I Became an Evolving Space Monster

Episode 311 – Monster Hunting (2)

‘It’s going well.’

The surprise attack a little while ago was quite successful.

This is because one of the Eye of Revelation priests who was in charge of command was eliminated.

Those who were preparing for battle in the cave didn’t seem to know, but there was another secret passage beneath their feet. It is a small side road used by the slow-moving No. 26.

I waited until the guy who confused the enemies by imitating his voice escaped through the passage and then attacked them.

The human beings who received my call went into battle for the first time in a long time. Many of the enemies I’ve fought so far were immune to the paralyzing sound waves of the worms. As a result, there were few opportunities to be active other than to acquire information, but not today.

Enemies who did not expect an attack using sound were hit by the sound waves and were incapacitated. Even priests.

They urgently used psychic techniques to remove the paralysis, but it was already too late. One of them was hit by the acid breath fired by the central head and disappeared without a trace.

Immediately after achieving my goal, I retrieved the Inmyeonchung and ran away.

The priests, who had lost a comrade in an instant, ran wild, but there was nothing they could do but scream. Apart from anger, I don’t know what kind of traps there might be in this basement, so I can’t move quickly.

I retreated without any restraint and put my three heads on the floor. Auxiliary organs attached under the chin collected what was happening above the underground passages.

Since it has three heads, the performance of auxiliary organs has also improved by more than three times. Thanks to this, it was possible to easily observe the movements of enemies without having to build a nest.

‘Arranging the battle line.’

The enemies in the cavity did not move. Instead, a new movement was felt from the center.

Unless they are idiots, they must have gained information during the five raids. Prepare accordingly.

‘okay. ‘You’re doing great.’

Do they know that their actions were what I intended?

There are two main goals I need to achieve in this fight.

The first is to buy time.

To infiltrate the ‘Water Fortress’, you must transform into a ‘clever weakling’, but the cooldown is not over. You have to wait at least 2 more days.

After the parasite was discovered, I prepared several things to ensure a long-term battle with the enemy. Dozens of large and small caves drilled underground are also part of the preparations.

If it were a normal planet, it would have ended with the use of an imperial mother ship, but this is Berzan 02. There are several cities on the ground above your head. If you want to catch me, you’ll eventually have to enter the underground passage.

Also, apart from the fact that this is a cult planet, they are not used to fighting underground.

Except for the Eye of Revelation priests who deal with the cult, most people have probably never fought underground. Priests also fight much better when they are above ground rather than underground.

So, I prepared a battlefield with a complex structure so that it could take a long time. Before they built a siege network, No. 26 and I worked diligently to build it.

The maze spread out like an anthill, and in addition to passages that I can walk through, there are also many tunnels that Adhaya or a shrunk No. 26 can wander through. When I guide the enemies to a specific point, the kids carry out guerrilla warfare.

To be honest, it’s not difficult to annihilate the enemies here right away. This is also possible with No. 26 and Aadhai, who have been transplanted with my characteristics. Or, you can just sprinkle ‘colors of the abyss’ on top of the nest like you did before.

Instead, the reason for putting in this effort is related to the second goal.

‘Providing misinformation to the real enemy.’

The key to playing Aimorph in the game lies in the characteristics he possesses. Using a huge number of characteristics at the right time and place to inflict unpredictable attacks on the enemy. That’s Amov’s basic strategy.

In other words, if the other person knows what characteristics you have, the effect is halved. All the enemy needs to do is catch the weakness of my characteristics and prepare for it.

Therefore, Aimorph must hide his characteristics and think of new ways to use them every time. Otherwise, no matter how strong your characteristics are, you will inevitably be left out.

To return to the topic, the cult group that is confronting me right now is not, strictly speaking, my enemy. It is safe to say that it was a scouting party sent by my ‘true enemy’.

The cult ranker hiding somewhere up there is probably diligently analyzing it. I will be carefully examining things like what stage of evolution I am in and what characteristics I have.

Even though he knew that, the reason why he did not hide his characteristics and exposed them at every opportunity was no different.

This is to hide really important weapons and provide false information.

At this point, the most powerful weapons I have are two. These are the characteristics I gained through the people who help me and the transcendental system.

The first of these is something that anyone who knows me in the game would never believe.

No one I’ve ever met thought that the guys I was with had free will and followed me. Cynthia, who last fought with me, also thought of No. 26 only as a pet.

Even my heavenly mother said it was a miracle that I could walk around with other living creatures.

The same goes for the mysterious ranker fighting me in Berzan 02. He doesn’t know that I have company. Even if they knew, they would think they were under my control and would not know that they had become powerful enough to hunt rankers on their own.

And to hide the fact that I had a colleague, I pretended to have ‘the characteristic of being able to freely change my body.’

For example, No. 26 and Aadhai, who attacked the enemy instead of me, used the characteristics I possessed.

First, Aadhai. The guy actively used the newly implanted special defense-related fusion characteristic, ‘Protection Color’. The effect of protective coloration is to imitate the surrounding environment and hide by staying in one place for a few seconds. This is a useful trait for Aadhai, who is small and moves quickly.

Of course, it is impossible to avoid the detection system with protective color alone, but that is not a big problem as No. 26 can assist. When No. 26, who was hiding in a secret passage, nullified the detection equipment with psychic power, Aadhai came forward.

As he always did, he fought by using ‘Red Armor’ to protect his body and then accelerating and striking the enemy. The enemy was helpless in front of the Gallagon projectile, which never broke.

