Ugh…?
Haven’t they hatched yet…
I don’t even remember how long I’ve been waiting here…
I haven’t closed my eyes this whole time.
So sleepy…
Ugh…
…
Snore…
Snore, snore…
Without realizing it, I actually fell asleep right behind the rock.
It was only when a series of rustling sounds echoed from up ahead, sweeping over like a tidal wave and completely enveloping my whole lizard body, that I jolted awake from my sleep.
Ugh…?
Ugh, ugh!!
What, what?
I actually fell asleep!
Ah…
This sound…
Could it be that all the spider eggs have hatched?
Oh no, oh no…
I hurriedly walked toward the cave opening up ahead, looking down at the swarming mass of spiders below.
Uncountable Small Lesser Taratects were scattered all over the ground, making me feel like I was trying to find a specific single grain of rice inside a whole bucket of rice!
Just looking at it almost triggered my trypophobia…
Th-This is way too many, right?!
I blinked my eyes, trying to spot a special little spider amidst the vast sea of spiders, completely oblivious to the fact that I had forgotten to turn on my Stealth skill.
Not only that, leaning against the cave opening and poking my head out to look around had already successfully caught the attention of the Queen Taratect.
Suddenly, a bone-chilling, biting coldness instantly enveloped me.
My whole body shuddered violently as I tremblingly looked toward the direction of the Queen Taratect.
Eight terrifying, blood-red spider eyes were currently glaring at me like a demon straight out of hell.
My mind went completely blank.
Disregarding everything, I turned tail and bolted.
I’m certain this was the fastest I’ve ever run since reincarnating into this world.
Right at the exact moment I took my first step,
BOOM!
A massive noise exploded from behind me, followed by a tremendous shockwave that sent me flying violently through the air.
With a loud splat, I slammed hard onto the ground.
Rubbing my aching body, I barely managed to push myself back up. Get faster updates on g.com.
God…
That was way too terrifying…
Thankfully, this cave entrance was relatively narrow, so that blow didn’t land directly on my body, or else…
I reckon there wouldn’t even be scrap left of me…
I thought to myself with lingering fear, then lowered my head to check my body to see if I was missing any arms or legs.
Phew, everything’s fine.
Apart from my internal organs hurting like crazy, everything else was mostly intact.
Even though I was thrown into a dizzy haze, luckily there was no serious damage.
I pulled up my status panel again, and the result made me gasp in shock.
That physical attack from the Queen wasn’t even at full power, yet the mere shockwave alone blasted away two-thirds of my HP!
Thinking this, I began using Healing Magic to mend my injuries.
Yep, that’s right!
As you can see, through these past days of training, I’ve already learned how to use [Healing Magic LV.3]!
Plus, I can pretty much freely utilize other magic besides [Spatial Magic LV.1] now!
Because [Spatial Magic LV.1] is seriously hard to learn, hey…
What?
You’re asking about the magic’s performance?
Things like casting time and power…
let’s not talk about that~
Hehehe…
…
What should I do now…
Swishing my tail, I walked slowly through the labyrinth.
How am I supposed to find Kumoko’s traces now…
Just a moment ago, even if the Queen hadn’t chased me away, I wouldn’t necessarily have been able to pinpoint Kumoko among so many little spiders, not to mention there were so many blind spots I couldn’t see…
Ugh…
Hmm…?
Got it, got it!
I walked over to the labyrinth wall on the side and gently placed my claw against it.
I should…
be able to use it like this, right…?
Then, I mentally chanted—
[Contamination LV.2]!
Intense pain and dizziness battered my mind, and in just two seconds, I collapsed weakly onto the ground, cold sweat continuously seeping from my forehead as I gasped heavily for breath.
Luckily…
luckily I found it…
Phew…
That’s right!
Just now, I passed the effect of [Sensory Super-Enhancement LV.1] into the labyrinth through [Contamination LV.2].
That way, the entity activating the skill became the entire Upper Stratum of the labyrinth while I remained as the receiving unit, fundamentally maximizing the perception range.
Furthermore, the target I wanted to locate wasn’t Kumoko either.
Even if I had that intention, my current strength wouldn’t allow it—finding a tiny spider in such a vast Upper Stratum was still a bit too difficult.
Besides, Kumoko in this period was no different from any other normal spider monster, making it even harder among hard tasks.
So, the target I wanted to search for— was humans!
Compared to monsters, humans have a very obvious difference.
At this point in time, if I remember correctly, Kumoko will soon find an adventurer outpost and snatch a small spider monster corpse from there.
Therefore, as long as I find those adventurers, it’s pretty much equivalent to finding Kumoko!
Hahaha!
I’m just way too smart!
…
By the way, the humans in the original story were all pretty weak.
Currently, the lowest value among my five base stats is close to 500, with defense and speed hovering around 1000.
Normal adventurers pose no threat to me at all.
Even though I say that, I don’t really want to start a fight either.
After all, I now know how to use [Telepathy LV.2], so I should be able to communicate normally with the humans of this world.
Feels pretty nice~
…
Mm…
this must be the place, right?
The three special creatures I perceived earlier…
Ah, I see them!
In the rocky pit ahead, three adventurers were sitting on the ground around a lit campfire.
On the rock beside them lay a spider monster corpse that had already been processed, looking as though its valuable parts had already been harvested.
They were also packing up their things, seemingly intending to leave already.
But even so, I still decided to go up and negotiate a bit—who knows, I might even snag some food!
And so, out from the darkness, a gray, scale-armored lizard slowly made its appearance…