Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 340



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I put aside my attention to Alshas and focused on the enemy before me.

The guy who pushed me tried to use his gravity manipulation ability like before. The moment the arms that were palm-to-palm separated and tried to reattach, I turned my head toward the guy in the center.

As I opened my mouth wide, No. 26, who had been hiding inside, jumped out. He grew bigger as he jumped down and rushed at the Ring of Agony. Thousands of saw-toothed tentacles grew from his body and wrapped around the Ring’s arms.

“-”

The arms that No. 26 couldn’t hold on to clapped their hands. An invisible force came at No. 26 and me, but it was much weaker than before. The force was weakened because all of the arms were not moving. Thanks to that, No. 26 was also holding up well.

While No. 26 held on, I prepared my psychic breath. Psychic power gathered in the tentacles attached to each head of the monster. The tentacles, filled with enormous energy, swayed like blazing flames.

As soon as I had gathered enough strength, I fired my breath. No. 26 knew that I was gathering energy and quickly shrank down to dodge.

The purple heat rays from the three heads struck the black ring. The ring staggered and was pushed back by the impact of the breath. The arms that had been holding hands moved to take different positions even while burning.

At that moment, a small light flashed behind the bastard. The identity of the red and white light was Adhai.

While I rushed in first and caught Vortex One’s attention, the guy and Sky Mother decided to sneak in.

While the Ring of Agony recognized me as a troublemaker and attacked me, the guy who had bypassed the enemy’s rear finally started attacking.

The red lightning is so fast that it is difficult to even follow its movement with the eyes, and it is stuck in the black ring.

No matter how strong the Vortex One is, it is useless against the best defensive technique, ‘Red Armor’. Aadhai, wearing Red Armor, pierced through the enemy’s torso.

Even the Ring of Agony was having a hard time withstanding the attack now, so it hesitated before trying to counterattack.

I took advantage of the gap and rushed at the guy. The moment I collided with him, a short shockwave occurred, and his body rose slightly upward.

‘Let’s go!’

I grabbed the floating thing with my erosion tentacles and wing arms and pushed it to the opposite wall of the observation tower. The tall command tower in the center, the large ship anchored nearby, and other obstacles were blown up when they collided with the thing.

｢—｣

A guy who takes damage repeatedly twists his body.

‘It’s finally starting.’

It’s not that he’s doing this because he’s in pain. It’s a sign that he’s going to fight properly from now on, unlike before.

The half-remaining circular ring-shaped body bent and the ends of the rings intersected. Normally, it should have been in the shape of an 8, or a Möbius strip, but since only half of the body was left, it ended up like that.

“—-”

‘danger!’

The bastard’s arms were crossed in an X shape, with his palms facing out.

When I saw that, I quickly let go of the guy. Immediately after I fell, black rays of light spread out in all directions from the guy’s body.

It was a simple attack that spewed out the power of the abyss through the mouth on the palm, but the result was not light. It was only natural that it would be so, since it was shooting out the energy mass that made up Vortex One’s physical body through thousands and tens of thousands of mouths.

Black energy bullets rained down, destroying everything in the vicinity. Whether it was a ship covered in solid armor or an outer wall dozens of times thicker, everything was destroyed.

Except for me, No. 26 and Adhai actively used their respective abilities to avoid the barrage of energy bullets. Adhai easily evaded the incoming attacks by utilizing his uniquely fast mobility. No. 26 shrank down to a very small size so that he would not be hit by the energy bullets at all.

But since I’m big, I couldn’t avoid them like they did.

Countless energy bullets passed through my entire body, scratching at me. Even my shells, enhanced by special effects, were not enough to block Vortex One’s attacks. Holes were made all over my body, including my wings, back, and abdomen.

“Pain relief activated!”

Blood spurts from shattered and punctured wounds. Pain relief properties constantly warn you to be careful.

‘I can handle this much!’

If the head and heart are not damaged, it can be recovered at any time. For now, we must trust in Aimov’s strong vitality.

I endured the rain of death and prepared my next weapon.

‘There are still a lot of cults left here.’

The cultists are hiding inside ships and defense facilities anchored at the surveillance station. They are panicked and unable to move because of the giant monsters that suddenly appear and destroy the buildings.

‘If you can’t come to your senses, I’ll help you.’

“-”

The Ring of Agony stops its barrage of energy bullets and attempts to use its gravity manipulation ability again. Since it uses it while its body shape has changed, its destructive power and intensity will be much higher than before.

