Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 214



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Ep. 213

As I rose into the air, I waved my wings to gain altitude. Adhai, boasting a fast flight speed, was already flying ahead of my movements.

“Saaaah.”

The Hellside Hornet also followed me closely, hissing. In an instant, it caught up with me and spread out both its arms and swung them.

The arms of this creature, which resemble the forelimbs of a locust, are sharp and strong. They are strong enough to damage my skull, one of the hardest parts of my body.

‘My tongs can’t even hold it.’

The defense of the pincers on the end of the tail is on the same level as the head shell. Its only resistance to supernatural powers is high. Therefore, strategies such as deflecting its attacks or hitting it with its body are disadvantageous.

I pulled my tail towards my body during the flight. The bastard’s scythe cut through the air.

Using the momentum of my tail-bending, I flipped my body upside down in the air. My body spun around wildly, my upper body facing the guy.

In that state, I pulled out the erosion tentacles. The six long tentacles moved to tear off the creature’s wings.

The creature quickly retreats at the sight of its tentacles writhing like a viper. I predicted the direction in which it would move and vomited acidic fungi in that direction.

“Shhh!”

The guy with the green liquid on his head is annoying. The Hellside Hornet can shoot a terrifyingly strong digestive fluid, but it is immune to all acid attacks.

However, my attack right now is not intended to cause fatal damage to him.

I rushed towards the one whose eyes were blinded by the liquid. Feeling the recoil of the air, the one quickly flapped its wings in an evasive maneuver. Its body rose upwards and my horns brushed against its toes.

I feel a few of its claws being crushed by my horns, but they are weak. It moves quickly, knocking the liquid out of its eyes as it tries to slam its arm down on my back.

The bone scythe arm on my back collided with the bastard’s arm. My bone scythe was half-dented, but this time the bastard’s arm was also damaged. The blade on the bastard’s arm was also slightly damaged due to the sharpness of the bone scythe.

As I and the guy were battling in the air, a purple ball of energy flew out from somewhere. If the guy hadn’t lowered his head, there would have been a hole the size of a baseball in the back of his head.

Thanks to their compound eyes, Hellside Hornets have no blind spots. That is, unless you cover their entire eyes, like I did earlier.

‘What a pity.’

“Shaaaaak”

The guy who almost died in an instant screamed and fell away from me. Then Adhai shot a purple energy ball again.

The attack aimed for the head caused the creature to fold its arms and raise them in front of its head. The energy bullet hit, but only left a small soot mark on the creature’s sturdy arm.

The man who had been protecting his head with his arm as a shield tried to chase after Adhai again, but the guy was already gone.

Lightning flashes across the dark sky. The expression lightning is not a metaphor. It is a state of symbolism for hunting, so even though the auxiliary engine’s performance has improved, it is difficult to keep up with the creature’s movements.

The guy who turned into white lightning kept his enemies at bay by shooting psychic breath while retreating. Hellside Hornet wasn’t exactly slow, but he was so fast that it was impossible to approach.

“Shwaaahhh! Shaaahh!”

A man who is high on drugs makes a strange noise. Along with this, a strong heat is felt from his body.

[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (It’s just beginning. Be careful.)]

“check”

The bastard’s body began to glow as if it had just emerged from lava, and soon the heat began to gather towards his buttocks.

I could feel the movement of many things boiling around in the bastard’s buttocks. It felt like a nest full of spiderlings.

What my assistant felt was correct, because countless flies were flying out of the bastard’s butt.

“Ssusu”“Ssusu”“Ssusu”“Ssusu”“Ssusu”“Ssusu”

The name of the bugs is ‘Hornetling’. They are the offspring of the Hellside Hornet.

The Hornetling looks similar to the Hellside Hornet, but is much smaller. It is only about the size of an adult male’s fist. It also lacks the menacing forelimbs.

But that doesn’t mean you should let your guard down.

The Hornet Ring is also one of the Hellside Hornet’s powerful weapons.

