Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 199



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Ep. 198

“Are you here?”

Not long after I sensed Crystal Wing, the Heavenly Mother woke up. She didn’t see it directly, but she seemed to sense it with her keen senses.

[Zuzuzuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu (Can’t see it, but I can feel it)]

“Still, it came faster than I expected.”

[Zuz …

“okay.”

She, who had been whispering softly beneath me, became quiet again. I sent a wave to number 26.

[Zuz …

“huh.”

Number 26, who was playing with air, pulled out tentacles from his body and started shaking them vigorously. This was to lure them so that they could be seen from a distance.

Meanwhile, my auxiliary organs picked up radio waves flowing through the space. Since it hunts for prey using a similar principle to radar, the fact that I could sense the waves meant that it was getting closer.

As I waited with my eyes fixed on the sky, something began to appear between the dark clouds. Two clusters of light appeared, vaguely resembling UFOs flying around.

‘There it is.’

The Crystal Wings are nearby. They are circling around the nest instead of coming down.

‘You’re on guard.’

For a top predator Apex, they seem quite cautious, but that’s to be expected. They compete with Gallagons for food. If they weren’t so cautious, it would be impossible to survive in this harsh environment.

When the bastards didn’t come down, No. 26 waved his tentacles more vigorously. His efforts paid off, as the clusters of light between the clouds slowly began to approach the peak.

I can see them through the flurry of snow.

A giant pterosaur with a body covered in metal material. Crystal Wing’s appearance resembles the pterosaur ‘Quetzalcoatlus’, which was famous for its large body. It has a long snout, a long neck for a pterosaur, and enormous wings reminiscent of an airplane.

‘But the body is much bigger.’

Their wingspan is at least 30m. Looking at the wings alone, they are larger than those of their rival, the White Gallagon.

A notable feature other than the wings is its shiny outer skin. Not only the wings, but the entire body appears to be made of diamonds. This is due to a fluid in the body that hardens into a jewel-like form.

Thanks to having been applying bodily fluids to their bodies since childhood, every inch of their bodies shined like jewels.

The metallic exterior, reflecting the black clouds and snow, looked like giant mirrors flying across the sky.

“Kuaaaaak.”

“Ugh.”

Two Crystal Wings flapped their wings and approached the nest. Their eyes were fixed on No. 26, who was scurrying around the nest.

‘It went well.’

They were so focused on number 26 that they didn’t notice us hiding near the trees. I just stood there, watching them.

One of the two Crystal Wings had a uniquely shaped crest on its head. Its wings were also about 1.5 times larger than the other one.

‘That guy is a male.’

Crystal Wings have a habit of males supporting their families. That’s why males have much stronger fighting power.

‘The female was marked by the Heavenly Mother.’

We’ll leave the female to PS-111 and Heavenly Mother, and No. 26 and I will have to join forces to conquer the male.

“Here it is! Come here!”

As Crystal Wing approached, No. 26 also prepared to move. Pink fins that acted as legs sprouted from under its body. It used the fins to quickly move away from the nest.

“Kuaaaaak!”

“Koooooooo!”

The sight must have stimulated the hunting instincts of the Crystal Wings, because they screamed. Their voices were as loud as their size, and their cries could be heard all the way to the Twin Peaks on the other side.

With a loud roar, they swooped down on the nest to grab No. 26. The wind pressure created by the four wings, which were dozens of meters long, swept over the peak. The strong wind caused the snow piled up around the nest to blow into the air.

“I’m so angry!”

Number 26 almost flew away with the accumulated snow, but that didn’t happen because it grabbed the ground with its tentacles. The guy landed safely on the ground and ran towards us, waving its fins busily.

Crystal Wing is following closely behind. The male in front opens his mouth wide. It is clear that Crystal Wing is about to use the most powerful weapon it possesses.

[Zuzu (now)]

“good!”

I shook my eyes and sat up. The Crystal Wings’ eyes widened as a creature covered in dark brown fur jumped out of the snow.

And then, from the pit below me, the PS-111 carrying the Heavenly Mother jumped out of the pit.

Blue naturalization bloomed from the eyes of the Heavenly Mother, who was half-lying on the PS-111. It was an effect that occurred when using one of the Wendigo’s unique abilities, ‘Ice Demon’.

Blue flames shot out from her amber eyes as she flew towards them. Sensing psychic power, the male quickly spread his wings and lifted himself up.

But she wasn’t aiming for the male from the beginning. Her target was the one behind the male. The female who was following behind belatedly noticed the attack, but it was already too late.

“Kueok?!”

The female, touched by the blue flames, stopped in midair like a puppet with its strings cut. She fell to the ground without moving.

“Kuaaaaak!”

[Zuzuzuzuzuzu (Your opponent is me)]

I jumped at the male trying to help the female. I was in ‘smart underdog’ mode and was much smaller than the guy, but I wasn’t as strong.

“Kwak!”

As I collided with the thing, the horn on my head pierced its wing. I shook my head in that state, trying to completely tear off its wing, but I couldn’t.

Because a cyan ray shot out from its mouth and struck my body.

“Pain relief activated!”

‘Ugh!’

Crystal Wing, whose biological nature allows him to instinctively manipulate electromagnetic forces, can use that power to emit powerful particle beams that easily surpass the destructive power of plasma weapons.

‘I can’t stand it anymore!’

Currently, my body is getting smaller and my defenses are lowered, so it is dangerous to be hit for too long. At that time, as if he had read my mind, No. 26 came to my aid.

“Don’t make our big baby suffer!”

“cup!”

Hundreds of purple threads shot out from the tiny body of No. 26 and wrapped around Crystal Wing. Crystal Wing, hit by the bonds placed by Sea Demon, bent in an odd direction.

