Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 206



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Ep. 205

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Survival is competition.

Finding food, finding shelter, mating with the opposite sex and leaving offspring – everything involves competition.

In order to find limited food, they must compete with other beings, and where they feel comfortable, other creatures feel the same. The same goes for feelings toward the opposite sex.

However, just because survival and competition are closely linked, it does not mean that everyone can become a winner in the competition. Most creatures in nature live with defeat in one aspect.

Sharkbear, the owner of the small cave, was also a two-faced being, both a winner and a loser. He won all the other competitions, but was eliminated in only one category.

He had no partner.

Maybe it was because I had fallen out of the group early on.

He never learned social skills and only saw other creatures as food. There were occasional females who approached him, but his attitude caused them to all leave.

But what does that matter?

He has a cozy cave, and the vast expanse of land surrounding it is all his. He lives a fairly satisfactory life, except that he cannot leave any descendants.

Today, the young male Sharkbear was leisurely strolling through the hunting grounds to satisfy his hunger. There was nothing around that could threaten him.

Except that a beast with white fur and long arms and legs occasionally invades their territory.

The two-legged monster is agile and strong. Its arms, which move in unpredictable directions, are particularly annoying. As such, it is a bit of a burden to Sharkbear.

Still, the young male was not worried. He had chased away the one that had entered his forest without knowing it a while ago. Now that he had given it a good beating, it would not come back for a while.

As he was walking through the forest with peace of mind, a certain smell reached the tip of his nose. A warmth and stickiness that did not fit with this cold, frozen place. And a sweet scent that permeated it deeply.

It smelled like blood.

Someone died in his hunting grounds.

“Khuuuung.”

The young male let out a soft cry.

Who dares to trespass on his territory? he thought. This time, he would not leave the white-furred monster who did not know his place alone.

As I followed the scent flowing through the air, I saw an open space. In the middle of the open space where snow was falling, there was the source of the smell of blood.

If it were any other time, the male would have run out immediately, but he didn’t.

Something was strange. No predator would ever throw away such delicious prey without reason.

He stopped paying attention to the sweet scent and looked around. There were no other animal tracks on the snow-covered ground. He raised his head and looked up at the open space.

As always, only white snowflakes continued to fall from the dark sky. Was his ominous feeling wrong?

His gaze caught sight of the tips of tree branches. Branches that were bent unnaturally. It looked as if something heavy had fallen from the sky.

If he had any social skills at all, if he had interacted with other species, he would have known what those marks meant. How dangerous those flying things were.

But the young male living alone never knew that. He approached the snow-covered corpse. His jaws opened wide, and the teeth inside popped out all at once.

Just as we were about to enjoy dinner.

Something flew over his head in the black sky.

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“The ‘Reinforced Endocrine Gland’ trait has been applied.”

“Can be combined with the existing ‘muscle reinforcement’.”

“The ‘Endocrine Reinforcement’ and ‘Muscle Reinforcement’ traits are fused. Evolve into the ‘Berserker Synapse’ trait! ”

“Berserker Synapse: Increases overall physical abilities. Energy consumption rate is reduced and more energy can be stored in the body.

*P.S. You are a living tank, a locomotive that never stops.」

‘Phew. Finally.’

After catching the 11th Sharkbear, I finally got the new trait. It took quite a while because I didn’t use the Hunting Symbol.

‘The symbol of the hunt should be left for Skywhale.’

Skywhale has a mine trait like ‘Energy Absorption’, but it also has many other useful traits. It has many good traits other than ‘Giant Creature’ and ‘Space Flight’. It is worth hunting it as it is powerful.

Anyway, I looked down at the body with the new trait, ‘Berserker Synapse’, applied. As expected from an internal organ fusion trait, there was no significant change.

The only difference is that the muscles around the arms, neck, and tail have become stronger and thicker. The muscles in the wing arms have also been improved, allowing them to fly faster and longer.

‘Overflowing with power.’

In the game, there were only numerical changes, but is it like that in reality? I feel like my whole body is overflowing with power. I haven’t used the transformation mode like the symbol of hunting yet, but I could tell instinctively.

Now you can worry less about side effects.

“Big baby, do you not need to eat any more?”

[Z zu zu zu zu zu zu zu (Yeah. It’s okay. You eat the rest.)]

“A rapid increase in muscle density and changes in energy distribution are detected.”

“…Your muscles are amazing.”

Number 26, who had always watched me grow up, didn’t show much interest, but the others did. PS-111 seemed to want to harvest my skin tissue, and Heavenly Mother was watching the muscles in my combat arm.

[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzu zuzuzu (Let’s leave right after we finish eating)]

“Yeah. I like it fluttering.”

[Zuzuzuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz (Where should I go to find Skywhale?)]

“… Huh? Uh, well. Hmm.”

