I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 218: The end, but yet a new journey

"This is a weird day." Was the best answer of which the young boy could follow up with.

It sounded like the most neutral thing he could say. Because even though one bizarre situation after another came today, it would be unfair to complain now while so many rewards were given.

What he favoured at the moment was how his fins felt bigger and more forceful. The boy had upgraded strength before, and now when it was combined with a slightly bigger wingspan, it was a bit easier to swim regardless of the direction.

But now as always, without being asked to or giving out a hint before time, the system laid out a bundle of information on the boy.

[What you had pooped out just now, looks like that holy-coral you had consumed a few weeks ago, when you had found a holy-tar tribe for the first time]

[Although I can't imagine why it had been in your gut until now, it did limit your bodily growth. So it is somewhat understandable how you exploded in size right now]

[The rays of radiation that the worm has given you, had slowly forced the coral out since its initial intent was to grant health and protection]

[Now the refined-radiation had completely left you for good, so I hope that you won't miss it]

After consuming all of this information which seemed rather solid and well placed, his noggin was struck with a realisation. The boy wasn't used to thinking this much, so these thoughts came with a strong pinch in the head!

Of course, he expressed what he had figured out. "This holy-coral must have been what the collector was scared of!"

[That's actually pretty smart...]

"Of course it was smart! It was said by a genius such as I!" The latter replied instantly to such a praise, ruining the aura a tad bit.

"Well the smart is gone now, he's back." Dana expressed, mainly aiming to tease her friend.

"Ha-ha-ha!" The yellow stingray answered, trying his best not to offend a radioactive skeleton.

But now, without warning or even the slightest heads up, the sea-pancake charged towards the border and was rolling his eyes across anything that was below.

Tim's vision was still terrible but he still tried to look for something specific. The bony-girl swam by afterwards and began looking around, even though she didn't understand the point.

[Hmmm... may I ask how you see anything, lady Dana. You don't have eyeballs?]

"Everything looks green and blurry for me, but I can find my way around." She answered truthfully after intercepting the system's message.

[Interesting...]

What broke the conversation, was the hero citing. "Do you see the weird space worm anywhere?"

It felt like an odd question for a few seconds, but she could build up a rough assumption regarding why such a creature was seeked. So she too put in an attempt to stare down the deep-sea mist.

It was mostly ineffective and made her answer, "Not at all, I can barely see anything."

Although he lost faith about finding the gem, a certain emotion still forced him off topic. "That crystal man has saved my life, he's my best friend for life now."

The greatest hope he had was that the creature would find him eventually, once it grew bigger. Maybe they could hunt a fish together? Perfect for bonding really.

Regardless, the hero just began swimming towards where the reef was located and wanted to reach the hidden-den for the sake of fetching his friends.

It took them a little time to travel. But before they even reached the destination, what blessed their sight was Snoopy who had left the den to seek them.

His first focus was towards the swimming skeleton, it was interesting as much as it was terrifying. Dana couldn't exactly see the other's ugly facial expression, but she could sense the abruptive comotion that his brain was causing.

So the lady had an urge to bone-smack this judgemental stingray, but that possible opportunity was brushed off by Timothy who evaded off the situation lightly.

By simply adding with a yawn, "Don't even ask, that's Dana and it would take too much time to explain."

Yet thankfully he also cut to a more matter, by adding. "But good news, we saved the reef!"

"You did?" Snoopy asked, being rather doubtful about it.

"Yes! I killed the collector!" The latter assured, feeling that his fragile ego was being tainted.

So the conversation went on and on like that, allowing everyone to understand every detail of the battle. Everyone in the hidden-den was also given a cosplay, regarding the whole battle.

It was fair to say that the hero had spent at least a couple of hours to describe the situation, and praised Dana a lot of times through it. So slowly, everyone in the den began respecting her furthermore rather than feeling fear towards the lady.

Neither of the sea-pancake's other siblings had arrived yet, but a topic regarding the family was still cracked open by Snoopy.

Who started the conversation by pointing out, "Now we can afford to go hunt the sharks that have killed most of our family."

That was when the great-white shark had squeezed through the den's entrance, reminding. "You promised that we will kill the colossal squid who killed my mother."

Clearly, these couple of promises piled up over one another. Not to forget that Dana has to travel a lot now for the sake of attaining more power and remaining alive.

All of this required the boy to use his entire noggin for a few minutes, and they waited patiently for a reply. Timothy eventually figured out a good solution and decided to specify it thoroughly.

By first directing attention towards the great-white, "All of my siblings are insanely powerful now, so a couple of them can help you kill that big squid. I'd say take Haze and Snoopy with you."

It felt reasonable, the shark had nodded in agreement so that particular problem was kinda fixed. Now he gazed at his brother and fished out the plan he had for all of the siblings.

To a certain extent he could describe, "I need you to wait for our other siblings here and ask them to protect the reef with all their power."

After a bit of rethinking he could explain, "Don't let the enemy tribes to grow here, or else another collector will come up to kill you all."

Once he thought about the reef, that sea-snake was remembered so he began caring a bit more about this large reef's overall welfare.

Enough to stress a specific factor, "I think it would be easy for you to bring a few hundred fish here once in a while, so please do. This whole reef needs to be alive!"

Everyone around was either listening or nodding in agreement with the little boy, as if he was a great and smart dictator. But on the contrary he was just figuring out every idea possible to leave this reef for a while.

Yet ironically these ideas proved well oriented, as if the boy who pitched them was not Timothy. Because admittedly, he was finding a solution for any problem or any possible future dilemma. A lot of these fish became even more impressed than they were before.

While the smart boy in question, thought about his skeleton-friend once more and then tried to shift the situation towards a route that would benefit several souls.

So he slowly spoke out his mind, "Me, Dana, Osira and Gerlach will go and hunt down the sharks who have killed my family."

Such a statement led to paying attention to the only sibling he had here, for the sake of asking. "Are you okay with that? My friends here are ruthless killers to be honest."

"I'm okay with it." Snoopy assured wholeheartedly, nodding his head like a chicken.

All he wanted was for those sharks to face a gruesome death. To him, it did not matter who delivered the actual destined murder. But if this situation was looked at with a more honest point of view, the metal-skinned boy felt happy if one of his blood-family members carried out the revenge.

And once Timothy gave a peek towards the group of friends he had picked for the revenge task, he saw that they were all enthusiastic about murder. Especially the mantis shrimp who stretched a smile like a deranged lunatic.

Such glances helped the boy feel certain that this journey doesn't have to be taken alone.