strictlysupreme Chapter 23. What did I...
Chapter 23. What did I...
Chapter 23 - 23. What did I...What did I...
Once we walked close to the palace, the front doors suddenly opened, and a new wave of spiders came out of it.
These spiders looked different, though their lower part was that of a spider body, and the upper part was that of a human woman.
"Who are they?"
[They are Arachne, one of the last evolutions of the spider-type monsters; their rank is S or above.]
"Ehh, will I even survive if they attack me!?"
[Is that something for you to worry about? I mean, with such a stat.]
"...Ehm, what kind of skills will I gain if I eat them?"
[I don't know! i can't see they stat.]
"Level difference?"
[Yes!]
While I was thinking about how to defeat them, they started moving and splitting on both sides. Strangely enough, instead of being alarmed, I was feeling like I was at home.
Once all the arachne were in position, they bowed their heads, and at the same time they said...
"Welcome back, your highness!"
"Well, I quite expect they wanted to greet the queen!"
[Really?]
"Well, they are wearing maid outfits, although it is not of my liking."
[The monster or the clothes?]
"The clothes! You pervert!"
[Ohh... really? Then can you explain to me why your heartbeat was faster the moment you made eye contact with the rad-haired one?]
"I don't know what ya talking about..."
[Hmmm...]
"Anyway, what are we doing here!?"
{I want you to see an object that I have here.}
"What is this object?"
{It's a shining sphere.}
"Hmm...?! A shining orb?"
{Does that sound familiar to you?}
"Hmm, a shining orb...a shining orb."
I started to reflect on it.
It was not the first time I heard about it, but I was not sure if it was the same one I was told of, so I asked her to describe how the orb looked.
{It's the shape of a pearl with an abnormally large size and is dark purple colored.}
"This one is different from the one that I know!"
{!!!...which one do you know?}
"The one that I know has multiple colors; it shines as well."
{I see...}
"So, what do you want to do? I mean, I'm not sure I can help out."
{Hmm...I still want you to follow me!}
"No problem. Ah, do you know of a weapon in this place?"
{No!, to my knowledge, but if you want, I can ask them to
It was placed on a pedestal; well, "placed" it was more like floating midair.
{It was not doing something like this before!}
"Eh!?...Really!!"
The spider queen looked quite happy with the current situation, but I was too focused on the orb more than anything else before I notified it I was walking towards it.
The spider queen did not come inside; it looked like she didn't want to distract me at all.
The closer I got to the orb, the shinier it got. It was to the point where you could not see the orb anymore, just an intense light floating toward me.
Once we were one step away from each other, I reached out my hand to take it...