Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 369
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Salman, hiding in the clouds, cursed inwardly.
Every time a loud noise echoed from below, his insides would burn, because he knew what was happening on the ground hidden by the clouds.
Two intruders suddenly appear where the antimatter bomb exploded, grabbing his ankles.
One was Wolf, transformed into a phantom griffon, and the other was a grotesque monster resembling a Screamer.
I’ve already heard from the Empress about the Griffin Ranker. He’s a slave that some shitty Morphbaker has around.
It was obvious that the screamer monster that came with them was probably Aimov’s slave.
Anyway, the most dangerous enemy, Aimoff himself, wasn’t there. Instead of capturing him, he chose to attack Magmasaur.
He is currently in Simurgh enchantment mode thanks to Psionium. Not only that, but the equipment he is wearing is also top-notch.
On the other hand, the opponent is at best a Wolf who is on the verge of becoming a deity, a strange monster without the ability to fly. In Wolf’s case, he is also a ranker, so it may be annoying, but it is not enough to reverse the difference in strength.
That’s what he thought, but he was wrong.
The slaves sent by Aimoff were by no means easy enemies.
‘I don’t have time to be like this…’
At that moment, a black light flashed between the dark clouds.
Salman, who knew what that light meant, tensed up. His wings, shining in emerald and lapis lazuli colors, shed light and accumulated energy.
Simurgh is originally a beast specialized in energy manipulation. Like the Apex creature Skywhale, it can absorb and accumulate surrounding energy and use it for attacks. In particular, the mixed energy cannons it fires in its psychic state boast high power.
Even though he was holding a powerful weapon in his hand, he could not relax. His eyes, shining like jewels, moved ceaselessly, watching all around.
“!”
Another flash of black light. Salman’s wings reacted quickly.
The energy gathered in the wings was released in the form of a sphere, flying in the direction of the flashing light. There was a sound similar to thunder, and the clouds parted.
‘What?!’
But there was nothing there. Salman, who realized that fact, quickly moved.
As soon as he moved, a black lightning bolt flew towards where he was. A strong spark flew from the tip of his tail feather. I thought I had dodged it in advance, but I was a little late. The sharp claws of the lightning bolt had slashed at his shield.
‘shit!’
A shield made of energy manipulation abilities and armor with excellent defensive capabilities protect him, but he cannot be completely at ease.
Because his opponent had already far exceeded his expectations.
‘Where did you go?’
The bastard disappeared in an instant. I looked around but there was nothing but clouds.
Using the hind legs of the bird of prey, Akmun Salman took out the silver sphere contained in the armor.
The sphere’s true identity is a holographic drone. It is a weapon that uses electromagnetic fields to create specific images and deceive enemies.
The activated holographic drone soon took on the same appearance as Salman, as if the two of them were present in the cloud.
He created the bait and took out other drones one by one while accumulating energy in his wings.
It is generally believed that small drones have weak combat capabilities, but that is not the case with the ones he took out. This is because there are dangerous weapons hidden inside the drones.
He activated all of the drones and finally pulled out an object of a very heterogeneous shape.
It was a handgun made of jewels. It was more of an ornament than a weapon, but he handled it with care as if he were handling a dangerous bomb.
The moment he tried to hide his hind legs holding the pistol, the enemy abruptly attacked the bait. Simurgh’s neck, embodied by electromagnetic fields, was torn apart by black claws.
The enemy took the bait. Salman’s wings spread wide and released their charged energy. The energy caused the clouds to turn white, and the black beast’s form was revealed along with it.
It was a flying beast of enormous size, as big as Salman, who had entered a trance mode.
The body and wings are covered with hard and sharp feathers that seem to be made of metal, and the neck and head look like a pterosaur. The feathers covering the entire body are all black, but the eyes are bright amber, so they look like lanterns shining in the darkness.
Anyone who looked at it could tell that the entity that destroyed the holographic drone was not Griffin.
The name of the monster that has a form that is a mixture of a pterosaur and a bird of prey is ‘Thunderbird’. It was a griffon until just before the fight, but now it has become a different beast and is only after killing people.
‘The power to transform into another creature!’
Although its appearance is slightly different from that of a normal Thunderbird, that is probably because it transformed while wearing armor.
