After discussing Sallia’s plan, the four of us agreed that it had enough rit to be worth trying. None of us were sure if it would work, but we didn’t have any better options. We only had two worlds left, and we needed to grow stronger. Even if going deeper into this building was risky, not going deeper into the building was also risky. It was a question of whether we preferred to take a risk now, or end up in an unsalvageable situation later.
The first thing we did was hand Anise’s soundmaker bombs over to Felix, along with a few pieces of scrap tal we found in the room. Felix lengthened the fuses for the soundmakers, and also made a bunch of backup grenades for an ergency. Thanks to the factory, the work was much faster, only requiring five minutes to produce everything. Then, we crept back into the hallway, carrying the half-dead spider with us. I had noticed that the spider was still thrashing and squirming. A human captive would have given up by now - after all, we had been cutting the creature’s legs off for hours. Surely the creature must have realized what would happen when it regrew its legs? Why was it still struggling? I knew the creature wasn’t dumb. The chilling intelligence of its brethren had already made realize how smart they were.
Was it just struggling because of its instincts? Did it have so sort of ntal compulsion to guard the building, which it would never break? Or did it have a plan?
That idea chilled as I thought about it. In so of the books Anise and I had shared with each other last world, there had been plenty of prisoners who followed a 'useless' routine. Once they lulled their captors into a false sense of security. Those were just stories, but that didn't an it was impossible for it to happen in real life. I resolved to keep a closer eye on the spider.
said Sallia.
I said.
Sallia, Anise, and Felix frowned in thought, before they nodded.
Now that my friends were alert, we continued with our plan. Felix started lighting the soundmakers, before handing them to . After that, I teleported each soundmaker into one of the hallways we hadn’t explored yet, especially the ones blocked by doors. I made sure to teleport them right next to the ground, so that the clattering of the soundmakers wouldn't make any noise. I just hoped the building's soundproofing was good enough to prevent them from hearing my singing. We didn't want to fight any empowered spiders, after all.
In total, we hit six hallways, before we decided the other areas were too risky. We would co back and hit them next ti, when we had deal with the first wave. Then, we crept out of the facility. I felt tense the entire way, half-expecting sothing to go wrong. Our group kept an eye on our surroundings.
The problem didn't co from outside. Instead, right as we passed the hallway, I realized that our prisoner's vital signs had started to fade away. It's regeneration had sped up, but sohow, its candle of life was on the edge of dissipation. I blinked in shock, as I realized what the creature was doing. Every ti it healed itself, it must take from its own life force. Every ti it regrew its legs, it got closer to death. Worse, the creature had been waiting for the right ti to die. It had probably planned to kill itself right as we entered another fight with a monster. That would have alerted the other spiders in the building, and gotten us sward. However, once we started retreating, it realized its previous plan was failing.
I wasn't sure if my guess was correct, but there was no ti to waste. I couldn't let the spider die before we were out of this building. I started slamming healing magic into the damn thing. For a mont, I couldn’t help but laugh at the sheer absurdity of the situation. One of our enemies was trying to kill itself right in front of , and I was desperately keeping it alive.
Luckily, my healing was good enough to keep its candle of life from going out. However, the accursed creature was eating into my essence reserves. We would need to change our plan a bit. If this thing kept trying to die, the other spiders would do the sa.
But first, we needed to put more distance between us and the Fair. My friends and I dashed away from the area, making sure to get as much ground between us and the Fair as possible.
I was broken out of our sprint when my clone died. I didn’t see what had killed it, but I knew that sothing had beheaded it.
I said. I stared at our arachnid captive.
said Felix.
A mont later, I blinked, as a new System notification appeared.
Slaughter: Assist in killing a Wanderer of Lost Silence for the first ti.
Influence: Contributed to the defense of the Market by an [extrely negligible] amount.
Achievent 100, Achievent 1.00
My Achievent increased from 2,704.95 to 2,805.95. I dismissed the notification, and frowned. Where had this notification co from?
A mont later, I realized our captive was no longer alive. Sallia had bisected it.
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