Chapter 162 - Going In (2/2)
”You said no guns right?” She asked, showing him what she brought. Originally, she was confused as to why he would say that since guns were what all people used, but now it made sense. You couldn't fire a gun in an enclosed space like this without causing problems.
”Yeah. This will work. Once we go in, remember that anything we see will be an enemy so there is no point not attacking. Watch your backs and eachothers,” Laz advised them. He had an advantage when he and Vivi came here since he had the black flames he could use for a wide area of attack. The girls didn't have that option. This meant they would be forced to deal with the small spides and large spiders one by one.
”What are we going to be fighting down here?” Leona asked, looking around. After all, it was dark, underground and didn't seem like there would be a lot of space to move around in. Although she didn't have professional training like Ruby, even she knew that this kind of environment would be hard to fight someone in unless that person was a human like them. But she didn't even want to think that Laz had been keeping people down here.
'He's not that crazy, right?' She couldn't help but ask herself.
”Why ruin the surprise?” Laz responded with a smile the girls didn't see as he turned back to the path and started walking.
”Why do I have a bad feeling about this?” Leona whispered to Ruby.
”Because he's definitely up to no good,” Ruby responded back while walking.
”What do you think it will be?” Leona asked.
”I don't know... but i hope it's not like... gophers or something...”
”Gophers?”
”I don't know... they just give me the creeps...”
”Gophers give you the creeps?”
”Well, yeah. What about you?”
”Spiders... I can't stand spiders. Snakes are fine, even most bugs... but spiders... they just... ack,” Leona answered.
”Oh, I didn't think of that. I mean, yeah, I hate them too. But can those things really be big enough to fight? I mean, why would we need weapons like these for spiders?” Ruby asked. This is what lead her to believe that it would be some type of animal. After all, why would you need a sword and large knife to deal with spiders?
Just as they finished their conversation, Laz came upon the final rock door leading to the first large open area. The pathway had widened enough that all three could stand next to eachother. Laz passed the flashlight over to Leona while he braced himself and got ready to move the rock.
”Get yourselves ready.”
”Ok.”
”Sure.”
Both girls circulated their energy as a waves started spreading out from them. Laz noticed that while Leona was already at the early late stage of the condensation realm, Ruby was exactly the same. This meant that as long as they were careful, both girls shouldn't have a problem fighting either of the two types of spiders behind the door. That didn't mean he was going to be any less observant though. Laz had always adhered to the four steps of planning. 'Make the plan, execute the plan, expect the plan to go off the rails, throw away the plan.'
”Good. As soon as I move this rock, the training will begin.” Laz notice that while Leona's claws grew and her eyes turned more feline like, Ruby's lithe body actually seemed to become even more thin while her eyes suddenly changed as well. The pupils had become snake like.
As soon as they were ready, Laz moved the rock and the girls, on high alert, walked inside. They had walked in being prepared for a fight, but what they saw was a large chamber, covered in spider webs with a strange luminescent glow brightening the whole place. It was strangely breathtaking.
Seeing the girls lose focus, Laz couldn't help but look around, wondering where the spiders were. As it was, the density of the webs hadn't recovered to the amount they were the last time and the fog that had been absorbed by Laz and Vivi had become as thick again. Either that or what Vivi said about the growth limit of the cave meant that it was still busy trying to restore it's power and therefore hadn't built up enough. Either way, as opposed to being packed and frightening this time, it was just hauntingly beautiful. When Laz finally looked up though, he saw what he was looking for.
”Hey you two,” Laz said while getting there attention. They both broke out of their momentary gaze and looked over at him. Laz just simply pointed a finger towards the ceiling without saying a word. the girls looked at eachother and then looked up.
”EEEKKKK!”
”OH FUCK!”
As Ruby and Leona looked up, the spiders had started climbing down quickly. They seemed exicted about the new pray that had found it's way into their nesting ground.