Volume 1 - CH 7

Chapter 1-7 In The Stomach

It's dark. It should be around dawn, but the place I am now is pitch black.

At night, I could see the scenery around, but now I couldn't even see any scenery.

And this dark space was melting my body.

Gyaaaaaaaaaah!

Gotta go! Even if it said this race's scales are hard, this is impossible! Don't fish with meeeee!!!!!

Why did this happen ... It goes back a few moment ago.



―A Few Moments Ago―

Maletanago …… where are they. I thought they still there because it was quite crowded, but it seems I quite mistaken? I didn't find it  difficult to find a flock of fish.

From that point on, I was heading toward the upper stream that reaches the river, turning my body according to the water flow. Of course, I also want experience points, so I'm proceeding while searching for Maletanago, but I can't find any enemy that seems to be my prey.

My current LV is 7. I'm steadily raising the LV with the help of plankton, but it's still inefficient.

Even if I stay here, I'm quite free, so I'll move from here ...

I feel that there are few fish in this river. dunno if this is river or not ?

Bashashashasha!

Oh! ?? I heard the sound of fish splashing the water surface! Its pretty close! ...... Over there!

With that in mind, the moment I tried to head in the direction of the sound, a horde of maletanago rushed towards me.

How many are they? around 200? My eyes are full of maletanago and I can't see anything in front of me.

I couldn't cope with the sudden situation, and I couldn't prey on any of them because it's kinda a chaotic situation.

What the flying fish! ??

I didn't recieve any damage.

Maletanago just passed by me, and I could only look stunned at their back.

But what happened to these maletanago? I was a little impressed that they was trying to escape from something.

Looking back on the direction in which Maletanago came.

The Fu-fish?!

There was a rainbow trout-like fish in front of me, which was about 10 times larger than my size.

For the first time, I was surprised to see a creature bigger than myself, and the rainbow trout was suddenly open it's mouth and try to prey on me, and I couldn't escape.

Om nom- chomp.

Surprisingly, my body muscles were atrophied, so I couldn't cope with the situatian in the moment, and I was easily eaten by it.

It was poured with water, but the water went somewhere and only I went through the esophagus.

so. I was in this rainbow trout's stomach right now.



-Present Time In The Stomach-

I was impatient with the feeling that the scales on my right side were melting, but I was wondering if I could escape.

Damn it! Am I gonna die in this kind of place? It's the second day since I reincarnated! Heavenly voice, isn't my fate seems too hars?

Ah, the Maletanago! Ye shoould tell meh! I'm gonna swim away if I knew this guy was coming!

I try to move my body while cursing, but the rainbow trout's stomach is surprisingly small and I can't go wild that much.

Fortunately, it's still going to take some time to digest. However, I can't just relax yet.

Let's check the skills that can be used now.

[Luminous] cannot be used because there is no light. Rejected.

[Big Eater], there is no prey smaller than me. Rejected.

[Partial Body Strengthening (sharp)], this is the only one. I thought, but I can't expect any effect because I can't move that much in this condition.

But I have to do it with this! The only thing that can be moved is my head and tail ... I can only move the tail sideways! Hey ... this place is getting hard to breath! ??

As I was searching for an escape method, I noticed that it was getting harder and harder too breath.

That should be it. Even though I don't have enough water to take in oxygen, this is in this guy stomach. Rainbow trout cannot send oxygen into the stomach.

There is no problem yet, but the damage was steadily accumulating on the body.

HP is gradually scraped for the proof.

This is bad ... I tried to activate it on my tail for the time being, but the range that can be moved is too small ....

It's just that! Good shit! ?? Did my scales break already! ??

It's dark and I'm not sure, but it seems that my scales melted with it's stomach acid and reached my muscle.

Immediately lift the body with my head and tail and turn it over. It didn't go well, but I managed to reverse it in the third try.

The scales on the left side of the body are still safe, so I should have some moore time.

Hmm ... Hmm ... Think! Think me! There must be something ...

In addition, I'm on the safe side for a while, so I can think calmly.

