Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 133



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Ep. 133

The guy who was chasing me and number 26 raises his head.

Pale Mask is a deep-sea predator that is second only to the Sea Demon in power, and is as notorious for its disgusting appearance as it is for its immense strength.

The overall shape is similar to the body of a sperm whale with the flat fins and long tails of a stingray attached to it. Its appearance is a mixture of the characteristics of various marine creatures, but the most impressive part of it is the faces on its body.

As its name suggests, Pale Mask has pale human faces on its body. The pure white faces contrasting with its black outer skin make it look like barnacles attached to a whale’s body.

‘A crow. That’s not exactly a bad metaphor.’

That face is a kind of parasite that naturally develops on Pale Mask’s body.

Those faces could be considered the symbols of Pale Mask.

Although they are called barnacles, these parasitic creatures do not harm their hosts. Rather, they use their various abilities to protect their hosts. In a way, it is similar to the symbiotic relationship between tooth fairies and me.

‘Of course, those faces are much stronger than the Tooth Fairy.’

“Strange” “Strange” “Strange”

The wet faces make strange cries according to the will of the host. Is this what the laughter of the water ghosts sounds like? The sound is as spine-chilling as their appearance is repulsive.

I ignored the sound of the guy and calmly observed him. Since they show considerable differences in fighting ability depending on gender and growth level, I need to figure out as much as I can before the fight starts.

It seems that our heavenly mother thought similarly to me.

“Judging by its size, it’s already an adult.”

She had returned to her half-human, half-beast form, no longer in her griffon form. Instead of answering her, I nodded.

I also have a lot of experience fighting Pale Mask in games. I can’t measure its exact size just by looking at the head that’s out of the water, but I can guess its approximate size.

‘I think it’s about 50m.’

The Pale Mask adult is between 40 and 50 meters long. It is one of the larger adults.

There’s one more thing about him, too.

Pale Mask’s gender can be determined by the face attached to its body. Interestingly, if it has a human female face, it is male, and conversely, if it has a male face, it is female.

The faces attached to the bastard’s body were all those of pale women.

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu (he’s a male)]

“… Tch, this is getting annoying.”

The Heavenly Mother who clicks her tongue.

It’s just as she said.

Pale Mask is a male dragon that is about two-thirds the size of a female, but in reality, the male is much more powerful. This is because of a cumbersome trait that only the male possesses.

‘Hypnotic traits are annoying.’

The male Pale Mask’s ‘hypnotic wave’ is the ability to continuously emit waves that confuse the minds of other creatures. It is similar to the ‘hallucination’ trait of the Red Mist that lives on a jungle-type planet, but it is specialized in inflicting a kind of debuff rather than showing illusions to enemies.

For example, if you are hit by his hypnotic waves, you will be unable to use traits and skills that require concentration. In my case, you can see that my psychic power trait, nest-related traits, and nest link abilities are sealed.

That’s why the Heavenly Mother’s transformation was canceled and she returned to the form of Griffin Wolf. In order to maintain divinization, she must maintain concentration, but if she is within the hypnotic range, she may be canceled at any time. Rather than fighting while transformed and getting canceled unintentionally in the middle of the fight, she would rather fight in human form.

Number 26 sent waves to me, making me think we weren’t the only ones who got a strange feeling from him.

“Big baby, I have a bad feeling about him.”

Looking at the hypnotic wave effect of Pale Mask, it seems like Sea Demon would be at an overwhelming disadvantage, but Sea Demon is immune to such waves or disruption attacks using pheromones.

If not, he would have been confused every time I used the mimetic organ.

Still, a faint light flashed across No. 26’s body, perhaps because he felt awkward about feeling it for the first time.

“I” “feeling” “bad” “unpleasant” “unpleasant”

Adhai also shook his head from side to side to shake off the strange feeling.

Unfortunately, Green Gallagon doesn’t have the same immunity as Sea Demon. In this battle, it will be difficult to use the strategy of supporting your allies with Purple Lightning.

“Strange” “Strange”

While I was analyzing the guy, Pale Mask seemed to have finished observing us.

The bastard decided that it was worth fighting and started attacking first. The faces attached to the body turned their gazes towards the beach where we were.

Then a strong shock wave was fired from the mouth on the face.

That shockwave is Pale Mask’s basic attack, but its power is by no means light, as it is fired from hundreds of faces.

[Zu zu zu (Everyone be careful)]

I, the one with the strongest outer skin among the group, quickly moved forward and received the shockwave with my body. My outer skin shook violently as if it were going to tear off my skin.

