Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 389
Only Noblemtl
The Outspacer, who had been chasing me from behind, saw this as an opportunity and tried to stab me with four sharp weapons.
I don’t know if he knows it, but I too possess the genetic essence of the Hellside Hornet. The large bone scythe protruding from the end of my combat arm clashed with the thing’s blade.
And the result was my victory.
The blades on two of the bastard’s arms were shattered.
‘Just because you’re sharp doesn’t mean you’re right.’
I’m almost twice as tall as that guy. Naturally, the blades I create on my fighting arms are also much larger.
But it seemed like the guy hadn’t expected this situation at all. The guy with his long snout wide open looked visibly flustered.
Without missing a beat, the erosion tentacles simultaneously extended themselves at the creature. The tentacle appendages scratched at its legs and tail.
I held on tight and tried to kill it with the Medusa Engine, but there was an interruption. The super-large heat ray fired by the Sachs Alpha-class battleship hit my back directly. One of the tentacles was torn off and the back armor was dented. Because of that, I lost the Outspacer I was holding.
The bastard cut off the part that touched the appendage without hesitation with his blade and quickly retreated. As a special entity, it is likely to have a means of recovery. It will recover and return soon.
But even though I knew that fact, I didn’t chase after him.
Instead, I returned my deformed arm to its original state and placed a ‘curtain of darkness’ around my body.
The biopipe that had been spraying the gremlin moss vaporized this time sprayed pitch-black fog. The enemy fleet’s main guns opened fire again, but none of the ships hit me, who was hiding behind the curtain.
In that state, I opened the mouths of each head. Then, as if they had been waiting, the ones inside jumped out.
[Zzuzuzuzu zu zuzuzuzuzu (Sorry, but I need your help)]
“Hunting” “Start?”
“There are a lot of bad people!”
“… So this is how it ended up like this? Where can I start to help you?”
Despite this situation, the things the children have to do haven’t changed much.
No. 26 will mark the enemies using psychic powers, while the Sky Mother and Adhai will deal with the fleet. PS-111 will provide support fire from above me.
What has changed is Isabel’s role.
‘If you have the Heavenly Eye of Mansang, you will be able to catch the enemy’s hidden plan.’
With Isabelle’s special ability to read information from her opponents, she can easily identify who is interfering with superluminal travel. And if there are any other hidden cards from the enemies, Isabelle will find them and let them know.
[Z zu zu zu zu zu zu (Okay. Does everyone understand?)]
“Okay! I understand!”
“Strong Enemy” “Hunting” “Difficult” “Still” “I’ll Try”
“Whew, it won’t be easy, but I guess I have to do it.”
Members who can express their opinions through ideology and wavelength sent messages telling them not to worry.
“Space, communication, difficulty, but, I try.”
“I’ll help you too.”
PS-111, who learned from No. 26 that she could communicate with psychic powers when she was reconstructed, and Isabel, who had that technology transplanted, also responded, albeit awkwardly.
[Zuzuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu (Be careful not to get hurt)]
“Yeah! Even the big kid can’t get sick!”
“agreement”
To be honest, it’s hard to say that the current situation is good. This world has never experienced a battle with a large fleet commanded by three races of rankers. I hope the kids won’t get hurt, but that would be greedy.
‘but….’
Since coming to this world, my life has been a series of crises.
Numerous dangers and powerful enemies relentlessly blocked my survival.
But it was always me who stood at the end.
This time it’s the same.
My family and I will survive.
The dark clouds surrounding me and the kids keep flashing.
The plasma beams fired by the enemy fleet are penetrating the ‘dark curtain’.
They haven’t caught up to us yet, but we can’t rest easy. The enemy is a ranker who has fought me dozens of times in the past. They should know enough about how to destroy the Dark Curtain.
Before the enemies could break through the curtain and attack, I pulled out a powerful card. It was a trait that would dramatically increase my fighting power: ‘Symbol of the Hunt.’
My vision darkens. I feel a hard shell enveloping my eyes and an accessory organ beneath my jaw. The moment the shell enveloping the accessory organ takes the form of a blade, my detection area increases explosively.
