Frieren's offensive magic sliced through the cavern in an instant and shot forward.
Bang!
The nearly solid beam of magical light struck the bowl-thick strand of spider silk, yet it had no effect at all.
Fern vanished from the cave entrance in the blink of an eye...
"The spider silk has extrely high magic resistance."
Frieren imdiately told the others her assessnt.
Shane looked around. His guess was the sa as Frieren's.
More than that, the spiderweb they were standing on had remained completely undamaged even after Fern's barrage of magic earlier. Clearly, just like the spider silk, it possessed an effect similar to magic immunity.
He suspected that the giant web beneath their feet and the strand of silk that had just attacked Fern ca from the sa spider.
Beside him, Frieren had already voiced his guess.
"The one that attacked Fern is most likely the Spider Mother of this spider nest. In other words, the leader of this swarm."
The mont Frieren finished speaking, Stark's face filled with horror.
"Then Fern is facing a monster leader that can resist magic all by herself? Isn't that really dangerous?! We have to hurry and help her!"
As he spoke, he turned and ran toward the enormous oval passage.
Shane was stunned.
Then he smiled.
This dumb kid... He was usually timid, fussy, and always making a racket, but when it really mattered, he never dropped the ball.
The group did not hesitate and followed Stark into the passage.
The jewel at the tip of Frieren's staff lit up, casting a bright glow.
Because of Fern's magical sweep, almost all the small spiders in the nest had been wiped out. Only one or two occasionally darted out inside the passage.
Small monsters like these, once they lost their nurical advantage, were easily dealt with by Stark, who was leading the way.
The entire passage was deep and winding. Shane could clearly feel that they were heading even farther underground...
Suddenly, Stark stopped.
Shane looked past the boy's shoulder toward the front.
An enormous cavern appeared before them. Spiderwebs and chains hung everywhere inside it, while a massive round stone pillar rose from the depths below. Twisted, blurred runes were carved across its surface, and a huge magical formula was etched at the very top.
The instant Shane saw the stone pillar, a line of blue attribute information appeared before his eyes.
But before he could take a closer look, a white blur swept across his vision. A bowl-thick strand of spider silk attacked them again!
Bang.
Stark's battle axe ca down, severing the spider silk. But strangely, the broken strand continued flying forward.
Pfft.
The spider silk brushed past Stark's shoulder and swept toward the people behind him. Shane only felt a flash of white rushing toward his face and instinctively raised his sword in front of him.
The attribute [Deflection Field] activated.
The spider silk's attack was instantly warped and sent crashing into the stone wall beside them.
Frieren imdiately raised a circular [Defensive Magic], protecting all four of them from every direction.
Seeing that its attack had failed, the spider silk slowly retracted.
Following the retreating thread, everyone finally saw the owner of this nest.
It was a terrifying creature hanging from the ceiling of the cavern, covered in countless long legs. It had eight eyes, a mouth full of fangs, and its entire body was coated in glossy scales.
Many small spiders were crawling over its body. They skittered back and forth across it, making one's scalp tingle.
"Look over there! Behind the spider!"
Sein's trembling voice rang out.
Shane looked up and saw two children and Fern. All three were bound in spider silk, lying beside the pillar behind the spider, completely unconscious.
Shane and Stark exchanged a glance. The two of them made a decisive move and charged toward the spider's rear at the sa ti.
Bang, bang, bang!
The spider silk blocking their path was cut apart one after another by the battle axe and the longsword. The two were just about to reach Fern.
But the Spider Mother's abdon suddenly erupted with even more spider silk.
As a result, the two who had charged halfway forward were suppressed by the growing number of silk strands and forced back step by step. In the end, they had no choice but to retreat.
Cutting it only made it ssier.
Shane hated this kind of attack the most.
Whether it was Draht's magical thread attacks before, or the Snow Woman's hair attacks later, these long-ranged linear attacks that ca in huge numbers were a terrible match for his close-combat style.
At the sa ti, the magical attacks Frieren launched to cover their advance were all reflected away.
The Spider Mother's silk was not only immune to magical damage, but its whole body was also covered in a smooth shell that could reflect magic. It looked less like a spider and more like so mutated crab.
