Chapter 113
[Trantor Jjescus]
[Proofreader Demon Gods Disciple]
In the deep heart of the central forest of Utopia-02, there exists a ce where various electronic devices andmunication equipment cannot be used. This location is protected by powerful energy, making it invisible from outside the or from the sky. One can only reach it by walking through the maze of the jungle.
This ce is known as the Forgotten Temple of the Lost Land. Only the father of thend served by the wolves of Utopia-02 knows the way to the Forgotten Temple. Or at least, thats how it was supposed to be.
However, those standing in the Forgotten Temple now are not wolves. Inside and outside the temple, broken stone statues and corpses of humans and cult members were scattered. Inside the temple, a group of individuals moved around, tending to the bodies.
They were cultists with horns on their heads, young humans, but they all had twomon featuresthey were males and exceptionally handsome males at that. These intruders belonged to a formidable pirate group, the Humanity Cartel.
All the pirates, busy with the aftermath of the battle, showed tension and fatigue on their faces, except for one. A cult girl with deer antlers on her temples had a broad smile on her face, holding a golden javelin in her hand.
Hehe, theres nothing sweeter than getting the important loot before anyone else.
A voice as enchanting as her appearance flowed from her lips. Her name was Muriel, the leader of the Humanity Cartel.
Approaching her, a man spoke,
Leader.
What happened brother?
Well, there are some injured pirates here.
Her gaze turned towards the fallen pirates behind her subordinates. They had suffered serious injuries in the battle with the stone statues guarding the temple.
Brothers, are you hurting a lot?
Oh, no! Its nothing! Just a scratch!
Its okay! Just a little scrape!
The injured pirates reassured her, emphasizing that they were fine. Muriel approached them and casually scanned each one. Then, she furrowed her eyebrows.
Brothers, you cant be ugly.
Plplease spare us! Keuk!
Even you, brother.
Please ack!
Ignoring their pleas, Muriel lethally stabbed each injured pirate with her javelin. Strangely, the golden javelins glow intensified with each kill, as if reveling in the blood.
Thanks to you brothers, the experiment was a great sess.
She nodded satisfactorily while looking at the dazzling javelin that illuminated the inside of the temple brightly. Muriel, having killed all the injured, led her subordinates and left the temple.
In a location away from the temple, there was a temporary camp set up by the Humanity Cartel. As she arrived, her subordinates waiting at the camp greeted her.
Have youe?
How is the Mother of the Sky?
As you mentioned, she is in training.
Muriel entered the camp with her subordinates. In the center of the camp, a beast, 3 meters in size, was chained with iron shackles. The skeletal structure of the beast, with an eagle head on a lions body, was truly gruesome. Its entire body was covered in hardened scabs, and the wounds were so severe that maggots were growing out from it.
All four legs had thick iron stakes driven into them, and a spiked iron cor was worn around its neck. Additionally, internal organs protruded from a wound on its side, tied up with a thick wire connected to a wheel.
Speaking in a cheerful voice to the beast in a state that seemed close to death, Muriel said,
Hey, Choe-seo, ah, no. Mother of the sky. Have you been well?
When the beast, addressed as the Mother of the Sky, didnt respond, Muriel gestured to one of the pirates. As the pirate turned the wheel, the wire was pulled, extracting the beasts internal organs.
Kraaaaack! You son of a bitch!
If a person asks you something, you should answer.
Grrr Sstop!
Why are you cursing when Im trying to thank you for getting the treasure? Am I still a joke to you?
Aaaargh!
In extreme pain as its organs were torn apart, the Mother of the Sky even lost control of its dder.
Hehehe, its impressive that the transformation hasnt been undone despite going this far.
Uuuu You
But how much more can you endure?
While Muriel mocked the pathetic sight, a subordinate approached with amunication pad.
Leader, theres an urgent message from the cruiser.
Im busy right now.
Its a very urgent matter.
Fine.
Muriel reluctantly took the pad. The disyed contents were video recordings transmitted from cameras on the reinforced suit.
***
Phew.
After recovering from the aftermath of the Symbol of Hunt, I looked around. Worried about the possibility of leaving the cave, I realized that it hadnt happened.
