I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 223
Ep. 223
This is the end of Adhaj’s growth problem, but there are still things left to do.
Originally, Red Gallagon was included in the plan to attack Odd Grad, but that card can no longer be used.
‘So we have to change our plan to fight without Red Gallagon.’
It is true that, regardless of his choice, there are still some regrets.
Red Gallagon is an apex predator more fearsome than Sea Demon or Black Gallagon, both in terms of setting and in the actual game. There are only a handful of creatures with greater power than red dragons.
However, we cannot expect that much power from the current Aadhai. It is unclear how much of Red Gallagon’s power can be used, but it will naturally be weaker than the original.
‘We’ll look into that later.’
Now there are some things to check first. I looked at my heavenly mother.
She entered the nest directly to rescue Ham Oort. There are many questions to ask, such as how they were rescued and what the size and status of the enemy forces are.
“I knew from the sky that you had used God’s whip.”
She knew what I wanted to ask and slowly began to explain what happened in the dragon’s nest.
“I thought about whether to retreat and support you, but I can’t fly. I didn’t think going blindly would help. In that case, I thought it would be better to build a nest, so I did that.”
[Zuzu (actually)]
“I thought it was worth a try since all the White Gallagons escaped from the nest. In fact, it was not difficult to enter the nest.”
Microscopic bacteria live on the wendigo’s black fur. These bacteria do not cause much harm to other living things, but cause temporary impairment of cognitive abilities.
Wendigos can artificially spread germs from their bodies. People who inhale germs or are infected may feel disorientation and confusion of the five senses for a short period of time.
‘It’s an ability perfect for infiltration or surprise attacks.’
She probably knew as much about wendigos as I do, so she probably turned into a wendigo on purpose.
Please note that this ability can only be used when transformed into a Wendigo. This is because bacteria are created in black fur.
[Zuzuzu Zuzuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzu (How many Gallagons were there in the nest?)]
“I don’t know exactly because I was trying to avoid them as much as possible, but I think there were more than 50 Green Gallagons alone.”
[Zuzu (That’s a lot)]
She looked like that . Taking into account the number of Gallagons and hatchlings, the Od Grad group can be considered to have close to 100 members.
As far as I know, a single Gallagon flock rarely numbers more than 60 members. If the number increases beyond that, there will be difficulties in supplying food.
‘Come to think of it, the first time I fought the Mutant Screamer here.’
There was a time when it self-destructed, causing the forest to catch fire and numerous creatures to burn to death. The gallagons that flew in at that time were more busy gathering food and flying away.
Gallagons are predators that enjoy hunting living creatures. Although they eat dead creatures, they are of low priority. Nevertheless, the Gallagons were intent on moving the burned bodies.
[Zuzuzu zuzuzu (You must be starving)]
“I haven’t been to the place where the eggs are stored, but it’s probably true. Because there are too many people to support.”
[Zuzuz, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu (I managed to save Ort even though there were a lot of them)]
“It was close. And the situation was good.」
[Zuzzuzuzu(What does it mean?)]
「Ham Ort was also looking for an opportunity. When I met him and explained it briefly, he understood right away. Thanks to his cooperation, we were able to minimize the fight.”
I was a little surprised by her words. Should we really call it Aadhai’s mother? It was extraordinary judgment and courage.
She said that thanks to the active cooperation of the rescued person, she did not have much difficulty escaping the nest. This was thanks to the Wendigo’s powerful special ability, ‘Ice Demon’.
Creatures affected by the evil spirit of ice completely lose their reason due to abnormal hunger. She made the Green Gallagons circling the nest run wild to divert the enemy’s attention.
In addition, it is said that the cliff, which was expected to be the biggest obstacle in escaping, was easily passed thanks to the opinions suggested by Ham Ort.
“Originally I was going to climb up and escape, but he said there was water flowing under the cliff. So I escaped that way.”
Let’s jump off the cliff. Ort used his psychic power to slow down the fall. As a result, the two fell to the water without any major injuries.
“It would have been dangerous if we had been even a little late. “Od Grad came back while we were escaping.”
It was an incredible coincidence. If she had returned to the nest or if it had taken just a little longer to rescue Ort, it would have been over for both of them.
She escaped using the waterway and returned to the nest.
“When I came back, everyone had dug a hole in front of the nest and were hiding.”
‘It’s the same hole I saw earlier.’
When they saw Mother of Heaven transformed into a Wendigo, they almost attacked her, but thanks to Ham Ort, a fight did not occur.
“After that, I went out hunting and scouting whenever I had time. Just in case, you might come with Gallagon.」
[Zuzuzu (Good job)]
As a ranker, it was an appropriate judgment of the situation and action. As I praised her, the amber flames in her eye sockets gently curved.
「Moff Park’s compliments have become common lately.」
[Zuzuzu (Should I cancel?)]
「I’m kidding. By the way, I also heard from Ham Ort that Ohd Grad has strange powers?」
[Zuzzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (Yes, he can predict crises)]
「Predicting crises?」
The Mother of Heaven raised her hand at my words. scratched the black skull.
“Are you talking about precognitive abilities? It wasn’t that good in the game.」
[Zuzuzuz, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu (not here, because I really read the future)]
She understood the meaning of those words and straightened her posture. She probably doesn’t know how serious a problem it is that Black Gallagon, which ranks high in the ecosystem, can read the future.
“…It won’t be easy. How much do you think you can read? 」
[Zuzzuzu zuzuzzu zuzuzzuzu (life crisis that occurs in less than 5 minutes)] I do
n’t know exactly how much time I can see. However, what was certain was that it was responding to a life crisis.
‘Now that you think about it, Ham Ort also said he fought that guy.’
