I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 202

Ep. 202

In mythology, the sky is an object of admiration. The vast expanse has the deity of the father or mother and is closely related to the creation of the world.

Even if it did not possess godhood, the sky was considered a space where divine beings resided. Sometimes it is a paradise where the dead are saved, and sometimes it is a place where they become more than human beings.

Even after the age of ignorance ended and the age of reason and technology arrived, the sky remained attractive.

This is the same in space survival. As the game is set in the vast universe, the sky is bound to become an object of challenge and overcoming.

But you have to be careful.

Because we don’t know what kind of entity may be lurking in the unknown realm of the sky.

Snow and rain hail. And the storm. My wings swim in the symphony played by nature.

A flash of light followed by a thunderclap. Every time lightning strikes, my shadow flickers in the gray clouds.

Strength goes into the shoulder blades and shoulders, and the muscles covered in carapace and scales shake. A film connected to the tip of a long outstretched finger divides the clouds. The length of the fully spread wings is more than 40m per wing. If you measure just one wing, it is longer than my body.

‘Considering my size and weight, I need to be at this level to be able to fly.’

And the cults that attack me won’t be very happy about it. My body is much smaller than that of a cruiser that travels hundreds of meters, but the cult members watching me through the camera probably don’t think that way.

‘It’s a shame to crash it.’

A little while ago, he hit the front part where the situation room was located with his torso. It was to make them panic.

As I thought, the cruiser was not making the right decision. Even if they ran away at full speed right now, it wouldn’t be enough, so they were counterattacking with naval guns.

The sound of psychic batteries spewing fire mixed with the eerie noise made by the snowstorm and lightning. I adjusted my wing arms and dived down. The enemy’s attack lightly grazed the tip of my tail.

“Joe, fly carefully! If we fall, it’s the end!”

“I was created with the assumption of a mission to descend into a planet’s atmosphere, so this…”

“Shut up!”

“Wow! Flap flutter! “It’s fun!”

There are kids riding on my back as I fly at incredible speeds. Fearing they might fall, they take out their tentacles and gently wrap around the children. If you fall as Heavenly Mother said, it will be difficult to see good things happen.

‘Unexpected.’

Contrary to her name, the Mother of Sky did not seem to be pleased with high-speed flight. From earlier, she had been holding onto my tentacles tightly as if they were the safety bars of a roller coaster.

Gryphons have the ability to glide, allowing them to briefly float in the air. So I thought it would be okay, but I was wrong.

‘I rather like No. 26.’

As expected of a guy who likes everything I do, he looked quite happy from earlier. On the other hand, PS-111, which is more than half mechanical, seemed to have no feeling.

‘First of all, should I cut off my feet first?’

It’s unlikely, but if the captain over there activates the superlight engine, it’ll be a headache. If I’m lucky and the cruiser jumps into the star’s interior and escapes safely, it’s not good for me either.

‘Because we can bring reinforcements from the cult empire.’

Since this is not a planet designated as a sacred place, the situation is different from last time. If you make a mistake, you could end up fighting the entire empire.

Later, when I become an adult, I will fight the Empire, but not now. We have to stop them from escaping.

‘Then start with the propeller side.’

I glided through the clouds, slowly waving my wing arms. The enemy cruiser’s guns continued to fire at me. A purple energy bullet several meters in diameter followed closely behind me, creating a hole in the cloud.

Even when synchronized with the spaceship, I easily avoided it. I went into the dark clouds and easily dodged the enemy’s attack.

‘The main gun probably won’t be usable.’

The Cult Cruiser is equipped with a main gun with strong firepower.

In the past, a cruiser owned by Muriel’s pirate group, the Humanity Cartel, intercepted me from a long distance away. At the time, they were in control of the Star Union cargo ship, but a single main gun shot cut the huge ship in two.

Although it has such powerful destructive power, it is highly likely that it will not be used now. When the main gun is activated, enormous psychic power is concentrated. In fact, it is as if they are advertising to the Gallagons around here that they are here.

‘Of course, that person could go crazy and just shoot him.’

Before that happens, we need to deal with it quickly.

Flying hidden in the clouds, I quickly approached the side of the cruiser. The ship’s guns spotted me sticking out of the clouds and quickly turned their guns.

A few fast-moving naval guns succeeded in hitting me, but it didn’t mean much. I have already closed the distance to the cruiser sufficiently.

When I decided that the distance was getting closer, I stretched out my wing arms back and opened my skin wide. My body, which was moving forward furiously, suddenly stopped in midair.

At the same time, I put the recoil on my tail. The long tail naturally protruded forward like a pendulum. And the claw at the end was stuck into the side of the diamond-shaped cruiser like a mace.

With an explosion, flames erupted and the cultist’s ship tilted sharply to one side. The propeller on the side of the ship was shattered and the ship lost its balance.

While the enemies were confused, I landed on the cruiser. Even the naval guns could not hit me properly because the entire ship was shaking.

There is work to be done before the ship normalizes. It’s been a while since I activated the ‘Acid Fungal Gland’ trait. Acidic mucus poured mercilessly down the gaping chin.

The smooth ivory exterior armor of the cruiser melted, emitting a sour smell. The fungi quickly penetrated the outer wall and into the inner area.

‘I guess this is enough, right?’

I opened the hole wide with my fighting arms and stuck my head in. Then I saw a cult member looking up at me with a blank expression in the inner hallway.

Before he could react, I opened my jaw wide and bit down on him.

“Hee hee!”

“A monster is infiltrating the ship!”

The cult crew members scream as they see their comrade enter my stomach, leaving only his ankles behind.

‘It’s too narrow for me to move around here.’