Bit messy, but
The cave walls and my body were covered in blood. Fingers hung with leftover entrails, and broken bone fragments and flesh scattered on the floor.
Lets get ready then.
Having processed all the prepared food in my stomach, I left the cave. Evolution cant happen immediately afterpleting all the evolution conditions. The best time for evolution is when Amorph is most incapacitated, during his recovery in the cave. If attacked during evolution, I wouldnt be able to resist and would die.
The time it took for thest evolution was six hours.
It would probably be simr or even longer when evolving into a Quasi-Saint. To safely stay in this jungle for at least six hours, preparations were necessary.
Lets seal the cave entrance.
I went outside and headed to the nearby pirate camp. Since the pirates had already been devoured, there was no one at the camp. Except for the fact that creatures like the Wooddevils hade out and took away the boxes containing Calibaga, the items at the camp remained untouched.
Grabbing a small bomb from the camp, I returned to the cave and installed it at the entrance. When the bomb exploded, the cave entrance copsed, plunging the cave interior into darkness.
Lets go then.
Inside the cave, there was a spacious chamberrge enough for me to evolve without any issues. I found a suitable spot deep inside the chamber along the wall.
[Pre-Saint > Quasi Saint evolution conditions have been met. Would you like to evolve?]
I had waited a long time. I spoke to the text box waiting for my response.
Yes, I would evolve. Instantly, an enormous amount of slime was secreted from my body. In the sticky sensation that enveloped my entire body, Iy down on the cool cave floor.
The slime spread not only around my body but throughout the entire chamber. Within the slowly solidifying slime taking the form of egg-shaped structures, I closed my eyes quietly.
And then,
Huh?
I opened my eyes in a familiar space.
Where am I?
The ce I was standing was someones room. Aputer, VR headgear on a desk, posters of ssic SF movies on the walls, and neatly arranged bedding on the floor.
I knew the identity of this space.
My room?
I looked down at my palm, wondering if I had returned to reality. What I saw there was Amorphs hand, familiar but now human-sized.
What happened?
It was too realistic to be a dream. The distinctive nauseating smell of a one-room apartment, the scent of kimchi stew wafting in from outsideit was hard to believe it was fake.
I approached theputer and turned on the VR headgear connected by a cable.
The screen reflected on the transparent visor inside the device was undoubtedly the login screen of Space Survival.
Its different from when evolving into a Pre-Saint
At that time, I spected that the space I was in was a simted world. It made sense, given that the space itself felt unreal.
But now, the boundary was extremely ambiguous. Judging whether this was reality or not was difficult, considering the weight of the device felt in my hands.
I put down the VR headgear and opened the door.
Huh?
The moment I opened the door, I found myself in another space. It was a home.
Where is this?
A framed picture hanging in the entrance caught my eye. The picture inside the frame was a drawing I had made in kindergarten. Stepping inside, I saw a middle-aged couple arguing on the porch.
Both of them had their faces painted with ck paint, and their voices were distorted like machine-modted noises, making it impossible to understand. They continued arguing as if they didnt know I was in the same space.
I passed by them and entered the innermost room. It was a room with only a bed, desk, and wardrobe, giving a deste feelingpared to my apartment seen earlier.
Ignoring the bed and desk, I approached the wardrobe. With both hands, I opened the door.
Inside the wardrobe was a child with burned scars on half of the face, to be precise.
The child looked at me, tears welling up in round eyes. Without thinking, I reached out towards the child, and the child extended its hand in the same way.
As our hands touched, the childs expression changed. The moment I realized it was a smile, the environment around me changed into a deep darkness.
Ive returned.
I extended my sixth arm to tear the bloody membrane covering my body. Slime that had filled the membrane poured out, and the cold, damp air of the cave enveloped my body.
It felt like the pleasant coolness after washing with warm water. I exerted strength on the tail and slowly stood up.
Since no light entered the cave, I couldnt see anything with my eyes, but I could feel it. The sensory organs under my jaw, now increased from 2 to 4, vividly conveyed the changes in my body.
Is this the Quasi-Saint stage?
A creature resembling a spider or scorpion, with bipedal lotion simr to a human or a humanoid.
