10-10. Cave

After a long walk, I was now thirsty.

I've never seen any water in this valley.

It's not good to be without water, as expected.

I'm sure the mushrooms have some water, but I don't think they can survive on that alone.

We'll just have to wait for the rain to come.

In the meantime, I decide to put up with my current thirst.

And after walking for a while, we found a cave in the wall of the valley.

The cave is dimly lit, but I can see the light in the pots and pans.

Are there people in there?　I thought for a moment that it was a mushroom, but then I realized that it was a mushroom.

The glowing mushrooms seem to be growing on the ground.

I'm a little disappointed, because I thought there were people in there, but the light is there, so I can't go further into the cave.

If it's a long cave, maybe we can get out of the valley.

However, there's a good chance I'll end up in a futile effort, and my strength drops a bit since I might not be able to use the meteorite (meteo) in the cave.

As I'm struggling, I notice that I can hear some sounds coming from inside the cave.

Is this the sound of running water?

It's faint, but I can hear it.

If we continue down this cave, we might find some underground water.

Okay, I've decided. Let's get going.

Just, well, if anyone looks dangerous, we'll turn back.

So I decided to go into the cave.

Circle.

We walked through the cave for a while.

We didn't find anything along the way, but the sound of water was getting louder and louder.

I knew there was most likely water somewhere in this cave.

I went on and on.

Then.

Hmm?

I let out an audible cry.

Something is down.

It's a cat.

A black cat has fallen limp.

Is it dead?　

No, he seems to be breathing, at least for a while.

From the looks of it, he's not injured but.......is there something wrong with him?

What to do.

As a cat person, I have a strong desire to help. But I don't know if I can even take care of myself, and I don't know if I can save her, but........

As I'm distressed, the cat opens its eyes and stands up, dizzy.

Can you stand up? No, but I feel like I'm barely standing.

Then that cat squeezes out, "Nya...!　Meow........! And then he started purring to my right, diagonally behind me.

It's a pretty frantic purr, so what? I wondered and checked behind me on the right.

I don't see anything, I thought at first, but when I looked closer I saw something on the ground.

It's a spider.

It's a blue spider. It's bigger than a normal spider. It's bigger than a normal spider, but it's big enough to be classified as a spider.

The cat is crying desperately at this thing.

Is it some kind of dangerous spider?

Appraisal.

"Absorbed Spider Male, 1 year old, 30/35　

The spider demon that produces a special thread.

What's a special thread? I don't understand anything then.

The spider takes advantage of the moment when I'm thinking, "This is so useless," and sends the thread flying towards me.

I can't avoid it and it hits me.

Oh no, I've been hit by this special thread. What's going to happen?

Nothing happened at first, but it was like I felt like I was slowly losing strength.

Could it be a technique that sucks up the enemy's HP?

Then this is a disaster!　If we don't get that stuff off him, we're gonna have to pull it off.

I try to take the thread, but I can't get it off.

I can't cut it off. What's the thread made of?

d*mn it, I have no choice but to crush the body.

I try to crush the spider, but it runs away very quickly.

Oh man, he's even faster than me.

This spider is a demon that attaches its threads to its enemy and keeps running away at this speed until it dies.

He's a very bad guy.

This is where I'll use the [Thunder Shock] that I just acquired.

No matter how fast you are, there's no way to avoid the blasts.

"Thundershock!

An electric shock gushes out of my hand and hits the Absorbing Spider.

It stops moving slightly.

I run as fast as I can.

We have to take it down before it starts moving!

I was able to move much faster, probably because my speed was much higher after taking out Thunderbore earlier.

The Absorb Spider was numb and trying to move, but it was slightly faster than me reaching where he was.

I stomped down on the Absorb Spider as hard as I could.

It seemed to have a weak status other than speed, and I was able to kill it easily.

Phew. I was in a bit of a hurry, but I'm glad I was able to defeat it.

Okay, let's absorb it.

There's some resistance to touching the corpse of the trampled spider, but I persevere and touch it.

HP 1 up, MP 5 up, attack power 1 up, defense power 1 up, speed 20 up, and skill points 3 gained.

Skill 【Sucking Thread (Absorbing Thread ) Lv 1】 is acquired.

I can acquire that skill? It looks pretty useful.

Also, my speed has skyrocketed again.

At first it was a defensive type, but it's gradually becoming a speed type.

I mean, that's right. The cat.

I looked at the one the cat was in, and it had fallen limp again.

It seems to be still breathing.

Was the cat killed by the spider?

Judging by the limpness, it probably is.

This cat let me know so I could spot that spider faster, and I can't just abandon it here.

I'll save it.

I decided to do so and went to find water with the cat in my arms.