49 Predicamen (2/2)

”Even if I was surrounded by dozens of spiders, they couldn't do me too much harm thanks to my bronze skin. The only issue is, if thousands were to make a move against me at once, how quickly would I die before even knowing how I did?” Leo thought as he released the tiger cub out of his arms.

This time, the tiger cub seemed to be very curious as it slowly paced itself towards a webbing pile. Taking a quick look within it, the tiger cub simply chuckled to itself before turning around back towards Leo.

”What is it, little guy? Could it be that there are no sp- ”before he called out towards the tiger cub, to his surprise, the tiger cub being so young and careless, actually lit the webbing pile behind it with its tail flame. Leo was not expecting this to happen and suddenly dozens of big spiders started to crawl out of the webbing pile.

Crunch!

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Even if he acted sooner, there was no way for Leo to save the tiger cub from being crushed to death by the massive spiders who were now lit ablaze from its flame. A small tear started to drop from his eye as he saw what the screen had told him.

-After a 24-hour cooldown, you can re-summon your summons who fall in battle-

Without wasting anymore time, Leo darted into a different looking webbing pile that seemed human shaped nearby. He was unsure if the spiders would be intelligent enough to realize someone else besides his little tiger cub was present here.

”I do not care if someone drives me out of the city later, that tiger cub will be my new companion. If anyone treats it poorly, they will have to deal with me!” Leo thought as he watched the spiders slowly creating another webbing pile, now that the one they were living in up until now was gone.

Leo felt very strongly for this tiger cub because of its sacrifice for him. He also felt rather guilty allowing such a little creature to be put into harms way due to his poor planning. Though there was no way for Leo to know that this would happen, he still felt a level of guilt.

”Twenty-four hours, huh?” after catching his breath and realizing that the spiders were not going to try and hunt him down at least for now, Leo was now in quite the predicament.

”So, if I am unable to use the tiger cub's tail flame, I will be in much greater danger if I try to escape here alone. But, if I wait an entire day in my enemy's territory, death is inevitable.” Pondered Leo as he tried to come up with a plan.