Chapter 8 “Rustling Leaves”
Ever since the leafy sea dragon first saw its imaginary rival in beauty, it observed the snake carefully, of course, never admitting its feelings of inferiority that grew with each passing day as it saw how the snake, even though small in size, bravely traversed the open ocean, turning its devious plans into reality.
As it, in the shelter of its seaweed cage, gazed at the tiny snake bringing the downfall of the foolish Sunfish with its shrewd scheme and the gruesome yet genius idea to catch more fish with its corpse, a tiny spark of admiration began to bloom, but this tiny bud got snuffed out in the blink of an eye by the pure dark muddy envy the leafy sea dragon felt cruising through its veins.
And now, as it laid eyes upon an even greater, more brilliant snake emerging from its cave, something snapped in its from envy-eroded mind.
“How dare you!”
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As the big snake slithered through the water towards the tattered remains of the Sunfish and the few fish who were still frolicking in the free food presented to them, it felt an intense, malicious stare directed toward its illustrious self.
A stare that it was too familiar by now, as it grew in intensity day by day, flared up yet again. First, it was not sure from where or what it came, but now the murderous aura had grown to the point where it was painfully obvious. All this time, the sneaky snake had turned a blind eye to it as it was curious to see how the situation would unfold, and now this curiosity had peeked.
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As it saw this tiny little leafy sea dragon as no threat, it turned its back toward it and continued to farm levels, patiently waiting if it would do something.
Level up!
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After hours of stuffing its body with the unfortunate fish that succumbed to their hunger, mindlessly falling into its trap, the Sunfish’s body was consumed entirely, and there was still no sign of its secret admirer making its move.
So, the devious snake decided to have some fun!
“I wonder what their reaction will be~”
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Seething with anger and frustration over its own cowardice, which it subconsciously redirected at the poor innocent snake as it was unable to leave the safe confines of its seaweed brethren for hours and silently stared daggers at the snake who reeled in one fish after another. The leafy sea dragon cursed the snake who swam proudly, confidently in the ocean.
“How dare this impudent snake! Who do they think they are!”
As always, it blamed everything that was going wrong with its short, miserable life on a stranger, whom it never even interacted with, let alone knew of the pathetic excuse of a leafy sea dragon’s existence.
But this time, the delusional with self-importance overflowing leafy sea dragon was in for a surprise; its cursing fell silent in a heartbeat as it saw the snake, by now several times bigger than itself, leisurely approaching its hiding spot, its eyes locked at the pathetic imitation of a mighty seaweed.