144
Ep. 144
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"Captain, the Cosmic Bolt has been fully charged."
"…."
"Captain?"
The situation room of 'Judge of Damos 08'.
The crew informed them that all preparations were complete, but the captain gave no orders.
This was because news from the warrior group that had gone down was completely cut off.
'What happened? Why aren't you contacting me?! race!'
Wraith is his favorite warrior. The likelihood that he would ignore the captain's orders for no reason is close to zero.
Moreover, the other warriors who went down with Wraith were also unable to be contacted.
That means something serious has happened down there.
'…how will we do it.'
He can choose one of two things. One is to continue shooting cosmic bolts, and the other is to send out a new search party.
However, the captain also knows. It is virtually impossible to choose the latter of these methods.
It is no exaggeration to say that in a cult empire, pollution is the most dangerous factor to the security of the empire. You're carrying out purification work to prevent contamination, but you're wasting time trying to save your subordinates? What about the men sent by the captain himself to rescue slaves?
The ships here are not just imperial carriers. The ships belonging to the carrier battle group dispatched to protect the mother ship will never sit still.
The moment you delay, the captain will be dismissed and another captain will lead the ship and shoot cosmic bolts.
"Captain? Please give me orders."
"…fire in 10 minutes."
"All right."
In the end, the path the captain chose was to fire cosmic bolts. Although it is only a short time of 10 minutes, I hope that my subordinates will return safely within that time.
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"What happened?"
Heavenly Mother asked me with serious eyes.
"Launch time has already passed."
"what? But why?"
"I don't know."
Heavenly Mother is well aware of my trait of being a human being, so she deliberately left behind the corpse of one of my cult members. After receiving the corpse from her, I read the memories of Cult Hamine, who came here using the Human Face Water trait.
There were a lot of blank parts in my memory, but I was able to confirm only the important facts.
This planet has been designated as a polluted planet and has been ordered to be purified.
And there were two things: it was time for the cosmic bolt to be launched 5 minutes ago from now.
Neither Hamine nor I know why it hasn't been launched yet.
It is truly fortunate that the launch has been postponed, but we cannot rest assured yet.
"…It won't be long before it falls."
Heaven's mother furrowed her eyebrows and clicked her tongue.
It's just as she said. A cult's purge order is rarely canceled. Even if the captain of the imperial carrier refuses to carry out the mission out of frustration, a replacement will step in and carry out the execution.
The cosmic bolt will fall on this continent within a few minutes at most and an hour at most.
'It's already too late to run away.'
Cosmic Bolt is a type of concentrated energy bullet created by mixing dark matter and psychic power. The instantaneous fire power is almost equivalent to that of the sun, so the moment it hits the planet, all the atmosphere and water on the planet evaporates.
Even if you hide underground, it is nearly impossible to avoid the cosmic bolt, which affects tens of kilometers below the earth's crust. No matter how I survive, No. 26 and Aadhai, the Heavenly Mother, cannot avoid death.
'Not even a spaceship.'
The research base brought by humans is a long way away from here. Even if my body is stronger than before, it is impossible to get there within a few minutes to an hour.
Even if you are extremely lucky and the Cosmic Bolt is launched dozens of hours later, it is a problem. As soon as we leave the planet in our spaceship, the fleet escorting the imperial carrier will intercept us.
'So we stop here.'
If it is impossible to avoid, there is no choice but to somehow defend against the attack of that imperial carrier.
As soon as I thought about that, the first thing that popped into my head was the feature created by the 'predator's indeterminate polyhedron'.
The looter's irregular polyhedron is the ability to feast on equipment and convert it into characteristics.
I used that ability to prey on Muriel's unique equipment and gain destructive power.
By preying on the cult's orbital bombardment weapon, 'Rain God'.
'no. 'You can't defeat Cosmic Bolt with that ability alone.'
The 'ability' I newly acquired is slightly less powerful than Raijin's. When I took the plasma launcher, my body's output exceeded the original, but it was the opposite
with Raishin. Even with the original Raishin, it was far below the output of the cosmic bolt, so there was no point in me trying to fire back with a reduced attack. At best, it will only buy you a few minutes of time.
'Still, it's the only weapon I have that is the most powerful.'
So we have to find a way to increase output somehow.
'If it were the symbol of hunting, it could dramatically increase output, but…' The
original cooldown of the symbol of hunting was 24 hours.
As I surpassed Level 2 of Transcendence, the cooldown for the symbol of hunting returned to normal, but for some reason, the cooldown was still running.
'crazy! 'I treated it as something I used to evolve!'
It was clear that the remaining time on the hunting symbol was 18 hours. Likewise, Nightmare Horizon also had a cooldown of 7 days remaining.
Thanks to the lifting of the ban, both are separated into separate cooldowns, but both cannot be used in the current situation.
It was very annoying, but there was nothing I could do about it.
'shit!'
The trump card, the symbol of hunting, cannot be used.
