59 Inside The Mind Of The Spider Queen (2/2)
”Now little one, I would like to tell you a story. In truth, I want you to join me on your own accord without the fact that your life indeed is in my hands. I hope that what I tell you, will stir you in the correct direction and on a path destined for greatness under my tutelage.”
”This may come as a shock to you, but I was never a strong spider when I was back in my clan. I struggled to gain any kind of foothold and was always ridiculed since I was younger. Unlike you humans who can grow your strength just by training hard, us tribes have to rely on the blood of our ancestors and seek out new power.”
”I was born in the most powerful clans of our race and I was always taken to be a Spider Queen destined to help our race continue evolving. However, because I always fell behind when it came to my strength compared to other Spider Queens my age, the elders did not look to me with kindness.”
”Where I lacked strength, I made up in my political career. I would gain the trust of those around me rather quickly and expanded my influence throughout our race much swifter than my sisters. Although they had the raw strength to defeat me in combat, I had an army of allies who would respond to any call.”
”Knowing that I would never be able to surpass my sisters or those damnable elders of my race, I started to plan. Since raw strength mattered more to the spider race, my sisters were able to receive more backing until we were just about equal even in the political world. If I failed to do something drastic, I would only live to be a servant, instead of a true Spider Queen!”
”After reading many books in our clan's great library, I discovered a group of rebels that were formed from different tribes in many different races. These rebels would increase their member's strengths by injecting them with monster blood. Even now, no one understands why these monsters or how these monsters appeared.”
”Seeing this as an opportunity, I sent word to all of my allies to find these rebels and to deliver the message that I wanted to join them. A month later is when I would receive a reply and would meet with one of the leaders.”
”The deal was simple, I would instigate a civil war between my side and my sisters and elder's side. The rebels would supply me an endless supply of monster blood that I could give my forces to eventually slay my enemies and become the true heir to the spider race.”
”I hate to say it, but that is when everything started to change for the worst. Only a small fraction of my sisters would use the monster blood to increase their strength, while the rest joined the other side due to their differences and disbelief that injecting monster blood in their veins was a good idea.”
”I was hunted down alongside the rest of my allies, until each one of them were slain or were forced to retreat far away from the battlefield. You humans actually took this as an opportunity to make the spider race weaker by assisting them in the battle against me and my forces!”
”Well, here I am now, ready to begin my expansion once again but this time, I am waiting on the organization I joined to send us even more reinforcements. Using the sheer number of our combined army, we will not only wipe out the nearby village, but our real target is that human city.” Finally finished with her story, the Spider Queen stood up and walked slowly towards Leo.