I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 133

Ep. 133

The guy chasing me and No. 26 raises his head.

Pale Mask is the second most powerful deep-sea predator after the Sea Demon, and is notorious for its disgusting appearance as well as its immense power.

The overall shape resembles the body of a sperm whale with several flat fins and long tails of a stingray attached. Its appearance is a mixture of the characteristics of various types of marine life, but the most impressive part is the faces on its body.

As the name Pale Mask suggests, it has pale human faces on its body. Looking at the pure white faces contrasting with the black outer color, they look like barnacles attached to the whale’s body.

‘It’s a barnacle. Isn’t this a particularly wrong analogy?’

That face is a type of parasitic organism that is naturally generated from the body of Pale Mask.

It would be safe to say that those faces are the symbols of the Pale Mask.

Although they are described as barnacles, these parasitic organisms do not harm their hosts. Rather, they use their various abilities to protect their hosts. In a way, it can be said to be similar to the symbiotic relationship between the tooth fairies and me.

‘Of course, those faces are much stronger than the Tooth Fairy.’

｢Giii｣｢Giii｣｢Giii｣

Water-soaked faces make strange crying sounds according to the will of the host. Is this really what the water ghost’s laughter sounds like? It’s a sound that makes your skin crawl as much as its disgusting appearance.

I paid no attention to its noises and observed him calmly. They show significant differences in their combat abilities depending on their gender growth level, so you need to know as much as possible before the fight begins.

I think Heavenly Mother thought similarly to me.

“Looking at her size, she’s already in the adult stage.”

She suddenly returned to her half-human, half-animal form instead of a griffon. I nodded instead of answering her words.

I also have quite a bit of experience fighting Pale Mask in games. Although you can’t measure the exact size just by looking at the head that is out of the water, you can roughly guess how big it is.

‘I think it’s almost 50m.’

The body length of an adult pale mask is between 40 and 50 m. It belongs to the largest group among general adults.

Also, it has one more characteristic.

The gender of the pale mask can be distinguished by the face attached to the body. Uniquely, if it has a human female face, it is male, whereas if it has a male face, it is female.

All the faces on its body were those of pale women.

[Zuzuzuzuzu (It’s a male)]

｢…Chet, it’s annoying.｣

Heaven’s mother clicks her tongue.

It’s just as she said.

Although the male Pale Mask is about two-thirds smaller than the female, the male is actually much more powerful. The reason is because of the cumbersome characteristics that only males have.

‘The hypnotic trait is annoying.’

The male Pale Mask’s ‘hypnotic wave’ is the ability to continuously emit waves that confuse the minds of other creatures. Although it is similar to the ‘hallucination’ characteristic of Red Mist, which inhabits jungle-type planets, it specializes in applying a kind of debuff rather than showing illusions to enemies.

For example, if you are hit by its hypnotic waves, you will not be able to use traits and skills that require concentration. In my case, I can see that the psychic power characteristics and nest-related characteristics, nest link ability, etc. are sealed.

That’s why the Mother of Heaven’s transformation was canceled and she returned to the form of Gryphon Wolf. In order to maintain deification, you must remain focused, but you never know when it will be canceled if it is within the range of the hypnotic wave. If I were to fight in a transformed state and get into trouble because I was unintentionally canceled in the middle, I would rather fight in my human form.

No. 26 sent a wave to me as if we were the only ones who got a strange feeling from him.

“Big baby, I have a feeling I don’t like that guy.”

Looking at the effect of Pale Mask’s hypnotic wave characteristic, the Sea Demon would seem to be at an overwhelming disadvantage, but the Sea Demon is immune to disturbance attacks such as those waves or pheromones.

If not, he would have been confused every time I used the mimicry device.

Still, as if it felt awkward for the first time, a shallow light flashed from No. 26’s body.

｢I｣｢Mood｣｢Bad｣｢Unpleasant｣｢Unpleasant｣

Adhaya also shook his head from side to side to shake off the strange feeling.

Unfortunately, Green Gallagon does not have the same immunity as the Sea Demon. In this battle, it will be difficult to use the strategy of supporting allies with Purple Lightning.

｢Giiii｣｢Giiiii｣

While I was analyzing him, Pale Mask seemed to have finished observing us.

The guy must have decided that it was worth fighting, so he attacked first. The eyes of the faces attached to our bodies turned to the beach where we were.

Then, a strong shock wave was launched from the mouth on the face.

That shock wave is Pale Mask’s basic attack, but its power is not light as it is fired from hundreds of faces.

[Zu Zzu (everyone be careful)]

I, the toughest person in the group, quickly moved forward and caught the shock wave with my body. I was shaking so hard that my outer layer felt like it was going to fall off my skin.