Before I knew it, my body had grown to the point where it was unsuitable for walking around the hallways. Unless you were a smart underdog, it was difficult to get in, let alone move.

‘I should aim for the runway.’

After shooting fungi at the back of the fleeing cult members, I put my head out again.

[Zuzuz, zuzu, zuzuzu, zuzu (I’ll go to the other side)]

｢Okay. Can we just clean up the situation room and engine room first?”

[Zuzuzu (for now)]

“See you later, baby.”

“This is an opportunity to update the database on the structure of the cult cruiser.”

I carefully placed the children with their tentacles wrapped around them inside the ship. When I felt the children’s presence getting farther away, I spread my wings again.

–

“Report the damage!”

The captain shouted evilly. I hurt my head from the impact earlier, but that didn’t matter.

“External armor damage rate 9%! “23% of the interior area was damaged!”

“The condition of the crew cannot be confirmed!”

“Heading to the engine room of that unidentified psychic creature! The warriors defending Ba are annihilated!”

“crazy! “What on earth are the Temple Guardians doing?”

“That was to stop the strange creatures that appeared on the runway…”

That’s what he said, but the captain also knew. I couldn’t know without knowing. Because numerous video images floating in the center of the situation room clearly showed what the current situation was like.

All 12 members of the Temple Guardians were on the runway. They were currently busy dealing with a flying creature that was much larger than Gallagon.

In fact, it was not appropriate to express that we were dealing with each other. To be precise, it was a massacre.

The long, thick tentacles protruding from its back were as fast and deadly as energy bullets. Even the Yongrinbok (龍鱗服) worn by members was of little significance if it got caught in the appendage at the end of the tentacle. If you are swallowed by a tentacle, your entire body will melt, so what good is your defense?

That wasn’t all. The guy was extremely sturdy, as if his huge size was not just an empty statement.

“Damn the rain! “It reflects psychic power!”

“Then what should I do!”

“Demolisher…Quaaaaaaa!”

While I was looking elsewhere for a moment, another member died. His head, which was bent backwards at the waist, was covered in unpleasantly shining bubbles.

He was a member who protected the cult members of this ship before departure, but he was not a good opponent.

That flying monster was too strong.

The captain, seeing another member’s limbs being torn off, turned his head away.

They were the only hope left, but even that was gone. I had to come up with another move.

‘Should we abandon ship?’

If you use the escape ship, you might be able to escape from those monsters.

The problem is that escaping from here doesn’t really improve the situation. Even if you abandon the ship, it is impossible to survive for long on this planet with scary monsters and harsh weather conditions.

At best, it will only extend your life by a few days.

“…preparing to operate the faster-than-light engine.”

“Captain! “That’s crazy!”

The crew in the situation room protested, but the captain shook his head. Now that’s the only means left.

Since the ship is currently in a state of considerable damage, there is a high possibility that it will split during the voyage, but either way, it will result in death.

Plus, one of the monsters is heading towards the engine room, so this method won’t be usable in a few minutes.

‘You can fly to a nearby planet using faster-than-light navigation and then escape.’

The identity of the monsters that attacked is unknown, but they are probably indigenous to this area. It is unclear whether it will survive easily in a completely different environment.

“I will order it again. “We have activated the super-light engine…”

The captain was about to give the command again when the floor shook violently.

‘no.’

The boat wasn’t rocked. Currently, the ship is maintaining its balance in the air because its temporary propulsion system, which can be operated in an emergency, is operating.

The flying monster that can destroy ships is still fighting the Temple Guardians on the runway.

‘It’s not that the ship was rocking…’

His eyes turned to the tightly closed shield door. If the bridge’s situation room was attacked, it would be over, so all intermediate areas connected to it were closed.

‘no way?’

As if to answer his question, the situation room shook again. He wasn’t the only one who felt this shock.

The crew members who had been diligently adjusting the ship’s condition stopped moving. They too looked at the shield door just like the captain.

“…Check the situation in all nearby areas.”

“Ah, I understand…”

Then there was a loud noise. A sound similar to when an energy bullet is fired from a naval gun was heard very close by.

That’s exactly what happened behind that shield door.

And the captain’s prediction was accurate.

The shield door received a strong impact and trembled violently. It trembled a few more times and soon calmed down.

“….”

The attack stopped, but none of the cultists present thought that the enemy had retreated like this. Several crew members received a glance from the captain and took out weapons placed on the bridge.

While they were arming themselves, the shield door changed again. A red dot suddenly appeared in the middle of the door. The red dot expanded rapidly and quickly turned into a large hole.

As the energy was highly concentrated, the material that made up the door decomposed.

Everyone in the situation room looked beyond the hole. The crew members’ screams could be heard softly through the hole.

And “it” appeared in a place filled with only thick darkness.

A face that is extremely pale in contrast to its blood-red eyes.

The face of a woman who would have been beautiful if her eyes were closed was glaring into the situation room.

“Woman?”

A word that someone said as if it were absurd. But he soon had to cancel his remarks.

That’s what everyone thought the moment the white face floating in the darkness opened its mouth.

That’s not a woman or anything.

That’s because women, whether human or cult, don’t have their mouths ripped open like that.

A mouth as wide open as a cult face. The moment he saw the indigo flames rising from within, the captain was about to give an order.

Shoot that monster immediately.

But I couldn’t.

Suddenly, the world was distorted and the smooth ivory floor came rapidly closer. With that, the familiar sight I see in the mirror every morning came into view.

His upper body wearing a stylish badge.

Only then did the captain realize that his neck had been separated from his body.

Eventually, the silent screams of the countless arms and crew tearing through the hole were his last memories.