Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 333
Only Noblemtl
“I will tell you immediately in case of an emergency.”
The head of the woman with the metal legs quickly disappeared from my sight. The PS-111, synchronized with the mini-screamer, will relay the situation to MPS-05.
‘That’s fine.’
I decided to leave the slave part to MPS-05 and headed back to Alshas’s mansion.
As we crossed the chaotic streets and approached the outskirts of the city, an old mansion came into view. And so did the figures standing in front of the mansion.
I slowed down and landed on the garden in front of the mansion. The impact of my landing shook the ground greatly, but my opponent was completely unfazed.
It could be because one of them is someone I know. She is a short Coldblood ranker named Isabel.
The problem is the other one.
A female cultist with smooth silver hair and yak horns on her temples. I recognized her immediately from the photo.
Imperial Carrier Captain Alshas.
The cult ranker of Berzan02 was waiting for me.
“That bug. I thought you were dead, but you were hiding well.”
Cult Ranker Alshas clicked his tongue as he saw me sitting on the ground.
Instead of responding, I looked around to see if there was anything that could threaten me.
‘It’ll be a headache if there are other rankers or support troops.’
The auxiliary organ under the chin wiggled and collected information floating in the air.
‘It seems like there’s no one in the mansion.’
Not only that, there was no sign of life anywhere nearby.
Of course, I can’t let my guard down because he might be hiding using his stealth skills. Or he might activate his thunderbolt from a long distance and bombard me.
‘Besides, there’s something strange about that mansion.’
From the outside it looks like just an old, small mansion, but there’s something strange about it.
The faint sound of wind coming through the open door and window, and the subtle smell of dirt mixed in. These are elements that would not be present in a normally built mansion.
‘I have to be careful.’
Both me and the other side are rankers. Just as I am hiding my secret move, the enemy is doing the same.
After quickly checking the environment, I also looked at the enemy’s clothing.
Like Jason we met before, Alshas was wearing a dragon slayer set made from the corpse of a Black Gallagon.
However, it was a little different from the typical configuration I know.
The Dragon Slayer set consists of a weapon in the form of an energy blade called Purification, a tomahawk-like ‘Condemnation’, and a reinforced suit made from Gallagon’s scales. Alshas was holding only two of the Condemnations. Purification was nowhere to be seen.
The appearance of the armor was also subtly different from what I knew. The armor she was wearing was made for men.
‘Did you get it from another ranker?’
Maybe he got it from a fellow faction member.
‘Other than that, there’s nothing special about him.’
Actually, that’s the problem.
The situation is too advantageous for me right now.
When fighting the cultists underground, I didn’t use my full strength and hid my powers as much as possible. I even pretended to be dead.
As the captain of the Imperial Carrier, Alshas would have been deeply involved in the punitive force’s operations. So he would know better than anyone what my reappearance means. He would think that I have begun the attack since there is no longer any need to hide.
And yet, no matter how I look at it, it is absurd that you appear before me like this without any preparation.
‘Do you trust Isabel?’
I looked at the little Coldblood standing next to Alshas.
I know full well that he would never betray me. He did his best to make sure that me and the kids could avoid any danger.
‘I’m here because of the contract.’
I know that the guy made an unfair contract. He was also bound by a contract that said, ‘I must obey the orders of the Ranker.’
‘I wasn’t expecting this, but….’
I already expected that I would end up fighting against two enemies, Isabel and the enemy ranker.
And I know how to fix it.
‘Those involved in the contract must be eliminated first.’
Of course, that doesn’t mean the contract itself is invalid. It won’t disappear until you kill Vortex One, which breaks the contract.
But that’s a problem that can be dealt with later. The first thing to do is to remove the target of protection from Isabel. That way, she can move more freely than she does now.
‘What’s surprising is that he revealed it so openly even though he knew it.’
Maybe he made that choice because he didn’t know about the relationship between me and Isabel.
It’s not my place to say this, but in the game, all the rankers hated me. From Alshas’s point of view, who doesn’t know anything, it’s natural to believe that Isabelle would be hostile to me.
To be honest, it would be hard to say that Alshas was a good comrade, even if it was just empty words, but he would be a better opponent than me, who sees everything as genetic essence. In fact, didn’t Isabel hate me before I brought PS-111?
“A Morphbak and a pet? What an unbelievable combination. Did you suddenly develop a human side that you didn’t have before?”
Alshas mocks me with sarcastic remarks. His eyes keep moving as if he is calculating my strength.
‘You must know by now that I am not an easy opponent.’
Sea Demon and Red Gallagon on my back, and Griffin Wolf that flew in with me. Even if we exclude PS-111, this force consists of two raid boss level creatures and two rankers.
But there was no sign of nervousness on Alshas’s face. Even Isabel, who was an acquaintance of mine, flinched when I appeared.
‘I think there’s a hidden card… .’
Any further analysis is pointless. It will become clearer when you attack it directly.
“If you have a pet, you can talk to it too….”
Before the bastard could finish speaking, I pulled out my erosion tentacle and struck him. The bastard, not knowing that I would attack him while he was talking, hastily raised the axe he was holding.
The two tentacles crossed in an X shape and collided with the appendages of the tentacles that had flown in ahead. Since the size difference between the two was so great, Alshas was lifted into the air by the impact.
