"You will pay for that!!!" I yelled. I raised up my shield stuck it out towards the incoming spiders and spun around in a circle once they came close enough to hit. They were like bugs on a windshield being squished as you drive on a highway. The noise was like a sick crunch, that you get when you step on a beetle or a piece of cereal on the floor, with each of the 23 fire spiders that came at me.
They all ended up as a disgusting pile of goo like spots on the floor and my shield was covered in spider guts. The smell was like sulfur and it slightly burned my nose. I tried shaking the shield to see if I could remove the remains but it was stuck like glue.
"Eww" I said as I tried to focus back on the Jorōgumo. "Wait a second, where did the Jorōgumo go?"
Looking around I could not see her anywhere. I even looked up near the roof. I turned to look at Bolggor and Kuro but they seemed to have killed the larger spiders without an issue. They also were looking around with a puzzled look on their faces. When they made eye contact with me both shrugged and continued to look around. I started to feel a bad feeling and I stepped closer to my teammates.
A low and quiet swoosh sound was heard near my right ear. I threw myself to the left and dropped to the floor rolling in that goo. It was so disgusting and as I got to my back I saw a line that was cut into the stone. Shivering I held still and even held my breath trying to listen for that noise again.
"Shi are you done rolling in that stuff yet? Get up already." Kuro said with a huff as he was clearly trying not to laugh at me or gag.
I was not sure which it was at the time. I glanced obet annoyed at him.
"Wow, that came out of no where. Hey Shi, are you ok over there? Kuro, please rinse Shi off, she might be stuck in that goo." Stated Bolggor.
I did not reply right away as I was still trying to listen. Frozen in place worried about what might happen next if I dont focus. That attack could of killed me. I was not going to allow myself to die so soon if I could help it. After all if I die in the game, I die in real life.
"Shh, trying to listen for that sound again but a rinse off would be nice thanks." I stated quietly but loud enough they could hear me.
I heard the sound again and quickly rolled to my right and then rolled over my head from my back to my feet and then struggled to stand up. Again there was a deep whole that went along the line of where my legs would of been. Sweat started coating my skin, if it cut that deep my armor would not protect me at all.
"Enjoy the shower" Kuro said with a giggle.
Water came down from the ceiling as if it was raining and was trying to flood the area. A scream was heard and we could see a thick line of thread heading towards me again. The water revealed the weapon coming right at me. I jumped over it and followed the line on the right and caught some slight movement along the wall.
I grabbed my shield in both hands and aimed for the movement and swung my shield as hard as I could towards the wall. My throw was slightly off but it was enough to cut off one of the Jorōgumo's legs.
She screamed and dropped to the floor getting cut on her own weapon and losing both of her human like legs on her way down. I walked over and used my sword to cut off her other legs. The Jorōgumo was now almost helpless as she could not go anywhere, had no spiders left, and her own thread weapon turned on her as well.
"I feel some pity for her, I almost feel sorry for her." I spoke up while looking at her.
"You feel pity and sorry for her huh... She almost killed you a few times." Kuro said. "How can you feel that way?"
I shrugged and kept silent.
"Ok, I can't watch this." Bolggor replied as he picked up his axe and brought it down on her neck execution style.
"You killed her? I would of let her suffer this way." Kuro replied.
"It's over lets go collect the loot. I can not wait for my to finish my armor set." I said with both respect, sadness and glee as I looked down at the Jorōgumo.
I did notice that no boss is dead or other kind of message happened when her head was cut off. Letting that go I turned around and headed to the armor on the floor. A ding was heard in my head and I had a flashing light in the corner of my eye. I brought up the menu and found the inventory icon blinking. I selected it and the Kappa gift was lit up. Pulling out the gift I studied the reaction it had with the armor on the floor.
The sword and shield I set down both moved next to the armor and this gift is moving that way as well. So I opened the gift and inside was a helmet that looked like the rest of the armor. My inventory flashed again and checking it out revealed the other cursed items were also reacting. I brought all the armor together in a pile and it went together as if I was on a person. It looked possessed by someone or something.
"What is going on?" Kuro asked confused.
Bolggor just shrugged his shoulder and shook his head. Just then a flame shot out of what seemed like no where but it was coming from the area the Jorōgumo is in. We all turned around and saw that the base of the head sprouted spider legs. The Jorōgumo was still alive. I couldn't believe it. What does it take to kill her? I wondered to myself.
A rattle came from behind me. Glancing back I saw the armor move toward me, bow slightly and then walk over near the head and stabbed the head of the Jorōgumo with the sword. The body and head disappeared and a ding went off.
***The Jorōgumo is now gone and dead.***
"Wow, the armor killed the boss. YOUR armor and gear to be precise without you, KILLED the boss. That is a buzzkill and sad. We didnt get the kill." Kuro said with sarcasm in his voice.
Bolggor just shook his head and smirked at Kuro's comment.
"Hey," I said with a huff. "At least my armor was useful. Yes a touch creepy that it seemed possessed but it protected us fully. when the helmet met the rest then it came fully together. Now to put it on and activate all the features of the complete armor."
"First we need to gather up the loot and head out of here. The pressure in here seems to be getting worse from the slight cracksshowing up on the walls." Bolggor replied firmly.
Nodding we headed over to the chest and opened it up. The chest was full of potions of various sizes and colors. As we gathered them up we split them into 3 piles. Bolggor picked a pile of potions and then I offered them go for Kuro to pick from. He shook his head at me and pushed them to me. I glanced into the chest and froze. There was more in the chest still.
Reaching back into the chest both Bolggor and Kuro looked at me funny. I felt something that moved across my skin like I was sticking my hand in slimy jello with the consistency of cottage cheese.
"What are you doing? How are you doing that?" Bolggor asked quite puzzled.
I shrugged and kept going even though it sickened me with the texture. I kept glancing down at the bottom of the chest. There was still something down there and if no one else could see it I sure as hell wanted it. It was obvious that this item whatever it is, is meant for me and only me. After what seemed like 5 mins but was actually a minute at the most I hit the bottom of the stuff that I am going to call chunky sludge. I moved my arm towards the item and grabbed a hold of a small object that felt like a ring. I started to pull my hand back and the back of my hand brushed another object so I turned my hand and felt for the other thing that I could not see.
It was a small shield shaped something or other object and I took hold of it as well. Slowly I pulled my hand back out feeling all over to make sure I didnt miss anything else in the chest. Once my hand came out Kuro and Bolggor both gasped. Glancing down at the stuff I pulled out the ring was very pretty twisted gold band with a large onyx stone surrounding a clear stone that might be a diamond.
The shield shaped item looked like it was made of glass. Very faint markings were on it that looked like runes on it. Glancing at Kuro and Bolggor their mouths were opened in shock at both items.
"You found the Empress' signet ring and enslavement crest." Kuro said with awe. "How did they end up here in this chest? Also who are you to find those things in an empty chest?"