Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 259
Only Noblemtl
Ep. 258
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KidQ has been in a good mood for the past few days.
Because the credits he earned by winning in the human arena are firmly fixed in his terminal.
Could it be because of the hope I finally had in my hands after a long time? I didn’t feel tired even though I was on my way to work.
To be exact, I am commuting to work in an environment that cannot help but be tiring.
“The next landing point is ‘Gunhang’.”
An announcement came from the hover bus carrying him as he flew by. If it were any other time, he would have taken the military train underground in the fortress to work. He would have been completely out of sorts, being stuck in the middle of a bustling crowd.
Of course, the hover bus wasn’t completely empty, but the smell was different.
Here, you don’t smell the foul odor of alcohol, sweat, and vomit. Instead, the empty space is filled with expensive air fresheners installed in the car and the perfumes of wealthy customers.
The number of people is the same on both trains and buses, but the smell is different, so the feeling is bound to be different.
In fact, considering Gidkyu’s income, the hover bus was a huge luxury, but he didn’t care. Sometimes you need to use credits for things like this. He thought as he looked out the window among the people.
The self-sustaining bus had just emerged from the chaos of the city and was approaching the military port. As it landed in front of the port, people began to pour out.
The hover bus’s main customers are outsiders visiting the fortress. They are people who have finished their business and are about to leave by boarding a ship anchored in the military port.
With the person gone, there was some space left. KidQ loosened his stiff body.
Before the door closed, he looked outside and saw someone he knew.
The opponent was a guard at the military port. He was someone I had once had a drink with before. The guard was laughing with his mouth wide open, as if he was having so much fun.
Although it was a smiling face that anyone could see, Kidq felt a strange feeling from his appearance.
Because it was because of the eyes.
The smiling guard’s pupils were unwavering. He was smiling with his mouth straight and his gaze fixed on the bus.
Seeing that sight, Gidkyu was reminded of the Screamers he had seen during his time in Star Union. Unfortunate beings who were not even allowed to breathe on their own under the control of machines.
As memories he wanted to forget came to mind, Kidq looked away from the guard.
But there was someone there who looked like a guard. There were people with strange faces standing among the crowds moving busily around the military port.
Some were vagrants, some were cartel pirates. People who seemed completely unrelated were standing in the same pose.
‘You must have taken a lot of medicine since morning.’
Kesha Arma is a space fortress that lives off crime. You can easily find people on drugs anywhere. Everyone knows this, so they ignore these strange people.
‘You have a good fate.’
KidQ turned his attention away from the drug dealer. The door closed and the bus took off again. The next landing point was the 2nd Command, where he worked as a bodyguard.
Even after the bus carrying KidQ left, the drug dealers continued to stand there. After a while, they turned around and headed somewhere.
To return to the master who took control of their minds.
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It has been three days since we arrived at Kesha Arma, the abandoned fortress of the cult.
What I’ve been doing so far is gathering information. I’ve spent time figuring out how much this place has changed from what I remember.
‘The minerals are running out.’
According to the newly caught prey, the fortress was abandoned because the planet it was supposed to protect ran out of minerals.
‘In the game, minerals are infinite, but not in reality.’
Whether it’s a resource or a living thing, it takes time for it to thrive again.
Anyway, the resources are all gone, and it is not a constellation that can be called a military stronghold. The Empire has no reason to maintain orbital residence facilities that cost a lot of money.
‘Administratively, it is still an Imperial facility, but… .’
It looks like Spacedog’s cartel has somehow gained control through lobbying.
It’s not that strange. The first player I caught, Muriel, also invaded the Holy Land planet with Jason’s support.
‘Let’s catch the next target and hear the details.’
The underlings happened to find members of the fortress’ ruler, the Marcio Cartel. Not your average low-level operatives, but people working at the Second Command, a key facility in the city.
‘I wish he was a smart guy.’
There are two reasons why my kids and I came here.
The first is because of rumors that a very large-scale auction will begin at the pirate fortress.
