My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 217 Dark Fang, Countdown, Blank Gift (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
In the early hours of August 1st, the legendary whale stirred.

It started thousands of meters from the seabed, slowly rising upwards, its massive body swimming in the dark, lightless deep ocean, and soon after, it crashed into and shattered the reflection of the moon on the surface of the sea.

The moment they reached the surface of the sea, moonlight pierced through the almost transparent whale skin, illuminating the sky above the miniature garden, and the rushing sound of the waves enveloped the entire world.

On a rooftop of the floating castle, Agubaru raised his head from inside the crystal ball, silently gazing up at the night sky. The moonlight made the whale's belly glow, and the world seemed like a luminous glass ball.

A school of reddish-brown flying fish, like the sunset, drifted slowly across the sky, dropping a piece of foam that hit the glass of the crystal ball with a "plop plop" sound.

It knew in its heart that this would be the last time it saw this view, not because it was about to leave its home and fly far away, but because... it was about to swallow this whale whole.

Yagubaru stuck out his tongue and licked his sharp teeth with a slurping sound.

While it was lost in thought, a black and blue notification popped up in front of it.

[Main Quest 2 (Phase Two) Completed: Protect Prince Caesar from assassination attempts by the First and Second Princes, ensuring his survival until August 1st.]

[Quest rewards obtained: 1 attribute points, 1 skill points, 1 split points.]

Main Quest 2 has been updated to the "Final Stage": Defeat the "Royal Court Team" and leave the Little Garden with the Third Prince "Caesar". (Quest Rewards: 2 Attribute Points, 2 Skill Points, 2 Split Points)

Yagubaru flicked its round tail, patted the panel, silently brought up its personal panel, and quickly allocated the little attribute it had gained.

The "Strength" attribute of Unit 3 "Aguru" has changed: D+ level → D++ level (↑1 point)

Then, it brought up the skill tree of the third unit.

Branch 1 (Emperor): Dark Fang (To be learned) (Requires 1 skill point to learn) → Unknown...

Branch Two (Sea): Undercurrents (Learned) → Tsunami (To be learned) (3 skill points) (Branch End)

"This is really a long time coming. I never thought that a good-for-nothing would need to develop skills," it muttered to itself.

[1 skill point consumed, successfully learning the "Emperor" branch skill - "Dark Fang" (After activation, your teeth are temporarily imbued with elemental annihilation power, causing wounds to enemies that can never be healed).]

“Oh…” Agubaru raised an eyebrow. “So, this skill can be used to counter opponents with strong regenerative abilities. As long as you use ‘Dark Fang’ to create wounds that cannot heal, no matter how strong their self-regenerative abilities are, it won’t work.”

The next skill for the "Emperor" branch, "Death Dorsal Fin," is now available for learning.

[You have reached the end of the "Emperor" branch of the skill tree.]

"Really, each branch only has two skills?" The little shark rested its fin on its chin. "Could it be that Shark Shark is a Whirlpool Shark Man who can conquer the world with just one Rasengan?"

After adding the skill, it activated "Dark Fang," raised its head with a set of small, blackened fangs, and said with innocent, clear eyes:
"Li Qingping, let me take a bite."

"what?"

Li Qingping, who was sitting on the fence with his eyes closed, opened them and turned to look at it.

“Let Shark try out the new move,” Yagubaru said, his face suddenly turning cold, his eyes sharp as if a veteran of the battlefield were smoking a cigar.

"Go find a piece of iron and gnaw on it yourself."

Ababaru suddenly fell silent. It soon discovered that even the seawater evaporated rapidly upon touching its "Dark Fang."

This shows how terrifying this move is, but the problem is that "Dark Fang" only lasts for five seconds, and its row of small black teeth quickly turns white.

“Speaking of which… in a few hours, the legendary whale will land in Norway,” Agubaru said. “I didn’t expect that at this point, Caesar would be sleeping so soundly, without any sense of crisis. Is this what they mean by the duality of a corrupted elementary school student?”

It sheathed its dark fangs, turned its head, and silently looked at the white-haired, blue-eyed boy in the bedroom. He lay exhausted on the bed, his sleeping expression slightly strained.

“He’s just a kid,” Li Qingping said. “You’ve corrupted him.”

