Ocean Master

Chapter 199 - Escape [1].

The Megalodon was finally unleashed!

[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]

Sebastian's gigantic tail flapped left and right slowly as his enormous body rose and swam out of the cage gracefully. After over a month of captivity, this giant cage could finally no longer hold him.

After over a month of inactivity and bottled-up feelings, he was free.

After over a month of helplessness and being experimented on, he was free.

Feeling his tail flapping freely without any constraints, he felt a feeling of freedom engulf his heart. He wished he could enjoy this feeling forever, but not now, now was the time to escape.

His dark green eyes turned, focusing opposite him where the old toad's cage was. At this moment, this predator was looking at him in anticipation.

He did not disappoint, he swam forward.

Click!

Click!

Click!

Click!

With 4 consecutive clicking sounds reverberating, 4 predators were released. 

The 2 Great White Sharks swam out, they instinctively moved towards Sebastian, having felt a sense of belonging with him.

For the Python with legs, it coiled around a pillar that held up the chamber's ceiling as its pair of arrogant brown eyes looked down at the others while the claws in its legs made grinding sounds as they scratched the metal pillar.

It was an orange tier predator, just like Sebastian, but the look in its eyes showed no fear when it looked at the old toad. This was an innate arrogance that was induced by its superior bloodline.

Despite this arrogance, it still respected the old toad's strength enough to remain docile and it was undoubtedly in this with the other 4 predators.

All 5 of them were intelligent predators, Sebastian didn't need many words to persuade them to join this grand escape.

This was the case when unlike Sebastian and the old toad, the others were treated not more than shit. The Python's brown eyes were burning with mountain-splitting rage, a rage for revenge.

With all 5 predators coming out of their cages, it was a given that the atmosphere in the surrounding would change, and the guards finally felt it.

One of the guards shifted uncomfortably before opening his eyes slightly. The next moment, he cursed softly before rubbing his sleepy eyes. When he opened them, it was the same scene, leaving him dumbfounded.

"Am I dreaming?"

"Yes, you are". Sebastian replied before swimming forward.

[You have activated skill: Crushing Bite.]

Crunch!

Sebastian's teeth cut through, effortlessly splitting the guard in 2.

Did he feel guilty? No. His soul may be human, but his body was a Megalodon. These guys didn't care for him, so why should he care for them?

[You have killed a Variant Human- Atlantian Guard!]

[Level 8: ???]

[You have gained nothing.]

[Congratulations! You have killed your first Human Variant.]

[Reward: You have gained random Experience.]

[Congratulations! You have completed the hidden system mission: Ruthless Transmigrator; Race is just a Word!]

[Reward: 1 Strength Core.]

Sebastian killed his first variant human since transmigrating into this world, but his conscience was not as guilty as he thought it would be. This once again showed how much his humanity was already degraded by his stay in Oceania.

About the system notifications, he just glimpsed through them before focusing on the present. Before he escaped completely, every gain now was meaningless. They would only get meaning if he successfully escaped.

And for something that he didn't know about now, he didn't have the time to ask his system since he was now in a race against time.

"What sound was that? What happened?" The other guards finally woke up as they hastily fumbled for their weapons.

Whoosh!

The water cut apart with speed, letting the tongue rip through like a space knife as each of the 4 other guards were cleanly cut into 2. They were dead before they could even put up a proper struggle.

Seeing such deadly fluidity in skill and strength from the old toad, the other 3 predators shuddered. This was when Sebastian swam out, hovering at their front which was a place reserved for the leader.

The old toad was the strongest, but Sebastian was the most enormous predator by a mile. His towering size made his actions even more prominent as he turned to face the other predators.

"I am the leader of this operation".

"You either listen to me…, or you die".

Instinctively, the 3 predators turned to face the only purple tier predator. Seeing no reaction from him, they lowered their heads in submission.

"Follow me".

Sebastian turned around, taking the lead to the location of the chamber's door with the bundle of keys floating beside him in the grasp of the human hands magic manifestation that he created. 

The operation began.

…

Click!

With a soft sound reverberating, Sebastian finally led his team to the main chamber of the laboratory. From the chamber where they were held in captivity, they entered a long corridor before finally getting here.

The laboratory was empty and deserted. Clearly, there were other places reserved for the apprentice mage doctors and workers here to rest.

Seeing no enemy here, Sebastian heaved a sigh of relief. Though he tried his best throughout the past month, in the end, he was too constrained, his electroreceptors could not help him to scout everywhere.

The limitations were too much, preventing him from knowing everything.

Inside this main chamber, besides the huge technological machines and other medical accessories, the most eye-catching thing in the lab was a large transparent display cabinet. 

In this display cabinet were different anatomical samples like relics.

Inside this display cabinet, a part of it was freezing cold. In this part, Sebastian saw numerous Great White Sharks and a few other predators that were frozen inside, all dead.

Considering the size of the sharks, it was enough to show how big this display cabinet was. It took more than half of the lab's main chamber.

Apart from the freezing part of the display cabinet, there were other parts, like a part drenched in a yellowish orange liquid where various predator organs were stored and kept alive like relics.

In one of the display boxes, a strange triangle-shaped heart beat in strange but consistent rhythms, making the yellowish-orange liquid emit foaming bubbles.

In another of the display boxes raged fire. Inside this fire was a cube-shaped beating heart, each pulse from the heart made the fire blaze more.

"Fire Heart!" The old toad muttered in recognition.

Almost immediately after the old toad muttered this, Sebastian's eyes turned to one of the rare neutral parts of the display cabinet. Inside the display box was something that he was familiar with, a magic core.

A Purple tier magic core.

They were escaping and were in a rush, but Sebastian was not going to foolishly leave something that could increase his strength behind when he needed strength the most to increase their escape success chances.

[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]

Going closer, Sebastian smashed the display cabinet open. Following the old toad's advice, while taking the magic core, he also took the blazing Fire Heart and kept them inside his system inventory.

There were numerous other useful things in the display cabinet, but as the old toad was not too enthusiastic about them, Sebastian decisively left them all.

Escaping was the priority.

None of the other 3 predators complained to him keeping the loot. He was the leader, and besides, they didn't even know what a magic core was yet as they were still orange tier predators.

With the bundle of keys in hand, going through the laboratory was smoother than expected. They passed through 3 main doors before they finally opened a door that led to an environment that was not in a dominant white background.

They finally left the laboratory.

With a serious expressions on their faces, knowing that the real challenge started now, they swam out of the laboratory.

While he swam, Sebastian activated a new skill. In his one month of stay in this laboratory, daily checking for new skills was among his schedule and his efforts paid off when he found this new skill.

[You have activated skill: Shrink.]

Instantly, his towering 15 meters long body shrank to 8 meters. For this escape, such a large body size was a burden that Sebastian already recognized long ago, so he focused on remedying it.

Now that it was gone, the escape team was finally uniform.

The 5 predators swam out of the laboratory with gusto after their leader's transformation, today was their death day or Freedom Day!