Ramiel walk inside the Transfer gate and travel back to the bandit hideout and used that time to eat, from his estimate they were able to finish the first guild task that he took, within 2 and a half hours, which means they only have 4 hours remaining until the sun rises up again while eating he thought of something considering the village people were shocked to see a hunter use the transfer gate, Alpha saw his expression and was curious about this, so he told Alpha his question.
Alpha could not answer his question properly but she told him that spell and magic incantation drains energy or mana in the caster, she gave an example and recalled the moment she cast her attack spell on the 2 bandits, she lost 20 per cent of her energy and this momentarily weakens the caster, so she needs to wait for a few minutes, but other takes hours to get their mana to replenish on its own in a normal way, or just buy and drink recovery potion that most spell caster or ordinary beings will do,
so she thinks it's not about why he can cast, but the question is more about how, maybe that's the reason the hybrid civilian survivors from the village were surprised to see that he can just cast a transfer gate consecutively without any side effects,
"oh! like charging a battery,"
"yes! something like that, whatever that battery is? "
" you really don't have any idea about this?'
"I never heard about this topic from my teacher, since I am sure it's not something he needs to discuss considering he is so powerful,"
"he might even have unlimited mana!"
"for a Gehenna wolf like me, the more battles we engage and overcome will gradually increase our Mana Core,"
"what we did in the Royal guild training hall forced my evolution in a drastic way,"
"I think, it's better to get more information in the guild rather than assumed things on our own,"
"so with that! are we going to continue our hunt for the Arachne?"
"might as well finish the task we took."
Ramiel and Alpha while travelling on the mountain range, he saw a lot of different creatures that were not seen inside the forsaken forest, most of these creatures are amiable and detached from other living beings in the land.
It is impossible to name each mythological being based solely on their physical appearance since variations are too wide and complex
for example, the Arachne has many dissimilarities in their origin, some stories mention that they were created by a powerful demon, some say they were the offspring of a human and a demon spider, and lastly a human being that was cursed by using a dark prohibited enchantment that was so potent the caster sometimes go insane,
"you did know that most of the Villagers that we just save were humanoid hybrid beings,"
"yes I know, I can see they have 2 mana signatures that are mixed, but their energy frequency is not in synch together which is why they are having a difficult time using their mana to use in their daily life."
"Anyway that's the main reason why I wanted to travel, learning these things is important to gain new knowledge and hopefully this information can help shape the world for the better."
Within an hour, both of them reached the other side of the mountain range, which mostly took longer to accomplish, with the help of casting a Tier 3 spell that was
" Swift Wind Dash,"
their running time improve a lot by a hundred folds, as they stood at the edge of the cliff, they were able to view the landscape from that position, overlooking the town that was being tormented by the Arachne. When Ramiel looked down, he realized that there was no visible path or foothold that could be used to descend; jumping down could create a sound that might alert the Arachne.
"This is weird in the sense that I have been scanning the entire area with a vicinity of two miles but I wasn't able to pick up any Arachne mana signature,"
"I have also trying to get any kind of scent since we entered this part of the mountain,"
"The fact I can see and distinguish after using Arcane Sonar Detection that there are confirmed 436 humanoid hybrid beings in that town mostly derive from dark elves or what my teacher named as Drow, and some human genealogy mixed in together,"
" but no Arachne energy whatsoever!"
"That's a bit peculiar because dark elves are known to be stubborn and discriminatory toward other lesser beings, except human that they usually hire as servants ,and they hate really hate the Gahanna Wolf race."
"and why ask for help in a guild? considering they are known to be great warrior both in skill and dark magic "
" You know more than you allow me to believe for a young adult wolf!"
" I did evolve remember! so I gain more knowledge,
"anyway, maybe it's better to stay inside the void storage for a time being."
"ok! no problem, just call me when you need my assistance."
"now! that's unexpected."
