I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 153: North side

"Of course I'm not afraid!" Timothy hollered, feeling more embarrassed rather than angry.

Still unsure, he asked. "They don't have wings, right?"

[I'm not supposed to give information like that. But, they don't]

Giving a large sigh, he afterwards added. "I have no idea where to find those. Maybe they know something in the hidden tribe?"

With that question in mind, he began swimming towards the tribe and wanted to figure out an excuse of why he would need to hunt such a specific creature.

...

The moment he got inside the den, he noticed a handful of familiar figures floating close to each other. Thankfully they weren't here for anything bad and chaos wasn't spread across the structure.

Joy was evident in their eyes once they noticed Tim swim in, and one of them felt it necessary to instantly announce. "We brought 8 groups of fish to the reef!"

Such a statement was enough to shock the hero, but numbers tend to matter a lot. Haze was the first to announce such an achievement, her usual attitude had shifted for the better thanks to happiness.

"That's pretty good." The system carrying stingray wasn't one to give compliments easily, but ego can be put aside for blood-family. "It will help the reef a lot!"

"We were told about the thousands of lobsters and shrimp you commanded. You did all of that alone so you're the true hero." Patty complimented, she was undoubtedly the softest here and never shied away from giving compliments.

"You fuckers are too humble. Tell him how many animals those 8 groups had. I don't mean to bitch around but we practically saved the reef." It seemed like a sentence that would be yelled out, but on the contrary it was spoken out too casually. Snoopy might be cursing more than the entire den combined.

Staggered beyond prepare, the hero tried to comprehend the situation while asking. "You all actually managed to bring more than 6,000 animals here?"

"We brought above 14,000! They are really happy to be in the reef." Philip announced, happier about the later part rather than the actual numbers.

"I didn't know that the ocean had 14,000 fish. That's impressive!" Timmy complimented, once more proving that he wasn't the smartest around here regardless of the upgrades. "What kind of animals were they?"

Urging to point it out first, Snoopy showed them once more that he doesn't have trouble remembering. "Tunafish, crabs, sunfish, squids and shrimp. Some had more tribes than others and we couldn't really fight the sunfish, they were massive but liked living in a reef."

Entirely pushing jealousy aside, the hero instead felt like a great burden had been tossed away thanks to this success. Thanks to that he solely aimed to praise, "All of you did an amazing job! You have no idea how much this will help the reef."

He wasn't a math wizard but based on the sheer reef's size, another mass migration like these ones can help restore and maintain the reef for a long white ~ unless any disaster strikes.

Right before the mood went high for the better, Haze deciphered. "We have a problem though."

Timmy's face instantly shifted for the worse as he asked, "Problem?"

"Yes. On the north side of the reef there are sharks who are bugging one of the tribes we invited." She was rather direct and wanted to plot as soon as possible because her brother wasn't one to sit idle, "Amie said that you avoided battling those sharks."

Such a sentence felt like a stab in the anus, but it didn't range away from reality. "I was too weak back then, now they are a problem we can get rid of."

"We?" Patty asked, not liking where this was going.

"Yes. All of you are clearly stronger now. Your success is bigger than mine." Perhaps it was an exaggeration but the hero wanted to make a point, "I don't have to worry about protecting any of you when we battle."

All of them carried smiles on their faces but Philip was the only one expressive enough to explain, "That's all we wanted to hear. Although some siblings can't say that out loud."

The glares this sibling got right after were strong, but he ignored them and felt proud about the statement. It wasn't like this reciting was a lie.

Taking lead of the conversation, mostly because he didn't want to face such emotions although they did manage to cause joy, the hero pitched. "We have a plan then. Those sharks will die by our hands... damn it, fins."

...

Travelling towards the very other side of the reef took time, especially since it was a good distance of around 6 kilometres. Considering that fact, a break had to be taken for the sake of reaching the destination in a favourable overall state of being.

The only species they could eat here without causing a revolt, were the marble shrimp and ghost crabs. They were widespread although not tremendously high with numbers, not to mention they didn't have much capabilities when it came to fighting back.

A few marble shrimp were enough to keep the gang of siblings going and once they reached just a kilometer away from the aimed destination, night time had struck. So they found a nice and cozy hole, it wasn't exactly roomy so these siblings had to settle with sleeping snugly close to each other, or on top of one another.

Morning arose and they began munching on more crabs. Snoopy wanted to prove himself a good hunter so he slaughtered these shrimp before anyone had woken up, surprising them with breakfast.

This day and night of travelling had given Timmy a bit of time to think about the situation. Sharks were bugging the tribes but is it the best idea to face numerous big enemies? Although these siblings are skilled individually, could they really face several sharks?

With that in mind, after they ate, the hero announced. "We will try to handle these sharks in a peaceful way first. It wouldn't be a great idea to fight them right away."