Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 208



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Ep. 207

“Big adult”

The guy who had been rubbing his horns on my body suddenly lifted his head. Then he called me to the thought wave.

[Zuzuzuzuzu (Where does it hurt?)]

“Negative” “Pain” “Not at all” “None”

I wondered if there was any injury I hadn’t noticed, but that didn’t seem to be the case. The guy hesitated and put some distance between himself and me.

The guy who had been so happy just a moment ago was now acting awkward. It wasn’t just his attitude. Negative thoughts were flowing out of his body.

‘Why are you suddenly doing that?’

As if answering my question, the guy shot a thought wave.

“I” “Apple” “Need”

[Zuuuuuuuu (Apologizing?)]

“Me” “Ham Ort” “Follow” “Big Man” “Abandonment” “Sorry”

The story he told was about the first time I met Ham Ort before, and how I had followed him. I knew what his intentions were when he left, but it seemed like he was still concerned about that.

“Me” “Elder” “My fellow tribesman” “Again” “Want” “Please”

The guy lowered his front legs and bowed his head. It was the most polite attitude I’d ever seen.

‘hmm.’

I had planned to get him back from the beginning, so I didn’t think much of meeting him again.

But from his perspective, things are different. Adhai was once banished from his own kind. It was because he was small and weak.

‘If I think about it, I was overly cautious even before coming here.’

He asked if he could come with me after I guided him to the nest. Of course I thought so, but he was not. He was worried that he should leave since he was no longer needed.

It’s the same now. This time, he left us to live. From his perspective, it was burdensome to come back.

‘… This isn’t a problem that can be solved by talking at length.’

I also know very well how much the pain of the past is squeezing my life. It is the pain of living in the present with my body, but my mind still being stuck in the past.

So I decided to do what I wanted most when I was having a hard time.

I grabbed the guy with my wing arms and hugged him tightly into my arms.

[Zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuz (It’s okay since I’m back)]

“Big man” “Me” “Forgive me?”

I shook my head in denial at what the guy said, trembling with anxiety.

[Zzuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (There’s no need to forgive me since I did nothing wrong)]

“I” “my kind” “abandonment” “mistake”

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (You chose to protect me. Instead, I was wrong.)]

“Negative!” “Big man!” “Wrong!” “None!”

[Zuz …

“Me” “Again” “Same race” “Possible?”

[Zuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzu (I never left in the first place)]

I sent a wave with a firm feeling. Only then did Adhai, who had read my true feelings, release the tension from his tense body.

I lightly stroked the guy’s head with my small arm near his chest. The guy turned his head as if it was ticklish and looked at my wing arm.

“Wings” “First Spring”

[Zuzuzu (Is that so?)]

When I met him, he had wings, but they weren’t in the same form as they are now. They were like a scarab that covered his back, and even those were barely usable due to the transcendence penalty.

“Awesome!” “Awesome!” “Very” “Awesome!”

Adhai nodded vigorously after being tapped with his front paw. It seemed like he really liked my change.

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu (Then let’s go back. The others will be waiting)]

“Little Adult” “Ugly Friend” “Weak Child” “Have You Got It?”

[Yeah]

After hearing what I said, Adhai escaped from my arms and climbed onto my back.

I took the guy back to where I dropped the kids off.

“What happened?”

As soon as the Heavenly Mother saw me with Adhai, she asked.

[Zuzu zuzuzu (I was fooled)]

“… I guess so.”

“Little baby!”

“Subcontroller 2 has been confirmed as ‘Little Baby’. Nice to meet you again.”

“Everyone” “Happy”

According to the setting, Gallagon does not lie. As a race based on legendary and mythical dragons, they value contracts. If there was no such setting, I would not have believed it when I made a contract with Adhai.

So I believed everything Ham Ort said, but I never thought Gallagon would lie.

‘… Still, I guess I should be thankful that Adhai is okay.’

In this case, it seems like it’s a good thing that it was a lie. This is separate from the bad feeling I have about being deceived by Gallagon.

At that moment, Adhai, who had finished greeting everyone, came running towards me.

“King of the Sky” “Big Man” “Hunting?”

[Zuzuzuzu (King of Heaven?)]

The guy pointed to Skywhale, whose entire body was blown up by the horns on its head.

‘But why did you two come here?’

