It was clear now that the Queen Taratect wasn't trying to pinpoint Kumoko anymore. Instead, she planned to make everyone in the city pay!
But Elliot wasn't too worried about Kumoko. With the protection of his Divine Domain, Kumoko was safer than he was.
The Queen Taratect opened her massive maw wide, inhaling so deeply that the very air for hundreds of miles around was sucked towards her.
It seemed she found the idea of searching for Kumoko too troublesome. Screw it.First, I'll wipe out these annoying ants!
[Gluttony] Activated. This wasn't the Demon Lord's [Ruler of Gluttony] skill, but a common spider monster ability.
The skill description was simple: Satiation (SP) gain from eating is halved, but the user's appetite massively increases.
When Gluttony reached LV 10, the stomach became like a bottomless pit, able to digest anything, never feeling full no matter how much was eaten.
By swallowing the air, the Queen Taratect created an incredibly powerful suction, forming a vortex-like wind tunnel.
Over ten thousand soldiers on the ramparts suddenly felt their feet lift off the ground. Their bodies went airborne, sucked towards the Queen's mouth.
This attack itself wasn't incredibly damaging, but given the Queen's colossal size and stats, when she used it, it was like she was trying to swallow the heavens and devour the earth.
The Hero, Ronandt, the Lord, and others felt the immense suction. They all desperately grabbed onto the ground, fighting against the wind tunnel created by the Queen's giant mouth.
But thousands of people were still swept up by the current, sucked into the Queen's stomach.
The Queen's stomach acid was dozens of times stronger than a human's.
Anyone who fell into her stomach would have their flesh corroded away in less than half a second, leaving only piles of bones.
Only after devouring tens of thousands of humans did the immense suction finally ease.
Elliot had crouched down, secretly using his Geo powers to anchor his feet to the ground, saving himself from being sucked in.
But the humans in the city were in dire straits.
Faced with such a cataclysmic behemoth, they were helpless, swept up by the immense wind pressure, then swallowed and digested by the Queen.
Yet, their suffering wasn't over. The Queen closed her giant mouth, then opened it again. This time, she didn't activate a skill.
Instead, she simply contracted her abdomen and expelled all the air she had inhaled. For a beast of this size, even a simple breath in and out could cause massive destruction.
The expelled air instantly formed a terrifying shockwave, blasting towards Flamebright City.
City walls crumbled in sections. Houses collapsed one after another. The ground cracked and shattered.
Many people were sent flying by the blast, their bodies slamming hard against walls, like flies swatted against a surface.
Simultaneously, strands of spider silk shot out from the Queen's mouth, falling from the sky like a grotesque parody of a fairy scattering flowers.
Like the mechanical arms of a claw machine, they pierced into human bodies from above. But the Queen wasn't doing this to eat them; it was purely for slaughter.
Now, no corner, no direction, was safe. Under the Queen Taratect's assault, there wasn't a single safe place left in all of Flamebright City.
To think she still possessed such terrifying destructive power even while her soul was being devoured by Kumoko's Parallel Minds... it truly baffled Elliot.
Divine power couldn't be used freely within the System, but enhancing himself with it wasn't restricted.
Using his divinely enhanced Appraisal, Elliot saw the Queen Taratect's drastically reduced stats. Her HP was down to only 7488 points!
For the Queen, whose health usually exceeded twenty-five thousand, this was like a candle flickering in the wind!
Just one good combo could finish her off. Her other stats had also dropped significantly, though her average abilities were still around seven thousand about a quarter of her original strength.
Elliot's own stats within the System had now reached eight thousand. Defeating this weakened Queen Taratect wouldn't be difficult for him.
But he had never been afraid of just one Queen Taratect. He was wary of what stood behindher.
Kumoko's grandma. Demon Lord Ariel!She was the one Elliot was truly hesitant to provoke.
If the humans could somehow kill the Queen Taratect, that would be ideal. If not, then he would have to do it himself... But if he personally intervened, he would undoubtedly attract the Demon Lord's attention. If possible, he really didn't want to get involved with the Demon Lord.
You have to understand, that Demon Lord Ariel was Level 139. In this world, LV 139 was near the absolute limit.