“Don’t bully the big baby!”

At that moment, No. 26 stretched out its tentacle and aimed at the thing. A purple stream flowed out from the tip of the tentacle and transformed into a giant membrane that tried to cover the ring.

｢–｣

The arms of the ring changed from clapping to claps. The bastard used the rebound to launch himself up and avoid No. 26’s block.

Meanwhile, I used the powerful mind control trait, Herald of Chaos. As the trait activated, invisible psychic waves erupted from my body.

The Herald of Chaos can distort the cognitive abilities of all sentient beings within a radius of up to 500 meters. It would be difficult to control a cult that is skilled in using psychic powers, but they are currently in a state of fear and loss of reason.

It would not be difficult to drive them into madness by now.

As I expected, some of the anchored ships moved. Their only thought must be to kill the demons immediately. The ships that took off immediately opened fire on their ship batteries.

The target, of course, is the Ring of Agony, a giant monster floating in the air.

As several ships came forward to attack, other ships began to gather courage and join in. The defensive batteries installed inside the watchtower also supported the ships.

｢–｣

When the ships that had been as still as mice began to attack him, the enemy began to counterattack while defending himself. The psychic rays fired from the ships bounced off his body. Some of them hit other ships, and some of them struck the walls inside the surveillance center.

While he was minding the ship, I lowered my body and crawled behind him.

‘Is this enough?’

Standing at a suitable spot, I planted my wing arms, combat arms, and both legs into the floor of the structure. After firmly securing the body so that it would not shake, I pulled out my erosion tentacles and caught the thing.

“-”

‘It’s too late!’

The thing tried to manipulate gravity against me, but this time I was one step faster. I pulled the tentacles back while simultaneously applying force to the limbs I had planted on the observation tower.

A monster more than 1.5 times larger than me is dragged helplessly towards me. A figure-eight ring, broken in half, passes over my head and flies towards the opposite wall where my tail tip is pointed.

The moment the thing hit the wall, there was a loud noise and the structure itself tilted greatly. When I turned my head, I saw the thing fall through the outer wall of the observation room and out into space.

‘good.’

First of all, the first goal that was planned has been achieved.

I pulled out my arms and legs that were stuck on the floor of the observation room, and quickly caught No. 26, which was rolling down the slanted floor.

[Zuzuzu (are you okay?)]

“I almost got into trouble!”

“I” “It’s okay”

Adhai also flew towards me and landed on my head in the center.

I walked out of the scorched earth observation tower with the guys.

“—-”

A very angry man prepares to fire an energy bullet at us.

Just as the arms attached to the surface were about to cross in an X shape.

Black heat rays flying from across the universe burned the creature’s body.

The name of the weapon that attacked Vortex One is ‘Black Cannon’.

It is one of the secondary weapons of the Imperial Carrier that uses dark matter as an energy source, similar to the ‘Cosmic Bolt’.

Imperial ships that received a rescue request from Berzan 02 and the Surveillance Agency gathered here to subdue the ‘main enemy’.

‘Okay, now it’s time to move on to the next plan.’

[Zuzuzu (please)]

“Yeah” “Me” “Little Adult” “I can protect you”

I handed over #26 to Adhai and released the Bone Beast, which had little remaining duration.

My body, which had grown more than three times its size, suddenly shrank. The white shells that covered my entire body also lost their life and crumbled.

A considerable feeling of exhaustion came over me, but this was not the time to rest.

I turned my body once and took out the next card.

‘A symbol of the hunt.’

Immediately after the transformation is complete.

The flesh of the Aimov adult evolves again.

There were a total of two imperial carriers bombarding the ‘Ring of Agony’.

One is likely the Alshas’s mothership, the ‘Defender of Berzan 02’, and the other is thought to be an Imperial carrier protecting other planets in the Aur System.

Originally, when an imperial carrier moved, a carrier battle group was always mobilized, but now there were only a very small number of destroyers. This was because Alshas included a carrier battle group in the elite fleet of the Surveillance Agency when fighting at Berzan 02.

It may have been intended to help in attacking me, but the result was a bad handshake. Not only the elite fleet, but also the carrier battle group was destroyed by the Black Devourer cannon. In addition, several imperial carrier ships that were sent in together disappeared as well.

Since the strategy he set up has failed, the two Imperial Carriers are the last line of defense. If those ships are destroyed, the Aur Constellation will become a no man’s land.

