I Became an Evolving Space Monster Chapter 72

Ep. 72

‘Be scared. scared.’

The enemies fired plasma bolters indiscriminately, but because they were underwater, no one hit them properly.

I safely escaped the barrage of plasma bullets and pulled the knight back while retrieving the vampire tentacle.

“…Tsk!”

The knight caught by the tentacle pulled out his blade claw with his left arm in an attempt to resist somehow.

‘That doesn’t work.’

Those sharp claws on the back of my hand would cut even my strengthened tentacles into pieces.

My vampire tentacles responded to my will and dug into the enemy’s shattered armor.

“Ahh!”

Tentacles with teeth as sharp as saw blades protruded from the inner surface, entered the armor and tore through the opponent’s body.

The knight writhed in pain as he felt like his arm was being sawed off.

‘Maybe if I drink some water I’ll calm down.’

Because of the assault pack, the knight is supplied with oxygen through a helmet connected to the pack even when underwater.

I pulled the knight closer and removed his helmet with my fighting arms.

Moderately long blonde hair flowed from inside the helmet.

‘What is it, a girl?’

Of course I thought it was a man, but it was a woman. Perhaps thanks to genetic modification, his appearance is quite outstanding.

“shit…!”

The female knight’s expression was distorted due to extreme pain.

‘There were many Megacorp players trying to hire female mercenaries in the game.’

The names and appearances of the knights provided as a perk to the Edgerton family are determined randomly.

Sometimes a burly, muscular black man appears, and sometimes a blond white woman, like the knight in front of me, appears.

So, there were quite a few Megacorp players who wanted to form mercenaries with pretty knights.

There were even strategies posted on the community about how to select only beautiful girl knights.

‘I liked Aimov better, though.’

Of course, I am also an ordinary man, so I felt attracted to a beautiful woman.

But now, perhaps because my body was like this, I didn’t feel any special emotions when I looked at the beautiful woman’s face.

‘Anyway, live here.’

As I was looking at her, an interesting thought occurred to me.

If you are a woman, there is room for you to use it.

I opened my mouth and gently bit the back of her neck.

“Ugh?!”

She is fed up.

Since I asked gently, I don’t think he did it because he was in pain. It’s probably due to a physiological aversion to Aimorphs or something like that.

Her expression quickly cleared as if the neurotoxin in my saliva was taking effect. You probably won’t even feel the pain of the severed arm.

After confirming that she was paralyzed, I put the helmet I had removed earlier on her.

‘To connect with the Assault Pack… Oh, it’s here.’

When the tubes on his neck and shoulders were connected, light came back from his helmet. Now that the power is back, the scout chip inside the helmet will work again.

‘You are bait.’

In my experience, female colleagues are perfect as bait. Because most people react more sensitively to women dying than men.

I’ll have to experiment to see if there will actually be a gentleman rushing to save a woman even in the space age.

–

‘Was the signal a decoy?’

Yanek rechecked the signal.

The signal that was 30 meters away before they came here was quickly moving away again.

‘There are other creatures here?’

He thought for a moment and then shook his head.

‘no. It is unlikely that a wild animal would follow his intentions this well. It is more likely to assume that it has the ability to divide.’

Organisms that divide their bodies are rare, but they do exist.

‘Split the body using the splitting ability and insert a signal chip to disrupt it. He’s a strategist.’

He is also a very talented strategist.

Yanek decided it was necessary to broaden his estimate of Nome.

‘The ability to breathe fire, shoot thorns, invisibility, fragmentation, and high intelligence. Indeed, it is worthy of Your Majesty’s wishes.’

Yanek, who has hunted over hundreds of beasts, has never seen a creature with such diverse abilities.

Even with existing Hulk mutant production technology, it is impossible to incorporate such different types of characteristics into one body.

Although it is said that the genetically modified humans of the Eugene family have various characteristics, no matter how much you look at their appearance, they do not look like humans.

‘When I saw it earlier, its external characteristic was that of a snake.’

The reason I didn’t use the invisibility ability that was used in hospitals and stations was probably because this place had a lot of water flowing through it.

“Chief Yanek! Catherine’s vital signs are still valid!”

“what?”

In response to what one of the members shouted, Yanek operated the terminal on his wrist.

Soon, the vital signs of Team 4 members and the view camera screen of their missing colleague Catherine were displayed on the inside of the helmet’s visor.

‘Still alive?’

Catherine’s signal, though weak, was still alive. Looking at her vision, I guessed that she was leaning against a wall somewhere in the passage.

“Captain Catherine is not dead yet. “If you don’t get it quickly, it might be too late.”

“….”

Yanek was silent at the member’s words.

‘trap.’

This is a guy who even carries out a distraction operation using a signal.

It was reasonable to assume that there was some plan.

“This guy is very intelligent. “There’s no way they would have left the injured person alone for no reason.”

“Catherine might have resisted, right? “If you use a blade cutter with your physical abilities enhanced by the Assault Pack, you can easily cut down its body.”

That was true.

Those who entered the sewer did not come in without any information about the monster.

