Battle in the river

The violent wave attack threw Rash four or five meters inside the water. The intense pressure forced him to lose control of his body a little, and he swallowed some river's water as a result. Fortunately, the river's water is usually clean.

He felt powerless and hopeless. The attack made him shudder in pain and excruciating agony. The onslaught caused many wounds in different places on his body, which oozed blood and mixed with the river's water. This wave made him feel as though someone had thrown him from a high place with his hands tied, unable to resist.

He examined his health points and found that they had shrunk to three quarters. Just one hit, and he lost a quarter of his health in an instant. This means it is an impossible confrontation no matter what he does. If we looked at the wave itself, it wasn't that bad. However, the shark's attack was loaded with great energy, causing much more damage.

At that point, Rash knew the severity of the situation and the idea to distract the monster was too stupid. Not even sure if the monster had used its strongest skills.

Everything happened in an instant, and the wave made him retreat a little further. He used the distance to climb to the surface of the water and took another breath. Since sharks do not stop moving in the water, it took a big turn and did not attack directly. Yet Rash knows it will come again to launch another attack, and he does not want to go through the same experience again.

Sharks in general are very dangerous and the average person cannot face it underwater, let alone a Gallus shark supported with multiple attacking skills.

When Rash came back to the surface, the first thing he wanted to find was what exactly John was doing because he didn't notice any help. Sure enough, he found the fella swimming away toward the ledge. However, he was not very far and the distance he traveled was no longer than a few meters.

"Damn… He let me distract the beast and ran," Rash actually expected this turn of events from the start. Yet he hoped John was different because the guy was trying hard to arrest him for the sake of justice.

In confrontations between life and death, you cannot force anyone to do things that are not of their nature or predict their actions. Fear of death and fear of a powerful enemy are natural human instincts. John may seem like someone enthusiastic from the beginning to do justice and impose security as he claims, but upon a real confrontation he fled from the battle when he noticed the big difference in level between him and the enemy.

Rash knew he had less chance of running away now, but he moved instinctively and executed telekinesis to grab John's foot, preventing him from running further away. Then he started swimming in his direction. As long as John behaved selfishly, he could do the same. Now he is an ability's user, not a normal person as he was before.

"Yo... Johnny... didn't you want to arrest me all the time to maintain security? ... Why run away now when there is a great opportunity before your eyes?" He mocked him, and was angry, John's selfishness made him livid. John didn't even say anything and took advantage of Rash's advance to confront the shark, and used the chance to escape. Had he refused to help him from the start, Rash might have somehow understood.

John was not ashamed of what he did, but responded with great confidence, "The first law of survival is not to fight a losing confrontation... Do you think I'm stupid to face the shark underwater? ... F*ck, something holding my feet..." He didn't know what's the thing constantly holding him back, which made him struggle several times to stay afloat.

"What great for describing cowardliness." Rash commented and took advantage of the boy's halt to pass him, but he stayed close and did not go far. The pain in his body increases slowly with the passage of time, and he knows that he will be an easy target for the shark if they separate. In addition, it is not clear who is the next target of the monster.

He quickly searched for the shark to find its location and then determine the next move, when he saw the flipper so close.

At that moment, he left the dagger from his hand and sent it towards the shark, controlling it from a distance to hit one of the shark's sensitive areas. He understood that his chance is weak, and even if he succeeded, the Gallus monsters differ from regular monsters. Hitting his eye or nose does not mean that it will act the same way, but this is just an instinct in a desperate attempt to hinder the shark even more.

<You have dealt 5 damages to a dark shark>

He does not know where the knife hit him exactly, yet it is probably like a scratch to a shark. Were it not for his skills boosted by additional damage against Gallus monsters, he doubted it would cause damage in the first place.

However, the attack caused the shark to turn slightly and change paths, or that's just what Rash thought.

Because he quickly realized that the monster was preparing to strike with another wave from its tail. Rash gritted his teeth hard and swam in front of John to use him as a human shield, reducing the damage he would receive. John, who was also nervous and tired, yelled when he found the boy in front of him, "What are you doing..." He did not see the shark and did not understand what Rash was trying to do, but he was annoyed at the action. Moments earlier he was holding on to him tightly in trying to conduct him over to the police, but now seeing the fellow was the last thing he wanted.

* Boom

Unfortunately, before he understood the situation, the violent attack came to throw them into the air several meters. Even with Rash's calculations and readiness, he failed to know which attack the shark would use. The violent wave was not everything. Rather, the shark used its tail this time to throw them into the air, just as whales do with sea lions.