Frieren imdiately stopped attacking.
The direction of the magic reflection was unpredictable. Her attacks might hit Fern and the two children...
The battle instantly fell into a stalemate.
Shane activated [Goddess's Barrier], and everyone hid inside it, montarily at a loss for what to do.
"Shane, can you throw your sword at the spider's head?" Frieren suggested.
Shane was speechless.
"Even if I use [One Against Three] to strengthen my power, there's no way I can guarantee a perfect hit."
"I see... Eisen was always very accurate when throwing axes."
Shane rembered the scene of Eisen teaching him how to skip stones. That kind of accuracy, forged through countless repetitions, was truly terrifying.
"I can't do what Master does..."
At that mont, Sein proposed a tactical plan.
"There's a spell in Goddess Magic called [Thorn Entanglent]. Its effect is similar to a mage's [Binding Magic]. It can briefly restrain a target."
"Frieren launches a frontal feint and holds its attention. My magic can ambush it from behind. That should buy you and Stark enough ti to rush in."
"Good."
Shane agreed imdiately.
Sein paused slightly. "You trust that easily?"
Faced with Sein's confusion, Shane did not hesitate at all.
"Because we're teammates."
In that instant, Sein froze.
The face of his childhood friend, Gorilla, suddenly flashed before his eyes. The other boy smiled as he described the life of adventure he longed for.
"Sein, we're definitely going to beco heroes whose nas go down in history. You and . We'll definitely be rembered forever."
"Being confident in yourself is one thing, but why do you have so much faith in too...?"
"Of course. Because you're my partner!"
At that mont, the ideals and beliefs in Sein's heart, long worn away by the passing years, regained their color.
A teammate, huh...
Then he really had no choice but to give it everything he had.
"Frieren."
Sein called out in warning.
At the sa ti, the holy scripture in his hand instantly flipped open, while his other hand gathered a pale green glow.
With his reminder, Frieren's staff also condensed light.
A huge magical formula unfolded in front of Frieren. Countless golden chains ford within it, shot out, and rcilessly attacked the spider.
The spider's silk thrashed wildly. Many strands tangled together with the chains, opening gaps around the spider's body.
In that instant, a green magical formula unfolded behind the spider. Countless green thorns shot out from the formula.
Swish, swish, swish!
The thorns wrapped around the spider's entire body, then tightened with a sharp snap, binding the spider in place.
The plan succeeded!
Shane and Stark did not hesitate. Taking advantage of this rare opening, they flanked from the left and right and charged in.
[Lightning Strike]
Stark split apart the web the spider had woven in front of itself as a shield with one axe strike.
Shane slipped past Stark's body and used the path he had carved open to continue forward.
Swish!
A sharp sword light flew ahead.
[Dual Blade Style · Moon Wheel]: A slashing technique. Sword energy transforms into a moon wheel, dealing continuous arc-shaped slashes to the target area.
The remaining spider silk around the spider was instantly cleared away.
Shane activated acceleration and assault, transforming into a streak of light as he successfully arrived in front of the spider.
He raised the longsword in his hand. At the sa ti, [One Against Three] instantly completed three "connections" with Stark.
Bang!
The longsword struck the spider's hard shell.
[Heavy Strike (Blue/Rare)]: Your basic attacks beco heavy slashes comparable to a giant axe. Every hit hurts.
With the attribute's enhancent, the spider was smashed straight to the ground.
At the sa ti, [Dual Blade Style · Ominous Change] took effect, breaking the spider's defense.
The longsword that had struck the shell sank in inch by inch.
[Electrocution], [Suspicious Toxin], and [Tornt] triggered at the sa ti, causing the spider to convulse violently. More than a dozen negative statuses instantly covered its body: stiffness, dizziness, paralysis, bleeding...
At this point, the outco was decided.
Frieren, Sein, and Stark had already rushed over to check on Fern and the children.
Shane gave the spider a few more slashes to help it die faster.
Only then did he finally have ti to look at the stone pillar where the attribute information had appeared earlier.
"This is..."
The mont he saw the words clearly, his heart skipped a beat.
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