I Became an Evolving Space Monster

Episode 318 – Side Story: Monster’s Dream

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Space Dog, a marauder living in a barren space.

This pirate group, made up of orphans, fugitives, slaves, war criminals, and mercenaries, has no family, no property, and no place to live. They just survive each day with the goods they looted that day.

However, some groups also thought about something called ‘the future’. The pirates who survived for a long time developed a long-term plan to maintain their cartel using the wealth they had accumulated through plunder.

The path they chose was to be incorporated into the order created by the three powers of the Megacorp Star Union Cult Empire.

At a time when the spheres of influence of the great powers were solidified, the presence of pirates who captured slaves and rare creatures without worrying about territory was like scratching an itchy back. The gray area between legal and illegal was Space Dog’s new stage.

For example, human trafficking, selling prisoners captured from plundered ships as slaves or experimental guinea pigs, was also one of the cartel’s sources of money.

Among pirates whose main business is human trafficking, the two most notorious groups are:

The Humanity Cartel and the Satua Cartel.

They did not stop at simply plundering and kidnapping, but they even took over a planet and sold off all the natives. This was possible because both were under the protection of the cult empire.

Which of the two is more evil and scary is the Satua Cartel. This is because Humanity is a new cartel that has not been in existence for a long time, so its notoriety is relatively unknown.

On the other hand, the Satua Cartel is a historic cartel that has been in operation for over 40 years. Their power is so large that it can be called a warlord on the edge of space. The number of ships and personnel it possesses surpasses that of other cartels.

Moreover, they also targeted fellow pirates for human trafficking. Because of this, even among the Space Dog Cartel, Satua was treated as an extremely hateful group.

Of course, there are not many cartels that can compete with Satua, and even if there are, the large cartels already maintain a close relationship with Satua.

Satua Cartel, one of the space dogs that has begun preparing for the future.

It seemed that there was no one in this universe who could threaten them, who were protected by great powers and helped by large cartels.

Unless ‘they’ appeared on the planet where Satua’s headquarters is located.

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‘Fuck shit shit shit!’

The deputy leader of the Satua Cartel, hiding in the mud, was constantly swearing under his breath.

He doesn’t know when or where this disaster began.

There was a loss of contact with ships that had come to visit the slave market, a loss of contact with camps in the forest, a delay in the return of colleagues who had left to restore communications, and an unidentified infectious disease that suddenly spread. Which of these is the cause?

No, maybe it’s all the cause.

It doesn’t matter anyway.

What is clear is that the Satua Cartel, with its long history, has come to an end.

“Gigigigigig!”

“Aaaah!”

“Kwaagyagagagak!”

A distant scream, the roar of an unknown being, and the sound of gunshots were all mixed together in a chaotic manner, hovering overhead.

Sounds that could never have been heard until yesterday. That’s coming from the cartel’s main camp. His colleagues are being brutally slaughtered by mysterious beings.

‘What on earth are you saying that we did wrong?’

The vice minister has committed numerous plunders and crimes. I was tired of hearing the victims cry.

But I never thought I did anything wrong.

Isn’t that the way things are in the world? It is a law of nature that the strong prey on the weak. He and his subordinates simply followed the law faithfully.

While he was blaming the culprit for causing this situation, the noise coming from afar gradually quieted down.

“….”

After a while the surroundings became quiet, he carefully raised his head from the mud.

The forest, which had been shining with sunlight when I fled, was now slowly becoming dark.

From afar, the sound of an animal can be heard. The assistant chief moved very slowly, as if he were sniping.

Plump. The sounds of wings flapping are mixed with the sounds of animals chirping. Ignoring the sound that penetrated his ears, he eagerly crawled on the floor. There is a fighter jet inside the forest. The urgent priority is to ride it and get out of here.

Plump. The low-pitched crying sound becomes louder. Is it because it moves without making a sound? That sound in particular started to bother me.

