33 Chapter 33

It was around midday once they reached the surface and Aerwyn could see the snow capped Delos mountain rage far to the north. He could tell the small mountain cave they exited was somewhere near where he first woke up, at least distance wise. It meant that they would have to trek through brexil cat territory but now that he had Erit the little creatures would be hard pressed to scratch him.

Aerwyn had Erit lift him onto her back again, except this time he brought Rin and Ren up with him before they set off north. Brexil cats harassed them for hours but the creatures never fully engaged, only darting at a goblin or two before running off when the undead went in for the kill. They soon came across the burned down goblin village he had raided days prior.

Knowing where he was now, he reached out to Rorik in the darkness and had him send one of the direwolves to Ardin with food. They reached Ardin late into the night but Erit's abdomen couldn't fit through the gates. Aerwyn was attempting to think of a solution when the giant spider simply climbed over the walls, nearly knocking him off her back in the process.

Erit's effortless bypass of the walls left Aerwyn questioning why he even wasted his time trying to fix them in the first place. At least creatures of her size appeared to be rare above ground, even Rorik or the trolls wouldn't be able to easily get through the walls. After his minor fit of apathy he directed Erit to the city square where there was a deer carcass waiting for him.

Once he was done eating he collapsed on the furs inside the spire and escaped to the world of dreams. The next morning he went outside to talk to Erit but she and his new undead spiders were nowhere to be found. He looked around the city to no avail before seeking out Bon who was working on making ropes nearby.

"Have you seen Erit?"

"She... left the city last night master. She said that she was going to hunt for you and ignored my protests. I didn't want to wake you. I-"

"It's fine Bon. Don't worry about it, i'll just call her. I'm going to begin feeding Teek some mana crystals today, is there anything i should know? Can she eat as many as she wants or does she need to eat them over time?"

"No more than three a day master. The stronger the mana cores the quicker she'll evolve."

"Ok, the same goes for Rin and Ren right?"

"Yes, master."

Aerwyn reached out in the darkness to Erit's soul string and ordered her back before checking up on the progress of the southwestern wall. It was about half finished which brought a smile to his face. Once they were done with the walls he could begin clearing out the rubble and broken buildings from the city. It wasn't an important project like the walls but if he was gonna live here, he preferred for the city to look at least halfway decent.

He grabbed Teek before heading back to the broken spire with Rin and Ren. Looking through the sack of mana cores, he picked out nine zin beetle mana cores and looked at them for a moment. No matter what Bon said, they didn't look edible. They weren't too large to swallow or anything, it was just that they had rather sharp edges that look like it would cut the throat on the way down.

"I want to test something Teek, wait a moment before eating these." Aerywn handed the small crystals to Teek who eagerly got ready to toss all three into her mouth. He closed his eyes and entered the darkness, inside he inspected Teek's soul. It was the standard size for goblins except for the larger tendrils encompassing it that made it appear larger, no doubt from her being given a name.

Time was different inside the darkness so it took awhile for a change to occur which allowed Aerwyn to analyze every detail about Teek's soul. As if adding fuel to a fire, Teek's soul instantly became blindingly bright for a moment before dimming once more. Aerwyn inspected her soul again, it appeared to be a little larger and he could tell it was more luminescent than before but not by much. to his disappointment it seemed it would take many more mana cores for her to evolve.

Aerwyn stayed in the darkness and thought about how Rorik's soul grew by so much when he replenished his soul. He wanted to try it with Teek, Rin, and Ren but he needed way more souls to feel comfortable with attempting that again. After he finished dealing with the goblins to the south he decided to try growing Teek's soul the same way he did Rorik's and if it worked next would be Rin and Ren.

Opening his eyes he had Rin and Ren eat their mana cores before heading back into the darkness and watching the process again. The process repeated the same way as Teek which is what he expected. After his little experiment he was greeted by Erit and the spiders waiting outside.

"Why did you leave the city?" Aerwyn asked her.

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"I was trying to be a good spider and hunt for my master. Was i wrong?" Erit spoke using her magic voice.

"...Stop with the voice Erit. I didn't send you out last night because you don't know what Sera, Jeren, or Tylin look like. If you ran into them and attacked, you would be dead and i would have wasted years trapped in the darkness to bring you back."

"Surely i could hold my own against-"

"You would be dead. Deader than dead in fact. We'll be going to Setrhyn in a few weeks and you'll be able to meet them. So for now i only want you going out if you're accompanied by me or Rorik." Aerwyn interrupted.

"Tch... Master, if i was a person i would be stronger and then you wouldn't have to worry about this little spider dying." Erit quietly clicked her tongue before speaking in a giddy manner causing Aerwyn to freeze.

"...D-did you just click your tongue? How did you do that? Do spiders even have tongues?" Aerwyn asked curiously.

"If i was a person i'd have a tongue!" Erit cried out as if she was hurt by his words.

"So i guess we're just skipping past the tongue clicking thing..." Aerwyn mumbled.

"What did you say master?"

"Nothing, forget it. What can you do? Ability-wise i mean."

"I'm just a little spider, master." Erit said coyly.

"...What?!? You're a spider? I would have never known, thank you dear Erit for clearing that up for me... Also 'little' is clearly pushing it, you're five meters tall. I'm asking what abilities you possess. Can you shoot webs? Are you venomous? Can you do magic other than the thing with your voice?"

"UGH! Master you should never comment on a ladies size, you'll hurt their feelings. I'm just a little spider and i won't hear otherwise."

"KWEEE! KWEEE!" Rin and Ren seemed to be in agreement with Erit.

"..." Aerwyn was flabbergasted and unable to speak. 'Where did she even learn to talk like this?'

"Erit just answer the questions please..."

"Yes master, i can spin webs so can the other spiders. Our venom only paralyzes our prey but doesn't kill them and i can only use magic on my voice, until i become a person that is."

"Was that so hard? Hmm... Pick me up, let's go for a walk. I want to see how quickly you and the others can setup a web."

They traveled to the edge of the forest outside Ardin's walls before he jumped off with his little protectors.

"Ok, Erit you first. Make a web from there to there." Aerwyn pointed at a gap between two trees that was about ten meters apart. She got to work quickly, spinning an elaborate web that was nearly translucent in about fifteen minutes. Aerwyn could only detect that there was a web there if he squinted real hard and looked for it. So it would definitely be difficult to detect for any unsuspecting creature that stumbled on to it.

"Can i touch it?" Aerwyn asked.

"Master you'll get stuck and even i will have difficulty removing the web from you. It'll take days to wash off." Erit explained to which Aerwyn simply showed off his hand as it burst into purple flames.

Putting out the flames he walked over and touched a single string of the web. It instantly got stuck and he attempted to pull it as he walked backwards. He wanted to test the webs strength and pulled with all his might but was unable to break free from it. When he was confident he couldn't break it he let his flames burn the web off him which finally broke him free.