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My breath was steady.
But my heartbeat was not.
I crouched just outside the hollow entrance of the hideout, dagger held tight in my grip.
The cold tal pressed against my palm, slick with sweat and dried blood.
My ribs still ached from before, and my skin stung where the acid had burned into .
But none of that mattered.
My only priority right now was the hulking mass of legs waiting for .
The Tier 1 Scaled Spider hadn’t moved from its position.
It hadn’t tried to hide, hadn’t scurried away to heal, no—it was waiting for .
Unlike what I had thought, the creature’s body was a ss.
It seed that the mana bomb I had thrown into the air had done more than I expected.
The spider’s exoskeleton on the left was completely burned through, exposing the raw, blackened skin beneath.
Parts of its carcass had cracked open, and in the dim light of the evening, I could barely make out its figure.
One freaking day.
I hadn’t even realised it had been that long since we hid in this place.
Well, at least the spider couldn’t use its spike thingy ability anymore.
I sighed, almost feeling a bit of burden from my shoulders lessening.
That mana bomb did quite so wonders, huh?
It was injured. But it wasn’t afraid.
Its eight crimson eyes glead with a manic hunger, its crooked teeth clattering together in an ugly rhythm.
Like it was laughing at .
A chill crawled down my spine.
I gritted my teeth.
Fine.
Let’s see if you’ll still be laughing when I carve you out.
With a deep breath, I ran forward.
The mont I moved, the spider jumped as well.
I barely managed to twist my body out of the way as its front leg ca crashing down where I’d been standing a second ago.
The force of the impact sent dust and debris flying. If that had hit , I would’ve been pinned.
Shit.
’No hesitating.’ I thought.
Rolling to the side, I planted my foot against the cave floor and launched myself straight at the spider’s exposed side.
My dagger plunged forward.
Crack.
It pierced through the soft flesh beneath the burned exoskeleton—but only a little .
The blade barely sunk an inch before the spider pulled back violently, nearly throwing off balance.
A thin line of black blood oozed from the wound.
This wasn’t enough.
The spider screeched, swiping at with another leg. I ducked under it, my heart hamring in my chest.
My eyes darted across its body. I needed a real injury—sothing that would slow it down.
The joints.
I took a step back, letting the spider lunge forward again.
It was fast.
Even with its wounds, it wasn’t hesitating, wasn’t pulling back to recover. It wanted to kill now.
That was fine.
It was reckless.
And I could use that.
As it lunged, I darted to the side, angling my dagger toward the bend of one of its front legs.
Pierce.
The dagger stabbed through.
A shudder ran through the spider’s entire body. Its massive limb trembled, swaying as it tried to lift it.
A slow, cruel grin spread across my face.
Got you.
The spider jumped back again, screeching in pain. It tried to put weight on the injured leg—and staggered.
I exhaled sharply, my chest moving up and down. My body still ached, my wounds still burned, but I felt sothing different now.
Sothing hungry.
Without thinking, I activated Mana Drain.
The second I did, I felt it.
Warmth flooded my veins.
A deep, pulsing energy seeped into my limbs. It wasn’t much, but it was enough to push away the exhaustion, enough to keep moving.
The spider’s movents grew sluggish.
Its attack ca slower and its posture wavered.
This was it. One injury beca two.
I darted beneath it, slashing at another joint before rolling away from a retaliating strike.
The spider hissed, backing away on unsteady legs.
Another stab. Another wound.
I could feel the difference now. The more I drained, the more the creature struggled to keep up.
The more I tore into its legs, the more its movents faltered.
One wound turned into three.
Three turned into five.
Its legs were covered in injuries, black blood staining the floor beneath us.
I grinned, breathing hard. It was working.
Just a little more. Just a little more and I’d win.
I tightened my grip on the dagger. Ti to finish it—
Then the spider scread.
The forest shook with the force of the screech. It was loud, sharp, unnatural—a sound that shouldn’t have co from sothing this big.
And then, I felt it.
A presence.
No.
Not one.
Dozens.
My stomach plumted.
Slowly, too slowly, I turned my head—
And I froze.
From the darkness of the trees and bushes, crawling out of the shadows, skittering along the soil and the woods—
More spiders.
Not as big as the Tier 1 monster in front of , but not small either. Dozens of them.
Their bodies twitched, their legs clicking against the stone floor, their small, black eyes locking onto .
I recognized them.
They were the sa spiders I had killed last ti. The ones I had slaughtered in my first real fight.
They were here-
My blood ran cold.
"…Oh, co on," I breathed, my voice shaking. "Seriously?"
The Tier 1 spider in front of clattered its teeth once again, as if grinning at my despair.
I stiffened, gripping my dagger tighter.
My body was still running on drained energy, and my muscles were still sore from before.
But I wasn’t stupid.
I knew what this ant.
I had to kill this motherfucker before those baby spiders reached us—
Fuck!!
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