Once the battle between these eternal rivals started, there was no stopping it anymore as it became heated immediately.

  Tu! Tu! Tu! Tu!

  Ranged mechs unleashed their kinetic-empowered loads from a distance as powerful booming sounds of explosive force devoured the battlefield. Those with energy weapons kept an even greater distance before unleashing their loads.

  While the clownfish mechs wreaked havoc, the snakes were not left out as those with unconventional adaptations like arms aimed their ranged weapons and also unleashed hell back at the enemies.

  The water separating the 2 opposing armies became muddled, turning red from all the interference, kinetic force, and energy interacting within it.

  The snakes did not come with any shuttle or warship. It was clear that they already settled under the rocks long ago, everything that they needed to unleash their full battle potential was in place so they needed no support.

  This meant that their situation was more stable compared to the clownfish, but it also left them susceptible to the rampage of the clownfish warship.

  Though this warship was like a baby chick compared to the Dragon-grade warships of the Atlantians that Sebastian encountered over 2 months ago, against the snakes, it was still a formidable opponent.

  Boom!

  Every strike from the warship's main cannon sent rippling shockwaves through the water, obliterating anything and everything that obstructed its path as it set the first line of blood through the ranks of the deadly snakes.

  Countermeasures that were already prepared were hastily executed by the snakes in a bid to lower the destructive potential of the warship.

  While the snakes did this, the ranged mechs of the clownfish did the opposite as they unleashed all their power to suppress the enemies and to allow their champion warship to continue its dominating run.

  This exchange of fire, the explosions that followed, and the lives that were taken presented the ranged battle in the fiercest of lights but everyone who had encountered a battle of this scale knew that the melee battle was the real deal.

  All the ranged firepower, shelling, and suppression were all preparations for the massive melee showdown that was about to take place between both sides.

  The snakes could feel it drawing closer and they prepared for it, the clownfish felt no different as they also prepared for it.

  13 seconds of continued ranged shelling later, the melee force of both sides collided in the most epic battle visual impact ever as the light of the collision itself seemed to be refracted through all mediums.

  BOOM!

  The battlefield shook, the rocks underneath cracked before breaking down from the pressure, soldiers from both sides died from the initial collision force but those who withstood the impact started the real melee battle.

  Crunch!

  A massive Python attacked first as its terrifying rows of teeth dug into the metallic components of the opposing melee mech, allowing the deadly venom in them to invade as the mech literally started melting from within.

  A Boa Constrictor took the mantle of leadership as its enormous body stretched, seeming to turn to a spring as it threw itself at the clownfish mechs, tying them all up before squeezing with the force of thousands of Newtons.

  A massive Cobra, unlike its 2 predecessors did not mindlessly charge towards the clownfish mechs. While maintaining a brief distance between them, this Cobra opened its enormous mouth, revealing its deadly teeth, and sprayed.

  Sizzle!

  A cloud of purple venom sprayed out from the Cobra's teeth as they swept forward through the water like a curse cloud.

  Any mech that came into contact with this purple venom cloud instantly started showing surface melts. Not only this, the purple cloud managed to invade small openings inside the mechs to kill their clownfish pilots directly.

  The lethal snakes dealt the first bite, but the rabid clownfish dealt a fierce retaliatory punch to send their battle message to their opponents.

  Bam! Bam!

  One of the clownfish mech's arms grew 2 times bigger and 10 times heavier suddenly under the assault of an enemy snake as the mech unleashed 2 killer punches that seemed to come from the incredible hulk himself.

  The snake stood no chance, the powerful force pulverized it instantly.

  Whoosh!

  Another clownfish mech unsheathed a heavy broad sword from its huge metallic body as with fine swordsmanship finesse, this melee mech went on a rampage through the ranks of the snakes. 

  Spears, halberds, lancers, the melee mechs of the clownfish revealed different weapon armaments as they all went on the offensive aggressively.

  Once both sides started the melee battle in full, the battle intensity was taken to the next level as damage potential increased exponentially.

  The casualties also experienced an exponential increase.

