Chapter 282

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Episode 282 – Cleaning up (1) After the metallic gremlin retreated, the shielding wall protecting the fortress was lifted. My Heavenly Mother and I returned to the fortress through the military port. “Where should I go?” After entering the fortress, the Heavenly Mother returned from her winged griffon form to a beast doll. Wings sprouted from its back, which was made up of dense muscles. It was much smaller than when it was in its griffon form, so that when folded it only reached around the thighs. Of course, the movement of the agate color was still there. she asked me, holding the priest’s golden spear on her shoulder. ‘Originally, I would have gone to the 2nd Command Center, but...’ It doesn’t look like Cynthia is floating around on the broken silo. It is highly likely that he has already moved to board a transport ship belonging to another headquarters. ‘He must have gone to First Command.’ She’s a cult ranker, so she probably knows Kesha Arma’s structure as well as I do. There is no way he doesn’t know what the lack of oxygen he experienced means. He must have judged that the 3rd Command, which oversees the fortress’ life support facilities, had already fallen into my hands. So, they would have moved to the 1st Command Headquarters, which was deemed safe. ‘I might be fighting with the kids by now.’ During the battle, I asked No. 26 to take Adhai with him and attack the 1st headquarters. If Cynthia had headed to the 1st Command Center, she would have already encountered them. ‘If the two of us are together, we may not win, but we will not lose.’ Both No. 26 and A’Dhai are the Sea Demon Red Gallagon, infamous for being powerful psychic creatures. From a cult perspective, it would be safe to say that it is literally the worst in terms of compatibility. If Cynthia had a strong attack ability like Jason, it would have been dangerous, but she doesn’t have that level of attack power. [Zuzuzu Zuzu (Let’s go to the 1st Command Headquarters)] After sending a wave to the Mother of Heaven, I took out the membrane hidden inside the carapace of the wing arm. Since the ‘Bone Beast’ has not been released, my body is still gigantic. As the film spread wide like the sails of a sailing ship, the objects around me were pushed away. “It’s really big.” She also slightly admired and spread her wings. Although she was smaller than the Griffon, she still spread her beautiful wings and flew up before me. I followed her and waved my wings too. As the two huge wings, each 100 meters long, flapped, everything beneath me was swept away. With each wave of its wings, abandoned buildings were destroyed and corpses lying on the ground were swept up into the air. Among the numerous wrecks was a hover bus. What happened was that the half-left remains of the bus were blown away by the wind and landed on top of a building. Not long after I started flying over the ruined areas, I saw a long, cylindrical building. We landed in front of 1st Command Center, surrounded by a shield wall. “I see they’re already fighting?” Just as she said, there was a hole in the shield wall that looked like it had been drilled with a very large drill. From inside, the screams of pirates and the sounds of guns could be faintly heard. ‘First, we have to widen the entrance...’ The moment I grabbed the hole in the shield wall with my wing arm to widen it, the sound coming from inside stopped. And familiar waves and thought waves flowed out, tickling the tentacles of my monster. 「I feel like a big baby!」「Big adult」「That’s right」「Let’s go out」「Yes! Let’s go out!” After a while, they appeared. No. 26 must have been in battle, and his body had grown significantly, and Adhai’s head and front legs were dyed red. 「Big baby, big!」「Big adult」「Transformation?」 [Zu (Yes)] They had seen me use the Bone Beast a few times, so they weren’t surprised to see me at such an enormous size. However, since this was their first time seeing Mother Sky with wings, they both reacted in surprise. “Is the middle baby also fluttering? “It happens when you grow up?” “Yes. As you said, I grew and gained wings.” “It’s amazing! I want one too!” “Ugly friend” “A little bit” “It’s gotten better” “Then shouldn’t we leave out the word ugly?” “Tail” “Thin” “Ugly” They organized their own operation and captured Cynthia without my help or command. What it means is by no means small. I don’t know how many more rankers I’ll have to fight with in the future. Even now, two factions are hostile to me: the faction that Jason belonged to, and the ‘return faction’ that Cynthia belonged to. I don’t know yet how many people belong to each faction, but it’s probably not a small number. ‘If they have ranker-level skills, it will be much easier to fight enemies in the future.’ While I had such practical thoughts, there were also feelings that were difficult to explain in words. Once upon a time, when I was very young, I pretended to be an actor in front of my parents. My mother, who was a famous actress at the time, was always a strict person, but it was different that day. My mother, who usually had little emotional ups and downs, looked at me and smiled silently. When meeting reporters, it was a sincere smile, not the actor’s smile he used when standing on set. ‘...I was really happy at that time.’ Why does my mother’s smile, which I have never seen again since, come to mind now? Maybe this feeling I feel is the same feeling my mother felt when she saw me as a child. “So there are no more threats?” It was a thought sent by the Mother of Heaven that woke me up from a state of emotion that I couldn’t tell if it was a thought or emotion. [Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (Yes, because the ranker is dead)] 「Seeing as the fortress is in this state, the part where we went to get the genetic essences must have already been dealt with. You just need to catch the rest of the pirates . ‘ Did you do it here too?」 [Zuzzuzuzuzu (That’s efficient)] The pirates and survivors remaining in the fortress are in fact in a limited time. If you are wearing a reinforced suit, you will be able to hold out a little longer since you have an oxygen capsule, but that will only prolong your life by a few tens of minutes. Once we get rid of them, there is no need to stay here anymore. ‘The conditions for adult evolution have already been achieved.’ Thanks to the underground storage, I collected all the material properties needed to synthesize the two unique properties. Once these are completed, it can immediately evolve into an adult. ‘Oh, now that I think about it, there was a trait of being predatory.’ While thinking about the characteristics, a forgotten memory came to mind. The predation effect appeared on Warp Boy, who tried to catch Taitabos but ate it instead. I haven’t checked yet because I’m preoccupied with Cynthia. There will only be a few minutes left until automatic cancellation. I immediately popped up a text box. “Predation effect activated! Successfully acquired the ‘Warp Creature’ genetic essence.」「Takeover ‘Warp Creature’ among the creature characteristics of ‘Warp Boy’.」「Do you want to apply ‘Warp Creature’?」 ‘Oh?’ I can’t believe something unexpected happened twice in a short period of time. The ‘Warp Creature’ trait is so useful that it is no exaggeration to say that it is semi-essential for Aimorph. If you possess that characteristic, the speed of preparing for faster-than-light navigation increases dramatically. ‘It’s a pretty good ability when running away.’ Now that I have acquired the ‘Monster’s Reinforced Wings’, I can use faster-than-light sailing alone. However, the reason it is not used during battle is because the preparation speed for faster-than-light navigation is very slow. Since you have to remain still for more than 5 minutes, you become vulnerable to enemy attacks. If you obtain the Warp Creature trait here, you can cut the time until you start traveling at faster than light speed by half. ‘I can’t believe I got such good traits from here.’ The chance of getting a warp creature from Warp Boy is very low, so I didn’t expect much, but I’m glad I did. I happily chose to accept. And.... 「The perks of ‘Jason (Jason Turningham)’ stored in the token storage facility can be fused with ‘Warp Creatures.’ 「It is subject to use of the characteristic enhancement system. Do you want to use the system?” The text box again displayed a message that was different from what I expected.

Chapter 282

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