Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 371
Only Noblemtl
“Kugug!”
“Ugh!”
The magmasaur howled in pain. It kicked the abdomen of the left head with its front leg with all its might. It fell down with its back bent in a bizarre direction.
‘Where!’
I immediately pulled out my bone scythe arm and took over the work of my left head. I wrapped my erosion tentacles around the enemy’s two forelegs and grabbed its lower jaw with my fighting arm.
In an instant, the bastard’s only means of attack left was his tail, which flew towards me to tear me apart.
He tried to sacrifice his tail with pincers, but the enemy’s tail stopped in midair. No. 26 stopped the tail with psychic power.
“Kugugug… Kururururur!”
The mouth of the thing I was holding slowly opened. The rock skin between its jaws was torn, and blood that resembled magma flowed out from inside.
A sweet scent flowing down the wing’s arm. A sign that the enemy’s life is running out.
At that moment, the movement of the thing that was struggling to escape from me stopped. At the same time, a thick film covered its six eyes. It was the signal for the powerful attack technique of the fire and thunder demon, ‘Ion Lightning’, to be launched.
The thing’s body flinched just before a black lightning bolt was fired from its forcibly opened mouth. Instead of lightning, all that came out of its mouth was poisonous smoke.
“Kuruk?! ”
‘Isabel!’
The guy just entered the enemy’s body through the wounds I made. It was all to attack the electrical generating organs.
Of course, even for a guy like him, it would be impossible to destroy the Magmasaur’s electricity-generating organs. Even though they are not as hard as its hide, its internal organs are also very strong.
It was enough to buy me just a moment’s time. I stuck my wing arm into the thing’s wide-open mouth.
“?!”
“Grrrrrrr!”
“Grrrrr!”
Five arms in total are pouring all their strength into it, including the wing arms thrust into the enemy’s snout, two fighting arms holding the lower jaw, and the right head holding the upper jaw.
Just to rip the mouth of the Apex monster apart.
A moment later, a chilling sound came from the creature’s mouth. Beyond the broken bone connecting its jaw, its head was being torn apart from above and below.
Blood poured down like a waterfall from above. I licked the hot, sweet blood with my tongue and gave my arms a final push.
Then my body was thrown backwards. I felt the enemy’s bones and flesh at the end of my wing arms and combat arms. My right head, which was on top, also fell backwards.
Then the earth shook violently. The headless magmasaur finally fell to the ground.
I took a big bite out of the lower jaw of the thing I had torn off.
What my tongue detected was the taste of victory.
“I won!”
“Grrrrr!”
Number 26 glowed on top of the magmasaur’s corpse. The ‘right head’ next to it also let out a cry of joy as if it was hitting the drum.
“Grrrrr”
The ‘left head’, who had been kicked by the enemy’s front leg and had his back broken, also participated in the ceremony. It was a serious injury that could have easily resulted in his body being amputated, but his body was now fine. The wound was healed by the internal organ’s characteristic ‘superior homeostasis’.
‘It’s okay to fight divided up.’
Using ‘Hydra Split’, I can separate my two heads and have them fight together for 60 minutes. Perhaps because it has inherited my habits and fighting style, it moves on its own without me having to give it separate orders.
‘Some characteristics can also be used.’
Each head that has acquired a new body can use the physical, special defense, internal organs, and environmental adaptation-related characteristics that I have. The clones can also become stronger as I grow. In fact, didn’t their survival ability increase significantly thanks to the superior homeostasis they acquired?
‘I wish I could share all of my abilities, but that would be greedy.’
I looked at the guys enjoying the joy of victory.
They split in the state of the symbol of hunting, but the strengthening effect was not reflected on them. They were in the form of an adult Aimorph with only one head. It would have been good if the symbol of hunting effect was applied, but it is unfortunate.
‘Well, this much is strong enough.’
Magmasaur is notorious for its excellent defense and physical specs among Apex creatures. If it were a game, it would take several days to hunt it down.
