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Chapter 5 - Chapter 5: Asarania and The Crab

holy shit...

I mumbled to myself as the glaring light from up above finally stopped blinding me.

Looking around me the best way I would describe my current location would be a, crap ton of kelp?

Wait! I've read about these! These are places are called kelp forests!

I do like that there's a lot of cover around me so I can hide better, but at the same time that can also apply to potential predators.

Looking around I can also see some schools of fish swimming through it, but I'm not brave enough to go out quite yet as I also have no doubt that there is something such as that python earlier slithering around somewhere.

While I was standing still admiring and taking in the sights all around me the system finally spoke again.

Asarania? And the World of Water?

Can I take then that this world is based upon oceans?

And here I thought that I just happened to be born in as an ocean creature in the ocean, but what if this whole planet is just one big ocean?

The system suddenly spoke to me again. Oh? Yes! Absolutely! Tell me everything!

Is that it? Is that all you know?

Or rather is that all you can tell me?

I swear to god if this is one of those authority things again...

Wait a minute! 14 sea's?! This place is freaking huge!

That or all of these sea's are tiny.

Wait, maybe these sea's are more vertical than horizontal?

No no no, how big is this planet. Hey system? What is the size of this planet compared to Earth?

WHAT!

OK, Nevermind! This place IS freaking huge.

Thankfully the system also seemed to be able to tell me more than what it had given me as an introduction as well.

I couldn't even explore my previous planet with all these different kinds of traveling technologies and agencies, how am I supposed to explore this one?

Then again I guess I didn't really try to travel Earth... But that's not the point!

The point is-

Oh, right, hehe.

I'm currently starving.

I guess it's time to eat!

...

About that, I thought that finding something to eat wouldn't really be that hard, but...

This is pretty freaking hard.

At first I was thinking about hunting one of the schools of fish that I can see all around the different kelp strands.

I've seen a couple different species of schools but most of them make me nervous for 2 reasons.

First of all, most of them they are much faster than me, and hey! I can't compete in that department! I'm supporting twice as many limbs as I'm used to after all!

Secondly, since a lot of them are also my size, what happens if they try to hunt me down instead?

My tentacles inadvertently shiver as I the scenario of being bit into shreds by the massive school of different fishes.

I know that I don't like my tentacles touching me but dammit! I can't control them when I'm this nervous!

Instead I know what I need to find.

I need a single target, meaning I'm only going to find eat, and maybe fight one thing.

I need to make sure that it is weaker than me so that I can actually win the fight.

Finally I need to make sure that I won't die from something else before or after said target.

Luckily I think I've found just they guy, check it out.

30/30

Perfect right? I know, he's exactly what I'm looking for.

I will however mention that I am seriously upset with this world and how its unfair.

I mean, look at us! despite us being only 1 level apart from each other, all of this guys stats are higher than mine! The only 2 stats that I have which are better are my intelligence and luck stats!

The two stats which are arguably, the MOST useless in this situation.

Well, I mean, I guess intelligence is quite useful, but at the same time this guy is just plain stronger than me!

This was also the only thing I could find which somewhat fit my requirements, and I do mean the ONLY thing.

I was looking around constantly but at this rate I feel like I'm gonna have to fight this guy otherwise I think that I may starve to death!

I may not have a choice, but at least I have a chance.

This guy also isn't very perceptive in a sense that he's been eating something off of a rock for basically the entire time that I've been watching him.

I don't want him to finish because it means that I may lose my chance for an ambush so I've got to act quick.

[You activated Camouflage]