[Zuzuzuz Zuzuzuz Zuz ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ (You said you heard it from Ham Ort, right? I’ll have to ask him when he wakes up)] 「
Huh? I don’t know if Ham Ort knows.”
[Zu (Huh?)]
“The ability he told me about is a different ability. It wasn’t a precognitive ability.”
[Zuz zuzu zu zuzuzu (There are other abilities?)]
When I heard that, even if it were me, I couldn’t help but be embarrassed.
“Unlike the precognitive ability, it is not a battle-related ability. No, it’s ambiguous to call it an ability in the first place.”
[Zuzu Zuzuzuzu (What kind of ability is it?)]
“According to Ham Ort’s expression, he has a mineral that has the power to deceive his fellow countrymen.” [
Zuzu (Mineral?)]
That As I listened to the words, something suddenly came to mind.
‘ore? if?’
The guy was wearing a large ring with a refined gem on his front paw.
Although Gallagon is intelligent, he has no concept of adorning himself with equipment or clothes. So when I saw his ring, I thought it was unusual.
[Zuzuzu Zuzu Zuzuzu Zuzu Zuzuzu Zuzu Zuzuzu (Come to think of it, he was wearing a ring with a jewel)]
“It’s a jeweled ring. I think that’s probably what he’s talking about. “It is said that he never removes the mineral that contains his power from his body.”
If what Ham Ort said is true, it explains why Od Grad is able to control many of his compatriots despite having an abnormal personality for a Gallagon. Let alone where the ring came from.
‘Either way, the fact that the ring is the key to his control is important information.’
What if he loses his ring during battle?
His men will be very shaken. They are already starving, but their ruler is manipulating their compatriots in suspicious ways.
If you utilize this well, you will be able to deal a fatal blow to Od Grad.
I looked down at Aadhai, who was rubbing his head against the back of my hand.
Looking at this guy, thoughts of what to do when fighting Od Grad came to mind.
‘good.’
I received enough information from Heavenly Mother. As I organized the information, I thought about what I needed to do next.
Now there are three things left.
Waiting for Ham Ort to wake up and….
‘Confirming Aadhai’s abilities and activating my mimic scale.’
The two are related problems. It can be processed at once. [Zuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzu (
Let’s go back to the nest first. There are a lot of things to do)] 「
Okay
.
‘
I gently lifted my head. It definitely looked different somehow, perhaps because it had the characteristics of Red Gallagon mixed in.
Of course, the body grew larger and the color of the horns and wings changed, but more than that, it felt fundamentally different.
‘The school of thought has changed.’
If in the past it was a way to capture raw emotions and then cut them off and shoot them, the current school of thought is much more refined. Just like when No. 26 or Odd Grad conveyed their meaning.
[Zuz zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (You’ve become good at communicating)]
「Change」「Not so good?」
[Zuz zuzuzu zuzu zuzuzuzu (No, growing is good)]
This guy’s school of thought is as simple as it is difficult to understand. Because there were not many. It’s much easier for me now.
‘I feel a little bit disappointed, though.’
With that in mind, I picked up the remaining Gallagon corpse.
When I returned to the nest with Nel Germa, the mother of Aadhai Sky, I saw the Green Gallagons that had gone hunting.
They were clinging to No. 26’s body like Blue Gallagon. It was the coldness of this planet that made it difficult for even Gallagon to endure.
‘Should I plant symbiotic spores?’
At that time, they saw us and pulled away from No. 26. Then it came in front of us, put its wings and upper body close to the ground, and lowered its head.
‘what?’
With their heads down, their horns were all pointed towards a single being.
It was Aadhai riding on my back.
‘hmm.’
This is the first time other Gallagons have reacted like this when they see Adhai. Although this guy failed to become Red Gallagon, I guess that’s not the case from the Gallagons’ perspective.
The Gallagons greeted all at once, stood up, took out the bodies they had put in the pit, and placed them in front of me. The sight was similar to that of servants bringing a meal to their master.
‘No, in this case, is it the image of a subject offering a gift to the queen?’
Adhai tilted his head as if he didn’t know why they were doing this.
‘I’m full’ ‘Feed’ ‘You don’t have to give it’ ‘You guys’ ‘Eat’
‘Thank you’ Only
after the guy refused did the green gallagons start eating the food they had caught. While the Green Gallagons were eating, I attached symbiotic spores to their bodies.
And some of the remains of White Gallagon left behind by Adhai were given to No. 26.
[Zuz zuzu zuzu zuzu (We need to eat together and have something to do)]
「Something to do?」
[Zuz zuuuu zuzu zuzuzu (I need both you and Aadhai)]
「Okay. “My eldest child only trusts me!”
He is a guy who always says good things without change.
With a grateful heart, I lifted my wing arm and petted it. The guy’s body sparkled as if he was in a good mood.
After sharing Gallagon’s body with No. 26, I took them with me and left the nest again.
‘I guess this is enough.’
Stopping at a suitable clearing, I explained to Adhai and No. 26 what we were going to do here.
[Zuz zuuu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (First, Aadhai will test out his newfound power)] We
need to see how much of Red Gallagon’s power he can bring out.
‘Because Red Gallagon uses a new type of power called dragon power.’
The schedule will change slightly depending on how much dragon power he uses.
To grant psychic resistance to Mimicscale, it must only be attacked by pure psychic power. Developing resistance to dragon power won’t help you at all now.
The resistance effect provided by Mimic Scale only applies to one type of energy at a time. It takes a few days for the immunity effect to wear off, so be careful not to waste time.
「Now」「Try it?」
[Zu zuzu zuzuzu (Yes, as much as you can)]
As I nodded, Adhai’s eyes lit up.
Then, a red air current began to emanate from the guy’s body.