Looking up at the spider, I couldn't help but feel intimidated. The spider was just stood there looking down at me, like it knew I wasn't even its match.
I wanted to run, to try and escape but I doubted it would let me go easily. Regardless I slowly started backing away still looking straight into the spiders eyes.
I didn't even manage to take 2 steps back, when it opened its mouth and shot out a load of web. Almost instinctively I summoned a shadow shield in front of me hoping that it would give me a chance to doge, but to my surprise the webs flew straight past me.
Did it miss?
I took a quick glance back and my eyes widened in shock. It was never aiming at me in the first place. It had been aiming at the floor behind me, completely blocking my only escape rout.
"click! click! click!"
The clicking of its fangs almost sounded like laughter, as it looked at my face filled with shock.
This wasn't like any enemy I have ever faced before, it wasn't hunting me for food and it wasn't fighting for its survival.
It was killing for fun.
It wanted to torment me and break me down mentally before finally ending my life.
It was evil.
No wonder it trapped me in that illusion for so long rather than just killing me, it wanted to play with its food before finally eating it.
The fear I felt gradually started to fade, only to be replaced by anger.
Did it really think I would just roll over and wait for death?
Did it think I would cower and beg for life?
I wasn't some random fox cub that has never faced death before.
I've been in numerous situations when I thought I was going to die.
I've even been killed before!
[ding!]
[you have learned anger level 1]
I ignore the system notification and summon a shadow on the cave floor, directly below the spider.
If i'm gonna die, I'm at least going to do as much damage as possible. Im at least going to go down fighting!
I activate dash and run straight towards it. it doesn't even react, it just continues looking at me with them pure black eyes.
I use bite, chomping down on one of its front legs.
"Argh!"
Pain shoots through my teeth. I'm not even able to pierce its exoskeleton, but I don't care. I continue biting down on its leg, biting with as much force as I can muster.
It finally moves, just a simple swing of its leg but I'm sent flying straight towards the cave wall.
Boom!
I crash straight into the cave wall with such force cracks appeared. I fall back down to the floor and cough up a mouthful of blood. I can feel that several of my ribs are broken and yet that wasn't even a direct attack!
All it done was shake me from its leg and yet it nearly killed me in the process! My shadow magic didn't seem to even slow it down!
click! click! click! click!
It's laughing at me again, clearly mocking my futile effort of attacking it.
I get back to my feet and summon a shadow ball, firing at the spiders eyes. I aim to try and blind the spider but before the shadow ball can even reach it, another shadow ball larger than my own collides with mine, canceling it out.
"Gasp!"
I can't help but let out a gasp. It knows shadow magic as well!
No wonder why it seemed like my shadow didn't slow it down earlier, it probably cancelled that out as well.
I really have no hope of defeating it, I don't even have any hope even damaging it!
I won't give up yet though, I still have one idea that might let me get out of this alive.
I again summon another shadow ball, this time I'm taking my time. I want to make it as big as possible and as usual the spider just stands there watching, not even caring about my efforts to attack it.
I shoot it at the spider and at the same time start sprinting straight at it. I open my mouth preparing to use bite whilst the spider summons its own shadow ball to cancel out mine.
As expected it doesn't even react to me going to bite but that is what I was hoping for. Instead of using bite I just carry on running straight under its legs, heading further into the cave.
It turns around letting out a few angry clicks and starts running after me. I keep running ducking and weaving around the spider webs, going as fast as I can.
The spider may be big and strong but its speed isn't its best stat, although it is still slowly gaining on me.
I run through several intersection in the cave with multiple paths, but I just pick one at random and keep going. Ive even run past several smaller spiders but Ignore them and just keep going.
I'm looking for a smaller passage or even just a hole, that the spider can't fit through but i'm running out of time. Its shot webs at me several times now, causing me to have to dodge and making the gap between us get smaller.
Finally I see one, a small hole just big enough for me to fit through, a few meters up ahead.
I dash towards it, desperately trying to get to it before the spider notices it and seals it shut but i'm too late. The spider notices it and shoots a web at the hole.
Left with no other option, I jump into the pash of the web. It crashes into me sending me flying straight through the whole that was aiming for. I topple across the ground, unable to move properly cos I'm now wrapped up in sticky web.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
I can feel the vibrations as the spider frantically attacks the whole in the wall trying to make it bigger.
Unable to move properly I am left with no other choice but to sit here and try to untangle my self, hoping the spider don't get through.