Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 228



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Ep. 227

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He had several names.

A being blessed by the stars, a wise man with the wisdom of the stars, the strongest male, etc.

Of all the names he goes by, this is his favorite nickname.

Great Odd Grad.

No word could describe him better than ‘great’.

There has never been a life form in the world so special as to be born with the blessings of the stars.

He could read the future.

Sometimes as a dream, sometimes as a hallucination.

Thanks to the gift of foresight that he had since birth, he was able to avoid the dangers that befell him.

He also actively used his abilities to protect the group.

Since the days of the Aqua-Blue Scales, he went hunting with his kind and helped them avoid danger. His kind also trusted him, calling him a wise young being.

As time passed, he became the strongest leader in the pack. He was respected by many of his fellows and had beautiful, strong females as companions.

Everything was perfect.

Until I met ‘that dwarf’.

Before the flow of stars had changed a dozen times, someone had sneaked into the nest and stolen the eggs.

The thieves were dwarves I had never seen before. They had arrived here on a flying machine that smelled like minerals.

In a fit of rage, he attempted to attack the dwarves’ flying vehicle. He certainly would have done so if Future had not warned him.

The future I saw then was still unforgettable.

The moment he attacked, one of the strange-looking dwarves stepped forward. He killed all of his kind, including him. The dwarves took all the eggs.

Although he tried to avoid destruction somehow, the future he saw did not change.

The strange dwarf on the plane was a different class of being. He was an opponent that could not be defeated no matter what was done.

If it were other people of the same species, he would not have given up, but not Odd Grad. Thanks to his ability to read the future, he thought in a completely different way from his own kind.

Fear of death, anxiety about a future he couldn’t control. Emotions he had never felt in his life swelled up. The power that made him great was now consuming him.

The choice he made, consumed by fear, was submission. He bowed his head before the dwarf and begged that he would do anything to be spared.

Was it surprising that he acted this way? The dwarf, or rather the ‘transcendent’, seemed to like his actions.

The Transcendent One did not kill him. Instead, he bestowed grace upon Odgrad.

His secret that even Odd Grad didn’t know, what happens in the stars floating in the sky, and even the truth of this world.

The moment he started hearing the story of the Transcendent One, the world he knew was completely torn apart.

Beloved companions, young comrades with whom you sometimes play, and sturdy white-scaled comrades when you go hunting.

Everything was worthless. They were no different from the other lumps of metal lying around out there.

The transcendent one spoke.

Only Odd Grad is a ‘unique’ being. He is a being worthy of becoming the incarnation of the stars, so it would be a shame to kill him like this.

He didn’t know exactly what it meant, but it didn’t matter. The fact that the Transcendent would guarantee his life was far more important to him.

After making a deal with the Transcendent, he survived.

The Transcendent One gave him a precious gift as a token of their friendship.

But in that place, the young leader who loved his people was no longer there. Instead, only ‘Great Odd Grad’ remained.

The great Odgrad has awakened from his long slumber.

The fight with the cunning ‘black kin’ ended badly. They had no choice but to return quickly as their kin raided their nest.

Losing the traitor was no small loss, but there was an even bigger problem. The future of being killed by the black race had not changed.

Only then did he recall the Transcendent One’s warning.

The epitaph bestowed upon him by the Transcendent One told him that a being would come looking for him, one that might be able to kill him.

Hana Odgrad couldn’t follow those words, because the more urgent task was to clean up the group of deserters.

His dreams also did not tell him of an ominous future, so he ended up acting carelessly.

In a way, it might be natural. Since he had only chosen futures that he could control throughout his life.

This time, he decided to rely on his own abilities. In the first place, wasn’t it thanks to his ability to see the future that he was able to survive without confronting the Transcendent? The power to see the future was sure to lead him to the right path.

Odd Grad woke up from his dream and let out a wave of thought.

“Finally” “Victory” “I saw”

After wandering through my dreams for days trying to find the answer, I found a way to change the future.

“Odd Grad” “I Command” “All Kinds” “Prepare” “The Hunt” “Come Together”

“All my compatriots?”

“Nest” “Defense” “Impossible”

“I command you again” “Compatriots who can fight” “All” “Follow” “Reject” “I will not forgive”

Although his companions cautiously voiced their objections, Odd Grad did not listen.