Hellside Hornets prefer to hatch hornetlings by directly stabbing their enemies in the body, but when fighting a difficult opponent like now, they also expend their body’s energy to grow hornetlings inside their bodies.

Hornetlings born this way have one peculiarity: they are very hungry, as they are only supplied with the energy necessary for growth.

“Shaaaaa.”

As he howled, a flock of hornetlings flew toward Adhai. Even though each individual is small, there are about a thousand of them. The sight of the flock of hornetlings flying toward him all at once looked like small clouds moving.

‘Except that there is no cloud in the world that moves that fast.’

The hornet ring is as fast as an adult. A bio-cloud of insects approaches Aadhai.

Those who knew that Adhai was much faster changed their shape to surround him. When Adhai tried to escape, Hellside Hornet cornered him.

[Zuzuzuzu zu (using that technique)]

“understanding!”

Adhai, who understood my intentions, gathered his strength and then erupted. Psychic power gushed out like a fountain from the tips of his tentacles.

This is the Purple Lightning used during the Green Gallagon era.

“Sss!” “Sss!” “Sss!” “Sss!” “Sss!”

The giant psychic net he created enveloped the hornetlings. Hundreds of hornetlings fell like flies hit by an electric mosquito swatter.

‘The destructive power and precision have increased?’

Originally, Purple Lightning had less than half the destructive power of Psychic Breath and its range was much shorter. However, it was an attack technique that spread out over a wide area, so it was effective when fighting multiple enemies.

However, Adhai was controlling this to maximize its destructive power and accuracy.

Just as No. 26 was using psychic power to subdue enemies, Adhai was using it in a similar way. Purple Lightning, which had previously been fired once and then stopped, now moved as if it had an ego and finished off Hornetling.

The guy uses evasive maneuvers to defeat the Hornetlings, mixing in psychic breaths to keep the Hellside Hornets at bay.

‘You’re doing well.’

And I also got in between and actively restrained him. When he tried to shoot digestive fluid in the direction of Adhai, I interfered by shooting psychic breath or rushing at him.

“Ssus!” “Ssus!” “Ssus!”

“Saaaah!”

When the mother cried out from behind, the cubs’ movements changed.

The fearsome nature of the Hornetlings lies not simply in their numbers. Their real weapon is their digestive fluid.

The digestive fluid of the hornetling is the same level as that of an adult. The digestive fluid of an adult is enough to melt my shell, so imagine if thousands of them were to shoot it at the same time. If it were an Adhai, not even a trace would be left.

‘I can’t leave it like this.’

The goal of this hunt is to hunt Apex, but also to get Adhai used to his own power. It would be bad if he gets seriously injured during training.

I made sure the hornetlings were in a suitable position to shoot the digestive fluid, then I pulled out my hidden weapon.

‘There’s a specific cure for those guys who flock together like that.’

I activated ‘Abyss Color’ while preparing Psychic Breath.

The carapace and scales covering its body glowed with strange colors. Purple, green, and all sorts of colors swayed as if alive. The eerie glow traveled over its body and headed toward the bundles of tentacles hanging from its neck, the back of its head, and its chin.

A strangely contaminated psychic power gathered in the monster’s tentacles. A multitude of bubbles bubbled in front of my snout.

Countless drops of water blooming like flowers in full bloom. They look fantastic, but in reality, they are like vampires that constantly crave other life.

A psychic breath reflecting the colors of the abyss was fired.

Psychic breath spreads through the sky like soap bubbles shot from a bubble gun, and one of them makes contact with a group of hornetlings.

“Self?!”

The unlucky one was instantly sucked into the sphere of chaos. That was the beginning. The sphere of madness that knew no satisfaction devoured the hornetlings.

At first, it was not noticeable because it was a group of hornetlings numbering well over a thousand. However, soon after, the group collapsed inward as if a vacuum cleaner had been installed inside. This was because the psychic breath inside was swallowing them up.

Only then did they realize how terrifying a presence was near them. They quickly tried to disperse, but it was too late.

What can a person who has lost his body to a drop do? He is extremely hungry and his body is melting away. They have somehow caught other members of their species to survive.