One thing to watch out for is Thunderbird’s speed. It’s one of the top five beasts that Wolf can transform into.
Salman opened distance by firing a deflection shot with his energy cannon. The opponent who destroyed the holographic drone followed him.
Thunderbird is a beast optimized for dogfighting in the air. Its base speed is faster than Simurgh’s, and it can use superlight sailing as fast as Metallic Gremlin.
However, the reason he can move at the same speed as the guy is because of the power he gained from Psyonium. When he enters a psychic state, his physical abilities increase dramatically, allowing him to keep up with Thunderbird’s speed.
What that means is that we need to clean it up before the cyonium effect wears off.
‘There’s still more left… .’
There are a few more Reinforced Psionic Ampules in the chest, but they are really only a last resort.
Psionium’s duration decreases each time it is used. It should be saved for when you escape from Aimorph, so it cannot be used here.
‘One shot! Just one shot and it’s over.’
Thunderbird has no special abilities other than being lightning fast. Simurgh’s energy cannon can deal fatal damage to it with a single hit.
Besides, he has a secret weapon.
A pistol held by the hind legs. It is a weapon created by the Coldblood player through a contract with Vortex One. It was given to him by a former colleague of the Returning Party.
According to my colleagues, this item has been modified so that it can be used by anyone other than Coldblood. The weapon received from Vortex One cannot be modified. Perhaps someone he doesn’t know has changed the weapon as a special privilege.
Anyway, the important thing is that the gun can be used if you sacrifice a large amount of energy.
And the enemy doesn’t know that fact.
Salman glanced at the enemy following him. The black thunderbird flying through the air was quickly approaching him.
‘It’s our policy not to kill fellow players, but given the circumstances, there’s nothing we can do.’
It was a bit daunting to have to kill a ‘fellow human’, but in any case, the opponent was a slave of Aimov. He was the same as the ruling class who were full of trash.
For the sake of the faction and his own survival, the risk factors must be eliminated in advance.
Thinking like that, Salman injected energy into the gun.
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The first place Seo-ah Choi encountered when she opened her eyes was the wild world.
Beasts that are not found on Earth, harsh environments, and countless other factors threaten survival.
The world of Space Survival was so harsh that even she, who had a body stronger than a human, felt it was harsh.
Still, she liked it here.
Here, you don’t need to carry an asthma inhaler or a bottle of medicine every time you go out.
You won’t be hurt by the bullying and ridicule of others.
New body, new family, and new name.
The life of ‘Mother in Heaven’, not Choi Seo-ah, was happy.
Until he lost his entire family because of past relationships.
From that day on, she decided that she would never let something like this happen again.
A flash of light appeared in the dark sky. A vibration of air followed late. It was a phenomenon similar to when lightning struck.
But our Heavenly Mother knows very well that that light is much more dangerous than real lightning.
The halo of light is an energy bullet. An enemy hiding in the clouds is firing an energy bullet.
She quickly folded one of her wings. Her body, shining with black luster, swung to one side.
Enemy fire followed behind her as she moved quickly along the air and wind. Only a small number of the pouring energy bullets barely reached the tips of her feathers, while the rest all missed.
“Tch!”
I can feel the ideology left behind by the enemy I am fighting, Wolf Ranker Salman.
The other party may not know, but the Heavenly Mother was also known as an excellent pilot in the game. If you were to rank her fighter pilot skills alone, she would be in the top three. There was a reason why Aimoff asked her to teach Aadhai how to fly.
He didn’t have many opportunities to show his skills so far, so he was limited to assisting Adhai and Aimov, but not today.
The third beast, Thunderbird, which can transform into the ‘Hunting God’s Shell’, is a beast specialized in speed battles in the air. Thanks to this, it was able to show off flying skills worthy of its name, ‘Mother of the Sky’.
She flew as if galloping through a storm of ash and light.
Her flight is neither as graceful as that of Adhaina Gallagon nor as awe-inspiring as that of Aimoff due to its massive size.
She was good at moving as efficiently as possible, taking advantage of advantageous positions, and quickly putting pressure on her opponents. Even now, she was narrowly avoiding the incoming energy bullets and gradually closing the distance between herself and her enemy.
