Ep. 200
‘This is the fourth Apex.’
Thanks to the combined efforts of the kids, we were able to take down the female Crystal Wing without difficulty. This is much faster than when playing a game.
‘Because I moved alone at that time.’
It wouldn’t have been easy if I had dealt with two Crystal Wings by myself at the same time. That’s all. You also have to worry about other player competitors targeting them.
It probably took more than a few weeks to catch two.
But today things were good. There were kids helping me and there were no other competitors. I was lucky enough to meet them in two days.
‘And confirming the potential of No. 26 is also an achievement.’
As expected, it was only able to coordinate ‘projectile-type attacks’.
‘Observer of Fear’ enhanced with ‘Color of the Abyss’ and ‘Acidic Fungal Gland’, an attribute that fires fungal clumps that melt objects.
These two characteristics were easily controlled by No. 26. Exploding the flying sphere midway to make it like a cluster bomb, adjusting the flying speed, etc.
Instead, the regular psychic breath, which is fired in the form of a heat ray, could not be adjusted. A similar attack method, ‘God’s Rod’, would also be impossible to control.
‘I haven’t tested the enhanced psychic breath, though.’
In this case, it was deliberately not used because the body had to be left behind. I think it would be possible since it is a similar type of attack method to the Fear Watcher.
Besides No. 26, Heavenly Mother and PS-111 fought as well as expected.
Sky Mother, who unlocked the Wendigo transformation ability, was able to use some of the Wendigo’s characteristics.
One of them is the ‘Ice Demon’ ability.
Like the legend of the Wendigo that drives humans it encounters crazy, the Wendigo of Space Survival can also interfere with the minds of other creatures.
Creatures affected by the ice demon power lose their reason and become obsessed with eating other creatures. All skills that require concentration or characteristics that the owner consciously activates cannot be used.
For example, if I were to be attacked by an evil spirit of ice, I would become a man-eating monster that only desires the essence of my genes, with all my abilities blocked.
‘Wendigo is a phantom beast exclusively for PK.’
It is a very powerful debuff ability for one person only, but it also has great limitations. This is because the duration varies depending on the opponent, and while the Ice Demon is active, the caster cannot use other skills or abilities.
So, if your physical ability is lower than that of your opponent, it will actually be a loss for you who used the skill.
To put it simply, it can be said to be the ability to force the enemy into hand-to-hand combat.
Thanks to that effect, the female Crystal Wing was defeated without even being able to mount a proper counterattack.
‘It would go well with the priest’s golden spear.’
I left all my equipment at the nest today, but I think it would be a good idea to bring it out next time I hunt.
“I thought I got stronger, but it’s amazing. “I didn’t know that Mr. Demon had that kind of ability.”
“Am I amazing? “Amazing?”
“Psychic power proficiency has increased by 42% compared to before. Congratulations.”
“I don’t know what that means, but thank you!”
The guys are happy in front of the Crystal Wing corpse. I approached them, dragging the male’s body.
[Zuzuzuz (Thank you for your hard work)]
“It’s always an interesting change to see. “I would like to request a sample for genetic analysis.”
[Zuzu (no)]
｢Can I eat some of the female heart and intestines?｣
[Zuzuzu zuzuzu (because of the unlock conditions?)]
｢No. “This is necessary to raise the Gryphon’s deification level.”
I remembered it after hearing it. Like Aimov’s growth, Wolff’s deification has stages. According to the setting, the higher the level of deification, the closer they become to the gods of the Wolff.
Griffon is a type of hybrid creature that combines an eagle and a lion. Although it is specialized for land combat, it also has a short gliding ability. Therefore, the power of powerful flying creatures is needed to increase the level of deification.
Her growth is also beneficial to my survival. I nodded.
[Z (good)]
｢Thank you.｣
‘Well then, let’s eat it soon.’
While Heavenly Mother was dismantling the body, I decided to eat the male corpse first.
Its head was so huge that it was easy to count it in meters. I ripped off the beak and crest from its head. Then he put the crest, which had muscle fibers and skin tissue attached, into his mouth.
‘….’
The two-pronged jaw moved diligently and chewed the crest. The unique texture, as if it was located somewhere between bone and cartilage, made my mouth feel happy. Every time I chewed it, the thick juices that flowed out and moistened my throat made me feel better without realizing it.
‘It’s like dogani soup.’
