"Yeeeaah! The evolution is complete~"
She waved her limbs excitedly. After being beautified, the smile on the Spider's cute little face was like an eight year's old pure and cute smile
"Ad...am..."
She couldn't wait to share her excitement with her friend, but as she turned her gaze to Adam's figure, she froze
The silver-haired boy was peacefully lying on the bed made out of spider silk, his handsome face had a serene smile that almost all girls would find it difficult to disturb his rest
Shiraori moved towards the face of the boy, starting to unconsciously poke his cheek with one of her limbs
'How can someone so handsome... Be so cute?!' The little spider lamented in her heart as she gazed at the silver haired boy
The little spider's movements naturally woke him up. His eye lashes trembled slightly, before opening slightly and revealing his beautiful blue eyes that gazed at her with worry even through the daze of awakening from sleep
"Shiraori, what's wrong with you?" He asked in a deep voice as he just woke up
"E-ehm- Oh..." The spider stammered as she couldn't properly formulate the right words to reply within this situation
She blushed intently, and she put her limps over where her heart was as she felt it beating very fast
'Is this what anime girls describe as being in 'love'?' The spider thought as her mind was spinning in bewilderment at what she was feeling
"Are you okay, spider-chan?" Adam's concerned voice snapped her out of her thoughts
He lowered his head slightly so he could directly stare at her with his beautiful eyes and started petting the cute spider's small head in concern
"N-no! Nothing! I'm a-alright!" Shiraori replied hastily, waving her limps in the air in denial as she was still in a daze because she once again looked at his charming visage
A handsome yet also beautiful face, with pristine silver hair and glowing blue eyes that one could lose themselves into. He had healthy pale skin without any blemishes with an athletic build that had compact yet firm muscles that seemed to be filled with unprecedented strength
"Um?" Adam voiced out in doubt as his expression was a bit puzzled
After all, the spider is acting very abnormally right now. Of course, it isn't a big deal, so he won't insist on this and continue to ask
Seeing that Adam didn't continue, Shiraori breathed a sigh of relief inwardly as her expression on her face also became relieved
Moving her gaze to the only light source in this cave "Ahhh~! Adam, why didn't you turn off the tablet yesterday!? My battery!" Shiraori let out an indignant cry as she became depressed
Although those gifts are solar powered, who knows when she will be able to level up and evolve to a point where she could leave this labyrinth? She is angry because there is no sunlight in this dungeon!
"Oh-! Why is it fully charged?" She asked in confusion as her previous angry and depressed expression changed in an instant
The surprise on her face was evident, so she turned her head to Adam with puzzled eyes, hoping he could answer her question
"Hehe, maybe a kind person passed by and filled it up for you..." Adam said with a chuckle as he spread his hands innocently
'It seems that D.... My sister isn't as bad as I thought, she knows how to care for people' he inwardly thought sarcastically, but he didn't dare say this out loud
He shook his head and immediately removed those thoughts from his mind. Because he is sure that as a god, D should have a low tier skill such as mind reading, and he didn't want to anger her too much
Although he has the protection of [Great Sage], she isn't powerful enough to protect against such a high leveled god if D really insisted on reading his mind. With this consideration, It is better to be safe
[Hmph]
"Since you have completed your evolution, let's continue leveling up" He said to Shiraori, dropping his previous thoughts out of his mind temporarily
"Hah?! So soon? Don't we deserve a break?" She protested hesitantly, holding a tablet with four limps like it was her baby
Because Adam had explained to her the ability of Geass and his ice powers, Shiraori was still hesitant to continue as she was worried about her friend
"Don't worry! The resilience of my body is more powerful than you think" He reassured the spider in a clear and confident tone
"Okay then, let's go!"
After wrapping her otaku equipment in two layers of spider silk for protection, the spider instantly rushed out of the house waving her small limps excitedly
Adam chuckled as he saw the spider's figure. He took one bottle of water from his [Stomach] and drank it in on gulp as he proceeded to follow behind the spider
He doesn't need sustainance, he is a Herscher so he can continue to live off honkai energy, adding to that his sub-skill [Devour] that he got thanks to the Vishnu gene, he can eat and live off any energy he consumes
In the cave where the slime reincarnated, there was plenty of water to drink and plenty of monster's to snack off, so he didn't need to bring anything. But this time, on the other hand, he at least brought water just to be safe
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One person and a spider hid behind the rock putting their hands on the slightly damp stone wall. They peeked their heads out and looked at the snail-like monsters in front of them
Throwing an appraisal casually, and looking at the information returned by the system, Adam's expression changed slightly
His eyes moved to the cute looking spider beside him in concern "Shiraori...."
"Okay, I know" She replied as her pink pupils became crystal clear like the most precious gemstones
But the next moment, Shiraori's eyes showed sadness "This is the Elroe Gastruch"
The Elroe Gastruch, a fragile monster, it is located at the bottom of the pyramid in the lower level of the Great Elroe Labyrinth
In fact, apart from the Elroe Gastruch, there are also other monsters, but what they have in common is that they are all poisonous or have the rot attribute
There are almost no monsters that prey on the Elroe Gastruch, because not only does it taste extremely bad, but it is also highly poisonous
Of course, as the Herscher of Corruption, it won't affect him, and if it did, he only needs to be exposed to that poison a few times before the Adaptation he obtained from devouring Incursio kicks in and makes him immune to it
But for Shiraori, eating them is an integral part for her evolution
The Zana Horowa is indeed a rare species. The conditions for evolving into this species are extremely strict
The conditions are as follows:
Firstly, the one who wants to evolve into that must belong to a small spider monster
Secondly, you must have the title of "Ruler of Pride", which Shiraori can just obtain the pride skill with skill points, which will automatically fulfill this condition
Thirdly, there is a need to be LV50 and the stats must exceed a certain value before someone can evolve into Zana Horowa
Even if there are monsters that occasionally meet these harsh conditions, they will die shortly after evolving into the Zana Horawa
This species can send out rot attacks. This thing is deadly and highly poisonous to existences without rot resistance. But while this would normally be great, those attacks affect both the user and the enemy
And the shitty-tasting snail worms can give Shiraori rot resistance, so its importance is self-evident
There is no need to hide in front of such weak monsters. So they both walked out from behind their cover with casual steps, and came in front of the Elroe Gastruch for closer observation
"So, what are you going to do?" With his hands behind his back, he looked at the crying spider beside him and asked curiously
"Is there a need to say it?! Of course there is only one choice to make!" She said in reluctance
Her sharp limbs were inserted into the body of Elroe Gastruch, and with an expression of accepting her miserable destiny, Shiraori opened her mouth wide and bit down on the monster fiercely
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A/N:
As you've noticed, there isn't much action in this chapter
Maybe some readers are dissatisfied with the slow progression of the plot, but I'm trying to balance out the slice of life moments with the actual action
But well, if any of you have any advice regarding better maintaining this balance, I'd appreciate
That's all, hope you enjoyed this chapter!