Chapter 92 - A Champion Again?!

With the difficulty rising for a bit, the subsequent waves started posing a challenge to Aldrin.

However, even if he only used it frugally, the Essence Grenades he prepared and his Shadow Clone that could kite the insects in one place before detonating it lowered that difficulty by a huge margin.

The Waves 6 to 9 ended in less than two minutes earning him an additional 1500 IDLE points on top of the 1000 points he received during the first five waves.

And now. After saying skip, Aldrin's body tensed up all at once.

[Wave 10/10: 32 Black Soldier Spiders, 16 Black Elite Soldier Spiders, 4 Black Long-legged Spiders, 2 Spider Sentinels and 1 Spider Champion]

"… A champion. And this time, I have to defeat it. I was initially expecting another spider type stronger than the Sentinel but a Champion was just overboard! This damn game made me feel great with its bonus points! Now it's going to rob me of that. And my Idle Adventure runs too!"

As seconds passed, Aldrin watched the spiders coming out from the portal one by one.

His mind started whirring endlessly as he tried to come up with a strategy to kill a Champion. But no matter what he thought of, he still believed that his current ability was still too far away from killing a Champion. Even if the Guardian Ant was factored into the equation.

"What choice do I have? Then fight it is!"

Succumbing to the notion of not having any choice, Aldrin began commanding the Guardian Ant and the Dimensional Clones. Letting them work together in clearing up the mobs first.

"I used four Essence Grenades. Forget clearing more than one dungeon, If I used this all up here and still fail then I'll be losing a lot of points. The bonuses I received earlier weren't even credited. It will vanish as well as it is included with the 'reset' of the Dungeon. I have to clear this, no matter what!"

The battle against the last wave of enemies soon rocked the whole place.

Guardian Ant was still the main contributor while Striker, Tank and Hitter were doing their best to reduce the number of enemies by using their Skills as soon as they become available.

Ripple, Blast and Barrage are all area-of-effect skills so they're extremely useful against the eight-legged enemies.

But as always, without Aldrin's assistance himself, they're going to be overwhelmed.

Furthermore, the Spider Champion hadn't made its move yet!

"That's great. Don't make a move yet and let me clear your subordinates up!"

Although he addressed those words to the Spider Champion who also looked like an anthropomorphic form of one. It's standing on its two legs that are slightly human-like except that it's covered by a black carapace. Its upper body consisted of a pair of human-like arms and four spider legs that were jutting out from its waist. Behind it was a swelling spider abdomen. As for its head, it's not human-like like its arms or legs or even its torso, it's a disgusting spider head with numerous eyes and sharp fangs.

Like most Black Spiders, it also didn't possess any weapons. But looking at its thick arms, Aldrin was reminded of Frederic.

After sending another Shadow Clone to reduce the number of the enemies, Aldrin charged forward to speed up the clearing of the smaller threats.

To stand a chance against that Spider Champion, Aldrin needed to have no other distraction.

That way, he could focus on creating a strategy in taking it down.

Two minutes soon passed and after using another Essence Grenade, Aldrin successfully cleared everything, from Black Soldier Ants to Spider Sentinels and its spawns.

That last Essence Grenade was delivered by his Shadow Clone to the Spider Champion who was gearing up to charge towards them.

The suicide bomber succeeded in stalling it. However, once the smoke and dust settled, Aldrin found the Spider Champion almost unscathed. Almost because the spider legs at its left were destroyed by the explosion. Its thick arms, however, only showed a small scratch.

A single explosion wasn't enough to crack the carapace protecting its flesh.

"That's a Champion for you." Aldrin shook his head and produced another Essence Grenade and Shadow Clone.

Instead of running forward towards the Champion, Aldrin gave it a different order.

To stand behind him and wait for an opportunity.

Zoom!

Aldrin then saw the Spider Champion make its move. With its legs bent forward, it kicked the ground and charged towards the one nearest to it.

The Guardian Ant

Moments later, an extremely loud dull sound rang out as the furious Spider Champion instantly arrived in front of the Guardian Ant. Its speed was so fast that the Guardian Ant only had enough time to raise its shield before it was kicked away.

And that's not the end, Striker and Tank standing near the Guardian Ant was also sent away with subsequent punches.

He had predicted that the Spider Champion would eventually attack. As soon as he cleared the weaker spiders, he commanded them to be on the defensive. Thanks to that, the two Dimensional Clones also survived.

Moreover, by the time the two Dimensional Clones were sent flying, Hitter, who he commanded to provide cover fire, immediately activated Barrage.

A rain of Energy Arrows showered over the Spider Champion, keeping it in its place.

Using that chance, Aldrin kicked the ground as he put his entire focus on attacking the champion. Regardless of whether he could wound it or not.

As the Spider Champion busily dodged or endured the rain of arrows, a blade of Shadow zoomed in towards its position. It's Aldrin's Shadow Blade!

SLASH!

The Spider Champion raised its arm to block it and as Aldrin had expected, his Shadow Blade only made a dent on the Spider Champion's natural armor. However, the Winterthorn's icy effect was carried over by the Concept.

A patch of ice began expanding from the dent made by the Shadow Blade, expanding quickly to cover the Spider Champion's body.

Regrettably, the ice case didn't last even a second before it broke down into pieces. From behind the Spider Champion, thick crystal silk was produced by its spinneret.

As soon as the ice broke, the sharp-looking crystal silk shot towards Aldrin.

"Eat this!" He threw another Essence Grenade towards it before using Shadow Steps to quickly get away.

BOOM!

As the explosion ensued, burning the crystal silk and taking away the Spider Soldier's eyesight, Aldrin sent a command to the Shadow Clone.

"Go and circle around the Champion. Send that Broodmother to oblivion!"