Psychic Breath and Hornetlings ate their own kind, as if competing to see who was the greediest predator. This only accelerated as time went on.

There was no sound during the process. The massacre that took place in silence did not last long. In a few minutes, the hornetlings disappeared without a trace. The psychic breath, having lost its target, simply disappeared into thin air.

“Just now” “What?”

“Sha, shaaaaak!”

Everyone looked bewildered as the hornetlings disappeared in an instant. Adhai tilted his head, and Hellside Hornet screamed in anger and bewilderment.

The fight entered a lull due to the abyss’s colors. The other side seemed to sense a sense of crisis from my attack, so they only threatened and did not rush forward.

As the enemy’s attacks ceased, Adhai also flew this way.

“Me” “Learning” “Possible?”

[Zuzu zuzuzu (probably not)]

“sorrow”

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (I’m hunting, so let’s talk later)]

“agreement”

If you become Black Gallagon, you can do something similar to what I did, but I’ll explain that part later.

During this brief pause in the fighting, the sky grew increasingly noisy. It seemed as if a huge storm was about to strike, as the wind blew hard and the temperature dropped significantly.

[Zuzuzuzuzuzuzu (Is the cold okay?)]

“White” “Scale” “Good” “Problem” “None”

Although the body wasn’t that big, it was still a White Gallagon. The guy looked fine.

‘Okay. Now what’s next… .’

The Hellside Hornet is as smart as it is protective. There are two ways to deal with this situation that is unfavorable to it.

One is to summon the Hornet Ring again and attack in tandem. Given what happened earlier, it’s likely they’ll operate differently this time.

‘They’ll probably spread it out wide and use it as bait or hit and run.’

He’ll throw the pups at me and try to somehow fight Adhai in the meantime. Of course, I won’t let that happen.

‘Either that or run away.’

Most other Apex are very aggressive. They rarely avoid fighting.

Except for the Hellside Hornet in front of us.

“Shaaaa.”

The body of the one who let out a short cry suddenly becomes hot. This is to awaken the hornetling eggs stored inside the body.

Soon, a flock of hornetlings burst out from the creature’s rear. This time, there were only half as many as before, perhaps because they hatched twice in a short period of time.

‘That doesn’t mean it’s a small number.’

[Zuzuzu (get ready)]

Since he is known for learning quickly, he will be more difficult this time. At that moment, he was trying to warn Adhai and prepare for battle.

The one who created the hornet ring swarm began to descend towards the ground.

‘this!’

Fight or run away? He chose both options at the same time. While the pups were stalling, he was going to run away.

“Situation” “Difference”

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzu zuzu zuzuzu (Let’s do what we said before, but change it a little)]

“how?”

[Zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (I’ll catch him)]

“Agree” “Quickly” “Go”

Adhai and I, who had changed our plans briefly, moved towards our respective goals. Adhai descended towards the Hornet Ring, and I descended towards the Holy Body.

A purple lightning storm rages behind me. While the creature fights off the bugs, I fold my wings and close the distance between me and the Hellside Hornet.

And while falling, I shot psychic breath at the bastard. This time, it was the normal version without the abyssal color enhancement.

A purple ray of heat passed over the creature’s lower body. If it had hit him properly, it would have been fatal, but the creature dodged just before it hit him, so it missed.

“Shaaaaah!”

The angry creature spat out digestive fluid at the point where I was falling. I quickly spread my wings slightly as I descended with my wings folded. As my falling speed slowed down, the creature’s attack grazed the flesh under my tail.

The searing pain of life and death surged through me, but since I didn’t see any ‘pain relief’, I wasn’t seriously injured. After dodging the bastard’s attack, I folded my wings again to increase my falling speed.

By the time I could distinguish the trees covering the mountain, I had managed to close the distance between me and the creature. I was hit several more times with digestive fluid as I approached it, but I held on, relying on the strength of its shell.

“Shaaaah! Shaaaah!”