‘What kind of bastard…’

While he was swearing in his head, it suddenly occurred to him that that sound was familiar.

Because it’s an animal that lives in this forest? no. He heard that sound recently.

To be specific, I stopped by right before the camp was reduced to ashes.

Thump thump.

The moment I thought that, the sound got closer. The assistant chief quickly stood up.

The distance from ‘it’ is less than 10m. He tried to run to where the fighter jet was at once.

“!”

I feel pain in my ankle and my body suddenly leans forward. As soon as he got up, he fell forward again and looked down at his ankles.

“Hee hee?!”

Pink tentacles sticking out from between the bushes tightly entangled his legs. And then the owner of the tentacle appeared in front of him, bouncing his body.

“Now sleep…!”

His words could not continue until the end.

‘It’, which looked like a pink ball, swelled greatly and attacked him.

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｢Me｣｢I was trying to catch you｣｢Little Adult｣｢I took it｣

｢No! I aimed first!」

「Me」 「Ugly dwarf」 「I saw you running away」

「I didn’t know where you went. I thought so. That’s why I caught it first!”

No. 26’s point was correct.

Aadhai lost sight of the ugly dwarf because he turned his attention to another fugitive. On the other hand, Little Adult No. 26 continued to track the initially selected target.

Thanks to this, the fleeing pirate dock was shattered to the point where its original appearance was unrecognizable.

｢Adult｣｢Concession｣｢Important｣｢Little Adult｣｢Greedy｣

“The big baby said that what he caught was for him to eat.”

｢That.｣｢Admit it｣

In the end, when the story of the big baby came up, Aadhai gave up.

The male she loved fell asleep in a safe place. As I had done many times before, I went into a long sleep to allow my body to grow.

After the adults finished growing, they always searched for food. Aadhai’s behavior was also motivated by the hope that his loved one would not starve.

And this was the same as No. 26’s feelings.

｢Big Adult｣｢After finishing｣｢Food｣｢I want to give you a gift｣

｢If you catch other food, take it.｣

｢Really?｣

｢Let’s eat this and go find it together.｣

｢Agree｣

After a long time, the two had the same thoughts and decided to chase after the other fugitive. . Number 26 stretched out its tentacles to digest the prey it had captured in one bite.

“Huh?”

While sweeping the pieces of meat into his body, No. 26 felt a strange texture. This is because there was something in the corpse that I had never seen before.

｢What is it?｣

｢Little Adult｣｢If you finished eating｣｢Let’s go｣

｢Okay.｣

I don’t know what it was, but it looked fun, so No. 26 packed his things.

After that, several short screams rang out from the forest. Gallagon and Sea Demon, the creators of the scream, returned to the burning camp at night.

“Are you here?”

PS-111, who had piled up the corpses in the center of the camp and collected the necessary genetic and biological data, welcomed them.

“Where can I put this?”

“You can leave it inside the building over there.”

｢Where did the middle child go?｣

“We are guarding ‘Amorph’ inside. “Why are you doing this?”

｢I have something to ask.｣

｢Little Adult｣｢Strange Object｣｢I Found it｣

“Strange Object?”

Number 26 took out the object wrapped with its tentacles. PS-111 extended its clawed legs and carefully accepted the object.

“Do you know what it is?”

“It’s a type of cult-style pad-type terminal. However, considering that it looks different from the existing model and that remnants of psychic power are detected, it is confirmed to be an improved model for a special purpose.”

｢That｣｢Do you mean you don’t know?｣

“I never said I didn’t know that it was different from the stored information.”

｢Thank you all for your hard work.｣

｢You baby!｣

While everyone was talking about the items brought by No. 26, a griffon beastman came out from a large warehouse inside the camp.

“huh? “What is that?”

“It’s a pad-type terminal brought by the main controller.”

｢I brought it back after scolding the human.｣

｢Little Adult｣｢Ugly Dwarf｣｢Hunting｣｢Success｣｢Roots｣｢I took it｣

｢By ugly dwarf, you mean Wolff dock, right? It looks like something was stolen from him. “Would you like to give it to me for a moment?”

