Chapter 179

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The last Spider was punched into the ground and then grilled alive by Silvio and Francesco. The former vampires were good at burning things ruthlessly, and there was a certain sadistic joy that they took at partaking in their job, which they did happily.

The two fire ghosts burned the spider alive and left it burning while on the ground. Catarina sighed while cracking her knuckles, and we were all covered in green blood, just like her.

“Just how many of those critters did we just kill? That was insane,” Said Catarina.

“Yeah, I agree, that was out of this world… we indeed killed a bunch of them….” Sighed Partner.

“We were raided by… perhaps fifty of them? The corpses are covering the entire area where we settled down….” Sighed Lucifer.

“Ugh, phew… I am glad we are done… those accursed beasts were such a pain to kill… Where did they even come from?” Muttered Emeraldine.

“The forest, obviously, didn’t you see them, elf?” Sighed Catarina.

“O-Of course I did! But I just wondered in which part of the forest,” Said Emeraldine.

“Dunno, a spider nest or something?” Replied Catarina.

“A spider nest… of such humongous spiders? I think this might be more dangerous than we think. If that forest is really infested with these monsters… then the rabbit-kin might be in serious danger….” Sighed Lucifer.

“You’re right. There might be something going on in the depths of the forest without us even knowing about it. We have to hurry up and get over there… or something bad might happen. I don’t know… but I just got this bad feeling…” Said Emeraldine.

“We have to first assess things, though; we cannot just rush into the forest… Let’s at the very least store these spiders… Master?” Partner said, waiting for my permission.

“Ah, yes… Wait for a second, dear….” I said.

I was suddenly pestered with many system notifications after the extermination of the invasive spiders was done. The System had become way more detailed this time around, even showing me how much EXP each spider gave to me… I guess I could have gotten way more if it wasn’t because I saved a bit of the EXP to buy skills. Ah well, still, thanks to that method, I got the useful Mental Mapping Skill.

Ding!

[Calculating EXP gained…]

[You have slain [Giant Black Plague Spider Soldiers (C+ Rank) (24000 EXP)] x50]

[You gained 1200000 EXP!]

[Your Level has increased from Level 27 to Level 28!]

[Your Level has increased from Level 28 to Level 29!]

[Your Level has increased from Level 29 to Level 30!]

[Your Level has increased from Level 30 to Level 31!]

[Your Level has increased from Level 31 to Level 32!]

[All your stats have increased]

[The Levels of some Skills have increased]

[You acquired the [Plague Slayer: Lv1] Title Skill!]

Oh, I leveled up five times? Now I am midway through my next evolution, which is at level 60! Hehe… I wonder what insane evolution option I will get next…

Ah, well, I also got a new Title Skill from all of this, so let’s check it out…

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[Plague Slayer: Lv1]

A Title Skill given to someone who has slain a large number of monsters considered plagues, almost completely bringing the plague itself to an end by slaying at least fifty of such monsters simultaneously.

Enhances your damage dealt against Insect-type, Arachnid-type, and anything that is considered a plague species by a large amount of the world’s population by +20% with each level.

Slay more plagues to increase the level of this Title Skill and clean the world of these critters!

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Huh, pretty useful, alright. I wish humans could be included in the “Plagues” of this world because they’re really annoying… Ah, maybe they could be considered not a plague as they’re only most common in this continent.

After all, this world is named Yggdrasil, and there are continents that represent a Realm… And we are currently in the Realm of Humans, Midgard. I suppose it is fair that human supremacy is very popular around these lands.

I have heard that there are many elves and fairies and other races in Alfheim, then there are ice giants and ice elves in Jotunheim… and then fire giants and other creatures in Muspelheim, and so on…

Nonetheless, this Title will help me deal even more damage to these critters and slap them with ease.

Now that I think about it, I could have risen some more Undead to help, but I had them all protecting the carriages, and they were not fighting much aside from us.

Perhaps I should make these spiders Undead and make an Undead Spider Army to fight against the other Spiders in the forest.

“Maria-sama?”

Emeraldine got closer to me all of a sudden, as she looked at me while I was deep in my own redundant thoughts.

“Ah! Yes, well, let me raise them into Undead. I want to add them to my Army,” I said.

“Oh, that also works, I guess. How many Undead can you control?” Asked Lucifer.

“I don’t know, unlimited amount? I have never reached the limit so far… Although they’re always weaker than originally, unless I make special rituals and generate chimeras using a varied arrangement of materials from many monsters, like you, Kuro, or Raven… I guess Catarina also counts. I added into her bones and internal organs of monsters,” I said.

“You did what?!” Shouted Catarina.

“Yeah! Why do you think you feel stronger despite having died? I added a lot of ingredients to you. Even these Black Potions made from the oozy liquid produced by the Fragment of Evil,” I said.

“Eh?! Now I feel dirty… Let me go take a bath….” Sighed Catarina; the harsh truth hit her like a truck.

“Come on. It’s nothing bad….” I sighed.

“Do you plan on making any of these custom zombies?” Asked Partner.

“I don’t know… but making an artificial Arachne does sound appealing to me….” I said.

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