As she flew away with her posture broken, another erosion tentacle quickly approached her. The sharp appendage on the tip of the tentacle lightly cut the tip of her ankle.
“What?!”
Alshas’ face fills with confusion. He must have found it strange that his body suddenly stopped moving as he wanted it to.
‘good.’
As I cut off the bastard’s ankle, I activated the only trait I had kept hidden all this time. It was the ‘Medusa Organ’, a trait that turned enemies it touched into quartz statues.
She quickly crystallized to below her knees and was thrown onto the garden behind her. I took out all my remaining tentacles and attacked her.
“… … .”
She couldn’t even moan because more than half of her body had been turned into stone. My left head gaped open and swallowed her whole.
‘It’s over.’
I felt the corpse of the one that passed through the long neck being digested. Since I ate the ranker, I thought I would get a special ability or trait or something. I waited for the text box to appear.
‘huh?’
But even after waiting, there was no response.
I looked at Isabel because something seemed strange. The guy’s expression was the same as when he was standing next to Alshas. It didn’t feel like he was breathing at all now.
‘What is this?’
“You crazy kid, attacking me out of the blue.”
At that moment, a familiar voice was heard from inside the mansion. The owner of the voice slowly walked out from the entrance of the mansion.
‘You’re not dead?’
The being that walked out of the mansion was Alshas, whom I had just eaten. From the face and voice to the equipment he was wearing, it was exactly the same.
“The Empress was right. You really can’t communicate.”
The guy scratched his forehead with the handle of his axe as if nothing had happened.
‘What? No, because the coordinator wasn’t wearing it.’
If you’re a ‘coordinator’ who grants users the ability to teleport in times of crisis, you could probably get away from me, but that’s not the case. I’ve confirmed with my own eyes that you’re not wearing anything on your head.
Above all, the bastard’s corpse was completely digested in my stomach. There was no sign of it disappearing or anything along the way.
So, the Alshas that appeared before me, the one I ate, is a different being, except for its appearance.
‘It’s strange to even think of them as clones.’
Even though he’s a clone who just woke up, something doesn’t seem right. Even if the body is like that, it’s hard to explain why he’s wearing a male enhancement suit and two swords.
It’s not that there weren’t psychic techniques that created clones in games, but they weren’t as natural as that. It could be a technique I don’t know about, but if it was, the cult rankers I fought would have used it too.
If so, there is only one answer.
‘The guy’s special.’
All the rankers I’ve fought so far have had special perks that don’t exist in the game.
I guess Alshas’s special ability might be to create identical clones of himself, just like he does now.
‘If my guess is true, then that guy too… .’
That guy who’s talking nonchalantly in front of me is also likely not real. The original that made the clone is probably somewhere else, not here.
‘It’s become annoying.’
I thought he was acting confidently considering he knew my notoriety, but I didn’t expect him to do something like this.
“I guess cloning yourself is your special privilege.”
Alshas snorted as I spoke in Roberts’ voice.
“Ha, I thought you were mute because you kept your mouth shut until now.”
The power to create identical clones. It’s quite a desirable ability. One more reason for him to die.
‘Before finding the original, I need to check the abilities of the clone first.’
“That attack just now was unexpected. Well, to be precise, I expected it, but it was much faster.”
Alshas evaluated me because I was standing still without attacking. That was the kind of composure that only someone who is confident that they will never be in danger can show.
‘The muscle movements, the heartbeat, and even the condition of the armor. They’re all exactly the same.’
“Moffak, you must be wondering this now. You must be wondering what kind of confidence it is that Isabel and I can’t defeat you even if we work together.”
The man who said that gestured to Isabel.
For a split second, I locked eyes with Isabel. There were many emotions in those eyes. Regret, resentment, and even worry.
The guy who had conveyed various emotions to me immediately turned his gaze and stood behind Alshas.
“Do you know why humans are the lords of all creation? It’s because we cooperate with each other to overcome difficulties.”
The ground shook violently as she spoke. At the same time, I felt a powerful energy that made my auxiliary organs tingle.
Something is rising rapidly from underground to the surface.
“Your Majesty, please help me.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the old mansion exploded.
[Zuzu zuzuzu (Everyone be careful)]
I spread my wings wide and quickly gained altitude. In an instant, dozens of stakes, each about 3 meters long, flew in and pierced the membrane of my wings.
“Big baby! Are you okay?”
The pain from the injury was overwhelming, but that wasn’t what mattered right now.
The thing that drove the stake into me crawls out of the ground. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that it is digging out of the ground rather than crawling out.
That would be the case. The size of the being that emerged from the ground was easily over 30m. It resembled a longicorn beetle, but it was a giant monster equipped with numerous bio-cannons on its back. The remains of the collapsed mansion fell into the hole it emerged from.
“Big man” “Enemy” “Be careful”
“Multiple life events detected. Please exercise caution.”
In the area beneath my feet, and throughout the city, similar creatures were emerging from the ground.
“Eimov, could that be…?”
[Z (Yeah)]
The Mother in the Sky flying next to me is horrified as she watches the monsters popping out from all over the place.
I understand her feelings well enough.
I never expected to see them on cult territory either.
And then came the being that drove a wedge into my thoughts and hers.