The opponent must have decided that the energy bullets alone weren’t enough, so they took out another means of attack. Objects smaller than a halo of light flew toward her through the dark clouds.
Small in size, less than 1m, and moves as fast as a fired bullet. It is a small combat drone. Its combat power is far inferior to that of anti-ship drones, but that does not mean you should let your guard down.
He already tried to fool her once with a hologram drone. He must have tricked that drone too.
As expected, one of the drones sprayed a cloud of tiny particles of dust. The dust, which looked like luminous sand, moved as if it were alive.
In reality, it is not sand, but a swarm of creatures as small as sand grains. They are called ‘Moss Flies’. They are a biological weapon genetically engineered by Megacorp.
When a swarm of moss flies cling to their target, they produce a fungus that slows down the opponent’s movements. In addition, the moss flies themselves have the property of emitting light, making enemies they attack an excellent target.
Drones approached the Mother of Heaven, following the flying luminous clouds, or rather, the swarm of moss flies.
The enemy must have made a decisive move to settle the matter here.
‘There’s no time, is that it?’
I already knew that Salman, transformed into Simurgh, was anxious.
The bastard’s specs were much higher than I had guessed based on the information I heard from Isabel. Being able to enter a trance state meant that he was close to the ending.
The energy bullets fired by the Gangshin Simurgh can cause fatal damage to even Aimov. She would be in a critical condition after just one hit.
An enemy with such specs has been passive until now? There is only one reason.
‘You must have used improved cyonium.’
He was the one who managed the equipment of the Returning Faction. It was clear that the psionium was either stolen from the ruling faction or obtained through some other method.
‘He doesn’t have much time left.’
It’s been more than five minutes since the fight started. If the effect wears off and Aimorph comes, it’s going to be a big problem, so you’ll want to get out of here quickly.
‘good.’
Currently on the ground, PS-111 is stalling for time against a giant mountain crawler. I told him to back off if it was too dangerous, but he absolutely would not do so.
‘Let’s end it here.’
As she ran away, she quickly folded one wing. The air resistance and acceleration caused her body to be thrown in the direction where her wing was folded. The sharp turn caused the tip of her pointed beak to point towards the drone and the swarm of moss flies.
In that state, she accelerated towards the enemies. As the distance got closer, several drones vomited out small spider-shaped machines. It was the Star Union’s only weapon, the ‘Blood Reaver’.
A light sparkles in the clouds behind them. This is what happens when Simurgh’s wings recharge. He weakens them with moss flies or blood reavers, then tries to snipe them.
There are only a few meters left between her and the flying moss flies and blood reavers. In just a few seconds, she will be completely helpless.
But no threat could shake her concentration.
Everything seems to slow down as if time has stopped. Just before she touches the moss fly, her body dives sharply. This is because she has folded her wings and stretched her neck and legs to minimize air resistance.
As she descends and passes through a swarm of moss flies, she is intercepted by a mechanical vampire, Blood Reaver.
Just before Blood River’s metal claws could grab her feathers and body, she adjusted the angle of her wings. Then, her body, riding the wind, made a large turn. The mechanical vampires failed to catch her due to the wind pressure generated at that time.
Not only that, but he used his hind legs to turn his body and grab the Blood River upside down. Then he threw it at another drone flying by. With a loud noise, various hazardous materials and weapons inside the drone came flying out.
The Heavenly Mother spread her black wings halfway and pushed the air hard. Her body accelerated like lightning and quickly moved away from the explosion.
She quickly broke through the enemy’s attacks and jumped into the black clouds.
“What?!?”
Salman, who had been hiding and accumulating energy, stared at her blankly with his mouth open. Her movements were clearly outside his common sense.
“Rain, damn it! This is a scam!”
Light bullets were fired from the enemy’s wings. In front of the rain of light, she turned her wingtips backwards and straightened her body. Minimizing the area of impact, she narrowly avoided the barrage of energy bullets.
Now the distance has become close enough that I can clearly see the other person’s face.
A man wearing golden armor on the head of a canine beast glared at him. There were two types of emotions contained in his eyes.
One was the fear of the incomprehensible. The other was… .
“I’m dying!”