It was a painful but necessary choice, because on the ground, No. 26 was not fast enough to avoid the shockwave.

‘And we need to see how strong their attack is.’

When I felt it directly on my body, it was bearable. The pain relief was not triggered either.

‘At this point, I can ignore it and endure it with my body.’

While I was absorbing the shockwave with my body, Adhai and Heavenly Mother, who had excellent mobility, quickly flew out of the shockwave’s range.

“Strange” “Strange”

Pale Mask howled, not having much fun with the shockwave. He stopped emitting shockwaves, turned his head, and went into the sea.

At first glance, the bastard’s actions may seem like he’s running away, but that’s not the case. A powerful attack will soon hit the beach.

[Zuzu (step back)]

“huh.”

I retreated from No. 26 and rushed forward.

‘It’s just beginning.’

As I was crawling towards Pale Mask, kicking the sand, he reappeared. Pale Mask lifted his head high, like a whale breaking out of the water.

Just like a sperm whale can use its head to bang its prey, it can also use its large head like a hammer.

The head of a thing weighing several dozen tons falls on top of mine.

Instead of backing down, I pushed my tail forward and bounced my body onto the sand. My head shell and my body aligned, and I shot out like a cannonball toward Pale Mask’s head.

‘Strength with strength.’

My thick carapace collided with the bastard’s head. The resulting impact created a massive shockwave that swept across the sand of the beach.

Pale Mask, whose head size is nearly 10m, and I, whose head shell is less than 3m.

It was a fight where it was obvious who would win if the two collided.

But I wasn’t the one crying out in extreme pain.

“Geeeek!” “Geeeek!”

The faces of the thing that shared the host’s senses screamed in a single word. Blue blood and brain oil flowed from the thick head of the thing that was impaled by my horn.

The horns on my head may be the size of a needle to him, but it’s a different story if accompanied by a strong collision.

The one with the two-pronged wound on its head writhed in unfamiliar, intense pain. I held onto its head with my fighting arm to keep the embedded horn from falling out.

“Strange” “Strange”

Perhaps because he felt it was not working, Pale Mask swung his legs, which looked like the tail of a stingray that was spread all over his body, at me.

Just as there is poison in the tail of a stingray, there is also a very strong poison in those legs, but it does not affect me.

However, it seemed that the bastard decided that it was better to keep me at a distance rather than stab me with his stinger. His leg, thicker than my body, struck me.

‘Ugh!’

Is this what it feels like to be hit by a truck? My body, hit by the bastard’s leg, was lifted into the air and flew far away.

“Strange”

The guy looks at me floating in the air and opens his mouth wide.

Pale Mask is stored inside the body and can compress digestive fluids and shoot them in the form of breath, which has a very high destructive power. It is even capable of melting and piercing the outer shell of a semi-adult Aimorph.

At that moment, dozens of translucent energy bullets flew from the opposite side and hit Pale Mask.

“What the heck?!?”

“Don’t bully the big kid! You bad boy!”

Number 26, emitting angry waves. I landed safely on the ground and looked in the direction the guy was.

Number 26 was hiding behind a rock on the beach, shooting energy bullets with his tentacles.

‘You’ve grown up again in the meantime’

That technique is a technique unique to Sea Demon called ‘Demon Crash’. No. 26 is the second Sea Demon technique to have acquired, following ‘Terror of the Deep’.

‘It’s weaker than the Sea Demon I knew…’

The original Demon Crash has very high attack power and randomly inflicts a short-lasting debuff. No. 26 is still young, so he hasn’t been able to show that much power.

‘Still, I think the intention was well-considered.’

“Strange!” “Strange!” “Strange!”

The thing trembled as the energy bullet hit its eye. It must have been really angry because it changed its target from me to number 26.

The giant head was about to target another enemy, but then a new attacker appeared.

Wolf, the Mother of Heaven, had the head of an eagle and the body of a lion. She was half-human and half-beast, and she leaped up from the sand on the beach and climbed onto Pale Mask’s back.

She was holding a golden spear in her hand.

‘The priest’s golden spear? You got it from Adhai.’

Before descending into the abyss, I handed over my backpack containing my loot to Adhai. It was clear that the Heavenly Mother had requested Adhai to equip her in order to deal with Pale Mask.

‘indeed.’

In a situation where she can’t use Deification properly, the only way she can deal significant damage to Pale Mask, who has thick leather, is with that shining spear.

Pale Mask shook his body as if he was annoyed, but the Heavenly Mother’s posture did not waver at all.

“Hot!”

