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Ep. 213

Up in the air, I waved my wings and increased altitude. Aadhai, which boasts a fast flight speed, was ahead of my movements.

"Seaaaa."

The Hellside Hornet also hissed and followed closely behind me. The guy who caught up in an instant spread his arms and swung them.

Its arms, which resemble the front legs of a praying mantis, are sharp and strong. It's enough to damage the carapace of my head, which is one of the hardest parts of my body.

'Even my tongs can't hold up.'

The defense power of the pincers at the end of the tail is equivalent to that of the head carapace. Only the resistance to supernatural powers is high. Therefore, strategies such as deflecting his attacks or attacking him with your body are a loss.

I pulled the tail towards my body during flight. Its scythe split the air.

Using the reaction of my tail bending, I turned my body upside down in the air. My body rotated sharply and my upper body faced the guy.

In that state, I pulled out the erosion tentacle. Six long tentacles moved to tear off its wings.

Seeing the tentacles hissing like a poisonous snake, the creature quickly retreats. I predicted the direction in which it was moving and vomited acidic fungus in that direction.

"Shaak!"

The guy with green liquid on his head looks annoyed. The Hellside Hornet can shoot out incredibly strong digestive juices, which makes it immune to all types of acid attacks.

However, my attack now is not intended to cause fatal damage to him.

I rushed towards the guy who was blinded by the liquid. Sensing the recoil of the air, it quickly moved its wings and made an evasive maneuver. Its body rose upward and my horns brushed its toes.

I feel a few of its claws being crushed by my horn, but they are weak. The guy who moves quickly and drops the liquid from his eyes tries to hit my back with his arm.

The bone scythe arm on my back collided with its arm. My bone scythe was dented by about half, but this time its arm was also damaged. The blade on its arm was also slightly damaged due to the sharpness of the bone scythe.

As he and I were fighting in the air, a purple ball of energy flew out of nowhere. If he hadn't lowered his head, there would have been a hole the size of a baseball in the back of his head.

Thanks to its compound eyes, the Hellside Hornet has no blind spots. Until you cover your entire eye like I did earlier.

'It's a shame.'

"Shaaaaaak!"

The guy who almost died in an instant screamed and fell away from me. Then, Aadhai shot another purple energy ball.

In response to an attack aimed at the head, the guy folded his arms and placed them in front of his head. The energy bullet hit the target, but only left a small soot on the guy's strong arm.

The guy who used his arms like shields to protect his head tried to chase Adhai again, but he was no longer there.

Lightning spreads across the dark sky. The expression lightning is not a metaphor. Because it is in a state of hunting, it is difficult to follow its movements even though the performance of the auxiliary organs has increased.

The guy who became white lightning kept the enemy in check by falling back and cutting off his psychic breath and firing. The Hellside Hornet can't be said to be particularly slow, but it was so fast that it was impossible to approach it.

"Saaaaaaaa! "Shaaaaaak!"

A person who is highly intoxicated makes strange noises. At the same time, I feel a strong heat coming from his body.

[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (It's just the beginning. Be careful)]

｢Confirmation｣

The guy's body started to heat up as if it had gone into lava and then came out, and soon the heat began to gather towards the tail.

I felt the movement of numerous things coming from behind the thing. Although it was an analogy, it felt similar to an egg case full of baby spiders.

What my assistant felt was correct. Because countless flying insects came out of its tail.

"Sus" "Sus" "Sus" "Sus" "Sus" "Sus"

The name of the bugs is 'Hornetling'. It is a hatchling of a Hellside Hornet.

The hornetling looks similar to the hellside hornet, but is much smaller. Because it's only the size of an adult man's fist. Additionally, there are no threatening front legs.

However, you should not let down your guard.

Hornet Ring is also one of the Hellside Hornet's powerful weapons.

Hellside hornets prefer to hatch hornet rings by inserting their needles directly into the enemy's body, but when fighting difficult enemies, like now, they consume their body's energy to grow hornet rings at will.

