023. From Nemesis (1)

“Is Garam still sick?”

In the arctic region of the planet, the only land without mucous membranes, a wizard whose screws have been loosened after discovering a research subject collects and bakes the legs of spiders he has caught in this cold land.

He struggled quite a bit to find such a quiet place. This is a very strange planet where swarms of spiders overflow everywhere, so his level has already risen to the limit.

If he hadn’t been a wizard with knowledge of various trappings, it might have been impossible for him to continue holding on with a woman who had fainted.

“The smell kills.”

The flesh of the spider sizzling on the cut end reminds us of the scene where snow crab legs caught in Yeongdeok are put in an oven and baked. Even the sweet scent that this flesh gives off as it ripens is similar to that of snow crab.

He worked diligently to bury the shape-distorting trap magic around him and erase the presence to remove the elements that would interfere with mealtime. The duration compared to the effort required for burial is very short, only three hours, but anyway, while this magic is maintained, you can avoid the eyes of those jellyfish watchers.

“Some cheese, some parsley, some salt and pepper here.”

After setting traps, the magician never forgets to add seasoning to the delicious smelling spider legs.

After finishing the work for the meal like this, I took out a thick book from my bosom and began to write something down seriously.

[Mysterious Alien Observation Diary]

―This species uses entities resembling large immobile spider bodies for all feeding activities. The individual processes the food into a sticky gray substance and releases it, which is used as social food for the species.

―I really wonder if there are substances that these entities can’t digest. Some instances even show a taste for eating lava. They chewed up stones, chewed up dirt, and even took my own poop and ate it for the first time. They seem to be really great guys.

―Individuals that have escaped from the colony secrete digestive juices directly to eat food. However, they are usually very busy eating the mucous membranes of hostile forces.

―The object also serves as a ‘queen bee or queen ant’ that creates egg nests. The possible number of spawning is estimated at least in billions.

The torso individuals that are presumed to have filled the number of spawnings are so good that the crab-like guys are so good that they feed the other torso and then fill the vacancy again.

(Fuck, I never thought there would be more thrifty bastards than the Zerg in the game…)

―As a result of dissecting an individual resembling a wasp, it was confirmed that only the appearance was a wasp, but the body structure itself is a mutant spider with wings and poisonous teeth that have evolved into stingers. Likewise, as a result of dissecting an entity resembling a jellyfish, the spider’s body evolved into a form with hydrogen air sacs, and its legs were transformed into tentacles. Even though these cubs are cosplaying as if they are not spiders, they are actually spiders.

(The Xel’Naga, my God… who the hell created such a hideous hybrid?)

―Attempting to tame a head individual wandering alone without subordinates through [taming] failed, trying to control it by mimicking pheromone failed, tying it up tightly and administering a large amount of sleeping pills to bring it to Earth.

(Ha… If only I had a Poké Ball! If I succeeded in cultivating spiders, every mealtime would be fun!)

-These guys are a great fighting race. The whole colony is in a state of mind fighting each other. There are about 3 largest groups, and when they fight, a spectacle of hundreds of millions of spiders covering the ground unfolds.

(These bastards fight like crazy, so I’m running around with ease and continuing my research.)

―The meat is soft and sweet, and when grilled well, it is much chewier than crab meat. Aljib is very savory and has a good savory taste.

★ And this is a top secret only for wizards who will buy and read this book. If you dilute the substance made by the building entity and ingest it, you can have a very hot experience of really tearing your panties in the morning. That’s why I want to make sure that breeding of this individual succeeds for the men who bow their heads… … .

While the wizard was writing a book, a woman’s voice came from behind.

“… … hmm? Where am I… … ?”

The woman, wrapped in a thick sleeping bag like a chrysalis, finally woke up. By coming to a place with less chitin, the body’s rejection reaction has decreased, so it’s a little livable now.

“If you ask me where I am, it’s natural for me to answer.”

