Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 281
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Episode 281 – The God and the Beast (2)
In Space Survival, the Wolf is a rather unique race.
When you start out as a mercenary, you follow a similar path to humans or cyborgs. You work as a mercenary to buy a ship, and you go around looking for good weapons and equipment. You follow a similar path to the humanoid race.
Then, when you reach divinization and can transform into a phantom beast, the gameplay becomes much more diverse. When you enter phantom state, you gain excellent physical abilities and powerful unique characteristics, so you can destroy enemies without special weapons.
Normally, he fights in water mode, but when necessary, he transforms into a water beast and overwhelms his enemies.
In short, the Wolf can be seen as a hybrid race that possesses characteristics of both humanoid and monster races.
In other games, hybrid races usually become neither here nor there as the game progresses, but Wolf is relatively less like that.
This is thanks to Wolf’s unique system, the ‘Primeval Way’.
When you achieve the conditions of this system, called deification, your ability to recover will become stronger. Wolf players also often fight in a recovered state in the later stages.
Of course, by that time, the level of weapons and equipment used in the human mode will also improve. With the enhanced beast mode, you can defeat strong enemies and process the precious materials obtained in return into powerful equipment. The synergy between these two modes, human and monster, makes Wolf’s greatest advantage.
Of course, there is also the disadvantage of having to worry about more. Wolf has to be proficient in both fighting in the water state and fighting in the water state to perform at his best. If he is not proficient in either one, he will become a character that is lacking in all aspects.
Anyway, the Heavenly Mother has raised her deification level to the highest level. Compared to Aimorph, she is somewhere between a semi-adult and an adult. Her fighting power is slightly lower than before I arrived at the Dragon’s Nest.
However, it has one advantage over Amorph.
The possibility of spaceflight without restrictions.
Mysterious wings with agate-like light that constantly sway like sand blowing in the wind. Thanks to the wings that contained the charm of jewels, the Heavenly Mother was able to come this far.
‘It’s definitely cool.’
Even though her level of deification had increased, her appearance had not changed as drastically as Aimorph’s. With the head of a bald eagle and the body of a golden-furred lion, her other parts, except for her wings, were almost the same.
But I can say one thing for sure.
The sight of her flying with her beautiful wings and fighting enemies is amazingly beautiful.
A griffon with wings of agate flies among a swarm of metallic gremlins. The silver gremlins rush to bite their enemies, but fail to touch even a single hair.
“■■■!”
A few metallic gremlins leapt out in front of her, anticipating her path. Undaunted, she swung the golden javelin she held in her beak.
「■?!」
There was no way that a bastard like her could withstand the ‘Priest’s Golden Spear’ that had soaked up the blood of countless people. She cut three metallic gremlins in half with one blow and leisurely escaped the enemy’s encirclement.
“■■!”
Then the Wolfram Goblins who had fallen behind raised both arms in the direction she was flying.
‘That won’t do.’
I stretched my wings out to both ends. The membrane that had been slightly folded spread out like a sail of a sailing ship. With one big swing of my wings that had grown to more than three times their size, my body moved forward at a frightening speed.
The size of the metallic gremlin is between 30cm and 80cm. It is currently close to 100 times the size of my body. If I spread my wings, it would be several times larger.
If you combine that with the propulsion coming from the wings, you get a destructive force that is truly beyond imagination.
In an instant, my body and the silver group collided, closing the distance between us.
My carapace gleams silver, as if silver paint had been poured over black paper. It’s all their blood. Their bodies were torn apart by the impact of me.
Wolfram goblins were caught on skewers and swinging from the horns on their heads and the tusks on either side of their mouths. Some of the ones caught on the tusks flowed into my mouth.
It ended at this level because it was a Wolfram Goblin with the defensive trait of ‘superalloy skin’. Otherwise, it would have ended up as a handful of blood like the lower-species metallic gremlin.
“■■■■■!”
Warp Boy, who saw his fellows being torn apart, quickly prepared his ‘Warp Guide’. The erosion tentacles hidden on my back reacted immediately. Erosion tentacles longer than my body length appeared and flew towards Warp Boy.
