253

Ep. 253

The fight started again.

Ships controlled by cyborg androids rush in like a swarm of ants. We each took out all the weapons we had and responded.

When the APD approaches to keep the Gallagons in check, the Screamer support ship managed by PS-111 blocks them. The torpedoes loaded in the ships' guns were fired, blocking the movement of the drones.

The patrol ships move to bypass the torpedo explosion and hit the support ship. The torpedoes aboard the support ship are limited, so it is difficult to fire them carelessly at the patrol ships. As the support ship was in danger, a small aircraft left the hangar.

The Mother of the Sky, transformed into a griffon beast, set out to attract the attention of the patrol ship.

The aircraft itself had ordinary specifications, but the occupants were on a different level. She performed skillful evasive maneuvers and broke through the barrage of torpedoes. In addition, a suppressive fire was fired at the bridge of the patrol ship using the storm gun mounted on the aircraft.

The storm gun alone could not cause significant damage to the patrol ship, but it was enough to draw the attention of enemies. Some of the patrol ships broke away from the camp and chased after the Mother of Heaven.

The piloting skills of aircraft carriers are overwhelming, but the ship specifications of patrol ships are superior. With her back bitten, the aircraft she was on was becoming more and more dangerous, but a savior appeared from somewhere.

The Red Queen with red makeup on her head and wings. It accelerated like a comet and pierced the patrol ships. The surviving patrol ships fired torpedoes, but the Mother of Heaven shot down all the torpedoes with her storm gun.

While the patrol ships are taking their time, the destroyers that have entered effective firing range attempt to fire a salvo.

I first fired my psychic breath at the patrol ships gathered around PS-111 and then flew toward the destroyer.

The destroyers' target changed to me, and a huge amount of torpedoes hit me.

Thanks to the carapace that double and triple protects the body, the pain was not great. It's just annoying to hear the auxiliary organ under my chin ringing from the successive explosions. I moved forward, taking full advantage of the fire.

Tentacles sprouted from my back and grabbed different destroyers. And the tentacles were pulled strongly. Destroyers larger than mine were swayed by their tentacles and collided with each other. Some of them accelerated excessively in an attempt to escape and ended up hitting another destroyer.

The ships located behind me fired torpedoes, but I used the destroyer as a shield to block them. The ships caught in the tentacles exploded and the cyborg crew members were ejected into space.

'It's holding up well.'

Everyone is showing superior combat skills than expected. None of the Gallagons are injured, and PS-111 and Heavenly Mother are fighting well.

Moreover, we were not the only ones fighting the Star Union fleet. I looked at the lights flashing away from the white planet.

A Megacorp battleship led by Sihyeon Eugene's forces. They are also fighting because they have become the target of Star Union's attack.

'Thanks to that side's attention, the burden on this side has been reduced.'

However, it is unclear how long this margin will last.

It may seem like this side has the advantage right now, but in reality, it is not.

There are still a number of ships left over there, and more ships are scheduled to be added. It's a good thing that there is no Grand Commander here at the moment. If he arrives, the situation of the war will be greatly disadvantaged.

'Some kind of breakthrough is needed.'

After the skirmish with the 5th Fleet began, four battleships carrying warpfinders were destroyed. There are still 6 confirmed ones left, and there are also other hidden warp finders.

'It's not easy to destroy it with breath.'

They're not stupid. I only got hit the first few times, but now, as soon as I show signs of releasing my breath, they spread out immediately.

However, rushing in and destroying the ships one by one as has been done so far would take a long time. The ships carrying the warp finder also started running away to avoid me.

I thought as I threw the half-cut destroyers towards the enemies. What other weapons do I have that might be useful against ships?

'The color of the abyss is a pass.'

Psychic Breath strengthened with the 'Color of the Abyss' is specialized in destroying organic matter, and the strengthened 'Watcher of Fear' cannot be effective unless it is a living organism. It is difficult to expect super-powerful reflective armor as the enemy mainly uses torpedoes rather than energy-based weapons.

'Should I go back now and eat the priest's golden spear?'

The priest's golden spear is a weapon that becomes exponentially stronger the more blood it dries. If you prey on it using the 'Predator's Irregular Polyhedron' effect, there is a high possibility that you will gain its unique characteristics.