She cuts a large piece of the bastard’s hide with a short scream.

Blue blood spurts from the wound like a fountain, and Pale Mask writhes in agony. The creature’s legs fly in to tear the Heavenly Mother apart.

“Me” “You” “Support”

At that moment, Adhai swooped down from the high sky like a bird of prey hunting for prey. At the same time, the Heavenly Mother, folding the golden spear of the priest and making it smaller, leaped towards the direction from which Adhai was descending.

With exquisite timing, Adhai flew up, catching the Heavenly Mother with his four legs. Pale Mask’s legs missed them by a mere sheet of paper.

“Come on up for a moment.”

“This time” “Let’s see” “Next” “No”

As Adhai flies up, the Heavenly Mother is seen climbing onto his back with light movements.

When the Heavenly Mother transforms into her griffon form, she is much larger than him, but not when she is in her beast form like now.

The griffon dragon riding the space dragon draws his spear again.

“Strange!” “Strange!”

As the dragon approached the sea monster, she swung her spear wildly. A golden light flashed and disappeared, leaving a deep, sharp wound in its wake.

It seems that Adhai chose to play a supporting role to others as he is now, as direct attacks are difficult due to Pale Mask’s hypnotic waves.

‘Not bad.’

Even though he didn’t say anything, he was a guy who never disappoints expectations.

The guy actively utilized his fast flight speed, striking and retreating at opportune moments, helping the Heavenly Mother attack easily. Pale Mask, perhaps annoyed by such an Adhai, bent upwards with his fins spread wide on both sides instead of his legs, trying to crush the guy.

‘You can’t leave it like that.’

I ran along the beach, kicking the sand with my combat arm. I quickly approached Pale Mask, and I raised my upper body and struck his head.

“What a benefit?! ”

My body length and weight are less than half that of the guy, but that doesn’t mean I can ignore him. The guy’s body sways greatly when he gets hit in the head by my body press.

But my attacks don’t end here.

I held the bastard’s head with my fighting arm, holding his body still, and wrapped my tail around his head.

And with the force of his coiled tail, he began to strangle the creature’s head, like a snake squeezing its prey and breaking its bones.

My body was rubbing against his head, which was pressing hard, and a creepy sound was made.

“Squeak, squeak!”

The creature screamed in agony as his head was crushed. As he struggled, the waves around him surged, creating a tidal wave. The floating houses near the beach were swept away by the waves created by Pale Mask and sank into the sea.

“Strange!” “Strange!” “Strange!”

The parasitic faces attached to my body focus their fire on me to protect their host.

‘It’s no use.’

“Squeak!” “Squeak!”

It’s impossible to stop me with just a shockwave. Instead of loosening up, I apply even more force and the guy starts to faint.

“Wow, wow”

The guy seemed to think his head would explode and he would die if he continued like this, so he chose a different method.

The creature stopped using its shockwave and began to quickly move forward, kicking the ground with its fins.

The method he chose was to hang me up and slam me into the ground.

A giant sea monster, 50 meters tall, rushes at full speed towards the sandy beach, intent on crushing me to death as I cling to its head.

‘You can’t leave it like that… Ugh?!’

Since I was not the one who should have been hit, I tried to quickly free myself, but the bastard’s legs wrapped around my fighting arms and head.

I tried to counter it by pulling out the erosion tentacles from its back, but this time it was a little faster than me.

The bastard’s head was stuck in the bare ground. A strong shock hit me as I was hanging by the tip of the bastard’s head.

“Pain relief activated!”

‘Ugh!’

My skull was cracked, the outer shell covering my body was torn off, some of the claws on my body were broken, and one of my fighting arms was broken.

The damage was serious, but not as severe as expected.

‘… It’s number 26.’

The psychic power flow that I could feel from afar was definitely that of No. 26. Thanks to his ‘binding’, the power weakened the moment Pale Mask slammed me into the sand.

If it weren’t for that, it wouldn’t have ended like this.

“Strange” “Strange”

The bastard raised his head again to finish off. I wasn’t going to be attacked again after being attacked once, so I quickly untied my body and put some distance between me and the bastard.

‘It was unexpected damage, but….’

It wasn’t all damage. Thanks to the current attack, we were able to drag the bastard to land.

Half of the body of what looks like a mix of a sperm whale and a ray is lying on the sand of the beach. As you can see from its appearance, it is not a body type suitable for land combat.

“Grrrrr”

I sat up, feeling my broken arm heal thanks to the effects of the regenerative power trait.

From now on, it’s the second round.