Chapter 112 - The Great White Sharks.

"Big bro, you're back?"

Hearing this bubbly voice that always felt like music to his ears, a wide sharky grin spread across Sebastian's face. Before, he may have still felt a little awkward on hearing that but now he accepted it with joy.

After leveling up 5 times simultaneously, he was officially a predator that was just a step from the purple tier which warranted his current feeling.

Though Sebastian really felt the urge to take the Great White Shark hunting immediately, he suppressed that craving because they were not the only ones currently present.

"Sebastian?" One of the Great White Sharks called out.

Turning his head slightly, Sebastian finally laid his eyes on the 5 sharks. Seeing him answer to the name, Tungsten confirmed what he wanted before introducing the sharks around him.

"My name is Tungsten, this is Poker, Nova, Nermer, and Tosh. Of course, there's Verni here who you already got acquainted with".

"Welcome to the family Sebastian". The 4 sharks welcomed the new shark officially to the Old Mak family.

Tungsten was the eldest as well as the strongest shark of the 5. Of all the features of a shark, what attracted Sebastian the most about the shark was its glowing white eyes even when out of battle.

When he asked, Tungsten explained that it was related to his domain magic ability. Also, he was the biggest of the 5 sharks.

Poker was the 2nd eldest towering at a size of about 13 meters. He was currently level 18, just a level above Verni which showed how talented Verni was in their ratings.

His most glaring body feature was the spikes surrounding his body, Sebastian guessed that this was what inspired his name. 

He was loaded with them, making him seem like a shark porcupine, and his magic domain was related to spikes too.

Nova and Nermer were next, they were normal Great White Sharks who controlled the water and wind magic domains respectively and they were currently level 16 predators.

For the last, Tosh who was the youngest of the 5, just a little older than Verni was the only level 15 predator among the 5 sharks. 

Just like the eldest of the sharks, Tungsten, he controlled the magic domain of light. According to him, his name was inspired by one of Old Mak's stories about something the Atlantians called torch. 

Before, due to the tense situation that they found themselves in, he could only put in ferocious efforts to suppress his talking instincts lest he causes his death or that of his teammates.

But now that they were no longer in a battle, it was like the beast was let loose in him. He kept on blabbering like Sokka in Avatar the legend of Korra, this was the best fit Sebastian had to describe his mouth.

He gave Sebastian a nickname in just less than a minute of meeting him officially which left every other shark facepalming in an imaginary sense.

"Seba bro, you wanna hear a secret?"

"Tosh!" Tungsten warned.

"Seba bro, don't listen to him, it's a real secret".

"Tosh!!" 

"I'm not lying…"

"TOSH!!!"

"…"

Well, that was a summary of the relationship between the 2 domain magicians of light in the lineup of Great White Sharks.

After the introduction, Sebastian was left amazed. Each of the sharks had such peculiar personalities that surprised him, it was like he was talking to humans and not sharks.

"At this rate, is that theory of humans being higher animals still valid?" 

Meeting new sharks other than Verni, he thought that there would be a clash in views between them but he could not have been more wrong.

With the calm, powerful, and mȧturė Tungsten at the lead, with the young Verni to lighten things up, and the eccentric Tosh to brighten things up, everything went as smooth as flowing water.

"Can we leave now or do you have something else to attend to?" Tungsten finally asked after the introductions were done.

"No, I think we can go now".

"Yay! I can't wait to see little Coco; I love touching her small snout so much".

"Tosh!"

"What? I mean, I really miss her".

"TOSH!!!"

"Seriously, Big bro Tungsten, chill…"

"TOSH!!!!!"

"…"

…

At the middle parts of the wardrobe-like cliff that surrounded the Ocean volcano, the Great White family hardly stirred when their leader, Old Mak came back from the rescue all bloody.

This was more prominent when they already knew that something big recently happened. They could practically feel the vibrations of the battle despite the distance though their electroreceptors couldn't see that far.

Old Mak already went out and survived too many close battle encounters throughout the years that it was rare for them to panic seeing him like this.

He was a veteran of this world of fire, he knew the rules, the dangers, and the competition of this world and knew how to circumvent them perfectly to keep himself alive each time.

The both of them were the oldest Great Whites of the family, the strongest also, though, in Heareth's terms, she was not a pure offensive Great White Shark. Her magic domain was that of healing.

It was like in a game where everyone else was the damage dealer, she was the only cleric who took care of the leveling team.

As soon as the teleportation portal flickered and disappeared, the both of them went deep inside the hole which was the territory of their family. 

After getting to the very end where his throne was erected, Old Mak finally threw a question at his companion. "What do you think of him?"

"I can't really tell, he feels different, he feels special in a way that I cannot understand. His bloodline is also surprisingly thicker than yours and the color feels strange, I've never seen anything like it".

"I was surprised when I checked him with my invade skill".

"Is he one of us?" Old Mak asked directly.

"I think so". Heareth flicked her tail left and right. "I saw that he is a Great White which means he's an ally, but I need to confirm later".

Old Mak hovered on his throne, his deep blue eyes flickering silently. "I don't know if he's an ally for now". He paused. 

"But I think I know what he is".