Monster Taming Broadcast

“The target has been selected. Species name: Centauress.”

“The target does not wish for species transformation.”

“Attempting evolution while maintaining Astral Code (Horse-99) and Astral Code (Human-82).”

“Analyzing the target’s actions, mindset, traits, environment, and personality.”

Inside the egg sleeps the Centauress.

Her shape quivers slightly.

Retaining the human upper body and horse lower body.

She was preparing to accept new powers and Astral Codes.

The power flowing inside the egg became increasingly intense, beginning to affect the Centauress within.

“The target’s free spirit and noble character have been detected.”

“Attempting to add Astral Code (Horse-515).”

“······.”

“Partial success.”

“You will acquire wing abilities.”

The Centauress’s horse body.

Vibrations ran along her spine, and new bones and muscles formed beneath her skin.

Gradually, her skin split open revealing the skeletal structure of wings.

On top of that.

Feathers began to grow one by one, and in an instant, magnificent wings were completed.

Astral Code (Horse-515).

They were the wings of a Pegasus.

“The target’s pure will has been detected.”

“Attempting to add Astral Code (Horse-707).”

“······.”

“Partial success.”

“White fur begins to grow.”

“A unique white weapon bonded to the soul is generated.”

Snowy white fur enveloped the horse body.

A white weapon was generated in her hand.

And a pure yet mysterious aura formed.

Astral Code (Horse-707).

It was the body and weapon of a unicorn.

“Some of the target’s inner self has been detected as impure.”

“Attempting to delete Astral Code (Horse-707).”

“······.”

“Deletion failed.”

“Astral Code (Horse-707) is retained.”

“Attempting to add Astral Code (Horse-414).”

“······.”

“Partial success.”

“Black horn sprouts.”

Energy coalesced at the center of the Centauress’s forehead.

The skin bulged around that point, forming the base of the horn.

At first, it was a soft cartilage state.

But it gradually transformed into hard keratin, and soon the fully grown horn turned black.

“Some body parts are being consumed by darkness.”

The Centauress’s hooves and some body parts also turned black.

Astral Code (Horse-414).

It was the darkness of the Bicorn.

With the power of the Bicorn taking root.

The Centauress gained the power of duality and balance.

She could handle both light and darkness, good and evil at the same time.

And she could harmoniously use opposing forces, crossing the boundaries of reality and fantasy.

“The target desires Astral Code (Demon-6974).”

“Attempting to add the temptation ability.”

“······.”

Astral Code (Demon-6974).

It was the code of the succubus that arose from Kang Geon’s desire to tempt.

It seemed that code would naturally be added, but

“Direct intervention of Astral Code (Fox-777) has occurred.”

“Kkyuuuu!!!”

“Addition of Astral Code (Demon-6974) has failed.”

The Melody Fox lurking around the egg sensed something strange and directly intervened in the evolution, thwarting that code.

In the end, the succubus code was deleted.

“The target’s creative passion and artistic inspiration have been detected.”

“Attempting to add Astral Code (Creator God-45).”

“······.”

“Partial success.”

“You will acquire the ability to draw.”

The power of creation infused the Centauress’s fingertips.

The Centauress could now release various colors of paint from her fingertips and gain the ability to materialize images drawn with that paint.

It was a modified and enhanced ability that crossed the boundaries of reality and fantasy.

“Analysis complete.”

“Fusion successful. A new Astral Code has been established.”

“Divinity is granted.”

“Evolving into a composite entity.”

Inside the egg.

The entire form of the Centauress was enveloped in radiant light.

And within that light, the essence of existence began to be reconstructed.

*

A crack appeared in the egg.

From that gap, intense light spilled out.

Eventually, the egg shattered, and the transformed Centauress slowly revealed herself.

“Pururu—Ooooo! Here she comes!!”

“Mysticism— Thump thump!”

“Yumi—I wonder what she’s going to look like.”

“Mirstin—I cleared my schedule today just to see this.”

“Luna-chan—I’ve been waiting since morning. ><”

“Boglebogle—I hope it’s evolution again this time.”

“Rize Nova—Don’t get your hopes up too much. There are cases where only species transformation occurs and the danger level remains the same.”

As the Assistants anticipated.

The Centauress finally revealed herself completely.

“Mysticism— Wow! She’s even more beautiful than before!”

“Yumi—Wow… she’s incredibly enchanting!”

“Luna-chan—So pretty! ><”

“Mysticism—She looks like she had plastic surgery! Her face is completely different! ”

“Pururu—For real, she looked a bit innocent before, but now she has a bit of an attitude. To put it nicely, she has a cold impression.”

“Rize Nova—Hmm. The overall appearance is still similar to before.”

“Mirstin—It’s completely different! She has a pair of wings now! And her horn is longer and sharper!”

“Pururu—The structure is similar though.”

“Pururu—But it seems like she’s become taller compared to her Centauress days? Both her horse part and human part.”

“Boglebogle—The weapon has changed, and her hair color has too. What else has changed?”

“Pururu—The color of the mane has changed.”

