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Ep. 194

After being free from the excruciating pain, my senses quickly returned. As my mind stabilized, the bristling hairs calmed down.

Since the tail with the pincers was removed raw, it still hurt, but it was incomparable to the pain that stimulated trauma.

Only after I got better was I able to objectively consider the colors of the abyss.

'Although the risk is fatal…'

Would you say it is a high risk, high return type? Apart from the pain I felt, I also gained quite a bit.

Enhanced Psychic Breath and Dread Watcher. The former inflicts damage by gnawing away at the opponent's body until it disappears, while the latter awakens the most terrible pain hidden in the opponent's memories.

However, the effect of the applied characteristics is a secondary issue. Because it depends on how skillfully I use it.

What is really important is the color of the abyss itself.

'It's a big advantage to be able to decide whether to activate it or not at my own will.'

That I can choose and use it whenever I want. This means that you can enjoy two effects with one characteristic.

For example, you can use the psychic breath to snipe at the enemy as usual, but then take advantage of the enemy's carelessness and shoot bubbles that eat them until they die.

The same goes for the Watcher of Fear. Unlike the original, the color version of Abyss works for many people. It would be very effective to spray it on enemies when they are crowded in a small space.

What if the color of the abyss is applied when a new psychic ability is acquired later? It's like getting two traits at once.

'Will this be reflected in the new abilities?'

First of all, according to the text box, there are currently only three characteristics to which 'Color of the Abyss' is applied.

Traits unrelated to combat, such as humanity or predator sense, were not applied. 'Superpower reflective gloves' are subject to application, but have not been tested yet because they do not meet the activation conditions.

What if the newly acquired psychic abilities are also subject to the color of the abyss? It will be a significant help to my lacking anti-superpower combat skills.

'I'll have to find out about this while hunting.'

It seems that whether or not the color of the abyss will be applied will become clear only when new psychic power characteristics are acquired.

Coincidentally, this place where I am is the planet where Gallagon's nest is located. It is one of the easiest places to obtain supernatural abilities.

'That's it. 'We need to get out of here now.'

The owner of the forest is dead, but danger still remains.

There are still more than hundreds of cocoons of various sizes remaining around here. Inside, slaves of the red material sleep.

Since the Glacier Fiend who provides the drugs is dead, it is a given that they will wake up soon.

'Before I go…'

I looked down at the Glacier Fiend's decapitated body.

There is 8m of fresh meat lying on the floor, or nearly 15m if you include the lower body buried in the ground, waiting for me.

Because I am a 'clever weakling', my body cannot exceed 5m. So it's impossible to take all the corpses, but it doesn't matter. Thanks to the 'Essence Harvester's Jaws', you can obtain genetic essence just by eating the head.

I grabbed the head of a Glacier Fiend that resembled a stag beetle.

I firmly held the guy's head in place with my fighting arm and pulled it tight. The barely connected flesh around the neck was torn off and the head was separated.

Thanks to the 'Essence Harvester's Jaws' trait acquired as a semi-adult, eating only the head can produce the same predation effect as eating the entire body. It is difficult to carry its entire body because the size difference is so great. So, I plan to cut off at least the head and take it with me.

'I can't let it be taken away by druggies.'

Glacier Fiend is a monster with many useful characteristics. As it is a type that hunts for food with a vast territory under its feet, it is not a creature that is commonly seen. If you miss here, you never know when you'll get another chance, so make sure to take care of his head.

I was about to take the guy's head and leave, but the cocoons around me started to wriggle.

The nearest cocoon burst and the creature inside jumped out. A monster that looked like a salamander with long legs rushed at me.

Its name is Snow Banshee.

It is a small carnivore with pale skin that is almost white and an impressive red tongue. It lays low in the snow, and when it comes to prey, it attacks by snatching it up with its thick tongue.

'The guy's fear comes from perfect concealment…'

The guy in front of me is completely out of his mind due to the effects of drugs. Instead of hiding and fighting, he just lashed out at me with his tongue.