“■■?!”
If there was one mistake he made, it was that he overlooked the fact that my body size had increased significantly since I had used the ‘Bone Beast’. The erosion tentacles swallowed not only the warp boy who had misjudged the range, but also the silver monsters next to him.
“■■■■!”
“■■■!”
“■■■■■!”
The silvery marauders, barely able to survive, climbed onto my body. Hundreds of metallic gremlins clung to my body and bit me.
As I tried to shake them off by shaking my body, the ones on top of me suddenly started to burst like mosquitoes that had been hit by the palm of my hand. Seeing their own kind being crushed by an unknown force, they stopped biting and fell off my body.
But the invisible force did not leave the fugitives alone. One by one, those who had been running away began to twist and shrivel up.
‘You are the Mother of Heaven.’
I glanced at her as she fought the enemies not far away, tiny particles being released into space from the tips of her wings.
This is a new ability that the Heavenly Mother gained when she reached the highest level of deification.
‘The ability to manipulate pressure.’
Within the area where these particles are spread, she can create or manipulate the pressure exerted on objects. The reason metallic gremlins’ bodies are crushed or twisted is because they have come into contact with these particles or have ingested them unknowingly.
Even those who can survive without oxygen will not be able to survive in a situation where the pressure inside their body is extremely distorted. Even the tough skin of a Wolfram Goblin is useless in the face of those particles.
‘It didn’t really have a good reputation among players, though.’
It is true that it is a powerful ability, but the fact that the particles are visible to the eye is a major disadvantage. You have to avoid entering the area where the particles are. Therefore, the key for Wolf, who has acquired the ability to control pressure, is how to hide it well and lure the enemy.
One thing those metallic gremlins don’t know is that they died without knowing that particles were the problem.
The Heavenly Mother, who had destroyed the gremlins that had attacked me, flew towards me, spraying particles.
“Was it an unnecessary disturbance?”
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (No. It was appropriate support)]
She shrugged, her gaze fixed on the silver raiders.
“It still won’t give up. I guess I’ll have to find the leader, huh?”
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzu zuzu zuzuzu (Yeah. We have to catch him as fast as possible)]
“Because of the fortress?”
Behind us, Kesha Arma, under the control of PS-111, is fighting off the metallic gremlins. She seems concerned that the fortress will collapse, but that’s not what I’m worried about.
[Zuzuzu zuuzu zuuzu (There’s a ranker in the fortress)]
“what?”
[Zzuzuzuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu (I subdued him and came out, but I don’t know when he’ll run away)]
“… So we have to chase those guys out before that?”
Her bright amber eyes narrow. She has been treated harshly by the Player. She knows better than anyone what would happen if Cynthia ran away.
“I don’t know who it is, but I can’t just leave it like that.”
[Zuzu (right)]
“But if it’s Titar Boss, he won’t show up easily. Do you have any thoughts on this?”
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (I’ll scatter them. You focus on finding him.)]
Our Heavenly Mother has the best eyesight among us. She will be able to find the titanic organs that my auxiliary organs failed to find.
She nodded, having figured out my intentions. I stepped slightly ahead of her and prepared a means to greatly agitate the enemies.
Meanwhile, they changed their formation. They changed from a siege formation to a long, snake-like formation and flew past us to the fortress. They must have judged that fighting us would be too costly.
‘I can’t just leave it as it is.’
I fired the psychic breath I had prepared at the tail of the snake made of gremlins. The breath of energy emitted by the giant monster that was 80 meters long. It far surpassed the ‘fire spit by the cosmic dragon’.
It was like a flare emitted by the sun.
‘As expected, the energy consumption is enormous.’
I felt dizzy as a huge amount of energy was drained away. Since obtaining the Dragon’s Heart, the only time I had expended this much energy in such a short period of time was when I fought the Gorgon Swarm.
Kyungcheondongji. A gigantic psychic breath that made those words come true was unleashed in front of Kesha Arma.
He follows the silver snake like a purple flame.
Even a physically strong body that could fight against a fleet meant nothing in the face of that mythical flame. The snake’s tail was instantly destroyed as soon as it touched the overwhelming force.
