episode_0640
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“What is that… ”
I found myself muttering under my breath at the bizarre antics of the Bug Queen.
Well, it couldn’t be helped.
Because the Bug Queen was being split in half right before my eyes.
Kwajik!
Ugh!
To be exact, it wasn’t the bug queen that was split in half, but rather the guy’s carapace that was split.
The creature’s massive carapace split vertically, as if it was shedding a sack of skin.
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw that sight was a molting crayfish.
The difference is that, unlike crayfish that escape through cracks in their shells, the bug queen breaks through the shell itself.
Those who were placed in front of the Queen of Bugs and were being eaten were covered in debris and bodily fluids that flew as the Queen’s hard carapace broke.
A few pieces of debris flew at me too, and I had to swat them away with the back of my hand.
Krrr…!
The queen let out a frustrated cry and shook her upper body from side to side in an attempt to throw off her shell.
In the process, another healthy bug nearby was hit by the queen’s leg and slammed into the wall.
I never thought I’d see the bug queen shed her coat.
It was clear that not many people across the entire human empire had witnessed such a sight.
Of course, this sight did not impress me in any way, since I am not the type of scholar who gets excited by new discoveries.
‘… He’s struggling not to die.’
Instead, I ended up looking at the bug queen’s struggles with pitiful eyes.
After all, no matter how much she struggled, in the end there was nothing the Bug Queen could do on her own.
Still, since he put so much effort into it, I was curious to see how he would emerge.
Tsk tsk tsk!
As I was observing it for a moment, the creature finally finished shedding its shell, tearing it apart as if it was exploding.
“Oh… ”
The finished product had a rather sleek appearance.
A height of just over 2 meters, with the upper body raised and standing like a human.
A slender appearance that somehow reminds one of a wingless wasp.
Two pairs of sharp claws attached to an organ that is hard to tell whether it is a hand or a foot.
In particular, its claws were so sharp that they looked like spears or swords, and they were dripping drops of the creature’s bodily fluids.
The guy stood there, stepping on the huge debris that surrounded him, staring at me.
Actually, I couldn’t see any organs that could be called pupils, but that’s what it felt like.
As the creature took a step forward, its belly, like that of a fat queen ant, fell off from behind.
Oh my gosh
Then, an entity was born that seemed truly relieved and could hardly be called a bug queen anymore.
Of course, no matter how bizarre the life force of a bug is, it would be impossible to separate an organ that was still attached without any damage.
The guy also had a disgusting fluid oozing out of his severed stomach.
It stopped quickly though.
The bug queen’s bodily fluids were glistening all over her pitch-black carapace, perhaps because she had consumed the Noir Black that was in the facility.
It was definitely a transformation worth waiting for.
I nodded my head in small admiration.
‘I went on a huge diet… but this is a group I’ve never seen before.’
It may seem ridiculous to think this way, since this is only the second time I’ve encountered a bug, but I haven’t seen a bug like this in Star Capital, the game set here.
Since the bug could not speak human language, the answer came from Maria.
-That looks like some kind of elite entity.
‘elite?’
Even if you just listened to it, it was a name that gave off the vibe of someone strong.
‘But there was no such bug in Star Capital.’
-Because only certain types of bugs appear in the game. There is no way an online game can reflect all the mutations of bugs in the world.
‘That makes sense.’
The strength of the bug race lies in their massive quantity and the ability to freely change mutations depending on the environment.
The bug’s characteristic was that rather than a single powerful general, it would pour out soldiers that were appropriately strong depending on the environment and swallow up the entire planet.
Naturally, Star Capital introduced only the most representative features and a few types of bugs as enemies, due to the nature of the game that cannot reflect all of the work’s vast settings.
Considering their ability to digest almost any organic material and use it as food, a fully grown, giant nest could easily cover the entire planet, and even spread to other planets within the same system.
But this elite individual seemed to be a little different.
– It seems that they have been mutating in a desperate attempt to somehow achieve meaningful evolution with limited resources in a closed research facility. Thanks to this, even though the nest itself is small, such a unique individual has emerged. Just in case, I recommend that you be careful, Master.
‘Well, if you cook it, it’ll just turn into a roasted bug, right?’
I muttered to myself like that.
Even though she gave herself the fancy name of an elite entity, in the end it was no different from the queen herself going into battle after losing all her means.
Now that we’ve seen how they shed, it was time to finish cleaning.
He reached out and blew out flames as if he was sweeping away other bugs.
Kwaaahhhh!!
The flames that erupted in an instant swept away the remaining bug troops, elite entities, and the remains of the bug queen.
But the result was slightly different than before.
Wow!
“!”
A black mass burst through my flames.
I took a step to the side and avoided the black mass. It was a black object that passed me by with sharp claws like a shot arrow.
“What is this…?”
It was an elite entity that the queen had shed.
Could it be because all the shiny fluid covering the guy’s body has burned off?
Its appearance, which resembled a wasp, was not clearly distinguishable.
The outline of the object touching the background was visible to the eye. However, the claws and joints overlapping the body, and the movements the object was taking were not visible even to the eyes strengthened by internal energy.
It is only detected by the senses.
It was as if Moon Ji-yu had become the shadow that he was dealing with.
The feeling of suddenly seeing a two-dimensional object popping out into a three-dimensional world.
I knew immediately why this had happened.
‘… It’s because of Noir Black.’
Noir Black.
A material used in the production of Dyson Spheres, as well as a substance that absorbs light in the atmosphere of the planet Noir.
I thought maybe that substance was incorporated into the guy’s shell and formed into that shape.
While other guys have shown camouflage skills that allow them to blend into the shadows, this queen is on a different level.
Even with my inner strength, it was difficult to distinguish the shape with the naked eye. It’s not like there was no light around thanks to my special ability.
Suddenly, an example similar to this popped into my mind.
Is this the dazzle camouflage used on warships?
It meant painting dizzying patterns to hide the shape, armament, and direction of movement of a warship from the enemy.
The difference was that this side was painted completely black, so it was impossible to tell the difference.
‘What a bunch of crappy evolutions there are.’
An enemy whose shape is difficult to distinguish even with your eyes open.
If there had been no sense of urgency, something quite annoying could have happened.
You must have been at a loss because you couldn’t figure out at what intervals the enemy would attack.
Even the guy doesn’t look human, but rather resembles an insect with two pairs of claws.
Wedge!
The guy who had passed me by turned around and came towards me again.
The only visual evidence of its approach was a growing black shape. If you added auditory information, it was the sound of the wind ripping.
I extinguished the flame that was flickering in my hand.
Even when I shined light on it, I couldn’t really see its shape, and judging by the fact that it didn’t take much damage from the flames I breathed out, it seemed to have a high resistance to heat.
Then there’s no need to attack the enemy with a means that he has immunity to. It’s not like all the weapons I have are abilities.
But to the group, it must have looked quite dangerous.
“Minho!”
“Brother!”
I responded to their cries by waving my hand appropriately and took out a blue sword from my inventory.
As I breathed my inner energy into the sword, a soft blue light rose along the frosty blade.
The blue light, which had been fluttering one by one like a thread released from weightlessness, gathered tightly and wrapped around the sword.
Sword and crossbones.
The sword was imbued with the destructive yet beautiful starlight that could cut and destroy anything.
and.
Crunch-
The blue starlight cut the shadow that had been covering the sky in half.
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