Day 9 part 4
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I'm staring at what is usually only present in my nightmares.
Since I became big and magical I've been constantly around smaller or less capable creatures... this whale though is not like that. It is a step higher on the evolutionary ladder. Perhaps two.
It wants to eat me. I can feel the delight radiating off the mammal. I'm a treat.
Not only is this whale a giant by my standards I suspect he is a giant among his own species as well.
He would easily be eighty foot long and weigh in the seventy ton range.
He is a monster.
His teeth alone are eight inches tall.
If he eats me it will be in two bites.
That isn't the end, he is not a normal color. He is a faint green.
He is just staring at me, why isn't he attacking?
I know why... Yumi is too close.
He's mind wiped. He obeys sirens. He can't attack sirens.
I have a lot of broken permafrost around but I don't think a little piercing damage will even worry him. He has tons of insulating fat that would be deeper than I'd be able to stab with a haphazard weapon.
Spears would work in theory, but he is bigger than normal and probably has some unique abilities or defenses.
“Move it lady... wanna eat!” [Whale]
“You can't!” [Yumi]
“Aww... but it looks so tasty...” [Whale]
“No! Bad whale!” [Yumi]
“I'm sorry... please don't be angry.” [Whale]
Hey, he's drooling and staring at me! He really just said that to placate Yumi!
Does this guy still have his mind?
“It doesn't matter! Kill them both if you have to!” [Captive Black-haired Siren]
“Yup. Will do!” [Whale]
Hey! That's not right!
“If we can't change her, then she dies!” [Captured Diabolic Black-haired Siren]
I shove Yumi away, using the current and hydrokinesis.
I jet higher and lure the whale away, as I am what he desires.
The whale really does only have his mind on food, because he follows.
Charging at me he opens his mouth to swallow me whole.
I jet with all I have, only barely keeping pace ahead.
Permafrost Spear activated~
“Allow us to aid you, Ensuikage!” [Snail lead]
They're still on my back? I forgot about you guys entirely...
But what could a bunch of snail ninjas do to a living mountain?
Oh, venom...
They spill several times the dose they typically used against me over the ice.
Neurotoxin, the deadliest in existence. So powerful it stops fish in their tracks, dead. Instantaneous death...
I have no idea how much of a dose this massive dick can take.
It may be outside the limits of a handful of snails... but still this will hurt him.
They follow the instruction.
“We refuse!” [All Cone-shells]
“...yes sir!” [All Cone-shells]
They seem to be sniffling... hey, this isn't some self-sacrifice... I don't do that kind of thing... no I kill.
I fling my arm toward Yumi.
“Release!” [Squid]
The hefty shells speed in that direction, spinning.
Now... for Gigantor...
I turn and charge!
Jet Charge activated~
I lance down at the blunt head, aiming for the massive wall of flesh that is a face.
Except...
Agony!
Sonar again...! No... this is worse...
The permafrost spear shatters like a T1000 trapped in liquid nitrogen taking a bullet... except it won't be back...
Damn, this bastard can work out resonance frequencies?!
I'm rammed by a living submarine. It isn't even yellow...
The impact is awful enough I blackout for a moment. Then comes the flukes... lucky bastard!
The tail crashes down on me, tenderizing my body like a hammer.
He turns. I'm only barely able to move. My tentacles are shaking, a bruised and lacerated mess. That sound was too much. It was so loud... I think I'm deaf. One eye is blurry... and he only made one pass...
Here he comes again...
Permafrost Spear activated~
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Permafrost Spear activated~
I send them in a spray at his face with cryokinesis.
He takes two, shattering all but the last ones with sonar as he comes in close.
His jaws are coming...
Reflection Field activated~
He snaps down but I jam the empty barrier in his mouth and send out spikes from it.
He jerks and sweeps past coughing the ice out.
“Nasty squid! Kill you!” [Whale]
As I watch the spears fall from his body and the holes close...
He's coming full speed now, he plans to crush me to death?!
I send the vacuum bubbles of the Mantis Shrimp at him, rapid fire using hydrokinesis.
He jerks and moves away from the impacts, shaking his head. His skin, tearing and resealing as I watch... damn, how do you kill that?! I need to hit him a lot...
Ability: Permafrost Barrage learned~
As the whale sweeps in to bite this new skill activates; basically a spammed version of Permafrost Spear with a forward momentum. Like javelins, only spawned in the dozens and launched. It ripple fires, sending multiple hits into the beast.
“Kill you! Eat you! Grind you! Break you!” [Whale]
Here it comes again, still healing from the wounds but angrier.
I use it again.
Permafrost Barrage activated~
Spermy ignores the pinpricks. I need to hit harder! I focus and compress the magic...
Ability: Permafrost Pike learned~
I launch one single massive spike of permafrost. It completely pierces the beast through the head, going into the blunt nose.
White fluid spills out... blew your lode, huh? Poor guy, a hit to the ball... (Note: Lode was intentional... he was struck in the Spermaceti oil)
“Crush you! Tear you! Rip you to pieces!” [High-pitched whale]
However even this doesn't stop him long. The pike is shaken loose and he heals.
He charges again. Now is my chance... while he's still unable to use that sonar fracture skill...
Ink Cloud (Greater) activated~
As he sweeps past, blind and deaf I catch hold of his belly.
Only one way to stop this living bullet train.
I grow permafrost on the beast's skin and raise it.
I form a drill and drive it into the head, aiming for the spot between the eyes.
Filling the skull with blades of permafrost should be lethal!
The whale jerks wildly as he feels the bite and realizes what I'm doing.
Blood flows like a geyser from the hole.
I see scraps of bone now too.
He gets desperate and swims straight up into the air, breaching.
The crushing blow of his belly flop on me is less than he anticipated... less than his body slams...
Now he's headed for the sea floor and a jagged outcropping of rock.
Oh shit, he's gonna scrape me off at full speed!
“Please die, you clinging, conniving, conjurer of cutting and calamity!” [Strangely eloquent whale]
What we learned from this episode:
Trepanation actually made Spermy smarter. O.O
Squid didn't even try to buy a ticket when he caught that train...
Yumi is now host to ninja snails... she isn't sure if she likes it...
The snails however...