46 You Are My Shark!
< New quest has been assigned. >
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< First Fishing Session In Another World. >
— Capture three fishes before leaving the lake.
Time limit: Three hours
Reward: 30 system points (10 per fish)
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'Hmm, this is a win-win quest since I can gain ten points per fish even if I fail.' Jason observed before he accepted the quest and turned his gaze towards the lake.
The sharp smell of the shark's blood as well as the red color of the water seemed to have attracted numerous fishes to the surface.
Jason was able to spot many smaller fishes as he decided to capture them rather than going after a shark thrice his size.
While searching for a perfect target, he also found out that inspect didn't work on any of the smaller fishes.
[ Not every beast is important enough to be shown by inspect. Only those above a certain level will be identified by inspect, allowing you to separate weaker beasts from the stronger ones. ] The system explained.
Jason slowly walked to the edge of the lake, a lightning bolt in his hand. Risa didn't stop him this time as she could see that he had the lightning bolt aimed at the lake.
She could more or less guess his plan as Jason then threw the bolt into the center of the lake, right where the whirlpool had been present.
The lightning spread through the water for a short period, frying a few fish before vanishing.
< 1% progression made on 'Thunder Mage' Job class. >
Jason squinted hard to see three roasted black fishes floating in the middle of the lake.
'System, you didn't tell me that killing fishes would allow me to level up my job class easily.' He commented simultaneously while summoning another lightning bolt.
His eyes darted all around the lake before settling on a school of fishes zigzagging through the water, possibly to avoid getting eaten by bigger predators.
Each of them were one foot tall and had very thin white bodies, similar to that of an eel.
It turned out that they were actually eels as Jason was able to see their information in detail using inspect.
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< Salty Eelfish >
< Threat: ??? >
— A hybrid of a saltwater fish and an eel. No one to this date has been able to understand how such a creature was born, for the better or for the worse.
— Such fishes usually move around in groups and attack hostile beings by using salt water attacks. The evolved version of the fish can use lightning attacks too.
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A plan formed inside Jason's mind as he aimed and threw the lightning bolt at the school of Eelfish.
He stepped back after that and started gathering the dark element using the gathering method from earlier.
"Grandma, can dark element be used in any form?" He inquired while making the mana move towards the tips of his fingers.
"Dark element is flexible enough and can become anything you want it to be," Risa replied, her eyes slowly following Jason's movements.
Jason smiled as he relaxed his shoulders a bit and turned back towards the lake. The bolt of lightning he had shot had managed to hit quite a bit of Eelfish and but they hadn't been toasted like the fish from earlier.
'I guess they have some lightning resistance due to their bloodline.' Jason assumed, thrusting his right hand forward at the same time.
"Net of darkness!" He couldn't resist the urge to shout the name of the skill he had just created.
Purple-black strings shot out from the tip of Jason's fingers, weaving together to form a fisherman's net.
Jason felt a connection between him and the net as he used it to direct the net towards the few Eelfish he had hit earlier and had dazed.
He felt the net soak inside the water and with a sudden jerk, Jason closed the net around the Eelfish and pulled on it.
'Not now.' He slowly started pulling them while keeping a note on the surrounding fish.
The fishes he had captured in the net were half a dozen in number. He had already closed the gaps of the net to barely a few centimeters to prevent them from escaping.
Risa watched this with her eyebrows raised high in wonder. She was surprised to see that someone as young as Jason had thought of such a plan.
'I guess having so much time on his hands gives him new ideas to experiment with.' She thought while smiling slightly, her eyes following the movement of the fish inside the net.
Jason had almost pulled it to the edge when one of the nearby fishes decide to lunge at it and get the easy prey.
'So I guess their information was correct.' Jason thought as he noticed that the fish closest to the new was none other than a Sharkodono.
He decided to let the shark get close to the net as the ten feet tall beast increased its speed. It opened its mouth wide open as Jason got to see the shark's sharp teeth up close.
He then shifted his gaze towards the Eelfishes and saw them trying to attack him or trying to break the net down.
But they couldn't do anything due to lack of time as the shark closed its mouth around the net.
Jason watched this silently as he was about to do something that would either kill the fishes in one blow or would make the shark pull him away.
"Lightning net!" Suddenly, sparks of lightning shot from the tips of Jason's fingers as they traveled throughout the net.
Both the Eelfishes and the Sharkodono realized that something was wrong but it was too late by then.
The lightning reached the end of the net and fried both of them. Not only were they still in contact with the water, but the net was also sticking closely to their bodies.
The Sharkodono had it worst since the lightning had roasted its body from the inside. due to the net being inside its mouth.
But since it was much stronger than the other fishes, it somehow managed to release the net and run away.
Jason saw this as he held the net with only his left hand and raised the other in the fleeing shark's direction.
"You are my shark! No way am I going to let you escape after all that!" Jason shouted aloud but instead of summoning a lightning bolt, he experimented with his dark element again.
He knew it was a risky move but a simple lightning bolt wasn't going to cut it.
Jason took a deep breath as he shot his hand forward while once again shouting the name of his on-the-spot created skill.
"Harpoon of Darkness!"