So, what animal does the Quasi-Saint Amorph resemble? Id like to say its a giant snake with eight arms. As for me, who has transformed, theres nothing resembling legs anymore. The arms that originally served as legs have been modified into newbat arms, so now I have a total of sixbat arms.
The upper arm, middle arm, and lower arm.
Eachbat arm is located around the shoulders, sides, and lower abdomen. With the transformation of the legs into arms, the upper body has be longer than before. And the lower half of my body, where the legs disappeared, has been reced by a thick tail.
In other words, if we were to simplify my current form, it would be simr to the monster Naga from Indian mythology, which is described as half-human and half-snake. Despite losing legs, I havent slowed down.
Now, movement is facilitated by the thick ws tightly embedded in the tail. The power of these tail ws is tremendous, allowing me to run much faster onnd than before.
And its useful when wandering underground or swimming.
Thanks to these changes, the Quasi-Saint can operate more easily in a variety of environmentspared to before, whether burrowing into the ground for ambush or pursuing enemies fleeing into the water, and so on.
Additionally, the tail, now an important means of movement and support, has scales separated like those on the head. While these scales are finely divided for free movement, they are not so low in defense. Probably, swiping an enemy with my tail will yield a force equivalent to a full-on charge.
In the past, I killed many enemies by entwining them with this tail.
Even the Swamp King, whom I devoured before evolving, wont withstand having its armor tightened by this tail for more than a few minutes. Of course, I wont leave it in a state where it can easily resist.
With the overall change in body shape, the form of the erged armor due to the horizon effect of nightmares has also slightly changed. The robust and heavy armor, suited to the shape of a snake-like body, has transformed into a sleeker and less thick form.
Lets see. From now on, I wont walk on two legs but move while supporting my body with my tail. I moved my tail as a test.
Sssss!
Huh?
Honestly, I thought it would be difficult to adapt, but surprisingly, it wasnt. The sensation of moving the tail was simr to the feeling of bouncing around by giving strength to the waist.
But it has grown a lot.
The length of my previous body, including the tail, was 12m, and during the manifestation of the hunting emblem, it was 20m. However, now, without using the Symbol of Hunt, the length has surpassed 25m, possibly because the role of the tail has be more important.
Apart from the fact that reaching the Quasi-Saint stage has made merger and the lower half of my body has been reced by a tail, there is another mutation that urred after I reached the Quasi-Saint stage.
Grrr!
I opened my mouth wide. The lower part of my jaw split into two, causing my mouth to open much wider than before. Inside the split jaw, sharp teeth were densely embedded.
While the tail is powerful, the true strength of the Quasi-Saint lies in the newly acquired feature. And thats the jaws.
[Essence Harvesters Jaw: You can activate the predation effect just by consuming the head of a target that possesses gic essence.]
This means that by having the essence harvesters jaw, you can activate the predation effect by just eating the head without consuming the entire corpse. With the Jaw of the Gic Harvester, you can quickly replenish the gic essence of enemies duringbat. This implies much faster growth than before.
Because of this, other yers tried to kill Amorphs by any means necessary.
Having confirmed all the changes, theres no reason to stay in this narrow cave any longer. I lowered my body and crawled towards the cave entrance. As I moved, widening the walls with my sixbat arms, the entrance, though narrow, didnt cause me any difort.
After easily breaking through the copsed entrance, I climbed up the nearby redwood. Coiling my tail and pushing my body upward, along with using thebat arms, made the ascent incredibly fast.
Ssssss!
The best part is that it makes almost no sound. Simr to how a snake moves silently, my movements were equally quiet. As evidence, the Night Stalker, which was lying on a branch, had no awareness that I was right behind it. It yawned, apparently bored of waiting for prey.
I quickly bit off its head with my split jaw.
Kong?!
The Night Stalkers corpse, with its head lost in an instant, fell below.
Theres no being on this continent that can restrain me.
Once Ive be a Quasi-Saint, even predators like the Hond Gigrant or the Swamp King cant be my opponents. The only remaining potential threat is the pirate yer.
As long as shes gone, theres no one to prevent my evolution.
If negotiations break down, she will bear the responsibility. This is thanks to the gic essence she possesses.
[Trantor Jjescus]
[Proofreader Demon Gods Disciple]
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