Sky’s mother accepted the terminal with her amber eyes shining. And, like PS-111, she was a little taken aback by the appearance of the terminal.

“It looks a bit unusual?”

“I presume it is an improved model for a special purpose.”

“It’s for a special purpose.”

She looked around the pad carefully and called number 26.

“Wait a moment, put some energy here. “Don’t put in a lot, just a little bit.”

“Yes. “I’ll try.”

No. 26’s tentacle touched the pad held by Heaven’s Mother. The moment the tentacle color turned slightly purple, the pad was activated.

“As expected.”

After seeing the pad in action, Gryphon Wolf let out a brief exclamation.

“What is that?”

“It’s a tool to teach non-cult races how to use psychic power. To use an analogy, could it be said to be a Braille book read with supernatural powers?”

“Is there such a thing?”

“I too… I only heard about it, but I didn’t know it really existed.”

Sky’s mother, who was almost talking about something in the game, cleared her throat once and operated the pad.

Then everyone there reacted. This is because psychic power suddenly created large images in front of his eyes.

｢What is it?｣｢What is it?｣｢Strange!｣

“A small amount of psychic power is distorting my sense organs.”

“what’s this? I feel like something is at a loss! Amazing!」

No. 26 and Adhai, the best psychic power users, showed the most extreme reactions. Sky Mother and PS-111, who had relatively less psychic abilities than the other two, only trembled slightly.

“When activated, an image realized with psychic power is projected according to the given theme, just like now. Now this… hmm, it’s like a cult fairy tale?”

As she said, anyone with the potential for superpowers can feel the image created by the pad. The more sensitive a being is to psychic power, the more it is possible to feel much more detail than just what is seen.

Now they were not in the middle of a ruined pirate camp, but inside a luxuriously decorated palace.

“When compared with the stored information, it matches 55% with the internal structure of the villa usually used by the cult emperor.”

｢Villa Palace?｣

“The record stored on that pad appears to be ‘The Legend of the Pirate King who assassinated a tyrant.’ “This is the story of how the emperor of the empire became mad and committed tyranny, and the brave pirate king and heroes condemned him.”

“Hmm, there was a fairy tale like that. First time hearing this…huh?”

The Mother of Heaven, who was listening to PS-111’s explanation and appreciating the fantasy, stopped when she saw the group that suddenly appeared.

The new characters that appeared were a mixture of humans, Wolf Cult, Cyborgs, and all other races. It was okay up to that point, but the problem was their gender and clothing.

｢What is this?!｣

｢Wow! They are new humans!”

“Dwarves” “Types” “Many”

“There are various races, but it is judged that all genders are the same.”

｢I know!｣

The clothes of the newly revealed women were all far removed from the palace setting. This is because they were wearing clothes that were so provocative that not even those rolling around in the entertainment district would wear them.

‘I’m crazy! ‘This is a pornographic video!’

It was only after the women, wearing things that were embarrassing to call clothes, climbed onto the bed that Heavenly Mother realized the true nature of the contents of the pad.

It was a kind of adult work based on the legend of a tyrant. A virtual reality adult product realized with superpowers.

Even in her hometown, sexual factors were very conservative, so there was no way she didn’t know about it. In the first place, the virtual reality game she enjoyed couldn’t pass the review because of that.

“and! Humans are exchanging food with tentacles!”

“Food?” “I can’t see.”

“They’re putting it into the body with tentacles. That’s where they feed you!”

“That’s” “Tentacle” “It’s not a tentacle.”

“That’s confirmed to be a body part with a special purpose. But putting that part on that part is inefficient.”

After hearing the conversation between the three monsters, Heavenly Mother came to her senses.

To her, who has a weak ability to control psychic power, it is simply a visible image, but not to them. You will be able to not only see the psychic creatures Gallagon and Sea Demon, but also feel as if they are actually in that space.