In his dream he saw.

He stood on a mountain peak of a peculiar shape. Beneath his feet lay a black, wounded compatriot. He cut off the neck of his compatriot with his sharp claws and drank his blood.

The great Odd Grad has triumphed once again.

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I flew quite a distance from the nest and landed on the peak of one of the vast mountain ranges.

You see a nest of broken tree debris and glittering jewel shards. This is the Twin Peaks you came to catch Crystal Wing a while ago.

I lay down on the nest that had lost its owner.

‘You must have seen it by now.’

Since I have left the group, there will be changes in the future that Odd Grad sees. They will try to attack me right away, because they don’t know when another opportunity like this will come.

There aren’t many twin peaks around here, especially not where my Crystal Wing nest is located.

‘If you saw me in your dreams, it won’t be hard to find me.’

There’s still time before they come.

I unpacked the bag I was carrying and took out the equipment inside.

‘Blood River, Demolisher, Tuner…’

These are all loot I’ve gotten from enemies I’ve fought so far. There are more loot bags in the nest besides the ones I took out.

The priest’s golden spear is not in this bag. It was originally in there, but was deliberately taken out and thrown into the pit.

‘If you are the Mother of Heaven, you will know what I mean.’

I believe they will figure out my intentions soon enough, but I have prepared insurance just in case they fail.

She knows how useful the golden spear of the priest is. If she checks the spear hidden in the pit, she will immediately know what I mean.

‘I’m leaving, so there’s no way I’ll be eating right away. I guess they’ll find me tomorrow morning.’

This is the first time I’ve ever put a plan with so many variables into action. Still, this is the best way to keep Odd Grad from finding out.

I replayed my fight with that guy.

There are two main ways to be certain that the bastard’s crisis detection ability has been activated: when he uses the Whirlwind of God and when he activates the ‘Color of the Abyss’.

‘It’s not clear when the cruiser exploded, but… .’

Considering that he didn’t suffer any fatal injuries, it’s quite possible that he was able to glimpse the future and avoid it.

Simply put, all the attacks he avoided by seeing the future had the potential to cause fatal injuries.

‘The enhanced fear gaze is slightly different, but it is the same in that it is directly connected to death.’

The ‘Gaze of Terror’ with the abyssal color applied makes the target experience the most horrible pain over and over again. In that state, it is not unrelated to death, as it makes it impossible to fight or even fly.

‘But he didn’t show that kind of behavior in other attacks.’

Even though the Black Gallagon’s hide is tough, it is not invincible as a living creature. If it is repeatedly hit by normal psychic breath or other attacks, it will get hurt. In fact, it was even hit by a cruiser’s main gun and bled.

‘At that time, it didn’t seem like I had predicted the future.’

The Cult Cruiser’s main gun can wound the Black Gallagon, but it is impossible to kill it in one hit.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the bastard’s ability to sense danger is limited to ‘one-shot attacks that kill or inflict fatal injuries that lead to death’. Both the Whirlwind of God and the Color of the Abyss fall into this category.

‘The superpower reflective gloves are still unknown.’

I looked down at the equipment I had laid out.

‘His abilities and the divine whip don’t go together.’

‘God’s Whirlwind’ is very powerful, but its power is not good in the current situation because it affects the bastard’s precognitive ability.

‘Then we also need to change our tactics.’

I enabled translucent textbox.

“Plunderer’s Irregular Polyhedron: Devour a piece of equipment to specialize its unique abilities. This can only be done once per piece of equipment, and if you devour another piece of equipment, the special effects of the previous piece of equipment will be lost.”

A few months ago, he gained the ability ‘Predator’s Irregular Polyhedron’ by killing the cyborg player Muriel. At the time, he acquired the God’s Whirlwind trait, which uses the power of the cult’s orbital weapon ‘Brain God’, by preying on it.

And I plan to prey on new gear here.

Among the equipment in front of me, there are three items worth preying on.

Blood Reaver obtained from Muriel, and Demolisher obtained from the Tuner, Temple Guardians, and Cruisers.

‘Demolish me.’

I picked up a gun that resembled a rectangular pencil case.