“How did I corrupt him?” Agubaru said. “Isn’t it your doing that’s more to blame?”

“Actually, it’s pretty good,” Li Qingping shrugged. “I watched him grow up and always hoped that he could be more assertive and aggressive so that he wouldn’t be suppressed by his two older brothers. Now all of this has come so suddenly, it’s already good that he hasn’t broken down.”

"Hey, stop talking about others. What are you planning to do next?" Agubaru said. "After Shark eats this giant whale, everyone will have to leave the Little Garden. Are you going to stay by Caesar's side after that?"

Li Qingping sat on the rooftop railing, looking down at the night sky, and shook his head.

"No... Now that the Little Garden world has been destroyed, no one will be chasing after Caesar anymore. I should go back to school and attend classes as usual."

“What’s so fun about going to school?” Yagubaru said. “Shark never went to school, but he’s still very knowledgeable. His belly is full of ink, even if it’s ink sprayed out by a squid.”

"The fun part is... having friends with you."

“What friend could be more interesting than a shark?” Yagubaru said. “Why don’t you become a shark’s henchman, brave the ocean world with the shark, and write a book called ‘Tens of Thousands of Leagues Under the Sea: The Shark’s Golden Culinary Journey’ later.”

"Come to think of it, I sometimes feel that your tone and manner of speaking are a bit like my friend's," Li Qingping said casually. "And then I find it quite funny, as if my repressed friend suddenly went crazy in front of me."

"What? It's actually stand-in literature?" The little shark lowered its face, narrowed its eyes, and pointed at him with a fin. "I'm warning you, Shark is Shark! Shark is unique, unlike any of your friends."

Li Qingping sighed and said, "But you two are just a bit alike, I don't know how to put it..."

“Shark is the aristocrat of sharks, what kind of inferior creature is your friend?” Yagubaru shook his head. “In front of Shark, he is just an insect, a big fluttering moth.”

"I'll let him meet you sometime in the future. His tongue is much sharper than mine, so you'd better watch out."

"Does he know you're the Messenger of Wonders?"

"I don't know yet." Li Qingping shook his head. "But I'll tell him about these things when I get back to China. Anyway, the Whale Garden will be destroyed by then, so there's no need for me to keep the secret anymore."

"oh oh."

Yagubalu nodded, thinking to himself, "Perfect. I'll have Unit One tell you he's actually Black Chrysalis, and we'll see who's more shocked when we reveal our identities to each other."

Once Gu Wenyu reveals his true identity to Li Qingping, the corresponding main quest can proceed freely. After all, Li Qingping is different from his family and won't restrict his behavior. At most, he might complain about how Gu Wenyu suddenly became so repressed after putting on the mask.

"Li Qingping, aren't you curious about why Shark knows so much about the human world?"

"Racial talent?"

“That’s not the case…” The little shark raised a fin and shook its head. “I’ll tell you later.”

"By the way, I have to take a monthly exam when I go back to school in a month," Li Qingping said. "I haven't had any study materials for almost a month. Could you help me out then?"

"How can I help you?" "You can hide in the drawer, flip through your textbook, and read the answers to me."

"Do you have anything to eat?"

"The food in the human world is so much more plentiful and diverse, unlike the Little Garden where there isn't even rice, only seafood and alcohol. I don't even have the desire to eat here, and I just eat hastily every day."

"That's great. You give me food, and I'll help you with chores."

"make a deal?"

"make a deal."

“I can also take you to see fireworks and eat some rice cakes. Every year during the Spring Festival, Lijing is bustling with activity, with people dressed as the Nian monster and others setting off firecrackers. At the beginning of this year, Gu Wenyu and I sat on the beach watching fireworks, drinking beverages and chatting. After leaving this whale's belly, I realized how vast the world is. I think you can also leave the seabed and see for yourself.”

"Shark doesn't watch fireworks, Shark only wants food."

"big eater."

"Trash fish."

Li Qingping was silent for a moment: "If I die tomorrow, could you please pass on a message to my friend?"

"Oh?" Yaguba Lu pressed against the glass, staring at each other. "If you say it out loud, the shark will see that you are already doomed." It stretched out its fin. "Feed the shark fifty fragments of strange tales, and the shark will help you defy fate."