I caught the flying tongue with my chest arm.

When you become a smart underdog, your body size decreases and your chest arm muscles develop noticeably. Although it is less powerful than a combat arm, it can be useful when fighting enemies of similar size to you.

'Just like now.'

"Queu?"

I gave strength to the arm holding the tongue and pulled him with all my might. He fell forward helplessly, as if he didn't know that he was being pushed out of his power.

I approached the guy whose posture was broken and bit the back of his neck with my mouth. The man's body went limp with an eerie sound of bones breaking.

'Take care of this too.'

One measuring 1m 50cm was also placed on the back along with the Glacier Fiend's head. Meanwhile, other cocoons burst one by one.

The monsters that emerged from the cocoon also joined in to eat Glacier Fiend's body.

They do this because they know where the red substance comes from.

'Let's run away quickly.'

I quickly got out of the center while they were distracted. The cocoons located near the outskirts had all been destroyed with psychic breath earlier, so there was no one to stop me.

Except for one thing.

"Uuuuuu."

He is 4m tall and has a skinny body with abnormally long arms and legs. And a black face contrasting with the white body.

Winter Walker suddenly jumped out of the forest and blocked my path.

'It's the guy from earlier.'

It was the Winter Walker I followed behind.

Its gaze was fixed exactly on the head of the Glacier Fiend behind me.

It looks like it will chase me until I die even if I run away. It would be better to wrap things up here and go.

'It worked out better.'

The Mother of Heaven needs the heart of Winter Walker.

I put the things on my back on the floor. When it didn't look like I was going to back down easily, it growled menacingly.

Winterwalker approaches me, walking with long strides. Now he looks quite threatening since he is about twice as tall as me.

I kicked off all four legs and jumped at him.

Just in time, the guy swings his abnormally long arms. My fighting arm and his arm collide.

"Ugh."

｢Grrr｣

Winterwalkers have much more arm joints than regular animals. So it can move so flexibly that it looks like a whip rather than an arm.

Its arm crawls over my fighting arm like a snake. The target of his razor-sharp claws is my eyes. It must be an attempt to attack my eyes and neutralize my vision.

As his nickname suggests, he is a snowfield hunter and carries out cunning attacks from the beginning.

But I fully expected him to come out like this.

I lifted my front leg up with the weight on my back leg. I kicked the guy's lower abdomen hard with my front leg, like a horse kicking with its front feet.

"Huh?!"

The guy who got hit in the vital area hesitates and opens his arms. I returned my front leg and rolled my foot to rotate my body in place. Then, it applied rotational force and swung its tail widely.

Although the claws have not yet been regenerated, the log-like tail alone is sufficient as a weapon. The blunt end of the tail struck the creature's legs like a club.

"Ugh."

The guy just jumped up. The tail, which was flying low as it swept the floor, lightly grazed under the soles of its feet.

It's sleeker than it looks, but this is also within the expected range. My real intention was not the tail, but the attack that would follow.

Now that my body is half-turned, my back is facing him. And there are people on my back.

Five faces quickly popped out and opened their mouths wide. Paralysis-inducing sound waves rained down on the target.

"!"

Winter Walker floated in the air and fell into a paralyzed state. My jaw split open and covered its head.

My teeth sank into its black face. Then, as I tightened my jaw, the guy's head began to slowly crush.

"…."

Despite the pain of having his head crushed alive, he couldn't lift a finger. The only thing it could do was scream silently.

After a while, the sound of a walnut shell cracking was heard and sweet liquid flowed into my mouth. It had a rich yet soft taste that reminded me of chocolate pudding.

'I really want to eat more.'

Now that I am not the only one with a mouth, I can barely hold it in. All the Heavenly Mother needs is a heart, but it would be strange to give her only the heart.

So I grabbed some food and left the red forest. As I reached the edge of the outskirts, I saw that the red moss was already withering.

The forest that lost its owner returns to its original state. If the beasts that are still fighting inside leave, this place will become as quiet as before.

