Eliot watched everything transpire.
They more they ventured into this water and the calmer it became, the more suspicious he became which made him observe his surroundings more carefully.
He was the first to notice the presence of the predator.
He noticed the hole in the seabed that was covered with green leaves first and he instantly became suspicious but before he could react, he saw movement.
“HISSS…!”
The shrill hiss revealed its identity.
Chief was at the front of this school but like a veteran kung fu master, he reacted first than any of the other Salmon as he dodged and swam away instantly.
He swam away before he screamed for the others to run.
The others were not so fast like him.
CRUNCH!
One bite was all it took for it’s venom to be injected and instantly that brother became paralyzed, with one gulp this snake swallowed its prey.
Despite swallowing one Salmon already, its body size showed no change.
Its predatory eyes darted about in search of the next prey.
Bam!
It’s speed as it darted across the water was like that of a bullet being shot out of a magnum’s muzzle as it met up with and bit another Salmon immediately.
This guy was also immobilized immediately.
“…” Eliot was horrified by what he was seeing.
As he watched in horror even as the Salmon fish scattered like sheep without shepherd to escape for their lives, the system interface lit up again.
[WARNING! A powerful predator has been discovered!]
[You have encountered a Venom Hydrophis Spiralis!]
[Support system tip: Escape!]
“Run…!” All the fish screamed as they swam haphazardly in panic.
By now, this sea snake was already done swallowing the 2nd prey that fell victim to its venom as its eyed darted about, casually deciding on the next victim.
Bam!
It dashed out again with immense speed.
Another prey was immobilized.
“Bonkers!”
“Bonkers! Run…!”
Panic filled the water.
The tension got to Eliot as his blood pressure increased exponentially but it was still nowhere near the tension of Professor Gagam’s impromptu exams.
In this tense moment, Eliot’s discipline that was trained through years kicked in again as his brain calmed down amid all the tension, gearing into overdrive as he started processing information at a speed faster than normal.
He looked around at all the Salmon fish swimming haphazardly in panic, they were easy prey for the predatory sea snake this way.
Only chief swam in a clever manner and was already out of sight.
If it continued this way and the sea snake’s appetite was large, a lot of these Salmon would die. Heck, there was a chance of extinction.
A phrase entered his mind. ‘All fish must die someday!’
“F*ck! That f*cking chief!” He cursed.
By now, Eliot already analyzed and found a solution. Swimming haphazardly like the others was a sure way to die.
He already found a small hole on the ground that could fit like 3 Salmons, hiding there was the best option to survive this dangerous encounter.
He looked out for the only fish in his concerns.
“Brother! This way!”
Brother was already consumed by panic. “Bonkers! Run…!”
This fish swam haphazardly like the others, Eliot was instantly annoyed.
[You have activated skill: Dash!]
[You have activated skill: Bite!]
Whoosh!
His 3 days of training and adaptation were not in vain.
In an instant, Eliot’s tail fin hit the water as he accelerated towards his panicking brother. If words would not do it, pain would definitely do it.
Crunch!
His rows of teeth sunk into brother’s flesh.
“Bonkers! I’ve been caught…, I’m dying!”
“You’re not dying fool!” Eliot roared at him.
“Follow me!”
The pain and the roar finally brought brother back to his senses.
He was confused for a moment, Eliot no longer looked like that foolish and incompetent Eliot at this moment.
At this moment, he felt that following Eliot would guarantee his life and brother trusted his instincts, he did not hesitate.
He swam after Eliot as in an instant, they both hid inside the hole and following Eliot’s lead, they ruffled the sand a bit as they became covered in dirt.
From the hole and all the dirt, only their eyes shone.
“HISSS…!”
The sea snake kept on going on a rampage.
CRUNCH!
He swallowed his 5th victim.
Safe in the hole now, brother could now see what his brothers were going through from a third person perspective and he felt a pang of pain in his heart.
“Brothers…,” He lamented.
“Chief…, where are you?”
Hearing that name, Eliot gritted his teeth in anger. ‘That fraud!’
CRUNCH!
The sea snake swallowed its 8th victim and this was when it suddenly stopped.
The sea snake stopped and focused on the distance even as its eyes narrowed into slits, it seemed to detect something as the atmosphere suddenly changed.
Eliot was perceptive enough to detect the change. ‘What now?!’
Then, suddenly…
BOOM!