She, who had brought the golden spear of the priest from the nest, seemed to be interested in the changes in my body. She stared at my arm with her amber eyes and was startled when she heard my question.

“Well, um, I’m sure they’re somewhere in the atmosphere, but I’m not sure where to find them easily. They’re constantly moving around, you know.”

As she says, Skywhales do not have nests. Their range of activity is planets and the entire universe. They move around the atmosphere of planets, absorbing solar energy and other types of energy. When they get tired of it, they move to other planets or star systems.

The planet where the Dragon’s Nest is located is rich in psychic powers and is frequently visited by Skywhales. So, there is a very high chance that there is a Skywhale somewhere on this planet.

“Not found around here.”

PS-111 said as he ate Sharkbear’s meat with his hook-like hand. The chunk of meat in his hand shriveled up in an instant and turned into a dry leaf. No. 26 ate the dried and twisted meat.

I watched the guys eat and thought.

‘I won’t go near the dragon’s nest because there are gallagons there.’

Even in the game, there were frequent events where Gallagon and Skywhale fought. Skywhale, which absorbs all hostile energy, is the antithesis of Gallagon, a powerful psychic creature. That is why Gallagons do not like Skywhale coming near the dragon’s nest.

‘Should I look for it myself while flying?’

This time, it seems like we will have no choice but to rely on auxiliary agencies to conduct the search.

So after No. 26 and PS-111 finished their meal, I started searching for Skywhale with the guys.

Every time I flapped my wings high in the sky, my thick muscles twitched. Every time my black wings hit the air, the clouds around me parted. Hail the size of soccer balls mixed in with the blizzard hit my wings, but my wing membrane was not damaged at all.

While my body and wings were flying through the sky like an ascending dragon, the auxiliary organs under my chin also continued their work without rest. They analyzed every single element, including the ingredients mixed in the clouds and the energy flowing in the air.

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzu (Can you see anything?)]

“Not yet.”

“I don’t feel anything!”

Sky Mother and No. 26, who were riding on my back, were also searching for traces of Sky Whale. Sky Mother stood on two legs and scanned the clouds with eagle eyes. It was a great development for someone who was afraid of flying.

‘Except for the fact that I was holding the erosion tentacles tightly with my hand.’

Beside her, Number 26 took out his tentacles and traced the flow of energy.

I continued flying at a speed that was just enough for the kids to find without difficulty. I had eaten a lot of Shark Bears and was still under the effects of Berserk Synapse, so I still had some energy left.

As I continued searching like that, my auxiliary organ caught something. The feeling of gently tickling the tip of the auxiliary organ was subtly different from psychic power.

‘What is this?’

I felt a strange flow of energy coming from a certain direction. The number 26 on my back must have felt the same way and sent out waves.

“Big baby! I feel something strange over there!”

[Yeah]

I folded one wing slightly to change the direction in which I felt the energy. The axis of my body was thrown to the side due to inertia. Then I spread both wings wide again and hit the air hard. Then my body was launched quickly like a missile from a launch pad.

As I sped forward, a gigantic mountain peak appeared before my eyes. It was a mountain incomparably taller than the twin peaks I had gone to catch Crystal Wing.

A mountain that stretched far above the clouds. Since the peak was above the clouds, there was no snow on the top of the mountain. There were no trees growing, so it just looked black.

The formation looked more like a giant from a myth than a naturally formed feature.

“It’s amazing. It’s the first time in my life that I’ve seen such a big mountain.”

It was just as Mother Heaven said.

If you saw Mount Olympus, known as the largest mountain in the solar system, with your own eyes, would that be what it would feel like? The majesty of the enormous black mountain was truly amazing.

As I approached the mountain, the flow of heterogeneous energy became more intense. The black mountain was pouring energy out to the tip of its peak like a volcano spewing ash.

‘That mountain creates energy….’

“Over there! There’s a Skywhale over there!”

Just as I was about to take interest in the mountain, the Heavenly Mother shot a wave of thought. She pointed to the mountain peak with her forefoot. It was far away, so I couldn’t see it well, but something like a very small grain was hovering around the peak.

I increased my speed and approached the creature. Soon, Skywhale’s shape began to come into view.

An elongated body resembling a whale, six wings that look like opal-colored particles, and eight eyes.

It was the space whale, Skywhale.

‘Looking at its size, it’s still young.’

Skywhales can grow to be 50 meters long when they are juveniles. The one in front of us is about 60 meters tall. It is almost twice as big as me.

｢■——–｣

The creature noticed my approach and let out a warning howl. Since I had come to eat it in the first place, I ignored its warning and approached it.

｢■—!｣

Then the creature spread its wings in anger. Opal-colored particles began to gather and glow from its wings.

‘this!’

