Chapter 48: Sacrifice
In view of the experience of the giant spiders I encountered before being wiped out by me with one blow, I did not take the number of giant spiders at the moment to reach more than thirty. There's no doubt that they can be easily destroyed, but at best it's just a matter of time.
Thinking with such confidence, I managed to dodge the cobwebs that sprayed one after another, and swung my sword at the nearest spider. Okay, take the lead in solving one! Just as I whispered in my heart without thinking, the spider in front of me dodged my slash with unexpected agility, and the sword light of the lost target rushed to the "golden mountain" on the side, scattering the gold coins like a splash.
I was a little surprised, but it was just a coincidence that the blade I swung out was dodged. Then do it again! Leaping forward, chasing the spider as it retreated, I slashed faster than I had before. This time, the spider's reflexes obviously couldn't keep up with the attack speed of the blade, and it was no longer possible to escape the fate of being killed.
The blade of the sword succeeded in separating the spider's body as easily as cutting tofu. However, just as I locked on to my next target and was about to pull my sword back, my right hand, which was holding the hilt, felt great resistance. I looked at the blade with some confusion, and saw that some transparent silk thread that looked like it was coated with glue had wrapped my long sword layer by layer, and firmly stuck it to the belly of the slain spider.
It seems that the spider made a large amount of spider silk in its abdomen before dying to destroy my weapon.
The spiders let out a piercing scream, coming at me from all directions. I exerted force on my right hand, and with the sound of my limbs being torn apart, the long sword that adhered to the pieces of flesh finally left the spider's abdomen, but the sword wrapped in spider silk and pieces of flesh looked like some kind of heavy marshmallow, completely losing its sharpness.
Damn bug, this is a weapon that cost me three gold coins! Wait, it seems that spiders aren't insects in biology class, and now is not the time to think about that, and a spider has already rushed in front of me.
Hmph, don't think that without weapons, I can't do anything about you, I'm very strong! I jumped to my feet and swung my fist at the spider facing me.
But as if teasing me, the spider exploded like a bomb before I could hit it. In the next second, the shockwave from the explosion engulfed me, along with countless sticky spider silks.
Having finally regained my balance, I landed on the ground and another spider lunged at me. The soles of my feet were stuck as if I were stepping on glue, and the leaping spider exploded above my head, followed by a series of explosions around me.
So, the sticky "rain" that was aimed at me fell, and the spider silk mixed with the green liquid trapped me like a strong glue. Realizing that I had fallen into the trap, I hurried towards the place where there were no cobwebs, but it seemed that it was too late, the mucus on my body continued to accumulate, and the running movement became more and more difficult, and the pursuing spiders continued to spit slime at me, and my body was finally completely restrained, becoming a round silk cocoon with only the head exposed.
And Marosas, who was engaged in the insect envoy in the air, was also flung to the ground by the tentacles made of countless insects, and after a heavy crash, he was buried by the slanted gold coins.
Ambolarik looked at me with a fiery smile and flew straight towards the expedition.
Don't underestimate me, how can this kind of thing trap me, I took a deep breath and stretched my limbs hard.
However, it had no effect at all, and the limbs could not move at all.
Anjef seems to have obtained the magic crystal of the Sealing Worm Emperor, and with their abilities, they will definitely not be able to defeat Ambolarik, which is terrible. I knew I would have taken off my armor and fought with magic, but now it's too late to regret it.
"Human, give me the crystal in your hand, maybe I can let you live."
Ambolarik pointed his arm made up of countless spiders at Anjef and said in a tone that left no room for negotiation.
"Aha, I'm sorry, I can't give it to you until I die."
Anjiefu let out a long sigh, and then smiled bitterly as if he felt deep regret for what he said, after all, in the face of an insect envoy who could easily knock even the Undead Demon King flying, a human like him could only be killed in seconds.
The members of the expedition began to divide, some of them began to flee in all directions, while others roared as if to dispel the fear in their hearts.
