Chapter 303 - Volcanic Eruption!

With his master dead, and all the elders that he grew up to respect and look up to now on a suicide mission, Tungsten was left all alone with a heap of new responsibilities that weighed on him like a mountain.

Despite the magnitude of his new responsibilities, Tungsten was a good shark, he vowed not to let the expectations of his elders down.

Apart from the main force that was organized by the variant human races and the Red tier predators, other minor greedy mutated beasts who were after Sebastian still came after them and this posed a huge hindrance.

At this moment, after Sebastian's powerful display minutes ago, he was now the undisputed strongest among the escapees but he was no longer at his peak.

After the bombardment from so many enemies, despite Sebastian's tyrannical Megalodon recovery speed, some injuries lingered and all these made sure that he couldn't return to his peak in the long term.

The previous battle also expended all his doppelgangers, this effectively reduced his battle strength by another significant margin.

Sebastian could not afford the mana consumption needed to create new doppelgangers; this was because he was tied down with defensive work.

Though he was not at his peak, Sebastian was still stronger than Tungsten and Queen Heareth since she was not a battle-oriented shark, to begin with.

This meant that with the departure of the elders, the responsibility of defending and protecting the young escaping Great White Sharks fell on his shoulders and he could not shirk this responsibility.

Apart from Torpedum's betrayal, this shark clan already did so much for him that Sebastian felt extremely reluctant to abandon them.

The Lizard Lord and his clan members, including the Champion Digger, already abandoned them long ago and they were blameless.

It did not require any genius to know that Sebastian was the one that all these powerful enemies were after. So instead of staying with them and risking dying, these predators simply apologized and resolutely decided to safeguard their lives.

This left the Great White Sharks more vulnerable than ever.

With Sebastian tied down with the responsibility of aggressively attacking to protect the Great White Sharks, and Queen Heareth constantly healing injuries, the responsibility of paving the way forward now fell on Tungsten.

Tungsten felt the pressure but did not give up.

Though Tungsten did not encounter any special inheritance like Verni, his breakthrough inside the Doppelganger and Invisibility Sea King's inheritance ground was already the greatest inheritance that he could hope for.

When Sebastian killed the Sea King, he absorbed only a portion of his soul power while the rest dissipated into the surrounding water body.

This fragmented soul power contained fragmented parts of the knowledge that this Sea King had in his long life, including his life experiences, and insights on his magic domain. 

Carcarot Gorgoneon apart from his Sea King status was the strongest light domain magician predator that ever lived in Oceania.

His fragmented insights on the light domain was a once-in-a-lifetime encounter to Tungsten who was just evolving then.

Some of these memory fragments were attracted to Tungsten when he broke through. He always felt that he gained something, but he could not pinpoint exactly what until this moment.

Pushed by the pressure of the situation, Tungsten discovered a whole new world that was hidden deep in his mind after his breakthrough.

To his shock, hidden at a corner of his mind were a plethora of magic skills all related and dedicated to his magic domain.

Tungsten had no time to think, he acted on them.

"Battlefield Skill: Light of Illumination!"

"Battlefield Skill: Light of Refraction!"

"Battlefield Skill: Mirage!"

As soon as Tungsten randomly activated 3 skills from the full catalog that was stored in his head, the first one took effect.

A bright purifying light first appeared at his front as it swept through all the predators that were before him. Extremely penetrative power was unleashed as light beams extended from the purifying light to attack the predators.

While this happened, the second skill took effect as the light started distorting like shadows and coming out from obscure positions to attack the predators at their weak points.

The last skill's effects depended on Tungsten's active input. Once he understood the mechanics, he actively controlled it.

Roar!

To the shock of the predators, all of a sudden, an extremely-lifelike mirage flickered to life that depicted the still ongoing titanic battle between the Rabbit Monarch and the Chosen Athena.

These predators were shaken to their bone marrows. Unable to distinguish the truth, they were doomed by their fear as they escaped for their lives.

This series of skills allowed the escaping group of Great White Sharks to pick up their speed and escape faster.

The only problem was that they were on a time limit. The titanic battle between the Rabbit Monarch and the Chosen Athena already dealt too much damage, the ocean volcano was on the verge of an eruption.

Every predator could see this, and this made them more frenzied as some thought to escape for their lives first while the others succumbed to their greed and intensified their efforts to get to Sebastian.

Seeing this, Sebastian made a decision.

The situation was as clear as day, he was the one they were after, not the other Great White Sharks. 

If he left their cohesive formation, alone, he may not survive the onslaught but Sebastian hated the thought of dragging everyone down more.

Old Mak, the elders, and even the normal Great White Sharks already sacrificed enough for him, he felt too selfish to take advantage of them and not at least give anything in return.

All these thoughts were because of the pending volcanic eruption, but Sebastian had no choice, he took the plunge.

"Verni, Tosh, Strong…, I'll miss you all".

"Tungsten, take care of them on my behalf".

[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash!]

Sebastian did not wait for any feedback from the sharks, he resolutely detached himself from their formation and swam in an opposite direction.

He could hear his name being called but he did not look back, his mind was already set on his goal and there was no turning back for him.

Sebastian wore his familiar mask back. For one last time, he wanted to bloom even if it was for a short time like Old Mak and the shark elders. 

"Come at me!"

Once he changed direction, all the enemies changed direction after him and this was what Sebastian wanted as he exploded with speed.

Skill after skill was activated by him as he spammed his enemies with them. He inflicted injuries, and he killed even more as he continued his heroic lone charge through the army of predators.

Like he wanted and expected, his charge was just for a time because the volcano…, finally erupted.

Cracka! Cracka! BOOMMMMMMM!

[You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation!]

[You have created a magic manifestation: Tower Shield {×4}!]

[You have created a magic manifestation: Heavy Armor!]

[You have created a magic manifestation: Energy Shield Generator!]

[You have created a magic manifestation: Vibranium Armor!]

Like every other predator who was in the vicinity of the explosion, a glowing Sebastian was engulfed in the titanic power displayed by this volcanic eruption.