Chapter 433

I caught the falling Arcane Orca.

The sight of a guy whose energy skin had disappeared, leaving only his bones, was reminiscent of a fossil that had just been discovered. Only the head and part of the vertebrae remained, and even those were cracked in various places.

Compared to when it was alive, it looks quite shabby, but you shouldn’t judge it just by its appearance.

Arcane Orca, which feeds on the heat energy of stars, has a body structure that makes it easy to store large amounts of energy. Even when we die, the stored energy does not disappear and remains.

In other words, this bone contains the power of a being that once commanded the universe.

‘Otherwise I wouldn’t have thought of writing it for Aadhai.’

As I was looking at the bones, this thought suddenly occurred to me.

I was lucky enough to catch it early, so I thought why not just eat here. Or just eat the head and take the rest.

The Arcane Orca does not have many characteristics that can be acquired when feasting. If you use the symbol of hunting, there is a high probability of obtaining the desired characteristic, ‘Ether Core’.

The ether core is one of the materials needed to synthesize unique properties. Once you get this, you can immediately synthesize unique characteristics.

‘Then maybe we can meet the information body again.’

A mysterious being encountered in a cocoon, an information body. There is still a lot of information to be gleaned from him.

Even if we can’t meet, it’s okay. When I think about what I have to do in the future, the more unique characteristics I have, the better.

‘Instead, Aadhai and Gallagon will have to endure more...’

Is it because I actually had the opportunity to acquire the trait? A desire to prey on the Arcane Orca arises.

‘...no.’

I looked away from the corpse.

Here, it is less risky to take it to Aadhai than to eat it.

Although we succeeded in hunting earlier than expected, there is no way that this kind of luck will be repeated. If the gamble fails, Aadhai’s group will suffer damage close to annihilation.

‘And there is no guarantee that the ether core will come out.’

This means that the probability of obtaining it is high, but it does not mean that you will obtain it unconditionally. There is a good chance that other characteristics will appear even if you just ate it.

“No movement detected from target. “Has he died?”

Just when I had given up on predation, PS-111 flew towards me.

“Even though the body has stopped functioning, enormous amounts of energy are still observed.”

[Zuzu Zuzu (original)]

“It’s an interesting body structure.”

The guy who came closer looked at the body with his red camera lens shining.

‘And now that I think about it, I didn’t get Prometheus either.’

The reason is unknown, but looking at PS-111 now, it seems clear that he merged his body with a super weapon.

His appearance was very different from what I remembered. Only the face of the woman made of metal remains the same, but almost everything else has changed.

The body, which previously looked like a mixture of a spider and a scorpion, changed into a shape similar to a flat scarab. A woman’s upper body was attached to the stomach, and eight arms on both sides were folded to cover the body.

The shape of the head has also changed a lot from before. The hair-like bundle of cables disappeared, and the back of the head protruded to the point where it looked misshapen. Like Aimorph’s carapace.

Behind the long head, two large circular wings that are three or four times longer than the body can be seen connected. The wings, which started from the back of the head, stretched outwards and then curved round, with their tips pointing towards the tail. Maybe that’s why it reminded me of a flying saucer when seen from a distance.

‘Prometheus was also nicknamed a flying saucer.’

It is similar to Prometheus not only in appearance, but also in the structure of two smooth plates overlapping above and below, and in the fact that warp particles are emitted through a vent in the gap between the overlapping plates. The only difference is that the size has been greatly reduced to that of a carrier aircraft.

[Zuzzu zuzuzu zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu (I’ll do the analysis later. I got what I wanted, so let’s move on)]

“I understand.”

[Zuz zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (explain what happened on the way)]

Now that the battle is over, Heavenly Mother will be waiting for us. We have to take down the Wolfs and Rankers that are in their mouths, so it would be better to move slowly.

I flew towards the Sachs Beta, which landed in the harbor with PS-111. On the way, he explained why it was like this.

“...That’s why it happened like this.”

[Zuzuzu zzu zzuzuzuzu (The Supreme Council member’s body was also transplanted?)]

“I’ll show you.”

With those words, the protruding back of PS-111’s head split left and right. When the head connected to the wings was opened, a metal brain with several wires attached was revealed. This is the second brain transplanted from the Supreme Council member’s.