I don’t know about Ham Ort, but Aadhai doesn’t have a very good synergy with Skywhale. It’s not only forbidden from using psychic techniques, but it’s also small, making it impossible to land a valid hit.

On the other hand, it is very easy for Skywhale to kill him. Even if you shoot the photon cannon or get close and swat it with your wings, Aadhai will die instantly.

‘I don’t think he knows that.’

As if trying to answer my questions, Adhai continued to utter a series of thoughts.

“Ham Ort” “Speaking” “King of Heaven” “Necessary” “I” “Speaking” “Adult” “Already” “The Hunt” “The End” “King of Heaven” “The Hunt” “Useless”

Adhai proudly spreads his wings. From what he says, it seems like Ham Ort was aiming for Skywhale. Then, when he found out about me, Adhai said that hunting Skywhale was impossible.

[Zzuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (I understand that you need the King of Heaven, but why did you come with me?)]

“Ham Ort” “Speaking” “I” “King of Heaven” “Must Eat” “Savior” “Condition”

[Zuz …

Looking back, Adhai’s wings were spread wide, and he looked different than before. I had just passed over him earlier to check if he was injured or not, but looking at him again, it was definitely different.

‘There are spots on your wings?’

There were a lot of white spots like sand grains around the wing membrane. It looked like spots had appeared naturally on the body rather than being caused by pain.

‘Because it’s white.’

Suddenly, a thought occurred to me. I wondered if Ham Ort was trying to evolve Adhai.

The conditions for Gallagon’s growth are unknown. In the first place, I don’t know how Adhai grew. I was far away while he was shedding his green scales.

“Ham Ort” “The King of Snakes” “Bring It” “Big Man” “The Hunt” “The King of Snakes” “Much” “Big”

‘The King of Snakes? I gave it to you? No way… Ah.’

Now that I hear it, I can guess what it is. The first Apex creature I hunted after coming to this planet was the Ice Horror. Considering its size and appearance, it could certainly be called the king of snakes.

‘Do I have to eat an Apex creature to become a White Gallagon?’

When they are hatchlings, they grow by absorbing the natural psychic powers that come up from the nest. Then, when they become green gallagons, they begin to hunt wild animals in earnest.

Usually, the planet where the dragon’s nest is located is home to a large number of Apex creatures, so you will inevitably have to fight them.

‘Apex creatures are usually not very nutritious.’

Ice Horror, Glacier Fiend, Crystal Wing. They are all beings that contain enormous amounts of energy. They eat these monsters and accumulate that energy in their bodies to grow into White Gallagon.

‘Of course it’s not exact, but….’

If my guess is true, there should be more White Gallagons in the Dragon’s Nest. Since there actually aren’t, there’s likely something else I’m not aware of.

‘Maybe Adhai is something special.’

Ham Ort said that he took Adhai because he was special. That’s why he said he needed him to fight the Black Gallagon group.

Of course, it is unclear whether such an important being was just handed over to me now.

[Zzuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzuzu (If you eat the King of Heaven, you will change?)]

“Ham Ort” “Speaking” “Change” “Possible” “I” “King of Serpents” “Absorption” “Change” “Occurrence” “Strength”

The guy pointed to the spots on his wings with his forelegs.

‘We’ll find out if we try it.’

If what he says is true, something will change after Adhai eats Skywhale meat.

‘Anyway, I have Ham Ort and the Gallagons in my hands.’

Aadhai will know where they live. If you’re not sure, just catch them and ask them directly.

I approached Skywhale’s corpse.

The symbol of hunting was activated on the blood and viscera fragments that were spread thickly on the floor.

A head with a shell covering the eyes, bony sickle arms that protrude by tearing the membrane on its back, and small claws resembling fox legs located here and there on its lower body and other parts of its body.

All of these were changes that had previously occurred when the symbol of hunting had been used, but there were two differences.

Perhaps due to the effects of the Berserker Synapse, which drastically reduces energy consumption, my body length has not increased as much as before. My body is currently about 45m long. Considering that I usually grow at least twice as long when using the hunting symbol, it was a shockingly small size.

‘There are no regrets in terms of size so far. Should I rather see it as an advantage?’

Aside from its length, the only other difference is that it has red patterns on the membranes of its arms and wings.

The red pattern that spread from the inside of the arms to the battle arms and wings in the shape of blood vessels continued along the muscle fibers to the wing membrane. The original black wings were cool, but these had their own charm.

