80 Sly Roaches (2/2)
Being pincered and forced to fight on two fronts, the Arachnid Nation struggled and suffered devastating losses. Thankfully, they were a direct counter to the Roaches and they ended up being able to survive and retreat. They set up web traps all around Tacloban City* which kept the humans and roaches at bay.
”Those damned Roaches! Betraying us the very chance they get, eh? We will make them pay!” The Spider Queen was frothing at the mouth. Her Arachnid Nation was supposed to be the strongest of among the rest. Instead, they were the ones to suffer the most casualties. It would take months before they could even come close to recovering to their previous strength.
”Indeed, my Queen. They seem to forget that in a one on one fight, we have a major advantage.” One of her husbands said.
”Fool! It will never be a one on one fight! We're surrounded on both sides!” She reprimanded him.
”My apologies, dear!”
Seeing her husband's pitiful face, the Spider Queen's eyes seemed to show a hint of pity. ”My dear husband, come. There is no need for us to fight over this,” she said, as she transformed to her slender humanoid form and opened her two human-like arms to welcome him in an embrace.
This was another effect of being a mutant beast and becoming a leader of a Nation! Albeit, this humanoid form would still have traces of the beast's characteristics. For the Spider Queen, it was the eight spider ”arms” growing out of her back and unique patterns on her head. The same benefit could be given to her chosen ”husband” which she could only have one at a time. It didn't matter, as she already had potential husbands lined up.
”Indeed, my dear wife.” The male spider expressed his delight and embraced her. This enormous spider rubbed his head on the Spider Queen's breasts as she embraced him.
Soon, the two were locked in a lustful battle. Once they were done, the husband shriveled up and died as everything he had was absorbed into the Queen. She pushed him off of her as his corpse was carried out by servants.
”Next!” She shouted.
***
Leyte.
”Kekekeke! We sure showed those cocky Arachnids who's boss!”
”None of you better slack off!” The Roach King hollered. ”Bring me all the women! Let's reproduce! Warriors, what are you waiting for?! GIVE DADDY SOME EXP! Go go go! Feast on the abundant resources!”
”Hell yeah! Keep increasing the gap between us and those damned spiders!”
The Roaches were celebrating their overwhelming victory. They had planned to do this from the very beginning. They were aware that the cocky Arachnid Nation would try to bumrush the humans and the zombies as fast as they could. They were expecting all of those resources to be ripe for the picking! Never once considering how strong they were and that they were actually capable of fighting back.
Their overconfidence lay in their expectations that as long as it wasn't the Sovereign Nation, it would be easy pickings. The Roach Nation recognized this and capitalized on it beautifully. If before they were doomed to be snacks for their neighboring Arachnids, now they had the overall advantage.
***
The people of Samar and Leyte finally realized the folly of having separate Nations and merged with the <Nation of Santa Rita>. This was the name of the Municipality that covered the shores along the Janbatas channel, and the name of the Nation who was in possession of a Magic Attack Agimat.
This newly formed Nation, albeit rocky, was a solid defense against the expansion of the other mutant beasts in the east.
If Luna knew about this, he would definitely send an Army over to look for more resources north of Samar. After all, the only reason he didn't prioritize that area was due to the fact that he didn't want to risk his soldiers getting wiped out when the beasts expanded. Regardless, to him, dealing with Emil was his first priority.