Raguel saw the eight eyes of the spider and gazed into the bright violet light coming off of it. From the depths of its chest, Raguel brought out a resilient shout.
"Lotus Solidum"
Raguel's body started to glow a bright blue light that blinded the many eyes of the spider. It closed some of its eyes to counteract the light obscuring its vision. Its jaws still wide open and ready to bite down on Raguel's body.
Raguel bent into a fetal position, and five spikes grew from its body. The points tore apart the silky black strings that were constricting Raguel, freeing it from certain death. The tip continued to grow as the spider's mandibles reached Raguel's body.
One of the spikes directly collided with the spider's jaws, preventing it from closing down on itself. The spider bit down on the crystalline point and bit off a piece but more grew from its place.
The spider was forced to retreat and had no choice but to observe the spikes growing from Raguel. It saw that the spikes were not rough around the edges but had a certain roundness and flexibility to them. It curled a little bit to the top, like a leaf.
The spikes on Raguel's body grew into their final form. The five spikes created a protective barrier on its body. The edges on the spikes gleamed on the dim light, indicating its sharpness. The spider recognized the form that Raguel took; it was a lotus flower.
Raguel was now free from the black strings that impeded its movements. It used this chance to attack the spider while it was recuperating its breath.
Its crystalline fists glowed a bright blue light as Raguel punched it into the ground. Raguel muttered under its breath, loud enough for the spider to hear.
"Solidum Coronam"
A line of mounds grew from the point of impact and propagated towards the spider. It was accompanied by a blue light underground that indicated its progress.
The spider heard Raguel's words too late as it looked down and saw a crystal grow from the ground. In a blink of an eye, the crystal grew into a crown that threatened to put holes in its body.
Its reaction was fast; using its eight eyes that saw the world in slow motion, it motioned its eight legs to move away from the spikes.
It gathered all the strength it could muster to burst out power and dodge the attack. The spider jumped, but it found itself getting pulled back in place.
"Ferali Effusio"
Out from the ground, Azrael's body grew and spoke towards the spider. A small violet ball of gravity grew in the middle of its spiraling horns that seemed to suck in everything in sight.
The spider was caught off guard as it was pulled back towards the crown of sharp crystals with no way to dodge.
The spider could not use the ground as a pivot point because it was high up in the air trying to dodge the spikes. It could not do anything as it collided with the crowned spikes.
*glish*
The spider's carapace was successfully pierced by the crown of spikes underneath it.
*Awooo*
The spider howled in pain as it felt injury for the first time. Anger, shame, and fury filled the spider's mind as it was caught off guard by the two prey inside its dome of advantage.
Its violet eyes shined brighter as it stomped the ground in rage, directing its glare towards the two demons. It shot out multiple black strings from its abdomen, anchoring it to every part of the dome.
Strings were now all over the place, giving off a suffocating feeling of being trapped in a spider's nest.
The spider raised its legs and walked on air using the strings as a scaffolding. It did not take its eyes off the two demons that injured its body.
The strings did not break down due to the spider's weight, making it seem tough and indestructible to the naked eye. It used the string's flexibility to fling itself to the top of the dome without any problem.
Raguel saw this and planted its feet firmly on the ground. It knew that the spider was angered due to their attack, which meant that it would use every bit of its strength to deal with them.
A small stump of thin cartilage grew from Azrael's back. That was the foundation for the wings that were slowly growing back into their useful form and give Azrael the ability to fly.
The spider weaved a wide net on the top of the dome, giving it enough flexibility and strength to carry its force correctly.
It stood on the bottom of the net and started to rear its whole body upwards, creating a spring that would launch the spider towards its two prey.
The springs were stretched to their limits as the spider used all of its strength to prepare for the two demons' attack.
The tension inside the dome was palpable. Raguel had its arms wide open, ready to receive whatever attack the spider would do unto him. Azrael materialized its scythe and pointed it at the top, looking at the eight eyes of the spider.
Silence filled the whole dome as the two demons waited for the horrific attack from the spider.
The tension-filled dome was finally released as the spider was flung down at top speeds towards the two demons. The dome was pitch black, and only the spider's eyes were visible, which made it look even more sinister.
Raguel waited for this moment and used the lotus petals surrounding it to defend itself from the spider's attacks. As another precaution, it curled its fingers into a ball and created another ball of condensed air. Raguel continued to do this as the ball grew multiple times until it was the same size as the spider. Raguel threw the ball as soon as it was ready.
Azrael swung its scythe, and sludge of rotting blades shot forth towards the spider that was coming for it. Azrael continued to make slashes that shot forth multiple cross-shaped daggers.
The spider flew down at top speeds and saw the attacks coming towards it. It grabbed a string in the middle of the air and used it as a pivot point to dodge the attacks, which it successfully did.
The two demons did not seem surprised at how easy the spider dodge their attacks since it was more of a hail mary than a genuine attack.
The spider closed its eyes, making the dome completely dark. There were no more sources of light that would tell where the spider was currently in. The two demons had to look around and sense the location of the spider.
Azrael suddenly felt a force coming from the left and tried to dodge, but the body was too slow. Its body was flung to the right, opening its previous injuries and creating more.
That was not the end as Azrael felt another force coming from the right. Its body was thrown back to where it came from, like a toy that was played with by a kid.
Internal and external injuries were sustained in Azrael's body.
Azrael was thrown around five times until its body was thrown up, towards the net of black strings. Its premature wings could not beat enough power to be useful as Azrael collided with the strings.
When the spider had used it, it seemed like a flexible material. When Azrael collided with it, it was like concrete steel bars intertwined on each other. As its body hit with it, the black string's adhesive property prevented Azrael's body from falling back down.
Raguel did not feel any difference from the surroundings, even though Azrael was being beat down beside it.
Its protective lotus around its body gave it the protection it needed, but there was one flaw; it only protected Raguel's sides.
Raguel suddenly felt a string attach itself to its head and lift it in the air.
Raguel could not do anything but try and cut the black strings, but it was of no use. Its body was flung up where the spider's head was waiting.
The spider did not open its jaws but instead reared its forehead to meet with Raguel's head.
*thump*
A loud muffled sound came from the collision as Raguel's body was flung down due to the spider's force. Before Raguel's body could reach the ground, the string would pull it back up, creating tension around its neck and creating a more significant risk of decapitation.
Raguel's body was like a yoyo that was always pulled down and pulled back up. Raguel could not do anything but to endure the pain in its neck.
After being flung around five times, the spider threw Raguel's body towards the black net that currently held Azrael's body.
Raguel collided with the solid black net, creating further injuries on its body.
"It's nice to see you again, brotherrrr."
"I'll kill....you some....other...time..."
The conversation between the two demons was lighthearted like they were mot on the verge of death.
"Should I do it, brotherrrr?"
"He's too...young...it would...be bullying."
"We have no choice, brother; our bodies would be destroyedddd."
"I don't...want to...do this...but fine...I hope...I don't....destroy...the kid....controlling...the spider..."