At that moment, the corpse of the Magmasaur that had fallen began to move.
The bastard does not have the ability to resurrect from the dead. The neck area lying on the ground shook, and something long popped out from where the head had blown off.
“If I win, can you spare me?”
The being that emerged from the corpse was Isabel. The guy, whose entire body was covered in crimson blood, stretched out his arm near his head and wiped his face.
[Zuzuzuzuzu (You worked hard)]
“Here, I take on the role of ‘Blood River’ in the game.”
As the guy said, one of the ways to defeat Magmasaur is to use Blood Reaver. It involves somehow inserting Blood Reaver into the enemy’s body and continuously draining their life force. This method is the most effective, except for the disadvantage of taking a long time.
[Zuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu (better than Blood River because it’s more efficient)]
“I hope you don’t treat me like a machine just because my body is like this.”
Isabel grumbled briefly and sucked the blood off her finger. Just looking at that alone, it was enough to show that she was beyond human, but there was no need to point it out.
‘For now, the bastard has been dealt with.’
Now it’s time to check out the Salman side.
After the antimatter bomb exploded, the Heavenly Mother and PS-111 would have headed towards it. If he survived the explosion, he would be fighting right now.
‘I think it’s okay to send these guys away now.’
The two clones who were enjoying the joy of victory with No. 26. Now, they were licking their lips at the sight of the spoils.
The reason I didn’t use Hydra Split before was simple: I was afraid of being caught in the enemy’s surveillance network.
Duplicates cannot use traits that can nullify enemy detection, such as ‘Dark Curtain’. I intentionally did not use it because I could not expose my hidden talents while the enemy’s stronghold was still intact.
‘But not now.’
Salman’s base has been destroyed, and Adhai has taken care of the communications satellite. With all means of communication with the outside world cut off, there is no need to move cautiously any longer.
‘Should I send those two first?’
While I’m here eating corpses, I’ll send the guys over to check on the condition of Mother Heaven’s party.
‘Do you know where Salman’s base is? Go and help him.’
The eyes of the two adult Eimovs who read my will turn towards me.
“Grrrrr”
“bowl….”
The guys kept licking their lips with their tongues, perhaps because they were sorry that they couldn’t eat meat. Of course, since they were under my control, they never refused my orders or anything.
The right head presented me with a split magmasaur head. Then, together with the left head, it spread its wings and flew upward. They soon disappeared into the black clouds.
“Where are you going without eating, kids?”
[Zuzuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu (I have work to do. They’ll eat later)]
“later?”
[Zuz …
[huh.]
Not at all.
‘Where then… .’
When eating enemies in a game, taste was not a consideration. After all, taste cannot be realized with a VR device.
But not here. Every time I eat a new food, I always look forward to seeing what it will taste like next time.
I put the split magmasaur’s head together and took a bite.
The first sensation I felt was hardness. It felt like putting a whole walnut in my mouth without removing the shell. The skull was so hard that my teeth couldn’t even penetrate it.
‘I guess I should eat it like I did when I ate Ice Horror.’
Having given up on chewing on the skull, I decided to attack the lower jaw area first.
He chewed on the tongue and the flesh inside the mouth, avoiding the thick jawbone. The tough leather tore, and the blood that had cooled down slightly flowed out along with the flesh.
‘hmm.’
The outer leather was hard and the inner leather was tough. Naturally, I thought the flesh would be equally tough, but it wasn’t.
‘Isn’t that an interesting texture?’
The flesh close to the skin had a chewy texture, and the deeper you went, the softer and more oily it became. It had a particularly interesting taste, perhaps because it was layered with warm blood.
How should I describe it? It’s like having a meat stew with a rich flavor, and eating the broth and a piece of meat together. The sweet juices that come out with every bite of the meat, the deep flavor that you feel from the blood. I like it all.
And the lava fragments stuck to the leather. Every time you chew this, a herbal scent spreads, which is also a delicacy.