LV 140 was basically godhood. And Demon Lord Ariel's HP was 99999 + 99999 (Bonus), with her Attack, Defense, and other stats all in the ninety thousands.
She had reached the pinnacle of power in this world!
She also possessed countless skills and titles, including Ruler skills like [Gluttony]. Even that hundred-plus-level ancient Earth Dragon ancestor got beaten badly by Demon Lord Ariel.
What chance did he, a mere Level 35 (after recent level ups) Earth Dragon, have?
No... better wait a little longer!
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In Flamebright City, countless houses had been destroyed by the monster. Yet, a single inn remained standing, all its occupants unharmed.
The freckled girl at the front desk felt it was incredibly miraculous. She looked around; all the tall buildings had collapsed.
Only this inn stood defiantly amidst the ruins. Some unseen, magical power was clearly protecting this inn.
Various energy beams and blasts had swept over her head; several times she thought she was done for.
But each time, a sacred light would flash, and any energy attack that reached this place would instantly dissipate.
Soon, people from the surrounding areas gathered, seeking refuge under the inn's miraculous protection.
What they didn't know was that Elliot had covered the inn with his Divine Domain to protect Kumoko during her evolution, and they were merely benefiting from the side effect.
Inside a room, the silk-wrapped cocoon was growing larger. Finally, a delicate, fair young woman's arm emerged from the cocoon.
The hand was slender and beautiful, the skin white and smooth, pure and flawless perfect. If a certain ordinary office worker who just wanted to live a quiet life saw this arm, he'd probably have a massive nosebleed on the spot.
Then, a woman of unparalleled beauty appeared.
"Phew, phew! That was close! My SP almost ran out!"
"Evolving really drains a lot of SP, huh?" Kumoko couldn't help but sigh. Although she sensed the changes in herself, the first thing Kumoko did was check her stats.
Arachne LV 1Name: None
HP: 1331/5111 (Green) +0 (Details)
MP: 5681/14024 (Blue) +0 (Details)
SP: 7/3557 (Yellow) (Details) | 3000/3000 (Red) +0 (Details)
Average Attack Power: 11799 (Details)
Average Defense Power: 5682 (Details)
Average Magic Power: 12170 (Details)
Average Resistance: 10068 (Details)
Average Speed: 21063 (Details)
"Whoa, whoa... These post-evolution stats are way too crazy!" Kumoko stared at her new panel, finding it hard to believe.
Just looking at the numbers, her Level 1 Arachne form was already invincible! But in reality, Arachne was the highest tier on the spider evolution branch; there was no further evolution... unless she became a god.
"No way! These stats... they look even more ridiculous than the Earth Dragon's!" She remembered how envious she was when she first saw the Earth Dragon's stats. But now, a stat panel even more terrifying than his had appeared on her.
However, Kumoko felt something strange about herself now. Not her stats, but her appearance.
On top of her original spider form, the upper body of a human young woman had grown. And she looked... quite well-developed, exuding an incredibly alluring and mysterious aura.
At the same time, her consciousness seemed to have split in two. She now had two sets of vision, one higher up, one much lower.
Simply put, she had two heads, two sets of eyes, two distinct consciousnesses. If one head got blown off, she could still think with the other.
Kumoko couldn't help but smile, a genuine, heartfelt joy. This is a human body. The feeling of a human body, which I had long forgotten.
Then, she bent down... definitely not to check anything specific! Interestingly, her human eyes met her spider eyes below. The feeling of looking at herself... was very strange!
Then, when she saw her own face (the human one), she gasped. This is her face. Or rather, Wakaba Hiiro's face.
Kumoko didn't know Wakaba Hiiro's true identity yet; she mistakenly believed this was her own face from her past life beautiful as a lotus emerging from water, her posture as graceful as a flower reflected in a stream.
Only, her pupils were now red, and her skin and hair had become an abnormal, snowy white.
Immediately, she used her silk to weave herself some exquisite, high-quality silk clothes.
So heavy... Wait, was my figure this good in my past life? Kumoko wondered, a little puzzled. But she didn't dwell on it. Maybe it was because the food in this world was just too good.
"Hmm! It's the food then huh!" she thought with a self-pitying smile, then mentally slapped herself. "Oh no! He's fighting Mom! I have to go help him!"
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