When I didn’t back down even though I was being hit, it seemed like it had a change of heart. The thing that had been passively resisting while falling suddenly flapped its wings and flew towards me.

The guy who was right next to me was trying to cut my neck with his scythe-like arm.

Before I was beheaded, I pulled my upper body back. The bastard’s arm cut off the blade bone tip from my jaw. The auxiliary organs had turned into blade bones due to the symbolic effect of hunting, but the nerves were barely damaged.

As I was pulling back, the eroding tentacles came out of my back again and grabbed the thing. The appendages on the tips of the tentacles entangled the six legs on its lower body.

My intention to capture him was successful, but he also had intentions of being captured. His arm flew in like lightning and pierced my abdomen.

‘Ugh!’

“Pain relief activated!”

I almost lost consciousness from the pain of my gut being ripped apart. If I hadn’t been Eimov, if I hadn’t had pain relief, I would have been killed here. Even as my head screamed, my body didn’t give up and held on to the thing tightly.

‘I’ll pay you back in kind!’

“Shaaaa!”

I opened my mouth wide and tried to bite him. He quickly covered my mouth with his other arm. That’s how we fell from the sky, hugging each other.

“Shaaaaah.”

As if things were going well, the bastard’s butt started to move. I guess he was trying to plant maggots near my carapace, which had melted after being exposed to digestive fluid.

But there’s something he doesn’t know.

While he was concentrating all his energy on killing me, my auxiliary organs informed me of something important.

A high-speed flying object is approaching from above.

And a purple energy bullet was fired from the aircraft. This time, the energy bullet that flew in was much thinner and more refined than the one he usually shoots.

As if to avoid someone’s eyes.

As Adhai had intended, the guy realized it much too late. When he saw the energy bullet flying towards his head, he tried to pull away, but he couldn’t. That’s because his body was stuck right next to mine.

“Shhh!”

The creature tore off its own arms and legs with great judgment. The creature, left with only wings, flew away from me. I also tried to grab its wings with my fighting arms, but it was a little faster.

‘but!’

When the purple energy blast reached my head, I slightly twisted my head position.

As a result, the psychic breath shot by Adhai collided with my skull. Whether it was properly concentrated and fired to finish it off with one shot, the intense impact spread throughout my head.

The moment I was hit by the psychic breath, my body’s latent trait, the psychic reflective armor, automatically activated. Most of my psychic power was lost when my skull shell was destroyed, but some still remained.

And those energies bounced off in directions that no one but me could have predicted.

Exactly in the direction of the Hellside Hornet’s wings.

“Swish?!”

A man who lost one of his wings stumbles, unable to control his body. A second energy bullet flies in as if to confirm the kill.

“Big man” “Attack” “Forgiveness” “Impossible”

The energy bullet burned the bastard’s wings along with the thought waves filled with his cold resentment.

The one who lost both wings could no longer stay in the air and fell.

This time it was not a strategic escape, but a real crash.

“Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

He had lived his entire life far from falling, but not anymore. His body gradually shrank down along with his screams.

And soon the bastard was out of sight.

‘phew.’

“Big man” “Doesn’t it hurt?”

[Zuzuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu (It’s okay. You did a great job)]

“Head” “Right”

[Don’t worry]

The guy who flew towards me asks worriedly.

Right now, my body was a total mess, with my carapace melting from the digestive juices, a puncture wound on my stomach, a severed horn, and my head carapace ripped off by the psychic breath. To be honest, I would be lying if I said it didn’t hurt, but I answered that I was fine.

Aimorph will not die unless his brain and heart stop. This level of injury can be easily recovered by eating his flesh.

I slowly came down to the ground with Adhai.

The place where the thing fell was covered in sticky liquid. The thing was in the middle of the crash site that had become a sea of ​​blood.

“S, s, seu… .”

The thing with only its head remaining was barely breathing. Its lower body was shattered, and dead maggots were floating on the pool of blood.

‘This is the end.’

I approached the thing and pierced the Hellside Hornet’s head with the bone sickle arm on my back.

The guy’s upper body started shaking, then stopped.