It was instantaneous acceleration and crazy speed!
They arrived in an instant!
Inside the hole where they hid, Eliot’s eyes widened into saucers.
The sound induced was caused by the sheer momentum of them moving through the water at such an immense speed.
The new guests were 5 extremely aggressive Piranhas.
And these were no mere Piranhas either, Eliot could tell from just one look that these Piranhas already evolved from their base form.
At least 3 times bigger than normal Piranhas, these 5 predators were hyper aggressive as they arrived in an instant and pounced on their prey.
Their prey at this moment? The sea snake.
Their terrifying teeth and hyper aggressive approach enabled them to tear into the skin of this sea snake the next moment as it bled.
The sea snake was caught off-guard.
“HISSS…!” It hissed in pain and annoyance.
“Bunch of annoying pests!” The sea snake roared.
“…!”
In his hole, Eliot was flabbergasted.
‘This snake can speak?!’
‘I should have known!’
‘If fish can speak, there is no way a snake in this world should not be able to’.
The sea snake launched its counterattack, it spoke again.
“Magic Gland: Venom Shield!” It roared.
Bzzz!
The water sizzled as a dark purplish thick liquid came out of its skin before solidifying the next moment around the sea snake, forming a thick shield.
“I’ll kill all of you pests!” The sea snake roared.
In his hole, Eliot was amazed. ‘Is that magic?’
Bzzz!Seeing the purple liquid come out and solidify to form the thick shield, instantly all 5 aggressive Piranhas became even more restless and aroused.These 5 Piranhas became more aggressive as they saw the shield.“Kill!” “Kill!” Kill!”They roared aggressively as a red mist suddenly surrounded them.Before they could do anything, the now incensed sea snake already started its counterattack as its long body rose up above the Piranhas.It opened its mouth the next moment, exposing its deadly fangs.“Magic Gland: Venom Spray!”With its mouth opened and its teeth exposed, the sea snake attacked the next moment as more of that dark purplish liquid came out this time from its teeth as it sprayed out like water coming out of a shower.This thick liquid touched the body of the 5 Piranhas and their skin sizzled as it started corroding.The reaction of the Piranhas?They became even more angry and aggressive.“Kill!” “Kill!” “Kill!”They had to have some form of confidence to dare attack t
“…”“…”“…..”The battlefield became quiet.Yet, 2 Salmon Fish refused to come out of their hole.Inside that hole, they stayed as silent as a mouse in the presence of a cat, their gills working on overdrive as they kept on breathing heavily.Brother?This guy was traumatized by this encounter.Eliot?He was too shocked to move.‘Holy f*cking sh*t!’‘What in the name of all f*cking midgets did I just see?!’ He felt like he was going crazy, he fought had to prevent himself from screaming in disbelief.‘A sea snake that is able to control it’s venom to form a shield?’‘Damn…, that’s straight out of an anime!’‘I always knew Piranhas are some aggressive mother*ckers, but bruh…, all those red mists, those Spartan Rage sh*t, that’s crazy man!’‘Those guys are no longer Piranhas; those guys are f*cking Chihuahuas!’‘Then, that last boss that seemed straight out of a 90s action movie’.‘Damn, that Electric Eel was completely electric man!’‘That blue electric blast, I almost felt like it wou
[You have fulfilled the requirements to level up!][You have leveled up!][Congratulations! You are now a level 2 Chinook Salmon!][Your attributes have increased…]…[Your power has increased by 0.4][Your speed has increased by 0.8][Your mind has increased by 0.2][Your toughness has increased by 0.3][Your luck has increased by 0][Your health points have increased by 5]-----Name: Virgin EliotLevel: 2Stats:Power: 1.6Speed: 5.2Mind: 2.3Toughness: 1.1Luck: 0[Health Points: 20/20][Skills: Dash; Bite; Devour; Camouflage; Mate][Species: Chinook Salmon]----“…”Seeing the line of words written in the system interface before him, for a few seconds Eliot was left stunned.Then, his eyes widened. ‘Leveling up…’‘I almost forgot; I can level up!His eyes widened even further as he came to a realization.‘If I can level up, does it mean the others can level up too?’‘I bet they can, I already noticed that they grow stronger the same way that I do, perhaps its also due to the pro
