Knock
A drop of water formed on the carapace of my head.
I lifted my head and looked up. There were so many dark clouds that it seemed as if they were going to spit out water at any moment.
‘You must have infiltrated the ship by now, right?’
Beyond the thick clouds, outside the planet, are Mother Sky and PS-111. The purpose is to infiltrate the Zax Beta-class ship supporting the Ranker in orbit.
The commander currently running the pirate fleet is likely to be a high-ranking android. If you are a member of the Supreme Council, you may be able to eavesdrop on our communications. So we decided not to contact each other until the operation was successful.
‘It’s been a long time since we’ve had an operation where everyone responds on their own.’
I feel strange, perhaps because I haven’t felt like this in a while.
‘The two of you will do well.’
I took my eyes off the sky and looked down at the ground.
Underneath the long, outstretched fighting arms, colorful waves crash. It is a wave made up of homeless people, pirates, soldiers, engineers, and other humans.
Their identities are Hiveformers. This is Aimorph’s army created using those from AG-01.
‘It’s more like a horde of zombies than an army.’
Seeing countless crowds moving at exactly the same speed reminded me of zombies from horror movies.
Of course, they are not living corpses. That’s because the inside of that leather is full of black worms instead of flesh and blood.
A huge number of body snatchers advance to subdue their target. There were eight monster walkers in front of where they were heading.
All of the hiveformers here were based on humans. You cannot pierce the heavy armor of a walker with your bare hands.
‘But it’s a different story when the number becomes hundreds of thousands.’
It is on a different level from the hundreds of birds patted in the harbor.
No matter how excellent a walker’s defense is, it is difficult to survive being crushed by waves of hiveformers. Once you are crushed by the military, you cannot move due to the weight and have no choice but to wait for death.
The enemies also seemed to know this, mobilizing all their weapons to push back the approaching army.
The walkers at the front adjusted the firepower of the plasma cutter to create a pseudo-flame thrower and burned the hiveformer. Those in the rear fired a barrage of shells from the multiple gun batteries mounted on their backs.
Every time the air vibrates due to heavy drinking, a hole opens up between the group. However, that was only for a short time, and another Hiveformer quickly filled the empty space. Unless you use orbital bombardment, it won’t be easy to push it out.
On the other hand, this side was also unable to reach Walker, but there was nothing to worry about. I lowered myself and put my head close to the ground.
‘Where should I take it out then?’
This place where we stand is no ordinary land. The moment the auxiliary organ under my chin touched the floor, my consciousness became connected to the wide, shallow nest. In that state, I took out the card I had prepared in advance.
At a point not far from where the walkers were, a nest disguised as land lifted its mimicry. A large pit formed, and the monsters hiding beneath it rose up. The identity of the monster, which is several times larger than a human, is Megacorp’s biological weapon, the Hulk Mutant.
‘To be exact, they are worms wearing the skin of a Hulk mutant.’
The hiveformer, the gardener of the nest, makes the body of an alien creature its home. Any object that has a body they can gnaw on can be used as a hiding place.
‘I came to the Hulk Mutant Testing Site, so I’d be disappointed if I didn’t use it.’
In addition to genetic samples, many unfinished or discarded Hulk mutant test subjects remained in AG-01’s research complex. They are like by-products created while making weapons, so even if I eat them, they have no value beyond nutrients.
So this time I decided to give it up to my little friends.
‘Now, go.’
Hulk mutants with their bodies filled with black earthworms advance.
Although it is noticeably slower than the original, its strong defense is still intact. Even when hit by a flying cannonball, it only flinched slightly but did not stop walking.
Belatedly, the walkers also tried to replace the shells with stronger firepower, but the Hulk mutants reached them first.
Some swung their arms with large swords, while others struck with their protruding heads like battering rams. Monster Walker’s armor is not damaged by such things, but it is not at a level that can be ignored either.
The walkers, who were spewing flames at the front, had no choice but to start dealing with the Hulk mutant, who was left with nothing but a shell.
Monster Walker is almost 10 meters tall, which makes him three times taller than the Hulk Mutant. The same goes for the power contained within it. Walker crushed his enemies by swinging his fist, which was bigger than a child, like a mace.
The vibrating knife, making an evil sound, explodes on my head. When the saw blade and the carapace collided, sparks flew out.
But there wasn’t the result he was expecting. The alloy blade, which seemed like it could sharpen anything, quickly became dull, leaving only a few scratches on my head.
‘What a bother.’
He bit both sides of the walker with his center and right head and pulled in the opposite direction with all his might. The enemy could not hold out for long and was split in two.
‘Anyway, this makes seven.’
I spat out the fragments of the walker that had become scrap metal.
All walkers assisting the ranker were eliminated.
Now there is only one food left.
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“Chikushiyo! (Shit!) Chikushiyo! (Shit!)”
Shinobu cursed and hit the control stick harshly.
Now he was hiding in a small city located close to the port. This is to cool down the overheated Monster Walker engine.
“When the hell are you moving!”
The reading on the dashboard says I need to wait a few more minutes for cooling to complete.
If it were any other time, it would be such a short period of time that I wouldn’t even care. However, it was a very long time in this situation where I was being chased by Eimov.
‘And Fiskes you son of a bitch! When is the promised time and they still haven’t bombed?!’
It was decided to attract Amov’s attention with an orbital bombardment, but there has been no news yet. While running away, I sent a message asking what was going on, but what came back was silence.
‘Did it really happen?’
Perhaps, while he was fighting on the ground, Aimov’s pets attacked the Fisketh Twelve.
I don’t know how they fooled the Supreme Commissioner who specialized in detection, but the opponent was the infamous Moffak. It was clear that this was another dirty trick.
“...Whew. Let’s calm down.”
Shinobu sighed and forced her anger to calm down.
If there is a problem with Fisces, it is impossible to receive support from ships in orbit.
Now there is only one thing I can rely on. A perk I received when crossing over to another world.
It is a difficult perk to use, but if you use it well, you can escape this threat.
He looked at his cold sweaty palms.
‘It’s almost time to come, but why is there no signal yet?’
The ampoule consumed during battle is a preparation stage for using the perk. The special has already been activated, but the ‘presence’ he was expecting has not arrived.
‘The others came right away, so why aren’t they coming? ‘Damn it!’
At that time, a sign appeared on the instrument panel indicating that cooling was complete. It was fortunate that nothing was going as planned.
He moved again, dragging his walker.
‘First, hide your body to save time...hundreds of millions?!’
The moment I went out of the building I was hiding in, the cockpit shook violently. Sparks flew all over the cockpit, and damage reports written in red were printed on the instrument panel.
‘Oh, before you know it?!’
Soon, the ceiling above my head was torn apart, accompanied by a loud sound of metal plates being torn apart.
At that moment, Shinobu faced him directly for the first time.
A ghost clearly visible even in the dark. The eerie being spoke quietly.
It’s ‘eight’.
“Watch next episode”