I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 211: Collector (3)

It only took a whole second for the enemy to puncture through the diamond stingrays. And once it did, the results were beyond sour, contradictory to what anyone would expect that the worst case scenario would be!

The creature moved away from where the small group of stingrays was positioned, and that was when the nightmare became a reality. Three skeletons were floating on the waters, slowly drifting down towards the sand.

From everything that he expected out of his day, this was not one of them! And now, no miracle would be enough to revive these few stingrays whom had met a fate too sour for comprehension!

The hero had seen deaths before, but this type of murder had to be the most cruel compared to anything he had seen. These skeletons don't even seem whole, so clearly the collector did not care to be gentle this time.

It took a moment to shake out of this shock, but once he did, the only thing he could think of was to attack with all of his might. And even though examples were given; he did not want to take death into consideration, this enemy had to die!

A split second later, the same creature of which primarily consisted of dark, sand-like material, shot out some weird pointy things out of... what we can call its mouth.

These materials were fast moving, so it was easy to label them as weaponry! They had a thin and elongated build, that might be the reason why several of them were shot out.

The target was small, so it sounded normal for several ammunitions to be shot out at once! Most of them either floated above his head or nailed themselves against the sand, but one... one bastardous spear-like shot, managed to collide against the hero.

The tip of his fin was pierced through! And the momentum that came along with this projectile, was so strong that the hero was dragged along with it, at least for a few seconds before it met with the flooring: and resounded a large thud!

[Health, -50 bars]

[Total health = 35/110]

Lethal and in its own league for sure when it came to power. It had managed to pin the boy against the sand, near the border line.

If that wasn't enough as damage, the thin weaponry had pierced through the sand enough to completely disappear in it. Meaning that it had pierced the boy's fin and slid through it with almost elegant ease.

The thud it had made, forced the flooring to rumble in a limited radius. And since he was bashed near the border, a chunk of sand and dirt had began crumbling down and falling in the depths of the ocean. Depths that didn't seem like it carried an end and resembled a dark void!

He was tossed against the sand so hard, that it felt almost impossible to move; his body was imprinted on the ground and not to mention, all that fresh damage was solely located on his left fin! Movement was as limited as ever.

So he ended up falling in the void, and felt sure that death was getting closer. If the actual wound wasn't enough, the water pressure that was going to strike him soon, would be difficult to escape.

Luck was something that he usually did not have, but this time it seemed like he attained an advantage. Because he fell on a platform that was latched just a few meters below, on the border's deep wall.

So ultimately, he did not fall in the deep seas. And now was the time to focus on what could be labelled as the main problem. Blood was puking out of his wound, death still seemed rather close and there was a darn freak, who was on its way to consume every lifeform in the reef!

All hopes seemed lost now, so he didn't even try to move and began thinking that the best thing he could do for himself was to embrace an easier death. He wanted to die without any additional pain.

That was when he saw a gem-like item of which was releasing a very dim green-light and was fist-sized. Weird enough, it began speaking out.

And the first thing it said was, "Come at me, my child."

The last thing he wanted to do right now was move, so he answered with a mumble. "No."

"So be it then, I'll come to you." The gem spoke out and then began changing its form.

Within a few moments, it attained the shape of a worm but its colour now was radiating a tad thicker, which made it difficult to not pay attention towards this thing.

And it continued the conversation by pointing out what the other did not nearly expect, "I see you have a system too. Weak at best but it's good enough for such a lowly creature such as yourself."

This day was bad enough, and the last thing that the hero needed was to be trashed by a worm, so the best reply he could come up with was. "Suck my ass."

Unsurprisingly, the worm-gem returned the favour. "Even when you're close to death, you behave like a cunt... this reminds me of my younger self."

Before the young stingray could reply, this green-gem continued speaking. "I come from another universe, my name is Lin Wu the great! I fell into your universe and my body was shattered into thousands of pieces around this world."

The last thing that the hero wanted right now was a biography, so he whispered. "And what am I supposed to do about that?"

As if wanting to smack the sea-pancake, the latter answered. "There isn't anything that a lowly creature like you could do for me, but there is something I want to ask you."

With the last bit of power he had left, Timmy answered. "What?"

"Do you want to live?" The worm questioned and it almost seemed like it grew a wide and uncomfortable smirk.