“Yumi—Her tail, wings, and hooves are black, but the horse’s body is completely snow white.”

“Pururu—Anyway. Kang Geon, did she really evolve?”

“Yeah. The danger level has increased. Now she’s SS-Class.”

It was indeed true that she had evolved.

Because her danger level had risen from before.

Now she was measured as SS-Class.

And looking at her appearance.

It seemed that there was no species transformation at all.

Unlike Kino, the Centauress seemed to have had no major complaints about her previous appearance.

After completing her evolution, the Centauress used the Iris to carefully examine her transformed self.

[Oh, this is my new form…!]

Even her tone and voice hadn’t changed.

Perhaps because of that, even though her appearance had changed, it felt a bit less strange.

“How about it? Do you like your changed appearance?”

[Yes! I like it very much! It’s no exaggeration to say I’ve reached the pinnacle of beauty! I want to show off to the brothers right away!]

“Pururu—Wow, she’s really saying that herself.”

“Mysticism—”

“Mirstin—Honestly, she is really beautiful. Even as a woman, I might fall for her.”

The Centauress expressed her gratitude to the Melody Fox.

[I never expected to evolve so suddenly… Thank you so much, Melody Fox! I will surely repay this favor someday!]

[Kkyuhuhu.]

Just then, Merino intruded and spoke to the Centauress.

“Congratulations! Since I took care of the egg diligently, you can call me Mama from now on.”

[Ah, it seems Merino took care of me while I was asleep. Thank you! However, I’ll pass on calling you Mama.]

“That’s a pity…”

After that.

The Centauress happily waved her tail, admiring her appearance for quite a while.

She genuinely seemed pleased with her current look.

[How about the Explorer?]

“What’s up?”

[About my appearance. Does it make you want to mate with me now?]

“Not really…”

[…Does my appearance not please you?]

“No. I do like it.”

[If you like it, please mate with me.]

“Let’s stop the nonsense and check your abilities now.”

After blocking the Centauress’s nonsense.

I decided to check her new abilities as an SS-Class.

[Pong pong. I will help you check your abilities.]

“Pururu—When did that new kid arrive?”

Just then, Omega came through the Warp Device along with her.

*

The body of the evolved Centauress.

Among them.

The parts tinged black were influenced by the Bicorn.

The parts tinged white were influenced by the Unicorn.

The wings were presumed to be influenced by the Pegasus, Omega speculated.

And the creatures Omega mentioned were all monsters I recognized.

“It seems there’s a connection since they are all horses.”

[That’s right. If the Astral Codes are similar, even completely different species can be influenced during evolution. Pong pong.]

“Pururu—So she’s a hybrid.”

“Mysticism—”

“Yumi—I understand what unicorns and pegasi are, but what is a bicorn?”

“Mirstin—It’s a creature opposite of a unicorn. Unicorns like the pure, while bicorns like the impure. They strongly despise the pure who refuse to reproduce, which they should naturally do.”

“Yumi—I see. So it’s a monster opposing unicorns. But how do you know that, Mirstin?”

“Mirstin—If you like cartoons or novels, you naturally learn about them.”

“Rize Nova—Hmm. It seems like quite a contradictory existence to have creatures that cannot coexist combined together…”

“Boglebogle—Right? How did a unicorn and a bicorn merge together?”

“Luna-chan—So fascinating! O_o”

Anyway.

With Omega’s help, we completed the ability check.

She was surprisingly knowledgeable about creatures, so her help was invaluable.

In a brief summary of her abilities:

A weapon that can deal powerful damage to the impure.

Ability to create a shield for the pure.

A horn that can deal powerful damage to the pure.

Ability to grant buffs to the impure.

Wings with super fast flying ability.

Additionally.

The horn and weapon have purity detection abilities, and can assess factors related to purity such as the number of past partners, number of sexual encounters, and number of sexual physical contacts, etc.

What a truly useless ability.

[Oh, it seems the Explorer has not had experience yet. Hehe.]

“Pururu—Oh.”

“Luna-chan—Huh?!”

“Boglebogle—Phew.”

“Mysticism—”

“Yumi—Gasp.”

“Rize Nova—I haven’t had any either.”

“Pururu—You obviously wouldn’t. ”

“Mirstin—I’m also a virgin before marriage.”

[And your heart is quite pure. You definitely mentioned you had a crush, but it seems you didn’t genuinely like them. That feeling back then wasn’t love but merely infatuation, remaining at the stage of fondness.]

“I can’t believe you deduce such trivial matters… Stop using that ability. It’s embarrassing.”

[Ah, understood.]

Finally.

There was one crucial ability that stood out.

It was the ability to turn drawings into reality.

The ability to release various colors of paint from her fingertips to draw in the air and materialize those drawings.

In other words, it was akin to the power of creation.

After completing the ability check.

I named the Centauress ‘Artpega Unibicorn’ and began working on the Monster Index.

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■ Artpega Unibicorn

─ Actual Danger Level: SS-Class.

─ Current (Nerfed) Danger Level: A-Class.

─ Ability: Drawing Reality.

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