“Although its main functions, including memory data, have been erased, there is no problem in using it as an auxiliary brain as it is now.”

[Zuzzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzu (Are you controlling Prometheus with this?)]

“We got what we wanted, now let’s leave.”

“huh? “Now?”

“Now that the Supreme Council member has been defeated, Star Union will not remain silent. “I will send a chase team like I did before.”

Several hours have passed since the Supreme Commissioner died. You never know when the enemy might invade this place.

That’s why I said we should avoid it quickly, but PS-111 shook his head.

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

“why?”

“After transplanting the Supreme Council member’s body, we sent a message that the body was destroyed in the battle with Arcane Orca. “We won’t send the fleet until we realize the message is false.”

thank god. Thanks to his actions, I had time to prepare to leave.

“If I have time, I would like to repair the ship and take it back.”

“Well, there are a lot of damaged parts. Can I take it back?”

“If everyone helps, we can repair it within 3 hours.”

“God, we will help you too!”

Four hours later, we each got ready to leave.

We left Megacorp’s abandoned colony AG-01.

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An unnamed star system that is not registered on any route.

There is a pale frozen star at the edge of a remote area untouched by intelligent beings.

Ecosystems exist even in harsh environments where light is limited to once every 30 days. If you go down past the surface made of ice, an underground kingdom unfolds.

Beneath the ice ceiling densely studded with luminescent moss is a forest of giant fungi. A being flies over tree-sized fungi.

Isabelle is a mutant screamer with a centipede-like body and the head of a human woman. He was flying, carrying dozens of colorful mushrooms with his arms.

After passing through a vast forest of fungi, she descended into a valley radiating heat and gas.

The place she was heading to was a cave located inside a cliff in a valley. On the way in, we encountered the Green Gallagon guarding the valley, but no one stopped us.

After smoothly navigating through a cave with a complex maze-like structure, we arrived at a large cavity.

This is the place where the things most cherished by the owner of the valley, Gallagon, are stored. Eggs and Blue Gallagons that have not yet awakened.

“Little friend! hi!”

Number 26, who serves as the babysitter and egg keeper of the young Gallagon, greeted us warmly. Isabelle put down the things she had brought in front of the huge, swollen light pink jellyfish.

“I brought some food.”

“and!”

No. 26 is happy, with his body glowing faintly. The tentacles on the floor moved and swept up the mushrooms.

Then, he cut a hole in the mushroom and handed it one by one to the Blue Gallagons in his arms. The gallagons sucked the juices flowing from the mushrooms with the bundles of tentacles around their mouths.

「Is it delicious?」

「Good」

「Good」

「Young flutter, eat a lot!」

The blue-scaled chicks waved their wings gently as if they were in a good mood. Number 26 also waved its tentacles with joy.

「Little friend eats too.」

“I already ate before I came, so it’s okay.”

Isabel, who declined No. 26’s invitation, checked the eggs in the nest.

There were no dead eggs, but they were not healthy either. Most of them were in poor condition and seemed unlikely to last long.

‘It’s getting worse faster than expected.’

Acting Chief Ham Ort predicted that it would take approximately 60 days for Aadhai to absorb all the energy from this place. But looking at the current trend, it seemed like it would end much sooner.

Currently, not only White Gallagons, but also newly grown Green Gallagons go out to look for food. Thanks to this, we are barely able to maintain the status quo, but no one knows when that balance will be broken.

‘Besides, number 26 is also the limit.’

The condition of No. 26 was not good at first glance. This is because they are putting all their energy into preventing their young and eggs from dying. Because of the constant consumption of a large amount of energy, the pink body was on the verge of fading to white.

‘I need to find another way now...’

At that time, No. 26, which was feeding the gallagons, suddenly stopped. Then, the pale body slowly began to glow brightly.

“and!”

Isabel also turned her head at the sign of popularity she felt behind her. There stood the being that the Gallagons had been eagerly waiting for.

「Hello big baby!」

[Zuzu (Hello)]

After finishing his hunt, Eimoff finally returned.

A word from the author (author review) The part where Amorph talks to PS-111 in the latter half of episode 432 has been modified.

There were wolfs in my mouth, but it was awkward to talk with my voice, so I changed it to speaking using the ‘monster’s tentacles.’ Watch the next episode.”