Ocean Master

"What?" This exclamative word repeatedly echoed in Sebastian's mind.

The significance of the word that the old toad just mentioned was so important and personal to him that Sebastian was left dumbfounded, confused, before finally turning to panic.

How did he know? Is my identity already exposed? Is this the effect of some skill? Sebastian's mind was filled with suspicion and panic as chaotic ideas upon ideas to rationalize the old toad's words kept on bombarding his mind.

Since he transmigrated to this world, this was the first time that someone called him by this term. As something that his system set as a goal for him, he was especially sensitive to it.

He already regarded it as one of his greatest secrets, so now that it seemed like it was exposed, he fell into panic.

Throughout his inner struggle, the old toad remained silent and at the same position, a position like it was prostrating before Sebastian.

Seeing the old toad again, Sebastian was, even more, dumbfounded all of a sudden. Why was he panicking?

The old toad referred to him as the Ocean Master, but did that make him the ocean master? No. his system's goal for him was to become an ocean master, but now he was still some nameless shark. 

In other words, he was panicking for nothing.

After deducing this, Sebastian calmed down.

Inwardly, he knew that his calming down was temporary. He was not the ocean master, but this old toad calling him that meant something. He had to get to the bottom of this.

"What do you mean?" Sebastian tried to make his tone as normal as possible.

"I'm sorry for looking straight at your exalted face since, please can I raise my head and answer appropriately?" To Sebastian's astonishment, this was the old toad's reply to his question in all sincerity.

"Umm, yes you can".

Hearing that, the old toad finally raised his head. The previous arrogant toady expression on his face was already gone, all that was left was respect, awe, excitement, and relief.

"You don't have to hide it again; your secret is safe with me".

"…"

"I was not sure of your identity during our first encounter, but after spending so much time with you, I'm now sure of my deduction".

"Of course, you are not strong enough to be the ocean master, but I'm pretty sure that you're the origin son. You already inherited the greatest unique skills of all, the legendary Water Transmutation". 

"According to my master, this also means that you already inherited the will disc of the myth sages".

"I already made an oath to swear allegiance to the origin son if I am fated to meet him during my lifetime. Please, command me".

"…"

Throughout this session, Sebastian was as silent as a dead fish. On one hand, he was astonished at the accurate words of this toad that seemed to be poking at his soul, while on the other hand, he was thinking rapidly.

In the end, all the thoughts in Sebastian's head culminated into 3 questions.

"Who are you?"

"Who is your master?"

"What do you know of me?"

"My name is Tonado".

The old toad's face became reverent and respectful. "My master's name is the Black Healer".

"Talking of what I know about you, I know some things about you…"

…

30 minutes later, Sebastian's face finally showed a look of understanding. After knowing the truth, he was even more dumbfounded.

"What are the odds of this encounter?"

According to the old toad, he was called Tonado and his master was a black tier powerhouse called the Black Healer, also a toad but who had the bloodline of the ancient Poison Dragon.

The old toad recognized Sebastian's identity through his unique skill. Due to their hunt for the Origin Fish the previous time, he could not recognize it on time, but in captivity, after his brain calmed down, he finally realized.

According to the toad, he met his master over a century ago.

Then, he was still just a normal toad who was not even a white tier predator yet. He encountered the much bigger toad when he swam out of his hiding hole on a fateful day.

This big toad was severely injured and seemed to be dying.

The then small Tonado was scared. His primordial instincts told him to escape from such a disaster and preserve his life, he almost did, but in the end, his naïve heart then could not bear with leaving a creature of the same species to die.

After a fierce inner struggle, he decided to help.

He tried dragging the bigger toad away to safety, back to his hole but he was too small and was not strong enough. Despite this, he did not give up, continuing with this for minutes before someone else barged in.

This new intruder was the bigger toad's enemy. And surprisingly, this enemy was simply a white-tier mutated Spike Lizard.

The intruder was just a white tier predator, but to Tonado then was a powerful enemy. The lizard did not give him time to react, attacking immediately, and Tonado foolishly decided to protect the bigger toad to the death with his life.

The battle intensity increased so much that he was drenched in blood shortly after. When it seemed concluded that he would die, the dying bigger toad suddenly let out a loud cheeky laughter and intervened.

He healed Tonado's injuries, he also healed the lizard's injuries before letting him escape. Then, he turned to face Tonado.

"Lad, you're a good toad. You have an annoying cowardly nature but it doesn't matter, I guess you can shoulder this opportunity and responsibility. From today, you're my student".

"From today, you're part of the sage's hands".

"From today, you're the origin son's envoy".

"Stay on the lookout for him, and help him. That is my only mission for you".

Then, this toad who called himself the Black Healer gave Tonado a complete magic inheritance that could help him evolve to the purple tier realm.

That was the only interaction that he had with his master since then.

Before his master left, he left some words behind for him.

"If for some strange reason, you grow through your cowardliness and you get powerful enough and know some significant secrets about the myth realm; when you choose, choose the Divine Healing Water Fairy".

"Also, always remember this, the greatest enemy to our cause is…"

"The Ancient Cthulu!"