Triple chapter release!!!
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We walked in this dim dungeon...
...walked,
and walked.
Everywhere my eyes see...
...The same faintly glowing stones on the wall.
And on the floor, there are only rocks, rocks and rocks.
The anxiety of getting lost forever in this dungeon doesn't leave my chest.... but, there is also a hope of getting out of this dungeon burning in the heart.
My mouth feels dry, asking for water.
My legs feel tired.
But still..... I move my legs.
Turns after turns, we wandered in this dungeon. Hoping to see the outside light.
.
.
.
*screeeeeech*
*kheeeechhhh*
*slam!*
"I heard some noises coming from that way, Akane-san!"
"Yeah, there is no point in checking what there is, we should quickly get away from here."
!!!!
A Trio of Arachnes came running from our behind.
Maybe, they heard the noises too.
*SLAAMMMM*
*BOOM!*
Ahead of us, from where the noise was coming, two of them are slamming and smashing each other, quarrelling in the most brutal way I've ever seen. One Arachne grabbed the other and slammed it on the wall, debris flew and a cloud of dust covered the area. And then the one which got slammed on the wall punched the first one, it got blown into the wall on the other side.
'I doubt I can survive a punch like that.'
What are they fighting among themselves for?
'A territorial dispute?'
Or for a Prey?
Anyway.....
I nodded to Akane as the trio approached us while licking their tongues and swaying their hands in the joy of getting a "meal".
"exhale......"
"
"
Seeing its mates drop on the ground lifelessly, the third Arachne turned its head left and right and tilted its head in confusion.
It glared at us.
'Ah, so it dawned on it that it was due to us, huh.'
In the next instant, it attached webs to both the walls and slingshotted itself towards us like a catapult, at a speed that I could only make out a blur of its motion.
'This..... I didn't expect.'
I can't aim at it, it's too fast!
It will kill us the moment it reaches here.
!!??
But...
It stopped mid-air.
Akane stepped forward.
She raised her hands and motioned her arms forward.
As she moved her hands in that way, the Arachne, floating in mid-air was slammed on the wall with a loud crash.
"Hoh, nice one Akane-san.... but you slammed it too far away, it's out of my range now-"
"It's okay, I will hold it down as much as I can, I have greater range than y-you."
'but for that, she will need to "overexert" herself -----!!!'
I noticed that due to the loud crash, the Arachnes that were fighting each other, have turned their attention towards us as they stopped their battle and now are charging at us with a nasty grin plastered on their faces.
They hit and push each other as they move closer to us.
Are they now competing to get the prey first?
'fuck them'
"
Seeing its competitor drop on the floor lifelessly, the other one's grin widened as it charged at us.
"
*kheeeechhhh*
Shit!
I missed it! My skill connected to its Head.
It climbed the wall a moment earlier I invoked the skill!
Its face is wincing in pain, and it is touching its head in pain.
'So my skill does cause pain, huh...'
But what now? It is still not dead yet... will it die when its whole brain matter is gone? I doubt it.
Akane is busy holding down the other one...
And I can't shoot my skill twice on the same target.
'quick my skill reach, its chest as fast as you can!'
It's going to lunge at me.
'Fuck!!'
*srrkheeeechhhh*
I stepped backwards.
!!??
*boom* *crash*
"??? Akane---san..."
As that Arachne lunged at me, she caught it mid-air and crashed it on the wall.
'Damn! love you, Akane-san!!!'
!!
But...
Her hold on the previous Arachne has decreased, seeing as it's slowly raising while trembling and glaring.
'Then again...'
I walked towards it.
'...I haven't shot this one yet.'
And since Akane's hold has slowed it down, I won't miss again.
"
I turned around to see what happened to the one that I missed my aim of.
"Itsuki-san, I am trying to l-lift it and throw it a-awayy, but its hold on the ground is t-too strong!"
Akane is still overexerting herself. Well, she has to push this Arachne with everything she got or else we'll die.
'But why can't she lift it? Earlier she could lift the dead one just fine...?'
My eyes went near my palm, to my finger's wound.... and it dawned on me.
'Yeah, the tip of their legs is sharply toothed it's kind of like a saw. Of course, she can't lift them up, they're basically rooted in the ground. Pulling them outside will be tough.'
Its whole forehead has been disintegrated, after a few moments, its eyes will be gone too. I am a bit surprised to see their tenacity, it's moving without its brain that too consciously, how is that even possible?
It glared at us, grimacing in pain.
'No worries, we just need to wait for a bit. In a few moments that hole will expand to the soul core and it will die as soon as it reaches there.'
*khrrre*
'Hah! don't glare at me like that, it was you and your "friends" who attacked first.'
*ssSSCCHHRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCcchhh*
It screeched in pain........ Or?................ Was it a call for help?
More Arachnes joined the fray.
Six of them...
...appearing from the way this one came from.
They glare at us.
There is anger in their eyes..... or is it bloodlust?
'So, they want REVENGE for their dead and a soon to be a dead friend?'
I won't let them have it.