The cartilage soaked in the broth from the crucible bones was similar to the feeling I got when I dipped it in sour soy sauce and ate it. I think it would be an accurate analogy to say that the taste and flavor are a little richer than that.
It had a distinctly indigenous feel in a way that was different from Ice Horror, which had an impressive strong spicy flavor.
After quickly defeating the crest, I also chewed on the beak. Is it because the food I ate earlier had a strong taste? The beak did not taste particularly special.
‘The texture is nice because it feels refreshing.’
Its beak had a crunchy texture, like chewing a ripe cucumber. I chewed on its beak and ripped its entire head off. As soon as it had chewed up the whole beak and put it down its throat, it immediately started eating its head with its tongue trembling.
‘Hmm, good.’
Considering the texture of the crest and beak, I expected it to be very tough, but it wasn’t.
‘This feels like boiled pork.’
Unlike the crest, which has a strong scent and flavor, the overall head had a light and soft feel. I think it would be much better if I ate the two together instead of separating them.
‘Instead, the point is the tongue.’
I heard before that pigs and cows also have unique tongue tastes. I’ve never tried it, so I can’t compare directly, but the taste of the Crystal Wings on my tongue was also quite unique. It was moderately chewy and had an oily taste that was truly intoxicating.
After devouring the whole thing, including the head, I waited for the predation effect to take effect.
‘huh?’
Even after waiting, the semi-transparent text box did not respond. The effect appeared, but I opened the text box to see if I hadn’t seen it, but everything was the same.
‘no way?’
I ate the entire crystal wing, including its long neck, wondering if it was because I ate less, but the text box I expected did not appear.
‘crazy!’
After Glacier Fiend, the predation effect did not appear again due to the low probability. I thought about eating all the remaining parts, but that should be used to relieve the side effects after the hunt is over.
‘…Is this true?’
I thought I was lucky, but I wasn’t. Lady Luck betrayed me again at a critical moment. The happy mood thanks to the delicious meal quickly plummeted to the abyss.
I turned my attention to the female corpse.
‘Now there is only one chance left.’
The trait I was most aiming for was the ‘space flight’ trait. Next is the cloaking and detection ability or super-regenerative ability that deals with radio waves. Obtaining the former spaceflight feature is the best case scenario, but the latter ability isn’t all that bad.
The problem is that among the other characteristics he possesses, he is also bad. For example, ‘strong vitality’ and ‘enhanced vision’.
‘…I didn’t even think about this.’
It went smoothly when I fought them, but I never thought that unexpected difficulties were waiting for me.
At that time, Heavenly Mother came to me holding something covered in blood.
“What did you just discover… huh? What’s wrong?｣
[Zuzuzu zuzuzu (failure again)]
｢What?｣
Her eyes widened when she heard that I didn’t get the trait.
｢…Don’t you have to eat the whole body?｣
[zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzu (It won’t matter)]
｢But since you failed once, the predation effect will work the second time.｣
When I heard that, The gambler’s fallacy came to mind, but I didn’t bother to point it out. She must have been trying to comfort me.
‘Tsk. There’s nothing I can do about it not being popular already.’
I did everything I could. Nothing will change even if you are frustrated here. It would be more efficient to prepare in case of failure.
‘If we don’t get it this time, let’s prepare other abilities first.’
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to target Shark Bear’s ‘enhanced endocrine glands’ first.
I ripped off the head of a female Crystalwing. Instead of separating the beak and eating it, it chewed it whole.
It still tasted good, just like the male, but it was more nerve-wracking. The strong beak was crushed and the skull surrounding the brain was crushed by the strong jaws. The contents quickly passed through the throat and into the stomach.
‘please!’
Now the remaining part is the part connected to the guy’s neck. I swallowed it without chewing.
The moment I digested the guy’s entire head like that.
“Predation effect activated! Successfully acquired the ‘spaceflight’ gene essence.｣
｢Takeover ‘spaceflight’ among the biological characteristics of ‘Crystal Wing’.｣
｢Do you want to apply ‘spaceflight’?｣
｢Grrr!｣
‘Good!’
As soon as the text box appeared in front of me, I screamed in full voice. When I raised my arms and growled, No. 26 next to me was startled.
“Big baby, why are you doing this? “Where does it hurt?”
“I’m not doing it because it hurts, I’m doing it because I like it.”
“Is it that delicious?”
“I guess you’ll feel delicious no matter what you eat now?”
