Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 305
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Episode 305 – Berzan02(4)
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“No movement detected inside.”
“Undetected? There should be at least two.”
“It is not properly detected that there is a jamming device inside.
“Did you check in energy detection mode?”
“A small amount of psychic power has been detected underground, but it is not certain.”
Building in front of the Hover Bus Center.
Twelve people wearing Megacorp’s advanced reinforced suits were having a suspicious conversation.
“It’s a jamming device. I thought it was suspicious, and it was as expected.”
“Could this be a social gathering?”
“Even if they are not social, we must make them social. Only then can we rob slaves.”
In the Empire, Vortex One cultists are subject to severe punishment regardless of their status. Even the Staghorn Cultists are punished by having all their rights revoked and their horns cut off. Naturally, their property is also confiscated.
And the leopard-headed Wolf often engaged in such illegal activities for his master, Alkadi.
Framing another cult as a cultist is a more serious crime than cult activities, but he has never been caught for it. This is partly due to Alkadi’s power, but also because he is good at his job.
For example, he never uses cult-style equipment when doing illegal work. He only uses commonly used equipment produced by Megacorp and Star Union. This is to disguise it as if outside visitors are causing trouble.
None of those present were carrying cult-style equipment or tools. The armor and weapons they were wearing were made by Megacorp, and the communication and detection equipment were from Star Union.
“Activate stealth mode for all.”
“check.”
“Check communication status.”
“Communication status is good.”
As the leopard-headed Wolf and his men pressed the button on the pad of the armored suit, their bodies slowly disappeared. Nine of the twelve red shadows moved towards the hover bus center. The remaining three waited in the building for sniping and support.
The nine slaves carefully inspected the inside of the hover bus center before entering.
The interior of the center was filled with nothing but sand. Looking at the sand that had piled up on the floor and the cracked walls that had not been maintained, it was hard to imagine anyone living here.
If it weren’t for the footprints on the floor, I would have thought I had come to the wrong abandoned house.
“These footprints, I’m sure Wolf is here.”
Faced directly with the female wolf, the leopard-headed wolf quickly found traces of his target.
“Oh, but what are these traces?”
Besides the cult and Wolf footprints, other traces were also visible.
There were traces here and there that were not usually seen, such as marks that looked like a round object had dragged a body over it, and footprints left by something like a small spider.
“This looks like… an animal footprint?”
“It could be an animal that escaped from the market. Don’t separate from each other, because you never know when it might pop out.”
The other slaves gathered at the words of the leopard-headed Wolf. After checking on his gathered comrades, he realized that something was wrong.
‘eight??’
There were nine people who had entered this place, including him. However, there were only eight people in this place, including him. The others also noticed that their comrade was gone and fell into confusion.
“Oh, you were behind me just a moment ago!”
The leopard-headed Wolf tried to communicate quickly, but there was no answer. He also contacted the two who were in support from the rear, but they also said they had not seen anyone leaving the building.
‘There’s no way I could get hurt in that short of time.’
“Where was he the last time I saw him?”
“It was over there!”
They approached the pile of sand in the corner as the slave had pointed out. A Gauss rifle was lying in front of the mountain of sand, even though it was indoors.
‘Any other traces… huh?’
As the leopard-headed Wolf was picking up his subordinate’s dropped gun, he noticed a strange mark: a large sand slick.
At that moment, a sound of sand pouring down was heard from behind them. Eight heads turned at once.
There was a dragon in the red sand. A huge snake, reminiscent of the red worm, a carnivorous earthworm that lives somewhere in the desert, raised its head.
A dragon with a pale pink skin, lighter than Red Worm. Wolf, who had the leopard head, instinctively felt it as he faced the numerous eyes it held.
I have to run away right now.
The moment his feet hit the ground, countless snake heads burst out of the sand. The slaves who were unable to react in time were caught by the snakes.
There was no scream.
Before the slaves could even utter a sound, the snake dragged them into the sand. Just by looking at the bright red liquid soaking the sand, it was easy to imagine what kind of end the slaves had met.
While the five were covered in blood, three people, including the leopard-headed Wolf, escaped the scene. The two ran inside, and the leopard-headed Wolf ran outside.
“Sniper! Respond!”
There was no answer when I shouted at the communicator. Instead, I heard another sound from above my head.
An ominous flapping sound was heard from the crimson sky.
Sometimes from close range, sometimes from far away. Even when I raised my head to check, I couldn’t see the owner of the wings.
At that moment, a loud cracking sound was heard from the sand in front of the building. Something had fallen from the sky.
The leopard-headed Wolf, who had seen the fallen object, closed his mouth in shock.
“!”
Now I know why the snipers didn’t respond. The object that crashed on the sand was one of the snipers hiding in the building.
