I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 214: Collector (end)

Without waiting for a proper opportunity to reveal itself, the young hero charged against this wretched enemy with speed that almost broke the typical barrier!

Within a second, he reached the monster and tried to land another bite. But there was an underwater wave that was unleashed by the same enemy, that knocked him off balance!

So as a result, he did a half front-flip and smashed against the monster with his middle back. It wasn't necessarily troubling, but if he was going any faster, it wouldn't be a surprise if he was imprinted on the enemy like a portrait.

And contrary to all expectations from this move that could be labelled as a fail, the hero actually managed to cause some damage. Because somehow, even though he didn't manage to chomp through the enemy with a bite; this monster still began withering away!

And a certain lucky combination had managed to push the boy a step closer towards victory. It was well stated that he had swam at full speed before the collision, so when that was combined with the collector's fear, the situation became even more advantageous.

Because the enemy was shifting its body to create a tunnel for Timothy, all for the sake of avoiding touch: but it wasn't fast enough because the stingray was tumbling at full speed, and this monstrosity had lost a good amount of its power already!

So what could have been a tunnel that would trap the hero, became more like a hot-knife-through-butter effect. A tunnel was indeed created, but the hero had hit every corner of it.

And considering that physical contact seemed to be enough when it came to dealing damage, the sea-disk ended up accidentally massacring half of what remained from this creature's body.

And eventually, he made it through the other side and could see the light again. Perfect in terms of attaining orientation, but his prime thought right now was to get away from the enemy's path.

Because he expected a ray of projectile attacks, and that was something that he did not want to experience again. Because no one would be here to save his ass for the second time!

Yet he kept forgetting that this wretched enemy was unlike any other, weird would be the best way to describe it. And for some blurry reason, it did not launch a counter attack.

Contrary to expectations, it was barely even moving. And unlike in the beginning, it was just four-feet-big now and rather round too; without any solid or recognizable shape that was worth talking about.

It was clear that it had taken a lot of damage already, because it would have already exploded in size if it could right now, when the situation was going towards hell.

So as the hero tried for once to pick a good spot to attack, he began feeling a bit shocked as the enemy began behaving in a even more abnormal manner than before.

It was shaking with an abruptive pace, which made Tim think that he had actually scared the beast! But that didn't seem to be the case, because other portions of such weird behaviour, began chipping in.

The collector started unleashing a gassy-like substance that did not launch against the hero, but just randomly drifted above the beast and just calmly headed for the ocean's surface.

Such substance carried a weird green-colour. It started out tremendously thick and even had a lining of texture that was noticeable to the naked eye. But it dissipated over the few seconds and lost a lot of colour, it almost became transparent.

The show was entertaining but he didn't want to wait for this foul creature to make another move. Confidence was an emotion that the stingray had now, thanks to the recently dealt damage.

So without even the slightest string of hesitation, he charged at the enemy at full speed!

And planned to rely on a technique that proved effective in a lot of former battles. Balance was being slowly sacrificed as his body clenched for the sake of allowing that marvelous barb to poke forward.

So within a blink of an eye, he landed against the enemy and inflicted what he had properly named as the bumblebee-attack!

For a second he had feared that such a move would break his tail, but that wasn't nearly the case ~ as we can consider this hit as a grand-leveled success!

Because it almost seemed like the enemy had flinched in pain, it was a drastically powerful attack in terms of dealt damage!

Another quarter of the enemy's body, crumbled and fell towards the rest of the average sand. Which in exchange, allowed Timmy to swim away from the monster after delivering such a marvelous blow.

But just a second after he began swimming away from the enemy, he could notice what could be firmly labelled as bizarre but convenient at the same time!

The enemy was withering away in all directions. It's entire body was crumbling into nothing but average sand, which only piled up underneath the beast!

Such massive amount of dissipation seemed convenient, because it gave a great hint that the battle was reaching a favourable end!

So wholeheartedly, the hero heaved a sigh of relief and tried to think of what he should do next. A funeral might need to be held, as four of his friends had been literally stripped out of life thanks to this foul beast!

Right at that moment, he heard an ear piercing sound that at first sounded like a shout, but then felt more like rocks being crushed against one another; at a pace that was impactful enough to make them whistle!

It didn't take much thought to realise that this sound came from the dying enemy, but what happened next surely managed to break expectations.

A pile of sand that stretched a couple of feet tall, was laying in front of the little stingray. And that was when the pile started rustling in all directions, it caused a little but yet transparent cloud of dust.

Yet at the end, a solid thing had slowly emerged out of the pile. Upon further inspection, it seemed like a plain-grey-fish.

It wasn't exactly interesting, as it was just a foot long. The only thing unique about it were the textures it carried. They seemed a bit more detailed and had sharp looking edges, along with bulky fins.

Observing this fish, ceased to be an option because it launched itself against the stingray after it broke free from sand!