Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 233



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Ep. 232

After the fight, the Odd Grads, or rather the Adhai group, returned to their former nest. Their command was entrusted to Nel Germa.

Ham Ort has yet to fully recover from his injuries, so he and the Heavenly Mother have returned to the cave nest I created. There, after his wounds have been treated, he will gather the Blue Gallagons and join Odd Grad’s nest.

The rest of us are now searching the forest near Twin Peaks, trying to collect the Gallagons that crashed during the battle.

As I was looking for the body, PS-111 approached me.

PS-111, interested in biological genes and energy supply, did not go with Nel Germa and remained here.

The snow banshee was held in the guy’s hooked clawed hands.

“After analyzing the combat, I have determined that body size has a significant correlation with combat performance. Would it be acceptable to use this creature as an energy source to re-calibrate your body?”

“Squeak! Kkikkik!”

It looks like he was captured by PS-111 while coveting Gallagon’s body.

It wasn’t long before I came down to the forest that the hunting symbol effect ended. Even if I eat the snow banshee now, the probability of obtaining genetic essence is low.

‘I guess it’ll be okay if I hand it over.’

[Zuz …

“Confirmed.”

“Squeak?!”

As soon as I gave permission, the creature swung its sickle-shaped clawed arm, and an invisible blade of wind shot out and cut down the snow banshee.

Hot blood and entrails spilled onto the cold floor. A mouth-watering smell filled the dry forest. The guy picked up the torn corpse and ate it.

There was nothing that could threaten the guy around here. I left the guy who was busy eating behind and moved into the forest.

“Isn’t the big baby hungry?”

[Z zu zu zu zu zu zu (I want to eat something else)]

A little way from the twin peaks, there were broken trees. Judging by the wide-spreading branches and the broken branches, it was easy to see that they had been hit by something that had fallen from the sky.

And where the tip of the broken branch was pointing, there was a black lump.

What appeared to be a meteorite that had flown in from outside the planet was the corpse of Odgrad, whose head had been blown off.

It wasn’t just the neck that was blown off. The impact of hitting the ground completely crushed the wings, and the waist was bent into a bizarre shape.

It was the miserable end of the black dragon who was overconfident in his own abilities and obsessed with the power of the leader.

“Are you the bad flap flap captain?”

[Zuzu (right)]

Black Gallagon meat is an excellent source of nutrition, as the forelegs and head alone provide a large amount of energy.

‘And it tastes really good.’

The meat of Apex creatures all boasted a deep flavor that gave me pleasure. And Black Gallagon was the most powerful Apex I had ever eaten. The taste was also overwhelmingly excellent.

‘You don’t have to be hung up on energy anymore…’

It is true that energy supply is more relaxed than before thanks to Berserker Synapse and Dragon Heart, but that doesn’t mean you have to avoid the opportunity to enjoy delicious food.

“Are you going to eat the intestines?”

[Yeah]

“bon appetit.”

I stopped trying to tear open the corpse because something suddenly occurred to me.

Number 26 is riding on my head.

Although it has now shrunk to a size of only 50cm, it was originally nearly 10m tall. This is because it grew significantly in the past as a result of absorbing the psychic power of the adult C-Demon.

‘Then wouldn’t eating Black Gallagon have a similar effect?’

In the game, Gallagon and Sea Demon are renowned as advanced psychic creatures. Although they differ in appearance, habitat, and behavior, they have in common the use of extremely powerful psychic power techniques.

Gallagons grow in a nest that emits a large amount of psychic power, accumulating a large amount of energy in their bodies. On the other hand, Sea Demons maintain and inherit their accumulated psychic power by transferring the power to other Sea Demons before the adult dies.

‘The methods are different, but they are the same in that they both contain a large amount of psychic power.’

In fact, No. 26 has fed psychic powers to the Blue Gallagons before. This time, he is doing the opposite, using Gallagon’s corpse to give him power.

I thrust my fighting arms into the Black Gallagon’s belly.

I felt warm guts and flesh at my fingertips. I grabbed the bastard’s heart and other major organs and pulled them out.

The warmth still lingered in the warm organs, and a delicious smell wafted from them. I handed the food I had just taken out to No. 26, who was sitting above me.

[Zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzuzu (Want to try this?)]

“It’s the prey caught by the big kid.”

[Zuzuzuzuz zuuzuzuzuz zuuzuzuzuzuz zuuzuzuzuzuz (I’m so full I can’t eat it alone. It’s delicious, so try it.)]

Number 26 stretched out its tentacles and wrapped them around the food in my hand. Then, it stretched its body like a thin dough and sucked in the food with its tentacles.

Soon, the guy’s body began to glow in a variety of colors.

[Zuzu zuzuzu (How is it? Is it delicious?)]

“it’s good!”

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzu (There’s still a lot, so eat more)]

As soon as I gave permission, the guy came down from my head and started eating Odd Grad’s corpse.

Although he was originally a good eater, he seemed to like the Black Gallagon’s long-term growth quite a bit.

Not long after No. 26 started eating, he felt a noise from above.

It was Adhai, a Gallagon with four red wings. He came in through a gap in the open branches and landed next to me.

“Corpse” “Not far” “Soon” “Arrived”

[Zuz …

“check”

[Zuz …

“Big man” “Prey”

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (We caught it together. We should share the spoils)]

“Is that so?”

