I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 219
Ep. 219
As soon as Od Grad laughed at me, he immediately retreated. Contrary to its triumphant attitude, it flew in the direction from which its compatriots were coming.
‘It means that we will not leave even the slightest risk.’
This is a guy who doesn’t mind being ugly in order to win. It seemed like it was not an empty statement to say that I had overcome any ordeal.
The number of gallagons that are perceived as auxiliary organizations is increasing. Most of the ones in the nest must have jumped out. It is close to impossible for me to win in this state.
‘We have to change the strategy.’
To be honest, it doesn’t seem easy to kill Od Grad in this spot. It has crisis detection skills that are superior to my ‘predator senses’. It would be nice to obtain information while fighting, but that is difficult because we are at an absolute disadvantage.
So there is only one method I can take.
‘We need to step back and regroup.’
However, I have no intention of running away helplessly like he wants.
‘At this point, destroy as much of the weapon he has as possible.’
For example, the guy’s subordinates that are flying now. If we reduce those Gallagons, it will be much easier when we attack Odd Grad again.
‘For that, I need a colleague too.’
That’s the only way to avoid its precognitive ability and safely reduce the number of enemies.
If you look at the predator sense, it collects and calculates various surrounding factors to draw a ‘future with a high probability of occurring’. I don’t know how its crisis detection ability works. If we assume they are similar, the more variables there are against him, the better it is for me.
Here, the unfavorable variables are ultimately my abilities and my colleagues.
‘Even if I can’t do it, I should at least call PS-111.’
Since he can pilot a cruiser, he will be a great help in getting us out of this place.
All that remains is how to call this place…
‘I have just the right thing.’
Just as he called his colleagues ‘Maelstrom’, I also have the power to cause abnormal weather. The power of the Thunder God that twists the atmosphere and shatters the sky.
‘PS-111 will recognize my signal.’
This guy resides in the cruiser. They must have confirmed that the sky was strange due to the Maelstrom in Od Grad. If I use ‘God’s Rod’ here, he will know of my crisis and move immediately.
I raised my head and looked in the direction where Od Grad was retreating, i.e. the direction from which the horde was coming.
The forces spread throughout my body boil according to my will. Accordingly, the black carapace and scales turn golden. A golden wave begins from the tip of the wide-open wings, at the tip of the index finger at the end of the tail, and flows into the chest.
My body shines brightly above the sky where countless waterspouts swirl.
I don’t have to think about it to know that Od Grad will avoid my blow. But it’s not the Gallagons who come to support him.
I gathered more energy than other times to deal proper damage to them.
This was the first time since I had accumulated so much energy when fighting the Empire. The firepower is about 1/10th of what it was then.
Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s weak at all. There is no enemy on this planet who can survive this attack except Skywhale.
After completing all preparations, I opened my mouth. The upper jaw was raised and the lower jaw was wide open. My mouth opened to its limit like a snake swallowing its prey.
And the energy gathered in my chest erupted with the power of a god like an exploding volcano. As the name suggests, a whip wielded by the Thunder God flew out of my mouth.
In ancient mythology, golden heat rays split the air like a sun-drawn chariot running across the sky.
Followed by a waterspout, lightning, and snow storm. A tremendous explosion that could not be imitated by any other natural phenomenon shook the planet’s atmosphere.
Even Adhai Nel Germa, who had no ears, trembled at the supernatural vibrations created by the divine power.
Od Grad, who was retreating with his tail showing, sensed danger and quickly took refuge. God’s whip passed through Od Grad and extended beyond the horizon. Due to the power of the Thunder God, golden spider webs spread across the black clouds that covered the planet’s atmosphere.
As expected, the Gallagons were unable to properly avoid the attack that came from an unseen place. I released the translucent text box that appeared in front of me and spread my wings wide.
[Zuzuzuz zuzuz zuzuzuz (PS-111 will come. You have to hold on until then)]
「Yes! I will punish the bad guys who are mistreating the children!”
