Chapter 40 The Soft-hearted Queen 2

Arriving at the wall, Red was the first to dash forward, quickly disposing of the first spider while the second spider realized what was happening and used [Clasp] on Lamp, stopping the skeleton from attacking. Remembering the spiders clasp skill, Jay realized how dangerous this dungeon truly was.

“Oh shit, oh SHIT.” clenching his teeth from the stress, Jay gripped his sword, taking a leap forward to slash at the spider on Lamp. Red helped to finish off the spider on Lamp, freeing the skeleton.

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“Ah! You bastard!” Some green slime splattered onto his face. Jay still wasn’t used to the feeling of gruel covering his face, even after everything he had been through thus far. Wiping it with his arm he realised him and his skeletons could all be immobilized for 5 seconds by only four spiders if they all used their clasp skill. This would be more than enough time for the rest of the brood to catch up and permanently immobilize them while they sunk their fangs into Jay.

“This is probably how they brought down the queen.” Jay shuddered realizing this could’ve easily ended in his death – despite being level seven.

“Are dungeons even allowed to do this? It’s supposed to be level one!” He was frustrated, not knowing how strict the natural laws of this world were. No one would’ve expected that the queen spider, the size of a titan, would be brought down by the sheer numbers of her own offspring.

Blue was faithfully covering the rear of the party, but there was still time before the sea of red would reach them.

“Cut it open, NOW!” Jay yelled at Blue..

Blue responded instantaneously, even before Jay could finish his sentence. Cutting open the hole again, it made short work of the part the wall again. The part of the wall that the spiders were trying to patch up was far weaker.

He didn’t bother to loot the corpses as he jumped through the hole.

Stepping out of the nest, Jay took a deep breath in, feeling like he could finally breathe again. His skeletons followed after him.

“Phew.” Jay panted with his hands on his knees for a moment. “Close call.”

Having some time to think and room to breathe, he watched his skeletons exit the hole one by one. It was a tight squeeze for a human – much more so for a large spider with its eight legs. He had

A devilish grin appeared on Jay’s face, as he had a glorious idea.

“A natural chokepoint..” his skeletons form a circle around the hole.

Shortly after, the silk wall bulged a little and a spider started to squeeze through the hole – only to be pierced in its head by three swords before even half of its body could get out.

“Modern problems require modern solutions I guess.” Jay smiled in amusement, happy to see that his plan was working.

The dead spider was then dragged back inside the hole – probably to be eaten by its brothers.

Since the ossein swords did 8 damage each, three strikes was more than enough to end the 17 HP spiders.

Like flies to fruit, more spiders sprawled out of the opening, seemingly raving from the scent of fresh blood. The first few were pulled back in after they died, but as the hole got bigger, the spiders chose to rush out.

Another spider went down with three swords through its head, as more trampled over their siblings lifeless bodies. Jay had to periodically help in the event that one of his minions missed a sword strike. Things would get bad quickly if just one spiders managed to use its clasp skill on one of the skeletons.

Eighteen spiders were dead now, and the corpses were piling up around the hole, making it harder and harder for the skeletons to coordinate their attacks. Their bodies were causing a barricade of sorts for the rest of the spiders.

Jay levelled up from all the experience, but had to focus on the battle, so he could only wait to spend his skill point. He did get attribute points too, but he was most excited about making his skills stronger.

As the battle went on, the hole was also getting wider. The tear was ripping open more and more as each spider pushed through. Almost two spiders could leave at once if they squeezed, while one could charge straight out.

Realizing things were getting more dangerous, Jay had to make a decision. Spiders were pouring faster through the wall, tearing more of the hole open each time.

He first looted the corpses, gaining 54 ghost silk. He then quickly backed up from the nest until he was about twenty meters away.

Taking out six unstable teeth, he began to charge all of them simultaneously. The size teeth started hovering in his palm and shivering as they were being filled with mana.

In a short series of commands, Jay simultaneously had his skeletons run back from the hole as he discharged all of the floating teeth into it.

Jay and the skeletons ran back up the forest path without looking back. Six explosions sounded behind them, and Jay didn’t need to know that he just killed enough of them to temporarily plug the hole with their bodies, injuring them enough to slow them down.

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A small feast was happening on the other side of the wall, some of the first spiders who started to eat the others were even ripped apart in the feeding frenzy. Being covered in fresh blood was a dangerous thing. Some of the spiders coming out of the hole now were even trying to escape the others, as they were covered in blood which made them a target.

Jay’s guess was correct as he received the experience notifications, encouraged by his spell attack levelling up – though he didn’t have time to read the details so he ignored it for now.

[Unstable Teeth – Level Up]

[Unstable Teeth is now level 2]

“Ok, I should be far enough away now.” Jay willed to exit the dungeon.

“I’m glad no one knows about this place. Level one dungeon” he scoffed, glad that he didn’t remember seeing it on the association dungeon map.

“Perhaps the dungeon hasn’t been culled for a while so this is what happens…” he wondered.

Suddenly, webs formed a dome around him and the skeletons, blotting out all light and leaving them in total darkness – then a light appeared. Walking towards it, he found himself outside the dungeon once more; it was the hole in the tree he originally entered. The dungeon made its exit for him in its own way.

With a deep breath in and a loud exhale out, he was happy with the speed that he carved through the dungeon, even if it did end in horror and no boss fight. He was still a little annoyed that his face was covered in disgusting filth again.

“Why does that always happen to me…” he shallowly laughed at his own affliction as he got some water out and re-wiped his face with it. Storing his shield and sword before wiping more of the slime off his face and checking his clothes; beginning his walk back to the others.

“Seems like I’ll make it back in time.” he thought, leaving the exit of the tree and walking around the other side, the direction he initially came from.

Now that he was walking back, he began thinking about where to put his new skill point and attribute points. “Hmm… which skill to level first…”