“I’m serious…” Li Qingping said, “If I die, Caesar will most likely not be able to escape either. But you’re different. You’re a shark. If all else fails, you can hide in the sea, and the Royal Court team won’t be able to find you.”

Yagubaru nodded: "That's true. Let alone the outer ocean, even if the sharks were hiding in the whale's miniature garden, they probably wouldn't be able to find me."

"So, could you do me a favor?"

"Why don't you go and tell them yourself after you survive? It's not like you're entrusting your affairs to someone after you die," Agubaru said dismissively. "So what message do you want me to deliver, and which friend should I tell them to?"

“I only have one friend, he lives in apartment 1501 in Guyimai Community, his name is Gu Wenyu… If you find him, tell him this is a gift I gave him.”

As Li Qingping spoke, he summoned the Strange Tales Compendium, lowered his eyes, and pulled out a strange card from it.

Upon closer inspection, the card was completely blank on both sides, just like a thinned-out white brick.

"What the hell?" Yagubaru squinted. "Even if you offered it to Shark for free, it wouldn't take it. It doesn't look appetizing at all, it's like plain water."

"You good-for-nothing, I'm not your food."

"Then what is this?"

"This is a fragment that I created myself over some time. It's a kind of extraordinary fragment that ordinary people can use."

Yagubaru asked suspiciously, "Strange tale fragments that ordinary people can use?"

Li Qingping nodded. "When I was a child, I thought that I would research and develop many fragments that ordinary people could use, instead of only being able to use them if they were 'Wonderful Envoys'. That way, there would be no distinction between high and low among people. I have been researching this whenever I have free time these past few years."

"Then the fragments you created are even lower in level than common-level rare fragments?"

“It’s pretty basic. The main problem is that I haven’t mastered the technology yet, and no one would support my research on this.” Li Qingping shrugged. “The people of the Box Garden all believe that Strange Tales Envoys are superior, and only Strange Tales Envoys are worthy of using Strange Tales Fragments, so my research is utterly foolish to them.”

"Alright then, give it to me."

Agubaru manipulated the dark water flow to open the lid and poked his head out of the crystal ball's opening.

"Don't eat it."

"It's just stored inside my stomach. I can spit it out anytime you ask me for it."

"Are you sure it won't be digested?"

"will not."

Li Qingping hesitated for two seconds, then shrugged and tossed the fragment of the strange tale toward Agubaru.

Agubaru opened his mouth, swallowed the fragment whole, and stored it in another part of his stomach to ensure that it wouldn't be digested by stomach fluids and could be vomited up at any time.

"Then you have to do me a favor too." It raised its head and stared intently at Li Qingping.

"What's the deal?"

"Help Shark rescue a good friend named 'Ji Minghuan,' who's trapped in a strange place." The little shark was on the verge of tears, wiping them away with its fins. "He's Shark's only friend. Without him, Shark would have been dried fish long ago."

"sure."

"Really?"

“Really.” Li Qingping smiled. “But the prerequisite is that we have to be able to escape from this hellhole first.”

Yagubaru nodded.

The roar of the ocean waves grew louder and louder, almost engulfing the entire world. Unbeknownst to many, the night sky of the Whale Garden had already been replaced by a blood-red twilight.

Time passed quietly. Two hours before the legendary whale landed, Li Qingping woke Caesar ahead of schedule and told him that the operation was about to begin. Caesar opened his eyes and nodded.

This could very well be the last twilight of the miniature world. In about half an hour, the legendary whale "Chicanao" will land at the port of Bergen, Norway.

Meanwhile, it was exactly midnight on August 1st in Norway, and the twelve members of the White Raven Brigade had been waiting at the Bryggen dock for a long time.

Caesar tied his white hair into a ponytail and let it hang down his back, ready to go.

He took a deep breath and whispered, "I'm ready."

Li Qingping glanced at him and said, "When I was in high school, I also liked to wear braids, to be unconventional... but I was prone to getting pulled aside for a heart-to-heart talk by the grade leaders."

“I’ll copy you,” Caesar smiled. “It looks good this way.”

The little shark in the crystal ball grinned, revealing a row of tiny sharp teeth: "Let's go, let's go cause some trouble with Shark."

　There will be another update at midnight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)