If so, you will be able to gain tremendous attack power in this battle with large casualties.

'The only problem is that if you do happen to get a serious injury, it becomes difficult to treat it.'

Thanks to the 'Heart of the Dragon', you will never run out of energy, but recovering from injuries is another problem. When you have a wound on your body, you need the 'hands of a predatory leech' to quickly heal it.

If you eat the priest's golden spear, you will have to give up the hands of the predatory leech.

'What's left…'

It bites a nearby battleship with its snout and checks the text box with its eyes.

'The great infectious agent.'

The fourth space monster type characteristic, 'Great Infection', can grant three strengthening effects per type among the infection nest series characteristics.

Because it has not been tested yet, it is unclear how effective the strengthening effect is.

'Then now is the time to experiment.'

I chose 'Gremlin Moss', an infection-related fusion trait, as the reinforcement target.

The property of secreting microorganisms that cause machine malfunctions in my body. The characteristics begin to strengthen.

｢'Gremlin Moss' reinforcement settings have been completed.'

'Are you done?'

Despite the message in the text box, I did not feel any significant changes in my body.

I activated Enhanced Gremlin Moss. Then, a mutation occurred outside the body, not inside.

After acquiring the great infection trait, all the blunt claws on my body disappeared. In the place where the claws were, cylindrical biological pipe-like organs sprouted.

Something is flowing out of a hole in a pipe that has not shown any special effects so far.

It was like smoke flowing from a factory chimney. Thick smog-like things spewed out of the pipe and spread around my body and surroundings.

'This?'

Even when they become adults, they acquire similar characteristics. A pipe-like biological tube appears on its back, and it emits smoke that protects its body. When it becomes an adult, even though it has no special characteristics, its body grows larger and the area it is hit by is larger, which is for protection.

However, what was happening in my body now was on a different level from the effects of the characteristics obtained during the Eucharist.

Widespread clouds of smoke clung to nearby ships. Then all the lights on the ship went out.

The ships that lost their light stopped completely and did not move. Even when I got closer, there was no reaction from the ship.

'It's the effect of spreading gremlin moss!'

The characteristic of temporarily disabling machines that come in contact with the body has been strengthened to the characteristic of 'creating a cloud of smoke that disables machines that come into contact with it.'

'If you have this, it's a different story.'

This is the best characteristic in situations where you are engaged in a melee with an enemy made up of machines. The disappointing thing is that I cannot directly control the movement of the smoke cloud.

I destroyed the stopped ships and flew toward the battleships providing support fire from the rear.

They saw me and fired torpedoes, but it didn't mean much. This is because the torpedoes controlled by high-tech equipment became ineffective as soon as they touched the smoke cloud, or rather the gremlin cloud.

I leisurely dodged the torpedoes floating in space and jumped into a place where ships were gathered. With a cloud of deadly gremlins on a ship of steel.

–

"Ship damage from torpedoes exceeds 25%!"

"Convert the ship maneuver program to Peter Edgerton style and add 5% energy allocation to the thrusters."

"All right!"

"The ship-based D team is annihilated! "Only 5 units remain among Team B!"

"Team B will return, and among the remaining ACEF teams, those with damage to their aircraft will also be brought back sequentially."

"All right! "This is the flagship…"

The crew members moved in perfect order at Sihyeon Eugene's command.

In the center of the situation room, the status of the ship and the Star Union fleet attacking it were printed as 3D holograms.

While his subordinates were busy moving around, Sihyeon watched the hologram with cool eyes.

'It's not an easy fight.'

This flagship's concealment equipment is equipped with Egerton's secret weapon, so it boasts considerable performance, but the other side has brought in superior detection equipment. In addition, many warp finders were brought with them, so it was impossible to hide or run away from here.

'If they die…'

Currently, the Gallagon group and the unidentified ship were able to endure the fight against the enemy's elite fleet number 5, but even that had its limits. If the Gallagons are wiped out, they will be the next target.

'Should I use that?'

My eyes were fixed on the hologram, but my attention was focused on the object placed under the chair.

A legacy left behind by her father, Jungwoo Eugene.

She hasn't used that weapon yet. However, the danger could be seen when obtaining the weapon.

