I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 335: Peace isn't always well-intended

Likewise the hero pressured, “What about that big snake we saw and uh that big gravell-fish too. Pretty sure I killed that one!”

[Technically Osira killed that fish in the last second, so you won’t get a reward for that kill]

And just before the sea-pancake unleashed endless waves of complaints, the system continued to chatter.

[As for the aspect of discovery, you get a total of five-hundred system points due to your efforts and risks]

[Total system points = Twenty-three-hundred and thirty-three]

“Woohoo! I’m getting rich again and all I had to do was smack some fools!” The hero loudly celebrated.

No stranger could quite understand what he was talking about, so such an outburst wouldn’t really bring any problems.

Besides, this tribe of odd fish were more worried about the slaughter that went on here.

The system found a pocket of time again so she decided to notify, [There’s one more thing]

[These crystal fish you killed, don’t fit in any of the species I already know about, but they still need to fit in any category]

[So I’ll push them to the tasked slaughter category, which will mark three more tasks as complete]

[In total you have forty-one system given tasks, considered as complete]

“So my bars will upgrade again!” Timothy instantly celebrated.

Today’s wins seemed like too much. And at this point the hero felt sure that the chase towards the unknown, was quite rewarding!

Now he felt motivated to put himself out there even more!

[Correct,] The system assured.

[Your new primary bars are the following…]

[Health bar = 146/146]

[Hunger bar = 23/23]

[Sleep bar = 51/51]

[Stamina bar = 23/23]

[I think you are aware of the benefits that come with these bars?]

“Uh…” The sea-disk mumbled as he tried to recall.

[This increase will thicken the overall density of these bars, they aren’t just bigger numbers]

[Every point in those bars is more capable now, and can give you quicker benefits upon replenishing]

[We can take the health bar as an example. Your wounds can heal almost half as fast now, in comparison to when you first got this body]

"I don't know how that works, but..." Timothy went through a mumble.

[The density of your health has increased by forty-six points, so naturally this bar is more powerful now when it comes to healing wounds, if that makes sense?]

“Uhhh…” The hero felt quite dumbfounded.

He had to ponder over this information for quite a bit, but eventually he managed to catch up with most of this concept.

This increase in primary bars was certainly a great benefit, and he was almost eager to get hurt in order to try out the density.

But he didn’t want to focus on that right now. Instead he gave a bit of attention, towards a sensation that indirectly whispered in his mind.

This sensation was more of a feeling instead of a thought. It primarily demanded souls, so the hero managed to figure out what the issue was.

He had not sacrificed any souls to Azelaq for a while. Sure these odd fish around here were killable, but it was almost as if they did not have a soul!

This created a minor complication. Because for some reason, the hero’s mind remained sharp only if he sacrificed a whole soul to that self-proclaimed god, with the aid of the silver scream.

It was still difficult to understand the whole concept behind that, but the hero figured that if he delayed such a procedure any longer, his mind would be clouded again.

And such a fate would be difficult to handle. Because apart from all of his senses turning numb, he would lose most concentration and cognitive functions as well.

In short words, he wouldn’t be any different from a swimming zombie, as he nearly wouldn’t have a mind of his own.

The idea of such a fate was terrifying already, so he aimed to avoid it at all cost.

He had to find some normal fish to kill and soon, but for now his attention steered towards the actual battle.

Timmy noticed that most of his team had already killed every crystal fish that opposed them.

Such a scene wasn’t exactly a surprise. Every member of this team was individually powerful, and these enemies could barely be considered an opposition.

But what proved odd instead, was Dana’s motivation to build up peace between the two parties.

It was ironic after considering that she too killed a few of this tribe’s fish just a moment ago, yet her motivation seemed firm.

Her eyes dotted towards a few fish that hid around a boulder-shaped chunk of crystal. She could see them quite clearly due to her superior senses.

Towards that little group she shouted, “Don’t be afraid, we never came here to harm any of you.”

It seemed that those fish were a bit convinced already, they surely aimed for peace too.

Perhaps their courage had been broken after they witnessed several of their kind, exploding in a matter of a minute.

Regardless of the sole reason behind their cooperation, Dana intended to milk such behaviour as much as she could.

Likewise she decided to remind these odd fish, “We wanted help from your mother but she tried to have us dead! If she asked us to leave your home, we would have left.” josei

“But the rest of you never chose to attack us. Most fish would consider you cowards, but I’m willing to look at all of you as peace lovers!” She hollered so the entire cavern could hear her out.

And the final portion of her speech guaranteed, “Me and my friends don’t want to kill you, please come out so we can all have a peaceful talk.”

“Actually I’d love to kill more of them,” Timmy interrupted, he was quite reward-oriented with that claim.

But afterwards he got quite a rough stare, from the same lady who tried so hard to build up peace.

To make it worse Snoopy had to express, “I’d kill them too really. They’re the ones who lured us in here and tried to kill us after.”

“Okay my friends are just mad, but they won’t kill you without a reason!” Dana shouted once more, as she tried to replenish her shattered efforts.