195

Ep. 195

'As expected.'

I sometimes forget him because he is always kind and his way of speaking is childish, but number 26 is the Sea Demon.

The Sea Demon has a strong sense of territory as well as a strong sense of kinship. This is bound to happen since the enemy entered the place he thought was his home.

'Still, I think I've gotten a little stronger?'

I don't know if he was killed by a demon crash, but it looks like he was killed only by restraint. I look at my heavenly mother and she nods.

'Is it because of the Green Gallagon I ate yesterday?'

Previously, it had rapidly become stronger after absorbing the psychic power of a dead Sea Demon. Green Gallagon's Corpse To be exact, it may have grown again thanks to consuming the psychic power contained in Gallagon.

'Both Gallagon and Sea Demon are powerful psychic creatures.'

[Zuzuzuzu Zuzuzu (You've grown. Well done)]

"Am I amazing?"

[Zu (Yes)]

When I send out a wave meaning yes, the guy lights up and becomes happy. Seeing the dark cave glow so brightly makes me feel quite happy to receive compliments.

"Once I recover, I can do a lot of things."

[Zuzuzzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (that's why I brought this too)]

I put down the Snow Banshee in front of PS-111.

[Zuzzuzu zuzu zuzu (let's eat together with Shark Bear)]

"It has been confirmed that the head of the creature it is holding contains a lot of energy."

"No, my friend."

He seemed to be lusting after the head of the Glacier Fiend I was holding. I was about to refuse, saying this wasn't enough, but No. 26 intervened before that.

"For a big baby to grow, it needs to eat a lot."

"If I analyze the consumption of that organism, I can also gain new abilities."

"I said I couldn't do it. "No."

"Yes."

When No. 26 scolded him, he lowered his head in a sullen manner.

[Zuz, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzuzu, zuzuzuzu (instead, I will go out after eating and get food for the birds)]

"Thank you for your consideration."

After comforting PS-111, I immediately started preparing a meal.

A symbol of hunting in a transformation mode that increases the probability of the predation effect. The cooldown has just ended.

'What characteristics will come out this time?'

There are a few characteristics I'm aiming for, but what will happen?

I activated the hunting symbol, hoping for new traits.

–

Adhaj, the exiled daughter of Od Grad, woke up feeling an unknown chill.

It wasn't because it was actually cold.

This place she is in is one of the warmest places on this planet.

Gallagons, which are usually at the top of any ecosystem, do not nest anywhere. Gallagon instinctively seeks out concentrated psychic power.

Psychic power is the power to distort reality and transcend the laws of physics. Places where that power is concentrated are often abnormal.

If it's cold, the dragon's nest is warm; if it's hot, it's cool.

The same goes for this cave. Warm geothermal heat rose from the floor, and there was even a spring of fresh water nearby.

Is that all? There were even vines with sweet fruit growing on the cave walls. That fruit is full of sweet juice, so it is a favorite among young people.

Even though it was an unusually comfortable place, she felt uncomfortable. Because I know where this is.

This is the place where hatchlings stay, a place that is considered most precious by their people.

It was clear how they viewed her. They knew that her scales were dyed the color of vines, but they did not acknowledge it.

To them, she will always be a weakling with a disability.

If it was his 'real family' he wouldn't have done this. Because they recognized her as a hunter.

She remembered them.

They took care of her and raised her as a hunter after she was abandoned because she was weak and small.

Although he is ugly, he is a very caring adult and friend.

A small adult who is kind but sometimes scary.

A weak child brought in by a small adult.

And the adult she likes. Strangely enough, he changed his appearance from time to time.

The little pink adult said she was growing up, but she saw it very differently. Her 'former' people were not raised that way. When growing up, the body gets bigger and then gets smaller again, but I've never seen a case like that.

Still, she liked being an older adult. No matter how his appearance changed, he was still an adult.

Of course, the recent smaller appearance wasn't to her taste.

But now I wanted to see that ugly side too.

She gently got up. And, like a small adult, I concentrated my 'strength'.

The little adult used his power very skillfully. Because no living creature she had ever seen, not even an adult, was capable of doing things that were impossible.

She spread her power wide and thin. It was so thin that people other than her could not even perceive it properly.

The power that turned into a thin thread spread beyond the cave and outside. Her legs were shaking as she stretched her strength beyond her limit, but she held on somehow.

They see her as weak and incompetent.

It is true that she is weak, but she is not incompetent. So she decided to take advantage of their arrogance.

If you are weak, you have a chance of winning if you catch the opponent off guard. This is the method most adults used when fighting enemies.

With such wide-spread power, she was able to confirm that the watchers were dozing off.

