CHAPTER 419: SOMETIMES, YOU HANDLE THINGS YOURSELF (2/2)

“Of course, you can. If it’s that new fiancee of yours… but that requires time and an offering.”

‘My new fiancee… wait, are you talking about Mo Ning? What the heck do you mean by fiancee? She’s a horse! And stop trying to lump me with some strange person who does it with whatever race they can lay their hands on… Oops, I didn’t mean to discriminate against you Dryders… It’s just I can’t accept your way of life, I’m sure you will understand…’

The answer Ferti’nier gave me could be said to be the worst of the worst. While it might have sounded like good news on the surface, was there anything worse than knowing that there was a workable solution, but just not for you?

“Little brother, you better think of something quick. Your big sis doesn’t want to die at the hands of some spiders yet.”

‘Why are you even telling me this now? What’s the point even? If you had just told me about that ten seconds nonsense from the start, would this have even happened?!’

“What do you mean nonsense?”

‘Don’t you start that with me!’

Even as I was sparring verbally with Ferti’nier, the Dryders never ceased in their advance. Just like before, they maintained that mix of Fire Dryders and Metal Dryders as they cautiously approached me. Clearly, my Shadow Demon wasn’t going to work against this formation.

Well, if summoning a helper isn’t going to work, I’ll have to do this myself then.

Shadow Demon!

I summoned forth my Shadow Demon again. The moment it took shape, it immediately charged in the direction of Dryders just like before.

Seeing that, the Dryders calmly encircled their shadowy enemy with the Fire Dryders taking the flanks while the Metal Dryders handled the center. This time however, the Shadow Demon did not engage with them. Instead, the second before they clashed, it suddenly did an about turn and retreated.

Fully expecting an attack, the Dryders were stunned by the sudden reversal and couldn’t react for a second. Their less-than-bright minds clearly hadn’t been programmed with what to do in this situation.

Naturally, they had no idea as to what was coming next either. After all, even I considered what I was about to do next crazy. As the Shadow Demon charged in, I followed closely in its wake. Once the Shadow Demon had gathered enough of their attention, I had it turn around while I reached out and grabbed its neck with my right hand. The moment we came into contact, the Shadow Demon suddenly changed form.

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The area above its neck began to shift into a hilt while its lower half began to shift into a blade.

Shadowfang: Inverse Cut!

The moment I grabbed hold of a completely formed Shadowfang, I successfully pulled off the Inverse Cut, a technique which I wasn’t able to use in the past. In the eyes of the Dryders, my body was retreating, yet a moment later, their bodies had been split in half. It was only then that they realised that my blade had struck them…

Inverse Cut was the martial technique taught to me by Habona when she handed down the Shadowfang to me. In the past, I wasn’t able to pull off this move no matter how much I tried. In fact, that even led to me creating the Revolution Slice. Who would have thought that this desperate situation ended up being the inspiration for me learning the Inverse Cut.

Now, that’s serendipitous.

The Metal Dryders hidden amongst the Fire Dryders were the first to react to my attack. During the cooldown between my Inverse Cuts, they took the opportunity to rush towards me, carapaced arms stretched out while they spat their spider silk at me.

Revolution Slice!