Life in Another World With Narration

29 – Arachne Queen’s Nest

“Sylphy, let’s run away.”

As soon as the bright red Arachne Queen appeared, I spoke to Sylphy next to her.

“Huh?!”

“That is no ordinary Arachne Queen. “She is a subspecies.”

“That… but… ….”

Sylphy hesitated with a puzzled expression.

I was thinking of leaving Nigel and running away.

The information conveyed by the narration is accurate except when it attacks me.

That bright red Arachne Queen was no ordinary girl.

I could tell just by looking at Nigel’s embarrassed look.

He already knew very well what Arachne Queen looked like.

But the sight of him walking backwards, looking around with his sword drawn, was clearly the sight of him facing something unknown.

Of course, we could all join forces and fight.

But fighting without knowing the opponent’s strength was too big a gamble.

That’s why I thought it was best to run away with Sylphy.

Then what about Nigel?

…… They tell me to clear out my karma.

But Arachne Queen was not so remiss as to let go of her prey that had entered her nest.

It was the moment when I turned back to run away with Sylphy.

Suddenly, the spider webs around us moved as fast as if they were alive, instantly blocking the path we had come from.

“This is how we retreat…” “You’re blocking it?!”

I quickly took out my sword and cut with all my might to clear the escape route blocked by the spider web.

But instead of cutting through the black spider web, it bounced off without even getting stuck.

No matter how many times you try, you can’t even make a dent in the tightly packed spider web.

“How strong is it? ….”

With my escape route blocked, I had no choice but to turn back towards Nigel.

Nigel was already engaged in battle against Arachne Queen.

Wow!

But even the sword of Silver-level adventurer Nigel could not cut the Arachne Queen’s web like the sword I swung.

The spider web spewed by the Arachne Queen subspecies had tremendous strength.

It was fatal that there was no way to cut the webs against Arachne, who used spider webs as her main weapon.

“Damn it! “What is this monster? Oooooh!”

Nigel was swinging his sword desperately, narrowly avoiding the spider webs flying from all directions.

However, he was soon caught by a spider web and was dragged up to the ceiling and hung upside down.

“aaah! What are you doing! You guys! Help me!”

While Nigel was screaming at the top of his lungs, I watched Arachne Queen’s attack closely.

I tried concentrating my magic on my sword earlier, but it was impossible to cut that spider web.

However, looking at the spider web’s moving pattern, it was concentrating its attack on one target at a time.

While Nigel was bathed in spider webs, no spider webs flew to me and Sylphy.

“Sylphy, I have a favor to ask.”

“Yesss?!”

“Would you mind going to the front and getting his attention as much as possible?”

I asked Sylphy for a favor.

If she is flexible and agile, she may be able to kill time just by dodging without having to cut the spider web with her sword.

The speed at which the spider web flies was not much different from other Arachne I had already experienced.

“Wow! Ahhhhh-!”

Meanwhile, Nigel, who was caught in a spider web and was hanging upside down from the ceiling, was being increasingly wrapped around the web.

The plan is to transform Nigel into a cocoon to store the prey he has caught.

It looked pitiful, but thanks to Arachne Queen concentrating on making cocoons, no attacks came here.

“Trigram… Would it be okay?”

“Don’t try to cut the spider web, just focus on avoiding it as much as possible. “If I think I’ve attracted enough attention, I’ll try something.”

“Ugh…… Ah… all right!”

Sylphy nodded with an anxious face and ran towards Arachne Queen and Nigel.

Now, what do we do… ….

Oh my! Sigh-!

As Sylphy ran out in front of her and approached the Arachne Queen, her webs began to fly towards her as well.

At the same time, she could clearly see that the web that had been wrapping around Nigel to create her cocoon had stopped moving.

With this, it became more clear.

That guy can only throw his web at one target at a time.

It may be possible to change the target momentarily, as in blocking the escape route and then attacking Nigel again, but basically, it does not attack multiple people at the same time.

“Hey! “Don’t stay still, come quickly and free me first!”

Nigel, hanging upside down from the ceiling, wrapped tightly in her web, screamed at me.

Although she is struggling, her hands and feet do not move, so she moves around in the same state as the cocoon she created.

Even if you say that, there is no way to cut the spider web right now.

Anyway, he won’t be of much help even if released, so let’s set it aside.

She wondered how to approach Queen Arachne and give her a shot.

Meanwhile, Sylphy was attracting the guy’s attention by dodging the spider webs flying from all directions, almost as if she was performing a trick.

As I said earlier, the movement was unusual, so my eyes were not wrong.

But it would be dangerous if it took too long.

In times like this, it would be good if the narration told us something about the guy’s weaknesses.