"Anti-gravity Motion."
below the mountain cliff, Ramiel landed on an open clearing that was surrounded by hundreds of fruit-bearing trees, he continued to scan the area but he can only see the 12 dark elves hiding and just observing his movements while arrows were pointed at him
A dark elven adult male with green eyes and dark brown skin, with a lean and defined athletically built body, came out of one of the trees and asked Ramiel to identify himself. All of the hiding Drow were still on high alert as bows and arrows were still drawn, ready to strike at any time.
all of them still have the same expression on their faces when they saw a masked white-haired person with golden eyes just drop uninvited to their territory
Ramiel raise his hand and took out his Guild necklace nametag, he introduces himself by name and asks about this town's request to exterminate the Arachne.
the male dark elven also raises his hand signaling the others to put their weapons down, the hiding Drow came out from their hiding spot but their eyes were still looking at him with suspicion and doubt, as the male dark elf approached Ramiel to inspect his name tag and level, he cast a binding spell for extra precaution
"Motion Bind."
a symbol on the ground appeared and Ramiel notice the difference in how he activated his spell, there were flashy symbols materializing, and the dark elven spell took a while to activate, this is new information for him, he could easily cancel the spell but doesn't want to create an unwanted reaction from the Drow who still sees him as an intruder in their domain, not knowing the landscape and proper decorum in entering another area eluded his mind, and blame himself for this inexcusable act toward another beings home,
like a law-abiding person, he graciously accepts their procedure and remains motionless until ordered otherwise, the male Drow mention that his nametag felt different like somebody wanted to hide his true information, but because the nametag was authentic the male Drow remove the motion bind spell, and as for the reason for cloaking his level, this doesn't really concern him, as long as his group can slay the beast.
"so might I ask, where can I find the Arachne?"
"oh yes! the location is a bit hard to explain, considering the monster is not hiding inside a dark cave but inside the town hall."
" would you mind sharing any additional details concerning the requested task that you sent to the Royal Guild ?"
the adult male Drow named Maltathdar told the mask hunter that the Arachne is named Laerdya, and sadly she was his elder sister sister, she became like this after her heart was torn apart by a male human many years ago, her hate and anger toward that male was insatiable, until she went insane and attack any male that she sees, she would attract her target by seducing the male with her beautiful humanoid form while dispersing high concentration of Aphrodisiac and after getting intoxicated and drive the male sexually wild she will eat him slowly in the most horrible way, as paralyzing venom runs throughout the victims body while they remain conscious as she bite, tore and eat their flesh.
and after being sealed under the mountain by the Marauding Queen herself, she was able to get out and after decades of isolation depravity from from eating meat, and within a month she just roam the night luring in the shadows now indiscriminately killing any male what ever race and age it might be, who were just going about their daily livelihood. and she took it upon herself to nest inside their town hall and remained inside while most of the male Dark Elven cower under their homes hiding,
" why not just used your arrows to kill her."
"We cannot kill our own kind, it is against our law and beliefs, and that is why we had to eat our own pride and ask for outside help, but many failed miserably because her power level has grown significantly over the past decade."
"your group would be the fourth team who will face her,"
"Can I survey the area first and investigate the current situation?"
"yes, you may! but I warn you to hide your presence by spraying this female perfume and stay inside the shadow, to hide your male appearance,"
Maltathdar accompanied Ramiel and continuously asked him when will his team come, he just redirected his question with another one, he could feel the reluctance in Maltathdar's voice, but Ramiel must cover all the angles of the situation in this town, as the town elders came to oversee the extermination in front of the town hall, there was a makeshift canopy was built 20 feet from the elevated hall and an incantation spell was placed on the stone pavement where the canopy was located to ensure that the male elders were safe from getting caught by her web,
the 4 elders were arrogant and overbearing, they were accompanied by two female attendants each, and wore lavish clothes and jewelry, the elders were walking on a path while the rest of the town inhabitants stood away from their trail, Maltathdar attitude and demeanor suddenly changed when the 4 elders came and advertise their authority and power over the town premises like royalty,
as the 4 Drow elders sat on their personalized chairs on the Canopy, the oldest wave his hand and ordered Maltathdar to introduce the hunting party messenger and the name of their group. he was commanded to kneel down like a beggar and explained details that transpired a few moments ago while looking down at the ground,
the second elder asked to introduce himself to them, so Ramiel Bow graciously, and act in a proper way even if he was really controlling his anger toward such beings, he was ordered to inform them about their group's ability and number of members, Ramiel couldn't say he was hunting alone and his only partner was a Gehenna Wolf so he just created a story for the time being and informed them that he was sent to gather information and relay said findings.