The artifact found inside the super volcano consisted of two parts. An 'Abyss Destroyer' that functions as a weapon and a crystal-type battery that supplies energy. It was a simple structure that allowed energy to be fired by attaching a battery to the weapon, but the problem was the energy.

After she retrieved the battery from the volcano, strange things happened. Communication, which had been down for a while, was soon restored, and we did not encounter any animals while escaping. As if monsters were avoiding her group.

Just by looking at this, it was clear that this weapon had great power.

But there was still one reason for her hesitation. In her interpretation, this weapon sets its killing target based on genetic information.

Cyborgs are humans equipped with machines. Attacking a cyborg is the same as attacking a human. If used incorrectly, the pilots of the aircraft fighting the enemy will also be instantly killed.

If there are no aircraft and there are still enemies, then it's over. That's why Sihyeon had been looking for an opportunity ever since.

Then the subordinate's voice struck her ears.

"This is an emergency report! A large-scale energy concentration has occurred! The Star Union's additional support fleet is preparing for faster-than-light travel!"

"What?!"

Those words brought her to her senses. Deacon Minseok Eugene, who was standing behind her, shouted urgently.

"What is the estimated time of arrival?"

"Estimated within 5 5 minutes!"

There is no time to hesitate anymore. Now a decision had to be made.

At that time, another subordinate quickly reported.

"The enemy fleet is concentrating on one point!"

"Are you trying to protect the support fleet traveling at faster than light speeds so that it can arrive safely?"

"That's strange! The distance from the energy concentration point is considerable…."

"An unidentified entity is gathering ships! "I'll connect it to the aircraft's camera!"

Soon, a video of poor quality was displayed on the hologram.

Numerous battleships and destroyers were gathered at a considerable distance from the aircraft carriers. Their appearance was strange even to those who had never experienced a battle in space.

Due to their size, battleships must maintain a distance from other ships. However, all of the ships in the video were so close together that there was concern about a collision between the ships.

Moreover, there was another strange thing.

"Why is there no light? "Is it the effect of a cloaking field?"

Not a single glimmer of light could be seen from the ships arbitrarily narrowing the distance between them. It was as if the power had been forcibly cut off.

"Uh, it looks like the ships' functions have stopped."

"EMP? "Who on earth did it?"

While Minseok and the crew were confused, Sihyeon discovered something between the gaps between the ships.

What looked like a cloud of smoke of unknown composition was rapidly moving between the ships. As soon as one battleship touched the cloud, the fire went out and it was reduced to a lump of scrap metal like the other ships.

Sihyeon, who saw that, stood up immediately.

"Return all ship-based teams to the flagship! And prepare the faster-than-light engines so we can leap as soon as I return!"

"Sihyeon, what are you doing now…?"

"Minseok. "I will take on the role of acting captain."

Si-hyeon, who entrusted the operation of the ship to Min-seok, left the situation room with the relics he had placed next to his seat.

"Sihyeon! What are you doing now? "Please come back right now!"

Ignoring Minseok's voice coming through the speaker, she quickly ran to the hangar.

'The only chance is now!'

I don't know what the creature in the cloud of smoke is, but it gave me a very good opportunity.

When she arrived at the hangar, instead of boarding the aircraft, she opened the door and jumped out of space.

Upon entering the weightless space, the white reinforced suit 'White Maiden' she was wearing was activated. A white helmet-like thing covered her face, and wings equipped with thrusters protruded from her back. The thrusters on the wings activated and pushed her forward.

The aircraft carriers returned to the flagship one by one, the remains of the damaged spaceship, torpedoes and energy beams moving back and forth. She flew through numerous obstacles and activated the weapon in her hand.

Then, the crystal battery inside the weapon began to rotate and emit an eerie light.

–

An XAX01-class battleship boarded by the fleet commander of the 5th elite fleet, the Nemean Fleet.

Nemea Five, a member of the Machine Council, was sitting on a fortress throne made of steel.

A body twice as large as a regular Android and numerous cables reminiscent of abundant hair. Nemea Five, who had an unusual appearance, had his eyes closed.

Currently, he was controlling the entire fleet through long cables. In the mental world built with machines and metal, an enormous amount of information is coming and going.

"Nemea Five. Report from Arrow Nine. Fleet number 9 is ready for faster-than-light sailing."

