Whoosh!
Sebastian swam so fast that he left afterimages on the water surface. The water rippled after him in waves, forming overlapping gaps which served as a physical manifestation of his current speed.
As he swam, only dread and fear filled his heart when he thought of the hostile environment that he found himself in.
Knowing that he was still in the eel city only pushed him to his limits to swim faster, he felt his muscles ache as his tail, dorsal, and all his other fins rapidly flapped at the water.
He's not done it before, but as soon as he tested it and confirmed that it was feasible, he immediately started pumping the tiny amount of his mana that managed to regenerate into his activated skills.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Electroreceptors.]
[You are currently empowering your skills with your magic organ.]
As he continued his escape, his electroreceptor skill blasted out in waves, scanning his surroundings for any danger as he continued his rapid advancement to his only beacon of hope in this darkness, the exit.
He was getting extremely close to the exit already, but this could still not make his heart rest as he felt that hundreds of evil eyes were watching him from the dark.
Through his electroreceptor's skill, he already confirmed that no other eel was going after him after the blow that he dealt to the 15-meter-long eel.
The other super long eels only watched him from afar with calm eyes that hid wisdom in them. Their expression said that this great white shark meant disaster, and they were content with banishing it from their city.
As he escaped, his electroreceptor skill showed him the city of eels that suddenly seemed to have become still due to his intrusion and subsequent escape.
He could see the small elvers looking at him with pure curiosity shining from the depths of their eyes.
He could see the mountain-like curved bed of rocks where the eggs were laid, and he could see the enormous female eels that were currently taking care of the fragile eggs.
He could see the stiff hard rocks that filled the city, banishing everything called flower, weed, plant, or any form of vegetation far away from the city of eels.
He could see his currently battered body. Though his muscles were already working overtime to meld the injuries up, the accumulated injuries of his battle with the eels were still there.
The tiny depressions on his body that were caused by the fierce shockwave after his skill clashed with the 7 eels were still there, making him look like a kid whose face was swollen after a fight.
He could see the huge hole that was torn into his body when the huge lightning bolt descended, he could still feel the pain when the lightning magic ravaged his body internally.
At this moment, these sights all converged together to form a single sentence in his mind, a sentence that left him wishing for things to have developed differently.
"I really overstepped my boundaries this time".
Plop!
His body got stuck a bit, but after a series of frantic pulling, he was able to propel himself forward through the tunnel-like exit.
Finally, he was out of the city of eels.
…
After entering the tunnel, Sebastian did not stop as he continued swimming forward with the motive to create more distance between him and the dreaded city of eels.
At this moment, his stomach kept grumbling as the strong feeling of hunger hammered at his consciousness but he didn't dare make the decision of stopping to rest or even find food.
The blood loss from his body alone was already climbing to staggering levels, and his vision was slowly becoming blurry but he still didn't dare stop.
Thinking of the Thor-like bolt of lightning that descended from the water surface to batter his body, he felt the urge to cry but unfortunately, tears could not come from his eyes.
The pain that he felt at that moment was real, the craziness-inducing numbness that he felt was real. At one moment there, he felt that he was really going to die from the lightning bolt.
At that moment, he felt like all his ambitions would be laid to waste, and he wouldn't get to dissect all the sea creatures that he had in mind.
At that moment, he finally experienced the real feeling of fear.
Back on earth, it was general knowledge that eels were below sharks in the food chain, but once again he learned the hard way that he should discard most of the knowledge that he learned as a human.
Once again, he learned that this was Oceania, and the rules of nature were vastly different here from those of Earth.
"Einstein, you were wrong! All of you were wrong!"
"Eels are not the lowest in the food chain, dammit!"
"Dogshit! I almost died!" He cursed under his breath again.
[Your Magic Teeth skill has leveled up to level 2.]
"F*ck you!"
The pain in his body was now stimulating his brain so much that he felt irritated by everything. The unfamiliar feeling of dizziness left him feeling the urge to kill, he wanted to vent but there was nothing in sight.
Alone, in the relatively dark environment of the tunnel, he slowly swam forward with no destination in mind.
He subconsciously searched for food as he swam to refill his stomach but he found none, it seemed that this tunnel exit was deserted.
"Wait…, deserted?"
His groggy eyes suddenly darted open in alertness.
From the little knowledge that he already knew about this abyssal plain, the eels completely dominated every tunnel entrance so why was this tunnel so deserted and lonely?
Almost at the same time that he paused to think about this, he felt something stir around the surrounding walls of the tunnel.
The creature struck before Sebastian could react.
Whoosh!
The enormous snake rapidly left its ambush point, it wrapped its prey's body up with its long rope-like body, it squeezed and tightened its grip on its prey's body before quickly going for the kill.
The enormous Cobra's mouth opened wide, revealing maws with only darkness hidden within.
Its abdominal muscles contracted, making noises like those of a steam engine in operation, then it brought its mouth down to swallow its prey.
[You have been attacked by a dangerous apex predator: The Devouring Cobra!]