"Template progress reached 2/100. Error Ghostfreak unlocked!"
A trace of joy appeared in Ethan's eyes, and his smile grew more unhinged. "I actually get Ghostfreak too? This Error Watch template really delivers!"
The so-called perfect control of the Error Watch.
Meant doing things the original Error Watch could never do!
'Also, I remember that the Error Watch aliens are all weaker than the originals, because the DNA is incomplete. So is Error Ghostfreak also a little weaker?'
Ethan thought about it again and asked inside his mind.
"Yes." The system answered coldly. "But Error Ghostfreak is an exception."
"Just as strong?"
"Error Ghostfreak is stronger."
Ethan sucked in a cold breath, forcefully suppressed the urge to use Error Ghostfreak, and quietly stepped forward to wake Ben up.
Ben slowly woke up, and at close range he saw Ethan's ghost-like face.
He let out a miserable scream, his eyes rolled back, and he nearly fainted again.
The monster in front of him was even creepier than the clown he feared the most!
"..."
Ethan looked at Ben, was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Get up within three seconds, or I will secretly tear apart your treasured Sumo Slammers cards, and then touch your controller with hands covered in chip crumbs."
"Monster."
Ben slowly got up, fire still flickering all over his body.
His expression was still full of fear, but his tone became firm. "I will absolutely not let you touch my anime friends!"
The fury of a collector!
Biu, biu.
Accompanied by strange sounds, two flashes of light flickered, and the figures of two boys appeared.
Ethan and Ben looked at each other.
"I already said it was me. You believe it now, right?" Ethan waved his hand and said with a helpless expression.
"Oh my goodness."
Ben took a deep breath and said in shock, "Your alien is basically a demon king!"
Compared to Ethan's alien, his own alien was practically a well-behaved little angel!
"Alright, let's hurry up and tell Grandpa about all this."
Ethan comforted Ben, and pulled him in the direction of the campsite.
Calculating the time, Vilgax should be arriving soon.
...
At the campsite.
One adult and three children sat around a campfire, listening to one of the boys describe everything with great emotion.
"That's what happened. I was scared unconscious by Ethan's alien demon king, and only after that did I realize it was him, and we walked back together."
Ben spoke with lingering fear, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
He was even afraid he would have nightmares tonight!
"Ha, blockhead, the watches you and Ethan bought really are cool, and your imagination is very rich." Gwen's tone carried a hint of mockery, and she clearly did not believe it. "If there's really some alien demon king, I actually want to see it!"
"Don't wet your pants when you do!"
Ben immediately got competitive.
The pair of squabbling rivals started their back-and-forth mode again.
On the other side.
Max, the sturdy old man in a Hawaiian shirt, murmured with a look of disbelief. "Did these two grandkids of mine just take a stroll over to Azmuth's place? They actually got two Omnitrixes. That's too crazy!"
And on top of that.
He looked in surprise at the harmless-looking Ethan. "An alien demon king. What exactly is it?"
"Ha, it just looks a little unfriendly."
Ethan laughed awkwardly. He had just made his debut and already become a demon king?
Not long after.
To prove Gwen wrong, Ben raised his wrist and immediately started working the cooled-down little watch. "I'll transform right now so you can see. You still don't believe it!"
"Ben, why not transform into the one I used?"
Ethan pointed at the little watch and suddenly said with amusement.
Doing this would also change the plot, which would help him get template progress sooner!
"Sure. This guy is called XLR8! And yours is called Terroranchula!"
Ben's naming sense was still top notch. He twisted the little watch, searching for XLR8's position.
As he slapped it down hard, green light flashed.
A tall alien with a cool, sharp face and a lean build rose from beside the campfire.
He smiled at Gwen.
"Ahh!"
Gwen immediately screamed, grabbed a stick from the ground, and swung it at Ben's head!
"You actually dare to hit an alien?"
Ben was stunned too. He raised his arm to block the stick. "It's me, Ben! Bookworm!"
"I didn't expect it. What you said was actually true."
At this moment, Gwen finally completely believed in the existence of aliens!
But.
Gwen and Max both turned and looked at Ethan with even greater curiosity.
Aliens, they had now seen. And honestly, they were not that scary.
But an alien demon king.
What exactly did it look like?
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
At that moment, the sound of aircraft cutting through the sky rang out above them!
Beams of infrared light suddenly landed on the foreheads of Max, Ethan, and the others!
Max, as if by reflex, immediately lunged forward and tackled Gwen and Ethan to the ground!
Ben raised his head and looked up at the night sky, his expression changing suddenly.
In the pitch black night sky, there were no stars twinkling.
Instead, there were a full five small octopus-like mechanical robots!
The five small robots were equipped with military gun turrets. The turrets carried infrared sights and instantly locked onto Ben. "Omnitrix signal detected!"
"Hey, weirdos."
Ben slowly stood up and looked at the small robots. "This is a private area. No drones allowed!"
Bang bang bang!
The turrets on the small robots began flashing red. The laser cannons charged up.
Ben's expression dropped. He pushed off hard with both feet and slid to one side!
Boom!
Five laser blasts tore through the air and created violent explosions right beside Ben, blowing over a stretch of trees!
The terrifying firepower made his spine tingle!
There were quite a lot of enemies!
"Ben, I'm here too."
Ethan had prepared for this early. He calmly got up, and raised the Error Watch!
He tapped the screen open, twisted it to Ghostfreak's position, and pressed it without hesitation!
"???"
At that moment!
Every single small robot abruptly stopped its attack, as if stunned, and looked over toward Ethan!
How could there be.
Two Omnitrix energy signals?
Wait, this one's energy reading seemed even stronger!
"The alien demon king?"
Max and Gwen both looked up toward Ethan at the same time.
As the red light swept through, a massive ghostly figure slowly drifted upward.
His body was huge and imposing, a full two meters tall. A pair of scythe-like claws looked as if they could cut through anything.
Most terrifying of all.
Ethan's chest looked as if it had been ripped open, a large hole pouring out of it, and from the hole stretched out a full dozen or more bright red tentacle spikes!
His whole body looked as terrifying as a Cthulhu deity!
"Gwen, Grandpa, it's okay now."
Ethan slowly raised his upside-down, ferocious face. As he spoke, his skull was rotating left and right.
"Bang!"
Gwen collapsed on the spot and passed out.
Max hoisted the unconscious Gwen over his shoulder, quietly turned his head to the side, and said, "Ethan, go ahead."
Ben had described it way too conservatively.
This was not a demon king. This was a demon god.
"Then let me test it. Just how powerful is Error Ghostfreak!"
Ethan tilted his head back and looked up at the small robots one by one, feeling the enormous power surging inside him!
Those five small robots, in his eyes.
Were nothing but a pile of scrap metal.