𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐𝟒: 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 (5)
After Rundalt left, Dracatarr stayed in the underground office, deeply distressed and unable to move.
Eventually, the subordinate who had been waiting outside came in because they couldn’t stand it anymore.
【Warrior Dracatarr. Are you okay?】
【The Chimeraz’s Rundalt. What did they say?】
Dracatarr thought about the subordinate’s question.
【They want me to be the monarch of our race.】
【Then what about Grand Monarch Carrd?】
【We are the warrior class. The warrior class has only one way to rise to the ruling class.】
【Surely not for that, the Chimeraz would. . . .】
【Take this.】
Dracatarr handed over the item Rundalt had given him to the subordinate.
It was something like a stone slab made of bone, densely engraved with complex numbers and Alphabets.
【The coordinates of stars that are very rich in resources. We were able to build large-scale munitions factories and shipyards without the ruling class knowing.】
【It could be a trap. It could be a trap set by the Chimeraz to weaken the Crolr forces.】
【But we have to do it. Our Grand Monarch Carrd is preparing for war. And when the war begins, the Crolr will suffer the same fate as the Vehlpciaarct.】
【Warrior. . . .】
【Change is painful.】
Dracatarr walked to the threshold of the underground office and stood there.
【Wouldn’t it be better to endure the pain than to die by not changing? Someone else will do this job if I don’t.】
【If we fail, the innocent working class of the special forces will be wiped out.】
【It’s better than the entire race dying in the future. If you can’t follow my will, leave this star system quietly now.】
However, there were no subordinates who passed Dracatarr and left.
【My proud and sad warriors of the special forces. If this is the future that is destined to be wiped out by performing only such meaningless defensive missions, shouldn’t we try to struggle when given the opportunity to change it?】
【The world has changed. But the Crolr hasn’t changed at all since the days when they fought with swords and spears. Now, someone really has to come forward and change it.】
【To do that, I will replace Monarch Carrd and all the ruling classes under him and rebuild a new Crolr civilization.】
One of the subordinates muttered at his extraordinary and noble intention.
“Dracatarrk Crola. . . .”
【The Crolr will prosper. . . .】
Then the other subordinate spoke together.
“Dracatarrk Crola!”
【The Crolr will prosper!】
That was a slogan that could be considered a challenge to the ruling class if spoken in front of Carrd and deserved to be sentenced to death.
🔷🔷🔷
Ssssssss. . .
Ludwig approached Kreion, who was sitting on the throne, and handed him the stone slab.
A stone slab engraved with complex numbers and Alphabets. Kreion reads it by just moving his eyes.
“Commander Dracatarr of the special forces is sending ships little by little to the coordinates of the abundant stars that Rundalt gave him. . . . Besides, his soldiers began to use a new slogan. . . . It seems certain that they have accepted our proposal. . . .”
“A new slogan?”
“Carrdrarrk Crola. . . . That’s what the current Crolr monarch, Carrd, is ruling. . . . It means obedience, loyalty, respect, and the identity of the Crolr. . . .”
The current monarch of the Crolr is Carrd. And the meaning contained in Carrd’s name is ‘reigning power’.
“The Crolr will reign. That’s what it meant.”
“Yes. . . . But the Crolr under Dracatarr started using the slogan Dracatarrk Crola. . . .”
Dracatarr’s name was ‘prosperous power’.
“If we interpret the meaning of the new slogan he uses, the word prosperity will be included.”
“Dracatarrk Crola. . . . The Crolr will prosper. . . . According to the Parahtoria’s eavesdropping, that’s what it means. . . .”
When Rundalt’s group visited there, they spread the spores of the Parahtoria in the office. The Parahtoria would be caught if it proliferated openly there, but the Parahtoria floating in the air in the form of spores is effective in espionage because it is similar to dust.
“It’s going in a direction with much less sacrifice than the brutal massacres that the Believer feared.”
“Without even getting the Chimeraz’s hands dirty. . . . If Dracatarr becomes the monarch, the Crolr will fall into our hands. . . .”
“Semi-permanently.”
“It’s semi-permanent. . . . I’ll keep a close eye on this and keep reporting it. . . .”
“I’d appreciate that.”
Ludwig moved his red single eye and looked up at the ceiling with only a few Gloworms attached.
In fact, it was not the ceiling, but the space beyond the ceiling and the sky.
“Master. . . . Leader Pyisa just arrived. . . .”
“Fast.”
“Would you like to have the new ground object brought here as well. . .?”
“Do that. I’ll see you outside.”
As Kreion said that and got up from the throne, Gats followed. When he took a step forward to leave the throne room, the Elite guards lined up on the left and right attached themselves to the back of Gats, two by two.
🔷🔷🔷
Xenotera covered plain.