“Black fellow”, “Strong”, “Recognize”, “Order”, “Obey”, “
Big adult”, “Cool”.
As Nell Germa’s school of thought becomes more polite, Adhaj feels good. This seemed good. They both looked frightened just a moment ago, but now they showed no signs of fear. I was energized by the thought that a being with transcendent power was by my side.
‘I’m glad.’
As I flew ahead of them, I checked the remaining energy in my body.
Although I expended much more energy than other times, I still had energy. This was thanks to the ‘Berserker Synapse’, which helps manage energy in the body efficiently.
‘I can use it two more times.’
If I shoot with less force, I could shoot more, but I don’t have any intention of doing that.
As I flew at high speed, I started to see enemies.
There are 7 large White Gallagons, 9 relatively small and skinny White Gallagons, and 15 Green Gallagons. Behind them was Black Gallagon Od Grad.
They were having a ideological conversation among themselves. I didn’t know what it was about, but one thing was clear.
The green gallagons and the smaller white gallagons are afraid. Because he had just seen his compatriots reduced to ashes in the air.
‘If there wasn’t a leader, I would have retreated…’
A large White Gallagon struck the Green Gallagon next to it with its tail. Then the other Gallagons also forced themselves to prepare to fight.
‘They are Od Grad’s companions.’
They said he grew up well thanks to Od Grad’s favor, and it seemed like that was true. Looking at the psychic power emanating from his body, it is not as strong as Ham Ort, but it is much stronger than the regular White Gallagon.
‘If possible, I should aim for those seven.’
Having decided on a target, I rushed to where the guys were gathered. The Gallagons, who had received orders from Odd Grad, fired their psychic breath all at once.
Dozens of purple rays are flying at me.
Attacks made with destructive psychic power. I avoided numerous breaths by adjusting the angle of my wings. Of course, it was too much for me to avoid them all, so some of the attacks hit my body’s scales and carapace.
「Pain relief activated!」
Each time, a text box appeared and the heat rays reflected by the superpower reflective gloves bounced out of the cloud.
There was a sharp pain in the area where it hit me, but I didn’t care. To obtain the effect of ‘Imitation Scale’, you must receive concentrated enemy attacks.
The task given to me now is to fight while being hit enough to avoid fatal injuries and immediate death. While focusing on fighting enemies, I also have to calculate how much damage is accumulating on my body.
‘In times like this, Aimorph’s unique extra senses come in handy.’
If I had paid attention to everything, my head would have exploded before I could even fight properly.
Behind me, as I moved forward, dodging what needed to be avoided and hitting what needed to be hit, Adhaj and Nel Germa were behind me. They followed closely behind me, using me as a shield.
No matter how fast Adhaya or Nel Germa is, they cannot avoid all the breaths fired by dozens of Gallagons. So it’s natural for them to hide behind me, who is bigger than them and has better defense.
When I judged that the distance had narrowed to some extent.
With the group of Od Grad in front of me, I prepared my psychic breath. Not just breath, but a color version of the abyss.
The monster’s tentacles draped around the back of my head and neck trembled ominously. Odd Grad, who saw this, quickly fired a thought wave.
“Be careful!”
Odd Grad’s companions quickly retreated after hearing the command, but the other Gallagons were slow to react. I sprayed enhanced psychic breath at them.
The bubbles of destruction that fell like water droplets from the tip of the tentacle moved to bite the target. Although it is only an infinitely small bubble compared to Gallagon, its power cannot be underestimated.
And this was proven by an ignorant Gallagon. Green Gallagon, who couldn’t move because he was shooting a heat ray at me, was startled as soon as the bubble touched his tail.
Because the small bubbles, like paint dropped into water, quickly engulfed its tail and were targeting its lower body.
Gallagons cannot scream due to their unique oral structure. Instead, the thought waves of pain it radiated echoed in the air.
