I'm a Stingray?

And that wasn't even the worst part. This crash against the noggin has made him quite a bit dizzy, such an aspect would likely make the battle a bit more difficult.

What came in as a cherry on top of this bad omen, was what the system notified right next.

[You just lost five-points of health,]

[Total health = 116/121]

"That's not good," He swiftly added, and then slowly swam away from the anchor.

"You fool," the old lady was quick to scold right after.

And then she weighed in, "Those promises I gave to those sharks were not empty. They were just incompetent, and so are you!"

"That old hag actually managed to use the crystal's powers!" Gerlach added, as he grew increasingly amazed.

Before the rest of the group could have been intimidated by those types of capabilities, Dana decided to interrupt this nonsense.

As a bit of confidence struck her, she lightly spoke. "The crystal is doing all the work, she is just hiding behind a radiation shield."

"Radiation shields exist?" The sea-pancake asked, while he tried to grasp the full concept.

"I guess so... they look really messy but they work." She added, while eyeing the old little shrimp.

It was easy to see that the enemy grew a little bit nervous, and her expressions proved that point. "How the hell is your bony-ass seeing the shield?"

"Don't call her that!" The hero shouted out.

He instantly noticed that such an insult dug its roots deep on Dana's soul. Even though she didn't have the ability to be the most expressive, the little boy could figure things out.

"It's ok," The skeleton lady added after a moment, to break down the tension.

The enemy breached what could have been a debate, by shouting. "No matter, neither of you could kill me even if you spent an entire winter here."

"Oh really?" Dana decided to indulge this time.

Waves of confidence were slowly over-encumbering the skeleton lady, especially after the enemy hollered. "Really!"

"We'll see about that," The bony-lady recited, and then sprung into action.

She swam towards this so-called 'invisible force-field' and carried an idea in mind, that might prove quite handy.

The good lady somehow understood, just what to do when near a green crystal; it was as if inborn information was bashed in her consciousness, as she understood some new things by instinct!

After she got close to the force field, the wretched enemy instantly became a little bit nervous.

The old woman has witnessed confidence from fish before, but their methods were mostly blunt and arrogant.

While Dana, she was more cautious! And the same bony-lady's words were proven correct even further, once her head slowly broke through the force field!

If this crazed mantis shrimp had pants, she would shit in them ~ because no other fish had managed to break through the barrier with such ease.

After Dana noticed that the barrier barely even held her back, she didn't shy away whatsoever and simply barged deeper. In exchange, she successfully passed through the invisible barrier!

The enemy was going through a lot of emotions right now, but the main feeling circled around fear.

With a soft tone, the same old hag spoke out. "Just spare me, young mistress. I apologise for offending you."

"She actually made it in there," Gerlach lightly shouted, congratulating from a distance.

Due to confidence being ever present in her consciousness right now, the skeleton lady found enough effort to tease the bastardous enemy. She was in an upper position right now, there was no shame in using its perks.

Which was why she pressured, "Oh, you don't have any more powers left? Your attitude is big for someone who just hides behind a shield."

And as the latter's face grew sour, the conversation became inadequate.

The old lady simply shouted, "I'm the one who created this shield, bony-ass!"

And all of a sudden, she leaped towards Dana; which in exchange led to quite a collision!

Considering how fast a mantis shrimp was once it leaped up, it only made sense that damage should be plentiful.

And it was! Dana suffered a hole that went entirely through her spine. Such damage could easily immobilize practically any fish who had bones, the crash was too powerful!

But, the waters flew differently this time. The mantis shrimp managed to poke a hole through the fine lady, but the damage simply wasn't enough.

The bony-woman was simply staggered a foot or so upwards, but then continued to lightly swim again; swiftly regaining orientation.

As for the enemy, that old hag swam just a bit too high and landed right against the force field.

Which in exchange, caused a little light show that was worth giving an eye towards.

Once she crashed against the invisible barrier, the rest of the team were suddenly given a preview of how this field looked like.

Only the divine would know how this weird shield was created, and it seemed like this old hag accidentally made it impossible to study its roots.

Simply because the same green barrier was breaking down in all directions; through that process, it showed quite a few branches and sub-branches, which really gave a hint of how complex this creation was.

As for the little shrimp that had been behind all of this trouble, well she suffered a sour fate.

For some odd reason, the collision against the green shield did not do her so well.

In more descriptive words, she had been blown into bits - stripped out of life for sure, which made this situation a bit morally perplexing.

Admittedly, killing all those sharks proved far more difficult than killing this little menace. But yet this lady was considered stronger, which made it tricky to understand this scene.

As for the group, they were watching from the comfort of a few feet away, and became noticeably irritated that killing an enemy who was behind so much destruction, was that easy.

Towards such a comprehension, Timmy recited. "That was anticlimactic,"

"Do you think that this shrimp would have died anyway if we just let her grow older?" Gerlach felt pressured to add.

"Probably," The other added with a light sigh.

He too felt that this entire trip was a waste of time. Sure they wanted to support their friend, but most of the group had suffered a little torment through the process, if not a lot.

Paired with the fact that they couldn't blow out steam on this prime enemy, it just felt emotionally conflicting.

While the team was consulting the concept of death, the skeleton made her way towards the very top of the anchor.

The damage she had taken was barely any damage at all. As the tiny bone shards that had been thrown across this area, simply flew their way back towards her skeleton.

In the most literal way possible, purified radiation was holding her together, and did so in a noticeably efficient manner; it was a nice tool to possess.

However. In a matter of seconds, she managed to reach the very top of the anchor, and began eyeing the green crystal which glew ever so brightly.