Timothy ate a fish, and then another. He was supposed to, as most stingrays were carnivores, and loved to eat meat. However, he had approached this school of fish in a less than rithmic way, and this was inevitably problematic.
Fish weren’t the brightest creatures in the world, not by a stretch, but they were smart enough to understand some forms of rhythms. The social complexity of a mega-school of fish, naturally had some rules, and if someone broke those rules, a bunch of fish within the school were bound to notice!
The rules were simple. For example, huge fish who preferred solidarity, knew to swim slowly within such crowds, they were typically very relaxed as they knew better. Smaller fish were more frantic, but they knew enough not to separate from their groups or respective subgroups, and this was what kept most of them alive.
Those were the couple of little rules that such large crowds of fish followed, however, it was problematic that Timothy didn’t follow any of such social standards. He rushed into the school of fish, massacred everything in his sight, and even started separating the crowd, he split them up to some extent. With all of that considered, unsurprisingly, he ended up buying a boatload of trouble for himself!
Several creatures, most of which were huge in body size, went after Tim! He was surrounded in a matter of minutes, and in order to survive this predicament, he had to act really quickly.
Tim spotted one of them, and then he couldn’t help but think. “Hmm… that fucker’s a bit too big ain’t he? But that’s no shark, it can’t be, so… I should be able to kill it? I have to kill it, cuz these fucking sardines aren’t really hitting the spot. I need a bigger snack, or, a whole ass dinner actually.”
The fish he had eaten weren't sardines whatsoever, but they had been small. However, those little details didn’t matter much right now, considering the issue at hand.
Once Tim noticed that first big fish, he became more attentive. Thanks to such attention, he started noticing the rest of the dangers that surrounded him!
He muttered, “Oh shit, another toothless shark! And… another one there, damn, there are five of them fuckers! I’m either gonna have a good meal, or I’ll be the meal…? Hmm, I don’t see myself getting eaten by toothless fish, that would be really embarrassing! I gotta kill them all, then, hope they aren’t magical and shit.”
Dolphins, the ‘toothless sharks’ that he was talking about, were dolphins. However, just like he didn’t acknowledge their species, he hadn’t caught up with the dangers that these dolphins posed, either! He didn’t take them seriously, and just stared them down as they circled around him, quite menacingly.
Even if he didn’t know it yet, the situation was escalating beyond what he would want to handle. He didn’t notice it immediately, but some faint dots of green light were in the process of developing into a unique problem. The color green wouldn't be so threatening in most situations, but in the oceans, there was a certain threatening, and mysterious aspect to them!
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Tim wasn’t too attentive, but once he saw three dots of green light, he started feeling threatened! There was just something about the color green that didn’t feel right.
He thought, “Green stuff… maybe these motherfuckers have lasers on them or something? I wouldn't be surprised.”
Tim then started observing his surroundings more, and noticed something paternal, regarding how these potential enemies were surrounding him. Simply, the ‘toothless fish’ were closing in on him, and that was anything but good!
The best idea was to swim away, however, he didn’t want to be chased either, so he came up with a two-step plan instead, one that might be more effective than just fleeing. The plan was simple, so it hadn’t taken him much time to think about it.
Tim started swimming downwards, and activated his flaming fins ability at the same time, just to swim faster; This was the first step of his plan.
“Let's hope I'm fast enough,” He muttered.
The second step of the plan made him more anxious, because he only had a small window of time to perform it. He wanted to attack the targets efficiently, and in order to do so, he had to perform a high degree of maneuverability! Once he had nose-dived towards deeper waters, he then flung his tail around and aimed at the dolphins who were closing in on him. This part wasn’t easy, he had to be precise with the aiming!
Afterwards, he shot four balls of fire from the barb of his tail, with the intention of killing those dolphins! It had taken him little thinking moments earlier, to recognize those dolphins as a threat, so he didn’t feel bad about attacking them right now. The results however, weren’t as consistent as his homicidal intent, as he didn’t even manage to kill half of them!
The five dolphins that had tried to surround him were pretty agile. He killed one of them by headshot, which was a gruesome scene, because he blew the dolphin's head off, but the rest of the fireballs he shot weren’t as efficient, no. They were rather wasteful.
He burned one dolphin across its back, and although such a burn was painful, it wasn't enough to kill the said target. One dolphin also lost its dorsal fin, but that wasn’t exactly crippling. The dangers for him hadn't yet diminished!
Tim nosedived within the school of fish successfully, and he was fast too thanks to the flaming fins ability, but he was still in danger. Four dolphins were chasing him across the waters, and they were vicious, perhaps faster too!
In panic, he asked. “How am I looking, system? Do I have enough mana to fight for my dear fucking life? I'm kind of in a tight spot here.”
The system was quick to answer him, she said. [As I specified earlier, thanks to your recent growth sprout, you have a bunch more mana points to spend. You have accumulated enough of it while you were either knocked out or hibernating, so I'd say, go crazy with it! You have mana to spend, use it as you please.]
“That's just what I wanted to hear,” He celebrated.
Afterwards, Tim did just as the system had encouraged. He unleashed several fireballs behind him, to the point where they collectively evolved into a threatening wall of fire! Thanks to this, the dolphins did not stand a chance!
Their green powers shone within the wall of fire, but inevitably, the fire was more powerful in comparison! The light which the dolphins identified with, abruptly diminished.