Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 265
Only Noblemtl
Ep. 265
As expected, the Marcio Cartel’s second-in-command, Cardoon, knew a lot.
The defense facilities inside the fortress, the number and level of armament of the pirates, the specifications of the ships brought by the guests, etc. Controlled by the parasite, he was able to spout out information that was helpful in conquering the fortress.
‘It’s more worth a try than I thought.’
The defensive facilities that I should be aware of are no different from what I remember, but there is a severe lack of people who can utilize them.
Kesha Arma is a space fortress built by the cult. The facilities inside are designed to be used by the cult to repel enemies that invade.
‘But the backbone of the Marcio Cartel is humans.’
There is not even a single cult member among the organization members. As a result, the fortress’ weapons are not being utilized and are being neglected. It is said that the only facilities that are functioning properly are the giant turrets mounted on the command buildings.
‘Although there are many pirates, they are all a rabble.’
Ordinary pirates can’t defeat us. Even if they are numerous, they will only increase the amount of food we can eat.
‘but….’
There was one thing that bothered me.
A cult guest staying on the 100th floor of the 2nd headquarters. An important customer invited by Marcio Cartel half a year ago, he is said to be quite powerful. He is said to be so strong that even Kadoon, who fought the Heavenly Mother and did not retreat, lost his will to fight.
‘When I first heard about it, I thought it was the Temple Guardians or the Eye of Revelation Priests.’
Probably not a ‘Eye of Revelation’ priest. They ride on ‘special beasts’ that they have tamed with difficulty. Kadun said that instead of coming with an animal, she only brought a few attendants.
However, it is ambiguous to see them as members of the Temple Guardians. They are hunters who hunt evil beings and monsters for the security of the empire. They are not the type of people who would stay in a pirate den for half a year.
‘You have to be careful.’
Even if we don’t know who they are, they are definitely a very powerful enemy.
With the mystery cult deeply engraved in my head, I sat up.
I’ve already heard where the items up for auction are. Besides that, I’ve also extracted all the useful information that Kadoon knows.
‘Now all that’s left is….’
I looked up at my mother in heaven.
If it were any other time, I would have eaten it, but not today. Kadoon’s heart is to be a sacrifice necessary for her growth.
However, you can’t just take out the heart here. Wolf’s deification level rise takes time, similar to Aimov’s growth. While the deification level rises, he becomes very vulnerable to external attacks.
[Zuz …
“Yeah. When I was going up to the deification level before, I couldn’t move for two hours.”
[Zzuzuz zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzuzu (2 hours? Wasn’t it originally 30 minutes?)]
“It seems different from playing games.”
[Zzuzuzuzu zuzuzuzuzuzu (I should go back to the ship)]
It would be safe there for a few hours. As soon as we arrived at Kesha Arma, we had the parasite-possessed guards tamper with the documents, so there was no need to worry about being searched.
‘The problem is the thieves.’
There have been three burglaries since I arrived. It was good then because the slaves who were to be used as parasites came to me on their own, but things are a little different now.
‘I need someone to protect my mother in heaven.’
I can’t protect her now, because I’m going to go smuggle some creatures. PS-111, who is good at operating machines, should come with me.
One of Number 26 and Adhai must guard her on the ship.
Then Adhai tapped me on the back.
“Ugly Friend” “Are you sick?”
[Zuzu zuzuzuzuzu zuzu (No. I’m trying to grow)]
“Growing up?” “Like a big adult?”
[Z (Yeah)]
Then the guy thought for a moment and sent the thought wave again.
“Me” “Ugly Friend” “I’ll Help You”
[Zuzu (you?)]
“Friend” “Me” “Many times” “Help me” “Favor” “I’ll pay you back”
Adhai unexpectedly volunteered to protect the Heavenly Mother. As he said, it seemed like he did it on purpose since the two of them often went together.
‘It’ll be okay.’
In a fight inside the ship, No. 26 has the advantage, but he’s a Gallagon. A Gallagon with the power of the Red Gallagon. The possibility of a mere thief threatening him is close to zero.
“What’s going on? You said you’d help me.”
“Ugly Friend” “Help” “To Repay”
“If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be better to change the title first? Try it. ‘Pretty friend.’”
“Lies” “Friends” “Good But” “What It Looks Like” “Not So Good”
“… Ha, I really want to hit you.”
“Violence” “It doesn’t hurt” “Me” “The power of the stars” “Use” “I can stop it”
“Do you want to try an experiment to see if it really hurts or not?”
While the two of them were playing nicely together, I picked up the reinforced suit that Kadoon had taken off and detached the communicator. Then I handed the communicator to Kadoon. There was one last thing I had to do before I ripped out his heart.
“One patrol ship. Requesting assistance.”
“All right!”
It is about preparing a ship to carry the Heavenly Mother and Adhai.
“We also need troops.”
“Huh? Oh, yep!”
Of course, we’ve used up a lot of servants, so it would be good to recruit new ones.
After 30 minutes of using the Kadoon to lure new victims, a new corvette flew in our direction.
It wasn’t that difficult to sort out those who came here under the orders of the chief without knowing anything.
“Then I’ll go and see.”
The Heavenly Mother and Adhai boarded the watchtower, and my new servants loaded the battered Kadun onto the ship.
‘The deification issue is now over.’
Now it’s time for me to pack my groceries.
‘You said it was an underground storage facility near the military port?’
Kesha Arma is a space fortress built to protect mining and trading ships. Therefore, facilities for storing extracted resources are placed inside the fortress. The underground storage facility is one of these facilities.
‘In the game, it was a place similar to an underground bunker.’
Kadun said that the place is currently under tight security with a large number of pirates and mercenaries hired by the owners of the goods. The pirates’ weapons are no different from those we captured earlier, and he doesn’t know what the mercenaries are armed with.