Warships charging plasma far away, large and small aircraft approaching the dark curtain, the movements of PS-111 and Isabel on my back, etc. The enhanced auxiliary organs thoroughly capture all the elements.
I could even vividly feel the process of the wounds on my body healing. As I focused my senses, the changes in my body’s state were quickly transmitted to my brain through my auxiliary organs.
The body grew to a length that easily exceeded 100m, the mouth developed a pharyngeal jaw, and the bony sickle arms protruding from the waist, so I was familiar with the changes I had experienced several times. If I had to pick one thing that had changed, it would be the fact that the colors had become more diverse thanks to the ‘Destroyer Carapace’.
‘good.’
After completing my transformation, I swept my body with my forked tail. The projectiles fired at me by the Outspacers equipped with bio-cannons flew away.
“Physical strengthening, confirmed. Combat power, expected to increase. However, volume increases, vulnerability to shooting.”
“Don’t worry, Sister. She’s an expert at avoiding things.”
As Isabel and PS-111 were talking about the symbol of the hunt, a sudden change occurred in the dark curtain.
‘What is this?’
An invisible force was pressing down on the black fog and pushing it into one spot, as if trying to condense the dark curtain into a smaller size.
‘indeed.’
The Dark Veil disables detection systems, making it impossible to aim the ship’s guns while hidden behind it.
However, the effect of the curtain is to make it undetectable, but it does not nullify the attack itself. It has no defensive effect against incoming heat rays.
And the area affected by the curtain will be marked as an unobservable area on the detection system, as if it had been erased with an eraser. This means that if you indiscriminately fire at the unobservable area without any special aim, you can attack me.
The Screamers, created using Jason as material, are now using their psychic powers to shrink the veil itself.
As the size of the curtain decreased, an intense energy response approached my head at a very fast speed. I slightly twisted my head to the side in the center to avoid the heat rays.
‘The accuracy is increasing.’
It’s time to take out the next card.
[Z zu zu zu zu zu zu zu zu (I’ll move soon, so do as I say)]
After moving the monster’s tentacles to send waves to the kids, I used the next trait I wanted to use.
–
“Akira-sama. Star Union’s Screamer has successfully targeted the target.”
Akira, sitting on the throne on the bridge, looked at the map implemented as a hologram. Out of the normally implemented holograms, there was only one spot where nothing was visible, as if there was an error.
The Eugene family’s flagship, the Cheongeom, is equipped with a state-of-the-art detection system. Except for special cases like black holes, you cannot escape the Cheongeom’s sight.
That’s why everyone was confused by the abnormally formed black fog. Except for Akira.
“You don’t know how much I suffered because of that guy’s abilities.”
“Is that so?”
The newly appointed Code Black tilted his head at Akira’s words.
The entity that the cultists call the ‘Three-Headed Demon’ is unknown in every way except its name. Her superiors speak of the creature as if they are familiar with it, even though it is not even in the Megacorp database.
But Akira had no intention of answering her questions.
“Of course, I am grateful because it allowed me to prepare for the attack.”
Aside from the Screamer, I’ve prepared several means to neutralize his Dark Curtain. I’ve prepared to defeat whatever he brings out. Even the special abilities he may have.
He stared at the hologram for a moment, then raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
“What happened to the shadows?”
“All ready to deploy at a moment’s notice.”
“Controlled outspacers?”
“The lower entities are maintaining their defensive formation, while the upper entity ‘Queen’s Guard’ has completed recovery. Special entities are deploying warp-blocking fields.”
Currently, the Outspacer army is moving here together with the Megacorp fleet.
Before coming here, Akira announced that he had succeeded in controlling the Outspacers with the secret technique prepared by the Eugene family. So the crew of the fleet knew that it was a legion of Outspacers secretly raised by the Eugene family.
Of course, in reality, they are troops supported by the 4th ranker Empress, but Akira is the only one in this place who knows that fact.
“Akira-sama. The target is moving.”
At that moment, a change occurred on the holographic map. The enemy marks began to move in the blank areas due to the dark curtain.
“Then we will move too.”
“Do so.”
Code Black bowed politely and left the bridge to command the other Shadows waiting on board the ship to hunt the enemy.
After she left, the first officer took command in her place.
