Chapter 113 38. Killing Spider
Darkius heard the rustling sound again, this time closer and faster. He pushed through the crowd and appeared in front of the group. He took off his gloves and chanted a spell to activate the Ruby Ring of Destruction. A fireball erupted from the ring, dispelling the darkness. His eyes narrowed in the bright light of the fireball.
"Damn!" But before he squinted his eyes, Daxus still keenly saw what it was, and his scalp instantly felt numb.
Giant, pale, furry burrow spiders, as big as calves, scurried through the garbage heaps or leaped aggressively in the sudden burst of bright light. Their eyes, the color of blood, stared at Dakwus with venom in the darkness. They had jaws like steel pincers, and their black fangs were as long as serrated daggers, strong enough to pierce through hard plate armor and inject venom. The aroma of fresh meat made their stomachs rumble, and their mouths constantly salivated with venom.
Dax had seen giant spiders like these a while ago in Taraxland, standing on the Ancient Triceratops' battle platform, and it hadn't seemed like much. But now, in this environment, Dax's senses were magnified countless times, and an invisible creepiness enveloped him. He tried to overcome this awkward feeling while looking in all directions, trying to observe and determine how many spiders there were.
Seven? Eight? The giant burrowing spiders were moving too fast. There were too many of them.
"Deal with them, be careful of their venom! Be careful! Don't get dragged away!" Dacus began to give orders calmly.
The Duruchis raised their crossbows and harpoon crossbows and began to aim and shoot. The giant cave digging spiders hit by the crossbows and harpoons screamed and rushed towards the team even faster.
Alyssa manipulated the winds of Ghor to unleash Paine's tough fur, covering the members of the party with a hardened skin, giving them greater protection from weapons and other forms of damage.
Chupakoko and Akadan were also constantly manipulating the wind of magic. Due to the limitation of the venue, they could only cast enhancing spells. Spells such as Harmony Convergence were constantly cast on the members of the team.
Bainie snatched the spirit lizard's javelin, roared, took a running start and threw it out. The javelin accurately shot into the mouth of the giant cave digging spider with a sharp whistling sound. The digging spider ran a few times out of inertia, and then lay down motionless. He threw the javelin again and knocked down another digging spider.
Illuminated by the glowing crystals, the Druchis's crossbows and harpoon crossbows also stopped three burrowing spiders, but the remaining burrowing spiders still rushed into the team.
Without waiting for Dacus's order, the team began to disperse in an orderly manner, leaving passages for the digging spiders to charge.
A burrowing spider rushed to Daxus's side. He raised his hands and swung his sword halfway with the New Year's greeting sword technique. The spider's head was cut off by the sword blade blessed with magical energy.
Genevieve, standing next to her, performed an extremely graceful crane-stepping move, flipping over and stepping onto the burrowing spider. Then, with a ferocious look on her face, she grasped the serrated longsword with both hands and fiercely stabbed it into the burrowing spider's brain. The longsword completely sank in. She also twisted the serrated longsword fiercely, and the burrowing spider twitched and then stopped moving.
"Ah!" Hearing the heart-wrenching scream like a pig being slaughtered, Daxus knew it must be Walter. He shook his head slightly and looked in the direction of the voice, and sure enough, it was him.
Walter had fallen under the body of the burrowing spider, holding the legendary leaf hammer horizontally to resist. Daquus watched the disgusting creature's jaws try to pierce his armor again and again, as if looking for a weak point to bite through the armor and inject venom.
Daxus raised his hand and drew his sword to rescue the spider, but at that moment, Elmir jumped onto the spider's back and thrust the tip of his left fist dagger into its back. However, the expected effect of a butter knife was not achieved, and the fist dagger became blunt instead of penetrating.
Flanneth swung his Duruchi halberd, and the blade struck the spider's jaws the instant it released its green venom. The spider, seemingly in excruciating pain, instantly curled up into a ball, its legs still tightly wrapped around Walter. Darkus leaped forward and severed four of the spider's limbs with a single blow.
Elmir swung on the spider's back for a moment, then plunged his serrated dagger into its large eye. Flannais swung his Duruchi halberd again, and the spider, now missing its remaining limbs, was kicked aside by Darkus, who then jumped down.
Dacus and Kallion reached out and grabbed Walter's arms, pulling him up roughly. While pulling him up, Dacus did not forget to kick Walter hard on the butt with his scorpion tail.
"Are you injured? You really should practice more."
"Probably not." Walter said in shock, shaking his head. Drops of green venom flowed down his plate armor. "Although it was very close."
Panting heavily, Daxus looked around for the remaining burrowing spiders. It seemed the Druki had been living with the lizardmen for so long that their fighting style had become extremely savage and crude. Two burrowing spiders became Bainer's prey, and during their charge, they were pierced by the Druki's halberds.
Several other burrow spiders were also surrounded and hacked to pieces by the Black Ark pirates. Though their backs were tough, their soft bellies and eyes were no match for the sharp blades forged from black steel. One burrow spider lay at Ren's feet, slowly melting into a steaming paste. The beast trainers and skinks also dispatched several burrow spiders with close-range shots of spears, javelins, poison darts, and harpoon crossbows.
The encounter lasted less than a minute, and neither Druki nor the Skink were injured. If they hadn't reacted quickly, things could have been very different.
"Count them! Now! At once! See if anyone has been dragged away!"
"Everyone close! Watch your heads!"
After counting the number of people, they found that something was wrong. A trainer and two lizards were missing from the team. They must have been dragged away during the chaos just now.
"Akadan, you take a team of skin lizards back, let Tiga bring the lizardmen in and guard here, and the others follow me in to chase!"
Whether it was to win people's hearts or to bear the inexplicable death, Dacus thought about it and decided to go find it.
The team continued walking for nearly half an hour, during which several more battles broke out. The team carefully passed through several cellars and storage rooms. Finally, at the entrance of a large cave, the team stopped. Bainie threw the glowing crystal and then kicked it into the air. The glowing crystal in the air illuminated the dome.
"It seems we have found it." Bainie grabbed the falling glowing crystal and said calmly.