I'm a Stingray?

It took a bit of contemplation to figure out what to do next, but eventually he managed to make a somewhat good decision.

The young hero glanced at the purchase options and what prices they had. After paying the briefest attention to those, he peeked at the three-digit number that was located on one corner of the dashboard.

These numbers specified that the hero had quite over six-hundred system points! The sum seemed decent, which was a surprise after considering the expensive upgrade that he had bought just earlier.

However, after eyeing the three purchase options once more; he felt confident that the quantity of system points he had now, would be enough to buy everything that was available.

But he still wanted to be absolutely sure, so that was why he asked with the aid of a thought. "Can I buy all of these?"

[Oh most definitely, you'd even have quite a few system points left over]

It took him a moment to absorb that fact, but it eventually ended up feeling convenient. For a second he couldn't quite figure out where all these points came from, but the dominating cloud in his mind had ironically helped him remember.

All these points were almost directly linked, with the mental burden he was experiencing right now. Hundreds of fish had died in that cavern because of him, which in exchange had provided a splendid reward!

The bad aftermath that was directed against him, wasn't expected ~ perhaps it was karma in a way, because of all those innocent souls that had met death? It was perplexing to think about, but right now he had no other option but to deal with this burden.

That was why he put those thoughts aside, and tried to focus on the upgrades. Thankfully he had just enough mental clarity to call out for his friends, for the sake of informing them.

Through a mumble, he recited. "I will be uh, yes upgrading, yes that thing. Protect me because this will probably be painful, the upgrades that is."

Such an expression was almost fully understandable, so they could catch up on what the hero meant.

But the group also began feeling a bit nervous. Especially since moments ago, they had witnessed his skin completely change in a matter of minutes!

So their impressions towards these upgrades, were that their impact could not be underestimated. It wasn't a surprise how they felt that way, as this wasn't a common situation either.

And while the group peeked at each other now, trying to figure out how to express themselves, Gerlach beat them to it.

He managed to break the uncomfortable silence, by asking. "We'll be here, but why are you rushing with these... so called upgrades? Your skin seems tougher than a rock, whom are you fearing?"

It took the hero a moment to reply, but he managed to get a slightly proper sentence together. "Big sharks. I want to kill them very fast when we meet them, can't risk their bites. They can kill you all if I'm not strong."

"I doubt that," Osira contradicted, while putting in efforts to sound casual.

She was carrying half of the ego in this group, and such a sentence from the hero had surely managed to cause a bit of damage.

He was unwilling and incapable of continuing the conversation, and he didn't plan too - regardless of how the group would feel about it.

That was why Tim simply stated, "Okay I will be upgrading now."

And then spoke out loud once more, "System, I want to buy all those options."

[Confirmed]

Once that sentence was uttered out by the system's side, the sea-pancake expected intense pain to come along ~ it was no secret that discomfort will strike stronger after every purchased upgrade, simply because each body-part became far more complicated after any little change.

Yet contrary to that believable expectation, the first bit of pain that he was able to feel: was located right in the inner portions of his brain, and it wasn't exactly strong.

It felt weird how he could pin-point with exact accuracy, which specific portion of his brain ached, but it sure felt unique.

The pain itself was more like a light pinch, so it wasn't anything worth worrying about, especially since it went away as quickly as it arrived.

Furthermore, his brain felt bombarded with new information that solely surrounded hunting. He could imagine and understand new methods of slaughter, they seemed a bit advanced too.

These hunting techniques included the combination, of attacking with both tail and jaws; such as the method of inverted stealth hunting.

This method advised the hero to dig himself in the sand, but his belly would be facing towards the surface, which was quite an inverted way for a stingray.

And once a critter got close enough, his tail would fling upwards, and he would also crunch to bite the prey in question - which in exchange would deliver the ultimate blow!

It sounded like a unique trick for sure, and there were a few new other ones to experience, but now was not the time.

Especially since actual pain began creeping in! This pain was specifically isolated around the fins, and it was fair to say that the level of pain was new in both procedures and discomfort!

Timmy felt as if the meat of the ends of his fins was being ripped off! It was tremendously painful to say at least, but the insanity didn't stop there!

It continued to set its root of wild pain, by forcing the young boy to flinch and shiver! He couldn't control these outbursts whatsoever, and only hoped for all of this pain to be over soon.

And thankfully after half a minute, most of the pain fiddled away. However he could still feel a weird sensation around the very edges of his fins.

It made Timmy expand the third-person-view map, as it could give a swift and accurate description of what was going on.

He was surprised to see that his body carried minor new features now. There were exactly three pointy bones sticking out of his fins, they were a few inches away from each other, and were slightly curled forwards.

After seeing such a weird sight, the hero panicked for a quick second, but then swiftly calmed down. Because he noticed skin and tissue generating around those same pointy bones, at a rather fast pace.

In the end, only a small bit of these bones had been left exposed to the environment, those were the very tips.

These bones were just a couple of inches long, each; but their tips seemed quite deadly. And since the hero carried three of them on each fin, it was no secret that they can be fully considered as new weaponry.

When paired with his dark-silver coloured skin features, he looked quite like a dissolved torpedo; uneasy to the eye but quite intimidating too!

The pain thankfully stopped there, and no new waves of discomfort had made themselves visible, so the best guess was that no pain would be striking anytime soon.

[All three purchase options have been bought, and implemented in your body]

[Calculating...]

[435-system-points consumed]

[223-system points remaining]

Well the system was right regarding currency. This quantity still seemed rather large, another upgrade could be likely bought with it. The perks of obtaining over two-thousand points seemed extreme at this point.

However, the topic was brought back to the main route, as the system asked. [Would you like to see statistics about your eruptive heat ability?]

Such a question was a bit oddly placed, especially since new powers were introduced earlier, but Timothy still felt rather curious.

So he swiftly and shortly agreed, "Yes."