Hornetlings born this way have one characteristic. They were very hungry because they were only supplied with the energy needed for growth.

"Shaaaaa."

When it howled, a flock of hornetlings flew towards Aadhai. Even if each individual is small, their number is about a thousand. The sight of a flock of hornetlings flying towards him all at once looked like small clouds moving.

'Except that there are no clouds that fast in the world.'

Hornetlings are as fast as adults. A bio-cloud made of bugs approaches Aadhai.

Knowing that Aadhai was much faster, they changed their shape and moved to surround him. In order for Adhai to escape, the Hellside Hornets cornered him.

[Zuzuz zu (use that technique)]

｢Understand!｣

Adhai, who understood what I meant, gathered his strength and then burst out. Psychic power spurted out like a fountain from the tip of its tentacles.

This is the purple lightning used during the Green Gallagon era.

"Suss!""Suss!""Suss!""Suss!""Ssssuk!"

The huge psychic net he created attacked the Hornetlings. Hundreds of hornetlings fell from the rainwater like insects hit by electric mosquito swatters.

'The destructive power and precision have increased?'

Originally, Purple Lightning's destructive power was less than half that of Psychic Breath, and its range was much lower. Instead, it is a wide-spread attack technique, so it is only effective when fighting multiple enemies.

However, Aadhai was controlling this to maximize destructive power and accuracy.

Just as No. 26 spreads psychic power to suppress the enemy, Aadhai was operating in a similar manner. Purple Lightning, which had been fired once before, moved as if it had an ego and finished off the Hornet Ring.

The guy took evasive maneuvers and defeated the hornetling group. Not only does it keep Hellside Hornet in check by mixing in psychic breath at every turn.

'I'm doing well.'

And I also came in between and actively kept the guy in check. When the guy tried to shoot digestive juices in Aadhai's direction, he interfered by shooting psychic breath or charging at the guy.

"Suss!" "Suss!" "Suss!"

"Saaaa!"

When the mother shouted from behind, the cubs' movements changed.

The fear of a group of hornetlings is not simply that they are numerous. Their real weapon is digestive juices.

The hornetling's digestive juices are equivalent to those of an adult. The digestive juices of an adult animal are enough to melt my carapace, but imagine thousands of them shooting at the same time. If it's Aadhai, not even a trace will be left behind.

'We can't leave it like that.'

The goal of this hunt, as well as the Apex hunt, is to get Adhai used to his own powers. It's not good if you get a serious injury during training.

After confirming that the hornetlings had moved to a suitable location to shoot digestive juices, I took out my hidden weapon.

'There's a special medicine for those guys who flock around like that.'

I activated 'Color of the Abyss' while preparing the psychic breath.

The carapace and scales covering its body glowed in strange colors. Purple, green, and all kinds of colors wriggled as if they were alive. The eerie rays of light traveled over the body and towards the bundle of tentacles hanging from the neck and chin on the back of the head.

Bizarrely tainted psychic power gathered in the monster's tentacles. A lot of bubbles bubbled up in front of my snout.

Numerous bells blooming like flowers in full bloom. It looks fantastic, but in reality, it is a vampire-like being that constantly craves other life.

A psychic breath reflecting the colors of the abyss was fired.

Psychic breath spreads into the sky like soap bubbles shot with a bubble gun. And one of them came into contact with a group of hornetlings.

"Suss?!"

The unlucky one was instantly sucked into the sphere of chaos. That was the beginning. A sphere of madness that knew no satisfaction swallowed up the hornetling group.

Since it was a flock of hornetlings numbering well over a thousand, it was not noticeable at first. But soon enough, the group collapsed inside, as if a vacuum cleaner had been installed inside. This is because the psychic breath inside was devouring them.

Only then did they realize how scary there was near them. They quickly tried to disperse, but by then it was too late.

What can a guy whose body disappears due to a drop of water do? He is in a state of extreme starvation and his body is melting. They captured other members of their race in order to somehow survive.

Psychic Breath and Hornetlings devoured their kin as if competing to see who was the more greedy predator. And this accelerated over time.