Gats, the Elite guards are standing behind Kreion, and a bone structure is placed 800m in front of him.
A moment later, Pyisa, walking like a spider with two pairs of auxiliary legs, stood in front of his five footprints.
“I am so honored to have you choose the child I made.”
Pyisa gracefully turned his body and put his two palms together.
“I’d like to introduce you. The Chimeraz’s heavily armored large artillery. It is the Hailspatter, which boasts the second largest body on the ground after Kabana.”
A swollen belly like a spider, three pairs of thick legs, an exoskeleton and carapace covering the whole body, a snout that spreads in three directions, and a throat densely packed with holes like a showerhead inside.
Geurreurreur. . . . Kerrek. . . .
And a creature characterized by a boiling phlegm-like cry.
“I referred to various genetic blueprints, such as Addmoon-nim’s black liquid, Hydra’s digestive fluid, Tritula’s legs, and the colony’s heart.”
“What is the firing range and accuracy?”
“On average, it’s easy up to 5km. It’s safe to say that accuracy doesn’t matter because it bombards the target area extensively.”
It’s like a giant showerhead that shoots liquid very far away. In addition, the type of liquid can be changed as needed.
Originally, it was designed to drop black liquid on the heads of enemies, but it could also drop an oily liquid that burns well like a flame, an infected liquid, a liquid that is beneficial to the Chimeraz, just like artillery can replace shells.
“I’ll check the normal power.”
“I’ll show you.”
Pyisa commands Hailspatter.
➖Bombard that target.
Hailspatter lowered its posture and straightened its thick body and neck. It looks like a howitzer that has finished preparing for shelling.
Then, the huge butt twitched like a heart and contracted to an astonishing size. That was the moment.
Zzorararak. . . . Kkagak. . . !!!
Even solid rocks and the enemy’s new material armor could be cut off by that pressure alone. The black liquid that was sprayed almost in a straight line soared into the sky, drawing several lines, and fell on the structure 800m away like a heavy squall, drawing a parabolic orbit in the sky.
Jijijijijik!
The bone structure was saturated with black liquid and melted in an instant.
“It can also be used as a direct shot in an emergency in an environment without gravity where liquid cannot fall. In terms of versatility and firepower alone, I think it is superior to Grounsecter.”
“It’s a child with many advantages.”
If you make only about twenty Hailspatters, you can turn a small village into a flat land in less than 10 minutes.
In addition, unlike many Chimeraz aircraft, Hailspatter has a significantly lower genetic complexity compared to its size and power thanks to the fact that it heavily referenced the simple genes of terrestrial creatures.
In addition, Hailspatter’s extensive bombardment will be a force that can greatly weaken the enemy’s positions, shields, terrain, and lines of defense without sacrificing lives.
“Now let’s hear the downside of this child.”
Pyisa hesitated a little before answering.
“Because the space for muscle tissue is replaced with carapace, the movement is slow. And because the means of attack is liquid, its trajectory and speed are clearly visible, and it is vulnerable to high-heat defenses.”
When Pyisa closed his mouth after saying that far, Kreion checked again.
“There seem to be other disadvantages?”
“. . . Ah, yes. That’s right. The body size is slightly smaller than Kabana, but the body weight is much heavier than Kabana. Therefore, even if the genetic complexity is low, it is a species that is not suitable for mass production because it requires a lot of mass.”
That’s why it is classified as a Legion-class heavily armored large artillery.
“In addition, the pressure inside the body is high, so if the enemy pierces the exoskeleton, the internal organs will burst due to the stark difference in external pressure and pressure. So once you get a critical hit, you can’t guarantee your survivability.”
“If it needs protection, we’ll have to use it in combination with other children. Originally, it is appropriate for artillery to be protected, so that disadvantage can be supplemented.”
Then Ludwig spoke up.
“Master. . . . From my point of view, I think the other disadvantages can be sufficiently compensated for. . . . However, it seems that this Hailspatter has one fatal flaw that cannot be tolerated. . . .”
“That’s right.”
Kreion touched Hailspatter’s hard leg.
“All of our race’s ground forces are highly mobile.”
Hounz, Cust, Kabana, Tritula, Elite, Mindrocker, Grounsecter.
Each one has a slight difference in mobility, but overall, the overall movement is faster than that of other races’ ground forces.
This is because the Chimeraz were once a corps that unconditionally rushed forward with numerical superiority. Such tactics have become a unique feature of the Chimeraz corps, ingrained deep in the genes and instincts, and are now applied to fleet battles.
All Chimeraz can fight advantageously in close combat.
Ground forces and aircraft equipped with long-range attack are relatively slow in terms of mobility compared to those of other races, but have a relatively short range.
“But Hailspatter is too slow even if it’s slow. To deploy and protect this child in an appropriate position, the other children will also have to move slowly to match this child’s speed.”
