Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 280
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Episode 280 – The God and the Beast (1)
In a space that should be pitch-black, pure white clouds are taking hold.
When a bunch of metallic gremlins with silver skin gather together, they usually look like this.
‘There are a lot.’
Judging by the size of the cloud, it is more than twice as large as the swarm of metallic gremlins I encountered before becoming a semi-adult. Back then, it was medium-sized, but looking at the ones flying in now, it is a much larger swarm.
‘Now that I look at it, it looks like it’s over 20,000.’
Maybe even more. If it’s a large crowd, the number is by no means small.
And unlike medium-sized groups led by a single ‘Warp Boy’, large groups include several types of higher-level species. Many Warp Boys, ‘Wolfram Goblins’, a higher-level species specialized in combat, etc.
As the members are divided, large groups move systematically. It feels like a large number of ants moving in a camp. You shouldn’t think about fighting a medium-sized group.
The infamous Space Marauders legions are closing in on Kesha Arma to devour her.
In response, the space fortress also began intercepting the enemy.
The large fortress cannons positioned behind me opened fire one by one.
Thick psychic heat rays, comparable to the psychic breath I shoot, cut through the sea of stars. The horde of metallic gremlins quickly dispersed. Some of the slow ones were hit by the heat rays and disappeared without a trace.
The first shot was unfortunately a failure. The massive fortress guns were put on standby, and instead hundreds of anti-aircraft guns were prepared for battle.
Meanwhile, a large number of metallic gremlins suddenly gathered together and rushed towards the fortress.
Now it’s my turn to step up.
The colored night he received while fighting Cynthia left him with weakened eyesight, as well as the fungal glands in his neck and one of his fighting arms, but he was not in any major trouble.
When fighting multiple opponents in space, what you need is agile maneuverability, and… .
‘Long range shooting ability.’
A psychic breath with a spoonful of ‘Abyssal Color’ would more than suffice for that condition.
I advanced towards the approaching enemy while keeping my wings spread horizontally to the limit. Along with that, the color of the black carapace protecting my body changed.
Purple and green and all sorts of colors are mixed together. The chaotic colors dance and move on the stage called the shell.
At the end of it are the tentacles of a monster. The tentacles that hang down like a mane from the neck and the back of the head glow with strange colors and sway. An ominous and indescribable power condenses from the tentacles in front of my snout.
The metallic gremlins, whose distance from me is gradually closing, are still unaware of the danger. Their appearance, which was like a small dust particle forming a cloud, is now slowly growing to the size of a little fingernail.
Tens of thousands of monsters open their hideous mouths wide and rush toward me.
I threw a mass of bubbles filled with chaos and malice at them. Bubbles of a ridiculously small size compared to this universe, or even to me. The metallic gremlins were not alert.
And then the sphere collided with some unlucky raider. The bubble burst like a glass sphere shattering and covered the raider’s body.
That was the beginning.
“■■?!”
The psychic breath, enhanced by the colors of the abyss, is a predator more voracious than I. Driven by an unknown force, these bubbles will never stop until they have devoured all nearby organic matter.
“■■■■■!”
“■■■!”
The first metallic gremlin I encountered was already devoured by the psychic breath, leaving no fingers untouched. The life-sucking bubbles were also attached to the creature’s companions.
They panicked and tried to shake off the foam, but that was foolish. If you try to shake it off with your fingers, the foam will grab your fingers and tear them off, and if you try to remove it with your teeth, it will enter your body and eat your internal organs.
What started out as one victim soon grew to dozens and hundreds. Then, the bodies of those suffering in the foam began to glow blue.
‘It’s Warp Boy.’
The Warp Boy is trying to send his bubble-covered compatriots to another space using his unique technology, ‘Warp Guide’. My auxiliary organs have detected a strong energy flowing from the bodies of the two Warp Boys in the distance.
I immediately fired my normal psychic breath in that direction. A huge purple flame filled the empty, weightless world.
One of the warp boys, who was preparing to travel at superluminal speeds, canceled the warp guide and quickly dodged to the side. Thanks to quick judgment, he was able to survive. The other one was unable to dodge in time and perished in the dragon’s breath along with the rest of his kind.
However, thanks to his sacrifice, the metallic gremlins that were hit by the bubble disappeared somewhere far away, beyond my detection.
“■■■■”
“■■■”
Their formation changed quickly, as if they were avoiding the fortress’s cannons. This time, it was in the shape of a net laid out to catch fish. They were building a net that could surround me and the fortress while increasing the gap between the entities.
‘This is why large crowds are so annoying.’
Just as the leader of the medium group is the Warp Boy, there is also an individual who takes command in large groups.
‘Tita Boss.’
The Titan Boss is specialized in supporting the group by continuously secreting special substances that strengthen its allies. It is also quite intelligent as it is an individual that commands tens of thousands of them.
‘We have to find him as quickly as possible.’
There’s no telling when Cynthia, who’s inside the fortress, might escape. She’s probably looking for another way out by now, since we’ve sabotaged the silo to prevent the transports from launching.
It is impossible and time-consuming to kill tens of thousands of metallic gremlins one by one. The only way is to knock the enemy’s head off and disintegrate it.
I fired a reinforced psychic breath towards the scattered ones. Those who saw the breath flying in the form of bubbles quickly scattered.
‘Whenever the situation changes drastically, he will show up too.’
Even in the game, the titan boss hides among its own kind to protect itself during battle. To draw it out, you have to tear apart the group itself, like you did now.