Next is number 26. He used ‘Mutation Tentacles’ and ‘Mimicking Tentacles’ to clean up the injured.

In the game, the ‘mimetic organ’ was a characteristic that was like my identity. Imitating voices and appearances to lure and kill enemies was something I often did.

There’s no way a ranker wouldn’t know that both protective coloring and mimicry are traits I often use. They probably think it was me who did it.

The enemy will probably think that I have gained the ability to adjust body size or the ability to transform into different forms.

‘It’s not like they don’t have similar characteristics.’

At least it is far from what the enemy imagines. The more these illusions accumulate, the more likely they are to make a fatal mistake.

‘It’s already like that now.’

The enemy ranker made a wrong decision.

If I had fought, I would have used the Imperial Mothership at least by the time we were attacked the second time. However, the enemy does not do this and continues to send troops underground.

It may have been a decision made out of a desire to find out more about my qualifications, but the important thing is that he is belittling me.

In his view, I am in a state of constantly exposing my characteristics and running away. Not having built a nest is a bonus. However, this is not to lure them into a trap. If that were the intention, would the 200 or so cult members who went underground still be alive today?

Any ranker who has fought Aimorph will know what this means.

It’s just that I came to this planet not long ago, so I’m not ready to fight.

Even if I am a notorious opponent, wouldn’t it be worth a try in this condition?

‘You must be thinking so.’

If the enemy looks down on me, I am grateful. Because I didn’t come to this planet to fight them.

I lifted my head off the floor, hoping the enemy would think I was vulnerable.

They are still busy reorganizing. It looks like it will take more than an hour at the shortest.

In the meantime, I also have work to do. If you succeed in this, you can earn quite a long time.

I moved again toward the inside of the wide open passage.

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Watching Alshas working hard to communicate through the communicator, Nern recalled his nightmare.

I have witnessed a similar scene before.

‘Three-headed devil…’

A rare devil who destroyed the imperial carrier and carrier battle group in the holy land Saigil 08.

The monster appeared in the video recorded by the punitive force.

‘It looks different, but it’s definitely a guy.’

The head shape seen at the time taken with the imperial carrier’s camera was quite different from its current appearance. The number of horns has increased now compared to then. Moreover, the size has also been reduced to an incomparable degree.

That guy was hiding with only his head sticking out, but Nern noticed it right away. The fact that the guy’s true identity is his enemy.

Nern told Alshas the truth. Since these were the words of the only person on this planet, or rather this planet, who had seen the monster in person, she immediately took action.

After knowledge managers compared the records related to him with the records of the punitive force, his words turned out to be true. Knowledge managers estimated that it was likely the same entity as the demon that caused the Saigil 08 disaster.

The commanders were in an uproar when they realized that the opponent underground was a three-headed devil.

The good news is that it appears to have weakened. The size was reduced and there was no powerful breath that set the entire carrier group on fire.

If the enemy had the same specs as what they had seen before, those who went underground would have already died.

Alshas pointed out that fact and calmed the commanders. Meanwhile, the Temple Guardians, monster experts, and the fully armed Eye of Revelation Priests were dispatched to request the summons of an imperial carrier stationed on another planet.

Since it was impossible to launch an orbital bombardment on a planet that was one of the top five in the empire, the summons to the imperial carrier was rejected, but all other opinions were accepted.

The elite troops of the Temple Guardians, who have currently received a request for support, are on their way to Berzan 02. The Priests of the Eye of Revelation also dispatched priests with outstanding military power, such as the vice-captain, to the underground. The fully armed priests have already headed to the Avenue of Glory, so they will soon join the punitive force.

Nerne felt fortunate to see Alshas making good use of his position as an advisor, but at the same time felt a very small sense of anxiety.

It is true that the devil has become weaker. However, it is questionable whether it will be really easy to defeat.

For example, it showed its head a total of four times during five raids. Three of them were similar to the monsters Nern had witnessed. The head that used acid breath resembled the head on both sides of the head that shot corroding flesh in the center.

However, the pink hair imitating the cult’s voice felt different. It clearly looked the same as the head in the center, but it felt different. Just like any other living creature.

What if there isn’t one? What if he has helpers or other monster minions?

Currently, whether it is the subjugation force or Alshas, the strategy is focusing only on one three-headed demon. However, if there is not just one but many people, you could face a big disaster.

‘…No, it won’t matter anyway.’

This is Berzan 02. It is impossible for him to survive here, one of the core planets of the Empire. Even if it increases from one to two, it only takes more time. He dies here.

The only regret is that he can’t kill the guy himself.

He wanted to join that punitive force, but Alshas wouldn’t let him go. His favorite junior wanted him to watch his enemy’s death from a safe place.

‘But if there was a chance…’

That was the time when I was thinking about that and pondering my regrets.

A message appeared on the terminal pad on my wrist. His eyes widened greatly when he saw the message.

‘What?’

The person who sent the message was Minseok Eugene, a deacon who served Sihyeon Eugene.

As soon as his owner and Lila Chamberlain saw the video sent by the punitive force, they ran outside.

‘Why on earth?’

It is true that Sihyeon promised to help him get revenge. It is also true that she was given a detailed explanation of the three-headed demon who was seeking vengeance.

However, taking action immediately after seeing the video is a different matter. The thing’s appearance was also very different from what he described.

But what does it mean to move so immediately?

‘no way?’

That was a reaction that only those who knew him well could show. Just like Nern.