Ch 14: The Southern Water Tribe

" talking "

' thinking '

[ System ]

{ Author Note }

'well, I probably already got everything that was good here besides the quest stuff, so I'm just going to shut up about it.' I jump off the mountain and turn into the Great Leonopteryx.

'This form is actually quite comfortable.' as I start to barrel and dive in the air to fully adjust to this form. 'it's nice being the top predator of the ocean and sky. Now next is the land, which shouldn't take long.' as I dive to the forest floor.

'Besides, I need to think over how I acted as well, so this should help.' I land on the floor and shift into my normal form while running through the forest to find anything that is new and possibly useful.

[DNA Absorption]

Fan Lizard DNA Hammerhead Titanothere DNA Hellfire Wasp DNA Hexapede DNA Prolemuris DNA Stingbat DNA Sturmbeest DNA Tetrapteron DNA Viperwolf DNA Slinth DNA

Mutations Gained: N/A

'okay, I knew I probably wouldn't be getting anything, but this is just sad. I literally ate everything I came across to get something useful hopefully, and there was nothing, absolutely nothing.' I shake my head in disappointment as I then run in the direction of the ocean.

'I did skip over them, so I guess I should say hi this time,' I say as I warp over the ocean and quickly shift into a Great Leonopteryx, letting me get closer to the home of the Metkayina Clan.

As I fly over the ocean, the scenery quickly changes. The water under me becomes a light blue, showing that I'm now in the home of the Metkayina Clan.

'well, I guess I should say hi now.' I then start diving towards Awa'atlu, and right before I hit the ground, I swiftly morph into my Na'vi form as I look over the now surrounded area.

"Hello Olo'eyktan Tonowari and Tsahìk Ronal." I say respectfully, giving a light bow as my tail swishes behind me. I then look back up at the two surprised faces.

"Hello to you as well, lost child." They both say in accidental unison as they look at me, slightly concerned about my way of entry. They looked at the surrounding area and saw that it was slightly disheveled from my arrival.

"I apologize for the way of my entry, but I had to make it a little flashy to get your attention without any accidental drawbacks, and as you can tell, it worked." I spread my arms to show how every Na'vi in the village are surrounding us.

"You do have a point, lost child," Tonowari says with a slight chuckle under his serious face. He looks clearly at the surrounding people, showing that everything is fine.

"Please be more careful next time lost child. You could have damaged the village or hurt someone in the village," Ronal says seriously as she checks to ensure everyone is okay, especially her children.

"I will make sure I am more careful next time, Tsahìk Ronal, but I have come to see your village shortly before I commence a quick hunt in your reefs and the surrounding ocean," I say apologetically.

"Well, we both thank you for telling us that you would be hunting in our reef, but why did you come and tell us? We could not have stopped you if you had done so without asking." Tonowari asks with slight confusion as he tries to see why I wouldn't just do it.

"I wanted to be polite and not scare any of your clansmen, though I also wanted to ask if you had any sick Skimwings or Clansmen close to meeting Eywa," I say politely.

Right before, Tonowari asks why Ronal puts her arm in front of him. "We have an old Skimwing soon to meet Eywa, and we will soon be commencing a ritual to honor one of our fallen brothers," Ronal says with a sad tone but with analyzing eyes as she watches my possible reactions.

"I know this may sound strange and very possibly wrong to you, but may I please take the two with me," I say empathetically and wait for a comment, wondering why I would ask of this.

"You may be lost, child, but we know that you are one with nature. We are a culture of Na'vi, believing everything returns to the all-mother Eywa." Ronal says with a deep belief.

"Let me show you the way to the two of them, lost child," Tonowari says, understanding with what his mate is doing. He waves to me to follow him as he walks through the village and into one of the Marui.

"Tsko'lan, you can rest now, my friend," Tonowari says with sadness as he kneels over the dead body of what I assume to be one of his old friends as I look over the Na'vi.

"He will be remembered Tonowari." I say with sympathy as I put my hand on his shoulder and look at Tsko'lan, knowing that I am about to eat him once I leave this place.

"We should leave Tonowari and go to the Skimwing," I say sadly to Tonowari as I suggest we leave. "You are right, lost child; we should leave." Tonowari stands up and starts to walk out of the Marui.

As I watch Tonowari leave the Marui, I quickly put Tsko'lan into my inventory to eat him later. That way, I have a Reef Na'vi Form, and I then quickly run to catch up to Tonowari.

"So, how old is the Skimwing Tonowari?" I ask with curiosity, wanting to make the Olo'eyktan happy or at least distract him from his dead friend. Even though I'm now a monster, I still have emotions.

"The Skimwing is around fifteen years old and has been around for quite a long time, leading it to have seen several battles," Tonowari says with a slightly happier tone as he focuses on other things.

"Don't Skimwings only live until they are twenty? This one is quite old." As we approach the beach, the waves start to meet our feet, causing sand to get stuck between my toes.

'I miss this feeling,' as I wiggle my feet into the sand, letting the water hit my calves and the cool feeling linger on my legs. "Don't get too distracted, lost child. You can come back any time you want, but we must get to the Skimwing,' Tonowari says with a small smile as he watches me.

"Sorry, I was reminiscing that it has been a while since I could truly enjoy the beach like this." I pull my feet out of the sand and start to follow Tonowari again.

"It is fine, lost child. I can understand. I once left the sea to see the mainland and the forests. Once I came back, you practically couldn't move me from the seashore." Tonowari says with a look that says he misses those days.