Now that you have the information you want, it's time to act. She carefully came out of the cave.

Outside, vine-colored people similar to her were nodding their heads and dozing off.

I felt it when I first came, but my compatriots were not in very good condition. Most of them looked emaciated, and the hatchlings were skinny due to not being able to eat properly.

But she has no reason or time to worry about that. At a time when the guards are losing their senses, you need to escape quickly.

"Where are we going?"

I was just about to spread my wings to fly when a thought wave flew by.

In the forest in front of the cave, a beautiful fellow with white jewels or eyes appeared.

The opponent, with its pure white scales and impressive black spots, was so beautiful that even Adhai was amazed when he saw it.

The fact that Aadhai was able to boast outstanding beauty even though she was born as a mutant may be due in large part to her mother's influence.

However, the true power of that female is not beauty.

She is strong enough to not only rebel against this planet ruled by Od Grad, but to build a new group.

In fact, there are several other white people in this group besides her. Despite this, Ham Oort maintains his position as head.

When I saw that, her strength clearly surpassed that of her white kin. It's probably somewhere between white and black.

In other words, this is someone I never want to meet. Adhai became very nervous after seeing the pure white female.

"Interesting"

and "How to use this" Ham Ort tapped the thread of power that Aadhay had spread with his front foot. Then the widely spread net disappeared in an instant. He must have taken control of her and released it in an instant.

She was frightened by her opponent's overwhelming power, but she did not back down. Ham Ort, seeing that, nodded his head.

｢Meaningless resistance｣｢Meaningless｣｢Difference in power｣｢Don't you know?｣ ｢I know

｣

｢Then give in｣

｢Reject!｣

As the purple fire flickered in Ort's eyes, Aadhai felt his body shaking. . Just like when she faced Od Grad, a tremendous sense of intimidation came over her.

But she didn't give up. The eldest adult she respects is because he never gave up no matter how difficult the situation was.

Adhaj braced his four legs and glared at Ham Ort. The tentacles on her mouth tensed so tightly that she could shoot out purple lightning at any time.

How much time has passed?

Of the two, the one who stepped down was surprisingly Ham Ort. She took a step back and sent a brief wave of thought.

｢Yuseong's Daughter｣｢Gigi｣｢I like it｣

The other person's slightly curved half-moon-shaped appearance seemed to be either ridiculing or admiring. However, the sight was only fleeting and she immediately raised her front paw and crushed Aadhai.

｢Daughter of the Meteor｣｢Weak｣｢Ham Ort｣｢Strong Daughter｣｢Necessary｣

Aadhai and Ham Ort are more than 10 times different in physique alone. There is a vast gap in power that is incomparable.

Even though he knew that, Adhai did not give up. It scratched with its claws and even fired purple lightning.

Everything was futile, but she continued to resist.

No matter how comfortable it was inside, I didn't want to go back in. If you follow what a strong opponent tells you, it will be no different from when you were kicked out of the group before.

While we were struggling, Ham Ort said something completely unexpected.

｢Ham Ort｣｢Prepared｣｢Weak Daughter｣｢The power to make you strong｣｢

Strength?｣｢Understanding｣｢Impossible!｣

｢Resistance｣｢I will explain when you stop.｣ As

soon as he heard those words, Aadhai stopped moving. . Come to think of it, Ham Ort could have broken her wing bone, but he didn't.

It must be because there is something they want from the other side.

One day, an older person said, When fighting a strong enemy, use everything available to you. Even if it is the power of the enemy.

"Explanation" "Request"

"Good" "Enter the nest" "Explain"

I still don't know what Ort wants or what he is thinking.

For now, we need to figure that out first.

–

'I think this will be okay.'

At night, when everyone was asleep, I was organizing a bird's nest. Based on the energy gained during the day, this old underground cave has long since become the Aimorph's nest.

The floor was covered with swamp that helped Aimov recover, and black slime flowed on the ceiling and walls.

The heat rising from the nest is absorbed by 'smog towers' and released underground rather than above ground. This is to prevent steam from escaping through the cave entrance.

Of course, as time passes, the land around here will completely dry out, but I don't plan on staying that long, so it doesn't matter.

'The symbiote is also working well.'

The body of Heavenly Mother, who suffered quite a serious injury and whose beak was broken, had the 'symbiote spores' I had planted attached to it. Healing fluid and energy are continuously being supplied through the spores connected to the nest, so the wound will be greatly improved by tomorrow morning.

For reference, it could not be attached to PS-111. Because it was a mutant screamer, a hybrid between a machine and a creature, it could not receive the symbiote effect.

'It's a machine, so you have to take care of your body the most.'

