"I need to clean them in one go. Should I burn them all at once? Will it be alright? I can't be an angel; I have to think like a human. If I leave them be, they will attack me. Survival comes first in the human world." I muttered to myself, contemplating the most efficient course of action. I burned all the eggs; the baby spiders got killed in the fire.
"good bye! oh supreme make their soul rest in peace." With a heavy heart, I set ablaze the unhatched progeny, their delicate forms succumbing to the merciless flames. I whispered a solemn prayer as I departed for the ending room.
As I ventured deeper into the labyrinthine passages, a figure emerged from the shadows, setting my senses on edge. I saw someone coming towards me. I immediately took the sword and pointed it to kill them. "Wait, human. I mean no harm to you. If you give me some food, I will guide you from here."
There is a goblin too in this dungeon. "Are you trying to trick me, and why should I believe you? What if you kill me as soon as I let my guard down?" He took out a mesmerizing locket which had a sparkling red gem in it. "See this, my family heirloom, and I am half human too. My name is Poppy." I didn't get him. What is he trying to say? "I will give this to you as long as I can get out from here." I got an idea in mind.
igniting a spark of cunning in my mind "You keep your necklace; let's make a magic contract" I made a magic contract. suggested, seizing the opportunity to secure my companion's aid. With a swift incantation, a pact was forged, binding Poppy to our mutual cause. "Sign this." He signed it without even reading anything properly. "You don't know how to read, right?" I observed that all he did was write his name. "How do you know? You didn't even read what I wrote." His face turned pale. "Human, did you trick me? What did you write, human? Tell me," he was so naïve. "You should not trust anyone; you are really easy to trick." He started to cry. "This human tricked me; he is not even telling me now. How should I show my face to my ancestors?" This goblin is too emotional.
"Don't worry, I will release you as long as you tell me where the boss room is." There were several traps, and Poppy guided me safely to the boss room. "I can't go inside; I am not immune to those illusions. As soon as you listen to them, any human can get mesmerized, so take this." Poppy took out a potion and gave it to me. "Are you trying to poison me now?" He pouted and said with anger, "Look who is saying! You tricked me with a weird contract, and now you're not even believing. If it was someone else, maybe they would have surely killed you by now. This potion, I have only one. If you don't believe, it's fine." Poppy was angry because I doubted him. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just give it to me already. Don't worry; I will get you out of here as I promised." I took it and drank it.
Finally, I reached the boss room. It was a dark cave. I heard the sound of dripping water. I followed the sound. As I braved the depths of the boss room, confronting the monstrous sirens that lurked within, the true extent of their deception became apparent. "I thought sirens would look beautiful," as I heard a lot about them my expectations shattered by the grotesque visage before me. With a mixture of horror and determination, I faced their hypnotic allure, the potion's protective veil shielding me from their enchantments. "They don't look half as good as humans. They smell like fish." In fairy tales, sirens are depicted as the most beautiful creatures, but they were not like that at all; they smelled like fish. They had sharp teeth like sharks, long nails, and long hair. As soon as the leader of the sirens saw me, they used their voice to mesmerize me. "Shut up, you damn sirens! My ears are bleeding." They were shocked to see that I was not in an illusion. "Did you think your tactics would work on me? I am not a normal human. Maybe you didn't expect this, right?" looks like the potion poppy gave me is working on me.
I took my sword and attacked them. They couldn't stay out of water, and they also couldn't stay in the water for too long. So, all I needed to do was somehow make them come out of the water. "Come at me! Are you afraid of me? Come and eat me! Am I too good for your dinner?" As soon as I lured them out, I killed them one by one, chopping them like vegetables.
"Come, have your food! Are you not going to attack me?" It looks like they don't have any intelligence, or else they wouldn't be so easy to attack me. As I was chopping them one by one, the main siren was observing all of my actions. It threw a net, which is normally used by humans to catch fish, but it was made of metal and heavy. I got trapped in the net.
"Shit, I didn't expect this." I cursed, my predicament a testament to the perilous depths of the dungeon and the cunning of its denizens. As the sirens closed in, their malicious laughter echoing in the darkness, I braced myself for the final confrontation that lay ahead.
"You human, do you think we sirens are foolish to fall into your trap?" I was taken aback by the realization that the sirens could communicate. "You can talk?" I struggled against the confines of the net, but to no avail. I was completely ensnared, with nowhere to escape.
The siren's words dripped with disdain as they revealed the origins of the trap. "This trap was prepared by dwarves. It won't break easily. How is it, human?" Their mocking tone only fueled my determination to break free, but the realization that the trap was crafted by skilled artisans added a new layer of difficulty to my predicament. With time running out and the sirens closing in, I had to devise a plan to escape before it was too late.
The siren's words struck me with a chilling realization. "You were trying to lure us, but I was trying to lure you," they declared with a cold, calculating demeanor. I couldn't help but feel a sense of amusement at their twisted logic. "You can sacrifice even your own people," I remarked, appalled by their callousness.
The siren responded with a sense of entitlement, asserting, "I am their master, and it's their duty to protect me. Isn't it a man's duty to protect a woman?" Confusion clouded my thoughts momentarily until the true meaning of their words dawned on me. "You were a woman?" I exclaimed, realizing my mistake in assuming the siren's gender based on their appearance.
"You are the first human to resist my charms," the siren continued, their arrogance palpable. I couldn't fathom the depths of their overconfidence. "I like you. I was bored of those sirens. I was baiting to kill them anyway. You got rid of them for me. As you are strong and have good muscle, I like you. Marry me, live forever with me."
The siren's proposition sent a shiver down my spine. Despite their captivating allure, I couldn't ignore the danger that lurked beneath their beauty. With a steely resolve, I knew I had to find a way to escape their grasp and navigate the treacherous waters of the dungeon alone. But as their hypnotic gaze held me captive, I realized that breaking free would require more than just physical strength—it would demand unwavering determination and cunning wit.
The siren's proposal hung in the air, her gaze fixated on me with a chilling intensity. Despite her otherworldly beauty, I couldn't shake the feeling of unease that gripped me. "You are really beautiful, but I am not your type at all," I confessed, trying to muster the courage to reject her advances. "You see, I am very cruel. Extremely cruel."
I recalled the tales of how women abhorred cruelty and toxicity, and my heart sank as I realized the depth of the situation. "You know, I just now killed a thousand babies before coming here," I admitted, the weight of my actions heavy upon me. It was true, but she didn't know they were spiderlings.
"It's okay. I don't like children either. Even if they are born, I will swallow them," the siren replied casually, her words sending a chill down my spine. How could she contemplate such cruelty, even toward her own offspring? In that moment, I felt a desperate urge for divine intervention. "Help me, supreme lord," I silently prayed, resigned to the grim fate that seemed to await me—a marriage to this monstrous siren.