Ocean Master

The survivors of the war that almost destroyed the seamount savored the euphoria of victory for a few minutes before they finally calmed down. They didn't have the strength for a long fancy celebration, and besides, that was not their style.

Not only that, after the battle, they were exhausted both physically and mentally. To remedy that, they needed to feast and eat to their satisfaction before getting the much-needed rest to recover.

From the original 40+ Draconic Lizards that debuted in the battle, only 11 were left but these guys were far more different than how they were before.

It was like they were caterpillars before starting the battle, but now they had all the juices that they needed to evolve to become full butterflies.

The Skill and Adaptation points that they got from this battle alone would ensure that they grew far more powerful after spending it instinctively.

Unlike Sebastian who had a system and could do it manually, for them, they could only rely on their instincts to navigate through their adaptation options.

This was something that Sebastian already discovered after careful observation, all the way from his time with the Leroy lair to here.

For the Great White Sharks in the scene, the Draconic Lizards didn't disturb them as they all felt that they were with Sebastian.

And they were the luckiest in the whole battle, having not lost a single family member. With the powerful Old Mak and the healing Great White around, Verni and all the sharks survived.

Though Old Mak felt really curious about this new Great White Shark that his favorite student found, he also knew that eating right now was the priority as he was severely injured like the rest though they already started healing.

The Lizard Lord took the lead, and he went to the largest meat on the battlefield directly. He had a lot of things to say to the shark but talking should be kept aside for now because this was the time to eat.

Eating the meat of the enormous Octopus would not give any skill or adaptation points, but the magic adaptations already done on the body when it was alive were still beneficial after being eaten.

Besides, eating and assimilating the magic essence left in the body could heal their injuries, restoring both their health and mana points so why not dig in? 

The urge was only stronger when Sebastian knew that this octopus was a Red tier monster. Right now, it was time to dig in.

Unlike the other creatures who participated in the battle, though he felt better after staying in the mana-saturated region, his stamina was still exhausted.

He felt like a starving fragile old man who really needed to dig in immediately to replenish the exhausted reserves of his body.

[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]

[You have activated skill: Crushing Bite.]

[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]

Crunch!

Sebastian brought down his teeth and bit on the octopus, taking a large chunk of flesh with him from its soft body as he savored the taste with closed eyes.

"Gosh, this guy is super delicious!"

[Congratulations! You have eaten the meat of a predator high in the food chain: Devouring Octopus- Level 54. Basic Profile information of the Devouring Octopus has been unlocked.]

"Big bro, eating?"

Without even looking, Sebastian already knew who was asking as he blasted out with his electroreceptors to find the excited Great White Shark thrashing towards him with the excitement of a little kid who just found pizza.

"Yeah, dig in". Sebastian encouraged with a big sharky grin. "I bet you don't want to miss the abundant calories and magic essence saturating this meat".

With encouragement from his big bro done and knowing that his Master would always agree to him eating food, Verni excitedly bit down on the soft tantalizing flesh left by the octopus.

Crunch!

From all sides, every party on the battlefield started feeding on the enormous octopus as the meat left by it became their dessert for the day to fill their exhausted reserves.

The only problem for some parties was that some essential parts of the monster meat were gone. The disappearance of the octopus's weapon could be waived away, but definitely not this.

"Where's the magic core?" The Lizard Lord voiced out his complaint.

"Magic core?" Most creatures that were participants in the feast turned to look at this alpha Lizard with confused expressions on their faces. Clearly, they didn't know about this term yet. 

The Lizard Lord didn't pay attention to them though, he paid attention to 3 people on the battlefield who his guts told that they knew about what he meant- Old Mak, Sebastian, and Tungsten.

"Magic core?" Sebastian also asked in a confused manner on feeling the Lizard's gaze on him to show his innocence before he was suspected further.

On hearing what he said, both Old Mak and Tungsten stiffened, even the Lizard Lord as they all gave him a suspicious scrutinizing look.

In the end, there was nothing that they could do so they simply forgot it and attributed it with the specialness of Octumpedam.

A few minutes later as they ate, they finally saw the hole under the enormous Octopus's body. Seeing no predator, the other Draconic Lizards and sharks became relaxed but their leaders didn't feel the same way.

Seeing the serious predatory look on the 2 alphas faces, Sebastian knew that this was his time to act and explain everything and that's what he did.

"This was where I discovered after hiding under the Octopus".

Feeling the 2 alpha's gaze rest on him, he did not hesitate to explain everything that he encountered, including how he killed the octopus's soul, but of course, he excluded some confidential details.

Details like how he got the magic core, and other loot, also any detail that may point to the existence of his system was omitted.

He still didn't know how intelligent these 2 alphas were though he already concluded that they had human intelligence. What he didn't know was if their intelligence was at the smarter side or dumber side.

After hearing everything that he said, Old Mak and the Lizard Lord fell silent while watching the rainbow-like convergence of magic power.

A few seconds later, Old Mak commented. "Atlantians!"

As he commented, he sighed inwardly. Just from the set-up before him, he was pretty sure that the suppression was the only reason why they could defeat Octumpedam.

As for entering the hole, neither he nor the Lizard Lord was ready to die yet. Curiosity kills the cat, though they didn't know this sentence from the wise, they knew the concept.

Despite the enormous meat left by the Devouring Octopus, after 30 minutes, it was erased from the face of Oceania by the hungry sharks and lizards.

Now, it was time to go for Old Mak. The device used by Tungsten and the other sharks to summon him had a duration, and now the time was up.

"Sebastian, right? I hope to meet you soon to have a nice chat".

"Yeah…, yes, leader". Sebastian replied while spreading his teeth wide to express friendliness.

After getting his confirmation, Old Mak nodded slightly as a suction force from the huge teleportation portal suddenly started pulling him and the healer shark towards it.

They didn't resist it, they went with the flow and soon disappeared with the portal then everything went back to normal again.

As soon as they left, Sebastian turned and bit on another meat.

[Congratulations! You have eaten the meat of a predator high in the food chain: Mammoth Crocodile- Level 29.. Basic Profile information of the Mammoth Crocodile has been unlocked.]