I'm a Stingray?

Such a result... well it wasn't the easiest on the little boy's subconscious. He had even gone far enough, to risk being eaten by a whole-ass mako shark; but yet got his good will trampled with what we can label as trickery.

Of course he instantly fled the scene. Because the idea of fighting enemies who were much stronger and bigger than him, was tremendously stupid. He would be ripped to shreds, eaten whole. And afterwards these enemies would have a good laugh about it.

His speed that had temporarily been upgraded to level 5, proved useful when it came to ditching the scene. The little boy did not want to wait around. Because although those bastards had given him an option to live, they could change their mind.

But yet regardless of who the odds might favour, Tim's little mind still raged. "They will die on my hands, well fins... Vengeance is the only way!"

And such a feeling struck strong in this stingray's mind, even though these goals seemed a bit too big for a mere child. It was difficult to understand or figure out what his destiny in this new life was. But right now the motivation to kill those who had wronged him, was growing after each heartbeat.

Throughout a few moments, the blue-dotted boy had made a decision. Even if his entire new-life went by, through carrying along the sole intent of chasing revenge, he would consider that life worthwhile.

But right now was the time to prepare for such goals, so he thought out. "Need to find more leggy crabs and I have to buy every upgrade. Yes... those punks shouldn't be able to kill a stronger stingray."

It seemed like a good plan, but a few measurements had to be taken for the sake of increasing the odds to his favour. Leaving the coral reef for an hour or less seemed like a good idea in hindsight. Because an impression had been made on the little one, that it would be easier to find sea-critters, anywhere away from the reef.

It sounded smart, but the sea-pancake was behaving rather boldly. This time, he didn't put in an attempt to be sneaky through this short-travel. But instead just charged through the waters at full speed.

It was worth noticing that he was passing through the very same route, where he had inflicted the first kill. This spot held a handful of memories. Sadly one of them was the fact that he almost got eaten by both an eel, and shark.

In a point of view, it might sound stupid to come here again, especially since the only goal was to explore different portions. This place carried large risk factors before, but it felt like a good option to be here because of the similarities.

The goal of revenge had many steps, but right now he picked out the first. "Have to upgrade my jaws, or else I won't stand a chance to kill them!"

[You won't have a chance to kill them even after an upgrade, as you're currently too weak to beat them]

Well thankfully the system was reasonable, and the young one could notice it; so he decided to cooperate. "Can you at least tell me when I'm ready?"

[Yes. As a task, you will eventually have to kill a shark or an eel. So even if it wasn't planned, those will be marine animals you will need to hunt in the future]

It was noticeable that the system was talking about such events, in the far future tense. But that wasn't exactly demotivating. Instead, the sea-disk was reaping reasons to follow this goal, and his confidence was building up bit-by-bit.

Shaking those thoughts away for now, he decided to focus towards the little mission he had made recently; the one that was related to health.

The boy's vision wasn't the best, but he still could spot prey that was anywhere from 10 to 20 meters away. Likewise, he found a meal to feast on. It wasn't exactly easy to count how many critters there were, his vision wasn't capable of giving good hints from such a distance.

But judging from those eyes, that poked out of the heads of these critters: these could be the same crab species that he had slaughtered in the very beginning.

Barging towards them right now didn't seem so smart, so he had to double-check. "What was the first crab I hunted? What species?"

[It was a ghost crab]

That name rang a bell, so he jumped a little and swiftly spoke. "Yes, they were the ones with weird eyes. Can I get health from them?"

[Fully consuming a ghost crab grants the following effects...]

[Effect on health, non existent]

Effect on hunger, +3 bars]

[Effect on sleep, +1 bar]

[Effect on stamina, +1 bar]

This is not what the young one was looking for, but this situation could still be skinned for benefits. So he asked, "Oh this can help me wake up. How sleepy am I?"

[Sleep bar = 10/35]

Shifting plans, he decided. "Oh then I definitely need to eat a few of those. I need energy to hunt leggy crabs."

[That is recommended]

It sounded like a good idea, but other aspects worked harder than the devil. "My belly is full! I have to poop out some food."

An idea ran through the sea-pancake's mind. He began swimming at full speed, but was also just randomly circling around; for the pure sake of 'getting things to move.'

This was making the boy a tad dizzy, but it was better to burn off some food instead of waiting for his body to digest it. A hundred things could happen until then. So after an uncomfortable number of spins later, it was time to slow down.

He crashed on the sand and allowed stamina to regenerate. While at the same time, he was peeking at the ghost crabs who weren't spooked away from all that commotion.

They were ugly crabs without a doubt, but all the young one could think of was. "That should have burned some food down."

Right after, he felt that little stink hole bursting out what can metaphorically be called, bullshit-and a-half. Throughout the day he had been eating anything that he found. So it wasn't a surprise, that the result was poop which was extra weird looking and smelly.

"Uhhh... that felt good. How's my hunger bar now?" Timothy asked. And at the same time, gave out the largest sigh generatable out of such a small bean.

[Hunger bar = 10/15]

The feeling of revenge had certainly made the little stingray think about any idea, a tad harder. So he pitched, "Oh then I eat two of these and just kill the rest for points."

[A good idea would be to drag the bodies in the den, to feed off them when you get hungry. It lowers the risk factor]

"Good idea." He complimented and began charging towards the crabs.

Getting closer, these indeed looked like the first crab he had stabbed and eaten. They had to be ghost crabs. Such a name sounded intimidating, but there was nothing paranormal about them.

He charges towards the closest one, bit right through its head and heard the system utter. [Ghost crab killed. One system point has been given to you as a reward]

Repeating the procedure, he broke through the water to charge against the other close by crabs. This species didn't seem to have a lot of long legs, so it felt a lot less creepy to eat them.

Exactly 7 kills later, he asked a question to the system; because the prime goal for the day was to upgrade basically anything! And she was quick to answer.

[Total system points = 44]

[Sleep bar = 12/35]

"I still can't buy the jaws thing ha?" He queried, after remembering that the new purchase options were much more expensive.

[You need just another system point to upgrade jaws]

Reaping confidence out of it, he recalled. "I just know that it's worth it. These crabs couldn't escape me because of the hunting upgrade hehehehe."

Remembering another task, he peeked at the 5 remaining ghost crab bodies and spoke to himself. "Now to take these bodies in my den, one by one..."

Afterwards he sighed a tad bit because this task sounded boring, but also asked. "I can't buy a human hands upgrade, right?"

[There is no such upgrade, you're a stingray]

...

Dropping one of the bodies in his den, the young boy came across a comprehension that was difficult to swallow. Someone else here had started calling the boy's den, a home.

And so, he couldn't help shouting. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Rising from the very bottom of the hole-like den, a creature slim and agile popped out. The animal was long-bodied without a doubt and was fat like a cow too. "This is my home now."

"I found it first! Get out of here or I will bite you." The blue-dotted kid warned. And even revealed his jaws against the enemy, snapped them too.

This intruder was none other than Harold the moray eel, who instantly threatened. "Get out of here before I change my mind about eating you. Don't let me catch you in this reef, ever again!"