Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 339
Only Noblemtl
“really?”
[Z zu zu zu zu zu zu zu zu (Yes. If you eat it, you will become stronger)]
“I like eating delicious food with my big brother! I also like getting stronger!”
Number 26 on the back takes out its tentacles and waves them as if shouting fighting.
‘I don’t know if that’s really true.’
I’ve never actually seen a Sea Demon eat a Vortex One, so I don’t know what would happen if it ate the flesh of the guy’s Ring of Agony.
‘I’ll find out more details later.’
I spread my wings wide and floated on the sand.
Before we follow the Ring of Agony, we must first bring the kids from that water fortress.
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Captain Alshas, who commands the defenders of Berzan 02.
There was one thing that was different about her.
In the real world, she was a natural performer.
Besides, her looks weren’t bad. No, to be exact, she was so pretty that nine out of ten people would find her beautiful.
Looks and acting skills.
She realized early on that if she used these two talents properly, things in life would be easier.
In front of a rich man, I focus on my looks, and in front of someone I need to maintain a long-term relationship with, I focus on acting.
She had been living a fairly successful life before coming to this world, and felt no guilt about preying on others.
She worked at a famous financial company, was a trusted employee by her colleagues, and her soon-to-be fiancé was a successful businessman.
Behind her success, there were countless people who were deceived by her. They were swayed by her beautiful and sociable charm, sucked her juices dry, and then abandoned. Among the victims were friends, lovers, customers, and even colleagues.
But she was a great actress and hid this fact very well. No one knew that disgusting filth was seething beneath the enchanting flowers.
Anyway, her life was going smoothly. That is, if she hadn’t fallen into the world of space survival the day before her wedding.
This world was completely different from the one she lived in.
The cult race has many beauties by human standards. There are cults all over the place that are much more beautiful than her.
Her acting skills also didn’t shine. In a class society where class and occupation are determined by the shape of the horns, her position was fixed. On top of that, because she was a soldier, her life was constantly threatened.
The world of space survival reflected in Alshas’ eyes was hell.
Even though he lived in this world for nearly a dozen years, his thirst for success never waned. Despite his great achievements, he was only able to become the captain of an imperial ship because of his horns.
That was also why Alshas joined forces with those who aimed to return. If they returned to their original world, their unfulfilled desires would be resolved.
And now, the grand plan of the Return Sect is almost complete. If successful, her dream will soon be realized.
I thought so.
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”
Alshas, who piloted the small airship, kept swearing.
I have never experienced such a great crisis before. It was a crisis worse than the one I had experienced when I almost died during the Outspacer invasion shortly after I came to this world.
At that time, there was someone like Captain Nern who could help her, but now there is no one like that at all.
Immediately after the clones were destroyed, she left the surveillance office’s situation room.
Isabel specifically asked Vortex One to kill her. It would be difficult to catch her with only the troops currently in the Overwatch Hall, unless there were any elite fleets or Outspacer legions left.
‘It’s difficult with only the remaining imperial carriers!’
The Imperial Carrier’s firepower is in the top five of all Cult ships, but there’s a problem: once it’s been unleashed, it can’t do anything.
The Cosmic Bolt is a delicate mechanism, so it has a very long rest period after firing once. Even if you reduce its power as in a fleet battle, it is the same.
So we need a fleet to support the mother ship, but they’ve all been blown away by Aimov. The remaining ships from the mother ship battle group can’t solve this problem.
‘And then there’s the mask play! If there’s a mask play, I’m finished!’
The Vortex One Mask, as its name suggests, can turn anyone into a clown. Any living creature touched by its wavelength will fall into madness to the point where it is impossible to tell the difference between them.
If you just look at this, you might think that it’s something that can be avoided, but the problem is that it’s very difficult.
Even if she is lucky enough not to go mad, the crisis is not over. There are other crew members left. Everyone around the Watchtower, the Imperial Carrier, and Berzan 02 will rush to catch her.
‘I can’t die here!’
The airship flew through the interior of the surveillance station at incredible speed. In an instant, she arrived at the exit leading outside the surveillance station.
“This area is currently off-limits.”
“I am Captain Alshas of the ‘Defender of Berzan 02’! Open the door now!”
“Huh? Wait a minute….”
“Damn it! Don’t open the door quickly!”
The moment she screamed into the communicator inside the airship, a loud siren was suddenly heard outside.
“Unidentified entity approaching! Unidentified entity approaching!”
“Wow, they’re here! They’re here!”
Between the loud warning sounds, there were intermittent booming sounds of explosions. The main guns of the ships guarding the observation tower and the fortifications mounted outside the facility were firing.
‘I can’t go out!’
A monstrous cosmic demon is closing in on her, intent on killing her. If you leave here, you will be killed instantly by the thing.
She had no choice but to turn the airship around.
‘I hope a miracle happens…!’
How happy she would be if an unknown ranker were in the surveillance office and dealt with that Vortex One. It was truly an absurd imagination, but she was that desperate right now.
Even as the airship wandered, the sirens and loud noises did not stop.
Instead, the entire surveillance building was now shaking. The control tower where the situation room was located was shaking, and various debris was pouring down from the ceiling.
Contrary to her expectations, the bastard is getting closer very quickly.
And within minutes, the lights inside the observation tower went out. Emergency power came on and a red light descended upon the entire structure.
In what looked like a sea of blood, only the airship carrying Alshas was floating alone.
‘… Contact! Yes! If you contact the Empress, she will come to save you!’
She got up from the passenger seat and quickly picked up the communicator. The Empress already knew that she was important within the Returning Party. If they valued useful talent, they would definitely come to her rescue.
As she was about to pull out the wires inside the airship and connect them to the monument, a tremendous impact struck the surveillance office and her airship.
“What, what is it?”
