All the groups were very exhausted and tired except for one person- Mareine.
Mareine was the only one who had some energy left since she didn't help them and so, she still hasn't leveled up.
It was the correct time when suddenly, the battlefield became silent. There was no monster coming and the cold wind swirled in their head.
"I feel something bad."
"Same."
"Me too."
The group chatted then, in the dark, a C+ monster appeared on the battlefield.
A forest spider.
With Mareine's Eye of Puppeteer, she can finally say that it's her time to show up.
The result after all were:
「 Name: Forest Mother Spider
Threat Class: C+ 」
Even Alvin backed off because of its size. The size of the spider was the size of a 16 wheeled dump truck.
Not to mention, there are about 8 small mini spiders coming together with the spider.
"I'll take care of this spider myself." Mareine declared stepping forward.
"Can you do it?" Alvin asked. Not only him, but the whole group. They felt that Mareine, a young girl, couldn't do it.
"Of course, yeh. I can." Mareine replied with confidence curling the corner of her lips.
Alvin and his group moved backward and let Mareine be at the front.
Mareine then activated her Distinctive Passive Skill: Iron Thread.
"A thread..?!" The group murmured.
"Let's see whether your thread is strong or my Iron thread."
The battlefield then resumed.
Two mini spiders jump to Mareine, but alas! The two of the mini spiders were sliced to half due to the Iron Thread Mareine put as a barrier.
The group watching Mareine was surprised to see the mini spider spurting up blood and being sliced to half in the middle of jumping towards her.
"That.... Is that a... Iron thread? She used Iron thread as a laser?" The onlookers can't help but to be amazed at her skill.
But it didn't end there. Mareine raised both of her hands, open arms and shouted, "Summon Puppet Activate! All my puppets deploy and heed the puppeteer's order!"
Then, a big magic circle glowed on the ground where Mareine was stepping. Following next, a bunch of Threads can be seen as a bunch of monsters appeared around Mareine.
The mega slime, dozens of wolves and a bunch of mushroom monsters-They were all connected and linked to the thread that was on Mareine's hands.
The group behind Mareine even moved away further since all the space was occupied by Mareine's puppets.
Mareine made her move.
The puppets she summoned were used as her vanguard. She used them as her shield to block the spider's Venomous Web.
Then, an Iron bow suddenly showed up in her hand- this is because of Skill: Weapon Creation.
She aimed her bow at the spiders and shot, but it didn't hit the vital parts of the spiders. Wolves also help by biting the mother spider as a troup, but it didn't damage the mini spiders that much.
Mareine with his Skill: Weapon Creation, she has an unlimited number of arrows, but some of them didn't hit the target and this made her annoyed.
The group looking at her aiming very wrong, they can't help but to think- 'Still a child.' or 'She still needs to practice.'
Mareine who confidently said she can do it was very flustered and annoyed that the spiders invaded her attacks.
Angered, her Distinctive Skill: Puppeteer's Anger got activated.
Annoyed, she switched the weapon to shield. Then, since she isn't the vanguard, the shield cannot be used, so she just throws the shield in one of the mini spiders and it works. There are only 5 mini spiders left.
The next weapon was a spear. She just threw it to the other mini spider that makes 4 mini spiders.
Sword, probably the last weapon, was very heavy for her to handle so, like the shield, she threw it.
And thus, 3 mini spiders were left. With the help of mushroom monsters, they made a poison mist around the mother spider. The wolves also help but she didn't make the mega slime move cause the ground will probably shake if the slime jumps.
Because of the poison, the mother spider was all left.
Mareine can't help but to raise her head to see the full view of the big spider. It was twice as big as the puppet mega slime.
Ding!
The sound grabbed Mareine's attention.
「 Distinctive Passive Skill: Iron Thread upgraded. Iron Thread ------> Steel String. 」
Mareine's eyes widened looking at the screen in front of her.
The Mother spider made its way to Mareine but it stopped in the middle.
The Iron thread that the onlookers saw disappeared, but the puppet was still in control of her.
They wonder "Why did the thread disappear?"
Because it got upgraded to steel string, the string can now only be seen by only Mareine as the puppeteer. It will look invisible to others.
The mother spider stopped moving as if it was frozen because of her Steel String that strangled up the whole body. The size is not a problem. The string can cover up even if it's the size of a castle.
The durability also increases. The spider couldn't even resist or move.
Mareine then unsummoned all her puppets except for the mega slime.
The path was clear and the place became silent as the group behind her was looking at the scene.
"Summon Holy Sword!"
Combining her Ultimate Skill: Angel of Peace, (Chamuel) and Skill: Weapon Creation, she can make a holy and divine sword.
A glowing white sword sword appeared in front of her.
Angered even more, her Distinctive Passive Skill: Puppeteer's Anger made her more fired up.
Alvin, who was looking seriously, was even more surprised when the holy sword appeared as she summoned it- it was because the holy sword is an epic tier sword that he cannot even touch.
Mareine grabbed the sword and stride her feet closer to the mother spider who cannot move because of the steel string.
Mareine with the sword in her right hand lifted her hand and and before swinging it with force, she chanted:
"Peace Assault-!"
Then, after swinging, the mother spider turned into white particles and disappeared.
The sword in her hand also disappeared and the mega slime enabled Autobattle Mode.
Ding!
Ding!
「 Level Upgraded
Level:9 ------> Level:10 」
Mareine, without a reason, collapsed in the ground.
[ Requirements Fulfilled ]
Alvin tried to help her, but the mega slime stopped him. The mega slime became her guard and the slime didn't even make a single human or monster near Mareine.
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
「 All skills will be upgraded. 」
Ding!
[ Evolution and Transformation will start ]
Ding!
「 Distinctive Passive Skill: Steel Thread
Distinctive Passive Skill: Eye of Puppeteer
Distinctive Passive Skill: Death Puppeteer's Aura
Distinctive Passive Skill: Perfect Puppet Control
Distinctive Passive Skill: Summon Puppet
Distinctive Passive Skill: Thread/String Manipulation
All the skills above will be joined together to form a new skill. 」
Ding!
Ding!
[ Completed. ]
「 With the combined skills, new skills acquired. 」
「 All passive puppet skills -----> Distinctive Passive Special Ultimate Skill: Marionettist, The Controller, (Lucifer) 」
[ Completed. ]
Ding!
「 Skill: Weapon Creation
Will be upgraded.
Skill: Weapon Creation ------> Ultimate Skill: Master of Weapon Creation, (Azazel) 」
[ Completed. ]
「 Distinctive Skill: Puppeteer's Anger will be upgraded. 」
[ Failed. ]
[ Reason: Requirements not fulfilled ]
「 Skill: False Strength (Stout) will be upgraded. 」
[ Failed. ]
[ Reason: Requirements not fulfilled ]
Bzzt.
Ding!
「 All puppets excluding species: 'Pegasus' and 'mega slime' will be sacrifice to gain a new skill 」
[ Completed. ]
Ding!
「 New Skill Acquired
Skill: Summon Puppet (Gemini) 」
[ Completed. ]
Ding!
[ Completed. ]
[ Evolution and Transformation Completed. ]