It was a painful but inevitable choice. This is because on land, No. 26 is not fast enough to avoid the shock wave.

‘And I need to check how strong that attack is.’

When I received it for myself, it was bearable. Pain relief was also not activated.

‘At this level, I can just ignore it and endure it with my body.’

While I was catching the shock wave with my body, Aadhai and the Heavenly Mother, who had excellent mobility, quickly jumped away and escaped the range of the shock wave.

“Giiiii” “Giiiii”

Pale Mask, who had not had much fun due to the shock wave, cried out. It stopped emitting shock waves, turned its head, and went into the sea.

At first glance, its behavior may seem like it is running away, but it is not like that. A powerful attack will soon hit the beach.

[Zuzu (steps back)]

“Yes.”

I made No. 26 retreat and ran forward.

‘It starts now.’

As I was kicking the sand and crawling in the direction of Pale Mask, he appeared again. Pale Mask raises his head high like a whale popping out of the water.

Just as a sperm whale can use its head to headbutt, it can also use its large head like a hammer.

The head of something approaching tens of tons falls on my head.

Instead of backing down, I used my tail to bounce my body onto the sand. The head carapace and my body aligned and shot towards Pale Mask’s head like a cannonball fired from a cannon.

‘Strength for strength.’

My thick carapace collided with its head. The huge shock wave caused by the collision swept away the sand on the beach.

I am a Pale Mask with a head size of nearly 10m and a carapace of less than 3m.

If the two clashed with each other, it was a fight with a clear outcome as to who would win.

But I was not the one who cried out in extreme pain.

｢Giik!｣｢Giik!｣

The faces of the bastard that share the senses with the host scream one word. Blue blood and brain oil flowed from the thick head of the one that had been stabbed by my horn.

As for the horns on my head, they are only the size of needles to him, but if they are accompanied by a powerful collision, it is a different story.

The man with two torn wounds on his head struggled in unfamiliar, intense pain. I held its head tightly with my fighting arms to keep the horns from falling off.

“Giii” “Giii”

Pale Mask must have thought this would not work, so he swung his legs that looked like stingray tails at me.

Just as there is poison in the stingray’s tail, there is a powerful poison in its legs that can be called extremely poisonous, but it doesn’t work on me.

However, it seemed like he decided that it was more important to keep me far away than to stab me with a poisonous needle. A leg thicker than my body hit me.

‘Pfft!’

Is this what the impact of being hit by a truck is like? My body, hit by its leg, floated in the air and flew far away.

｢Kiiiii｣

He opens his mouth wide as he looks at me floating in the air.

The Pale Mask is stored in the body and compresses the digestive juices into a breath that can be fired, and its destructive power is very high. So much so that it melts and pierces the outer shell of a subadult Aimorph.

At that moment, dozens of translucent energy bullets flew out from the other side and hit Pale Mask.

｢Giiii?!｣

｢Don’t bother the big baby! “You bastard!”

Issue 26 emits angry waves. After landing safely on the ground, I looked in the direction where he was.

Number 26 was hiding behind a rock on the beach and shooting energy bullets with its tentacles.

‘You’ve grown again in the meantime.’

That technique is Sea Demon’s unique technique called ‘Demon Crash’. This is the second time No. 26 has acquired the Sea Demon’s skills, following ‘Terror of the Deep’.

‘It’s less powerful than the Sea Demon I used to know, but…’

The Demon Crash fired by the original has very high attack power and randomly inflicts a short-lasting debuff. No. 26 could not show that level of power, perhaps because he was still young.

‘Still, the intention seems to have worked well.’

｢Giiii!｣｢Giiii!｣｢Giii!｣

When the energy bullet hits the eye, the guy trembles. The guy must have been so angry that he changed his target from me to number 26.

The giant head was aiming at an enemy other than me, but then a new attacker appeared.

Wolf was the mother of heaven, with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion. She, in her half-human, half-animal form, kicked up the sand of the beach and jumped up onto Pale Mask’s back.

She held a golden javelin in her hand.

‘The priest’s golden spear? ‘You got it from Aadhai.’

Before going down to the deep sea, I handed over the backpack containing the loot to Adhai. It was clear that the Heavenly Mother had requested equipment from Adhai to deal with the Pale Mask.

‘indeed.’

In a situation where she can’t use Deification properly, the only way she can inflict significant damage to the thick-skinned Pale Mask is with that shining spear.

Pale Mask shook her body as if she was annoyed, but the Mother of Heaven’s posture did not falter in the slightest.