once again he ask the elders to let him enter the hall to gather the needed information, the third elder told him if he gets killed they will never spend any of their resources to extract his dead body to be given a proper burial, and no payment shall be awarded to his relatives or next of kin, with this unreasonable condition made Ramiel bite his lip and just agreed with their condition, a contract was already ready this felt like a trap or a scheme to lure hunters to their death leaving their items behind.
Ramiel signed the contract and proceeded on going inside the town hall,
Maltathdar accompanied him and gave Ramiel a small bottle filled with a female scent, he took it and put it inside his inner pocket, while
Maltathdar unlocks the hall doorway and lets the hunter enter, as soon as he was inside, Maltathdar would lock the door once again, and just wait like what happened to rest as his scream will surely echo later on,
he walks with shame in his heart, sacrificing another victim just to steal their belongings, such despicable and atrocious behavior by those who were now in power, as an entire town and all of in inhabitants became a hostage of their own weakness and gullibility,
Ramiel saw that the Female Arachne was attached to a machine that was bolted to the very foundation of the town hall, a long metallic tube could be seen sticking out from the machine going up and piercing Arachne's body as it was being force-fed by a black liquid,
"it's miasma from the forsaken forest."
the Arachne saw Ramiel and became wild and started to attack him by using its poison attack spell, and projectile attacks,
" Controlled Arcane Barrier,"
"Exploitation of Knowledge,"
"so its non of the three Arachne origin stories, this one is new and unnatural and artificially created by a twisted mind,"
"I can still save and cure Laerdya's body and mind, I just need to purify the miasma,"
"Tier 5 Mystic Divine Gift of Healing."
"Tier 5 Arcane mass Divine Healing."
a bright light consumed the hall and a feeling of warmth spread all over the town, the 4 elders saw this and panic as they order the guards to open the town hall and investigate what was going on inside, 10 armored dark elven opened the door and entered and saw a 5 tier level spell was being cast,
while a woman's body was separating from the huge mutated parasitic creature that attached itself to Laerdya's body, the parasite was the reason why the host change its physical appearance feeding on her emotion and pain, as its mutated body tries desperately reclaim its host back, but the barrier around her was strong until she was far enough to be safely secured under Ramiels protection,
"Void Storage."
one of the elders screams at him saying he must pay dearly with his life when Alpha came out of the shadow and attack the 4 corrupt dark-elven elders in manipulating their own kind by spreading false news about the Arachne killing spree ten years ago, Laerdya was manipulated by the 4 elders when they scheme a young human man to seduce her and after falling in love with him, he leaves the town and never be seen again taking even her dignity,
the condition to create a new Arachne creature, the host body must be imbued with hate and pain, because of this she was tricked into submitting to the elder's plan to make her a living weapon against the Demiurgos clan, which eventually failed when the marauding Queen was able to seal her with the thought of helping her in the near future by creating a spell that could separate her body from the parasitic mutated monster
"Flame Scorn Storm,"
"Lightning Scorn
Missiles."
"Paralyzing Flame."
"Chain Mutilation Slash,"
Ramiels anger grew and instantly kills the ten armoured guards who rush towards him, Alpha has already killed two of the eleven elders when Ramiel used his most powerful attack spell to destroy the entire town hall and everything that might be under it
"Activate! Devouring Decimation Plasma Wave."