After devouring those centipedes, a Green Python passed by and accidentally triggered the spiderweb trap set by Kumoko and Hina.
Thus, repeating their old trick, the two spiders simultaneously jumped onto its belly and bit down hard, causing the Green Python to shriek in pain as it frantically wriggled its body.
Successfully breaking free from the spiderweb constraints, just like its brother from two chapters ago, it raised its body and slammed the two spiders against the ground repeatedly and heavily.
But with the experience from last time, the spiders’ Endurance increased significantly, especially for Hina, who, with her [Absolute Adaptation], had adapted to this level by over 90%.
However, Hina still had to consider Kumoko’s HP and the Green Python’s impact damage; if she let go too early, Kumoko would face a higher risk of being killed, and if too late, Kumoko might be poisoned to death by herself first, affecting Kumoko’s growth if the experience went to her instead.
Kumoko didn’t need to consider that much and just had to grit her teeth and endure.
Fortunately, after Hina let go, the Green Python’s HP dropped to zero, and Kumoko survived after enduring its final slam.
With an extra spider around this time, Kumoko wouldn’t choose to evolve due to exhaustion after a desperate battle to the death with the Green Python like in the original work.
“Experience value reached a certain level. Individual—Small Lesser Spider Monster LV9 leveled up to LV10”
“Various basic stats increased”
“Conditions met. Individual Small Lesser Spider Monster Lv10 can evolve”
“There are several evolution directions into higher races available. Please choose an evolution from the following options”
＜Lesser Spider Monster＞
＜Small Spider Monster＞
“Aha, it’s finally this young lady’s turn to evolve! Since you chose ‘Small Spider Monster’ for your evolution, Juri, I’ll choose this one. Just you wait, Jiuxin, this young lady will catch up to you in no time!”
“Then do your best, Miss Shiraori. I’m looking forward to the day you surpass me.”
“Of course. From the moment this young lady catches up to you, you’ll be left far behind in the dust. From now on, Juri, just follow this young lady; meals and lodging are on me.”
“I’m looking forward to it, Miss Shiraori. However, that line should be mine to say.”
“It’s mine! This young lady is in a good mood right now, so I won’t argue with you. Time to evolve!”
Afterwards, Kumoko began evolving inside the temporarily woven nest.
Now that my wife had started evolving, I had no worries left behind.
Let me show these upper-level monsters the taste of my nine months of practiced dimensional-reduction strikes.
“Three-year-old learning to lay tiles!” A Fire Magic formation fired several fireballs at three Elro Dinosaur beasts, instantly roasting them.
“Mm~ The heat is just right, but the taste is way too weird.”
[Based on Absolute Adaptation, “Bad Taste Resistance Lv9” increased to “Bad Taste Resistance Lv10”]
[“Bad Taste Resistance Lv10” evolved into “Great Bad Taste Resistance Lv1”]
“It can still evolve? This Absolute Adaptation is pretty good, keep up the good work.”
“Eating rice with a smile, the power to submerge the school.”
“Cure Black, the power to shock General Duanmu.”
“Torornado of Hurricane, the power to steal grandma’s underwear.”
“Proficiency reached a certain level. Skill ＜Earth Magic Lv2＞ increased to ＜Earth Magic Lv3＞”
“Proficiency reached a certain level. Skill ＜Appraisal Lv5＞ increased to ＜Appraisal Lv6＞”
Small Spider Monster Lv6 Hina Stats are very weak”
＜HP＞ 48 / 48
＜MP＞ 33 / 137
＜SP＞ 50 / 50
＜SP＞ 69 / 50
Average Attack Power: 30
Average Resistance: 139
Average Speed: 30
Average Magic Attack: 58
“Oh, that felt great! After casting so much magic, thank goodness for the Demon God technique derived from the ruler of greed, which gave me such a high max mana pool. My skill practice is almost done, and my wife is about to wake up, so I should pack up these foods and head back.”
“Right! How could I have forgotten that important thing? It must be that old coin D who cursed me, (ง ᵒ ̌ dish ᵒ ̌ )ง ⁼³₌₃, D, you just wait for this old lady, I will definitely kill you within three thousand years.”
“Acquire skill ＜Detection＞. Requires 100 skill points”
“Remaining skill points: 250”
“Whether to learn”
“Yes.”
“Acquired skill ＜Detection Lv1＞”
The Detection skill could perceive everything around, but because of the massive amount of information suddenly crammed into the brain, it resulted in soul damage.
Now that I had the Soul Nullification skill, which could nullify side effects, let me give it a try.
Activate.
“Proficiency reached a certain level. Skill ＜Detection Lv1＞ increased to ＜Detection Lv2＞”
“Proficiency reached a certain level. Skill ＜Thought Acceleration Lv4＞ increased to ＜Thought Acceleration Lv5＞”
“Ah! No, no! Turn it off, turn it off quickly! Saved. Although I have the Soul Nullification skill, I overlooked the most crucial thing: this skill can only protect my soul and cannot help me organize information.”
