Chapter 08: An Unexpected Outcome Of The Struggle

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('What is going on here?') I thought so towards myself, whilst growing slightly more anxious and more nervous towards the ongoing situation.

Whilst, thinking before I act, I then logically come to a sudden conclusion that I instead need to get the hell outta there, very quickly. No questions asked. And dealing with something that is unknown and quite unforeseeable can be extremely dangerous and unpredictable.

('Dealing with the {Two-Legged Feral Claw Ghostly Tadpole} monster was already hard enough and difficult to deal with, and I'm currently now hanging upon to my dear life, and at the ends of my rope. And if I were to suddenly encounter another {Two-Legged Feral Claw Ghostly Tadpole} monster then I would undoubtedly end up dead, just being another sort of appetising easy monster chow for the taking.') I thought so towards myself, as I then suddenly came up with an immediate short idea to bide time for my escape.

And that was to used the dead body of the {Two-Legged Feral Claw Ghostly Tadpole} monster's carcass as bait to somewhat distract and attract the attention of my pursuers, so that I could then bide time for my escape.

As I thought of this, I then immediately kicked the dead body and carcass of the {Two-Legged Feral Claw Ghostly Tadpole} monster, floating within open water, into the direction of where the noise and somewhat strong sensed vibrations are coming from.

And within a matter of seconds, after the dead body of the {Two-Legged Feral Claw Ghostly Tadpole} monster was steadily suspended within the still-open waters for a couple of seconds, something that is quite invisible and clearly transparent looking then immediately latches upon the dead body of the {Two-Legged Feral Claw Ghostly Tadpole} monster.

Its slimy amphibious webbed feet then latches onto the skin of the dead {Two-Legged Feral Claw Ghostly Tadpole} monster, before its sharp boney claws that are at the tip of its own feet bone then began to dig into the skin and soft flesh of the dead {Two-Legged Feral Claw Ghostly Tadpole} monster.

Bit by bit, piece by piece, the bunch of invisible looking transparent clear body aquatic creatures then began to tear the dead {Two-Legged Feral Claw Ghostly Tadpole} monster's body apart, readily devouring it right before my own eyes, until there was literally nothing left of it, just mere bones and discarded bits and pieces of leftover meat.

('What the...') I thought so towards myself, feeling slightly tired and sluggish due to the over consumption of stamina points and mental energy when facing an opponent who was a whole lot stronger than me, and way more higher level than me.

And upon a much closer inspection, from a more higher clarity point of view, the invisible-looking clear body transparent aquatic creatures are not truly invisible, but rather their skin and internal organs are somewhat translucent and clear that it completely allows for the rays of light to completely pass through, thereby making it seem somewhat invisible to the naked eye when submerged underneath waters.

However, despite it being almost quite difficult and somewhat impossible to identify the almost completely invisible-looking clear body transparent aquatic creature within the open water. A key weakness of the invisible-looking clear body transparent aquatic creature is it's noticeable translucent clear sky blue coloured eyes, which is about the size of a small bead or marble.

And when under the dazzling rays of sunlight, refracting off the surface of a large body of water, a partial figure and the faint body outline of the invisible-looking clear transparent body aquatic creature could somewhat be made out. Under good conditions that is. And if the observer of the target has excellent visual acuity. Alongside the water being extremely clean and clear, etc.

('The body figure of the somewhat invisible-looking aquatic creature does somewhat resemble an ordinary average {Two-Legged Ghostly Tadpole (Early Adolescent Stage)} creature, but with a noticeable translucent skin and a clear body...') I thought so towards myself, until it then suddenly hits me, and I then immediately remembered something.

I then suddenly recalled something, ('Wasn't there like a side evolutionary branch path split off from the ghostly tadpole main evolutionary change line?

('What was it again? Was it the {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole (Early Adolescent Stage)} or something along those line.') I thought.

Judging by the number of floating clear sky-blue coloured irises within the immediate facility, approximately about ten identifiable clear sky-blue coloured eyes in number, which certainly equates to around 5 identifiable {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} creatures in front of me.

World System Message Warning: Your Health Point and Stamina Points are dangerously low, within the amber alert level section. So please get some rest and necessary sleep in order to begin the process of healing and recovery!

And after losing a considerable amount of blood and internal bodily fluids. I then started to become a bit more light headed, slightly dizzy, and a bit delirious due to constantly being put on edge beyond my normal usual state of mind.

As an overwhelming sense of fear and dread then started to creep up and get itself over me. Its like I'm steadily being pushed into a corner, being forced to walk into a cage with a hungry tiger, rather than a lone hungry tiger. Its more like a pack of starving wolves, as I steadily observed the five identifiable {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} creatures slowly approaching me, from a distance.

('Stay Back! All of you, stay back! And get the hell away from me!') I thought so towards, whilst screaming internally, like a madman, withinside my own head.

Since I logically haven't reached the point within evolution where I would instead need a somewhat developed pair of vocal cords, so the only sounds that would ever come out of my own mouth would be a mere bubble- bursting and popping noise, but since we are currently deep underwater and there is no pocket of air forming. So I'm basically just opening my own mouth up and then closing them somewhat shut abruptly, whilst imitating like I'm actually talking.

So I must have looked like a complete buffoon to the five {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole}, but to the author and readers of the novel. They can steadily read and see my internal monologue and inner thoughts in the form of words and text. So I must somehow look normal towards them but weird and unusual to an actual person or creature in person.

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Since I'm currently being sheerly outnumbered by the great amounts of {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} creatures, five to one, I then immediately reacted by instinctively activating my {Poison Sythesis} skill without the need of the activation of the active combative skill {Venom Sting}.

