Episode 16.9-10 (1/2)
”Uwaah. It's so big.”
”Fumu. Eda, try to shoot at it with <Bow of Isya>.”
”Okay.”
”If it comes up enraged, I'll take care of it.”
”Gotcha. OK, I'm shooting.”
She manifested an arrow like usual, pulled the bowstring and released.
The arrow went straight to the spider's abdomen piercing it, and then the spider keeled over just like that.
”It's dead.”
”It died.”
”I cannot believe my eye. Defeating that thing in one shot.”
”Ehehe.”
”Eda-dono. How are you able to so accurately know where its heart was?”
”Uun. I think it's thanks to my training at a medical center. I just sent out my mana to probe the spider's body, then I felt like 'over here'.”
”What? I never heard of such thing.”
”Ah, I see. It's the same principle as that huh.”
”Arios-dono. What do you mean by that.”
”It's one of the secret arts of my sword school. I can't tell you more than that.”
”Secret Arts? At your age?”
”My age Heles-san imagined is most likely very much off.”
”Then, how old are you Arios-dono.”
”That's a secret.”
”<Move>.”
”Eh?”
”Eh?”
”Huh?”
The spider's magic stone drifted off in the air before stopping in Lecan's palm.
It's a mid-sized magic stone. Should fetch a good price. Lecan plans to use it himself though.
”L-Lecan-dono. What did you just”
”<Move> magic.”
”No no, that's not right. <Move> magic cannot be used on objects so far away like that.”
”Really? File your complaint to my mentor.”
”Who would be your magic mentor?”
”That's a secret.”
”I can't file a complaint then.”
”By the way, which parts of Octocular Great Spider sell.”
<TLN: Previously Eighteyed Great Spider.>
”Those eye patterns especially. Its entire abdomen's membrane also sell for a good price. Its head and legs can be used to make armor. And of course its thread can be sold as well. The quality of lesser variant's thread is the same as the original. It fetches a nice price. However, getting your hand on it is an arduous task. Its venom sac commands a premium as well.”
”Fumu. I'll see how it goes next. Eda, you stay put. Watch closely.”
”I got it.”
Lecan walked down a cavity next to this one.
An Octocular Great Spider inside came attacking when he got close to it.
It launched its assault while erratically moving its legs and mouth all over.
Lecan himself just kept effortlessly dodging the spider's assault without drawing his sword.
When the spider raised its leg up high, the height of the leg's tip easily exceeded three times Lecan's stature. A swung from that height would pulverize even rocks.
That said, for a battle-hardened adventurer like Lecan, this degree of attacks is nothing to fear of.
The spider's onslaught at Lecan was not unlike a dance performance.
Right as both the spider's left forelegs intensely struck each other, it swiftly twisted its body stretching out its mouth, with vibrating jaws, it made a headlong rush forward in an attempt to bite Lecan off. Or so it looked like, instead it twisted itself and tried to lock Lecan between its two right forelegs.
When even that attack got easily dodged, the spider raised its upper half with the support of its four hind legs before jumping forward to flatten Lecan.
When it found out that even that didn't work, it spun around 180 degree and shot thread out of its rear.
There's no lag time like with Spotted Spiders. Thread flew out the moment it reared its ugly butt. And the thread didn't fly straight, but spread out in all directions. Getting into the slightest contact with the thread would have Lecan stuck in the sticky web, yet he dodged it like he was slipping by.
This dance between the spider and Lecan continued on for a while.
Lecan eventually drew <Sword of Rusk> and cut off four of the spider's hind legs on both sides.
The spider totteringly turned around, aimed its rear at Lecan lifted its rear with four of its forelegs and shot out thread.
Lecan sheathed his sword and dodged the thread.
Eventually, quantity of shot thread decreased.
”<Flame Arrow>!”
A heat spell Lecan shot out of his forefinger twisted and changed its trajectory above the spider before landing on its heart located above its abdomen.
(It's true.)
(By sending forth your mana and using it as a probe.)
(You can clearly tell where the heart is.)
(But to think I would be taught by Eda.)
”<Move>.”
After collecting the magic stone, Lecan waited for the thread to lose its stickiness before climbing up the slope.
”Are you by any chance, a magic swordsman?”
”I'm an adventurer.”
”Master Lecan. Didn't your <Flame Arrow> twist back then?”
”Quit it with that master thing.”
”I understand. Lecan-san.”
”Arios-kun. Wasn't it 'Lecan-dono'?”
”Since that would make me overlap with Heles-san, I will have to refrain for the time being.”
”What's up with that.”
”Eda.”
”Yes.”
”How do you think that spider moved?”
”It's got several attack patterns. Either by attacking with its right two forelegs, or its two left forelegs or its mouth. And lastly, it shoots out thread from its butt.”
”Hm. Then how would you go about defeating one?”
”I'll do it like Lecan did, I'll cut off its four hind legs, then I just gotta kill it once it's done shooting web.”
”How do you defeat one if you fight together with Arios?”
”Think Imma lure the spider forward, then Arios-kun can cut its hind legs from behind.”
”How do you finish it off.”
”I can't kill that magic beast if I have to fight alone and without my bow. But if I'm with Arios-kun, I just gotta jump up high and attack its heart. Or I could also lure it from behind and Arios-kun can attack its head.”
”Alright. Go with that. Arios.”
”Yes.”