Chapter 88

Chapter 88

Chapter 88

“I’m special, ssss, special, sss, special, sssss, about to die? Am I going to die...”

Code Black, transformed into a gruesome form.

Despite her altered appearance, she continued to scream incessantly.

“I’ve never seen anyone change this oddly because of a Necrospecter.”

Summing up her appearance briefly, she looked like a mutated corpse monster from a classic horror game set in space.

The yak horns protruding from her throat were grotesquely twisted. In the place where her hair had completely fallen out, two new eyes had taken the place. Her right arm had transformed into a spear-like shape, seemingly melded with summoned Pain Spheres. On her left arm, mouths had emerged sporadically, tongues lashing out.

Thanks to the fusion of the Black Shroud and flesh, her body was practically naked, yet it emanated more discomfort than beauty. Despite my fondness for aliens and monsters, I couldn’t find any liking in her appearance.

“Shaaa!”

Code Black, or rather the Necrospecter, pounded the ground and leaped forward. As she swung her left arm in mid-air, purple whips emerged from the mouths on her arm, lashing towards my direction.

The whips seemed to target my vulnerabilities as if they had a mind of their own. Instead of dodging the whips, I leaped into their midst. I blocked the ones aimed at my head with my arm and deflected those targeting my side using wrist guards.

Some lashes, however, aimed for my back and legs, which I couldn’t entirely fend off. Nonetheless, I wasn’t worried.

「Those who torment the Big Baby won’t be forgiven!」

The flying whips seemed nailed in mid-air for a moment as if stopped by an invisible force. This was due to the significantly enhanced ‘restraint’ ability of number 26 compared to before.

The haphazardly thrown psychic whips were neutralized, providing me with an opportunity to approach the Necrospecter closely.

「Back off! Go away, away, go away! Die!」

She snarled and swung the arm fused with the Pain Sphere towards me.

I couldn’t afford to take that blow directly. Not only because it would hinder my regeneration ability, but also because the Necrospecter would drain my life force. As per its design, by offering life to the Black Shroud, it would revert to its original form before death, gradually reducing negative effects while keeping the enhancements intact.

Hence, stalling during a fight with Code Black was not a wise move.

I twisted my body sideways, narrowly avoiding its swung Pain Sphere. Expecting my evasion, it transformed the Pain Sphere into a hook-like shape.

‘No chance.’

I too was reading its attack. Just before its hook could pierce my thigh, a blood-sucking tentacle sprang from the end of my combat arm, lashing at its side.

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Upon being struck by my attack and while flying away, Code Black’s left arm gleamed.

“Watch out!”

I quickly bowed my head, raising the crown-like carapace extending from the back of my head. A thin black beam shot from the mouth on Necrospecter’s left arm, striking my head.

“Ugh!”

I took a few steps back and swiftly dodged the incoming beam. Five black beams relentlessly chased me, aiming to tear me apart.

‘Thanks to my dragonification trait, there’s no energy consumption limit.’

Though the destructive power was significantly lower than when I was in a sane state, simultaneously firing several shots didn’t really pose a disadvantage due to the decreased force.

The beams destructively razed everything around me—houses, trees, roads, cars—stubbornly following the tip of my tail.

「Die! Die! Die!」

The one maniacally firing the beams suddenly shut its mouth. When I turned around, I saw a purple mesh encasing its entire body.

The one who threw the mesh was number 26. As number 26’s tentacles flickered, blood spurted from the figure.

“Aaargh!”

Letting out a scream, the figure exerted force on their arm, slowly loosening number 26’s restraints. Witnessing this, number 26 immediately shifted to another attack. Its long tentacles shattered the ground, digging in.

“I’ll kill you, I’ll... Argh!”

The figure tried to aim the beams at number 26 but failed as thick tentacles emerged from the ground, targeting their arm.

Hastily retracting the left arm and leaping backward, the figure swung the right arm. However, the tentacles shrunk instantly, leaving the figure’s attack slashing through thin air.

‘It has grown a lot.’

The Sea Demon can freely adjust the size of its tentacles while using them. Even after growing, number 26 effortlessly utilized them in combat.

Originally intended to penetrate, the attack was limited to stabbing the Code Black’s eyes due to its resistance.

“Shaaa!”

Struck in a vulnerable spot, she made an indiscernible sound and tore off the tentacles with its right arm. The pain resonated through number 26 as if even felt by its tentacles.

「It’s fine! Doesn’t hurt at all!”」

The creature exclaimed and, giving force to its tentacles, threw me high into the sky.

The direction number 26 hurled me towards was above the figure’s head. While flying towards the destination, I adjusted my aim to target the figure’s forehead.

And then, I unleashed the prepared Psychic Breath from above the figure.

“What?!”

Judging the danger, the figure hastily tried to move backward.

“No way!”

With all its might, number 26’s restraints hindered the figure’s movement. It was a very short period, yet enough time for the Psychic Breath to reach the figure.

The figure looked at number 26 with disbelief, but it was already too late. The dragon’s flames ruthlessly engulfed the Necrospecter’s body.

***

“Faster than expected!”

Code Red, engaged in anti-aircraft shooting against airborne enemies, involuntarily sweated.

She fired tungsten-tipped plasma shots from her coilgun. In this darkness, these shots were undoubtedly substantial compared to regular bullets, although it wasn’t easy to see them clearly.

Thanks to her Psychokinesis Control Web, she could detect and manipulate bullets fired from the coilgun, but her enemies couldn’t.

The night in the cosmic city, although artificially illuminated, was relatively bright compared to the greenish Gallagon, making it not at all easy to dodge each bullet.

Code Red had experience fighting Gallagon alongside other shadows. However, there was no existence as swift and fearsome as the green demon she faced now.

“Support needed!”

She had already attempted multiple spiritual harmonizations to forcibly summon Black. But all attempts failed. There was only one truth indicated – Black had entered Necrospecter mode.

Click!

The coilgun flashed red, indicating the remaining ammunition was low, a situation apparent even to an ordinary person without abilities.

The unfavorable circumstance stirred emotions within her – fear of defeat.

“Urgent retreat!”

She tossed the useless coilgun away and focused her mind.

It was to release the spiritual harmonization with Black and summon her comrade, Code Blue. Originally an absolute no-go action, but currently, she wasn’t in her right mind due to the fear of death, something she hadn’t experienced in a long time.

A green meteor rapidly approached the violet halo glowing from her head.

“Still time.”

Just a while ago, she calculated the moving speed of the Green Gallergon during their fight.

At the figure’s speed, Code Blue couldn’t reach her before the Green Gallergon did. She thought so, but there was one thing she overlooked.

The Green Gallergon hadn’t yet exerted its full speed.

“?!”

The figure’s wings glowed intensely green, significantly accelerating its speed.

With the increased speed, a shockwave erupted behind the accelerating figure. A deafening roar tore through the air, causing all windows on the Monument’s outer wall to tremble.

The figure, narrowing the distance at a rapid pace, suddenly snapped its wings backward. As the speed dramatically decreased, the figure’s velocity resembled that of a comet.

Windows on the 50th floor where the observation deck was situated shattered due to the shockwave, and chairs inside the observation deck tumbled chaotically.

“Miscalculation.”

Code Red closed her eyes as she glimpsed the violet irises of the figure, which had reached dangerously close.

Even after devastating her body to pieces in the observation deck and passing through the entire floor, the Green Gallergon, coincidentally or not, spread its wings again in the monument’s airspace.

At a distance, another blaze of dragonfire blazed fiercely.