After all, they don’t come out when you desperately need them.

First, while Sylphy is attracting attention, should we approach Arachne Queen and attack her?

No, that would be difficult.

This guy was targeting those who approached him first.

The reason Sylphy became the target now is probably because he felt that Sylphy who came closer to him was more of a threat than Nigel, who was already incapacitated.

That meant that no matter how much Sylphy was doing all kinds of acrobatics to waste time, there was a high possibility that a spider web attack would hit me the moment I charged at her.

As expected, I’m sure it’s the one who can come up with a way to cut down those troublesome spider webs.

Is there some way?

If only I could cut down that spider web…….

At that time, a scene came into my mind.

This is a word that went around among the villagers after protecting Dinah village from an attack by the undead.

─It is said that when he flew through the sky and struck down his sword, a large hole opened in the ground.

─I heard that every time you swing the sword, blue flames come out.

In reality, it was something I had never done, but as rumors spread, it was distorted and exaggerated.

But if you think about it now, isn’t it a very impossible task?

The possibilities of magic power are endless.

The techniques displayed were also different depending on whether the magical power filled into the sword was concentrated on the tip of the sword or discharged throughout the entire sword.

Didn’t Milleia even show the miracle of slowing down the actual slashing time by fine-tuning the magic flowing through the sword?

It seemed like only yesterday that the narration was harshly criticizing me for having ‘destructive application power.’

Despite this, I was still unable to properly apply my magical power control ability.

No matter how strong a spider’s web is close to being immune to physical damage, a spider’s web is still a spider’s web.

If you can surround a sword with flame and burn it, wouldn’t you be able to cut Arachne Queen’s strong spider web?

Just give it a try.

Because this is a different world.

Sylphy, who was making time by dodging like a gymnast the spider webs flying from all directions, screamed.

Human concentration decreases over time.

No matter how much adventurers gain stamina that prevents them from getting tired through magical energy conversion, they are bound to be caught off guard if they lack concentration.

A spider web was wrapped around one of Sylphy’s ankles.

Her body was floating in the air and facing the ceiling.

I guess he plans to hang upside down like Nigel.

And the next one is me.

“Please…” ….”

I took a deep breath, concentrated my mind, and carefully channeled magic power into the sword.

This time, simply letting the magic flow and changing the location where the magic gathers was not enough.

What does it take to make flames spew out from a sword?

In the first place, controlling magical power required a high level of concentration and imagination.

Maintain concentration by actually feeling the magical energy around you and imagining the desired form of magical energy.

What I want now is for the magic wrapped around the sword to turn into flame and burn.

I remembered the image of the magic flowing into the sword burning hotly.

It is a fierce flame that burns so brightly that it can burn anything.

And imagine that hot magic power being released through the surface of the sword.

Unlike the sword, the magic power released does not deviate far from the surface of the sword.

No, it is not enough.

I’m thinking about it in a little more detail.

The magic power flowing through the sword becomes a hot flame on the surface and captures the magic power released.

Some become flames, and some remain on the sword.

Two magical powers with different properties attract each other, preventing the burning magical energy from dispersing into the air.

More specifically.

More vividly.

Rurrr!

It was then.

A fierce flame suddenly began to burn from the sword he was holding.

The flames burned without scattering, as if the blade had been greased with oil.

Immediately, I fired a flaming sword strike at the spider web that was blocking the escape route.

The clump of spider webs, which had been impossible to cut until now, are cut with unbelievable smoothness.

Furthermore, a flame filled with magical energy burned where the spider web was cut, melting even the surrounding spider webs.

I was worried for a moment that the fire would spread out of control and turn into a sea of fire in this place where everything was covered in spider webs, but that wasn’t the case.

Because the source of the flame was the magic power that came from me, I was able to control it with my will so that the fire would not spread too much.

“What, what?! “Could you do something like that?”

Nigel, who saw my flaming sword, hung upside down from the ceiling and looked surprised.

“If that’s possible, please save me as soon as possible!”

Wow, it’s so noisy.

Even if I save you, you will be the last.

Chaaa!

Arachne Queen must have felt threatened, so she shot a web at me even though I didn’t even approach her.

I slashed away all the flying spider webs with my flaming sword and charged at the huge guy.

Now that the spider web, which boasted of being so powerful, has been neutralized, there was no weapon that could threaten me.

Soon, instead of firing webs at me, Arachne Queen hurriedly tried to block my charge by building a wall of webs in front of her.

“I’ll make you a whole roasted spider!”

But no matter how many layers of walls were built with spider webs, spider webs were still spider webs.

I quickly cut through the spider web wall with my flaming sword, and finally plunged the sword into Arachne Queen’s head.

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