SOS CH 45: Life is fun (Patreon)

Looking at the massacre he finished, Noah once again felt no pity. It's only exhilaration beyond comparison.

His body tingled. When using Deep Dive 1, synchronization with Ouroboros was still relatively acceptable. The Dive system allowed Neurolink to go above and beyond in terms of maneuverability and response time. But it was also an extremely cruel system and the higher the dive level, the more dangerous it was.

“Rond check.”

New numbers and information were transferred directly to his brain, allowing to understand the extent of the damage Ouroboros received and as he thought,

“This…Is no different from how it was before we entered that strange dimension.”

Noah sighed and leaned back on his chair, he was a little sweaty. After all, piloting a mecha after so long had been quite exhausting even as he made him more than happy.

—-So we were effectively frozen in time while there?

“Most likely.”

For Noah, while quite traumatizing, they only lasted a few moments in that place. Perhaps an hour at maximum? Or perhaps only for an instant. At least this was what his mind had told him back then.

Now though, he had full certitude that he might have spent far more than just a few minutes.

“It’s a pain to not know exactly how long I spent there but it doesn’t matter in the end. What matters is that we need to go back to earth, For all we know, perhaps this is not even my earth anymore. But first. We need to deal with those guys.”

—-Eating them?

“Yes. But not now. I will become drowsy if we eat too much.”

He stopped, “In the first place, would it even be possible? Would you become stronger by eating those piece of metal?”

—Do you mean?

“Yes, I am wondering if you can do something like eventually creating a mecha or who knows, a spaceship?”

—I…I do not know.

The queen was filled with doubt herself. After all, the abilities she was showing while loosely similar to the unique skill set of parasites were extremely different now. Like her ability to open those portals. Parasites had developed their technology to open portals to allow travel through space. But the hyperspace she remembered was different from whatever place they were.

She did not know if this was the so-called Dark Sea but she also had some doubt.

—Technically, the armor I created is just a shell. I theorized that I should be able to recreate the full system later should I finish analyzing the mind of the scientist. But this is pure speculation.

“You are saying many things but. I do not hear the word impossible.”

—Well. But I need to remind you that my conversion of the mass devoured is not 1:1. Not even 1:100. Otherwise with all the giant monsters we devoured, we should already be able to do something similar.

“Dark matter then?”

—Most likely.

Dark Matter was proving to be the most essential thing in this world and all he could do was adapt to this.

“Well. We will have all the time to experiment once we are out of here. Now we need to focus.”

He looked at the panel and frowned,

[Reserve of energy: 30%]

[Warning! Leakage of energy detected. Core severely damaged.]

He had only fought for a few minutes but lost more than 20% But it was understandable if this mecha was still in the same state as what it was all those years ago.

Ouroboros needed extensive repair and upgrade.

—What about taking a new mecha?

“Unless I have no other choice I will not.”

He gently caressed the interior of his Mecha. Ouroboros was a part of him, like an arm or a leg.

But Noah was not blind nor stubborn, he was willing to sacrifice his limbs for victories and if it was necessary, he would change mecha.

Now though,

“How do I fight that dude?”

Could he win with just 30% energy against a powerful Mecha pilot who could use dark matter?

Noah did not know Omid’s pilot skill, but he would not make the mistake of underestimating. Even if Omid's skills were inferior to him, he might be disadvantaged because of the difference in tech.

—-You think all that but you are smiling.

“I…”

Noah lifted his hand and touched the corner of his lips, realizing that they were pulled in a large smile.

He let out a chuckle filled with helplessness.

“I guess I was excited.”

His heart was beating fiercely in his chest at the thought of the incoming fight and he wished for nothing more than rushing to the place now.

But doing so would be reckless. He needed to clean the rest of the trash that fled earlier to make sure he didn’t lose in both tech and number.

“Say…Do you think I should use it now?”

Noah held out the core in his hand as he opened his cockpit. The air rushed against his face making him breathe deeply. The airing system in his Mecha also had a few problems.

The spinal cord attached to him detached, causing Noah to twitch a little but his wounds were already healing. Whoever created this system was a true bastard. A genius but a bastard nonetheless. He couldn’t even count the number of times he bled in this mecha.

Laughing, he stretched a little and jumped out of the Mecha. In his hand, was a golden ball. It was the Ouroboros core reward he obtained from his trial.

If he was not wrong, this reward should be extremely compatible even with his mecha. But he did not know how long the updating and adaptation would take. If it too long, he would have to fight Omid without a mecha or by stealing the mecha of those bastards and using them against him.

—I believe this is the most optimal way. Even if those small mecha are weaker, they are certainly better than the current Ouroboros. Once you get the handle of it, the results will be outstanding.

“You are right.”

—....You won’t do it.

“If this was war. If it was a fight where the lives of people were in my hands, I would certainly take the most optimal and logical path to victory. But…This isn’t the case.”

This was truly the first time he thought about it. All his life, he had only been using Ouroboros for the sole goal of fighting for humanity.

He couldn’t play around, because one mistake from him would mean hundreds or thousands of deaths on the battlefield;

But right here, right now…He was fighting only for himself and the only life he had to account for was his. Well…Theirs.

“Heheh…”

—What I have done to be imprisoned with such a hot head.

“I mean. Trying to exterminate an entire civilization. Just saying. If Karma exists, yours is pretty great. The injustice is how someone like me is stuck with someone like you.”

—And I am sure Humanity was a gentle and peace-loving race with no sins and no history of massacre.

Noah laughed out loud at the sarcastic remark he had no words against. At the same time, he felt his reserve of energy drop as a space ripple appeared in front of him and swallowed the Ouroboros, leaving him completely alone in the clearing.

Noah whistled quietly at the impressive display. If he wasn’t scared he would somehow spend hundreds of years in one go, he would enter that dimension again to see what this was about.

Note to self. I really need to find a better name than something vague like that place.

“I must be the only one who can use an alternate dimension as a storage. Damn. I am the best.”

— This is my ability.

“Yours, mine, whatever, it’s all the same.”

He shrugged and started walking away.

“Let’s kill the rest first. Heh, I don’t know what that dude Omid is doing but I wonder what he will think when he realizes all his partners are dead?”

This would be undoubtedly worth watching.