I folded my wings and dove, not knowing what that meant. Then, six photon cannons were fired from its wings. Six heat rays as thick as my psychic breath shot past where I was.

In the community, Skywhale is evaluated as having a personality similar to that of a herbivore.

If someone who doesn’t know hears it, they might misunderstand that it’s gentle and not dangerous, but think about it carefully. African elephants and hippopotamuses are also herbivores, but how scary they are.

The same goes for whales in space.

The one who fired the first shot fired the opal-colored heat ray again. I covered my body with my wings and spun around in the air. The heat ray lightly scratched the outer skin of my wings and passed by. The moment I opened my wings again after the evasive maneuver, the Heavenly Mother on my back stepped forward.

She was trying to seal Skywhale’s photon cannon attack with her ‘Ice Demon’ ability. Skywhale flinched as he met her eyes.

The light from the wings of the creature that had been shining brightly blinked and then quickly died down.

“I have one minute left! I have to finish it within that time!”

[Don’t worry]

I didn’t intend to drag it out anyway. While he was out of his mind due to the ice demon, I quickly closed the distance.

I see eight blue-tinted eyes, with the gun gone. The man who has lost his mind rushes at me. I don’t dodge either, but instead run straight at him.

Then the black wings and the opal-colored wings collided with each other. There was a loud noise like lightning striking.

｢■—–!｣

Skywhale howls, seemingly out of her mind but unable to help the pain. I also felt a considerable amount of pain at the point of impact, but I was able to bear it.

A tentacle shot out from my back and bit into its body. It struck my head with its wing. It didn’t break its shell, but the impact was considerable.

“Pain relief activated!”

Ignoring the text box, I opened my mouth and bit into the creature’s wing. It groaned in pain and tried to hit me with its other wing.

“Help the big kid attack!”

“I will help you.”

At that moment, everyone on my back rushed towards Skywhale, who was being held by me.

The Heavenly Mother came with the priest’s golden spear for the first time in a long while. While the golden spear flashed and cut flesh, Number 26 swung his tentacles next to him and wounded the creature’s back. PS-111 crawled like a spider and attached himself to the creature’s side, clawing at it with his claws.

Skywhale has the ability to absorb energy, so any attack that uses energy is ineffective. Since I had told them in advance before coming to fight, everyone attacked him with hand-to-hand combat.

‘We have the upper hand in close combat.’

His close combat skills aren’t bad, but he lacks one thing: his armor.

The creature’s outer shell can be easily damaged by our attacks.

｢■——｣

The thing tried to shake off the enemies it had mounted by shaking its body. I tied it tightly with my erosion tentacles to prevent it from moving.

The bastard opens his mouth wide, as if he thought he couldn’t deal with the kids until he killed me.

The Skywhale’s mouth is mainly used for other purposes than consuming food. In the setting, when males compete for a female, they bite each other’s bodies with their mouths to prove their strength. A bite from those huge jaws is fatal even for a Skywhale.

But there’s something he doesn’t know.

‘now!’

｢■?!｣

The moment the bastard opened his mouth, I put my head into his mouth in return. Before he could brace his jaw, I poked the roof of his mouth hard with the horn of my head.

Six massive horns pierced the soft palate and touched the delicate parts inside. I tightened my grip on the erosive tentacles and forced my body deeper into the creature’s mouth.

｢■——–｣

The thing tried to scream, but it was impossible, because about a quarter of my body was stuck in the thing’s mouth.

I shook my head and nicked the inside of the bastard’s mouth with my horn.

｢—…｣

And when my horn finally tore through its brain, it stopped moving. The light from its beautifully shining wings disappeared, and its six eyes slowly closed.

As the bastard’s breath died down, all of us who were floating in the air began to fall rapidly.

“Hey hey hey hey hey! You crazy Morphbak bastard! Get off! Get off!”

“Wow! This is fun!”

“If you measure that height and calculate the damage… .”

I pulled my head out of Skywhale’s mouth and spread my wings and arms wide. At the same time, the weight of the erosion tentacles holding the space whale’s body was suddenly applied.

[Zuzu zuzuzu (come up quickly)]

“thank you.”

“… Oh my.”

“It was fun!”

Even as the kids climbed up the tentacles, I didn’t stop flapping my wings. As I held onto Skywhale and shook my wings, the speed at which I was falling gradually slowed down.

‘Now just go down and eat… .’

At that moment, I felt a strong flow of psychic power. I immediately released the tentacles holding Skywhale and quickly flew upward.

In a split second, thick purple heat rays tore through my tentacles. The space whale’s corpse fell down along with the pieces of its tentacles.

“King of Heaven” “Can’t Miss”

A being resembling a pure white angel was looking down at me from above the black sky.

‘… Ham Ort.’

The pure white Gallagon that took Adhai.

The White Gallagon Ham Ort was there.