The traits created by the predator’s irregular polyhedrons follow the characteristics of the equipment it preys on. If you eat the plasma launcher, you can use plasma heat rays, if you eat the brain god, you can use the power of the brain god. If you eat the demolisher, you can shoot a beam with the effect of material manipulation.

‘This won’t work, right?’

The Demolisher’s bullets can disintegrate even the hardest materials. Its effect is similar to that of psychic breath enhanced with the color of the abyss, so it will fall into Odd Grad’s detection range.

‘Next is the coordinator.’

The Cross-Shaped Halo Headband and Tuner are loot obtained by killing Muriel.

Originally, Jason also had a coordinator, but when his body teleported, the equipment disappeared along with it, so he was unable to obtain it.

‘The coordinator’s ability isn’t bad either.’

The Coordinator is a reward that can be obtained by clearing stage 9 of the quest, which is a unique system of the cult.

If you wear this headband, you will automatically be teleported to a nearby location whenever you receive a fatal injury. Since it is set to move by particleizing your body, it also has the scary effect of completely healing all injuries on your body after teleportation.

The total number of teleportations is 5. In other words, it is like gaining 5 lives.

‘Teleportation is nice, but it’s useless here.’

What I need is a means of attack that can deal moderate damage without the bastard’s ability activating. It would be nice to have the ability to defend myself, but it’s not really useful at this point.

‘What’s left is Blood River.’

I looked down at the spider-shaped machine, which was as small as a finger joint.

At first glance, it looks small and cute, but it is actually a very dangerous machine.

‘After all, it is the only war weapon of the Star Union.’

If you just look at the level, it’s on the same level as Noesin. In fact, the production cost of the two is almost the same.

In the game, Blood Reaver is frequently used in a variety of situations, including in player-to-player combat, capturing rare creatures, and weakening powerful raid boss creatures.

Activating Blood River will cause it to attach itself to a specific target and absorb their life force. The absorption speed is very fast, so even the strongest enemies will have their combat power greatly weakened.

You might think that you can detect it in advance and avoid it, but that’s impossible. The metal and paint that make up Blood River have the effect of nullifying detection. Thanks to that, even my auxiliary organs can’t read it.

‘I almost died fighting Muriel because of this.’

At the time, I had already activated the ‘Gremlin Moss’ trait that makes machines stupid, so I was able to disable Blood Reaver.

Anyway, considering the effect of Blood Reaver, it is suitable for this situation. You get an attack method that can steadily accumulate damage without killing the guy with one blow.

As I was looking at the equipment I had listed, I looked up at the sky. It was still cloudy so it was hard to tell what time it was, but I could tell that it was night.

‘There’s still some time left, so let’s think about it slowly.’

In addition to the three weapons, there are other equipment in the bag.

I took out each piece of equipment and thought about how I would use it.

Actually, I’ve already decided what I’m going to write, but the reason I’m doing this is because I feel insecure.

He’s the one who can read the future. Can I beat him?

What if he changes his target?

What if they attack Aadhaina or other guys first instead of me?

When I realized it too late and went back, the nest was full of their corpses. No. 26, who was mortally wounded and dying, cursed me. For abandoning us and living alone… .

‘stop.’

I banged my head hard on the floor.

Maybe it was because of the cold eyes. The ominous thoughts disappeared in an instant and I felt my head clear up.

‘I don’t support it.’

Coming this far, things have rarely gone perfectly as planned. There have always been variables I didn’t know about that popped up, and unexpected crises have cropped up.

But I survived. No adversity, no formidable enemy could overcome me.

The same goes for Odd Grad.

He will come here, and I will devour every last bit of his genetic essence.

Thinking like that, I waited.

As time passed, the clouds changed position. The dark clouds became thicker and snowstorms and lightning struck together.

In the midst of continuing severe weather conditions that are difficult to describe even with the word bad weather.

My auxiliary organs detected something.

A very large number of large objects are approaching this location at high speed.

‘You’re here.’

I took out the equipment from my bag and put it in my mouth. The looter’s irregular polyhedron activated and the structure of its body changed.

I looked up at the sky, feeling the divine embers that had been with me for so long drift away.

Behind the curtain called the Snowstorm, black wings are visible.

The long wait is over.

The time to hunt has come.