Chapter 24 (1/2)

24 Weak

Haa.

Centipedes are scary.

Seriously, what was that?

I felt the terror of the violence of numbers.

Ah, I'm tired.

My legs are trembling probably because of the yellow gauge which shows instantaneous power is exhausted

Let's take a rest for now.

I look back towards the rear once again to confirm whether the centipede army is still chasing me or not.

Yosh, nothing's there.

I set up my thread and make a simple home.

I felt relieved when the defensive walls of the webs completed but at the same time, my body loses its strength.

Ah, this would likely be my trauma.

Even if one of them is weak, it will be a threat if there's so many of them.

There's nothing I can do if I were to be attacked in waves with that many centipedes.

Moreover, they have paralysis attacks.

I will become the prey of paralysis once bitten.

Then, I just need to wait for my whole body to be crunched.

It's terrifying to think about it.

I should have think about the reason why there are so many centipedes in that area.

No, rather than thinking about the reason that there are many centipedes, shouldn't it be better to think about why there are no other monsters in that area?

At any rate, the centipede is weak when it's alone.

It's strange that there are no other predators when there's such a delicious food.

Though it's possible to say that they hesitated to eat it because of the paralysis but in this dungeon that is overflowed with poison attribute monsters, the possibility is low.

It should be either the monsters knew that there's a swarm of centipedes or the monsters stepped in without knowing and became a prey for the centipedes.

I barely escaped even with my speed. Therefore, it's difficult for other monster to run away from it.

Being caught up when trying to escape and being bitten by it, being surrounded by a swarm of centipedes while in paralyzed state....

It's terrifying.

Even a weak monster has its own measures.

If I look at my battle ability, I can say that I'm weak but if I were to make a web and place my traps, I can even win against stronger monsters.

I shouldn't relax my guard just because it's weak.

I should think that I learned my lesson this time.

Somehow I manage to survive and it's a fact that I did have a good time with the centipede.

Thanks to that, I was able to level quite easily.

Ah, I recalled it.

Come to think of it, my ”Appraisal” leveled up because I appraised the centipede army.

Is it a fluke?

For the time being, I should cancel the ”Appraisal” on myself and reappraise myself.

I didn't have the time to confirm it when I was being chased by the centipedes.

『Small Lesser Taratect　LV7　No name

Status:　Weak』

What's this 「Status:Weak」!?

It's too rough!

Besides, no, I knew I was weak.

Can't you be a little more indirect?

(もうちょっとオブラートに包むことはできんのかって話よ。TL note: I don't know this part)

The results of my ”Appraisal” show that I'm weak. So that means it's proven that I'm weak based on the world's standard.

Haa.

I'm losing my strength.

No, a while ago, I thought that I shouldn't be careless against a weak opponent.

I have this thread.

Even if this body is weak, as long as I have this thread, the word ”defeat” doesn't exist.

Actually, looking generally, I don't think I can be said as weak.

Though there's prejudice, but isn't it that I'm the type who is strong when my opponent got caught?

Trap made with ”Spider Thread”, A victory by surprise attack and ”Poison Fang” on the opponent who can't move.

Un.

I'm considerably nasty.

When this becomes a head-on fight, it's interesting because I'll go straight to being weak.

( これが真正面から正々堂々ってなると、一気に弱体化するんだからおもしろい。)