I rushed at the guy who was still in the process of melting his body. It opened its lower jaw wide and aimed for the neck area close to the head. Due to the pain that made his entire lower body melt, he was unable to respond properly to my attacks.
I firmly secured the Gallagon’s thin neck with my chin and pulled on it. The guy’s head fell down with the sound of bones breaking and flesh being torn apart.
And with that, the unpleasant thought waves that felt like scraping a metal plate with a hook stopped. The dead Gallagon’s body fell to the surface.
When I saw that, I called number 26.
[Zuzuzu (Please)]
「Yes!」
As the guy waved his tentacles like a conductor, the bubbles that had been gnawing on the Gallagon corpse rose into the air. And the bubbles rushed towards the other Gallagons.
The bubble controlled by No. 26 hit one of the slow-moving Gallagons. I put an end to his pain like I just did.
“Everyone disperse!”
At Od Grad’s command, the Gallagons widened the distance between each other. As the distance between the enemies increased again, the Psychic Breath combo tactic with No. 26 ended there.
‘I could have killed more, but it’s a shame.’
I swallowed the Gallagon’s head. If it weren’t for this situation, I would have enjoyed the taste, but it’s just a shame.
Od Grad, who had retreated his men, went on the attack again. A black-purple breath, stronger than anyone else in this room, tried to pierce me. I dodged it by flying upward as if I was kicking the air with my wings and approached the side where his subordinates were.
‘If you do this, they won’t be able to attack… Oh no!’
Odd Grad let out his breath without heeding that his men might be hit. A breath of psychic power passed beneath my tail. The young White Gallagon behind me was hit by Odd Grad’s breath and had a hole in its wing.
「Great Od Grad!」「Young kin」「Dangerous!」
「Traitor in Black」「More dangerous」「Sacrifice」「It is inevitable」
Seeing this, one of the companions quickly sent a thought wave to his leader, but Sealdo It didn’t work. I caught the White Gallagon, which was falling due to a hole in its wing, and bit its head. The guy who was struggling and resisting stopped moving as soon as his head was crushed.
At that moment, an unexpected message appeared.
「Predation effect activated!」
‘What? ‘Check it first!’
Any other time I would have been happy about my luck, but now I am in a battle. I quickly checked the contents and called Aadhai.
[Zeuuu (Adhai)]
「Confirmation」
The guy who was fighting other Gallagons with Nell Germa ran towards me like white lightning.
In order for it to grow, it must feast on White Gallagon. However, in the current situation, it is difficult to eat a whole object.
‘I don’t know if it will apply even if I share it.’
Considering the ‘Ship of Theseus’ paradox, it’s likely not possible, but it’s the only way to try it now.
I grabbed him and the White Gallagon corpse and jumped into the nearby waterspout.
It was a whirlwind strong enough to leave no trace on a naked person as soon as it touched it, but it did not apply to me, which was stronger than the outer wall of a ship.
[Zuzzuzu zuzuzu zuzu (I’ll stop this, I’ll stop this)]
“You insignificant squire!” “How dare you!” I
was hiding in the waterspout and trying to feed Adhai a corpse, but an angry thought wave from Odd Grad flowed in from outside. I felt a terrifying flow of energy, accompanied by a wave of thought, approaching at an incredible speed.
Adhai and I quickly escaped. Its breath completely vaporized the Gallagon corpse I was holding.
‘He knows it too.’
It was clear that he knew the secret behind Gallagon’s growth. Moreover, seeing him react so nervously made it seem like he was very wary of it.
‘…Beware of Aadhai’s growth.’
Since it was important information, I kept it in my head and went out of the waterspout with Aadhai wrapped around me. As soon as I came out, a halo of purple light greeted me.
「Big Adult」「Are you okay?」
[Zuzuz zuzuzuzuzu (It’s okay. Don’t worry)]
Aadhai is worried after seeing my body’s carapace and scales shattered and peeling off due to the enemies’ attacks.
