Chapter 278: Getting a Bright Companion (1/2)

The Two-Faced Firefly flew within his arm's reach, illuminating the area around him. The light it emitted was the brightest among all the Two-Faced Fireflies. Moreover, unlike the others, it had the option to vary light by either focusing it like a beam or spreading it wide.

When it spread it wide, Jyorta could make out things as far as 20 metres away. In the range of 10 metres, he could see things clearly. When it focused its light into a beam, it was as big as his body 30 metres away. Moreover, it was pretty clear. To Jyorta, it was more than enough.

Manipulating just one Two-Faced Firefly expended very less aura, and was less mentally straining. Pursuing efficiency based on the objective at hand, that was the motto they were taught at the military academy, hammering the thought repeatedly into their mind until they subconsciously sought it.

Even the brightest of wisdom failed when incompletely implemented.

Jyorta walked in a hurry while being alert. He retracted his domain after noticing that his soul domain functioned better to detect enemies. Moreover, now that he could see, it was no longer necessary to keep his domain active. Too much information was transmitted through his domain, furthering his mental strain.

To keep things at an optimal state, he retracted his domain. Moreover, he lost some confidence in it when it failed to notice the presence of the silk rope.

'Maybe they have evolved to make psychic energy perfectly pass through their silk. Moreover, the Unranked Skill, Web World is capable of generating silk that can perfectly prevent psychic energy from seeping into it.' Jyorta thought, renewing his opinion of the Floating Spiders.

In all the Graduation Ceremonies he had witnessed, the Floating Spiders had suffered the most, despite their advantages. They had small bodies, making them fragile. This was why he labelled them as not a threat at Tier 1 and Tier 2.

But, now that he witnessed their hunting methods, his opinion of them changed. 'They are not warriors but hunters. They plan, devise traps, capture and kill their foes. The setting in the Graduation Ceremonies was different, and the time was too little for their advantage to come into effect.'

The Graduation Ceremony was conducted on the 20th every month. The military academy—Madam Mila to be exact—would begin setting up the Graduation Ceremony Battlefield two days prior. After all the Frenzy Beasts were placed inside, they only had a day to get used to the atmosphere.

Having a standoff with the enemy races, marking territories, etc. gave the Floating Spiders less time to set up their advantage. That was why they resorted to small spherical domes, leaving a vast majority of their Tier 1 out in the open, causing them to suffer the greatest of damage each time.

Moreover, the military academy always placed the Floating Spiders in the middle, causing most of the battles to take place within their territory. This was another reason their losses were the highest.

'They aren't called the strongest Frenzy Beast race for no reason.' The moment he thought about this line of topic, the image of a certain Frenzy Beast flashed in his mind. It was a Frenzy Beast that left his sister on the verge of death.

Blessed with exceptional danger sense and a mysterious ability, they were a frightening race that had recently emerged. To this day, Marble City had been unable to capture even a single Frenzy Beast from this race.

He had obtained detailed information about them from his sister's memory fragments. 'If they manage to produce an Ancestor level figure, how strong would they become?'

He immediately rid him of the distracting thoughts, focusing on the issue at hand. The Two-Faced Firefly had almost managed to break free of his hallucination in the short duration he was embroiled in thought.

With a change in thought, his mental state would be accordingly affected, also affecting his aura personification. He quickly returned to the optimal state necessary to use the aura personification, continuing to walk. Soon, he arrived at the end of the path, noticing the layer of web become thick, drooping down three metres from the ceiling.

Contained within seemed to be a lot of things, possibly even eggs. As it was beyond the range of his senses, he couldn't be bothered to disturb them. But, as he looked forward, Jyorta couldn't help but frown.

At the end of the path was a flight of stairs that lead to the second layer. But, a layer of web had cordoned it off. Moreover, it was a thick layer, spanning 10 centimetres in width. The silk ropes forming it were each 4 centimetres in diameter. The amount of strength needed to snap them was beyond what he possessed.

In one of the activities the military academy had conducted, they were given a sword and were asked to cut a silk rope—produced from Observer Floating Spiders. There were silk ropes of varying thickness, starting from 0.5 centimetres to 5 centimetres.

Warriors and Espers were ranked separately for the event. Among the Espers, many failed to even cut through the thinnest silk rope—0.5 centimetres.