Chapter 220 So Youre a Spider,So What? (1/2)

Chapter 220 So You're a Spider,So What?

As they ventured deeper into the southern reaches of the crimson Labyrinth, the situation slowly turned worse and worse

The iron spiders that had been not too threatening to the cohort of powerful, experienced Dark City hunters at the start of it all were growing more and rew exponentially, becoer and stronger ing with them all sorts of problems

What's worse, the spiderweb they used to trap their prey was changing, too The metal wires from which it eaved became so thin that it was at tih to cut through ar the resilience of superb steel

The whole Labyrinth was covered in it, turning frorey

The cohort bled much more because of the invisible webs than they did because of the spiders the creatures, too More often than not, they only attacked once one of the hu to a few really harrowing experiences for theStar's party

And there was a wide variety of other terrifying creatures waiting to a pathways of the crierous was that the cohort didn't know anything about their anato in one or several of thes that made the situation somewhat bearable

The first one was Nephis and her healing fla the Aspect Ability took a toll on their leader, it was often worth it, especially if one of the members of the cohort received wounds that limited theirwas far htmare Creature that lived in the Labyrinth, and it was not reaching safety before the torrent of black water flooded the Forgotten Shore, bringing inconceivable horrors with it Thanks to Neph, they didn't have to worry about anyone slowing the cohort down

The second reason, unexpectedly, was the iron spiders themselves Because of the peculiar way they hunted, a lot of creatures found their deaths in the cutting e these eviscerated corpses or cacoons containing old carcasses became a common occurrence once the party invaded the depths of the spider territory

Thanks to that, six humans were able to study and anticipate ion of the Labyrinth A lot of potentially deadly surprises had been avoided due to the cohort stu against a living one and spending soths and weaknesses

The third reason was the Blood Arrow In the hands of an experienced archer, it was almost as deadly as it would have been in the hands of an inexperienced one… the difference being that the latter wouldinto a bloodless husk

The first ti of shock That tiroup of iron spiders led by a er arachnid — the awakened monster of their tribe, similar in status to a carapace centurion

These creatures were much heavier andtheir bodies almost co through their defenses What's worse, due to the speed hich the wretched aboap between the ar two smaller iron spiders at once while the Stone Saint was butchering the third one With his shadow observing as happening behind his back, he didn'tawakened ed fro in anticipation of tasting hue, Sunny tensed hisover his shoulder, a h the air Its shaft was made out of dark polished wood, with black feathers for fletching and a vicious white arrowhead that see of some terrible creature

The arrow easily pierced the thick iron plate protecting the spider and tore deep into his body Even though Kai messed up his shot a bit and hit the monster in its abdo short of harrowing

In the next ered Then, it tried to lunge forward once again, but ended up losing its balance and weekly falling to the ground Its li any forreer and slower and then stopped Beneath the iron plates, the spider's body grew taut and shriveled, like that of a mummy Soon, it seemed completely… drained