A lot has happened since I left the Dragon’s Nest.
While hunting the rare Apex creature ‘Gorgon Swarm’, our vehicle, the Screamer support ship, was severely damaged. This made it difficult to move with the Gallagon pack.
‘It was fortunate that there was a place nearby that could be used as a dragon’s nest.’
There was a planet in the constellation where the Gorgon Swarm was located that was suitable for the Gallagons to inhabit. There, the Gallagons made a new nest.
The sad thing is that we have to part ways with the Gallagon group for a while because we lost our ship.
Adhai temporarily stepped down as leader of the pack, choosing to follow me. Ham Ort became temporary leader in his place.
We left, hoping to meet again someday when the time comes.
We left the constellation in search of a new target and boarded a new ship. In the process, we were fortunate enough to obtain information about the slave market.
‘There was a real mess there.’
On the planet where the slave market was set up, we were able to prey on various creatures. Not only that, but we also obtained very important information from the smugglers who followed one another.
There is information that a very large-scale auction of smuggled animals and slaves will be held in Kesha Arma.
‘If I just get two more unique traits, I’ll be an adult.’
After going through many things, we have almost fulfilled all the evolutionary conditions to become an adult.
I enabled translucent textbox.
「Evolution conditions for ‘semi-adult’ -> ‘adult’
APEX 30/30 (achieved), Unique trait owned 8/10 (not achieved), Type owned 6/6 (achieved)」
The only traits I have are 6 that I made using the Transcendence system, and 2 that I got from hunting Apex creatures, for a total of 8. In the future, I will have to either prey on more rare creatures, or randomly collect multiple traits and use the Transcendence system to evolve them.
‘That’s why I’m targeting the auction house.’
The chances of a creature with a unique trait being auctioned are close to zero, and the method I’m aiming for is the latter: evolving by gaining two more unique traits through the Transcendence system.
‘Perfect Organic’, ‘Nightmare Horizon’, ‘Organic Evolution’, ‘The Great Infectious’, ‘Herald of Chaos’, and the only trait not yet used here.
In addition, there is the ‘Dragon’s Heart’ obtained by catching a Black Gallagon, and the ‘Medusa Organ’ obtained by catching a Gorgon Swarm.
Excluding the unique trait obtained by catching Apex creatures, there are 6 that are classified as space monster type. If 2 more are added, there will be 8, so the 2nd stage space monster type reward is unlocked.
‘That way, you can get evolution and stage 2 rewards at the same time.’
That’s why I came here, and the second reason has more to do with my mother in heaven than with me.
The Heavenly Mother is currently in a similar state to me. There is only one sacrifice left to advance to the stage of deification.
‘The fallen heart of Wolf.’
Now that she has finished refining the Star Pearl ore she brought with her when she left the Dragon’s Nest at the pirate slave market, all that remains is to consume Wolf’s heart.
As easy as it may seem, it actually is an easy goal. All you have to do is take out the heart of a transformable Wolf player.
‘If it were a game, that is.’
Unlike the game, it was hard to find a Wolf here with powers as strong as the Heavenly Mother, since most of them didn’t even know the concept of deification.
If I hadn’t heard from the slave market that there was a Wolf that could transform into a space fortress, I would have searched for a lot longer.
‘The second-in-command of the Marcio Cartel, who was hosting the auction, was said to be Wolf.’
If we catch the members of the organization that the underlings reported, we can obtain information that can be used to lure out the vice-boss.
Anyway, this is the biggest reason I came here.
Although it was the destination that my Heavenly Mother and I had chosen, the other children didn’t particularly object.
‘They’re good kids.’
They are the scariest of all when fighting enemies, but to me they just look pretty.
My family is currently in a container that has been moved to a military port.
This is a container that the previous owners of the ship I came on had, and it provides a shielding effect against various types of energy. If you are inside it, the psychic power they emit will not escape at all.
Originally, this was a space fortress managed by the Cult Fleet. I heard in advance that it had been converted into a pirate base, but I hid them in a container just in case there were any troops left.
