3 Victory at What Cost

Having killed the violet sea snail, my legs pierced into its soft gelatinous lumps of flesh, its body bursts, becoming a deflated balloon. It releases out a putrid stench, mixed with the concentrated gastro bodily fluids hidden withinside its body.

'The smell stinks.' I commented.

My eyes then became as wide as a doll's eyes, the black pupil enlargens, I screamed internally in pain, as the violet sea snail's strong acidic bodily fluids stuck to my legs. It starts to dissolves the thickly layered exoskeleton on my legs, but due to the high concentration of calcium carbonate in my diet.

The calcium carbonate which is used to strengthen my exoskeleton, and bones, can be used as an alkaline agent similar to limestone. It possesses the ability to neutralize, or partially neutralize strong acids.

The neutralization process occurs when the strong acids are placed in intimate contact with limestone chips, which causes a strong intense reaction with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3, the primary constituent of limestone) to form water, carbon dioxide, and calcium salts. The strong gastro acidic bodily fluids of the violet sea snails are effectively neutralized, rendering further harmless to my body.

[You have reached the maximum skill proficiency. The skill { Weak Acid Resistance Lv1} has been acquired...]

[You have reached the maximum skill proficiency. The skill { Weak Acid Resistance Lv1} has become { Weak Acid Resistance Lv2}...]

The pain has somewhat resided, but the burned marks left behind by the strong acid of the violet sea snail has partially melted the thickly layered exoskeleton on my legs, making it somewhat resembled a half-burnt candled, with the melted waxed nearly completely dribbled off the candle before hardening.

'You guys are toast! I will annihilate every last one of you! I will leave none of you alive!' Filled with untold rage, and being consumed by my bloodlust. I continued to decimate the last two violet sea snails before me.

'Bubbles! Bubble! Bubble! (Attack! It killed our brother! Kill it!)' The two violet sea snailed retaliated.

The last two few violet sea snails immediately reacted after its companion was killed off, right before its very eyes. The two violet sea snails inflated their bodies like balloons, inhaled air bubbles, and gathers the strong acidic bodily fluid withinside its mouth, like a poison dart, it then fired the acidic spit towards my direction.

By chance, I was able to evade the initial shot that was fired at me, by utilizing the dead carcass of the violet sea snail that I've killed, as a shield to my advantage to block the acid shot.

However, soon having seen the dead carcass of its brethren, hanging on in my hands, being used as a shield to block its acidic attacks. There was a deep wide hole on the surface of the deflated violet sea snail carcass, as its dead carcass was partially melted by the strong acidic spit of the other violet sea snail.

Its purple violet seashell managed to withstand the full frontal of the other violet sea snail's strong acidic attack. Not before, cracks began to form on the surface of the violet seashell, and the strong gastro acidic fluids seeping in through the cracks, melting the insides and internal organs of the dead violet sea snails.

'Bubbles! Bubbles! (How dare you use our dead brother as a shield!)' The violet sea snail screamed in rage, having seen how I treated its so-called brother's dead body.

I snickered devilishly, as my eyes gleamed with the intent to kill. Still holding onto the dead carcass of the violet sea snail, utilizing it as a shield, to block the majority of the violet sea snail's acid attacks. I speedily charge towards the other two remaining violet sea snail, not without incurring some severe physical damage done to my body.

[You have reached the maximum skill proficiency. The skill { Weak Acid Resistance Lv2} has become { Weak Acid Resistance Lv3}...]

'Damn it!' I screamed internally, enduring the burned pain, I've felt covering my body.

There are many holes withinside the dead carcass of the violet sea snail, some of its acidic bodily fluids leak out of from its wounds, and onto myself. Damaging my body in the process.

However, with my thickly layered exoskeleton body, partially being made from mainly calcium carbonate organic materials. It was able to somewhat put up a resistance, and partially neutralized the strong gastro bodily fluid acids of the violet sea snail.

I didn't get out unscathed, as part of my exoskeleton in the leg regions, and back region is partially melted. You could see my translucent bodily flesh through the melted parts.

Once within reach of another Violet sea snail, I discarded the dead carcass of the one I've killed and used as a shield. The dead carcass acted as a diversion, as it drops from up above the violet sea snail, obscuring its line of sight and changing its projectile accuracy. The projectile acid shot missed its target, with its trajectory changed by the dead carcass blocking its line of sight.

'Bubbles! (Damn it!)' One of the violet sea snails screamed.

'Bubbles! (Brother, watch out!)' The other violet sea snail shouted, catching the other one-off guard.

It was already too late, as I've already outmaneuvered the violet sea snail in open waters, my body dived down like a spear, as I've latched onto the back of the distracted violet sea snail. Repeated what happened to the first one, I viciously pierced the gelatinous body of the violet sea snail I'm latched onto, with my spiney spider-like legs.

My spiney spider-like legs pierced into the gelatinous body of the violet sea snail, like a balloon, it became deflated, as the air bubbles escaped from its body. It soon bleeds to death within seconds, like the first one, as it's acidic blue blood mixed with the ocean's waters.

'Bubbles! Bubble! (Brother, no! You bastard, you've killed him!)' The last violet sea snail screamed at me.

[You have killed a Violet Sea Snail level 5. You have earned 368 x2 (736) experience points...]

[You have leveled up and become level 6...]

[You have reached the maximum skill proficiency. The skill { Weak Stab Lv2} has become { Weak Stab Lv3}...]

'You're next! There is no escape for you! Die, bitch!' I shouted as I swam forwards, towards its direction.

'Bubbles! Bubbles! (Stay back! You murderer!' The last violet sea snail shouted.

I managed to outmaneuver it, within this vast open waters, as the violet sea snail starts to run low on its ammo. The amount of bodily fluids it could produce, could not outpace the consumption rate at which reach it fires acidic spit shots at me. The trapped air, which it uses to compress, the acid fluids are starting to run low, decreasing the speed and power of which the acid shot it is firing at.

Within seconds, I approached the last remaining violet sea snail, my figure seems impendingly large its eyes. As a faint white ghostly silhouette appeared in the reflection of its black antenna-like eyes. A sense of impending doom soon crawls up on the violet sea snail's back.

The violet sea snail reacted almost immediately, as it tries to crawl back within its seashell, but I didn't let it go that easily. When it's gelatinous like fleshy body retreated back inside its seashell, I flipped the violet sea snail seashell unto its back, like the phrase 'don't poke the bear.' With my spiney spider-like legs, I played skewered the pig, while the violet sea snail remains in its shell, I constantly stab at it's inside with my spiney spider-like legs, provoking a reaction.

The violet sea snail screamed internally, as I continued to stab it with my spiney spider-like legs. Blue blood starts to slowly flow out from the wound, but it hasn't died yet. It lasted way much longer than the previous two.

'It was probably that by staying withinside its seashell. It can prevent the loss of air bubbles trapped withinside its body, and slow down the rate of blood loss. Nevertheless, it can not deter its inevitable end. It's death.' I commented, as the violent sea snail soon died from blood loss.

[You have killed a Violet Sea Snail level 7. You have earned 481 x2 (962) experience points...]

[You have leveled up and become level 9...]

[You have reached the maximum skill proficiency. The skill { Weak Stab Lv3} has become { Weak Stab Lv4}...]

'It would seem that this last one is much higher leveled than the previous two. I assumed that this one is probably the party leader... Nice! I've leveled up to level 9 in this hunt. Eight levels in one hunt. What a lucky gain.' I happily commented.