[Hunting from above]

Obsi woke up to Karka shuffling around. Giving her a head pat and stretching he went out.

So today... Hunt? Yeah, we already came up with a strategy and have a good call sign for when to attack. Now all we need is a good prey. The I'm-definitely-a-tree predator is a good target. Finding them is also easy, just swim around and they pop up. Although hunting too many of them will probably alert the big one... I guess we will hunt the small fish and snipe any tree predators we find.

Discussing the idea with Karka was helpful as she pointed out an incredible tactic.

'what if we hunted near another predator groups ground and killed the tree predator fishys?'

'that's an excellent idea!' giving Karka a head pat Obsi expanded on that idea, 'we can also hunt the predators of the other territory that way too! It's basically a free feeding ground.'

As they cheerfully continued chatting they swam up and started looking around for a suitable place to execute their strategy at.

It had taken 3 hours to find a suitable target. Mainly because the tree predator fishy's hunting ground was huge and they had to confirm if there was another predator groups territory next to it.

The suitable group they found was a thin and aerodynamic fish with a jutting horn in front. They were quite fast but lacked maneuverabillity and sight, only seeing what's Infront of them. This resulted in them being pack hunters and more than an easy target. I guess anything is an easy target to a dragon, especially one that can liberate you of all your blood in seconds.

As Obsi and Karka began their hunt Obsi made a mental note to try and remember the tree predator species name.

They had hunted for seven hours straight, eating as much as possible. There were so many fish around it was simply impossible to stop, especially if you can move quick, eat as you kill and kill a lot. They both were stuffed and had gained a new level.

YOU KILLED A LEVEL 6 'FAT TUNA FAUNA'! YOU KILLED A LEVEL 5 'WEAK SWORD FISH'!

+1 LEVEL!

+7 STRENGTH

+9 AGILITY

+4 VITALITY

+3 ENDURANCE

+3 INTELLIGENCE

+3 WISDOM

+2 WILL

Soo... Fat Tuna. Also I forgot that I get so many stats per level. Also Karka is probably close to another level. Also we need a bigger cave. Also also also also....

As they returned from their hunting trip Obsi explained to Karka the need to expand the cave. It was obvious that she wasn't thrilled about it but a simple explanation of how they could get stuck and die made her dig vigorously.

An hour passed before Obsi and Karka finish their cave expansion. It now was 17 meters across and 5 high, giving them ample room to move and grow. Obsi was certain they would grow a lot after their little outing.

Obsi and Karka continued to chat untill sleep finally came to them. As Obsi began to start dreaming he felt Karka once again settling down next to him.

Waking up again was an atrocious activity. To his and Karka's surprise they had both grown 2 meters longer being 11 meters and 10 meters respectively. They had also grown taller, Obsi was now 2 meters high and Karka was 1 and a half high.

This growth spurt had surprised Karka a lot. 'what happened?! We never grew this much!'

Obsi on the other hand had his suspicions as to why it was the case. 'it might be related to us not growing a lot durning our trek here.'

'ah, that does make sense...'

As Karka calmed down they talked about random stuff again as they made their way back to the hunting grounds. One topic that came up was how their bodies work.

'we don't really work like the other fish. I mean, you saw it too that the horde of isopods left behind so much shit it created an entire ecosystem. Yet we don't do anything like that, so that begs the question, where does all that blood go to?' Obsi mused.

'I don't know, whenever I eat I feel like I'm getting more whole, like as if I lost a finger or something and after eating it grew back...'

'well we do have an ability to regain our health from others if we eat their blood. Maybe we take their blood and make it ours? In the sense that it changes and becomes identical to our blood.'

'what if we some day suddenly excrete all the blood as shit?'

'that's disgusting Karka and I fear you might be completely right...'

'welp I don't feel like eating anymore.'

'oh look a fat tuna.'

'where!?'

'see you can still eat!'

'...meanie...'

Obsi and Karka continued to talk about random stuff as they reached the hunting grounds again. This time Obsi noted the far more numerous fat Tuna and bigger but less numerous groups of sword fish.

Karka had also taken note of it and mentioned it which earned her praise form Obsi and a head pat.

As they closed in on the biggest group of Sword fish around Obsi activated his title. His and Karka's tried and trusted method of scaring the shit out of their enemies and slaughtering them worked like a charm against big groups.

Finishing up the sword fish group they quickly ate and moved on. This time they went to the fat Tuna. Obsi and Karka split up, both going out and hunting at least 3 of the fish and wait for the other to hunt 3 as well as they had agreed, although both knew the other hunted more than 3 so they just kept going until their paths crossed.

Finishing up on the Tuna side they went on to hunt the small fish around since they were a delicious one bite snack.

They finished their hunt earlier than the last time, even then they only stopped after 4 hours simply because Obsi didn't want it to become too obvious it was their doing. They're fish, how smart can they be, although even they are smarter than to leave us unchecked.

Heading back they once again talked about random stuff and expanding their cave. When they reached said cave they got to work making it larger once again, which mostly consisted of making the cave taller since Karka didn't want to stop entangling her tail with Obsi's even after he explained what could happen to them.

'are you sure you don't want to stop entangling you tail with mine?' Obsi questioned Karka.

'of course not! Sleeping in the same cave would be pointless otherwise!'

I guess that answers it...

Once more settling down after digging Obsi quickly noticed Karka not only entangling her tail with his but also snuggling up to him.

Haaa, am I seriously falling for a fish? I guess I'll have to be the judge of my own moral compass soon.

Contemplating the morality of fucking an intelligent fish and if there even was a way to fuck a monstrous leech turned dragon Obsi slowly fell asleep with a headache, being sure that he will wake up with a headache as well.

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I do not fuck fishes...

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