A smile permeated the thought sent by Heaven’s Mother, but I don’t have time to worry about such things now. There wasn’t.
‘What is this that makes people so difficult? consent!’
Seeing the trait I had hoped for, I accepted to apply the trait.
｢’Spaceflight’ characteristic has been applied.｣
｢Can be fused with the existing ‘Gliding Shell’.’
｢’Spaceflight’ and ‘Glide Shell’ characteristics are fused. Evolves with the ‘Monster’s Enhanced Wings’ trait! ｣
｢Monster’s Enhanced Wings: Inherits and strengthens the ‘Space Flight’ trait.
*P.S.: Countless prey in the universe are waiting for you.”
I walked on an alloy plate for the first time in my life in the cargo hold of a spaceship.
It swam with its fins deep beneath the ocean on the cult’s sacred planet.
land, sea and sky.
On this frozen star, I gained new strength.
The power to travel through that infinite world full of darkness.
–
“Ugh…is everyone okay?”
“It’s okay!”
“Captain! Are you okay?”
“Damn it! Manager, report!”
“Massive damage to the ship’s gun! Damage also occurred to the outer wall of the stern area! Fortunately, there was only minor damage to the engine!”
“What about casualties?”
“…5 of the aircraft pilots and 7 gunners are missing.”
Captain Cult, who thought it was fortunate that there was little engine damage, immediately frowned.
‘What a damned planet!’
It’s already been 5 days since Jason, the young priest they serve, went missing. Plus, the attack just now. There were so many complicated things that the captain was on the verge of exploding.
A promising talent who suffered a major failure not long ago went missing while on probation after coming to a strange planet that wasn’t even registered on the route. It was truly an unprecedented event in the empire.
If it had been any other time, I would have kept waiting for the priest to contact me, but I couldn’t do that this time.
This is because the person who gave them permission to set up the camp issued an order to evict them.
The old Black Gallagon immediately kicked them out when Jason did not return after several days. He said he had work to do and had no time to worry about trivial things.
Regardless of what others might think, the captain personally thanked Black Gallagon. As each day changed, the Gallagons’ attitude changed noticeably.
If we had stayed there for even one more day, everyone would have been drained of blood by the hungry Gallagons.
It was nice to leave the nest, but the real problem came after that.
A creature attacked them as they tried to leave on a ship left outside the nest.
“…Please answer this one question. Do you think the Garan minnows will leave us alone?”
“If you think about their cowardly habits, they won’t target us because they got what they wanted.”
Even without saying it directly, they knew that what they wanted was the 12 missing sailors.
‘Why did Garan Minnow bring us…’
Garan Minnow The giant pterosaur, which means shining wings, is a very rare creature. Unless you are a temple guardian or cult smuggler who specializes in hunting monsters, it is not easy to meet them in your life.
When two creatures whose names I had only heard crashed into the ship that had just taken off, the captain thought he was dreaming. He came to his senses only after the outer wall of the ship was breached and the crew members were sacrificed.
Thanks to the efforts of the 12 temple guards who remained on the ship, the Garan Minnows were barely able to be driven out.
“Captain, with all due respect, we must deliver the news to the council as soon as possible.”
“I know.”
The captain was irritated by the urging of the temple guardian in charge of protecting the crew, but he somehow responded calmly. If it weren’t for that member, everyone on this ship would have become a meal for the violent pterodactyls.
“How long will it take to repair the engine?”
“We will have to work on it to find out, but I think it will take quite some time.”
“We will spare no effort in providing support, so repair the engine as soon as possible. “The area around the outer wall will be closed off and separated, so move important materials to other areas.”
“All right.”
The good news is that the engine was not damaged. This planet is a remote place with no recorded routes. If you are in distress, it is difficult to expect a rescue team.
‘Everyone will die before the rescue team arrives in the first place!’
It is difficult to survive even for a day on this planet filled with all kinds of monsters like Mino and Gallagon. That’s not all. The climate is so terrible that you cannot survive even a few minutes without a reinforced suit.
“We will take charge of external surveillance. “Please repair it as soon as possible.”
“…please.”
All members of the temple guardians wear special reinforced clothing called Yongrinbok (龍鱗服). Thanks to those ivory colored reinforced suits, they can withstand the bitter cold.
If the captain or ordinary cult crew members leave, they will most likely freeze to death.
‘Providence! Please make sure nothing happens!’
The captain prayed inwardly as he watched the crew members running around the situation room.
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