There was no sound in the process. The massacre that took place in silence did not last long. Within a few minutes, the hornetling group disappeared. The psychic breath that lost its goal disappeared in thin air.

｢Just now｣｢What?｣

"Sha shaaaak!"

Everyone looked embarrassed as the hornetlings disappeared in an instant. Adhaj tilted his head and Hellside Hornet screamed in anger and bewilderment.

The fighting entered a lull due to the color of the abyss. They must have felt threatened by my attack, so they only threatened but did not attack me.

Now that the enemy's attack has stopped, Adhai has also flown this way.

｢I｣｢Learn｣｢Possible?｣

[Zuzu zuzuzu (probably not)]

｢Regret｣

[Zuz zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (I'm hunting, so let's talk later)]

｢Agree｣

What I would do if I became Black Gallagon It can be produced similarly, but I decided to explain that part later.

While the battle was paused for a moment, the sky was becoming increasingly noisy. The wind blew strong, as if a huge storm was about to arrive, and the temperature dropped significantly.

[Zuzuzu Zuzuzu (Are you okay with the cold?)]

｢White｣｢Scales｣｢Good｣｢Problem｣｢Nothing｣ Although

the body is not that big, I would still say it is a White Gallagon. The guy looked fine.

'good. Now, what comes next….'

As the Hellside Hornet is intelligent, it also has a strong tendency to protect itself. There are two ways to take action in this unfavorable situation.

One is to summon Hornetling again and attack together. Now that we've seen what happened earlier, there's a good chance we'll operate differently this time.

'They'll probably spread it out and roll it in a hit-and-run manner or use it as bait.'

He will throw the babies at me and in the meantime, he will try to compete with Aadhai somehow. Of course, I am not the one to leave this alone.

'It's either that or running away.'

Most of the other Apex show very warlike tendencies. They rarely avoid fighting.

Except for the Hellside Hornet in front of us.

"Shaaa."

After making a short cry, the body of the creature suddenly heats up. The goal is to awaken the hornetling eggs stored in the body.

Soon, a group of hornetlings came out from behind the guy. Perhaps because they hatched two chicks in a short period of time, this time the number was about half that of before.

'But that's not a small number.'

[Zuzuzu (Be prepared)]

He is a guy who learns quickly, so he will be more picky this time. At that time, I was trying to warn Adhai and prepare for battle.

The one who created the hornetling group began to descend towards the ground.

'this!'

Are you going to fight or run away? He chose two options at the same time. While the cubs are wasting their time, he runs away.

｢Situation｣｢Different｣

[Zuz zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzuzu (Let's do what we said before, but change it slightly)]

｢How?｣

[Zuz zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (I'll hold on to him)]

｢Agree｣｢Quickly｣ ｢Gam｣

After briefly changing our plans, Adhai and I moved toward our respective goals. Aadhai descended towards the hornet ring flying adult.

A purple lightning storm rages behind me. While he was fighting the bugs, I closed the distance between me and the Hellside Hornet by folding my wing arms.

And while falling, I fired a psychic breath at the guy. This time it is a regular version that is not enhanced with the color of the abyss.

A purple heat ray briefly grazed its lower body. If it had been hit properly, it would have been a fatal wound, but it missed because the guy dodged right before the hit.

"Shaaaaa!"

The angry guy spit out digestive juices right at the point where I fell. As I was descending with my wings folded, I quickly spread my wing arms slightly. As the falling speed suddenly decreased, its attack grazed the flesh below my tail.

The pain of burning raw flesh came to me, but seeing as 'pain relief' did not appear, it was not a serious injury. After dodging its attack, I folded my wings again and increased my falling speed.

By the time I could distinguish between the trees covering the mountain, I had significantly narrowed the distance between me and him. While approaching the creature, I was hit with digestive juices a few more times, but I held on, trusting in the strength of the carapace.

"Shaak! "Saaaa!"

It seems like he changed his mind when I didn't back down even after being hit. The thing that was only passively resisting as it fell suddenly moved its wings and flew towards me.

