I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 119: Polefish

His first instinct was to get away from trouble, but the sudden burst of energy coming from a half meter needlefish surely managed to spike a bit of anxiety.

Which in return, led to him splashing fins against the water and swimming backwards rather than to the sides or any other logical way.

The very nose of the enemy bashing against the water, managed to push him over the edge even further - in this case it was almost literal.

The panic fulfilled swim had made him slap fins against the water a bit too much, so little Tim ended up toppling over ~ it's fair to say that he was flipped like a pancake.

His tail was in panic and slashed left and right for the sake of gaining balance. But the whole battle proved having a 2 second time span and him flipping over took 1 and a half.

Those facts aside, he felt the very tip of the barb touching something squishy and ripping through it for at least a foot - but it happened so fast that the only thoughts that managed to take root, were those encouraging death, this enemy proved just too fast!

[Needlefish killed. 1 system points have been given to you as a reward.]

[Since this is a system given task, you get an additional point.]

[Since this fish is bigger compared to the other of its kind in the area, you also get an additional pack of 3 system points.]

[Total system points = 422]

For the first time in a while, the young man felt happy to be spammed by the system. Through the same second he mumbled, "Wuh? Huh?"

Regaining balance, he took a peek at the needlefish whom had swam close enough past him to end up dead apparently. And it was easy to understand how it resulted to such a drastic wound.

The carcass had a long and almost deep cut right across the belly, a portion of it touching the neck as well. It was no easy sight but a species this thin, ending up with a wound like that surely managed to explain the quick death.

Without even bothering to ask, the system had already continued her information spam since this was the first needlefish that Timothy had killed.

[Eating a full grown needlefish typically gives the following stats, but they might change according to size and environment of said species.]

[Effect on health, +10 bars]

[Effect on hunger, +10 bars]

[Effect on sleep, non existent]

[Effect on stamina, non existent]

"Finally, an enemy who is actually useful." He muttered but then felt a commotion in the waters behind him, it was almost unnoticeable.

But the sound felt somehow harder to forget thanks to seeing it in high resolution earlier, if that makes sense.

Without going through the trouble of going around, he pierced against the water straight downwards and could feel the enemy swim above, but thankfully no skin-to-skin contact had been made.

That fact considered, it only meant that this particular enemy continued swimming forward and would likely need a few seconds to retaliate.

But since 7 enemies entered this battle after feeling it appropriate for all of them to battle a small child, it only meant that they will continue to charge like crazed men and women.

Another one bursted forward with the tip shining as a weapon, but this one yelled out a battle cry before charging which made it easier to predict, the enemy's tone cracking made it a bit funny.

Knowing that they have it difficult to stop once charging, Timothy used the extra granted second to swim up and then saw the enemy swimming closer.

Using the exact opportunity, the little boy gave it a bit more power and even used his tail to charge forward ~ which led to being lunged exactly on to the enemy's neck!

Using the powerful level 3 jaws, he managed to cut a chunk through the enemy's skin and spine in less than half a second. It was easy and the enemy just continued lunging forward and took a while to realise what happened.

[Needlefish killed. 1 system point has been given to you as a reward.]

[Total system points = 423]

"That was easy." Timmy thought and one peek at the body helped him realise why just a single point has been given.

This one was small, about 20 centimetres which made it a lot easier to land a kill against this enemy as his jaws managed to indulge a great portion of the neck.

Spitting out the food, he turned attention towards the rest of the enemies and noticed the genuine fear in their eyes - this is where a bit of confidence could be reaped from for the little hero.

Feeling that something should be said, he teased. "Oh what? The big tough pole fish are scared now?"

"Were not polefish!" The largest in the 6 survivors yelled out.

And the smallest of them assured with a cracked tone, "We're needlefish!"

"Your needles are just for show." The sea pancake taunted and this time, he was the one to charge forward instead of the other way around.

Upon such sight, 3 of them moved to the sides as they heavily tried to avoid what they considered as the biggest threat, which was the boy's barb!

The only fish standing their ground... er... waters, were the same ones who ran their mouth just a little bit earlier.

The big one charged forward as well and felt confident of his trajectory, there would be no way to miss a target that was charging in the exact same direction.

Timothy could zoom in in the midst of this battle and noticed that although this enemy was willing to put up a head on fight, the fear in his eyes spoke otherwise.

A normal being would find petty and spare the enemy, but no. The raging stingray saw this as a complete advantage.

Once they got just a foot close to each other, the hero took a dive and sunk just a bit below. His tail curled up and faced whatever friction would dare to make contact.