So she immediately turned off the pad.

“what? Suddenly, the feeling disappeared.」

｢middle adult｣｢thing｣｢broken｣

｢…it’s not broken, but you haven’t heard it yet.｣

｢?｣｢me｣｢pack｣｢head｣｣｢enough｣｢adult｣

｢ I’m an adult too. “I want to see more.”

I thoughtlessly said no because I was young, but it didn’t work. When No. 26 and Adhai protested, the Mother of Heaven hid the pad behind her back.

“Oh, that’s…even adults shouldn’t look at it.”

“It’s my stuff.” It’s mine, so I’ll do whatever I want!”

“Agree” “Thing” “Little Adult” “Thing”

“I agree. This is biologically interesting material. “I demand that the pad be reactivated.”

｢….｣

When PS-111 joined in, she had nothing to say.

In fact, since the species themselves are different, it is unlikely that any problem will arise just because you know the contents of the pad. She also recognizes that fact.

However, the reason she acts like this is because the creatures in front of her are far from ordinary wild animals. Those with intelligence greater than that of a human will quickly realize what kind of knowledge this pad provides.

Also, what can be done using this ‘knowledge’.

‘…It’s none of my business.’

It’s clear who they want to be with. They want to form a deeper relationship with Amorph, who is preparing for a new evolution.

No. 26 It is Amov who decides what to do with his relationship with Adhaj. As a third party, there is no reason for her to interfere. Actually, I thought so when something similar to this happened in the past.

But is it because she treats them like her children that she acts like this now? Or is it because of another emotion that she doesn’t know about?

‘No matter what, distorted images like this are not good!’

I couldn’t give a clear reason myself, but that didn’t mean I could leave like this. There is no way to know what effect ‘hardcore adult content involving many people’ will have on intelligent beasts, so we must stop it somehow.

She eventually came up with the universal answer.

｢Oh, the older kid probably hates it too.｣

｢Adult?｣｢Why?｣

｢Why? “It’s fun.”

“My older child doesn’t like this kind of thing.” So, PS-111.”

She handed the terminal over to PS-111 before the kids could ask any more questions.

“Except all the important data and dispose of the rest. “Do you remember what Aimoff told you about what to look for?”

“You mean information about the pirates’ auction? All right.”

As the Mother of Heaven took an unusually strong stance, the issue regarding pads was buried.

Adhai, who had been quite interested in the content, soon lost interest and went to the building where the food was stored. The Mother of Heaven seemed to be embarrassed to remain there, so she left the place before we knew it.

PS-111, at the request of Amov and Heavenly Mother, conducted an analysis of the contents of the pad. I was trying to check by connecting the cable to the pad when number 26 approached.

“Friend.”

“Yes.”

“I want to see what’s in there.”

“‘Middle Baby’ said that ‘Amorph’ hates it. “Is it okay to accept Eimoff’s resentment?”

“I don’t want my big baby to be angry! “What I want is something else.”

“Something else?”

“huh. “Wouldn’t it be helpful in the future if I study what my eldest child doesn’t like?”

PS-111 paused at No. 26’s wave.

“My eldest child is the head of the family, so she is the strongest, but if stronger bad kids show up, I have to help her.”

“That certainly makes sense.”

“So you have to study. “Something the older one doesn’t like.”

PS-111 nodded as he saw the pink jellyfish speaking coherently.

“The main controller’s opinion has been received. “I will make a copy so you can check the contents of the terminal.”

“I don’t know what you mean.”

“It means that I will do you a favor.”

“and! “Thank you!”

“Instead, I am also interested in the contents. Let’s study together.”

“Sounds fun!”

It was a very different ending than Heavenly Mother expected, but she didn’t know.

However, the ending she fears will never happen.

Until coming to this planet, No. 26’s dream had never changed.

It was her dream to lead her people and family to greater happiness and prosperity.

And that family includes everyone she loves.

She will learn anything to share happiness with her family.