"Report from Europa Two Red Tail Eight." 2 Fleet 8 energy recharge achieved 80%. ｣

｢Menebeo report! Analysis of the material being sprayed by Special Objective A failed!"

"Kazanskiyu reports. It is estimated to have an effect equivalent to EMP."

"Shimurabi, please!" Please allow the use of the ship's main guns!"

"Nemea Five. disallowance. Special Target A is resistant to energy-type weapons. 2 8 It was judged to be effective to delay the arrival of the 9th fleet."

Nemea Five's attention was currently focused on Special Target A.

The 5th Fleet, which he was in charge of, was being destroyed in real time as if it had been attacked by a horde of metallic gremlins.

No, maybe it's true. Like metallic gremlins, it was disabling Star Union ships with EMP attacks. The moment it came into contact with the fine material it was spraying, all functions of the ship stopped immediately.

The AI-controlled torpedoes were not able to hit him properly, possibly due to the machine itself. This is because a cloud of fine matter enveloped its body, causing it to fly but stop midway.

Because of this, the damage to Fleet 5 was severe. If other fleets weren't scheduled to arrive here, we would have had to retreat.

"Report from Arrow Nine. Fleet No. 9 enters faster-than-light navigation in 1 minute and 12 seconds. "

Report from Europa Two Red Tail Eight. 2 Fleet number 8 is ready for faster-than-light sailing."

In the next few minutes, the Nemea Five will win. If we secure the body of Special Objective A, in-depth research will become possible.

At that time, a report came from the cyborg captain of another ship.

An unidentified flying object was launched from an unidentified Megacorpan ship and is moving in this direction.

Nemea Five determined it was an EMP torpedo. The patrol ships that received his orders moved to check the torpedoes.

The torpedoes will be shot down and the Megacorpan ship will be cleared as soon as the other High Commissioners arrive.

It was a decision made after sufficiently reasonable calculations, but what happened next went beyond his calculations.

"Kazanskiyu! An unknown wavelength was emitted from an unidentified flying object…"

The cyborg captain's report was cut off midway. Then, countless reports and messages were suddenly cut off.

There was no sound, as if there was a problem with hearing function. There was only silence. He gave the command again to check, but no one answered.

Something is wrong. Nemea Five quickly transferred its consciousness to the sleeping body.

When the transmission was completed, he opened his eyes on the iron throne. The situation that caught my eye, resembling a camera lens, was completely different from usual.

All of the cyborgs who were supposed to assist him were lying on the floor of the situation room. As a result of analysis through the lens, all functions were stopped.

The situation room he was in was a cyborg's tomb.

No, maybe it's not just this place.

He used cables to synchronize the visual function with cameras outside the ship. All the cameras on the XAX01 class battleship became his eyes.

Thanks to that, he knew that this wasn't just happening on his ship.

Many ships under the 5th Fleet had left the camp and were moving on their own.

They are all like that because the cyborg captains suddenly died. When the captain suddenly dies, the ship AI shows such movements as it repeatedly carries out previously given commands. It was as Captain Cyborg's last report said. Fleet No. 5 suffered damage close to annihilation due to an unidentified weapon fired by Megacorp.

Nemea Five immediately contacted the other fleets. Stop the faster-than-light voyage immediately and wait. In particular, Dae Suryeong should never come here.

Then, a communication came from the Great Leader who did not understand this.

"grow! What happened? ｣

｢Nemea Five. Reported. Chairman, Mr. Chairman. An unidentified wave spread here. It is estimated to cause fatal damage to the cyborg."

"What do you mean?" Who on earth did that?!"

Special Target A can be seen beyond the camera that Nemea Five's gaze is connected to. The guy paused for a moment at what was happening around him, and then immediately spewed out a huge amount of flames.

Is this what it feels like when you face the sun? He poured out his almost infinite psychic power and turned the ships into scrap metal. Even if Nemea Five attempted to move by interfering with the ship AI, it was not easy due to the cloud of fine matter coming from its body.

After burning most of the battleships, it stopped its attack and turned around after removing the cloud of fine matter. The Gallagons that were competing with the patrol ships elsewhere also retreated following Special Objective A.

"Nemea Five. Suggested. Currently, determining the cause comes first.

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