The guy standing close to me is trying to cut my head off with his sickle-like arm.

Before I was beheaded, I pulled my upper body back. Its arm cut off the tip of the blade in my jaw. As a result of the symbolic effect of hunting, the auxiliary organs were transformed into bladed bones, but the nerves were barely injured.

As I was pulling back, tentacles came out from my back again and grabbed the guy. The appendages at the ends of the tentacles entangled the six legs on its lower body.

My intention to capture him was successful, but he also had the intention of being captured obediently. Its arm flew out like a flash and pierced my abdomen.

'Oof!'

｢Pain relief activated!｣

I almost lost consciousness from the pain of my internal organs being torn apart. If I wasn't Amorph and I didn't have the Pain Relief trait, I would have been killed here. Even as my head screamed, my body refused to give up and held on tightly to him.

'I'll pay you back equally!'

"Shaaa!"

I opened my mouth wide and tried to bite it. He quickly folded his other arm and covered my mouth. Just like that, he and I fell from the sky, hugging each other.

"Shaaaaaaa."

As if everything went well, its tail starts to move. They're probably thinking of planting maggots near my carapace, which has melted from the digestive juices.

But there's something he doesn't know.

While he was concentrating all his efforts on killing me, my auxiliary organ informed me of something important.

A high-speed aircraft is approaching this direction overhead.

And a purple energy bullet was fired from the aircraft. The energy bullet that flew this time was much finer and refined than the ones he usually shoots.

As if to avoid someone's eyes.

As Aadhai had intended, he realized much later. The man who saw the energy bullet flying towards his head tried to pull away, but was unable to do so. Because my body is close to mine.

"Shaak!"

With great judgment, he tore off his own arms and legs. The one with only wings left walked away from me. I also tried to grab its wings with my fighting arms, but it was a bit faster.

'but!'

When the purple energy bullet reached my head, I slightly twisted my head position.

As a result, Aadhai's psychic breath collided with the carapace of my head. The intense impact spread throughout the head, perhaps because the shot was condensed properly to end it with one shot.

The moment I was hit by the psychic breath, the psychic reflective gloves latent in my body were automatically activated. Most of my psychic power was lost when my head carapace was destroyed, but some still remained.

And those energies bounced in a direction that no one but me could have predicted.

Exactly in the direction of the Hellside Hornet's wings.

"Seaak?!"

A man who has lost a wing stumbles, unable to control his body. A second energy bullet flies in as if to confirm a kill.

｢Big Adult｣｢Attack｣｢Forgiveness｣｢Impossible｣

The energy bullet burned its wings along with a thought wave containing its cold resentment.

The one that lost both wings could no longer stay in the air and fell.

This time it was not a strategic escape, but a real fall.

"Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

I was a guy who lived a life that was far from a disaster, but not anymore. With a growing scream, its body gradually shrinks.

And soon he disappeared from sight.

'phew.'

｢Big adult｣｢Does it hurt?｣

[Zuzuz zuzu zuzuzu (It's okay. You did very well)]

｢Head｣｢Right｣

[Zuzuzuzuz (Don't worry)]

The guy who flew towards me asked worriedly.

Currently, my body is a complete mess, including a shell melted by digestive juices, a penetrating wound on my stomach, a severed horn, and a dent on my head from the psychic breath. To be honest, I would be lying if I said it didn't hurt, but I answered that I was fine.

In any case, Aimorph will not die unless his brain and heart stop. Injuries of this magnitude can be fully recovered by eating its meat.

I slowly came down to the ground with Aadhai.

The area where it fell was covered in sticky liquid. There was a guy in the center of the crash site, which became a sea of blood.

"Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss…"

The guy with only his head remaining in his upper body was barely breathing. His lower body was shattered, and dead maggots were floating on top of the pool of blood.

'This is the end.'

I approached the creature and pierced the Hellside Hornet's head with the bone scythe arm on its back.

The guy's upper body trembled and then stopped.

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