Chapter 36 (2/2)

I should be able to reach the peninsula if I turned west here I focused ht direction There, so far away, I saw the shadow of aupon the ocean

…it was the right direction, then As I got ready to leave-

”Whoa?!”

-I suddenly detected nals I proround where I used to stand on exploded, blowing away my cloak ofoutme I never even noticed

They were colored black, with torsos and wings of a cricket and spindly spider legs

[Cricket Spider x15] [Magic Points: 475/500] [Hit Points: 750/750] [Total Combat Power: 1750]

More secret beta testers?! Different avatars, but er this tiave chase, lanky spider legs running like a horse God, that looked disgusting! And fast too, at that!

I created even more mist to hide s vibrating at high-speed Invisible projectiles shot at me

Ratatat!

So this hat they a bullets of wind No direct hits, yet my mist was still bloay Were they spells? They actually hurt e coility Their aie, then… how troublesome The moment I moved, the whole encirclement followed But that didn't mean I was helpless…

I dashed toward one of the out the earth

They all promptly retreated Still, I didn't have over 4000 co My superior acceleration blasted et, and s Frost spread from its wounds to turn it into a popsicle

They were a lot softer than the carapace spiders! I could do this!

Then, just as I got ready to leap toward s flapping

It wasn't true flight It was slowly descending, but I still couldn't reach it

Ratttatatata!!!

A rain of explosive wind bullets came froe] [Greater Deic Points: 3860/4380] 80↑ [Total Combat Power: 4290/4810] 80↑

That really hurt I rolled away, dodging the projectiles I atteain, it immediately jumped up More bullets came

My suspicions were confirmed They couldn't fire in rapid succession, and there weren't that e wasn't that bad

Still, this couldn't continue I weaved around the hail of bullets with rapid dashes An idea caround

Yes! One of theed direction Before the other cricket spiders could do anything, I tore it apart with claws and dagger, then drained it dry of ic

Ratatatat!!!

A sudden hail of bullets rained down, blowing away both e] [Greater Deic Points: 3440/4460] 80↑ [Total Combat Power: 3880/4900] 90↑

At least they were killable Still, they had the advantage, and it was only going to get worse for me I should try to repeat this a few et rid of another one-

My thoughts stalled as I witnessed the cricket spiders releasing their encirclement They stepped back, then faded into nonexistence

”…huh?”

…did they log out? What's going on?

At least this was better than the alternative Continuing that fight would have just left me worse off I departed the area and continued toward the direction of the World Tree

After that first encounter, their assaults becaular occurrence Yet the battles always ended in their retreat, even when they still hadn't lost

I see… so they were returning to refuel the ic consumed when they shot those explosive wind bullets That was just unfair

After another three days of constant battles, I finally crossed the peninsula I could see the sea now

[Shedy] [Race: Mistral Neige] [Greater Deic Points: 2750/4620] 160↑ [Total Coyover a thousand reen colossus, sharing home with the clouds

”The World Tree…”

Author's Notes: The secret beta testers' avatars were controlled semi-automatically

If defeated, a few hours of calibration and refueling ic would return them back to combat-readiness

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