Ep. 220
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‘What happened?’
The Mother of Heaven, who had been hiding, raised her head after seeing that they had left.
Not long after we started watching the nest, gallagons began to come out in large numbers. Those who jumped out as if there was some urgent matter quickly flew into the sky and disappeared.
‘Why are the Gallagons… no way?’
She looked up at the gloomy sky. The sky was still full of dark clouds, but there was one difference. Golden light flashed intermittently in the clouds of snow and hail. As if lightning were flowing through the clouds rather than hitting the ground.
She realized that things were taking a strange turn. Something is wrong.
That lightning, or rather the psychic power that resembles lightning, was created by her colleague. A trump card that a colleague pulls out when fighting a strong enemy. Using that ability means that your comrades are in danger.
After contemplating whether to go help him or not, she made a decision.
‘Let’s do what I can.’
She got up and ran towards the cliff where the nest was.
Thanks to the recent exodus of gallagons in large numbers, there are no white gallagons in the nest. To be exact, except for Ham Ort, who was captured by them.
‘If not now, it will be difficult to get him out.’
I had already heard from Moffak that Ham Oort had important value. Now that Moffak’s attention was drawn, this was the only chance to rescue him.
‘Besides, she is Aadhai’s biological mother.’
She thought of the small Gallagon. Aadhai harbored love and hate towards his mother who abandoned him.
If Ham Ort goes wrong, he will forever lose his chance to resolve the grievances in his heart.
‘He may be unlucky sometimes, but…’
For some reason, I didn’t want to see him sad.
‘As long as you have Green Gallagon, you can somehow break through.’
That is, if you utilize her special privilege, ‘Hunting God’s Transformation Shell’.
‘It would be better to use a wendigo.’
Although she is not the strongest of the phantom beasts she can transform into, the Wendigo is much better for disrupting enemy lines and rescuing key figures as it is now.
We must also consider situations that may result in a prolonged war.
If you use the hunting god’s disguise shell to transform, you will not be able to transform into another phantom beast for a month. If you want to transform again, you must wait a month after returning to griffon form. So, with a long battle ahead, the Wendigo, which has a transformation duration of 5 days, is more suitable.
Running on four legs, she activated the shell that transformed into a hunting god.
Then the black wave pattern on her body spread widely and covered her entire body. The skeleton was distorted and strong muscles located throughout the body were lost.
As the skeleton changed, the waist straightened and the hind legs became thicker and longer than the front legs. She used to use all four legs, but was only running on her two hind legs.
Running on two legs, she roughly ripped off the remaining fur on her body. The golden fur and flesh were torn off, revealing obsidian-black bones and thin skin inside.
Finally, she ripped off the skin on her face. After the skin was removed, what was left was the bird’s black skull, with huge horns towering over its head. Originally, it should have been in the shape of a stag’s head, but a small portion of the shape of a griffon remained.
Inside the empty eye sockets, the unique amber eyes glowed like a will-o’-the-wisp.
Her transformation into a wendigo was similar to that of her beast form in that her body structure was suitable for bipedal walking. Of course, it has an overwhelmingly creepy and hideous appearance compared to its beast form.
While she was running, she looked down at her body and sighed softly.
“As expected, it doesn’t look that good.”
The Mother of Heaven, who had transformed into a wendigo, began to crawl down the cliff using both hands and feet.
The nest had not yet noticed her intrusion.
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Od Grad was not visible due to the flames created by the cruiser’s main guns. While it was burning in flames, I flew towards the cruiser PS-111 was on.
Other Gallagons also targeted the ship that attacked their leader. The ivory-colored ship also began firing its guns at the approaching enemies.
Small and medium-sized naval guns mounted on the outer walls of the ship fired fire all at once. Purple glowing bullets targeted the flying Gallagons.
The White Gallagons skillfully avoided it, but the younger Green Gallagons could not. Several of the green-scaled gallagons fell with holes in their wings.
White Gallagon, who saw this, became angry and charged his breath. When I saw its bundle of tentacles turn purple, I accelerated and hit the guy.
「!」
White Gallagon, who was caught by surprise, is surprised. The guy’s head quickly turns to face me.
Psychic breath hit the carapace of my head. What he expected was to see me falling through a hole, but unfortunately, reality betrayed his expectations.
The reflected heat rays pierced the guy’s neck. The light went out from the amethyst-like eyes. I opened my mouth and chewed Gallagon’s head on the spot.