However, I can't think of any ideas like this.

During that time, stomach acid was rampant, and the scales on the left side of my body became a little hot. It seems like the scales won't hold it anymore.

The impatience is gradually increasing.

At that time, I remembered the first time I fought against Maletanago.

…………Hmm? Speaking of which, that Maletanago ... When I first met him, his fangs were sharp! Hold a fricking second! Did they use their skills not only for their tails and fins but also for their fangs!

What I can do is ... If I can use [Partial Body Strengthening (sharp)] on my fangs ... I think the power of the big eater will increase! ?? It doesn't have to be around my size only! If I use it as a means of attack, it should be a sufficient weapon!

I don't have time. If this plan fail, I will definitely be the food for this rainbow trout.

I hurriedly use [Partial Body Strengthening (sharp)] for my fangs and use [Big Eater] to open my mouth.

Then, without worrying about the stomach acid at all, my face is turned down and it clings to the stomach.

The sharp, slightly longer fangs grabbed it's stomach easily. After that, close my mouth with the power of my enlarged jaws.

The fangs tore the stomach and damaged the internal organs that were outside this space.

My aim is the "belly" part that goes directly below the stomach. This is how I'll go through the boneless areas while clinging to them.

The sharp fangs and the power of the jaws of the big eater can dig through the meat as if digging the soil.

The rainbow trout seems to be terribly rampaging, unable to withstand the attack, but I don't care.

Dig down, down, down anyway.

(Onee-san : this part make me sing Dig Down by Muse)

Uhuaaaah!

When I got stuck 11 times in total, the light came into my eyes.

Bite again and widen the escape exit. The escape exit was narrow, but I managed to crawl out by twisting myself.

I came out in a bright place and noticed that my tail fin was gone.

Perhaps it was melted when I'm inside that trout.

All the other fins seem to have melted away, and my scales are not visible, but I can reassure that most of it heavely damaged.

When I saw the rainbow trout that ate me, it was dying with it's belly facing up.

Apparently, I destroyed it's air bag in the belly, and it sank to the bottom of the river without rising.

Haaa *gasp.... Haaa *gasp....haaa *gasp Eh- oh yeah! Well ... I'm forget that I can't swim normaly without all of my fins! Haaaah ... ha, I don't think this is going to be this exhausting.

[You have gained experience points. LV is now MAX. Evolution is possible. Display the current status]

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Race: Bluefish (small adult)

LV: 20/20

HP: 12/124

MP: 90/180

Attack power: 54

Defense: 90

Magical power: 34

Agility: 39

-Special skills-

[Voice of Heaven] [Rare Species Benefits]

-Skill-

[Big Eater] [Luminous] [Partial Body Strengthening (sharp)]

-Resistance-

[Dazzle]

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Haah! ?? Seriously! ?? Was I a superior creature or what ...? I only eat that much, but ... how much is the experience point when predating?

[Experience points are given from the opponent's meat. The more meat you eat, the more experience you get.]

Whoa! Thank you for the explanation, Mr. Heaven's voice. Um ... This is that isn't it. Does it mean that I can earn more experience points if I can eat all of this? Experience points are also accumulated in a part of the meat! I didn't know because I had eaten my prey in one bite until now.

Look at my HP screw that! I'm almost dead!

Oh, I forgot ... It's hard to move with this body ... Let's evolve for the time being.

I wonder if my tail will come back when I evolves ... I hope it will come back ...

Heavenly voice! Please!

[Will you evolve?]

Yes!

[Choose your evolution path]

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―Evolution path―

>Bluefish (adult size)<

>Ame(rain) Bass<

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Oooh look! A new variant has appeared! Wooohoo! !! It ’s a Ame-bass, isn’t it? It's sounds cool!

Um? Ame-bass? Is this all right? I feel like my skills going to be strong!

Oh, when I grows aside from a bluefish path, the 'Adult Size' path is going to be skipped.

I'm excited about the new race, but the evolution path I chose is already a solid decision.

For the time being, I'm gonna evolved into a Bluefish (Adult Size)!