30 D-Class Monsters
The half-wolf knew that his lousy leather outfit would tear easily with the weakest of the giant spider’s attacks. Even so, seeing it walk towards him while its arms were trapped, he saw no choice but to rush toward it as well.
Tap! Tap! His steps that used to be silent, made little pops, which fell silent as he leaped and lunged into the air.
Nathalia could have sworn she saw the boy disappear for a second from her sight, but the eight-eyed spider could see him without any trouble.
Thank you! The monster screeched loudly, which made the other one, who was standing in the hole in the ceiling, jump to the ground and land in front of Nathalia.
“Humph…” Luke huffed in stress, as he knew something like that would happen. The Class-F and E monsters already demonstrated considerable levels of intelligence, even greater than those of animals, so it was to be expected strategies from this Class-D.
Although the Elf was strong, she didn’t have enough experience to fight a Class-D monster and simultaneously protect two people. Luke used all his strength to break the threads that held his arms and ignored the spider that attacked him with its spit.
When that creature was about to attack Nathalia, Luke jumped on top of the Spider and began to press it with his feet, while piercing the monster with his bare hands.
The spider ran along the walls and swayed for a few seconds, but nothing managed to get Luke off her and nothing stopped her blows.
By the time the creature accepted the loss, it already had huge holes caused by the monstrous force of the half-wolf’s bare hands.No wonder he entered the Strogueher Mansion in Oukiwa, without his throwing knives.
Nathalia watched all of this impressed, and even the other spider looked scared, as it tried to flee to the hole in the ceiling. However, the Elf feared that she would call for more spiders. Seeing it climb the walls, the girl pulled the monster with the skill ‘Malevolent Hook’.
Thumm! The thump of the spider’s large body, falling to the ground on its back. The one under Luke tried to move again and with the strength, it had left, the monster tried to let out one last howl. But couldn’t, as Luke stuck two knives in its neck.
The spider that tumbled from the wall, ended up passed out on the floor and didn’t even have time to wake up before being finished by Luke, who took its head off with his own hands. The boy didn’t like killing these creatures that way, because every time he touched them, the same bad feeling he felt before opening the door, came up again.
“Wasn’t it too easy?” Nathalia questioned strangely. She knew she hadn’t done much, yet she thought spiders were weaker than they looked.
“They must be flock type, just like the ants we found on Friday.”
That hypothesis raised the hairs of the Elf as she couldn’t even imagine what it would be like to fight hundreds of giant spiders.
Luke used his parkour skills to get his sword, which was stuck in the wall next to the body of one of the monsters.
Before being able to extract the spider’s legs and eyes, the half-wolf checked that the two unconscious people were stable and yes, they didn’t seem to have any physical damage.
However, Luke began to doubt that they were the same missing people that Zion had offered a quest, since the big guy’s armor, was definitely not rookielike.
After checking the victims, he removed all the monster loot he could carry in his small bag. Luke thought it was a waste of money to leave so many sharp claws behind, but it was necessary since they would reduce the group’s mobility with all the weight.
“I still think it will be difficult to carry these two,” Luke said, looking at the man who was sure to pass a hundred pounds.
“You’re right…” Putting a hand to her chin, Nathalia began trying to find ways to make this work. “Hmm…”
Floors one and two might not be as challenging, but their monsters were annoying and sneaky, if Nathalia and Luke walked while carrying two bodies, a trip that would normally only take half an hour, could take hours.
“Ah! I already know!” The Elf exclaimed after a few seconds.
“What’s it?”
Walking towards one of the spiders, she said, “I’ve read somewhere that strong smells can wake someone passed out.” Then Nathalia summoned her Spear of Panspermia and took some of the spider’s venom straight from their chelicerae.
Then she brought the blade close to the fat man and, carefully balancing the liquid, she brought it close to his nose.
The man fluttered his eyelids and tensed some muscles.
Luke went to him and lifted him a little. “Are you okay? We’re here to help…”
When he opened his eyes, he was a little startled that he had a man watching him closely, but he was too weak to react. Weakly he asked,
“Where am I?”
“On the second floor of the Dungeon.”
“How d-the hell did I end up here?”
“Like this?”
“I was on the fourth floor.”
That confirmed the suspicion that he was not one of the missing newcomers.
“Hey Luke, she’s not waking up.”
Even after a few more tries, the red-haired girl didn’t wake up, and the fat one said he didn’t recognize her. Afraid of what might happen if they stayed in that room any longer, Luke had an idea.
“Do you think you have the strength to carry her?” The half-wolf questioned the man in armor. That way, it would be a lot easier, because Luke would focus on killing all the monsters in the vicinity while they walked quickly to the elevator.
He just nodded, serious and a little tired still.
Before they went, the half-wolf checked the webs to see if there was no more cocoon between them, found none more, but found something different that caught his attention: an inscription with symbols that even an illiterate would recognize as strange-looking.
“Nathalia, here! See this, please,” Luke called the girl, who was going to the exit of the chamber.
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