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.'
"Akane-san, don't try to lift or push these. Just hold them enough so that their motion is restricted, and yeah, if any of them jumps, then you're free to slam them on the farthest wall as hard as you can."
"I was going to do exactly the same."
Akane nodded her head and raised her arms to get ready for the second wave.
"fuuu.............."
I calmed my beating chest and locked my arms, aiming towards the closest ones.
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*screech*
*screech*
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*screech**khhaacccckkk**screech**Rrrrwwwrrr*
These screeches aren't of those that I kill with my skill, but they are the screeches of their friends as they see their kin dropping on the floor lifelessly.
I raise my arm further up to aim at the Arachne which was agilely coming closer from the ceiling.
"
I lifted my left hand to aim at those who were charging from the ground.
Some of the Arachnes stumble and fall because of the dead one's sudden fall on the ground.
"
*screeeeeech* *screeeeeech*
'I missed again... twice'
"Pant Pant"
My breathing is becoming rough because of the tension and unease.
'h-huh??'
Two.. three.... five... a dozen or even more Arachnes appeared out from that path.
Now...
There is no doubt about it...
'Is this really the end?'
....I and her definitely can't handle this number...
"still.... haaahhh I WON'T DIE YOU MONSTEEERRS
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"Keep calm you moron!! You'll miss more if get worked UP!!!", Akane reprimanded me.
"sigh... HAAAAAA
*crash* *boom* *boom* *bhwuuwwsh*
Akane redirected and slammed the ones that leapt at us to the furthest back at the wall to gain even a little bit of time. She stepped a few steps backwards and I, a few steps forward.
"
"Hmm?"
'Why have all of these Arachnes become slower? It looks like one of their legs is stuck into a puddle of mud or something-----'
"
'-- I still haven't gained level-ups yet, so why--- oh!'
They haven't become slow nor have I levelled up. It's just Akane. She is using their advantage against them.... as she can't lift them up due to them being "rooted", maybe she pushing them more into the ground? She is applying her force such that those Arachne's legs get stuck in the ground more than needed... causing them disturbance in movement. An effective Pseudo Debuff.
"
..... maybe she just holds one of their legs along with the ground. Effectively making a bog, a sticky puddle of mud. Making one of their legs stuck in the ground for a second, at least causing their movements to be disturbed.
They have become slower... they're getting annoyed by that disturbance in their movement... they're getting distracted.
This time....... a grin...
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... curls up in my lips.
Because now....
"< D I S I N T E G R A T E >".
.... It's Easy.
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"Haaah~ we survived..."
"Yeah, huff... huff haha... thank goodness!"
"Do you have MP left, Akane-san?"
"Only a few hundred MP remains. Huff huff... it's good that MP gets filled up whenever there is a level up.
"Yeah, it sure is."
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*Ting*
Finally the last of them vanished into thin air. There is one other thing I noticed, the walls that were damaged were already looking anew as if the debris lying on the ground came from somewhere else.
I looked at Akane. She is not panting now and she looks a bit less exhausted than before. Same is with me too. The exhaustion has gone down quite a bit due to level up but not whole.
'She really did everything this time and might be tired too but... no time to rest. This area looks more prone to monster's attack, we need to move from here as quickly as we could.'
"Just check for any significant upgrade in status, let's move from here first."
"Yeah, let's go, Itsuki-san."
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It has been more than two days since we were thrown here.
After that fray, we fought a few more of them.
They were handled rather easily. Because when they attacked us, Akane used her psychokinesis to stop them, but they were still overpowered enough to wade through more than 25,000N force stopping them, but at least it was enough to slow them down, enough for me to aim accurately.
I simply invoked my
We have only 1 slice of sandwich and a few more gulps of water left.
We haven't even crossed one floor, and all our food supplies are nearly exhausted. Hunger and thirst can dull our minds which could be fatal in this dungeon, but this much is still bearable.
I don't know when we could get out of this shitty dungeon.
The only thing we are assured of is that we aren't circling around a single spot because if we were, then there won't be a change of view every few turns or so.
It has been more than 11 hours since the last encounter with Arachnes.
This has been the longest interval without any fight.
There are three things that I can think of as the reason that why they aren't popping out.
First, this dungeon has extremely large floors that's why their density is too low.
Second, they saw what I did to their kin and are now hiding from us. If this is the real reason then it could be dangerous, because if they use stealth attacks on us to kill us for their defence, then our chances to survive will decrease even more than it already is.
Or third, their population was too low, to begin with. I mean they are Arachnes, they were known to be among the strongest fictitious creatures back in my old world, so that might be plausible.
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After walking for two more hours in a not so wide path or simply a tunnel, we finally reached an open area or a big room like area.
"Hm, this place has a dome-shaped ceiling with various glowing colours of gems and stones. Reminds me quite a bit of a clear night's sky."
"It is relatively brighter than all of the dungeon that we have travelled till now, isn't it Akane-san?"
At the very opposite to the direction from where we entered, a majestic gate is present. It has various carvings and jewels embedded in it. Above the gate, a particularly large emerald stone is ingrained on the wall.
"That large gate is probably the entrance to the Boss room, I think."
"This door gives me ominous feeling, Itsuki-kun!" Akane-san whispers in my ear.
It gave me shivers. I shudder, then whisper back in her ear and tell her to not whisper in my ear.
She giggled and then smiled quietly.
"Honestly, I never thought you will be this lively as you were the quietest kid in our class, you know."
"Ahaha~ is that so?... huh!? What are those Itsuki-kun?" frowning, she pointed towards a pair of skeletons sitting in the farther left from us.
They were placed side by side with the wall supporting their back.
So, we found them, huh.
Humans.
Well, Human skeletons, to be exact.