“A whole bunch of miscellaneous junk suddenly flooded into my brain. It hurts so much, my brain is itching like crazy. This is simply an enlarged version of the Six Eyes.”
When Kumoko woke up, she saw that the granary in front of her was piled high like a mountain, and Hina was using spider silk to drag back a huge net full of dinosaur monsters.
“Dear Miss Shiraori, congratulations on completing your evolution. Look, you’re as big as me now. While you were sleeping, I already went out hunting for food and came back, and I even leveled up, unlike some person—bah, some spider—who only cares about eating.”
“Juri, who only cares about eating?! At that time, I was—I was—I was staying right there to guard your safety, which is why I didn’t go out hunting to level up!”
“Then I must thank Miss Shiraori for her protection.”
“That’s na— Huh?” Kumoko tilted her head, looking confusedly at Hina who was expressing gratitude.
Logically speaking, shouldn’t Hina continue to expose her and bicker with her?
Actually, what Hina was feeling on her end was:
Hehe, harvested another cute expression from my wife.
“Shiraori, what are you still standing there dazing for? Come eat quickly; evolution consumes a lot of energy.”
“Oh, I am indeed a bit hungry. Coming! I won’t be polite then. Itadakimasu… Uh, it’s still super gross.”
“No matter how gross it is, it’s still food, Shiraori.”
— (A while later) —
“Ha, I finally finished eating all the food. It really is too awful. No, when I become strong, I must go out and eat all the delicacies across this different world.”
“However, speaking of which, Jiuxin, look at this mountain of skeletons. It’s hard to imagine that it was eaten into this state by the two of us spiders. I don’t know what’s wrong with my stomach either; it didn’t even bulge, and I have no idea where all that food went.”
“It was probably converted into energy within our bodies by what this world calls the System, right?”
Small Spider Monster Lv1 Shiraori Stats are very weak”
＜HP＞ 36 / 36
＜MP＞ 36 / 36
＜SP＞ 36 / 36
＜SP＞ 109 / 36
Average Defense: 19
Average Magic Attack: 19
Average Resistance: 20
Average Speed: 346
Eh?
You’re not the Appraisal-chan I know!
How did Appraisal-chan become so powerful?
Ah, it turns out Appraisal-chan leveled up to level six and can actually see my stats now!
No wonder I was able to run so fast before, so that was why!
This isn’t weird at all—weird my ass!
Why did my speed shoot up to over 300?
It’s way higher than others.
Could it be because I’m a spider?
Right, I can just appraise Jiuxin to find out.
Small Spider Monster Lv6 Hina Stats Appraisal Failed”
Is it because Appraisal-chan’s level isn’t high enough?
I didn’t expect Jiuxin to have reached level six while I was evolving.
No way, this young lady absolutely cannot be left far behind in the dust by Jiuxin; it should be this young lady leaving Jiuxin behind!
I must work hard to fight monsters and level up, upgrade Appraisal-chan, and leave Jiuxin behind in the dust.
“Shiraori, it’s fired up.”
“Right, Juri, it’s fired up.”
“Eh! Juri, if we’re fired up, why are you pulling me along to run?”
“Shiraori, what I meant is that our temporarily built nest was burned down by someone again. The nest is on fire.”
“What?!” Kumoko hurriedly turned her head to look and saw the spider nest being gradually swallowed by the raging fire.
Having experienced having her house burned down last time, Kumoko reacted within a mere two seconds and instantly grabbed Hina to escape from here.
The big fire had completely devoured the nest, revealing its true appearance inside.
Six arsonists were dumbfounded by the scene before them.
The leader’s expression looked ugly as he looked at this scene.
“So many skeletons, and even the Green Python’s skeleton is here. I didn’t expect such a powerful spider monster to appear. We must kill it as soon as possible before it grows up, otherwise it will definitely become a source of disaster. It shouldn’t have run far, hurry up and chase!”
On the other side, the two escaped spiders were hiding in a corner.
Seeing that it was safe, Kumoko thought about how the nest she wove was almost completely burned down, and suffering a severe critical blow to her heart, she threw herself straight into Hina’s arms and cried.
“Uwaaa! Ah! Juri, our home that we’d only woven for less than a few days! Burned down by humans again! Why? Why?! What on earth did we do wrong? I just wanted a peaceful home!”
Hina let Kumoko fiddle all over her body, not feeling happy about being hugged by the person she liked, but rather feeling heartache.
This was something Kumoko had to experience on her future growth path.
“Alright, Shiraori, stop crying. The one at fault isn’t us, nor is it the world; the fault lies in us being too weak. This is a world of the survival of the fittest, where weakness is the original sin. If you don’t want others to burn your house down, you must work hard to become stronger. Let’s go, after we get stronger, we’ll go settle scores with that group of people.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to you, Jiuxin.”
If I remember correctly, that upcoming group of people was the exact same team as the arsonists who burned the house just now.
So, since they burned down the home that my wife and I wove together and made her like this, let’s bury them right here!
Thinking of this, a massive surge of anger rose in Hina’s heart, and she felt that she had become much stronger and more energetic.