The archmage, who had uttered a very dangerous line that might have broken the earthen pot immediately if Han Ji-woo had heard it, closed the journal and took out a potion bottle and something to eat.

“This is where a strange army of spiders live. Would you like some porridge? There was chicken porridge in the system store, so I bought it. This is a potion that modulates the immune system. It’s handmade, so it took a while to make. Drink it, your allergies will be less.”

The leader trembled at the word spider, carefully drank the potion and accepted the porridge.

“… … Shrimp or crab meat seasoning is not included here, right?”

“Yeah, I checked.”

“… … thank you.”

The leader still seems to be in poor physical condition.

As she ate the chicken porridge bit by bit, her face was very red and she had tears in her eyes.

“… … Where are you guys?”

A drop of the delicate woman’s tear fell on the chicken porridge.

“Am I okay… … Our kind and fragile Jiwoo… … Are you eating properly?”

Indeed, out of the two who disappeared, who is the weaker and kinder person?

This naive leader, completely unaware of their circumstances, chewed up the chicken porridge with a very determined expression.

“I will never go back until I find a trace.”

Of course, the man she was worried about was doing very well now.

* * *

“Do you have a cooking license?”

“… … Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and blowfish cooks.”

“… … .”

Today, I didn’t have a chicken lunchbox, so I bought a chicken myself from Kang Jin-hyeok and had him cook it, and it was a great opportunity to realize that he cooks better than I thought.

It seems that the reason why that guy usually had a picky appetite was because he didn’t taste better than the one he made himself. I will be cooking more often in the future.

After we had our fill of rice, we hurriedly got ready to go out.

“Does the store have a pressurization chute?”

“There is something that a regression player working at the Aerospace Agency secretly stole and registered in the store. But this… … Very expensive.”

“Of course it will be expensive. What about breathing equipment?”

“It is registered as well.”

“… … The world is going really well. What are you doing? If you don’t want to go out and suffocate, buy it quickly.”

Nemesis is a place where the environment is very different from the existing world we have been through.

Even though the light of the parent planet is very weak, the fact that this world does not freeze and maintains a constant temperature for life is that the atmosphere here is filled with gases that have a very strong greenhouse effect.

Looking at it through the eyes of a jellyfish, there were an enormous number of geysers in Nemesis, and strange gases were spewing out from them.

I remember seeing it in a book one day, and it seems that the gas that comes out of such a cold planet is usually ‘methane’. It is the very thing commonly referred to as ‘methane’ that causes the powerful greenhouse effect.

Not too long ago, Nemesis was covered with flowers from the demon realm and the sky was so clear that the stars could be seen even during the day. As the bare ground was exposed, the air gradually became cloudy and the air pressure rose, and the environment itself was changing at all, just like the ‘famous satellite of Saturn’. .

At first glance, a gas that looks extremely toxic creates a poisonous mist that covers the ground, and the Legion objects manage to survive this barren… … .

… … huh?

what did i just see?

A hatchery was being built right over that geyser.

Can you believe this, was the hatchery able to digest that dangerous-looking gas?

【jellyfish. What is the material for the mucous membrane you are eating now?]

-gas! gas!

-cloud! Fog!

-taste! good!

… … crazy

The digestion ability of a real hatchery is excellent. Does the substance that they can’t eat really exist in this world?

Somehow, I wondered why the number of corps individuals in Nemesis was close to 10 times that of the mother, and it seems that this phenomenon occurred because these things were everywhere to eat.

Now that the situation has reached this point, I even wonder if the legion is capable of competing with a species resembling a bug in a game that is said to consume ‘that gas’ for calories.

Hopefully we can win. They can’t fight without minerals and gas, right?

“… … Motherhood is no longer needed. They don’t take land like beggars even if they don’t have enough to eat.”

“Jiu, what?”

“Oh, no. Did you buy everything anyway?”

“… … bought.”

Anyway, this was a town where people couldn’t breathe properly, even if they didn’t know about the corps with strong vitality and adaptability.

No matter how much a player you are, you can never survive here alone.