While the auxiliary organs searched for the titan boss that was releasing the fine particles, the others also prepared to counterattack. The ones that were three times larger than the normal metallic gremlins and had black-painted arms stepped forward.
The name of that large monster is Wolfram Goblin. When they raised their black arms, rock-like objects were fired from the ends. The breath I shot exploded when it hit a chunk of rock flying in the middle.
‘… Tsk.’
Wolfram Goblins are a higher-level species of Metallic Gremlin, and are used for long-range attacks during battle. That boulder you just fired is the digested excrement of the creatures after they devoured the ship.
You shouldn’t laugh at them for just calling them excrement. The rocks they shoot are made of extremely hard metal that has undergone a special chemical reaction, and they also contain a lot of microorganisms that corrode the metal.
‘It doesn’t matter to me, but it’s still annoying.’
The enhanced psychic breath was neutralized due to the clever response of the titan boss. The bastards seemed to be planning to fight in close combat, so they increased their flying speed.
Metallic gremlins have strong and sharp teeth, as befitting a monster that devours ships. If one or two of them bite, it will only cause a scratch, but if there are tens of thousands of them, it is a different story. If they stick to me and chew on me just once, I will inevitably suffer a lot of injuries.
‘And we also have to take care of the fortress behind it.’
Currently, they have set up a siege camp targeting me and the fortress. Those who have returned to the rear have also begun fighting the fortress’ defense facilities.
‘I have to write that.’
The trait that transforms my body into a giant, oversized monster, ‘Bone Beast’.
This was a card I was saving in case an unexpected situation arose during the fortress conquest.
‘Now is the time to write.’
A horde of metallic gremlins swarm me.
They had hideous mouths that resembled lampreys, but had no eyes or noses, and they clung to my carapace like suckers. They hung on to me like hungry mosquitoes, their teeth sinking into my body.
I grabbed a few of the ones hanging on my back with my combat arms. As the effect of ‘Predatory Leech’s Hand’ was activated, their bodies shrank like mummies. As I repeated the same action several times, the wounds on my carapace grew.
Even as they watched their own people become mummies right next to them, they continued to chew me out. I guess they believed that if they did that, I would eventually die.
But that was wrong.
‘good.’
As I absorbed a large amount of energy, I felt my stomach fill up without me realizing it. Feeling that, I activated the Bone Beast.
「■?!」
“■■!”
“■!”
They say that if you apply pressure to the area where a mosquito is sucking blood, the blood will rush in all at once and the mosquito will burst. I’ve never actually tried it, so I don’t know what it looks like, but I think I know the feeling.
Because that’s what the metallic gremlins that were stuck to my body looked like.
My body, which had been about 25 meters long, grows rapidly. The thickness of the shell, the length of the tail, the wings and arms, the head shell, the tentacles. All the elements that make up Aimorph are enlarged several times.
“■■■■!”
They tried to retreat as they saw me changing. I completed the transformation in an instant and caught the ones trying to run away.
No, the expression “caught” is not appropriate. The erosive tentacles that protruded from my back simply swung at the air like a palm waving at a flying insect.
However, the destructive power of the erosion tentacles, which were 3m thick, was truly enormous. Where the tentacles passed, only pieces of flesh that were difficult to recognize were left behind.
The horde of metallic gremlins retreated in haste at the sight of their fellows’ miserable deaths. Tens of thousands of space raiders were tensing up at the sight of me alone.
Of course, if a 25m long thing suddenly turns into an 80m long giant monster, anyone would react like that.
‘It’s been a while since I wrote.’
When I fought Jason before, it was over 300m long, but it is not that big now. Back then, I used the ‘King of Monsters’ and the Bone Beast together, and this current state is the normal Bone Beast transformation state.
Seeing me grow so large, it seemed that the titan boss decided to move cautiously. Except for those attacking the fortress, the rest of them changed positions. The metallic gremlins kept their distance from me, while the wolfram goblins stepped forward to shoot at me.
‘Did you think you could win if you fought at arm’s length?’
It would be a big mistake to think that the firepower of my giant ideal breath is the same as before.
I was also preparing my psychic breath, but the heads of the Wolfram Goblins in front were crushed. It wasn’t just him. The heads and bodies of those around him also began to crumble as if they were put into a transparent press.
“■■■!”
“■■■■■!”
‘What is this?’
As the confused Wolfram Goblins retreated, screaming, something small flew towards me.
“You look tired. Should I help you?”
The owner of the amber eyes, filled with conflicting emotions of playfulness and determination, sent me a ray of thought.
Why does it sound so nice to see you even though we’ve only seen each other for a few hours? I gave her a short reply.
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (Does this look hard?)]
“You didn’t use the Bone Beast because it was hard?”
Since it wasn’t a wrong statement, I changed the subject.
[Zzuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (Are you okay? You just finished leveling up)]
“Don’t worry. You’re strong enough to fly.”
As the griffon, the heavenly mother, spoke, she spread her brilliant wings of agate. The sight of the jewel-like light gently swaying along her feathers reminded her of the sight of desert sand being tossed about by the wind.
The mysterious wings that had never existed before were proof that he had reached the highest level of divinization.
‘That’s fortunate.’
If she’s by your side, you’ll never lose. I’m a little worried about whether or not you’ll be able to use your newfound powers skillfully, but she’ll adapt quickly.
I slightly shook my giant skull and turned my gaze to the metallic gremlins.
They were perplexed by the sight of their new enemy, but they did not back down.
‘Good posture, but….’
A leader responsible for the lives of many must also know when to step down when necessary.
The monster’s tentacles once again spewed flames at those who made foolish decisions.
Now it’s round 2.