Should we take comfort in the fact that we have the most efficient means of recovery among us?

I looked at PS-111, which had gone into a dormant state. Traces of the food it had eaten during the day floated next to the animal lying face down in the warm swamp.

It was the skull of a bone Glasher Fiend, half melted into the nest.

'Ha, seeing that makes me feel annoyed again.'

'Hunting Symbol', the evolution mode of 'Complete Organism', greatly increases the probability of acquiring genetic essence.

Aimorph's predation success rate is low. In general, you have to kill and eat dozens or more to obtain the desired genetic essence.

However, if there is a symbol of hunting, the predation effect can be achieved by catching and eating just one animal. The effect of increasing the probability of predation also applies to genetic samples or creatures that you did not kill.

Instead, this case has the disadvantage of being acquired as an 'incomplete characteristic' rather than in a normal state. However, incomplete characteristics can be used as materials for a transcendental system, and if the same characteristics are acquired twice, they can be restored to complete characteristics, so they are not completely useless.

Because of this, I used to use the symbol of hunting whenever I ate food of strategic importance.

The problem is that it increases the probability of predation, but does not make it 100%.

That ugly stag beetle-like skeleton gave me no reward.

'I knew that it didn't always appear as a symbol of hunting, but…' I

never thought the predation effect would only appear on Glacier Fiend.

Even after I finished eating, no message appeared, so I thought I had left something out.

I only realized this after licking up every drop of blood that had fallen on the floor. This means that the predation effect itself was not activated.

'Tsk.'

Among the characteristics that can be obtained from Glacier Fiend is the ability to produce narcotic substances. When that characteristic and my 'smog tower' characteristic are combined, it becomes a very scary characteristic.

If the predation effect had been activated, it could have been used as a fusion material, but it's a shame.

'…Tch, it can't be helped that it has already failed.'

I checked the textbox to distract myself from Glacier Fiend.

Unfortunately, I couldn't acquire the trait from it, but I was able to use the predatory effect on other prey, Snow Banshee and Shark Bear.

The trait derived from Snow Banshee's genetic essence is 'stealthy maneuver'. It is a special defense characteristic that dramatically reduces sounds and traces made when moving.

In fact, compared to the 'Unknown Creature's Fur', which is a perk of the 'Clever Underdog' mode, it is closer to backwards compatibility, but it is not without its advantages.

'As a side effect, it significantly reduces body weight.'

When stealth maneuver is applied, the bone structure is replaced with a very hard yet lightweight synthetic material. In fact, when I applied the trait during the day, I felt a tingling sensation in every bone of my body, just like I did during adolescence.

In any case, this trait is a great help when avoiding enemy pursuit or hiding even after unlocking Clever Weakness. Even during the game, I was good at using stealth maneuvers when luring enemies or setting traps.

'Next…'

From the shark bear I didn't kill, I got 'Enhanced Endocrine Glands' as an incomplete trait. If you combine this with the internal organ characteristic 'Muscle Reinforcement', you can obtain a characteristic called 'Berserk Synapse'.

Berserk Synapse is a fusion characteristic that secretes special chemicals to greatly enhance physical abilities. If you have this trait, you will be much faster than before, your strength will be stronger, and your vitality will increase.

Thanks to this, although there is nothing special about the game, it was evaluated as a highly versatile feature.

'It's one of the qualities I really need right now.'

Berserk synapse helps you operate the energy stored in your body more efficiently. If you have this characteristic, you can lower the energy consumption rate of the symbol of hunting or the 'Wood of God'.

'Let's look for Shark Bear later.'

To use an imperfect characteristic as a fusion material, two of the same characteristic are required. In order to fuse the Berserker Synapse, you must obtain the material, Reinforced Endocrine Gland, once more.

With that, I released the text box.

Since I had finished tuning the nest, I quietly immersed myself in the swamp. As the heat enveloped my body, I thought about what I had to do later.

'It's a long game from now on.'

The experiment with the newly acquired characteristics has been completed and a new home has been secured. The kids are recovering quickly, so it's time to get ready to bring Aadhai.

White Gallagon, who took him, appears to be quite smart, so it will not be an easy fight.

'You have to be as prepared as possible.'

In order to fully demonstrate a good strategy and excellent skills, you must have a good foundation. And for Amorph, that foundation is none other than a trait.

You must have as many different types of characteristics as possible to be able to actively deal with any enemy you encounter.

'If there is Glacier Fiend Ice Horror Gallagon, there will be others as well.'

I have a clear understanding of what creatures mainly live around the dragon's nest.

Before I fell asleep, I thought about what to aim for first.

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