While the particle beam stopped, I fell away from the Crystal Wing.

[Zuzuzu (Follow me)]

“I scolded that bad kid?”

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu (I’m not dead yet)]

“Kuaaaaak!”

I landed lightly on the ground and went into the forest with No. 26. Almost at the same time, the one with the broken neck started to howl. In a split second, the one with the broken neck and torn wings recovered and was chasing us.

‘Crystal Wing’s recovery speed is amazing.’

He doesn’t have a hard shell like an Ice Horror, a variety of minions like a Glacier Fiend, or powerful psychic abilities like a Gallagon. Instead, he has all the weapons he needs to survive.

Particle beams used to hunt enemies, super regenerative abilities that allow them to quickly heal from both large and small wounds, and excellent detection abilities. And the ability to fly for long periods of time without stopping.

These elements allowed Crystal Wing to be classified as Apex.

‘But I don’t intend to lose.’

Not far away, you can see him blasting trees with particle beams. The large winged creature is slowed down by the canopy.

I put down number 26 after keeping a reasonable distance from the guy.

The creature that landed on the ground immediately inflated its body back to its original size. Numerous fins sprouted from underneath it, and hundreds of tentacles covered in sharp blades grew from its body.

The guy who entered battle mode had numerous eyes appear on his body. They all turned to me. I nodded silently.

We’ve been through countless battles together. We can sense each other’s feelings without even having to talk to each other.

The eyes that saw me curved into a crescent shape. The one who read my intentions ran towards Crystal Wing.

“Kuaaaaak!”

“Bad kid! Get in trouble!”

Hundreds of eyes that had smiled at me now glared at me menacingly. The Sea Demon’s unique skill, ‘Deep Sea Terror’, unfolds before him.

“Ku, kuaa… .”

The one that was burning the forest with particle rays stopped attacking. The one that was staring at No. 26’s eyes trembled.

Crystal Wing males have greater psychic resistance than females, but not enough to completely overcome the power of the Sea Demon.

But things in this world aren’t that easy to solve.

The guy who was trembling while looking at No. 26 turned his head and looked behind him. Behind him, the Heavenly Mother and PS-111 were fighting with the female.

“Koo, kuak! Kuaaaak!”

Was it his intention to protect his beloved? He roared loudly once and prepared to fire the particle beam again.

“I can’t do it!”

“Kwak!”

Before the thing could fire its particle beam, No. 26 gathered up some wooden debris and fired a Demon Crash. The thing that got hit by the wooden chunk shook its head in annoyance.

Meanwhile, the saw-toothed tentacles on No. 26’s body flew to wrap themselves around Crystal Wing, but the creature had already regained consciousness. The particle beam burned the tentacles and the surrounding trees.

No. 26 immediately counterattacked with restraint, not caring about the pain of losing his tentacles. The tips of Crystal Wing’s wings were crushed like crumpled paper, but he was no pushover. He sacrificed his wings and charged, pecked No. 26 with the tip of his beak.

While the Apex creatures fought fiercely among themselves, I examined the area hit by the cyan light. The fur had long since evaporated, and the carapace had completely fallen off.

‘I need a body strong enough to overpower that guy.’

The clever underdog has been put to good use so far. Now it’s time to return to the form of the Aimov quasi-adult.

‘Additionally, a symbol of hunting.’

Originally, I had planned to first neutralize the other side with the Deep Sea Terror written by No. 26 and then attack, but it was a bit different than expected. I had no choice but to proceed like this.

I activated the ‘Symbol of the Hunt’ at the same time as releasing the clever underdog.

My body, which was only 5m long, grew rapidly. As my body grew at an incredible rate, the skeletal structure inside me also changed. The body shape that was similar to a centaur returned to a snake-like form, and the four fighting arms that used to act as legs also regained their function.

The countless hairs fell out one by one, exposing the shell and synthetic scales inside. The human faces covered in hair and the swirl-shaped membrane hiding the erosive tentacles also revealed themselves.

Six massive horns, an elongated head resembling a large theropod, a massive body reminiscent of a mythical snake god, and six arms covered in a hard shell. And even a heavy pincer at the end of its tail.

It’s only been a few days since I transformed, but somehow I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve been back.

But my body is not yet ready to rest. It has to reconfigure itself to fit the hunting symbol, the transformation mode of a ‘complete organism’.

The skull shell was originally large, but it became even larger when it entered the hunting state. A thick shell covered my eyes, and the lower jaws, which split into two, were mutated to a much more extreme degree than before.

The four accessory organs located under the well-developed jaw were, like the eyes, enclosed in a bony shell.

The shape of the shell covering the auxiliary organ was thin and sharp like a blade. The auxiliary organ that was only responsible for detection had now become a weapon that cuts off the flesh of the enemy.

The human face attached to its back has moved to its head shell, two more arms with bionic scythes have been added to its back, and the blunt claws attached to its lower body and tail have grown long like the legs of a civet or spider.

As expected from a body optimized for hunting and killing, there was not a single part of it that was not threatening.

But among all the familiar changes, there was one thing that was new.

‘What is this?’

The monster’s tentacles have become even more impressive thanks to the rich color effects of the abyss.

The bundle of tentacles that had previously covered the entire neck from the inside of the back of my head to my lower jaw had expanded. Now, I looked like I had a beard and hair made of tentacles.

It’s as if he were describing an evil god from an out-of-print horror novel.

‘… Let’s consider appearance later.’

After completing all the evolutions, I slowly got up. The treetop that had been way above my head just a moment ago was now right in front of my nose.

“Kuaq?”

“The big baby is back!”

Crystal Wing is surprised to see me appearing through the trees.

‘Your essence is mine.’

I roared powerfully as if declaring my intentions towards the enemy, or rather the prey, before me.