“The enemy can spread fine particles that can neutralize advanced equipment. The patrol ships and carrier-based aircraft should focus on deterrence and lure, and the battleships should maintain long-range firing formations!”
Akira looked at the holographic map with his chin on his hand.
In fact, he didn’t have high expectations for the already retired Code Black or the Shadows on the ship. The newly manufactured Shadows were upgraded and much better equipped than their predecessors, but they were no match for Aimorph.
But that didn’t matter. Their role was not to defeat Aimov, but to ‘defeat’ him. The defeat of the Shadows would lead him into a deadly trap.
‘Then I’ll struggle as much as I can… huh?’
Just as I was about to smile at how everything was going according to plan, a new symbol appeared on the hologram.
“Confirmed with multiple enemies!”
There were five red marks on the map indicating enemies, not one.
‘Are those his pets?’
He had known for some time that he was not alone, thanks to the tragedy that had occurred in Berzan 02 in the Cult Empire. Akira had heard that he was taking slaves, including a strange-looking Sea Demon, a small, deformed Gallagon, and a Wolf Lanker that Jason had missed while hunting.
‘Was it hidden?’
Considering Aimov’s size, hiding his pets should be a breeze. The only problem is why are there five enemies marked on the map?
Sea Demons, who live in the deep sea, are incapable of spaceflight. They cannot move alone in this space unless they are mounted on an Aimorph.
Therefore, it is normal for only three to be displayed: Gallagon, Wolf Ranker, and Aimoff.
After a while, the video information recorded by the aircraft and patrol ships was synchronized with the flagship’s hologram. In the center of the hologram, the enemy floating in a weightless world appeared.
“Enemy entities confirmed… Oops! A total of three identical entities confirmed!”
And there were three Eimovs in total.
‘… divided?’
Three adult Aimorphs, each with a single head, were charging towards the fleets of the three races.
–
‘I guess it’s still confusing.’
The enemies who were focusing their firepower on me are now in disarray. This is because their target was suddenly split into three.
‘You probably didn’t know about the existence of Hydra Split.’
The ‘Hydra Split’ obtained by preying on Alshas has never been exposed to the enemy until now. Even the rankers would not have been properly prepared for its replication ability.
So, while the enemy is confused, I have to eliminate the target. I accelerated towards the enemy main force in the distance.
The patrol ships and aircraft that had been patrolling nearby came close to blocking me. Some of them fired objects much smaller than the aircraft.
‘It’s a combat drone.’
When fighting ships, it may be possible, but when fighting biological enemies like me, combat drones are not a very good means of attack. The fact that the enemy brought them out shows that they are prepared. They must have used the gravity field device to bind my movements, or they must have put in ‘Blood Reaver’.
“1 o’clock, 7 o’clock, river set, watch out.”
Isabel alerted me while activating her ‘Heavenly Eye of All Beings’.
I opened my mouth wide in the direction the guy was talking about. The acidic fungal glands located inside my throat immediately kicked into action. The highly acidic fungal fluid stored inside gushed out and blasted across the universe.
The enemies try to disperse as they see the acid fungus flying in like a heat ray. However, some of them are unable to move properly as if they are blocked by something. This is because the invisible radio waves are causing malfunctions in the propulsion systems on the drones and ships.
And the waves were coming from the back of my ‘left head’ behind me.
The time it takes to neutralize an enemy with ‘Radio Wave Disturbance’ isn’t that long, but it doesn’t matter. That’s enough time for my acid breath and Adhai hiding behind ‘Left Head’ to attack.
Drones that were touched by the acid breath instantly melted and disappeared. Some of them had bombs embedded in them, causing large explosions. Other enemies struggled to avoid being caught in the drones’ explosions.
A red star struck the enemy’s flank as they were distracted from evading.
The Dragon Queen, dressed in a red dress, danced between the aircraft carriers and patrol ships. She rammed the aircraft with her body and took down the small drones with her psychic breath. Her simple movements, which showed no trace of waste, left the enemies helpless.
While their comrades were dying, the patrol ships tried to retreat while firing at Adhai. However, that was not a wise idea.
“Grrrrr”
The left head charged at the patrol ships with its teeth bared fiercely.