Chapter 438: Reuniting With Eliana.
After what felt like an adventure of a lifetime, Sebastian left Manapedia.
Sebastian left Manapedia feeling blessed and fortunate. In his opinion, if he entered Manapedia as a relatively plain Megalodon, he was returning as a changed and extremely well-fed and developed Megalodon.
Sebastian left Manapedia with a lot more knowledge about Oceania than he had learned in the past few months since he transmigrated into this world altogether.
Bzzz!
Immediately after Sebastian left Manapedia with his new companions, they found themselves back in the familiar red forest deep inside the flowing lava.
Nothing changed, this place still felt like your normal seamount where lava from a volcano was flowing through.
This was to the naïve man though, Sebastian and his teammates after experiencing it knew that this place was anything but simple.
Staying so deep inside flowing lava of such temperature without any shield active was dangerous, but one of the Great White Sharks had the fire magic domain and was the one who now protected the others.
Sebastian didn’t leave the lava immediately, he first scouted the area, marking it in a way where he would remember the exact coordinates even if an extremely long time passed from now.
This was not too necessary after he got his Mana I.D, but Sebastian still felt a need to do it since he couldn’t predict what would happen in the future.
Apart from marking the area, Sebastian tried to scout for any special magic gadget or magic formation that the Mana Lords used to connect their Manapedia to this part of the Ocean and also how they isolated it from the outside world.
Sebastian woefully failed in this test though, he discovered nothing.
With that, their quest here finally came to an end as Sebastian led his companions out of this lava-filled environment for good.
On swimming back up to the normal water environment, the first thing that Sebastian discovered was the extremely lower quality of mana.
His excitement instantly deflated. "Damn, I’m back here again!"
Compared to Manapedia, the mana in other parts of Oceania now felt so deficient to Sebastian that he was left speechless. He found it hard to believe that he was now suffering from perfectionist syndrome.
Being exposed to trash makes someone appreciate the masterpiece more, Sebastian felt this first-hand as the mana here now felt like trash to him.
To his credit though, he didn’t need to worry about this anymore. Now, he was a Megalodon that had access to unlimited mana.
"Goldie, give me some fuel".
"Caw!"
Instantly, Sebastian was invigorated as he felt mana being pumped into his magic organ, engulfing it and leaving him feeling cushy all over.
[You have activated skill: Supersonic Speed!]
Boom!
Sebastian erupted with speed as he led the way forward for the others.
Another Sebastian-organized speed test seemed to ensue as the other sharks struggled to keep up with the new Sebastian.
Sebastian instantly turned this speed test session into a way for him to test the real effects of having Goldie in his head. The effects were not bad..., that was underwhelming, the effects were f*cking amazing!
For the first time since transmigrating into Oceania and getting his Supersonic Speed skill, Sebastian managed to sustain its usage for a long time outside Manapedia and this was all due to his bonded Celestial Beast.
Sebastian was not just swimming randomly though; he led the sharks to a hidden location of the sea where a warship hibernated in stealth.
According to his bargain with Eliana, a warship of hers would be waiting for them here and in the case that he survived the encounter with the Mana Lords, he could come here to be picked up back to the 1st Den of Anatomy.
On noticing the sharks, the hibernating lights of the warship finally switched on as a hatch opened from below it.
Sebastian led his companions inside through this hatch.
On getting inside, Sebastian was exposed to the interior design of the warship that looked extremely similar to Eliana’s personal warship.
The leader of this warship was one of the Red tier predators who escorted Eliana, according to Eliana, this massive clownfish was called Alvin.
"Welcome back, Lord Sebastian".
"Umm, thanks..., Lord Alvin".
Once all the sharks finally entered the warship, Alvin notified Sebastian before he ordered the crew of the warship to take it away back to base.
After a long period of staying in Manapedia, where he at first felt under a lot of pressure and needed to watch his back with every move, and later evolved into a free staying predator who engaged in all 3 tests, Sebastian wanted to rest now.
In his opinion, he deserved rest after all his exploits in Manapedia.
Before he could sleep though, he felt his special communicator ringing aloud. Once Sebastian let his Atlantian body out, he discovered that the call was from Eliana. He sighed before answering it.
"Hi".
"Hi, how was the adventure?"
"You knew about the Mana Lord Induction ceremony from the onset, right?" Sebastian asked as he squinted his eyes, trying to peer into Eliana’s soul.
Eliana nonchalantly shrugged off his glare. "I asked a question first".
"Ugh". Sebastian threw his head in frustration before answering. "Well, you can say that it was extremely eventful, stressful, and fruitful also, I gained a lot, far more than I expected on entering".
"Wow, gist me".
"..." Sebastian was dumbfounded. "Right now?"
"Yeah, right now, do you have anything doing?"
"No, but through the comm?"
"Yeah, is there a problem with your comm?"
"...No, what I mean is that I’m tired, I wanted to rest first".
"Gist me!"
"..."
Sebastian wanted to argue adamantly with her, but on seeing the look in her eyes, he relented, throwing his hands up as he started narrating.
He only had to go 2 minutes in before he was engrossed.
"Damn, entering Manapedia is literally the best thing that has happened to me in months. You need to see how I was smashing records left and right".
"I just kept on going brrrrr, tearing everything apart".
"My performance was so astonishing that the rewards came brrrrr".
"I was the beast on the field, they were kids compared to me..."
"I took the first position in the strength test..."
"I am now so OP compared to the previous me".
"And, I told you, I got an alternative version of my own demon Kyuubi".
"Like damn, I feel so excited recalling it all".
"In the end, I got so many benefits that I can’t even begin to count".
"Entering Manapedia was really a hell of an adventure".
Eliana finally spoke after listening throughout. "Wow, that is exciting".
"I know".
"But, did I hear you say the origin law comprehension of your unique skill increased and now you can do more with your unique skills?"
"Yes".
"You turned Strong and Tungsten into stones?"
"Umm, yes, please where is this going?"
Eliana’s eyes glowed like stars. "Sebastian!"
"What?" Sebastian shuddered.
"Turn me into an Atlantian!"
