Act 2: Chapter 41: Those Who Lurk in The Ground

Act 2: Chapter 41: Those Who Lurk in The Ground

Deep in the forest near the magic city of Manarak, there was a gigantic cave made deep underground. Its size was bigger than the magic city of Manarak itself.

Ragnos of various sizes were jam packed against the giant warthen walls.Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

There were more than one hundred jumbo ragnos which were regarded as dangerous by the adventurer’s guild and many other variants which have yet to show up above the ground.

This place was Ragnos’ underground empire.

Numerous monsters and humans were wrapped in cocoons of thread and hund upside-down from the ceiling.

Though many of them had already died, some of them were still alive.

「H-HELP! S-Someone, please, help.......」

A man was frantically calling for help despite his crushed throat, hanging upside-down from the ceiling.

「YoU... NoISy.」

「Human!? Please he–」

Though hope flickered alive for him the moment he saw a humanoid figure, it was quickly extinguished into deep despair the next moment.

Because the one he saw did have the upper body of a woman, but her lower body was that of a spider.

The female humanoid-spider monster had striking, red-colored hair and a well-ordered face, but the glint in her half-opened eyelids, and glimpse of a row of sharp fangs in her mouth was enough to showcase her twisted personality.

「M-MONSTER!」

The man shouted in fear.

The monster smiled delightfully upon hearing the man’s scream and opened her mouth before taking a large bite right out the man’s face.

The man then fell on the floor, bleeding profusely from his crushed head as the monster munched on his face.

Mother spoke as she gently brushed the jade buried on her abdomen.

「Nevertheless, those humans will never expect just how powerful we are right now.」

「That’s right. Mother, I don’t think we have to hold back anymore. Marie alone will be enough to bring down that city.」

「But, you have to be careful, my adorable daughter, Marie. Promise me that you won’t become too conceited once you leave our nest.」

「Don’t worry, mother. Do you think that Marie will lose against those lowly creatures?」

Marie stuck out her purplish red tongue.

On the tip of her tongue was the eyeball of the man whose face she ate a while ago.

「Marie’s older sister is also not the kind of demon who will be defeated by the likes of humans. Though... the youngest daughter Lily might be loss to them...」

Marie giggled as she spoke.

Marie was one of four ragno’s variants who received mother’s blessing; she and her three sisters were hailed as the four sisters.

The four were composed of the eldest daughter; Dori, second daughter; Mery, third daughter; Marie, and youngest daughter; Lily.

「Well, since we’ve been exposed, I guess hiding any longer is no use either. Take your youngest sister, Lily and some ragno to attack the city.」

「What about Mery and older sister, mother? Marie wants to kill some humans too. I want to capture living adventurers and torture them to death as I tear them apart from limb-to-limb.」

「I hear that clear enough Marie. Well, there’s a small number of strong human mixing amongst the groups. Let them face Lily first to expose our existence to them, and make them lower their guard by thinking that we already went all out. Well, I think Lily alone is enough to wipe them out.」

「... Can’t be helped then. Marie shall obey mother.」

「When those humans defeat the likes of Lily... it will become your duty, Marie. And Mery will drive them into an even bigger despair. Make sure to not let your eldest sister, Dori, get her turn. That girl is a naughty girl who doesn’t listen to me at all after all.」

Marie showed a complacent smile upon hearing mother’s words.

「Understood, Mother.」