It was then that a concentrated purple toxic substance, which is the formulated [Low Grade 2★ {Two-Legged Poison Ghostly Tadpole} Poison] compound, is thereby released into the nearby surrounding water, nearby me, via the boney spikey bone protrusion needle that is steadily located at the bottom of my webbed ghostly tadpole feet.

The concentrated poisonous toxic substance is thereby released into the nearby body of water, gradually dissolving and becoming more diluted the further it steadily gets away from it's main source and origin, which is me.

So as the five identifiable {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} then drew slowly closer towards my current location, but when one of the five identifiable {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} had actually touched the somewhat diluted poisonous toxic substance of my [Low Grade 2★ {Two-Legged Poison Ghostly Tadpole} Poison] formula compound.

Its own body and muscle then abruptly contracted, having become somewhat stiff and solid as a board, and more difficult to move, due to the incurring {Weak Paralysis} negative status effect ailment of the [Low Grade 2★ {Two-Legged Poison Ghostly Tadpole} Poison].

Sensing the immediate change and the body behaviour of one of its own companions, which it steadily considers as one of it's oen brethren, the most biggest {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} creature, identifiable by it's large pair of translucent clear sky blue coloured eyes.

It then immediately grabs the somewhat paralysed body of the {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} with its large feet, who actually touched and then breathed in my diluted [Low Grade 2★ {Two-Legged Poison Ghostly Tadpole} Poison], and pulled them back towards a safe distance, away from the poisonous toxic substance.

The most biggest {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} with its clear transparent sky-blue eyes then immediately stares cold dagger eyes at me, from a safe distance and away from the poisonous toxic purple substance that is continuously being released into the nearby waters surrounding me.

World System Message Warning: Your Stamina Points has reached dangerously low, within the red alert level. Please get some needed rest or necessary sleep in order to begin the recovery of Stamina Points. Whilst, any further activities that physically consumes alot of Stamina Points could potentially lead to the user or Player to possibly outright blackout!

('Damnit!') I thought so to myself, as I could instinctively feel my body becoming slightly weaker due to the constant blood loss, and the poison crafting skill {Poison Synthesis} actively consuming stamina points in order to steadily produces volumes of [Low Grade 2★ {Two-Legged Poison Ghostly Tadpole} Poison].

But, I'm currently trapped within a standstill, steadily being surrounded by a group of five identifiable {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} from all sides.

° ° °

And after a while of coldly starting dagger eyes at me, the most biggest {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} then eventually loses interest in me, as it then its own gaze away from me and then clearly instructed the other four {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} to follow suit.

The five identifiable {Two-Legged Phantom Ghostly Tadpole} after having completely lost interest within me, they then immediately left the facility, and swam off and about to steadily look for any sort of prey easy for the taking.

My consciousness is steadily slipping, fading in and out, just like a small flickering candle flame that is just about to be snuff out of existence. Well, I don't really have much choice, as I then urgently opened my own personal status screen board and then automatically invest all of my remainder unallocated stats points into either Vitality or the Endurance attribute stats in order to extend my life force and the amount of stamina Point I may have left in arsenal.

Status Screen (not up to date)

Monster Name: N/A

Monster Age: 1 Day Old

Monster Gender: Male

Monster Race: Two-Legged Poidon Ghostly Tadpole {Early Adolescent Stage}

Race Level: Lv.2/15 {30 experience points required to level up}

Monster Bloodline: Ordinary

Monster Physique: Ordinary

Monster Core Crystal Evaluation: 1★ White Monster Core

Monster Grade Evaluation: F-

Monster Overall Combat Potential: 019

Titles:

{Reincarnator}

Stats/Attribute

Health Points:

44.1/44.1

Magical Points:

40.2/40.2

Stamina Points:

18.2/34.1

Fatigue:

21

Hunger Points:

34.1/34.1

Body Condition:

Stable {Healthy}

Strength:

03.4

Wisdom:

06.4

Agility:

07.4

Intelligence:

10.4

Defense:

03.7

Willpower:

06.4

Dexterity:

07.4

Perception:

03.4

Endurance:

03.4

Charm/Charisma:

03.4

Constitution:

04.4

Leadership:

03.4

Vitality:

04.4

Luck:

07

Soul:

07

Karma:

07

Monster Racial Trait:

{Aquatic Respiration}{Regeneratable Body Limp}{Adaptability}

Body Modification/Mutations:

T1 {Small Tadpole Eyes [0/10]}{Small Tadpole Mouth [0/10}{Small Tadpole Gills [0/10]}{Semi-Transparent Clear Tadpole Body [0/10]}{Small Tadpole Stomach [0/10]}{Small Tadpole Legs[0/10]}{Small Tadpole Feet (Three Toe)[0/10]}{Small Tadpole Webbed Feet[0/10]} T2 {Elongated Tadpole Tail [0/10]}{Short Top Tadpole Dorsal Fin [0/10]}}{Short Bottom Tadpole Ventral Fin[0/10]}{Short Back Tadpole Tail Flagellum[0/10]}{{Short Boney Spike Tadpole Dorsal Fin}{Small Tadpole Feet Bone Spike[0/10]}{Basic Tadpole Poison/Venom Gland[0/10]}{+ Extra(Locked)} T3

Active Skills

[Basic Swimming Lv.27][Basic Water Dart Lv.1]{Venom Sting Lv.1}{Poison Synthesis Lv.1}

Passive Skills

{Poison Resistance Lv.1}

You have 5 unallocated stats points

You have 41.7 Unused Biogrowth Points

Before I completely passed out and lost consciousness, I then immediately swam towards the surface of the pond or the large body of lake water, before rapidly grabbing a big bundle of duckweed and pond algae to be steadily used as body camouflage to hide my own body and outer appearance from predators.

I then finally lost consciousness and blackout, just like that.