“Big adult” “Wings” “Cool”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“?”

“What? Why?”

After completing my transformation, I bit the head of the Sky Whale, which was leaking its contents. The others also came closer and began to taste the meat of the space whale.

–

The Odd Grad herd is unique in that the original Gallagons value their young. Gallagons do not lay many eggs, and even those that are laid with difficulty often do not hatch due to the harsh environment.

Since these chicks are barely born from a small number of eggs, the entire flock has no choice but to focus on protecting them.

Individuals that do not go out hunting, regardless of whether they are male or female, guard their young in the nest. Since the number of individuals outside hunting is usually not that many, it can be assumed that most members guard the nest.

There are only two reasons why chicks would die in a nest protected by the entire flock: when a natural predator, such as a Skywhale, appears, or when a stronger flock of Gallagons attacks.

And now.

The group following Ham Ort was on the verge of destruction.

The forest surrounding the nest was burning as if it had been bombed. In the midst of the blazing flames, gallagons with colorful scales were lying dead.

The cave that served as the lair for the young Gallagons had its ceiling completely torn off. Inside, too, the corpses of Gallagons were piled up like mountains.

Most of the corpses were blue hatchlings.

The leader of the nest, Ham Ort, watched the horrific scene unfold. It wasn’t because she was cold-hearted or had no affection for her kind.

Her body was literally a mess now. Her beautiful white wings, like a bride’s dress, were completely torn off, and her tail was also cut off, leaving only a third of it.

Three of the four bright horns were broken, and half of the tentacles around the mouth were also torn off. It was difficult to find a part of the body that was not broken.

The person responsible for making her look so miserable was floating leisurely in the sky.

A being with six horns, scales as black as the night sky, and a size that is overwhelmingly larger than Ham Ort.

It was the great Odd Grad, Gallagon, the most powerful force on this planet.

He was holding the blue gallagon with his forepaws and sucking its fluids.

The sight of a newly hatched hatchling’s body being torn apart by a bundle of purple tentacles. It was a sight that Ham Ort tried to prevent in any way possible.

In an instant, he ate the hatchling and threw its twisted corpse in front of her.

“Evil Odd Grad!” “Younger Kindred!” “Killed!” “Originally!” “The Crowd Kindred!” “Killed!”

The brutal death of his young compatriot caused a rage-filled ideology to erupt from Ham Ort. It was true that the two groups were fighting, but there was no reason to kill the hatchlings who were unaware of anything.

Besides, the current Odd Grad group was split in two because of her rebellion. It was definitely not a good idea to kill them all like this when even accepting one back would be enough.

“Younger compatriots” “Guilt” “No!” “Cruelty!”

Odgrad responded calmly to her primitive expression of anger.

“Odd Grad” “Speaking” “Traitor” “Seed” “Must Be Destroyed”

“!”

“but”

He landed on top of Ham Ort. She screamed as a being much larger than her crushed her entire body.

“Traitor” “Do not kill”

“Ham Ort” “I will not give in!”

“It doesn’t matter” “Traitor” “Pain” “I need it much more”

He broke her legs one by one with his forepaws. She could not even scream in excruciating pain, but could only groan.

“Odd Grad” “I Command” “Traitor” “Take It Away”

“check”

“Companions” “The Runaway Traitors” “Find Them” “Kill Them”

The other Gallagons who heard his ideology captured Ham Ort.

She thought as she was dragged away in a dazed state.

I’m glad it didn’t take as long as the last remaining hope.

I didn’t tell the daughter of the meteor, but there is one sacrifice left for her to become the savior.

Predating on their own white relatives.

Originally, she was going to take responsibility and make the sacrifice, but her plan was disrupted when Odd Grad attacked her nest before that.

That’s why she had no choice but to ask her fellow compatriot, Nel Germa.

Nel Germa is also a female who came out to resist Odd Grad. Even in an urgent situation, he listened to her request and immediately took action.

While she was still focused, another white compatriot, Nel Germa, led the surviving compatriots and escaped safely, in order to complete the final mission she had given.

Now there is nothing Ham Ort can do.

All that remains is what choice her daughter makes.

All this time she had made only bad choices. There were only two choices she could confidently say were good ones.

But I hope my daughter makes a wise choice. She kept praying until she lost consciousness.