Blake was still standing in the same place wondering if he was dreaming, but he had to snap out of his trance when he felt a strong blow on his back that seemed to have enough force to break a bone and he realized who was responsible for it.
"I expected nothing less from my disciple, you almost took second place, hahaha!" The huge smile on Carmen's face couldn't go away after winning the contest again.
"Ugh... Yeah, looks like you were the winner in the end, haha..." Blake was rubbing his back as he checked if everything was still in his place.
"Of course that I won, I don't carry a fishing complex for nothing!"
"So here you were, oh, looks like your little accident was rewarded with victory, bro!" Carlos had approached them and couldn't help mentioning what had happened.
"I think you can see it that way, haha." Blake remembered it too and just gave a nervous laugh.
"Accident?" Carmen didn't know about it, so Carlos gave her a clue.
"Yes, it seems that Blake met a worthy adversary and was dragged to the bottom of the lake along with him."
"Perhaps...?"
"I couldn't tell you if that was it." The atmosphere seemed to be something mysterious for Blake, he didn't really understand what the green-haired duo wanted to say, but that didn't seem to last long when the old atmosphere returned between them. "Anyway, I'm kind of disappointed, I caught a lot of fish today! I can't believe I didn't win!"
"That was because you only wanted to capture eleven."
"Eleven is my lucky number, I can't just not believe in it! Anyway, I just wanted to congratulate you guys on winning, now I can't wait for the next fishing contest, I'll make sure I win this time."
"Heh, I'm sure I'll get first place in them too." Carmen's confidence was quite strong, but she didn't expect what she heard a second later.
"I think you shouldn't talk ahead of time; I can give you a surprise like today." Blake also got into the conversation stating the target of him.
"Oh, it looks like someone got some guts, interesting."
"That sounded like a challenge to me, and I love challenges, hahaha!" And for some reason unknown to him, Blake couldn't help but be caught up in the competitive attitude of both greenheads' siblings.
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'Hmm... It seems that my fishing level increased to level nine, I can't complain.' All the previous festivities seemed to be over, Blake had already returned home after receiving several congratulations from his acquaintances and put away his trophy in an empty room in the tree, he had also used the third-place prize that consisted of three cooking recipes to learn thanks to the system.
It didn't seem like there was anything else to do for that day, it was already a little late and the energy he lost from the contest and his little brush with death was enough that all he wanted to do was jump into his bed and rest until the next day, but just as he was carefully going through his inventory, an item he had never seen before came into his line of sight and quickly caught his eye.
{Legendary scale. Level 1.
The scale of a legendary fish that inhabits the dragon lake. When you use it on upgrades you can drain a lot of HP.
Selling price: 3000G.}
That peculiar object really seemed to be a scale, but when connecting the information, Blake had just read and the slight memory of that green flash at the bottom of the lake, it seemed that everything made sense.
The scale was not really simple, it still had the characteristic shine that he had seen before, its size was as big as Blake's hand and it gave off a sensation that was very difficult to describe, it was like something… Sacred?
Those were the same thoughts that Blake had, now he had a slight idea of what that creature that was dragging him to the lake really was, but he had no plan to check it... For now.
Taking one last look at that strange scale, he was about to put it away, but at that very moment, the seed he kept in his pocket seemed to be trembling with a feeling of excitement and it couldn't escape Blake's attention.
He took it out of his pocket and placed it on the ground so that in less than a second it would take the form of his trusty sword companion and it moved with great excitement towards the scale that was still in Blake's hands.
"You want this?" Asking that question that really seemed unnecessary, the peculiar sword plant waved repeatedly as a sign of assent, it was not the first time that Blake had seen its act that way, and, although he still had some doubts, he did not think too much about it and he brought the green scale closer so that it was taken by what seemed to be the body of his companion.
He watched carefully as the scale seemed to be continuously being absorbed and that sensation that he did not know how to describe seemed to be filtered from it, that process seemed to take time, so he thought that it was best not to interrupt and let his partner that continue floating in the same place where he was while he ended up in his bed and little by little, he felt sleep coming to him.