‘It’s better than pirates, but they’re not enough to threaten us.’
Unless you’re on the level of a Megacorp elite defense team or a cult’s temple guardians on Earth, you have nothing to worry about.
‘I originally planned to get the list first and then go… .’
Ironically, the place where the list is kept is more secure than the underground vault. The list is kept in the Third Command. The command is guarded by fortifications, so it is easier for pirates to penetrate there.
‘Should we go and see for ourselves what’s there?’
I carried No. 26 on my head and moved towards the location of the underground storage room. PS-111 followed me along.
“Where are we?”
“Subcontroller ‘Aimorph’ goes to get the nutrients needed for growth.”
“Is the big baby growing up?”
[Yeah]
“That would be great. I want to grow tall too.”
He said that he was jealous of No. 26. It seemed like he didn’t like the fact that he was the only one who was the same, unlike those around him.
‘That’s not necessarily true.’
No. 26 remains the same in appearance, but is still growing.
The guy’s real strength is his intelligence rather than his fighting prowess.
Whenever he sees something new and useful, he applies it in his own way. He uses the ‘Binding’ technique to create a superpower drill, or spreads psychic power to machines to create an EMP-like effect, etc. It would be fair to say that his application skills are superior to those of the players.
‘Thanks to you, I received a lot of help.’
I would never have gotten to this point without him.
“I want to grow up like a big baby.”
“That’s right. That way it’s more balanced than it is now.”
[Zuzu (balance?)]
I asked again because I didn’t quite understand, but PS-111 didn’t answer. No. 26 wasn’t sending any more waves, but it was easy to tell that he was upset.
I thought you didn’t care because we hadn’t talked about it for a while, but I guess I was mistaken.
‘I guess I need to find more ways to help him grow.’
There wasn’t much change after feeding Black Gallagon, except that the memories between Adhai and his mother, Ham Ort, were transferred.
Afterwards, he also consumed the flesh of the Gorgon Swarm, but since it is not a creature that uses psychic powers, it did not have any particular effect on No. 26. To be exact, its tentacles and fins have become stronger than before, but it is difficult to say that its fighting power has increased significantly.
‘I guess I’ll have to look in the cellar for something he can eat.’
The rare animal auctions held in Kesha Arma are so large that even pirates from far away constellations know about them. There is a good chance that there are creatures that could be of help to him. That is why I came to the fortress in the first place.
If you feed this and that to No. 26, you will definitely get results that will satisfy him.
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzu zuzuzuzu (If we eat together, we will grow together)]
“Really? Am I going to grow taller like other babies?”
[Z zu zu zu (Yeah. Maybe)]
I couldn’t bring myself to answer lukewarmly, but that alone seemed to make No. 26 feel better, because the guy pulled out his tentacle and tapped me on the head.
“I’m excited! Let’s go quickly!”
[Zuzu (yeah)]
After activating my mimicry organ, I walked towards my destination located around the military port.
Behind us, the abandoned city continued to burn.
–
“Haaam, ugh. This is so boring.”
“Is there anything strange?”
“at all.”
Security room A inside the underground storage room.
Five pirates yawned in a guard room connected to dozens of cameras.
“That’s why I told you to take some medicine.”
“Amy, what if I get caught by Kadoon?”
“Other kids are doing it too.”
“Those ‘other kids’ are all going to die too, you little shit.”
The skinny pirate grumbled at his colleague’s scolding and picked up the radio.
“This is the Cheope security office. Is everything okay elsewhere?”
“Security B. No abnormalities.”
“C Security Office. Abnormal business… Stop moving. Are you taking out the bottom? Where are you selling the drugs…?”
“D Security Room. There’s nothing unusual. The call log is being recorded, so please refrain from talking. Please.”
“Security E. There’s nothing unusual here. Is everything okay outside?”
The underground storage is divided into five sections, with a guardhouse in the middle. The guardhouses in each section perform surveillance and blockade duties in the event of an abnormality. In addition, androids are deployed in each section and continuously patrol the interior, and the guardhouses are also responsible for managing them.
Of the five guardhouses, Guard House A oversees the guard posts located at the entrance to Area A and the underground storage room.
“There’s nothing particularly strange… huh?”
The skinny pirate, who was trying to answer the radio with a bored expression, stopped talking when he saw the camera. The pirate next to him also tilted his head at the surveillance camera.
“fog?”
“Hey. Contact the guard post.”
“Uh. This is Security Office A. Fog is observed on the camera. Please check.”
“Here is the surveillance, chi-chik, not really anything strange, chi-chik, can’t see, ji-jik, huh? chi-ji-jik, person, support, stop”
“Watchpoint? Respond. Watchpoint. This is Security Office A.”
The other pirates tried to contact him by radio, but all they heard in return was an unpleasant noise. The pirates’ eyes were drawn to the screen that was filming the inside of the observation post.
A guard at the checkpoint was seen tapping the communicator he was holding. The other guards stood there as if they had discovered something.
And then suddenly all the monitors connected to the entrance turned off.
“what?”
“Hey, contact the other districts immediately.”
“This is Security Office A. There is a problem with the entrance camera among the cameras in the jurisdiction.”
“Chijijijijijik”
“This is Security Office A. This place… why is it like this?”
“uh?”
“Neither can I.”
“What? Everyone else, take out your radios.”
“Just wait a minute.”
“Hey hey.”
The four pirates took out their radios and started checking the communication status. Then, the pirate who was staring blankly at the monitor shouted.
“Hey hey. Everyone, look at that!”
“Isn’t there time for that now… Huh?”
The four of them looked back at the monitor and shut their mouths.
The monitors connected to the cameras were turning off one by one in real time.