‘So far, everything is according to plan.’

While the Imperial Carrier was buying time against the Vortex One, I checked my evolved body.

This isn’t the first time he’s used hunting symbols since becoming an adult.

I used it several times when I visited the dragon’s nest where the former Adhai’s people had migrated. At that time, I actively used the symbol of hunting to transplant characteristics into the mini-screamers created by PS-111.

‘But this is the first time I’ve used it to fight a strong enemy.’

Besides, it’s been a long time since I transformed to use it directly in battle. I used the symbol of hunting to obtain fixed characteristics every time.

‘So, I need to check my physical condition.’

First, looking at the head, the eyes have disappeared just like before, and the abilities of the auxiliary organs under the jaw have been enhanced. The central head, like the right and left heads, has a shell covering the eye area, and sharp horns have grown on top of it.

The accessory organs under the jaw are not in the form of thin tentacles, but are protected by sharp, blade-shaped bones on either side of the mouth, like fangs.

In addition, the size of the carapace and horns on the back of the head have also grown to an extent that is difficult to compare to before. The sensation felt through the auxiliary organs was that the carapace and horns were mixed together and sharply protruded. It felt like wearing a throne made of swords on the head, like in a classic fantasy novel.

The heads on both sides, which were simpler than the head in the center, became more ornate and ferocious.

Another major difference is that the skull and oral structures of all three heads have changed. The jaw, which resembles a snake or crocodile, has changed to resemble the mouth of the subadult stage.

Of course, it wasn’t exactly the same, because there was another chin inside the lower jaw.

“Grrr”

As it opened its mouth, a second jaw, the pharyngeal jaw, emerged between its chin and neck. The newly formed tentacle-like tongue had been replaced by a jaw as it acquired the ‘reaper’s jaw’ trait.

Not only did it follow the motif, but its appearance also became closer to the real EXX.

‘It’s closer to a bear than a X-day-X-year-old, you know.’

Next, I look at my body. It has become larger overall, just like my head. My body length without any enhancements is only 60m, but now it is easily over 100m. I guess it is probably around 120m.

Aside from the body growing bigger and the eyes disappearing, there is one more hunting trademark left.

A sickle bone that forms right on your back.

Previously, a bone sickle arm would have grown out from near the wing bone of a human. Thanks to this, it was easy to attack when biting an enemy with the mouth or during a strength struggle.

But is it because the body structure changed as it became an adult? The part where the bone sickle arm comes out has changed.

A bone scythe arm protruded from the waist, below the combat arm, rather than the back. It was also very long, almost as long as the ‘normal wing arm’.

The reason I specifically say it’s a normal wing arm is because the wings become larger when it enters the hunting state.

The wings, so large that I wondered if they were my own body parts, were waving over the black sea. The inner membrane of the wings had a vivid red wave pattern that stood out, reminiscent of a constellation shining in the night sky.

As his head, arms, and other parts of his body grew larger, his muscles also increased tremendously.

Even though his length had increased to about twice his usual size, his body itself had become so thick thanks to his muscles that there was no significant difference in proportion. In fact, it felt like he had gained weight.

Since his muscle mass would have increased explosively, his weight would have increased significantly as well. If he had been inside the surveillance building, the floor would have collapsed just by standing still.

‘Overflowing power, I like it.’

As I have been fighting nonstop since Berzan 02, I have lost a lot of stamina. In addition, I have not yet fully recovered from the injuries I received while trying to activate Tyrantroid and the energy consumed by the Black Devourer Cannon.

As my body was temporarily upgraded through the symbol of hunting, I felt as if some of my lost strength had returned.

“Big man” “Horn” “A lot” “Very” “Big” “As expected” “Awesome”

“Big babies are cute.”

This was the first time I saw the two of them transform into hunting symbols in their adult forms. In the dragon’s nest, Adhai was busy performing his role as leader, and No. 26 was busy taking care of the Gallagon hatchlings.

“Negative” “Cool” “Cute” “Different”

“Cool and cute!”

“That” “I admit”

Adhai, as always, gave his assessment based on Gallagon’s instincts. On the other hand, No. 26 gave an unexpected assessment.

‘You’re cute. Is it because of the shape of your mouth?’

I guess he evaluated me that way because of my snout that resembles a bear. If you go down to the deep sea, you can meet creatures with a similar oral structure to mine. Maybe he saw my changed head and thought of the animals he saw back home and said I was cute.