I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 273: Visual

His friends left the hole one after the other, and they began travelling towards the spot where these enemies are supposed to be.

Contrary to all expectations, they didn't end up heading further towards the west; but headed towards the north instead, towards more shallow waters to be precise.

The conversations on the way there eventually became plentiful, because Gerlach noticed all the worry in between the group, and ran his mouth nonstop until they all joined.

Such a result had given the hero enough space to explore a topic that he had indirectly evading for a little while, upgrades.

He instantly cut to the case, by sounding out a question in his mind. "What am I able to upgrade? I can't remember anything about that."

[You currently have only one available option, and it is the following]

[Increase depth durability by a hundred-meters deeper]

[Price = 270-system-points]

"I'll buy it, if I can?" He questioned, feeling quite confused and unable to recall details.

[You can. It seems like those nightmares have shaken you up quite a bit]

Towards such a statement, he could only weigh in. "Yeah I think so... but it will pass, don't worry."

[Confirmed]

And right after, his spine was blessed with quite an amount of pain. For a second it felt like he was struck with a warhammer against the back, but that wasn't the case.

These upgrades were always painful, but it was troubling how pains only became stronger the more he upgraded.

The young man felt battered and bruised. Constant pain was difficult to handle, even for a battle prodigy such as himself.

The pain continued across his bones, it especially did some work against the fins; but he didn't slow down whatsoever so his friends didn't get worried again.

And thankfully, he didn't have to fight anymore as the pain went away in nothing but a blink. And the system brought in a bit more information of her own.

[Upgrade complete]

[270-system-points consumed]

[2188-system-points remaining]

[You can now withstand sea-pressure of up to three-hundred-and-forty meters deep]

"Thank god! I do not want to feel more back pain, so you better not bring me more of it." Such a statement felt like a rough demand, but that wasn't the case.

He was just kidding with the system to lighten up the mood. Both of them were aware that the upgrade options only come like the system chooses for them to be.

[Well you won't be having any back pain soon, that depends on how eager you are to buy these upgrades]

[Speaking of which, three new ones have been unlocked. Would you like to hear them out?]

He took a peek at his surroundings, and didn't exactly notice any big marine animals. So he figured that the enemies were still far away, there was a bit of time to spare.

That was why he agreed simply by requesting, "Let's hear them."

[Purchase option number one = Upgrade sex appeal to level-one]

[Price = 30-system points]

Such an upgrade had managed to make him feel a bit embarrassed. One because he still wasn't old enough to use such an attribute, and two because such appeal was being mentioned by a system, who admittedly sounded like a lady.

This little talk wasn't easy to handle for a moment, but at least the system didn't hold on to the topic and continued with the rest of what she had to say.

[Purchase option number two = Increase bodily durability by thirty-points]

[Price = 700-system-points]

Such an upgrade option was staggering for sure! Not only because it was expensive, but also because he understood how valuable it can be!

These types of bodily capabilities could easily make the difference between life and death! His flesh was already tough, but this upgrade offers more than twice of what he already has!

After he bought such an attribute, it would make him resistant even against various shark bites! Perhaps not against a great-white, but it was still a powerful upgrade!

Timothy almost decided to buy this thing, but then the system came along with something that sounded a bit more interesting.

[Purchase option number three = Visual and informational tabs]

[Price = 800-system-points]

And so, his entire focus was thrown towards this upgrade. It seemed tremendously interesting, but there was one thing he wanted to ask first.

And the little boy didn't shy away from it either, "Will this thing hurt after I buy it?"

[Not at all, it's quite painless]

"I'll buy it then!" He thought out with quite a bit of enthusiasm.

The little hero had no clue regarding what this thing was; since his memories were a bit fussy right now, he couldn't really base this upgrade on any past words or events either.

But it sounded important, and he was supposed to buy it eventually anyway. Yet after he uttered out the request for purchase, he feared that his system points would be insufficient ~ he thought so even though the system mentioned the amount of points he had.

Thankfully the system went quite contrary to expectations, Timmy had racked up over two-thousand system points over a week ago, there were quite a few to go around.

[Confirmed]

[Purchase complete]

[800-system-points consumed]

[1,388-system-points remaining]

Before he was given the chance to focus on any other upgrades, something rather odd appeared in front of the hero's vision.

A computerised tab had flashed right in front of his view, and took a good spot in the middle.

It was square shaped, and had quite a few beautiful colours within it. Most of it being red, with hints of black here and there.

The section he was currently viewing, showed all of the upgrades he had bought and what level they were at.

There were also other options to choose from, as on the side of his vision there was something to choose; it was labelled 'consumption effects'.

Upon choosing that one with the aid of a single thought, he began seeing high definition projections of various fish. He recognized a few of them, but little did the fuzzy-headed boy know, these were all creatures that he had killed before.