“Juri, you were right. These people were all taken out in one slash by that dark shadow. It’s so cruel and bloody.” Kumoko looked at these three—no, it should be four—corpses, taking a few steps back in fright.
Losing her footing, she fell flat on her butt.
The fear caused Kumoko to passively secrete spider silk.
Feeling something strange beneath her bottom, she looked down curiously and saw her own secreted silk.
She immediately began studying it, completely putting the matter of the corpses out of her mind.
Hina watched Kumoko use the spider silk to make a hammer to reinforce their newly built spider nest.
Of course, Hina also came to help.
After all, she needed to practice the skill “Thread Talent”, which would be of great use later.
<Proficiency has reached the required level.
Skill [Night Vision Lv9] has upgraded to [Night Vision Lv10]>
<Proficiency has reached the required level.
[Night Vision Lv10] has derived the skill [Vision Expansion Lv1]>
That was fast.
Now my field of vision is about half as large again.
If I had Clairvoyance paired with Evil Eyes, it would basically be long-range sniping, making enemies die without even knowing how.
The Evil Eye skill can only be unlocked by obtaining ‘ruler of endurance’, but since the Evil Eye is a skill and I happen to have the book ‘Evil Eye Skill Theory’ along with a system-enhanced brain, I can definitely research an Evil Eye with effects like the Sharingan.
But should I practice magic first or research that eye? Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
Ah, if only I had the skill ‘Parallel Minds’.
That way, I could research skills in various fields simultaneously.
“All done! Juri, look, this is the new home we wove. Come take a tour. Here’s the living room, with a very soft sofa made of spider silk. Over here is the bathroom, with an automatic faucet. And here is the bedroom. Look at this big bed, it’s for us to—uh, anyway, it’s for sleeping.”
Because Kumoko possessed Wakaba Hiiro’s memories, she recalled what happened that night.
She had pushed Hina down on the bed, stolen her first kiss, and stripped her naked, causing Hina to be depressed for a whole month—not talking, not drawing, and not smiling.
During that month, she had occasionally smiled at her, making her blush several times.
Thinking back on it now, Kumoko really wanted to ask the Wakaba Hiiro of that time why she did it.
For some reason, she now felt like pinning Hina down herself and teasing her thoroughly.
Hina was still wondering why Kumoko had suddenly become like this, and then she realized something.
She understood, but seeing Kumoko suddenly stammering like this made her feel she was so cute.
Having “rose-colored glasses” was truly great.
“Wakaba, come with me.”
“Juri, where are you taking me?” Kumoko followed Hina to the pantry.
Looking at the four corpses, although she had prepared herself, she still felt a bit disgusted.
[Based on “Absolute Adaptation”, you are adapting to physiological fear. Obtained “Physiological Resistance Lv1”]
“I feel a bit better. System, your Absolute Adaptation is really great.”
[Thank you for the compliment.]
“Classmate Juri, what did you bring me here for? It can’t be… Wait! Juri, what are you doing?!”
“So bitter! No, and it hurts so much!”
<Proficiency has reached the required level.
Acquired skill [Poison Resistance Lv1]>
[Based on “Absolute Adaptation”, you are adapting to toxicity and strangeness. Obtained “Foul Taste Resistance Lv1”]
Hina suppressed her disgust and the bitter, strange lump of spider meat in her mouth, forcing herself to swallow it, almost gagging.
Looking at Kumoko, her eyes couldn’t help but fill with admiration.
One had to know that Kumoko had stayed in this labyrinth for two years, relying on eating this terrible food every day before finally becoming a god.
Heaven knew how grueling that must have been!
“Juri, y-y-you… you’re eating our kin! That was our sibling!”
“Wakaba, you must remember that we are monsters now, and this is a cave. You saw it too—such a huge spider. There are definitely even more powerful existences here, and look at us.”
“We are weak as hell. Let alone surviving, we can’t even secure basic food. So, this is our food now and in the future.”
“Furthermore, to survive here, we must overturn the values we had in our previous lives. This is a world where the strong prey on the weak, not our law-abiding society.”
“So, Wakaba, the first step to surviving here is to eat this. Eat it, Wakaba. This isn’t a multiple-choice question; it’s a matter of life and death.”
In the end, Kumoko ate it and obtained the title “Kin Eater”.
She also ate those three humans—though, of course, she avoided eating what she shouldn’t.
“Blech… gag… barf…” Hina and Kumoko lay on the bed, dry-heaving in perfect sync.
This was a process that severely tested their mental fortitude.