  Clownfish and snakes alike died like floating fireflies in a night sky as their souls died knowing that they helped the cause of their comrades.

  The soldiers from both sides showed no hesitation, they attacked with their all in the ruthless manner possible with the intent to draw blood and it reflected as blood already dyed the surrounding waterbody red.

  The battle only progressed for 15 minutes before the clear winning side was revealed despite the equally tyrannical unflinching offense showed by both sides.

  The clownfish attacked like a group of rabid dogs, their pride granting them strength to punch way beyond their normal limits but the effects of this were limited as the snakes were also putting up a fierce offensive might.

  Also, the snakes ruthlessly held on to their advantage of numbers to grind at their opponents, wearing them down and thinning their resistance with time.

  At this moment, the resistance of the clownfish army already reached its lowest. The warship still stood though heavily damaged, and of the 12 reinforcement shuttles that came, only 5 were left functioning.

  All this served as a platform to highlight the intensity of this battle.

  Even though they were the losing side, the clownfish soldiers never hesitated. They were like a mindless robot army that was sent on a suicide mission but still gave their all to inflict as much damage as possible on the enemies. 

  They fought with only one motivation in mind, to kill as many snakes as possible and prove to these vile beasts that despite being outnumbered, they could still inflict terrifying damage to them.

  Inside the battling warship who was at the very heart of the battle, Sebastian watched the battle proceedings with a petrified Miniman and Jodeheim.

  It became increasingly clear that they were all dying here today, so these 2 anatomists who hardly knew a thing about war and predatism were spooked.

  Unlike them though, Sebastian acted the part of being petrified also, but in his mind, a lot of things went on as he analyzed the overall battle situation.

  At a battle of this scale when every soldier was already engulfed by their emotions, their role as anatomists here was reduced to the lowest, no soldier would listen to them even if they indeed identified a weakness in their enemies.

  At this moment, Sebastian didn't care about that though, all his attention was on his survival chances. Through his experience, he already knew that if no miracle happened, every clownfish soldier here was dying.

  The dilemma was on how he could safeguard his life.

  "F*ck, this miniaturization pill is a huge bummer".

  If he was at full strength, Sebastian believed that he could work something out but with only 20% of his strength left, his chances of surviving were too low.

  Though he hoped for a miracle, he already knew that banking his hopes on them would only disappoint him, trying to find a way out himself was always the best way to safeguard his life.

  While he thought of ways to save his life, he could not also help but think about this current battle. He was not an army Commander or anything of the sort, but his intuition told him that something was wrong.

  For some reason, he didn't feel as much danger as he would have expected in real life or death scenarios. It was like, the enemies had another motive in mind, this was the interpretation that he got from his intuition.

  "What are the snakes planning?"

  Immediately after he asked this, he felt a change.

  [You have activated skill: Melody Sensing.]

  With this skill active, Sebastian first felt a subtle melody wave rippling through the battlefield, and this originated from the snakes' direction.

  "What is this about?"

  Before he could understand what this melody manipulation was all about, Sebastian was horrified as he felt a massive predator entering the range of his electroreceptors and other sensory skills.

  "Is that, a whale?!" 

  Instantly after he discovered this, the snakes reacted like they also detected it as every single snake turned and swam for their lives.

  The surviving clownfish were shocked at first, but once the warship made use of its long-range sensors, it also detected the danger.

  "Escape!" Lieutenant Clown D. D's weary voice yelled in a horrified tone.

  The surviving shuttles did not dare to linger, they overloaded their propeller systems and drove away at the maximum theorized speed of the vessels.

  While they escaped, some looked back, this was when they saw throw the 2-way glass the massive predator that casually swam from a distance.

  Even at a distance of kilometers, this predator was prominent. From afar, they could not determine its exact species, but this was a massive predator whale that towered at approximately 100 meters long.

  100 freaking meters!

  "HOLY FREAK!"

  [You have been attacked by a skill: Sonic Tsunami!]

  Wooooooooo…!!!

  Bzzz!