The damage in the water was severe from the start, but outside, with a direct impact from the shark's tail, the damage was terrible. Especially for Rash, his level and defense are still of the average person.

<You received 133 critical damage>

"Agha… HGG…" They were both sent several meters from their position, writhing in pain and agony. The attack made Rash spin several laps in the air, making him dizzy. He did not know whether it was because of the pain or the multiple spins in the air. John was much better off than him, although he is an offensive specialty and has less defense compared to the other class. Still, his level and defense are higher than Rash's. Also, his passive skills make him more tolerant of damage.

* bang * splash

At that moment, while they were in the air, someone on the bridge shot the shark in an attempt to keep it away or kill it on the spot. The bullets hit the shark, causing it to plunge deeper into the water. While the people at the top screamed and exclaimed, "Run... quickly, not long to the land.", "My God .... Someone help them...", "...."

Rash saw what happened, but he knows that the monster has not gone far. Since he has lost more than half health, he has no choice but to run and swim as hard as he can, and this is his last chance. The wounds in his body got worse, and he could not locate the shark in the water, so asked Nightmare, "In which direction did the monster go?"

He wanted to know his whereabouts to run in the opposite direction, but Nightmare's response made him even more indignant, "Coming directly towards you, it wants to attack from below." With all these injuries inflicted on him and the imminent danger, it would be a problem if he were to be attacked again. Most likely he can withstand one last attack and then enter the danger gauge, "Shit monster... why only targeting me?" He swore, if the conditions were better, he would be happy to confront the monster and get the supplies from killing it. Nevertheless, the deference is very high, and even if the monster remains still, it takes a long time to kill at the current level of Rash's skills.

Nightmare suggested something this time to him, "You focus so much on confronting the shark, why don't you change your way of thinking a little? Maybe you will be able to use the shark. In the end, it's still following its animal instinct."

Nightmare's words made Rash think again about his next steps. He didn't know exactly what he meant by his phrases, but a new idea popped up when he learned that the monster was targeting him. He took an enormous risk this time, because he had no choice, anyway.

Rash quickly removed his jacket, inhaled a sizeable amount of air, then dived in the water, performed telekinesis, and sent the jacket towards the shark. His plan was very simple, by creating a distraction with the jacket and directing it in front of the shark's nose and eyes continuously, this would make the beast confused and direct its movement.

He did not know if the monster was using the shark's senses in its movements or relying on another method, but he tried the idea, anyhow.

The jacket did its task perfectly, and the monster tried to attack it but failed because telekinesis was not affected underwater. Rash swam to the shark from the side as it tried to get rid of the jacket and then grabbed his upper fin. Now he can make sure he is safe from the tail attack, yet he doesn't have much time and the air supply in his lungs is limited.

At that point a thought ran in his mind: if there was a way to store the air in his Inventory, who knows what will happen in the future?

Since he connected himself with the monster from above, his plan to guide the shark became much easier.

This monster does not have a mind and acts instinctively. Rash noticed this when he saw him cannot handle the jacket. Failing to drive it away made him attack the thing several times to no avail. When the big-fish couldn't get rid of it, it passed on.

In that case, Rash moved the jacket quickly to determine the path of the shark. He sent it down to make the shark rise to the surface, then he could breathe again.

The people above saw the monster ascend again, this time the boy was riding it, which astonished them. Of course, no one knows exactly what happened and how it developed?

Rash didn't care much and focused on nobody discovering his telekinesis. Then he annoyed the monster again and directed it toward land. Most sharks do not stop swimming, and it seems that the monster has already inherited this feature, and determining its path with a jacket made it go straight towards the shore.

The boy directed the shark to a rocky area from the beginning, choosing it to make the monster get stuck, and he could only head forward as long as he could not turn around. After reaching the area, Rash quickly used the hero's steps and jumped off the rocks, leaving the angry monster behind. The stuffed shark in the area tried to get out, and when couldn't, it started rampaging and destroying the rocks with its tail, and its physical skills. The surrounding water bubbled and flew around.

Rash continued jumping off the rocks, indifferent to what was going on with the shark. Until he reached a faraway safe zone to halt, kneeling on his knees, his gaze was at his feet. His limbs trembling severely due to wounds on one side and the cold water on the other. The battle may only last five minutes, but he feels as if it is a full day already. Now that everything is over, he decided to continue his path before the surrounding people gathered.

"You did well by holding on to this moment, boy." Before taking his first step, he heard someone's voice, and the next moment he saw his feet stand in front of him.