Based on various types of information, including the armament level of comrades who died fighting the monster at the hospital and the station, and traces left on the battlefield, the Silver Lion Knights currently knew the level of the monster’s defense power.

As a result of a computer simulation of the collected information, it was concluded that its outer shell could not withstand the blade cutter wielded by a knight whose physical abilities had been enhanced by the Assault Pack effect.

“Captain. We came here to secretly capture him. If you’re late and run into the National Guard, things get messy. “There is no time for further hesitation.”

That is correct.

The enemy is much more intelligent than expected, which is a headache, and if the National Guard also gets involved, the situation will become much more complicated.

As the member said, we need to deal with this guy as quickly as possible. In the process, he also saves his colleagues.

“i get it. Report it to Jacob right away…”

The moment he picked up the communicator, something came flying from the back of the passage.

It was thin and long and was plugged directly into the communication device Yanek was holding.

‘Thorn needle!’

As his eyes turned to the back of the passage, the auto plasma gun on his shoulder activated. Green energy bullets flew out, lighting up the passage.

In that brief moment, something like a snake was seen hiding beneath the surface of the water. The black shadow that briefly appeared on the water soon disappeared beyond the passage.

“Captain!”

“I’m fine.”

The clever guy tried to catch the moment when he became distracted while holding the communicator.

‘shit!’

Yanek carefully rummaged through the broken remains of the communicator in his hands.

‘If only the chip wasn’t broken!’

Fortunately, the communicator chip itself remained intact.

‘Whew, I’m glad it wasn’t broken.’

He inserted the communication chip into the terminal on his wrist.

Soon, the ability to send files and messages was activated on the terminal. Yanek sent Jacob a short warning message along with the data recorded on his camera.

‘If this happens, there will be evidence left…’

Since we were carrying out a secret operation, we were deliberately using a communication device connected to an independent communication network.

When data is transmitted through a terminal, it unconditionally goes through the Defense Fleet’s communication network. Unless they’re idiots, they’re sure to question the fact that they’ve carried out a secret mission.

‘There’s nothing we can do because it’s far above the enemy’s expected level.’

I have no choice but to believe that their owner, Denver, will somehow make it up to them.

“Then I will move.”

Yanek, who safely delivered the information to Jacob, set off again with his men.

The steel warriors led their massive bodies and raced through the passage.

Even the old objects that filled half of the passage could not stop the charge of 18 knights who were well over 2 meters tall.

Is it because of their anger, or is it because of their bodies that have become stronger due to the effects of the assault pack and reinforced suit? As they walked, the hard floor of the sewer passage caved in.

“15 meters to Catherine.”

“Everyone slow down and be aware of your surroundings.”

As Catherine’s location neared, the knights slowed down.

The knights, who were on extremely high alert, looked closely at their surroundings. The auto plasma gun also worked diligently so that it could fire at any time at the target designated by the owner.

“I don’t think he’s around here.”

Apart from the current, no other movement was detected.

As Yanek nodded, two of the members approached Catherine.

She had only her upper body above the water and had her head down.

It looked like he was dead, but we could tell because all the technicians were constantly checking his vital signs.

she is still alive

“Hey Catherine. are you okay?”

“….”

One of the members walked up to her, grabbed her left shoulder and shook it. Then she made a mumbling sound.

“what?”

“…!”

Her voice heard from inside the helmet. I wanted to scream loudly, but it felt like something was suppressing me and I couldn’t speak.

“danger? “It’s dangerous?”

The moment he muttered, two red tentacles appeared on the other side of her, that is, behind the knights.

“Huh?!”

“100 million!”

The tentacle strongly struck the necks of the two knights in the back row.

No matter how protected you are with reinforced clothing, the neck is a vulnerable area for humans.

I was hit directly in the neck by a tentacle as thick as the thigh of an average adult male, but there was no way I was going to be okay. The necks of the two knights were moved from their original position and bent in a strange direction.

“It’s the enemy!”

With Yanek’s shout, the knights’ gaze turned to the rear at once. A green energy bullet was fired from the auto plasma gun and hit one of the tentacles.

Half of the tentacle hit by the plasma bullet fell off. Meanwhile, the other one hid under the water.

“Kill him!”

The knights aimed their bolters in the direction where the tentacles were.

But its attack is not over yet.

When the knights’ gaze was directed to the rear, the main body of the tentacle came out from hiding under Catherine’s feet.

The real targets of “it” were the two knights who came close to check on Catherine’s condition.

“uh?”

A knight mumbling stupidly.

When he turned his head, he saw small white blades and darkness in front of him. Thick darkness swallowed his head whole.

“What the…billion?!”

When the knight saw that “it” had chewed off the entire head of his comrade next to him in an instant, he hurriedly tried to swing his blade claw.

He would have successfully decapitated the monster if something hadn’t caught his leg.

The knight’s posture suddenly deteriorated, but he was a veteran of veterans.

In addition, because he was receiving the strengthening effect of the Assault Pack, he was able to change the direction of the claw even while his posture was broken.

Thanks to this, his blade claw succeeded in cutting off the monster’s shoulder. Blood spurted from the monster’s wound and splashed onto his helmet.

