42 The Beautiful Warrior!

"I thought that maybe since this mission was offered to every single guild within the city, that there would possibly be a large number of warriors, but I haven't come across anyone yet!" Leo thought to himself as he was getting closer and closer to the spider's cave.

Within the mission's overview, Leo could tell that it was handed out as early as twenty years ago and the rewards were not cheap either. Something seemed very off to him, but he kept heading forward. With his strength and a new top of the line weapon, how could some measly spiders threaten him?

At this rate, he would be able to arrive towards the cave before nighttime began. What was frustrating to Leo, was that this so-called cave that was the home of all these spiders was too far away from the city. This was the third day of him traveling at his full speed and he was only now about to arrive to his destination.

Though it took so long to travel, Leo even had to admit to himself that the sightseeing was unbelievable. Looking around, he could only think of a single word; beautiful.

"The noise is incredible, so may insects, birds and other creatures all harmonizing together. It is almost as if time itself has no meaning in these parts, and I am only but a single person surrounded by all that nature has to offer."

"It is like being dropped far out into the ocean, but it is not blue that I am submerged in, rather a million different parts of green that are formed together to cause such a scene. I want to continue on, but at the same time, I just want to remain here in this spot and doze off."

Leo thought to himself as he slowly stopped moving forward and slowed his steps. Now sitting down, he casually pulled out a piece of meat and chomped on it without a care in the world.

"That kid hasn't sensed my presence yet, but I have been following him for several miles now with no luck. Maybe I should just leave him be for now and hunt someone else?" a woman in a green robe thought to herself as she kept her distance from Leo.

This woman looked extremely vicious, but her beauty was unmatched by others. With her lime green eyes, and a slimy tongue, this woman was clearly from the snake race. She would slowly hunt humans and other creatures within this area to feed herself in order to continue increasing her strength.

Due to this woman being from the snake tribe yet having a similar body to those of humans, it could be said that she was of a more noble bloodline within the snake race. If that was the case, why would a noble be wandering around an area alone in the middle of the day hunting?

Finally deciding that Leo was more trouble than he was worth eating, this woman retreated as her illusion spell was released, freeing Leo. However, Leo felt that his mood change was because he was hungry and did not realize it. He casually stood back up as he continued making his way over to that cave full of spiders.

-One hour later-

"These spiders are definitely massive!" arriving in a different type of forest full of dead trees and no living creatures, Leo spotted several five-foot spiders that were extremely wide. The weird thing about these spiders, was that instead of skin, they had some type of armored and diamond like black bodies.

These spiders seemed unorganized as many of them were pulling their webbing with random unidentifiable creatures that were trapped inside of them. Due to the different shapes of these webbings, Leo couldn't even begin to guess which types of creatures were inside or even if inside of them were fellow humans!

Using the scan ability that he now had, Leo was able to see that each of these spiders were level ten and glowing bright orange. Wanting to wait until this group of spiders split up more, Leo hid himself around the area as he waited for an opening.

Sure enough, moments later the spiders had split up leaving one behind to hunt for itself. Seeing this as his chance to kill a spider and to see how formidable one was, Leo stood up and was just about to move forward. However, to his surprise, another human nearby made a move first as she swung a throwing axe at the spider while charging it with a long sword.

Her sleek legs moved both gracefully and confidently towards her opponent. As she continued to dash across the battlefield, her bronze and white, armor hugged her hour glass figure. Thin toned legs covered by a skirt like dress, she was someone who had clearly trained for years.

Swinging her weapon with a crazed but tempered facial expression, Leo could hear several noises as if this woman was hitting an iron pole. However, she would not give up, falling back and swiping her long blonde hair out of her face, she began to grab her weapon for both hands as she charged out once again.

"This woman is not bad at all, she looks to be only around Jack and Natalia's age, yet the way she carries herself is like Noah. I wonder how many battles she had been in to release such an aura around her?" spectating this battle, Leo could clearly tell that this woman was able to defeat her opponent once she found an opening.

Sure enough, the woman was able to slice the spider's head off as one of its legs struck her abdomen. Flying back and landing on the ground, the woman started to stand back up using her weapon as a crutch.

"Wait a minute, something is not right here." Leo thought as he left his hiding spot to rush towards the woman. It was like Leo had thought, due to the spiders specializing in poison, when the spider cut the woman with its legs, it released poison into her body, causing her to collapse. This was not the usual paralysis-based poison, but a deadly toxic one that could take someone's life!

Lifting her off the ground, Leo was about to retreat far away so he could help cure this woman's poison. However, because the battle was so fierce, the spiders in the surrounding areas started to approach wondering what all the commotion was.