WHOOSH!“…”“…”“…..!”For a second, Eliot just floated in the water, stunned as he watched the silhouette of the gradually vanishing chief.He gritted his teeth in anger. ‘That f*cker!’‘That f*cker…, he’s always the first to run!’Chief didn’t even look back to see who shouted the danger warning nor did he even care to see the danger, he simply bolted away.And instantly, the fish school scattered in panic.Despite their panic though, Eliot was able to notice something immediately as every single one of the Salmon Fish still tried to swim in chief’s direction.That was all Eliot needed to heave a sigh of relief.“Brother, follow them!”“…” Brother was stunned.One moment, he was swimming with big bro Eliot, calmly hunting for food and the next moment he saw a brother being killed, then the Giant Spider, then big bro Eliot shouting danger then all his brothers scattering and swimming in panic.Everything was too much for this Salmon to process at once.He froze from confusion but Eli
The Giant Spider fainted.“…” Eliot was put at a crossroads.‘Damn! I can’t leave it behind…’‘I mean, this is a goddamn evolved beast!’‘If I manage to kill it now, I have no doubt that I’ll get enough XP to level up to the climax to be able to use my single species evolution orb, but…,’ He grimaced. ‘Are evolved beasts really that weak?’‘I managed to make it faint only because I caught it off-guard with my fart’.‘I have no doubt that he’ll curse my full generation on waking up’.‘Despite him being vulnerable now though, this guy’s skin is hella thick…, I doubt my juvenile teeth has what it takes to punch through this’.‘Besides, what if biting it wakes it up…?’That was the cue that Eliot needed to not spend a second longer here.[You have activated skill: Dash!]Whoosh!Eliot disappeared.…Huff! Huff! Huff!At a corner of the Thunder Reef, a big Salmon hid as his gills worked on overdrive, working on liquefied oxygen even as he kept on observing everywhere alertly, he was still
“…”“…”“…..!” Eliot was speechless.He was stunned as for a few seconds, he just looked at chief.‘Holy sh*t, that was fast!’ He thought.All the fish of this school watched everything that happened, still stunned as their tiny eyes kept on alternating between the 2 fish at the center of attention.Eliot and chief were quiet throughout as the fish looked at them.They looked at chief one last time.Then they looked at Eliot again.“Chief!” They roared.“New chief!”“New chief!”“New chief!” The school of fish started celebrating on the spot.‘Well, that works’. Eliot felt awkward being at the center of their attention but he was ready to take it having experienced the reality of this world already.Brother swam closer to Eliot the next moment, he looked across him.“Bonkers! What will he be called now?”“Brother?”“No”. Eliot looked at the largest fish of this school.Then he looked at the other fish. “Call him ex chief”.“Ex Chief!” They roared.“…”…A few minutes after the inaugur
During his 2 days of independence, even as Eliot tried to adapt and survive independently alongside brother, he also did some experiments.One of these experiments was related to his support system.“Umm, support system, can I use the system on others apart from myself?”[An active request has been made!][You have unlocked Support System Gimmick: Snooping Tool!][Snooping Tool: This gimmick enables you to use the system to spy on other organism’s status.][NOTE: The requirements to use the snooping tool on a target is either be affiliated to said organism or get the permission of the said organism.]After this, Eliot did not hesitate to use the snooping tool on brother.[Snooping Tool Activated!]-----Name: Brother BonkersLevel: 3Stats:Power: 2.3Speed: 7Mind: 2Toughness: 1.8Luck: 0[Health Points: 25/25][Skills: Dash; Bite; Devour; Camouflage; Mate][Species: Chinook Salmon]----Brother bonkers like Eliot approved of the system to call him was level 3 and it was clear, he w
Eliot used the past few days as the chief productively.Apart from training the previously chaotic fish school into a cohesive unit, he also did some personal observation on his part.Led by Commander Bomber, as the fish of the attack department went out to hunt successfully for the fish school, Eliot noticed something.During the past few days of hunting, a few of the fish in the attack department were able to level up, he noticed due to his snooping tool.This was when he arrived at a theory after careful analysis.‘Commander Bomber and ex chief are already level 5 fish’.‘It’s clear that level 5 is the first climax point for Salmon fish, to grow further, they need to use a single species evolution orb to evolve and gain magic’.This brought an idea to tweak the hunt strategy of the attack department.‘Since Commander Bomber no longer has use for XP unless he uses a single species evolution orb, there’s no use for him landing the killing blow to prey’.‘I will introduce a strategy t