12 Spider Queen *

They continued their Journey to SA/NT Border, where Alfredo said they'll stop there to have a break, eat something, and go to the bathroom.

Driving to the SA/NT border went smoothly, the journey was only interrupted by one fight between beasts along the way. It took about 4 hours; the road and surrounding area had been littered with beast corpses making it difficult to traverse quickly. There were a few unique beasts that Lachlan had never seen before, unfortunately, his eyes can't scan dead beasts.

When they got closer to the SA/NA border they began noticing something, a common beast was constantly appearing, dead.

It was a spider, was black, was its body was 4 metres long and 1 metre wide, while its legs were 2 metres long. It wasn't the strongest beast they've seen, nor was it the weakest. However, what they found strange was the number of them in this area.

Their corpses were everywhere, hundreds of them are visible, there could be thousands in the shrubbery. There were a few other beast corpses in the mix, most likely what the spiders were fighting.

Stopping at the SA/NT border they realised something was wrong. There were human corpses, not many but they were there, they were dead amongst other beasts. That was until they noticed the tattoos on the human corpses that they determined most of the beast were tamed.

Parking the car and getting out, Alfredo and Jack had already summoned their beast. The stench of all the corpses assaulted their nose, however, after all they've been through their bodies were beginning to adapt to such smells and horrendous sights.

Walking to the sheltered area they noticed another spider, large than the rest, much larger. It looked similar to the other spiders in the area, probably their leader. It seemed the spider was dead, not surprising after seeing how badly wounded it was.

All its legs had been smashed, there were bats and sticks stabbed into its eyes. It seemed they it had its fangs ripped out.

Walking up to investigated they noticed some other details. There were human and beast corpses near it. Most likely, these people might have come for revenge or just came here to get rid of the dangerous creature.

However, looking behind the creature, they noticed a bunch of eggs. Almost all of them had been smashed, except one.

There was a human next to the eggs with a baseball bat. The large spider most likely fought him last, as its leg was still inside the guy, right through the chest. His bat was facing not towards the large spider, but the last egg.

Looking at the last egg everyone noticed there was something different about it. Not only was it slightly larger than the rest, but it also had some patterns on it.

Alfredo wanted to destroy it. However, before he could do it Lachlan's brother, Adam was standing in front of it, protecting it.

"What are you doing boy! It's dangerous if another beast spawns out that egg," Alfredo said in a harsh voice.

"I won't let you destroy it!" Jack shouted.

Alfredo frowned and was about to try and convince him to step aside, but Adam interfered and explained why he won't, "I won't step aside. I don't know how to explain it, but I feel a connection with this egg".

Alfredo gave up and walked towards the egg, Adam ran towards it and grabbed it in his arms.

"Ah!" Adam quickly shouted before dropping the egg, surprisingly it didn't break. Examining Jack everyone noticed his arms were bleeding. Looking towards the egg they realised it was covered in small and fine hair, razor sharp, probably to protect it.

*Crack*

Looking towards the egg everyone quickly realised it was hatching, Alfredo ran towards it to smash it but once again Adam stepped in, protecting the egg.

Alfredo was about to push Adam out the way before Chloe and Jack both grabbed his arms, telling him to trust Adam.

*Crack*

The egg had finally finished hatching. What came out was a small spider, well small compared to the spiders they came across. It looked exactly like the dead spider, just a miniature version of it. It was half a metre wide and 2 metres long, its legs were all 1 metre in length.

The small spider that didn't know what was happening quickly hid behind Adam's legs, granted it was still very visible, it didn't seem to know that.

Lachlan quickly analysed it.

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Name: Desert Spider Queen

Age: Infant

Attribute: Darkness

Level: 1

STR: 10, AGI: 15, VIT: 30

INT: 10, PER: 5, WIL: 5

Quick Growth: Bathe it in the blood of an adult or elder Spider Queen, doing so will allow it to reach the Adolescence growth stage instantly.

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Lachlan was shocked again, by the small difference with this spider status, it had some insane stats of a baby spider, stronger than probably had the same strength as most adult humans. Not to mention it could grow quickly, something Lachlan hadn't seen before, but to be fair, he also hadn't seen an infant beast before.

Lachlan didn't know how he would be able to convince them to bathe it in the blood of the adult Spider Queen, so he just did it himself.

Running up to the Spider Queen corpse had grabbed the baseball bat held by the men. Spinning around, he quickly smashed the head and side of the spider body. Causing blood to splatter everywhere.

Everyone death stared Lachlan for getting their clothes dirty. But before they could scold him they started hearing a strange noise.

*Crack*Crack*

Everyone looked towards the small spider, it seemed its body was going white and dry. Before they realised it, that white and dry skin began to tear, and bit by bit a larger and stronger looking spider came out of the dead skin.

Lachlan quickly analysed it to confirm whether it worked or not, but just judging by the looks of it, it worked.

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Name: Desert Spider Queen

Age: Adolescence

Attribute: Darkness

Level: 1

STR: 20, AGI: 25, VIT: 30

INT: 15, PER: 10, WIL: 5

Weakness: Fragile body, and low resistance to soul/mind attacks

Strengths: Strong Poison, able to lay eggs and control hordes of Spider Queen Soldiers

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Reassured that it worked Lachlan look towards his family, they were staring at him. Lachlan already knew what was to come from this, and he decided it would be best for some people to know. Keeping this secret to himself was getting difficult. Not to mention it could come in handy when convincing them in what actions he takes.