I followed the way I came, concentrating on the aids. If you go to the place where they stayed until morning, there will be traces of their movements.

I left the red forest and ran through the dark forest without stopping for several hours. The branches let in very little sunlight and the trees looked similar, so it was perfect for getting lost, but that doesn't apply to me. Aimorph's unique extra sense tells him where to go.

There were a few sightings of wild creatures, including snow banshees, along the way, but they all avoided me. No creature approached me, perhaps because of the smell of Winter Walker's blood coming from my body.

As I kept moving, I eventually arrived at the hole dug yesterday. Stopping nearby, I bent down and brought the auxiliary organ close to the floor.

A faint body odor left behind by the children was detected. The traces continued sparsely along one direction.

I followed the faint trail. There were traces along the way that appeared to have been intentionally made. A small stone tower or claw marks on a tree, etc. It must have been done intentionally out of fear that I might not be able to keep up.

After crawling for a while with my assistive device on the floor, I arrived in front of a cave.

'hmm.'

The entrance itself was narrow, but there were trees around so it was hard to see. It was so well hidden that even I wouldn't have noticed it without any assistive devices.

'You look okay.'

Since I have a lot of luggage, I don't think I can fit in like this. I threw my luggage inside one by one and entered the cave.

Inside the cave, there was a musty, musty smell instead of an earthy smell, as if it had originally been used by another animal.

As I looked around the entrance, someone appeared from inside.

"You came sooner than I thought?"

She was the Mother of Sky, a griffon with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion covered in golden fur. She greeted me with shining amber eyes.

"I thought it would take all day."

[Zuzuz, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu (I got enough information I needed)]

I handed Winter Walker's torso to her.

"what's this? Winter Walker?｣

[Zuzuzu zuzuzuzuzu (Yes, you need a heart)]

｢Huh? Ah yes. Thank you.」

[Zuzu, Zuzuzu, Zuzuzu, Zuzuzu (I managed to find such a nice place)]

"Well, I didn't really do anything…"

[Zuzu (Huh?)]

"You'll know when you go in."

I was with her. We shared our luggage and went inside the cave.

Looking inside, it was quite spacious inside. Should I say it is in the form of a gourd? The entrance and passageway at the beginning of the cave appeared to be widening inward instead of being long.

"Big baby!"

At that time, the wave of number 26 came to me. Number 26, who was waiting in the inner cavity, approached me with a sparkling pink light. The smaller guy jumped up and climbed on top of my head.

[Zuzuzuz (How are you?)]

｢Yes. "It was fun looking for a house."

When I see this person welcoming me, I feel better without even realizing it. While I was petting the guy, I saw something strange inside the dark cave.

'huh?'

An unidentified creature was detected lying in the corner of the cavity. I thought it had a musty smell because it was an old oyster, but it wasn't.

The source of the smell was that creature.

Since there was no heartbeat or muscle movement at all, it was clear that it was a corpse. PS-111 lay next to the corpse of the large creature.

"Sub-Controller Aimorph. "Are you here?"

"What is next to it?"

"It's Shark Bear. "I thought it was an unclaimed cave, but it wasn't."

I was a little surprised to hear what Heavenly Mother said. Although Shark Bear is not classified as an Apex, it is still a fairly powerful monster.

It is a monster with the head of a shark mixed with the body of a bear and has excellent hand-to-hand combat skills. The downside is that it has no resistance to psychic power.

'Oh really?'

Now that I think about it, there was something strange about Shark Bear's body. As far as I know, it's pretty big. When he stands up on his own two feet, he resembles a Winter Walker.

However, the body detected by the auxiliary organs was not that large. It was as if it had been put in a press and crushed.

"I was resting in the cave when he suddenly came in. That's when No. 26 caught him."

"I scolded the bad boy who came into the house I shared with my baby. I did a good job, right?"

He was the one who turned the bear with the head of a shark into a cube steak.

Sea Demon #26 smiled brightly in my head.

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