Thanks to the reinforced suit, the body itself was intact. Because of that, he had to see the corpse’s strange shape with his own eyes. The dead sniper had completely lost all of his blood and moisture, turning him into a mummified body.
“shit!”
I knew as soon as I saw it that it was the wrong building.
He ran with all his might on his trembling legs.
We must return to the master immediately and inform him of the danger lurking here.
His master is a man powerful enough to summon a legion of cultists. He will be able to cleanse the hover bus center that has been taken over by monsters.
But there was one thing he was mistaken about.
Once he enters the territory of monsters, his life is no longer his own. They never let go of their prey once they have set their sights on it.
“!”
And one of the new owners of these ruins intercepted the intruder.
Wolf holding a golden spear shining brightly under the red sky.
On top of its head, which resembled a white bird of prey, stood black horns reminiscent of the helmets worn by warriors. Beneath it was a strong body that seemed to be made of molten gold.
I had definitely met her during the day. That Wolf, standing firm on the sand, holding a spear, felt completely different.
The leopard-headed Wolf didn’t hesitate and aimed his Gauss rifle at her.
The moment his finger pulled the trigger, she ducked. The tungsten bullet grazed her head.
‘Did you avoid it?’
He is currently wearing a powered suit with cloaking activated. Unless that Wolf has a special detection device, he cannot be seen.
The battle had already begun. While he was pondering, his opponent quickly closed the distance.
The second bullet leaves the muzzle, aiming for the enemy’s chest. The distance between him and the enemy is not that long. It is impossible to dodge a bullet fired from such a close distance.
The enemy’s hand, holding the spear, moves like lightning. Golden lightning cuts the incoming bullet. The bullet split in half and passes her and embeds itself in the sand.
“What?!”
He opened his mouth wide at the sight that he couldn’t believe. A spear that had been split into bullets was aimed at his neck. He tried to block it by raising his Gauss rifle in a hurry, but his opponent was overwhelmingly faster.
“Ugh, ugh…”
A thin stream of blood splashed onto the sand. A small hole appeared in the throat protected by the armor.
The leopard-headed Wolf threw down his gun and blocked the hole, but it was not enough. His life was quickly drained away like water over a broken dam.
“What are you saying about me? I’m a female who was sold?”
Have they been slaves for so long that they have forgotten even their primal instincts?
Faced with angry amber eyes, the leopard-headed Wolf recalled a legend he had heard from his own kind when he was very young.
The story of the fall of the great gods.
The one before him is not a slave.
She was the goddess of the hunt.
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“You crazy! Why did you come here!”
“shit!”
The two slaves who had planned to escape across the center to the opposite exit soon regretted their choice, as all the doors were blocked by sand and debris.
The only open space was the path leading to the basement. Since there was no other path, the two had no choice but to go down the stairs leading to the basement.
Unlike the upper floor, the lights were on downstairs.
The irregularly flickering lights illuminated the exposed steel and wires on the ceiling and walls. The atmosphere was quite eerie, and the two slaves became tense.
The thought of making a series of wrong choices crossed their minds, but it was too late. They continued walking with their guns pointed forward.
At the end of the stairs was a very large cavity. Several passageways seemed to be connected to the unfinished underground cavity.
“There are so many roads. What should I do?”
“First, keep going to the right…
At that moment, both of them closed their mouths at the same time. It was because they heard a sound in the darkness that had engulfed the room.
Dangle, dangle. It was the sound of metals clashing rhythmically.
“… … .”
The slaves pressed the button on the pad on their wrists with trembling hands. They switched the vision of their helmets to thermal imaging mode and turned their heads in the direction of the sound.
Their third mistake was seeing with their own eyes something lurking in the ashen world.
In the middle of the room, a spider of overwhelming size was crouching.
“Hee, heek!”
‘It’ responded to the slave’s short scream. The head of the human woman hanging on the spider’s body turned 180 degrees and faced them.
“There are two?”
The eyes of ‘it’, cold like a camera lens, moved mechanically and scanned outsiders.
“I will remove one.”
The spider that had been staying in the common area raised its body.
It didn’t take long for the screams coming from down the stairs to stop.
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[Zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (the huge mansion at the end of the street?)]
“Mansion. Mansion.”
As expected, the slaves sent by the cult master were quickly cleared out. PS-111, who extracted information from the sole remaining survivor, told me through MPS-05 where their master was.
I was on top of the building, so I picked up the MPS-05 and moved towards the mansion where the cult master was staying.
When you enter the ‘Smart Weak’ state, not only your body size but also your weight decreases considerably. Add to that the ‘Stealth Movement’ effect you previously acquired in Aadhai’s hometown, and the sound of your footsteps almost disappears.
Even though I was running around the building on four legs, wagging my long tail, no one below noticed me. Even if they did see me, it would be like a cult soldier standing on top of the building clutching something in his hand.
