With a not so long journey.We finally arrived at their base
Actually it did took a lot of time to travel here as this place is full of freakin webs and a lot of spiders
"We are here"Dane said as she we arrived in front of a big cave covered in silvery spider silks including it's entrance which is completely blocked
"But how we suppose to enter that cave???"I said as I tried hard not to penetrate lily who is hugging my tentacle with a tight grip,but deep inside me i already warned the system to teleport me and my little pet inside the space in case he detect an attack as I don't trust my own reaction speed
"Don't worry about that"She said as she make a small gesture
After her gesture a small part of the web suddenly open revealing a huge cavern adorn with crystal like walls and floor which make it brighter
"I didn't expect you to have such a place here"I said as I look in my surrounding which is completely covered in webs even the trees wasn't spared as they are covered in spider webs too and because of that the whole surrounding is covered in darkness
"Is that an insult"Rose who is behind Dane said with a smile
"Hahahahaha not really"I said while weaving my tentacles that got trapped in webs Which is surely sturdy and sticky
"You sure are lively"Dane said while laughing
"Yeah"I said
Finished with our small talk we continue to walk toward the opening.What I see next surprised me as when I entered the cave I can see a lot of spider like creatures like Dane,Lily and Rose and the place look grand as it is covered in crystals and in the middle of the cave is a palace with plants growing all around it
We passed through them as they only looked at us before bowing down in greeting before they return to their own work which is grooming the plants
Finally arriving at the palace we entered the palace
"Lily,Rose can you leave us for a moment"Dane said as she gently smiled towards them and the two of them can only tremble in fear as they immediately run outside of the palace
"What happened to them"I asked
"Nothing'don't mind them"Dane said with a smile
"So what are we talking about now"My mood suddenly get serious as I asked in a serious tone
"Nothing,we just want to ask for your cooperation"She just smiled back
"Do you really expect I will believe you???"I asked before squinting my eye.In this world it's give and take so I don't expect them to have a good motive
"Well,You already come here"She said still smiling
"You could say so"I said while laughing
"But I think we should talk somewhere else"She said before walking toward a room just in the corner of the hall
"..."Saying nothing else I just followed her toward the room while maxing out my reaction speed and inspecting every little thing that happened inside the room,even the direction of the wind
Finally inside of the room that look like a meeting hall with only two chairs and one table.Sitting in one of the chair she invited me in the other one to which I gladly accept but I still put my caution up
"So dare tell me what you really want??I don't believe it's that simple"I said as I shrink my size to fit the chair
"You sure mind every little detail,don't you"She said with a seductive smile on her face
"You can look at it that way"I said as I relax a little bit as I think I'm just too exaggerated
"Well,I want you to help us"She said with a serious smile on her face signifying that the matter at hand is not that simple
"Why do you even need my help when you have a horde of spider at your hand???"I said while laughing but still not putting down my guard while covering my pet in a thick shell of roots
"It's not about an enemy attack,but something else"she said with a smile before making a small gesture with her hands and then suddenly a spider in maid outfit appeared with some plate cookies and sweets in it's two front legs to which it placed in the table before disappearing in a puff of smoke
"What is that???"I said while looking at the spot where the spider disappeared
"It's a spider"She just say in a casual tone before picking a cookie and eating it surely she don't want to tell it so I did not pry into it anymore
"Back at the matter at hand,We want to destroy a barrier that seal this place from the outside"She said while she continue to eat some cookies and sweet with a sweet smile in her face
"Care to explain"I said as I just continue to sit in my chair
"This barrier appear to be older than our ancestor as there are a lot records of it,but there's no record when it appeared or any information on how to unseal this place or break the barrier"She said while wiping her lips
"I don't believe that you can just destroy it with just my help alone considering that you don't know how to destroy it"I said
"Well,I didn't say that I'm alone"She said before 2 more figures appeared behind her.One is a goblin in a mage robe and one is a black humanoid bat.There are no clue to determine their gender
"Let me introduce myself again"She said before standing up in the middle of the two
"I am Dane ,the queen of the dark spider tribe"She said before putting her left hand on the right side of her chest before bowing down
"I'm Srach,the Grand elder of the high goblins"The goblin named Srach said while extending his hand for a handshake to which I happily accepted
"I'm Guts,the leader of the bat people"Guts said while opening his huge black wings to show of his muscular body,but all he receives is a punch in the face from Srach
"Ok let's now talk on what to do"Dane said as two spiders brought two more chairs to which where Srach and Guts sat
"We are the only members as many other don't want to join us and are planning to do a war against each other as this place is rather small and resources grow sparse as time passed"Dane said in a calm voice
"Here is a map"Scrach said before giving me a large map
By looking at the map I can see that this place compose of three islands arrange in a triangular formation and 20 tribes live in these islands.We are located in the smallest island to which accumulate the Dark Spider Tribe,High Goblins and Bat People and the second Island house 7 tribes and the last one house 10 tribes each forming their own alliances and scheming against each other
"But how can we trust each other?? and by looking in the situation we don't have a choice but to participate the war whether we like it or not as we will get involve sooner or later given that we can pose a threat"I said in a calm voice while I passed back the map toward Srach
"We trust each other as we know each other since we are young"Guts said
"The question is how can we trust you??"Dane said in a questioning tone while leaning closer to me before she is just a few inches from my eye
"Well you invited me here and it's your choice whether you will trust me or not,but I should be the one asking how I can trust you that I will not be a scapegoat"I said without any fear while also making my tentacles longer and sharper
"Hahahahaha your'e interesting,but don't worry as we really hate betrayal"Guts said as he just laughed
"I think we should talk about the plan now"Dane said while interrupting our talk
"Yes,I think so too" Srach said and so we talk about a lot of things mainly about how to defend ourselves and I do wonder why they search for me.Maybe they noticed that battle
To be continued................