‘It would be nice if I could hand it over to Aadhai…’
I tried it earlier, but they’re keeping me in check so much that it’s going to be difficult here. I threw down the headless corpse and prepared my psychic breath.
While the energy latent in the thing was transforming into psychic power, a voice was heard from the cruiser.
“I’m glad everyone is safe. Do you have a plan?”
The reason PS-111 was called here was none other than the cruiser he was riding. We need that cruiser so we can get out of this place safely.
I was about to convey my thoughts to him when a high-powered psychic breath came from behind. I quickly lowered my head to avoid it.
The target of the black-purple psychic breath was not me, but PS-111 at the end of the direction I was flying.
The ship he was piloting made an urgent evasive maneuver. However, because the heat rays flew very quickly, I was unable to completely avoid it and was hit near the tail.
The lozenge-shaped cruiser was swaying loudly, and I could feel the thought waves coming from Od Grad behind me.
“You insignificant dwarves!”
It goes without saying, but the cruiser’s main gun cannot kill the Black Gallagon. As a psychic creature, it is resistant to cult weapons and its skin becomes very thick when it becomes Black Gallagon.
Of course, if you say that you suffered no damage at all, that is not the case. If you look at the left lower body of the guy who was hit directly by the main gun, the scales have peeled off and blood is dripping.
In fact, it was more of a wound than a scratch, but the guy seemed very angry at the fact that he had been injured in an unexpected attack. When I looked at the guy’s eyes that were dripping with ghosts, it seemed like he was ready to tear the cruiser apart at any moment.
「Traitors!」「For the crime of attacking Od Grad」「Pay with death!」
‘Good.’
The more attention he gives to the cruiser, the better.
[Zuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzu (Get my attention for a moment)]
“5 minutes. I am making corrections due to the attack I just received. “It’s difficult to last more than three minutes.”
That’s enough.
While PS-111 was getting his attention, I flew to where Adhai and Nel Germa were.
The two were moving in sync with each other as if they were twins.
Aadhai took advantage of his unique small size and quick movements to sneak into the gaps between his enemies. When this guy shook up the Gallagons’ camp, Nel Germa, who had strong firepower, sniped at the Gallagons that were separated.
「Small guy」「Difficult」「Big guy」「First」
After being treated in the same way several times, Odd Grad’s companions moved to sort out Nell Germa.
‘Where.’
Not intending to let that happen, I fired the psychic breath I had prepared at them. This time, it is a regular breath without the abyss color applied.
They quickly dispersed and tried to avoid my attack, but there was one individual who was unable to dodge. It was a pet that acted as bait for the role of Odd Grad a while ago. It tried to avoid it by increasing its altitude, but failed and its lower body flew off.
[Zuzu (grab)]
「Black kin」「Order」「Confirmation」
Nell Germa, who heard my thought wave, quickly moved and grabbed the corpse with only the upper body remaining.
When one pet died unexpectedly, the other six pets were greatly embarrassed. While they were in shock, I called Nell Germa and Adhai.
[Zuzuzu zuz zuzzu zuz (I’ll leave here after finishing this)]
“Enemies” “Many” “How?”
I explained the strategy to those who asked how to get out.
「Difficult」「But」「The only way」
「Agree」「Adult」「Possible」
「Don’t worry! “I will protect the big baby!”
To be honest, it was a risky operation, but they trusted me. I handed over my companion’s body to Nell Germa and retreated. They left behind another dogfight with the Gallagon group and flew toward the cruiser.
Only a few minutes had passed since the fight began, and the cruiser was already completely destroyed. With only the propeller remaining, it was barely floating in the sky.
As I flew, I sent a wave to PS-111.
[Zuzu zuzuz zuzuz (You can overload the engines, right?)]
“The ship’s computer structure is more complicated than expected, but it is possible.”
[Zuzuzzu zu zuzu zuzuzu (prepare to overload and run away)]
“Confirmed.”
In this respect, should we say that half of it is made up of machines? Even though it was a dangerous command that could explode at any moment, he obeyed it immediately.
‘Of course I won’t let you die.’
As I got closer, Od Grad turned his head. And he too realized too late that I had killed his companion.
“You guy”
Odd Grad didn’t react much even though his companion died. Instead, the black-purple flame rising from its eyes only intensified.
I bit off the head of the female gallagon and threw the body at her. The guy’s eyes turned to the corpse for an instant.
