Chapter 802: Sea Urchins (1/2)

Sam and Varien didn't waste too much time as they just started their journey once again.

While they are in the middle of their journey, Sam asked.

”If you don't mind me asking? Why didn't you stay until the coronation? I am pretty sure it would have been done in the next three days.”

”We don't need to stay actually. Not all of the Sirens returned. I am only there for the discussions and meetings with the elders and officials to think of ways to improve our relationship. There is still a group of sirens left there to fulfill the superficial diplomatic duties.

They have higher ranks, so they don't do much work.”

”Oh? That is good.”

The conversation halted once again and after some time Varien himself spoke.

”We are near that location. I would just give you a brief estimation of the problem.

This area is the shallow waters nearest to our location and there is an island nearby which is used by us to train our young sirens for on-ground combat.

This is the largest island of the seas nearby and it is also the largest producer of the natural resources that are available on the land to us.

But currently, the shallow waters all around the island are occupied by special creatures. They are some kind of sea urchins.”

”Sea urchins?”

”Yes, they are giant sea urchins, but they are not as passive as the sea urchins of regular types. These things started shooting spikes at anything that came into their ecosystem. But their spikes are weird and they are not using water as their attacking element.”

”Really? That's strange.”

”You will see what I am talking about. Those attacks are sneaky and not defendable easily and I have never seen a better advantageous situation for the sheer numbers in a species. Of course other than the sea folks.”

”Do sea folks inhabit this sea too?”

”They are actually. But they are not the biggest enemy. The main problem with the sea folks is their breeding capacity. They don't have gender. Every sea folk can reproduce by themselves. In Planet 2, the sea folks are hidden within an undersea valley that was protected by a strong creature.

If that creature knew that sea folks are inside, it might have been the first one that killed them. But they managed to conceal themselves after our ancestors' attempt to clear them off.  And that one mistake cost the elves dearly.

The sea folks are bad at learning. They don't learn fast. But once they learned they wouldn't forget the lesson. That day they learned the value of being able to hide and they started breeding once again.

The very creature that acted as cover for them became their dinner and they started growing rapidly and at the same time carefully.

The sea was slowly occupied and elves didn't even have a chance at them in the water. After that, you can guess what happened. They expanded too much that the creatures in sea will one wouldn't be sufficient for their development.

So, they needed the creatures from the land.”

”Seems like a giant pain in the ass.”

”It is actually. BE CAREFUL.”

Varien yelled and Sam became alert, he suddenly felt something zooming towards him and he dodged to the side. A forearm-sized spike zoomed past him. But that is not the only thing that surprised Sam.

The thing that surprised him the most is the propulsion boost of the spike. It is not only fast and sneaky but gas is propelling it. It is almost like a rocket in the water.

Sam took a step back and looked at the rock in front of this. There is nothing he could see. At least with normal eyes.

He activated the energy vision and he finally the same something. A circular piece of 'rock' is moving on that larger rock with extreme stealth. And Sam saw another spike coming out of this piece of 'rock'. There is no sound, there are no energy waves, If not for the small gas bubble that emerged in the water, no one would even care for that gas bubble normally and as for the water ripples they are not that big of an indication because of the speed. Before the ripple can propagate the spike is already reaching the target.

Sam dodged the second spike. He wanted to catch it, but he couldn't. It is too fast. With his normal body in the water, it is impossible for him to catch it.

Sam swam back and waited there for a second before he noticed the 'rock' stopped moving.