CH 292

[Carina’s Point of View]

“Gufufu…!”

“Ahh…”

I’m all alone. I was with Zeros-san’s younger sister, but she ran away without me.

“Come on! Hurry up and get caught!”

The spider demon shot something like a thread out of its hand. I dodged it with room to spare. Before coming to this deep forest, I wouldn’t have been able to avoid it so easily. I can only thank Zeros-san and the others for accompanying me to this level.

“Gufufufufu!”

“Eh…?”

The thread that I should have avoided suddenly changed direction and came curving toward me. The thread attached itself to my left arm.

“There you go!”

“Whoa…!”

I immediately tried to remove the thread, but could not. The string was swung around and I was slammed into a tree.

“Haa…haa…!”

I was about to be swung around again, but I was able to escape from the string by tearing off the sleeve.

“Let’s keep going!”

The spider demon sent out threads from its six hands. I tried my best to avoid them.

“Ah!”

“I’ve got you!”

I couldn’t see the threads coming from behind me. I had ripped off my sleeves, and now the threads were attaching to my neck where my clothes weren’t.

“Hey, Hey, Hey!”

I was unable to move freely because of the strings attached to me, and my limbs were also attached to the strings, making me completely unable to move.

“Gghh! Where should I put the other one?”

“Oh no…”

I have a feeling that this demon doesn’t intend to kill me from the beginning. That’s why I feel very uncomfortable. I don’t know what this demon will do to me if they catch me.

“I don’t want to use it… but…..”

The sister’s magic can be seen from here. So I have a hand to break out of this situation. But I don’t want to use this cursed eye… But I’m in no condition to be selfish right now. Fortunately, Zeros-san and the others are not here. I used the power of my golden left eye.

“Eh? I ran out of thread! And it won’t come out!””

All the strings attached to me disappeared. And, though the demon doesn’t seem to notice, the sister’s magic is also gone. This left eye of mine is in sight, and I can borrow all the skills that are activated. No it is closer to the expression “take away” than “borrow”. While depriving, the skill cannot be used by the person in question.

“Give me back my threads!”

The demon that was unable to produce the thread came running toward me. I fired the sister’s compound magic, “Burst Lance” at the demon. It would be better to return it to her as soon as possible.

“Gaaaah! It hurts! It hurts!”

The demon with a hole in its torso was sprawled out. The magic I used, which I only borrowed, couldn’t kill the demon. However, the wound of the demon is quite fatal. I could win if I gave chase. I used the thread magic I had taken from this demon and tied it to the ground with two threads so that it could not move.

“Gufu…threads~!”

“Eh…why…?”

The threads that should have bound the demon began to undulate and move on their own, moving away from the demon. I haven’t yet returned all the thread magic. There are still four strings left. So the demon shouldn’t be able to use the thread magic.

“I can manipulate them with thread manipulation even if it’s not my own thread.”

“Ah…”

That’s right. The thread magic I had taken from them could only release sticky threads. So what he was manipulating was a different skill. I cannot take away a skill that has no visible effect like the skill of swordsmanship.

But with that wound, as long as I ran away, I would be sure to win sooner or later.

“Eh, what…?”

There is no hole in the belly of the demon anymore. No, the place where there was a hole is covered with threads.

“The threads can also be used for healing if you do this.”

The demon is no longer bleeding.

“Yes, I let my guard down!”

“Ah!”

There was another thread wrapped around my ankle. Even if I wanted to take it away again, I would have to return it once and for all before I could take it away again. Above all, this eye cannot be used continuously. There must be a short interval after I had deactivated all the threads.

“Sora!”

“Ah..!!!.”

Then I was slammed repeatedly against rocks and trees. It became so difficult to find a part of my body that didn’t hurt already.

“I’ll forgive you if you give me back my thread magic.”

“I’ll give it back! I’ll give it back…!”

I used the rest of the thread magic I had borrowed at random. I had already returned all I had borrowed.

“Here!”

“…no, that’s not right………”

The demon wrapped the thread all over my body.

“I will let you use that eye for my own good. All I want is the eye. I don’t want your hands and feet. Don’t worry! I’ve stopped the bleeding perfectly!”

“Ugh…”

The demon then cut down several trees with threads that were probably produced by thread magic. Apparently, there were other threads that could be produced by thread magic besides sticky ones. I didn’t know this because I only took the sticky threads.

Apparently, I was just being played with from the beginning, and I could have been killed at any time.

“Help…”

There is no one who can conveniently help me like this. If there were, the timing would be so perfect that I would even think that he was watching for the right moment.

As I was thinking this, the thread that would cut me was getting closer and closer.

First, to the left.

Lightning suddenly struck the demon. The demon was caught off guard and was blown away. I only know one person who uses this kind of lightning.

“Carina! Are you all right?”

Seeing Zeros-san who came running at full speed without even leaving a drop of blood back, I couldn’t believe that he had been watching for me. Zeros-san must have already defeated the demon he was facing off before coming here. He is so much stronger than me….

“Now burn the thread.”

Zeros-san ignored the demon he blew away and took care of me. Maybe he had simply forgotten about them, but in this situation, even that margin seems cool.

“Can I have an elixir?”

“Yes…”

After dexterously burning only the threads, he let me drink the elixir. The pain in the body that was there earlier is gone as if it was never there.