The moment No. 26 controlled the corpse and blocked the creature’s vision, he used the Fear Watcher, which was colored in the color of the abyss.
A bubble created on the top of my head flew towards the creature hiding behind the corpse. This time too, the guy must have glimpsed the future with his ability to detect crisis and hastily widened the distance.
Using that opportunity, I quickly sent a wave to PS-111.
[Zuzuzzu zuzuzzu (Now. Jump out)]
A few seconds after my wave flew away, the ship’s hangar opened, revealing PS-111. After hearing my command, he jumped off the scaffolding of the hangar without hesitation.
A mutant screamer falling without any auxiliary equipment. I adjusted my wings to catch him.
My wings folded and my body descended rapidly. Just as I was about to grab him, a second sun appeared in the planet’s atmosphere.
The clouds split by the divine whip I fired were swept away by a large-scale explosion and disappeared again.
I tightly wrapped my wing arms around No. 26 and PS-111 on my back. Then an explosion struck where I was.
The impact of the explosion combined with the speed of my falling caused my body to rapidly get closer to the ground. Immediately after, a strong shock rushed through my body.
‘What about Odd Grad?’
A message popped into my mind that pain relief had been activated, but I ignored it and quickly looked up at the sky. In a place filled with clouds, there was only a sphere emitting light so strong it was blinding.
And small dots were visible outside the sphere. The number of small dots outside the explosion boundary was not very large.
“The black murderer!” “The murderer!” “I cannot forgive!” “I cannot forgive!” “I cannot forgive!” A school of thought so strong that it can be felt
even on earth. The owner of the message, whose vocabulary was poor due to extreme anger, was Od Grad.
It is unclear how much damage he and his subordinates suffered, but it is presumed that they suffered quite a bit.
Adhai and Nel Germa, whom I had previously told them about, hurriedly escaped the explosion radius as soon as they felt the vibrations in their bodies, but they did not.
[Zuz zuzuzu zuzu zuzu (Now I’m going to hide and run away. Please help me)]
“Yes. “Your little one is in pain, so I’ll help you!”
Due to the impact of the fall, the bones in my wings and arms were pulverized and part of the carapace of my head was broken. Fortunately, No. 26 and PS-111 were not hurt in the slightest because they were in my arms.
Number 26 came out, inflated his body, and used his psychic power to launch me low. And he followed my instructions and started digging a tunnel with Demon Crash.
[Zuzzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzu Zuzu Zuzuzuzuzu Zuzuzu (I’ll pick up the bodies on the way. PS-111 can help me with this)] “I understand.
”
There are many corpses of Gallagons around here that fell while fighting us. Taking care of at least some of these can help Aadhai grow.
PS-111 heard my command and started to move, but suddenly stopped.
“I have something to tell you.”
[Zuzu (What is it?)]
“I have been modified to a level where there will be no major problems even if I descend from the atmosphere. “What did you mean by what you just did?”
After hearing what he said, I couldn’t think of anything to say. Because it was a fact I didn’t know.
‘Wait a minute, I think I heard that sometime ago…’
I was silent because I had nothing to say, so number 26 answered for me.
“The eldest child helped my friend because I was afraid he might get hurt! Because friends are the eldest baby’s family. “Is
that so? ”
Actually, I did it without knowing, but there is no need to say no. As I quietly kept my mouth shut, PS-111 bowed its head to me and expressed its gratitude.
“Thank you Amov for your consideration.”
[Z(Yes)]
After that, we hid in the tunnel made by No. 26 to avoid the eyes of the enemies.
Od Grad became angry and cursed me and fired his psychic breath at the forest. It didn’t seem like it would stop until it caught and killed us all, but surprisingly, its offensive ended quickly.
This is because his men hurriedly returned in the direction they came from, as if something had gone wrong with the nest.
“Black Slayer!” “I swear in the name of the great Od Grad.” “You will surely die by my hands!” With
that thought wave, he also disappeared along with his subordinates.
‘Is this what Heavenly Mother did?’
Like PS-111, who ran after seeing God’s whip, she may have realized that I was in danger and launched a diversionary operation.
‘She’ll be fine.’
It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t worried, but she’s a ranker like me. I’m sure she’ll get out safely.
That’s how the first match against the Black Dragon ended.
This time it ended in a draw, but next time it will be different.
The next time we meet again, he will die by my hands.