To be honest, it would be a lie to say it doesn’t hurt, but you have to endure it no matter what.
‘It’s not long now.’
If it’s a positive sign, the pain is getting less and less with each breath. This was evidence that the immune system of the mimic scales was being activated.
I narrowed the distance to the Gallagons nearby while being hit by a heat ray. As soon as I got even a little closer, they stopped attacking and retreated.
I let go of Aadhai and poured out a lump of fungus into the air. A lump of green slime fell to the ground, went against the laws of physics, and started flying somewhere.
No. 26’s psychic power moves the fungal mass forward along the sidewalk. The one at the end was a large white Gallagon pet.
The guy tried to dodge back, but No. 26 was a little faster. The flying fungus exploded like a claymore and rained down on its wings.
The white wings quickly became bloody due to the acidic fungus. He nervously fired purple lightning and burned the fungi.
It’s not a bad response, but there’s something he missed. That we must prioritize the enemy in front of us over the fungus.
The guy who belatedly noticed that I had flown right in front fired a psychic breath. Almost at the same time, I swung the claw at the end of the tail.
Some of the psychic breath that hit me was reflected and hit the guy’s body. White Gallagon is confused as to what is going on. Even as it stopped, the natural mace attached to my body was still flying toward its target.
Then, just as the claw was about to strike its abdomen, a black dragon appeared above my head.
“Die!”
Od Grad, who lured me in using his companion as bait, hit my head with his heavy paw.
「Pain relief activated!」
Even though he had aged, it was a terrifying power. The force was almost equivalent to the Ice Horror’s charge, so the impact almost broke my neck.
I retreated and used Fear Watch on the guy. Because I didn’t have time, I couldn’t add the colors of the abyss.
For a split second, his eyes went blurry and then returned to normal. It was true that it was caught, but as Black Gallagon has strong psychic resistance, it was quickly released.
Along with that, the images that come to my eyes. The predator sense that predicted my death was activated.
「Trivial things」「Residual tricks」「Useless」
The guy immediately fired his psychic breath. It was only a brief moment, but I sensed its attack with my predatory senses and quickly ducked to avoid the attack.
‘Ugh!’
「Pain relief activated!」
The distance was so close that he barely survived, but was unable to prevent him from getting seriously injured. The black-purple breath completely obliterated the lower part of my tail. As a result, the claw at the end disappeared without a trace.
「Weak thing」「This is the end.」
The bundle of tentacles of the thing turns dark purple. It’s too late to avoid it now.
“Big baby!”
I can feel the impact of issue 26. No matter how great the guy is, it is impossible to defend against the breath of a guy with such incredible power at such a close range.
「Big adult!」
Adhai, who saw my crisis from afar, flies to help but is intercepted by another Gallagon.
Time slows down. I can feel the power converging on its tentacles.
The moment when his attack was about to be launched.
A bright light was seen on the other side of Od Grad’s head.
‘sun? No, that’s….’
There are stars on this planet as well as there is life on it. But that bright light is not the sun.
Because there is no way the sun would come up to where we are.
A lump of energy that is familiar with the psychic power used by Nana Gallagon, but mixed with miscellaneous impurities.
I know what it is.
Odd Grad, whose judgment was clouded by the joy of being able to kill me directly, also noticed it too late.
“What…?”
While he was turning his head, I quickly folded my wings and fell down. Less than a second later, a massive explosion occurred above my head.
While falling to the ground, I see a familiar aircraft.
“I received a signal from sub-controller ‘Aimorph’ and have come to assist.”
“wow! A friend has arrived!”
A broadcast came from an ivory-colored, diamond-shaped cruiser. The owner of the machine-like speech was someone both I and No. 26 knew well.
Mutant Screamer PS-111 developed by Star Union.
He came here guided by a golden ray of light.