The monster also opened its mouth wide, biting into its comrade’s head, as if the attack was painful.

｢Grrrrr!｣

“Success… 100 million?”

It was good up to that point, but what happened next wasn’t even predicted by the article.

The blood-stained helmet began to rapidly melt.

“Huh?!”

“He’s around! “You can’t take off your helmet!”

It was obvious that if he left it on, his head would also melt, so the knight quickly took off his helmet.

Yanek, who belatedly found out that the main body of the thing was hiding in the front rather than the rear, saw it and shouted.

But his warning was too late.

The tail of “it” that had caught the knight’s leg stuck out of the water and pierced the back of his head.

“Ugh.”

A knight with a hole in his head fell down.

“shit! Its body is behind you! “Start shooting!”

Yanek and the knights hurriedly fired bolters. Several bullets hit “it”’s head, but it didn’t care and ran across the passage.

“One person stays to protect the injured! Everyone else, follow me!”

13 knights chased after the monster at high speed.

Its movements were still fast, but the hit on its head was quite fatal, so it was barely able to increase the distance between it and the knights.

Yanek gritted his teeth as he fired bolts and auto plasma guns at the guy who was getting closer little by little.

‘I judged wrong! I should have just stood by and called for reinforcements!’

Four people died in less than a few minutes. In addition, one person was injured.

I did injure him too, but no matter how I think about it, the damage on this side is much greater.

“It’s moving through a narrow passage!”

“Looking at the map, the end of the passage is blocked.”

“good!”

The good news is that the monster was embarrassed.

The guy was so flustered that he pushed himself into a dead end, perhaps because he wasn’t used to injuries.

‘Well, there’s no way such a smart monster is used to injuries.’

Creatures that are born strong are accustomed to trampling on others, but they are not accustomed to being hurt themselves.

This was the case with all of the powerful dangerous creatures that the Silver Lion Knights faced. They inflicted great damage on the Knights, but were eventually subjugated due to the small damage they inflicted.

And the spoils obtained from the beasts are flowing inside their bodies.

‘Now is your chance.’

If you subdue him while he is out of his mind, you won’t cause any more damage.

With that promise, Yanek and the knights entered the narrow passage.

–

‘Wow, it hurts so much.’

I looked at the wounds on my body.

Thanks to the regenerative effect, the outer layer of the head has almost recovered, but the injury on the shoulder has not yet completely healed.

Additionally, about half of the vampire tentacle on his left arm was torn off, so it took a considerable amount of time to recover.

‘It’s difficult unless it’s clearly a symbol of hunting.’

Although my shell was strong, it was difficult to block blade cutters or plasma attacks.

‘Are complete organic characteristics alone insufficient?’

The shell is twice as strong due to the combination of the physical strengthening type and the full organic effect, but it still has many shortcomings.

‘There was also an attempt to intentionally distract us.’

It is true that the plasma attack was attacked by relying on the outer shell of the head, but being hit by the blade claw was unexpected. It hurt more than I thought, so much so that I screamed without even realizing it.

‘There are many enemies to fight in the future, so I’ll have to be more careful.’

Anyway, it’s almost over now.

Now I’m at the end of a narrow passageway barely wide enough for my body to fit in.

Even if I don’t focus on the auxiliary organs, I can hear the sound of enemies chasing me into the passage.

‘I’m angry.’

Seeing the water shaking violently, the enemies must have been quite angry.

‘It’s dangerous to lose one’s mind during battle.’

I took a position half-submerged in the water.

This narrow passage is truly a single road.

Enemies that are well over 2m will have to stand in two rows at best, otherwise they will move in the passage in one row.

That means that even if a powerful ranged attack is made here, there is no place to take cover.

‘A superpower-enhanced type and a complete organism that enhances the type’s effects.’

Psychic breath fired by the monster’s tentacles that received synergy from these two.

How strong is it?

‘Let’s try an experiment.’

When I first got the Super Strength Enhanced type, I knew it instinctively.

Thanks to the type, the limit of psychic breath has been increased, allowing it to be fired up to 2 times.

‘Originally, I would lose my mind after using it once.’

Not now.

Seeing that the current was getting stronger, there was only a short distance left between them.

‘There have been enough enemies.’

You have to time it as best as you can in case they turn their backs and run away. Even if you can use it up to twice, you can’t waste the precious psychic breath ability in vain.

“10m distance from him.”

I hear the enemy’s voice. In the darkness, the outline of the leading knight is visible.

I turned towards the outside of the passage and activated the monster’s tentacles.

A bunch of purple tentacles came out from the back of my head, trembling and moving.

Long, thick purple tentacles all headed towards the front of my head to show the dragon’s power.

“I see him… Wait a minute! “Something is strange!”

“Is this? They’re all shield bows…!”

One of the knights, who appears to be a commander, shouts urgently.

It’s not a bad decision, but can the shield really stop this?

An enormous amount of psychic power, the likes of which I have not seen since I became an Amorph, is concentrated in front of my head.

The dirty waste inside the narrow passage cannot withstand the energy and boils over.

Before, I felt like all the life force in my body and mental power in my head was being sucked out, but now it wasn’t that bad.