｢Hot!｣

With a short burst of energy, she cuts off the guy’s skin greatly.

Blue blood spurts out from the wound like a fountain and Pale Mask writhes in pain. Its legs fly in to tear the Mother of Heaven to pieces.

｢I｣｢You｣｢Support｣

At that time, Adhai dived down from high in the sky like a bird of prey hunting for food. At the same time, the Mother of Heaven, who had folded the priest’s golden spear and made it small, launched herself in the direction where Adhai was coming down.

With perfect timing, Aadhai snatched the Mother of Heaven with her four feet and flew up. Pale Mask’s legs missed them by a single sheet of paper.

“Let’s get on for a moment.”

“This time,” “Look,” “Next,” “No.”

While Aadhai is flying, the Mother of Heaven can be seen jumping on his back with light movements.

When the Heavenly Mother changes into Griffon form, she is much larger than him, but not when she is in her beast form like now.

The griffon beastman riding the space dragon pulls out his javelin again.

｢Giiii!｣｢Giii!｣

Every time the dragon approached the sea monster, she swung her spear sharply. Where the golden light flashed and disappeared, a deep and sharp stab wound remained.

Aadhai seems to have chosen to play the role of assisting others, as it is difficult to attack directly due to the hypnotic waves of the Pale Mask.

‘not bad.’

Even though he didn’t say anything else, he was a guy who never betrayed expectations.

It took advantage of its fast flight speed to hit and run at the right moment, helping the Mother of the Sky attack easily. Pale Mask seemed to be bothered by such adhai, so instead of using its legs, it bent upward with its fins spread out on both sides and tried to crush it.

‘I can’t leave it like that.’

I ran down the beach, my fighting arms digging through the sand. I approached Pale Mask in an instant, lifted my upper body upward, and struck its head.

｢Giik?!｣

My body’s length and weight are less than half of his, but that’s not something to ignore. The body of the guy whose head was hit by my body press stumbles greatly.

But my attack does not end here.

In that position, I grabbed the guy’s head with my fighting arms, held it in place, and wrapped my tail around its head.

Then, he applied force to the coiled tail and began to tighten the guy’s head. Just like a snake strangles its prey and breaks its bones.

As my body and his head rubbed against each other while squeezing, a creepy sound came out.

｢Kkkkkkkkkk!｣

The guy screamed in pain as his head was crushed. As the creature struggled, the surrounding waves crashed and a tsunami was created. The floating houses around the beach were swept away by the waves created by Pale Mask and submerged in the sea.

｢Giiii!｣｢Giii｣｢Giii｣

The parasitic faces attached to the body pour concentrated fire on me to protect the host.

‘It’s no use.’

｢Kwiik!｣｢Kwiik!｣

But it’s impossible to stop me with a shock wave or something. Instead of relaxing, I gave him even more strength and he started to freak out.

｢Ki giiii｣

If he continued like this, his head would explode and he would die, so he chose a different method.

It stopped using shockwaves and started moving forward quickly, spurring the ground with its fins.

The method he chose was to slam me onto the ground while hanging me.

A 50-meter-tall giant sea monster rushes to the sandy beach at full speed. It was with the sole intention of crushing me to death as it was attached to the end of my head.

‘Can’t we just leave it like that…Ugh?!’

Of course I wasn’t the one being attacked, so I quickly tried to free myself, but its legs wrapped around my fighting arms and head.

I tried to respond by pulling out the erosion tentacles from its back, but this time it was a little faster than me.

Its head stuck on the bare ground. A strong shock hit me as I was hanging on to the head of the guy.

｢Pain reduction activated!｣

‘Ugh!’

The carapace on my head cracked and the outer covering of my body fell off. Some of the claws on every corner were broken and one of the fighting arms was broken.

The damage was serious, but not as bad as expected.

‘…It’s number 26.’

The flow of psychic power felt from afar was undoubtedly that of No. 26. Thanks to his ‘binding’, Pale Mask’s strength weakened the moment he slammed me into the sand.

If not, it wouldn’t have ended like this.

“Giii” “Giii”

The guy raised his head high again to finish. Since I wasn’t one to be attacked again after being attacked once, I quickly relaxed my body and widened the distance between me and the guy.

‘It was an unexpected damage, but…’

It wasn’t just damage. Thanks to the current attack and defense, we were able to drag him to land.

Half of its body, which looks like a cross between a sperm whale and a stingray, is lying on the sand of the beach. As can be seen from its appearance, it is not a body type suitable for land combat.

｢Grrrrr｣

I stood up, feeling my broken arm recovering due to the effect of the regenerative ability.

From now on, the second round begins.