Startled, she looked up at the windshield of the airship.
There was a ‘devil’ there.
The outer wall of the surveillance office collapsed, and a giant ring with tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of arms hanging from it appeared.
‘Oh, the ring of agony!’
The Vortex One, tearing through the outer wall with its numerous arms, was something she knew. It was better than the masked man, but it was not much different from the fact that it was not a monster she could deal with.
Alshas hurriedly returned to the passenger seat and grabbed the controls. She accelerated the airship rapidly and tried to escape behind the black ring.
But the space demon had no intention of letting her go. Some of its many arms moved nimbly and snatched the airship.
“Hey, let go of this! Let go of this!”
She panicked and grabbed the control stick, screaming. Her appearance showed none of the majesty of an Imperial ship captain with psychic powers.
Another arm moves lazily. A hand as large as an airship covers the windshield. Inside the palm is a swirling mouth.
Soon that mouth will swallow the entire airship she’s on.
At that moment, I thought so.
The ring’s body flinched and trembled. Something appeared from behind the torn outer wall, holding the ring tightly.
“Grrr”
“Grrrrrrr”
“Grrrrrrr”
Then a familiar cry is heard, and the ring of agony begins to be dragged out of the observation room. She, caught in the devil’s hands, is also dragged into the black sea.
Her life was extended thanks to the sudden appearance of a savior, but she was not happy about it at all.
Because I know who that being is, with a size as huge as Vortex One.
The infamous 5th ranker, Aimov.
A monster as fearsome as the devil reached out to capture her.
The interior of the surveillance office, one of the pinnacles of cult technology, was a complete mess.
The entire structure was bathed in red light from the emergency lights because the power system was damaged. The interior floor was strewn with shattered debris from the exterior walls.
All of these were works created by me and Vortex One.
The moment I reached out to grab the airship Alshas was on, the ‘Ring of Agony’ moved. The numerous arms on the ring’s surface grabbed me and pulled me backwards.
The bastard was not only big, but also incredibly strong. My body was kicked out of the surveillance office against my will.
I pulled out my erosion tentacles and grabbed the outer wall of the surveillance office, while simultaneously activating my ‘variable bio-weapon’.
The transformed part is the head. The central skull shell mutates into a form similar to that of the Apex creature ‘Ice Horror’.
I changed my head and applied strong force to the tentacles that were holding onto the outer wall. Like an arrow leaving a bowstring, my body was shot into the structure.
The intense shock that followed. My head was hit by a ring of agony.
All Vortex Ones have bodies made of abyssal power and organic matter, and boast incredible durability. However, that does not mean they are immortal and invulnerable.
The numerous arms attached to the ring surface were crushed under my skull. Both heads bit the black rings with all their might.
In that state, I planted both legs on the floor of the observation room and pushed the bastard with all my might.
The ring-shaped body was pushed to one side by my force. In the process, the control tower and ships were crushed by it and exploded.
The erosive tentacles on its back picked up the floating ship debris, swinging them like clubs to strike the demons. A loud explosion shook the structure as each tentacled piece of debris collided with the enemy.
‘It’s about time for a counterattack.’
Right now his arms are tearing at my skull, but he’ll soon find out that it’s not very effective.
“-”
At that moment, the arms of the guys who had been playing separately stopped at the same time. The arms that had come together in pairs clapped their hands in my direction all at once.
Immediately afterwards, an enormous pressure came over me.
“Pain relief activated!”
Due to an invisible force, not only the tentacles but also my neck and torso were twisted wildly. My body turned into a squeezable towel.
The structures surrounding me also began to buckle and make a friction noise. The anchored ships were twisted like a pair of tongs, and the control tower and other facilities were like compressed cans.
‘As expected, strong!’
The Ring of Agony uses different abilities depending on the position of the arms. The clapping position is the position taken when using the ability to manipulate gravity.
Of course, I’ve been hit in games too. It’s a huge pressure to experience something I’ve only seen in numbers in real life. My bone armor, which was fine even after being hit by a battleship’s main gun, cracked and broke in an instant.
Even in its imperfect state, it has this much destructive power. If it had been normal, it might have lost a head or two.
‘but…!’
Whatever it is, any attack that doesn’t kill me only makes me stronger.
As ‘Tyrantroid’ is activated, my body grows larger again. My strength also grows stronger to match the changing body.
I returned the central head wearing the Ice Horror’s shell to its original state and mutated the arms for combat.
The bones inside the arm elongated with a creepy sound. As the bones deformed, the part that had originally been the hand mutated into a saw-bladed sickle. The four fingers quickly shrank in size and soon degenerated into sharp claws.
The main weapon of the Apex creature, the Hellside Hornet, which resembles a locust, is now in my hands.
I swung my fully mutated combat arm in a big wave. The sharp bio-sickle was embedded in the black ring. This was possible thanks to the unique sharpness of the Hellside Hornet’s arm and the Tyrantroid’s enhanced effects.
「–」
As soon as the ring was directly wounded, the thing moved again. After clapping, the arms that had been touching each other’s palms now assumed a clasped posture.
Immediately afterwards, the thing emitted a tremendous amount of force. My heads that had been biting it, as well as the bio-sickle embedded in the ring surface, were thrown out. Black liquid gushed out like a fountain from the thing’s wounded body.
It wasn’t just me who got close to it and got blown away. The airship Alshas was riding was also swept up in it, crashing into various places before being sucked out into space.
‘You won’t be able to escape like that.’
When he was captured by Vortex One, the rocket at the back was already badly damaged. Not only was it impossible to travel at superluminal speeds, but he was also unable to get down to nearby Berzan 02.
So, it’s basically like being trapped in a metal prison and floating around in space.
‘For now, let’s get rid of the cycle of suffering.’