“■■■!”
“■■■■!”
“■!”
Even though the Metallic Gremlin was fearless, the deaths of thousands of his own kind must have been shocking. The panicked ones quickly deserted the camp.
There were those who held their ground, but they too felt fear. The body of the snake with its tail cut off was dyed blue. It was trying to reorganize its formation after moving at superluminal speed.
I urgently called out to my heavenly mother.
[Zuzuzu (Did you find it?)]
“I’m looking for it!”
I guess I should get a little closer. I grabbed her with my fighting arm and rushed towards the group.
[Zuuuuuuuuuu (I don’t have time)]
“I know too!”
Even when I approached, none of them bared their teeth at me like before. This was because the shock from the psychic breath had greatly reduced the control that Titar Boss had over the group.
‘But it’ll all go back to normal soon.’
As their bodies are different from those of ordinary creatures, the mental world of Metallic Gremlins is relatively simple. Even if thousands die, there are still tens of thousands left. Since there are more living kin than dead kin, they will quickly overcome their fear.
As I was flying through the crowd of scattered creatures who were surrounding me, the Mother of Heaven tapped my fighting arm with her foreleg.
“Over there!”
In the direction she was pointing, there was a small monster the same color as the darkness of space. Unlike his kind, he was a metallic gremlin with skin as black as a black hole. This was the leader of the large group, Titarbos.
I let go of the Heavenly Mother and stretched out my erosion tentacles towards the direction the thing was. The tentacles advanced, destroying the silver monsters blocking its path, and tried to grab the thing with its six appendages.
“■■■■!”
The moment I was about to grab the guy, his body glowed blue and disappeared. The warp boy behind him had quickly evacuated the leader. The erosion tentacles swallowed the warp boy instead of their original target.
“Predation effect activated!”
‘Where did he go?’
A text box appeared indicating a predation, but now was not the time to worry about it. It was the leader of the pack. It must be somewhere around here, so we had to find it quickly.
The auxiliary organ under my jaw detects the movement of a specific target among numerous smells and bodily reactions. It is about 200 meters behind me.
The erosion tentacles responded to my will, but there was something moving faster than them.
The Heavenly Mother, who had escaped from my hands, was already flying towards where the bastard was.
And the spear she was holding struck the bastard.
“■■■!”
“Tch! That was shallow!”
Her attack aimed for the neck failed. The titan boss, who had cut off the chest, disappeared again. Not only that, but all the metallic gremlins around us disappeared as well.
And then, from a distance, they appeared with a blue light.
“… It was my mistake. I should have moved faster.”
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzu (No, that’s not it)]
The Heavenly Mother, who predicted the teleportation point, moved faster than me. She has no reason to blame herself.
‘I’m sick of it.’
Since you’ve barely managed to survive, it’s obvious that it’ll be harder to conquer. If the titan boss moves passively, it’ll take a lot longer to catch him.
‘This time, a different strategy….’
As I was racking my brain over how to lure him out, the movements of the metallic gremlin horde became strange.
‘huh?’
“Why are those guys acting like that?”
Their movements were so strange that even the Mother of Heaven tilted her head.
They were moving in perfect unison even under the impact of the psychic breath, but now they were completely different.
‘Are you scared?’
It is true that the titan boss who led the horde was badly wounded, but he was still alive and well.
So, that movement was entirely based on the bastard’s intention. In a short period of time, they showed completely different movements than before, as if the leader’s personality had changed. If the groups we fought so far were similar to an army, now they looked like a gathering of ferocious animals.
‘It turned out well.’
If you attack while they’re running around, you can inflict a lot of damage.
As he was about to launch another attack, the silvery clouds that were moving irregularly began to glow blue. After the blue light that had colored the clouds disappeared, there was nothing left.
All the guys who were attacking the fortress from behind us have also disappeared.
“He left.”
A horde of metallic gremlins attacked Kesha Arma. They finally retreated.
That also brought an end to the long battle that had begun inside the fortress.
‘No, there’s still one left.’
Cynthia, the cult ranker in the fortress.
The fight with her still remains.