EPIC OF CATERPILLAR

the river King

[Day 5]

After a nice long sleep of around 9 hours, I headed silently towards the river. I made sure that no birds were peeking at me this time and started to wander around the River until a big fish began to follow me around. It was yellow this time and had whiskers on its face.

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"Hmm, it hasn't come out yet, and it looks somewhat different than the last two, this one is a little bit bigger and has whiskers. Perhaps it is evolved? Wait... then wouldn't it be a bad idea to confront it?"

Just as I started to ponder the danger of the situation the big fish jumped out of the River shining brightly with its yellow-colored scales and majestic whiskers. Its body was way bigger than what it looked like the inside of the river and it had two pairs of strong limbs to walk with, it was completely different from the other Walking Fish I had seen.

"Gweeh...! This guy is fucking massive! I will not die...! Maximum speed!"

Just as I started using all of my stamina to run as fast as I could the fish followed close behind me. It was oddly fast for its massive size!

"It really wants to eat my fatty meat! I cannot keep up! He is going to catch me! What do I do? What do I do? How could I have such bad luck! Damned minus two luck stat!"

The big fish gulped at me several times trying to grab me creating a terrible sound every time it closed its mouth. I was barely able to even dodge each of its bites.

"This damned bastard! It really wants me! Ugh!"

Using my Thread Manipulation skill, I threw a long line of a threat up the closest tree and was able to get out of its range. Finally, in a safe space, I glanced down.

"Mweh... This bastard does not give up! But he cannot climb trees anyways, right?"

Just as I thought that the big fish formed paws and little claws on its limbs and without hesitation, it started to climb the tree at full speed!

"What?! Are you kidding me? This is a joke, right?"

Using my thread, I climbed to a faraway branch, but the damned bastard kept following me.

"You fiendish fish! Know your place!"

With anger, I went to another branch, but the big fish kept following me.

"What do I do? It does not give up and it is not running out of the air at all (or water?) Why is it not suffocating? Can they stay fully on the ground when they evolve? That is an unfair cheat!"

The fish suddenly jumped over and almost got me!

"Ugh! Do not scare me like that, you bastard! Damn it! I wish I had long-range attacks! With just Weak Bite I cannot do shit to him while I run away! Wait, what if I use my threat to attack? But how?! I have to grab something with it and then hit him with it! But what?!"

I looked around for a rock, but my little vision could not see very well so I decided to use Spider's 8 Eyes to increase my range of vision.

"Agh... Ah! There it is! A medium-sized rock! Please, strength stat, do not disappoint me this time! Uuooh!"

I threw a strong thread over to the rock and wrapped the thread around it, then I used my full force to swing the rock right into the fish's stupid face! This caused the big fish to yell in pain and while blood sprouted from its face as if it were in extreme pain the fish yelled to the heavens.

"Hah! Why are you crying so much, you stupid bastard? Have you ever felt pain before in your life? You stupid evolved idiot!"

Using my full force again I swung the rock back to me and then I swung it right back into its face for a second time! The big fish struggled but managed to keep up on the tree, it yelled full of rage as a strong red aura covered its entire body, its limbs getting stronger making it look completely different than it the goofy look it had before.