"It is always strange leaving the place you grew up and coming back and feeling like you should never leave again." we walk into the water towards some Skimwings, with one of them looking old and covered in scars that show they have been through many battles.

"that is a very true statement, lost child, though on the reason we are here, the one you are currently looking at is the one you will be taking, and you can take him now and leave if you wish, or you can stay with us for a bit." Tonowari offers as he points at the old Skimwing.

"I would usually love to stay in Tonowari, but I have things I have to do out in other places. Thank you for the offer," I say as I get deeper into the water and swim towards the Skimwing.

"I understand, lost child; we wish you well on your journey and hope you return even though we only meet shortly," Tonowari says calmly as he waves to me as I climb onto the Skimwing and perform Tsaheylu with it.

"I might return in the future, Tonowari, though I make no promises." I lightly pat the side of the Skimwing and give it a mental command to swim out into the ocean.

As the Skimwing swiftly swims into the reef and the ocean, I pull my neural queue out and hop off the Skimwing to go into the water. "I thank you for the ride out here, old one. I and those of the clan will forever remember you."

I then swiftly turn into my normal form as the Skimwing looks at me in acceptance. I open my mouth and quickly eat him in one bite, leaving nothing behind while pulling out Tsko'lan from my inventory and eating him as well.

[DNA Absorption]

Skimwing DNA Reef Na'vi DNA

Mutations Gained: N/A

'To be expected, though both of their deaths will be respected and remembered.' I then swim deeply into the water and squeeze into a small cave.

'now that I have gone through two giant areas on this planet let's see how my inner world has changed.' I silence all my inner thoughts and let my mind pull me in as I get sucked into my inner world.

'It looks relatively the same, though the destroyed city definitely got a bit bigger, and now with a Nalutsu swimming after a couple of peepers is new as well, though let's check the island in the middle.'

I then quickly swim towards the giant landmass in the center of my inner world. 'Holy christ.' I look at all the Banshees in the trees and a Great Leonopteryx sitting in a tree as it feeds on a small reefback.

'Now, I only remember eating one Mountain and Forest Banshee, though there now seem to be around a hundred of each. There is also a small group of Great Leonopteryx living in the new floating mountains above some of the ocean.'

'Wait, what if they gained a trait from the Subnautica animals and can reproduce without needing a mate.' I then quickly spread my senses around my entire inner world as I could sense everything and see that it was constantly expanding and that everything living here was multiplying like wild rabbits.

'the moment I figure out how to let these guys out, it is going to be all sorts of fucked for anyone against me.' my senses also focus on a group of jungle Na'vi setting up a home in a Hometree that has already grown to the sizes of redwood.

My senses also moved to the seashore, to a forest of mangrove trees, and I see that there are already three Reef Na'vi as they set up a small village for themselves.

'It seems like time in here is hastened as there shouldn't already be three Reef Na'vi already; it also seems like whenever I eat something that has a specific biome, it generates in here as there is now an entire cave system with a barrier reef starting to form with my own Hallelujah Mountains growing bigger as well.

'by the time I'm completely done with this world, my inner world will have such an extensive ecosystem that both conflicts and merges together perfectly that anything will be able to live here, though all I need now is for life in here to start gaining sentience as they did in the real world.'

My senses go into the water to see a huge kelp forest with several Kelp Leviathans swimming through it and eating Stalkers. My senses then go to a frozen area of my inner world to see that it is slightly barren, with barely any Arctic life.

'It looks like I'm going to need to go back to the subnautica world to fill up the Arctic region so it isn't so barren as there are only Frozen Leviathans and Frostbite Leviathans over there.'

'Well, it looks like my inner world will continue to prosper, though I feel like I need to eat a Tulkun now so I can have them here as well, and they will bring at least a little peace between the Nalutsa and Bonesharks.'

'Though what scares me is the Trench all around my inner world as it seems like Jörmungandr hasn't multiplied like everyone else and seems just to be growing bigger to make sure he stays wrapped around the constantly growing world as well as the hundreds of Ghost Leviathans swimming around him.'

'Though Jörmungandr is living up to his name as a normal Gargantuan Leviathan, he is only about three miles long, though he is three thousand miles long and still growing to stay wrapped around the world.'

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{ A/N Well, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. I know this one was mainly dialogue, but I hope that is okay with you guys. I wanted to show the MC's Inner world a bit and how it will change with each world he goes to, as well as show how big Jörmungandr is getting and how it won't stop anytime soon.

But on the other hand, after this chapter, it should be quicker to get through as there is only one more actual dialogue chapter the rest will be a drop-and-go so we can get an even shorter arc, which will be Pacific Rim, which will be next.

All of that aside, I will post the usual below, and I hope you guys enjoyed it.

[Status]

Species: Devouring Leviathan

Name: Livyatan

Titles: Lost Child, Apocalypse Levithan +3

Length: 143m (469ft)

DNA Assimilated: 78

[Quests]

[Eradication]

Tasks

1: Remove the RDA from Pandora Permanently

2: Explore

Rewards

1: unique mutation

2: Memory Influx

3: Knowledge

[Introductions]

Tasks

1: Talk to the ten clans

2: Meet Eywa (complete)

Rewards

1: Psionic Mutation

2: Blessing of a God

[Eywa's Quest]

Tasks

1: Help the Omatikaya Clan

2: Eradicate the Ash People

Rewards

1: Worship of the Clans

2: Army of Ash