45 Chapter 45 (1/2)
Eight days had passed before Aerwyn felt that he had gathered enough souls to create more undead spiders. The vosk had reached the underground cave and even widened it a little, allowing Erit to fit just a bit more comfortably. He decided to only take Erit, Velk, Jinn, and the trolls with him as the goblins weren't able to do much more than act as a wall against the spiders attacks last time.
Aerwyn took the excess mana cores from the hunting parties with him as he planned to exit the cave the same way he did last time. He figured that he could just head to Lyr and pick up his order afterwards as he would be fairly close to Lyr anyway, effectively killing two birds with one stone. They traveled through the cave for hours and ended up running into the vosk halfway through.
”Mastah...” Gebb bowed.
”Hmm... We're going to be spending the next few days underground, why don't you come with us. You don't need to fight, i just want you to keep an eye out for ore and gems.” Aerwyn commanded.
Gebb agreed and they continued on. Ever since the named undead began eating three cores a day his tradable goods had been heavily diminished. If he was planning on putting another order with Lyr's blacksmith he'd need something else to trade besides mana cores. Soon the expansive cavern came into view and Aerwyn was surprised at the spider's lack of a response. Standing around scratching his head he turned to Erit.
”How come they're not attacking like last time?”
”Perhaps masters godly aura is scaring them away?” Erit bemused with a chuckle.
”...Even if i was a god before, i'm not one any longer. Do we need to hunt them individually now?”
”I can try calling to them.”
”Why didn't you just lead with that... Just do it.”
Erit released an ear piercing cry that felt like daggers to Aerwyn's skull, forcing him to cover his ears. Silence followed and Aerwyn wasn't sure if it was because he was now deaf or because there was simply no response.
”They're coming master.” Erit announced proudly.
”Don't... Don't do that again. You almost made me-”
”THUMP! THUMP!” The low sound echoed from the distance.
”...What was that?” Aerwyn asked as he scanned for the enemy.
”I believe it is one of my brothers or sisters. It seems they took over this little spider's territory while i was away... AH! MASTER! Can i eat their mana core? Please! Please! PLEASE!” Erit pleaded with her voice magic.
”THUMP! THUMP!”
”You have no problem with killing your siblings?” Aerwyn stared into her soul flames with a concerned expression. Once his undead turned they seemed to hold no quarrel with killing their own, which was ideal for his plans but it still managed to give him an unnerving feeling. It was quite clear that they still possessed their memories and emotions so he wondered how exactly his power altered their minds.
”Master, spiders don't have a sense of kinship like other beasts. Most of my brother and sisters were eaten by our mother and those who survived are the ones who ate their weaker siblings.”
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”THUMP! THUMP!”
”...I don't know Erit, having another giant undead spider would really help out in the future.”
”This little spider is so very close to becoming a person and if i consume their core it might just be enough for me to evolve.” Erit pleaded with her voice magic once more and the mention of evolving caused Aerwyn's eyes to light up.