'…New message window. 'I haven't checked yet.'
As I was wondering if there was any way, I checked the newly arrived message window with the feeling of grasping at straws.
｢The new attribute 'Organic Evolution (Unique)' is provided as a reward for unlocking Transcendence Stage 2!｣ ｢The
new type 'Space Monster (Unique)' has been unlocked.｣
｢The new system 'Attribute Enhancement' has been unlocked.｣
'huh?'
I thought the reward for Transcendence Level 2 would end with unlocking new types and lifting restrictions on the characteristics I possess.
But it wasn't.
'Related characteristics are required to unlock perks, so they were added together.'
I read the explanations in the text window as if I was fascinated.
"Organic evolution: It is not the strong that survive, but the survivors that are strong. You can transform into one of two special states.
* King of Monsters: Grows and strengthens his body into a super-sized creature. The space required to use the feature is at least 100m radius. Because it is a special state that consumes a huge amount of energy, the state is canceled when all energy is used up. The maximum duration is 10 minutes and the cooldown is 30 days.
* Clever Underdog: Shrinks itself into a miniature creature and conserves energy within its body. The collapsed state does not exceed a maximum of 5m. The use of some traits is restricted, but perks related to special status are provided. The user can disable it at his/her discretion. The maximum duration is 7 days and the cooldown is 30 days.
* Cancellation and changes cannot be made during transformation. The two special states share a cooldown.
* Afterwards, new special states can be acquired depending on the acquired characteristics.
*PS: Evolution and circulation. What awaits at the end? You might be able to figure it out. ｣
'This?'
I used to curse at game companies a while ago, but now I can't bear it anymore.
'Organic evolution. 'This could be useful.'
I don't know exactly how to change it, but there is something that seems useful in getting through this challenge.
The special status of 'King of Monsters'.
The description said that it grows and strengthens the body.
'With this, we can increase output.'
In a situation where the symbol of the hunt could not be used, it was welcome to have a similar card in hand.
However, elements of anxiety still remained.
'The key is how much this characteristic is strengthened.'
When looking at the many cooldowns and limitations, the symbol of hunting or the horizon of nightmares come to mind. It's easy to guess that the effect of this trait will be quite powerful.
'But gambling is not good.'
If we make a mistake, we will all be wiped out here. To block that cosmic bolt, you need to pull everything you can as much as possible.
'There is a way to increase output output output….'
It is unknown how much time is left until launch. It will take time to use that characteristic. I can't keep worrying about it forever.
'…let's think about it for just one more minute.'
I desperately racked my brain to see if there was any better way.
｢Little baby, does it hurt a lot?｣
｢Pain｣
｢Toy? Do you want to play with this?"
"It's okay."
I saw No. 26 and Aadhai in my eyes. No. 26 had already brought the loot bag and was taking out the items one by one in front of Aadhai.
It seemed like the pitch-black light of the cosmic bolt would fall on here at any moment. With the firepower of the Cosmic Bolt, they would all burn to death without feeling any pain.
A minute passed while I was watching that. There were no new ideas.
'I have no choice but to keep going like this… huh? for a moment.'
When I looked at the bag No. 26 was carrying, an important fact suddenly occurred to me.
That bag is where I put the equipment and items I obtained after killing Muriel. The Priest's Golden Spear, Blood River, etc.
And among them were the potions she used. I quickly approached number 26.
"huh? What's wrong?｣
[Zuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu (Can you give me the bag for a moment?)]
｢Do big babies need toys too?｣
[Zu (yes)]
After being handed the bag, I took out a small kit from inside. When I opened the kit, there was a purple glowing ampoule inside.
'good! There's still one left!'
The identity of this potion is Psionium.
This is a potion that temporarily increases the status of the person who drinks it by one level. If I drink psionium, I can immediately transform into a saint.
There are two tremendous benefits to becoming an Eucharist.
First, compared to now, its power has become enormously stronger, reaching a level that can rival Cosmic Bolt.
The second is that the number of heads increases to three.
'Actually, I can't say that hair growth is that good.'
The original meaning of increasing the head is to increase the utility of the water harvester's jaw. Having three heads makes it easier to collect enemy heads.
Because it has tentacles of erosion only in reality, not in games, its meaning has faded a lot.
But at this moment, it is very important that your hair grows longer.
The name of the trait I created by eating Raijin is 'God's Rod'.
It is the ability to shoot a heat ray of energy condensed from the Thunder God's lightning.
If you ask where it is shot, it is the mouth. Just like when I absorb a plasma launcher and shoot a plasma heat ray, the heat ray comes out only from my mouth. It does not fire from the erosion tentacles or other parts.
'In other words, if an adult has three heads…'
This means that energy heat rays equivalent to that of the Thunder God can be poured out from all three heads at the same time.
A trait obtained by feasting on the King of Adult Monsters and the Thunder God.
'If only I had these three things!'
It can stop the Cosmic Bolt, the cult's absolute weapon that purifies the planet.
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