As I nodded, the guy joined me in the feast. He climbed onto the corpse, inserted his tentacles through the torn skin, and sucked the blood.

“Perfect” “Good”

The guy, who shook his head in admiration, diligently drank the blood. Adhai, who was merciless to his enemies but cared for his own kind, had no hesitation in eating the corpse of Odd Grad, as befitting Gallagon.

‘It’s not my place to say this as an Eimov.’

I also got ready to eat with the guys because I felt like there wouldn’t be anything left to eat if we were any later.

While I was wondering where to start eating, the front leg that was halfway there caught my eye. That cleanly cut cross-section is my mark.

The ring that was on my front paw is now held tightly in my small hand near my chest.

I went down to the ground and tried to force the ring on, but it didn’t have any special effect. My ability to hide my emotions didn’t activate at all.

It is unclear whether it can be used only after meeting other conditions, or whether it is exclusive to Odd Grad. The ring I have now is just a gem ring with no effect.

‘Ugh.’

It was a really sad ending for a piece of equipment that didn’t exist in the game. I thought about throwing it away, but there might be something I don’t know about it. I decided to carry it around with my small arms for the time being.

‘The ring is fine. Now let’s eat.’

I took my eyes off the front paws, grabbed the hind legs, and tore at them. Then I took a big bite.

‘Good.’

How would you describe the taste of Black Gallagon? It is a complex taste that is difficult to define in one word.

‘The flavor is a mix of truffle oil and pepper.’

I’ve had food with artificial truffle oil before, and it felt very similar. The oily smell of the meat was neutralized by the pungent, spicy smell of the blood.

Also, unlike other Apex, the Black Gallagon’s meat had a unique part: the leather part.

The skin was crunchy and chewy, like the skin of a crispy-roasted pork. The texture was fun, but the taste was even better. The deep flavor that concentrated the taste of the meat came out.

The meat itself was quite tough, but it was never so tough that it put a strain on Aimov’s jaw. Rather, he was able to chew it moderately and swallow it, allowing him to enjoy the rich flavor of the meat.

‘This time again, the formula that the stronger the enemy, the tastier it is has been maintained.’

In an instant, I destroyed its hind legs and reached out to its tail.

“Are you eating?”

As I was about to grab the tail and tear it off, I heard a voice from behind.

I looked back and it was PS-111. It must have been collecting the corpses while we were eating, because there was a white Gallagon corpse lying next to it.

[Zzuzuzu zuzuzuzu (You brought the body)]

“yes.”

The guy looked at me with his characteristically expressionless face.

No, to be precise, I was looking at my hand, which was tightly holding the tail of the Black Gallagon.

Screamers are controlled by a machine connected to their brains. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that all of their bodily activities are under the control of the machine. This also applies to mutant Screamers.

But at this moment, I could tell what he wanted.

I pulled the tail out with my hand and held it out to the guy.

“it’s okay.”

[Zuzu zuzu (eat when given)]

“thank you.”

He was the kind of guy who never refused a job twice for fear that someone would think he was a machine.

After a short dinner, I went to the place Adhai had told me about and retrieved the bodies.

Since I couldn’t take them all, I disposed of all of them here except for four. These four will be used to treat Ham Ort and as food for the Gallagons.

Since I was big, I decided to carry 3, and since No. 26 had returned to his original body, I decided to carry 1. After finishing the hunt and taking the loot we had acquired, we headed to the cave nest.

‘It seems like things have changed.’

The appearance of the 26th, with its puffed-up body, was not much different from before. The fins reminiscent of jellyfish and the tentacles protruding from various parts of its body were all familiar.

‘Have you grown a bit?’

Number 26 can freely adjust its body size. So it wasn’t easy to notice the change.

It would be most accurate to check the amount of energy he carries in his body, but No. 26 is good at hiding his psychic powers. You won’t know how strong he’s become until you enter battle.

‘Well, maybe it hasn’t grown yet, so don’t worry too much about it.’

There are still a few things left to try, such as the dragon’s nest that constantly spews psychic power.

As I was returning to the nest with all my thoughts, my auxiliary organs caught a smell.

‘huh?’

The smell was similar to the smell of fresh blood, but a little different. It was closer to the smell of iron. I couldn’t identify it, but it was a familiar smell.

I stopped in my tracks.

“Big baby, what’s wrong?”

“What’s going on?”

[Zuzu (quiet)]

I lowered my head and put it close to the ground. I thought it was the smell of metal embedded in the ground, but it didn’t seem to be that.

As I was checking the smell, my eyes fell on PS-111. The Screamer’s unique bio-mechanical body, a mixture of metal and organic matter, gave off a metallic smell and the smell of chemicals for sustaining life.

It was quite similar to the smell detected by the auxiliary organ.

[Zzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu (Is this area also part of the Screamer’s range of activity?)]

“Not until my main controller changed.”

I’ve been through the forests surrounding Twin Peaks many times. If there were any Screamers, I would have encountered them long ago.

[Zzuzuzuzu zuzuzu zu zuzuzuzu (I smell a screamer. Check it out.)]

“All right.”

A sensor device reminiscent of a snail’s tentacles protruded from PS-111’s eyes. He lowered himself to the ground and used the hose-shaped sensor device to feel for any traces left on the ground.

Soon after, the guy discovered footprints on the floor.

Three claw marks reminiscent of a bird’s feet.

It was a trace of a screamer.