As we went further into the slave market, we began to see a wall taller than the buildings in the distance.
‘I see.’
Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the mansion was semi-fortified. There were cameras and various detection devices on the walls, and Star Union Storm Guns were on guard above.
‘But it’s of no use to me.’
I kicked the roof of the building with all four legs, and my body flew like a cannonball fired from a warship, passing over the wall.
As you climb over the wall, you see an armed guard at your feet. Judging from the poncho with inverted triangles and diamonds overlapping it over the suit-like reinforced body armor, you can tell he is from the cult ‘Warrior Corps’.
He was on patrol and didn’t notice me jumping over the wall. My body landed behind him.
“hmm?”
The warrior reacted to the sound right behind him. Just before his head turned, my tails moved.
The pincers on the end of his right tail struck his head hard. The warrior’s head was shattered with the sound of a watermelon breaking. Before he fell, his left tail, which resembled a snake’s tail, wrapped around his upper body.
I quickly dispatched the corpse using the three heads. The sweet flavor of the cult filled my mouth, but I had no time to enjoy it now.
The heads on both shoulders greedily ate and wiped away all the blood that flowed out with the tongue of the head in the middle. The mimetic organs inside the body received new genetic information collected from the outside and built a completely different type of pheromone system.
From now on, I am not a gunner belonging to the surveillance office, but a security guard from the warrior corps.
‘It’s the same in my eyes.’
I walked with the MPS-05 in my hand. As I passed through the wide and splendid garden inside the wall, a mansion shaped like a pyramid greeted me.
Around the mansion, I see cultists dressed exactly like the guards I ate. I don’t care about their gazes and approach the mansion. Some of them tilt their heads at me, but they don’t show any other reaction.
Of course, the guards guarding the entrance were different. The two cultists blocking the entrance to the mansion blocked my way.
“What? You’re not in charge of the mansion?”
“You said you wanted to check out the new creature.”
“Tsk. Go in quickly.”
The two guards clicked their tongues briefly and opened the door. This seemed familiar, as if this had happened often.
So I passed through the entrance of the mansion without any interference.
‘I wonder where it is.’
I used the auxiliary organ under my chin to look inside the mansion. Even though it was late at night, I felt a lot of movement inside the mansion. It was probably slaves and guards.
So I looked for something that would be less active, since I doubt the arrogant owner would be working all night.
The auxiliary organs began to collect all sorts of elements, such as the flow of air, sounds, and smells flowing within the mansion, and began to analyze them. Soon, a peculiar movement was detected at a location on the top floor of the mansion.
‘There it is.’
Unlike the others who were moving around diligently, I saw that it was extremely still and I could tell that it was the movement of someone who was asleep. After finding my target, I got on the elevator.
As I reached the top floor and the elevator doors opened, I was greeted by a splendid room with a strong cult feel. Here, too, two armed cult guards were waiting.
“You’re not in charge here, are you?”
“The master said he would check on the new creature he acquired.”
I made the same excuse I had made at the entrance, but this time the reaction was different.
“Alkadi went to bed an hour ago.”
“There was no order to bring in any living thing.”
“okay?”
It would have been nice if things had gone smoothly, but it’s a shame. They chose the wrong answer.
I slapped one guard with my right tail while grabbing another guard who was trying to call for his comrades with my fighting arm.
“Ouch!”
“town?!”
The one whose waist was hit by the pincers at the end of the tail was thrown against the wall with his body twisted into an odd shape. The one whose face was grabbed by the combat arm floundered around in confusion.
The reason why a group of veteran warriors are so helpless is because of the mimicry organ. Because their senses are disturbed by pheromones, the enemies cannot properly perceive my true form.
Parts of my disguised intelligent body that are not there, such as the tail, multiple arms, and head, are invisible to the enemy. If I attack with parts that are invisible like I am now, the enemy will feel like they have been attacked by an invisible attack.
“You, what… .”
I crushed the cultist’s head with my hand, shattering the horns and skull and wetting the palm of my hand with its contents.
After eliminating the intruder, I opened the door and entered the room.
The culprit who had been bothering me was sleeping soundly, completely unaware of what was happening outside. I put down the MPS-05 and crawled onto the bed decorated with bright decorations.
Then the creature sensed a presence and opened its eyes. The creature’s eyes widened as it discovered me.
I quickly extended my fighting arm and grabbed his head.
“… … !”
The cult seems confused as to why the warriors are here and why their bodies are not moving.
After I released the mimetic organ, I brought my snout close to him.
“Are you willing to pay an unimaginable price?”
“?!”
The bastard’s body trembles.
Was it regret for what he had done, or was it the fear one might feel when witnessing a monster in the comfort of one’s bedroom?
Actually, it doesn’t matter what he thinks.
What matters is how much he is willing to pay.
He will give me everything he has.
Whether you want it or not.