Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 319
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Roberts’ personal residence is located on the outskirts of the fortress.
Just because she’s on the edge and not in the center doesn’t mean she’s poor.
Even though the status of a military stronghold has faded, the level of security inside the fortress is very high. In a city where warriors roam the streets and large warships fly overhead, there are not many idiots who would commit crimes in such a place.
In addition, since the water fortress is a city that has accumulated wealth for a long time, its residents are quite wealthy. In most cases, they can live without any problems even if they do not engage in crime.
Since safety was guaranteed wherever they went, there were quite a few people like Robets who deliberately lived in the outskirts. It can be seen that they chose houses with a quiet atmosphere rather than the noisy city center.
The airship carrying Roberts passed several houses and stopped above a mansion.
In the middle of the mansion is a small artificial lake, surrounded by pentagonal houses. Between the houses and the lake are plants brought from other planets.
The airship landed on a platform in the lake. The moment it landed, the surface of the lake shook violently.
“what?”
A startled Roberts checked the airship’s camera. There were water droplets on the lens, indicating a problem during landing. Other than the splashed water, there was no other visible damage.
“I really don’t want to be unlucky.”
She grumbled and got off, crossing the bridge connected to the step to the garden planted with plants. The sensors and cameras inside the mansion reacted with each step she took.
“Are you here?”
“Okay. I’m going to take a bath, so get some wine from the pantry.”
“All right.”
“And please take a look, because there seems to be a problem with the airship’s landing system.”
“I will check.”
She ordered the slave beyond the camera and headed to the bathroom.
The bathroom in the mansion was large enough to accommodate dozens of people. She undressed and laid down in the hot bath.
“Hoooo.”
The heat from the hot water made her white, delicate skin turn pink. As the tension in her body relaxed, she involuntarily let out a groan mixed with fatigue.
‘It’s a little better.’
When she arrived at the mansion, she felt uneasy, but her mind quickly relaxed. She thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take a nap before the wine arrived. She closed her eyes and let her body and mind soak in the warm water.
Just before falling asleep.
Bibibibibi
A loud noise struck her ears. Startled, Robets sat up, causing the water in the bathtub to shake violently.
“…Alarm sound?”
It was a sound I had hardly ever heard before, so I didn’t recognize it right away.
That sound coming from outside the bathroom was the alarm that sounded when someone outside broke in.
That means someone entered her house without permission.
“What’s going on outside?”
Her voice echoed through the bathroom. As if in response, the alarm sound coming from outside suddenly stopped.
“… … .”
It was quiet again, but I couldn’t feel safe.
There are no slaves to guard the mansion. Instead, there are speakers installed in every location so that the slaves can hear and follow her commands.
So, since she had given the order, it was normal for a response to come back. It was not normal for the alarm to just turn off without saying anything.
Before she knew it, she had completely woken up and got out of the bathtub. Without even wiping off her wet body, she first grabbed the terminal pad.
‘You have to report it first!’
It might be nothing, but just in case. She quickly reported it to the fort’s warriors and put on her robe.
The warriors will be here in five minutes. You must hide in the mansion’s shelter until they arrive.
As she came out of the bathroom, bright lights greeted her. The atmosphere inside the mansion was no different than usual.
Except for one difference.
“Where did everyone go?”
There was no sign of life within the mansion. Not even any intruders, not even any slaves.
The situation was not normal. Her body was shivering, but it wasn’t just because of the cool air conditioning.
‘Dude, we need to get to the shelter quickly… .’
Robets walked shivering. The house that had felt so comfortable just a few minutes ago felt terribly unfamiliar.
As she left the building with the bathroom and entered the hallway, she discovered signs of an intruder.
“What, what is this?”
On the floor of high-quality stone, wet footprints were clearly imprinted. Judging by their size and shape, they did not look like human footprints at all. Furthermore, the footprints were larger than her head.
The direction the footsteps were headed was outside the corridor, that is, to the wine cellar.
“…shit.”
Robets created a whip with her psychic powers and held it in her hand. She had never dreamed that something like this would happen in the water fortress. She vowed that once this was over, she would place her combat slaves in the mansion.
Fortunately, the wine cellar and the shelter are quite far apart. Now that the slaves have been chased by an unidentified beast, they must quickly escape to the shelter.
She ran half naked. There was no sign of anyone chasing her.
Arriving safely at the shelter, she first checked the surveillance cameras installed inside the mansion. From here, she could check every space inside the mansion, just like the management office.
As the cult computer worked, it displayed images captured by the camera in the air. She moved her eyes diligently, looking for intruders.
‘doesn’t exist?’