The people of the Seven Eagles were ready for battle.
It's brave to fight hard in a battle where there's hope, but it's foolish to choose to fight knowing that you have no chance of winning. These stupid people, this is almost like sending them to death.
As anxious as if I was being burned by fire, I used my non-existent brain to think about what to do. But I couldn't think of any way to do it, because in my current state, I couldn't do anything but meditate.
Wait a minute! Meditation? It seems that Lux said that he had acquired a natural skill through meditation, although it may not sound very reliable, but he can only try, it is better than doing nothing.
Then I closed my eyes and focused on meditating. Ahem, it looks like I don't have eyes, so let's think it's a metaphor.
Bing!
Sure enough, it's Bing!
Suddenly, the sound of Bing sounded in my ears.
Then knowledge that didn't exist came to mind.
My talent skill is called "Soul See", which sounds like a lot of fun.
Then let's release it and take a look.
I released my soul to the nearest spider and saw through, and the feedback I got was that I knew that the opponent's natural skill was sticky strengthening.
Aha, if you can know other people's natural skills, okay, use this natural skills to get out and defeat your opponents!
Are you kidding! What's the use of this ability, it doesn't help the current situation at all, okay?
I really feel so tired, although I don't have a heart.
The battle behind the vault began, with Ranges firing a bow at Ambolarik, Nick unleashing a linear "electric shock" of penetrating magic, and Peter throwing a dagger.
Ambolarik was once again scattered into countless bugs, and three different attacks completely pierced his body, but they couldn't damage it at all.
And taking advantage of this moment, the whole team quickly rushed in the direction where I was.
Drucker unleashed the power of the Forest Priest and transformed into a giant bear to block the swooping black swarm. Arebuck and Ranjes battled the giant spiders on either side.
The rest of the spiders were all gathered together, with Angel, Peter, and Anne surrounded, with the exception of Nick who escaped into the air using flying magic.
"Hahahaha, please run away as much as you can."
Ambolarik had already crossed Drucker and was approaching Angelf, his whole body torn apart, and the giant bear that was constantly bleeding fell to the ground, but I couldn't tell if he was alive or dead from my perspective.
"Hmph, I didn't want to escape, Nick, catch it!"
Anjef threw the magic crystal at Nick in the air, and then charged towards Ambolarik, while Nick, who took the crystal, flew towards me.
"Mr. Carter, I'll help you."
Nick landed beside me and began to chant magic, and the flames began to burn in his hands.
I see, using fire to destroy slime is an excellent countermeasure. Being able to calmly think about feasible countermeasures in such a dangerous environment, although the strength of the Seven Feathered Eagles is not very strong, it still can't help but make people feel admired.
Just as Nick's magic was about to be released, a cold white light flashed through his body. A mouthful of blood spat out of his throat, but more blood spurted from his waist, staining the ground around him and the gold coins beyond, turning my vision red.
Nick's eyes instantly became sluggish, appearing in the cross-section of his waist, causing his upper body to fall in a different direction from his lower body.
"It's a pity."
Ambolarik let out a sneer that would have knocked him away, holding a translucent whip in his hand, the tip of which was dripping with blood.
"Everyone, everyone, please, help, them."
Nick pieced together the final words with scattered words. The moment he fell to the ground, with the last of his strength, he unleashed the magic that had been chanted.
A huge pillar of fire engulfed me and Nick together.
The slime was shedding from the fire, and I heard Anne's hoarse cries as Nick's body slowly turned to char in the blazing fire.
He had a smile on his face.
Great, if it were Mr. Carter, he would be able to save everyone.
I'm sorry, Anne, my brother is really a useless person, he said he would take care of you for the rest of his life, but he fell in this kind of place, please forgive me.
His last memories flowed into my mind.
"Ambolarik!"
Like the flames around me, the fierce hatred that burned in my heart turned into a roar that burst through my throat.
Thank you, Nick, I'll be sure to save everyone!