“Give it to me.”

“… … .”

“Did you make a lot of money? Give it up quickly.”

well i don’t care

What are you worried about when you have the greatest point shop ever next door?

After wearing unfamiliar equipment to the incarnation, I came out of the Leviathan, and the Legion Queen was out to greet me. But somehow, this one seems to be twice as big as the other legion queens.

Could methane gas be some kind of corps-only health food?

-Welcome, ruler.

“Zara, you did a great job.”

Legion Queen Zaira, the object I created for the mission of beating the demons in the back, and the Legion Queen who took complete control of Nemesis and became the ruler of this region.

It may be because she grew up repeatedly during the mission, but I felt a very unusual ‘type’ from this legion queen. It was the kind of dignity that only a powerful ruler who controls a huge number of individuals alone could have.

According to the law of the Legion I created, after taking over the world, internal challenges to seek the position of the loser would have continued, but Zira, the Queen of the Legion, was single-handedly subduing all of those individuals by force.

This was the perfect example of the kind of competent subordinate I was looking for.

Pajijik-!

I felt something sparking so I turned around.

No, it wasn’t just a bouncing feeling, it was really sparks flying in the air as psionic energies collided with each other.

– Sleep.

– Arachne.

The Hive Mind’s second-ranking lieutenant and the ruler of Nemesis, now a giant, were engaged in a vicious battle with eyes eager to kill each other.

“… … .”

Fighting hard is the only answer to deciding who has the upper hand and who will command and obey whom.

In fact, Zyra was born from an egg nest created by Arachne. Only the strong will rule.

-You are the ruler.

-You are the ruler.

… … I do not know.

You guys figure it out yourself. Because I don’t want adults to step in the battle for the ranks of the kids.

* * *

Arachne quickly devours a few small hives to defeat a powerful competitor and prepares for a massive war, and Jaira is likewise amassing a large army to challenge for the only second place in the hierarchy.

I was lost in thought for days as I watched their rank war.

“When are you planning to leave for Earth?”

“… … Wait a minute. Let’s find some way.”

A little trouble arose.

“That’s why, if you ride this, you’ll be caught unconditionally.”

Earth is equipped with crazy-level astronomical instruments that detect and observe even asteroids that are only a few hundred meters in size, so if I approach nearby in this big whale, I will be caught.

If you ride this and don’t get caught, that’s rather strange.

“Can’t we just ignore it and go in?”

“You sick. What would you think if a giant whale suddenly appeared out of the dry sky?”

“… … Um, a new bioweapon from the Pandemonium?”

“So. If you just go in, you might get hit by a missile with a real nuclear warhead.”

If you rode a huge whale into the atmosphere recklessly, you might get bombed, and the crazy regression players could turn their eyes and run at you.

No, it wasn’t, it’s for sure. If you ride this guy and get caught, there is no choice but to have troublesome things.

“Even if you claim the corps as an ally, you can believe it when it happens like this.”

“… … That’s it. If it’s more than the demons, it’s more, not less.”

I hate annoying things, but what should I do?

Isn’t there a very good way that something won’t be heard and rumors won’t come out?

At that time, I heard Kang Jin-hyuk muttering.

“Can’t we catch a demon and make it open the gate?”

“… … ?!!!”

what?

Why didn’t I, who has such a big brain, have such a simple idea?

“Kang Jin-hyuk!!!”

“… … why?”

“I love you bastard!!!”

“… … I want to refuse.”

Since I was so annoyed with the demons that I was thinking of just beating them to death, it seems I forgot about it altogether. As I keep thinking about the person I want to kill, the person I really want to kill doesn’t really think about researching it every time I see it, and I just threw it all away.

It was completely understandable that emotions completely ate reason.

I lost my temper every time I ran into them.

Leviathan was also resurrected, so there’s no reason why I can’t use it because it’s the demon gene.

【I order all the queens of the corps.】

【Find the corpse of a high-ranking demon tribe that may be somewhere in Nemesis and bring it.】