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Chapter 20 - One Who Can't Be Beaten

Just when the two thought they had her trapped, the old lady suddenly swipe but legs at them as they were sent flying back before crashing on the ground.

"She seems to have grown a lot stronger compare to yesterday" said Abel as he got up.

"Did you actually think I was using all my strength when trying to eat you?" asked the old lady with a laugh.

"That would explain everything" said Mr. McCray.

"Now that it is confirmed that she is a lot stronger, what do you think we should do" asked Abel, and the question was met for his teacher to answer.

"Since we are already here, let's just do our best to eradicate this pest" reply  Mr. McCray before pulling out a plank from the side.

"You wish to get rid of me but let me warn you two, it's not going to be easy" said the old lady as she begin to shoot silks from her mouth in hope of hitting them with it.

"Be careful with those silks, if you get caught by them, then it's over for you" warn Mr. McCray as he went to face off with the old lady.

Nodding his head, Abel begins to avoid the silk that were coming at him as he also advanced forward to get close to the old lady but the moment he got close, he discovers that the old lady attacks have become very difficult for him to avoid and it was the same for Mr. McCray who has slow down his pace before swinging the plank toward the old lady swiftly and she ended up being hit one of her legs and she was forced back by the impact.

"now boy" commander Mr. McCray.

Seeing the opportunity that Mr. McCray has created, Abel rushes forward and grabs one of the spider legs before snapping it into two after applying some force in his hand. He was just about to go for another leg when the old lady opened her mouth and a foul air begin to come out.

"Get out of there Abel" yelled Mr. McCray as he distance himself from the old lady.

Aborting the idea of taking down another leg, Abel retreated as he went to stand with Mr. McCray.

"What is that thing that is coming out of her mouth" he asked.

"It is a poison gas and this is the first time that I am seeing an Arachne breath out poison gas" replies Mr. McCray with a frown.

"what's the matter, I thought the two of you are immortals so why are you scared of a little poison" said the old lady with a chuckle.

"What should we do now sir" asked Abel.

"We can't get too close to her for too long else we'll be affected by the poison and since we have no idea what that poison is, it would be difficult to prepare an antidote" reply Mr. McCray as he continues to watch the old lady.

Hearing Mr. McCray saying they will have to confront the old lady doesn't sound good to him since he will be breathing in the gas and this worried look of his didn't go without notice.

"Don't worry, with the way she is trying to catch her breath, I doubt she won't be able to keep it up that long" said Mr. McCray.

After encouraging Abel, Mr. McCray took the lead of getting close to the old lady to attack her and after some time he will pull back as soon as possible to avoid being affected by the poison which gave Abel an idea on how to go about fighting the old lady.

It was not much of an idea but since it has worked in his previous clash with the old lady, Abel thought of using the same tactics as he pulled on Mr. McCray's shirt to get his attention and discuss his plan with him by letting him read his mind.

"Why don't we just go in and fight it out with her while pretending to be drained of strength to continue the fight" asked Abel.

"it won't be easy to pull it off since we don't know what the effect of the poison is" reply Mr. McCray.

"Since we don't know that it was, it would be better if we breathe in a little of it to get the feeling before carrying on with the plan" suggested Abel.

"that's a good plan Abel but it's too risky to breathe in even a little of it while not knowing if one will be poison straight away" reply Mr. McCray.

"That is the only good plan that I can think of right now" said Abel with a sigh seeing that Mr. McCray disagreed with his plan.

"we'll go by your plan boy but I am going to be the one acting the part while you try to distract her enough for me to hit her after the plan works" reply Mr. McCray.

"no problem sir, if it is just a distraction you want, I think I should be able to do that" said Abel.

Watching the two looking at her without moving an eyelid, the old lady let out a laugh as she found them funny thinking of a way to beat her.

"I don't know how many times that I will have to tell you that I'm one who can't be beaten" said the old lady.

"The only reason why you are so bored in saying that statement is because of that poisonous gas of yours. I wonder how long you will be able to keep it up" commented Mr. McCray.

"I can continue releasing this poison until your death so stop talking and render your life to me" replied the old lady as she dashes forward to clash with him.

"Well here I go, let's hope the plan works and don't forget your part if it does work" said Mr. McCray to Abel with a smile before running forward to clash with the old lady.