‘I like it.’
It’s been a while since I’ve had food with multiple layers of flavor like this. I had a similar feeling when I ate ‘Pale Mask’ before.
‘This time again, it doesn’t disappoint.’
After eating the lower jaw, leaving only the bones, I started eating what was left. I broke the thin bones and scraped out the brain and flesh inside.
At that moment, No. 26 approached me. Judging from its body color, it seemed to be curious about what the prey it had just caught tasted like.
“Big baby, is it tasty?”
[Zuzuzu (Try it)]
The thing that heard my waves transformed its tentacle into a shovel-like shape. Then, it inserted the transformed tentacle into the wound that Isabel had dug into, digging into the flesh.
“Wow! It’s delicious! It’s delicious!”
The guy who tasted the meat floated into the air and spun around in place.
[Zuzuzuzuzuzu (Do you like it?)]
“Yeah! It’s delicious!”
[Zuzuzuzu (Thank goodness)]
“Let’s eat together with the little one, the middle one, the friends, and the other babies!”
[Z (Yeah)]
Magmasaur is about 300m in size. Even if you exclude inedible parts like bones, it is a huge amount of food. If you eat just one foreleg, it is easily enough to replenish the energy consumed by the Hydra to split. If everyone eats together, it will be enough to fill up for at least two days.
“Little friend, you eat too.”
“I’m okay because I already ate a lot.”
“You need to eat more to grow taller.”
“You want me to get bigger here?”
“That’s the only way to punish bad people!”
“That… can’t be denied.”
While #26 and Isabel were chatting, I finished the remaining lower jaw.
The upper part was eaten in the same way as the lower jaw. The thick bones were avoided, and the thin bones were broken and the brain and flesh inside were scraped out.
At that moment, when I had emptied every last drop of my brain, a text box appeared in front of me.
“Predation effect activated! ‘Destroyer Carapace’ genetic essence acquired successfully.”
“Stolen the ‘Destruction Beast Carapace’ from the ‘Magmasaur’s’ biological characteristics.”
“Would you like to apply ‘Destroyer’s Carapace’?”
‘good!’
I was worried that I would fail to acquire the trait like last time, but fortunately, the trait I was aiming for came out just in time.
‘Destroyer Gappira.’
Among the characteristics of Magmasaur, there are two that are helpful to Aimorph.
One is the physical trait Destruction Beast Armor, and the other is the unique trait that allows it to emit ion lightning. Both are not available from other creatures.
The reason I was aiming for Magmasaur was to create a unique trait using the Transcendence system. Since unique traits cannot be used as fusion materials, I wanted to get a Destroyer’s Carapace instead.
‘Then acquire it… .’
Just as I was about to apply the trait, I felt a strange sensation in the auxiliary organ under my chin.
‘what?’
Currently, I am in a state of hunting representation, so all of my auxiliary organs are protected by a bony shell. It is not normal to receive such stimulation in such a state.
I left the text box and focused on the auxiliary organ. This faint tingling sensation felt somehow familiar.
‘Surely not long ago… Ah.’
I remembered.
It felt similar to when I first used Hydra Split and linked my senses to my clones. At that time, when I thought about controlling my split left head, my auxiliary organs tingled and rang just like they do now.
‘I don’t think so now, what happened?’
Could it be that the guys wanted to tell me something? I focused my mind on the signal the auxiliary organ had picked up.
My consciousness leaves my body like when I link with the nest. Is it because the distance is too far? It used to link quickly, but now it takes quite a while.
‘I have to remember that.’
After a few dozen seconds, I felt a strange floating sensation all over my body. The coolness sweeping over my shell, the volcanic ash and sparks flying. My senses were connected to the two heads flying above the clouds.
‘Why did you call?’
I checked my surroundings, wondering if I had encountered an enemy ship that had escaped the explosion, but there was nothing out of the ordinary. I felt nothing above, so I focused my consciousness below.
‘huh?’