“That’s what master said. . . . If Hailspatter is assigned to the ground forces, it means that the speed of our ground forces as a whole will slow down. . . . This creature holds back the feet of too many children. . . .”
Pyisa looked up at Hailspatter and looked at Ludwig and Kreion alternately.
It is a look that says that he has not yet found the answer himself.
Kreion had no choice but to give advice.
“The slowest child among our race’s ground forces is Tritula. At the very least, it must be able to reach the speed of Tritula in order for the corps to move in unison.”
“That means. . . . Can we set Tritula’s speed as the minimum reference point?”
“That’s right. Reduce weight and lower the proportion of the endoskeleton. Being able to move with the Corps means being protected, so the current level of endoskeleton can be seen as an excessive design. In addition, degenerate and eliminate internal organs that are not related to combat.”
“You’re saying to optimize it as a weapon. . . .”
“Yes. Then reduce the endoskeleton and remove the digestive system. Put more muscle tissue in the space that has been secured and show it to me again.”
After that, it is said that the movement of the legs of the Hailspatter that Pyisa brought became a little scary.
The genetic blueprint of the completed Hailspatter was spread to all the leaders through the wave network. The blueprint will arrive to the leaders in other galaxies within a week at the latest.
Thanks to this, Pyisa returned happily with Ludwig’s praise.
Kreion then visited Gnox’s room.
There was something to do here as well.
“Gnox. How is the interpretation of the Believer’ black hole communication technology going?”
“It seems to be creating a very difficult mathematical formula. I don’t understand it, but it’s like applying the principle of input and output. . . . . .It feels like I’m pressing a button on a tool created by God without even knowing how it works.”
“If advanced superluminal communication technology is applied to our wave network, we will be able to do a lot of things.”
“It will surpass the dimensional passageway of humans. It will be possible to communicate not only between stars but also between galaxies. Almost in real time.”
“If you understand the value and importance of this work, that’s it. There’s something else I’d like you to take care of first.”
“Is it urgent?”
“It’s not urgent, but I said it should be a priority because it can be applied right away.”
Kreion reaches out his arm in front of Gnox’s eyes.
The bio-tissue-like clothing wrapped around the arm was removed, revealing bare skin.
Jijijik. . . !
He suddenly scratched his arm with his nails.
“W-What, what are you doing?!”
“Look closely.”
“What?!”
Gnox opened only one eye and looked at Kreion’s bloody arm. Blood is flowing along the nail marks.
Swooswoosh. . .
A bio-barrier was blooming very faintly from his wounded arm.
“What is this? Why is the bio-barrier. . . .”
“All members of our race have developed a protective tissue in response to optical weapons. That’s how it evolved.”
“T-That’s right.”
“And today’s optical stealth stealth weapons, and for ultra-small intruders, the Parahtoria’s spores are spread to detect even the movement in the air.”
“Yeah. . . .”
“The next is the evolution of phase assault technology.”
A technique that follows the process of disassembly, transfer, and reconstruction.
Lopez’s Phase Assault Troops showed overwhelming destructive power by transmitting shells, bullets, troops, bombs, etc. inside the Chimeraz’s structure or inside aircraft.
I’ve been hit once like that, so I can’t get hit again. That is the evolution of the Chimeraz.
“A thin bio-barrier must be wrapped under the protective tissue. I will apply this to our race’s ground forces, aircraft, and structures to block the infiltration of phase assaults from the root.”
“It’s not difficult to put a thin layer of bio-barrier under the protective tissue. But what about the corps control required to control the bio-barrier? If the entire race has such things in their bodies, it will consume a lot of mental power.”
“We will make the brains of the colony owned by each leader bigger, and our entire race will mass-produce Mindrocker.”
“Even so, it seems like it will eventually be insufficient as the number of members of the race increases. . . .”
“By then, we will be able to find another way.”
“What way?”
“A very superior consciousness. It is to apply mental power that can think and recognize many things at the same time to the dominant individuals.”
“Are you saying that there is a way to make the brains involved in corps control more outstanding?”
A bio-barrier that requires very high corps control and causes severe mental fatigue to the dominant being.
Its versatility and efficiency can be said to be the best, but the limit was clear.
However, the limit is just a limit, and going beyond that limit is transcendence.
If successful, you will be able to gain more than just handling the bio-barrier more easily.
“When the time comes, I will ask the Believer for the method of ‘spiritual(mind) transcendence’.”
“It will be possible because there is a deal. We can slowly proceed with wrapping the bio-barrier inside the body in time for that period.”
“That’s right.”
“Then when do you think that will be?”
“It will be two months at the longest. Then I’ll be able to ask the Believer.”
That day was April 29th.
Dracatarr was the day to attempt a coup.
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