he gave attention to the specialty of the Abomination Hound again. This ability was so vicious that it was already bordering on the realm of a cheat.
If he didn't know more, he would have thought that it was a unique skill.
"Is the Necromancy King's unique skill similar to this?"
If he didn't react fast and decide on the spot to kill the Abomination Hound, this ability that it had alone would have been enough to bring him down.
At that short duration, he lost more than 100 HP to it which was frightening. Putting that behind him, he demanded the basic profile information.
[Congratulations! You have unlocked the basic profile information of the Abomination Hound.]
[The Abomination Hound is a result of an experiment of high-grade crazy Atlantian Scientists. Inspiration for it was drawn from the Necromancy King, and they succeeded to a certain extent.]
[They have been tainted with evil energy generated from the mausoleum, granting them some of the tainted powers of high-tier Death Dragons.]
[They have an innate ability to control earth magic, and each of their 3 heads has different deadly biting skills.]
[Beware of the Abomination Absolute Death specialty!]
[Fact: In Oceania, Abomination Hounds are a unique monster because they retained their normal 2 reproductive organs, and they also added a mutated one, giving them 3 reproduction options.]
[Abomination Hounds are a truly unique monster.]
"…"