But there was no sign of an intruder anywhere. Not even a trace of the slave who was thought to have been attacked by a beast.
“What is this….”
As she was looking back at the camera, panicking, a noise was suddenly heard from outside.
Bibibibibibi
It’s the alarm sound from the bathroom. It was quiet at first, but it’s getting louder. It means an intruder is getting closer.
She urgently checked the camera in the hallway where the alarm was blaring.
“What happened? Where is that guy? Where the hell is he?”
The hallway is empty, but the security system is blaring loudly to indicate that someone is there.
As I was checking the footage to find out what was causing the alarm to sound, something caught my eye.
Bibibibibibibibibi
She brought her face close to the image floating in the air.
“… … .”
At first I thought it was just a stain or a pattern. It was a geometric decoration commonly seen in hallways.
No it wasn’t.
It was a water stain.
Something that wasn’t captured on camera was walking down the hallway, leaving footprints behind.
Bibibi beep
And the trace ended exactly in front of the door of the shelter.
Her head slowly turned back.
The alarm sound cut off and was replaced by another sound.
The noise made when something heavy is being dragged.
It sounded like the sound of a thick alloy door opening.
–
“Ahem, so there’s no problem then?”
“Yes. It seems like the security system is old and malfunctioned. I’m really sorry for causing you trouble over something so trivial.”
“Is it okay if we don’t look into it separately?”
“I think that’ll be okay. As you can see, I’m in this condition.”
The armed warriors glanced at me and quickly turned their faces away.
“Oh, ok, I see. Okay, I understand.”
“Well then, let’s go. Go in and rest.”
“thank you.”
They greeted me with awkward faces and stepped back.
“Why did you come out while I was bathing? Just make me a slave.”
“Are you having a good time with your slave? It looks like you’re in that kind of mood.”
“Stop talking nonsense.”
The voices heard beyond the closed mansion door quickly died down. Soon, a small fighter jet parked outside took off and left the mansion.
Since there were no more signs of outsiders coming, I went back into the mansion.
‘I was surprised.’
I wasn’t too worried until I first got stuck on the airship and came to the mansion.
Unlike Alkadi’s mansion, the water fortress had no armed guards. Perhaps because the city itself was safe, only a few slaves lived in the mansion.
While diving into the lake where the airship had landed, I used my auxiliary engine to roughly estimate the number of people inside the mansion and took action.
First, he tried to deal with the slave who was carrying the wine quickly, and then the owner of the mansion.
‘I certainly would have, if it weren’t for that loud bell.’
Having transformed into a ‘smart underdog’, I am immune to various detection systems thanks to the ‘fur of an alien creature’ effect. This is because the waves generated by the fur disrupt various detection equipment. Even the vibration monitoring system is no exception.
But the reason it took so long was because of the water.
Either the fur got wet and malfunctioned, or the effect that neutralized the detection system didn’t work properly.
Moreover, although my own appearance was not captured on camera, my wet footprints were captured. Those with a keen eye will immediately notice that there is something that is not captured on film.
‘That’s an unexpected weakness.’
I knew that the fur of the alien creature wasn’t omnipotent. But I didn’t know that it had such a simple yet fatal weakness.
‘It’s a desert planet, but it’s a water fortress. We have to be careful.’
I headed back to the shelter, mindful of the need to be careful of water in my smart weak state. There, I retrieved the pad-type terminal left behind by the previous owner of the mansion.
‘Okay. Now all that’s left is….’
I have something to check with the slave trader I caught, Robets. If it were another time, I would have used parasites, but currently, I have the ‘parasite colony’ trait sealed.
So now it’s time to use the Inmyeon-chung instead of the Parasite. I called out the Inmyeon-chung that came in as a replacement for the existing member.
A bug with the face of a cult woman burst out of its nest on my back. Perhaps because it was summoned in a state of clever weakness with a greatly reduced body, the size of the human-faced bug was also greatly reduced.
The human-faced insect, which had shrunk to about the length of an adult male’s arm, flapped its wings and landed in front of me. The slave trader was aware of the change in his body and his face turned pale.
“I have something to ask you.”
Her eyes widened as a voice identical to hers came out of my mouth.
But there is only one thing she can do, since all authority over her body belongs to me.
“…Please speak.”
Just doing my duty as a servant.
–
Sihyeon Eugene realized that she was having that dream.
The white room.
Myself sitting in the middle.
Faceless people whispering something to you from the side.
The recurring dreams I had every time I fell asleep have now become a part of my life.
Rather, recently, I’ve been thinking that I can’t do without this dream.
“You ■■ ■■■.”
‘She’ speaks from the chair. As usual, I can’t understand what she’s saying.
Sihyeon thought.