‘Now that it’s clear that it’s under Spacedog’s jurisdiction, there’s no need to do that anymore.’
When we invade the fortress in earnest, we’ll have to take them out and use them too.
‘Not yet.’
The fruit is not ripe. Now is the time to do the groundwork. When everything is ready, I plan to go to war with the guys.
I sat up from where I was lying face down in the cargo hold.
When I left the dragon’s nest, my body resembled a spider. A spider that was 25 meters long and had a tail and wings.
I have gained many characteristics since then, but my appearance hasn’t changed much since then. The only major differences are that my skull has grown larger due to the ‘Herald of Chaos’, and my monster tentacles have grown longer.
“Come here.”
After hearing the words that came out of my mouth, twenty servants came up to me.
They were under the control of the parasites and were very happy to follow my orders. This would be impossible in a game, but the two trait enhancements made it possible.
A great infection that grants 3 strengthening effects each from the infection and nest characteristics. The ‘parasitic colony’ that receives the strengthening effect through this can now produce 20 parasites.
That means the number of people you can control has also increased to 20.
It doesn’t end there. One of the traits of the enemy’s sign, ‘Shape Dominator’, also strengthened the parasite colony. Not only did the number increase, but the quality of the parasites themselves also increased.
The parasite, which has grown to the size of an eel, eats the victim’s brain and replaces it. Now, all brain activity of the victim is affected by the parasite.
They do not simply serve me. To them, I am a part of their lives, no, a part of their bodies. They do not obey me by force, but follow me with all their heart.
‘The only downside is when you have to collect parasites.’
I tried an experiment before to see what would happen, and when the parasites were removed, the person didn’t die right away. They just became completely useless because part of their brain was gone.
That is, unlike before, once you plant a parasite, the opponent is finished.
‘I’m glad I got it from my mother in heaven a long time ago.’
She didn’t come near me for a while after seeing the eel with pieces of brain sticking out of the victim’s mouth.
‘Stop thinking about other things. You need to concentrate.’
I placed 20 people in front of me and activated the ‘Herald of Chaos’. Then, the tentacles of the monster hidden in the back of its head and neck popped out.
The tentacles wiggle like an octopus swimming through water. Psychic powers that have a fatal effect on the body and mind of the creature spread through the air along the tentacles.
Those sensitive to energy will be able to see very thin wisps of psychic power permeating the air like smoke rising from an incense burner.
As the Herald of Chaos was activated, the twenty people in front of me reacted immediately.
“Tsk tsk, hehe, tsk tsk, hehe!”
“Huk, huk, huk, huk, huk, huk, huk, huk.”
“Ouch, ugh, ah, woohihihihi!”
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”
The uniformed security guard sucked his thumb as if recalling a childhood memory.
The pirate wearing the prosthetic eye kept apologizing, perhaps because he had encountered victims he had killed in the past.
Some were drooling and bouncing their hips in the air as if they were experiencing extreme pleasure, while others were panting and licking the floor.
Slaves of the senses struggle within psychic powers that twist and distort the senses.
The Herald of Chaos is the only trait that we had information on when we raided the Screamer support ship. Since it contains many supernatural-related traits as materials, it specializes in mind manipulation and crowd control using psychic power.
‘The scope was originally wider, but…’
It can affect all intelligent beings within a 500m radius, but the range is currently extremely limited, as there are twenty people in this location that I have to work on.
As their actions became more intense and they got closer to the animals, I noticed a purple light flashing above some of their heads.
‘Okay.’
That glow is a ‘Madness Bomb’. It’s a kind of additional effect that comes with using the Herald of Chaos.
After confirming that, I immediately released the messenger of chaos. The servants who returned to reality collapsed on the ground, completely exhausted.
‘Should we start with this?’
If the madness bomb explodes, there will be quite a commotion.
I gave orders to those among them who were enveloped in a purple halo.
Go to a place where many people gather.