BXBX NOVEL Chapter 114: Forest of Web
He let out a chuckle before ordering his clone to bring them to the system space, letting them rest for the rest of the day.
He stretched his body, as he did not feel tired. In fact, after he does it with them, his body feel refreshed, though there is still some fatigue and soreness in him.
"Now the Dark Forest is death with, let\'s go to the Web Section," Altos said to himself, though he did a quick stop to the system space.
After all, the Web Section will be filled, with well, webs, so he need some extra clothing. After all, who knew what kind of abilities the webs of different spiders have.
Better be prepared than sorry after all.
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As he had scouted few weeks earlier, the part of the forest is gloomy, looking like the Dark Forest Section, except the trees are healthy.
The only reason it looked gloomy is because of the numerous webs on the trees, blocking the light and making very little landed on the ground.
He looked warily, using his Mana Sense only to wince.
\'The webs, they all have mana,\' he realise, a dark expression on his face.
His Mana Sense would be rendered useless in such environment, the webs distorting his senses and making him more vulnerable to ambushes.
"It seem there is a need for folder," his eyes glinted as he looked at the crystal in his hand.
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His idea is simple, to have his cloned slaves and goblins to form a circle around him. While he could also used the bugs in his force, they would turn into liabilities due to the lack of sharp weapons that capable of cutting the webs.
At the very least, the humanoid combatants could use swords and blades to make way in the Forest of Web. Even if it could not, they only need to heat the blade or just use fire to clear a path.
Thankfully, most of the spiders\' colonies intent on staying where there are, with the attacking spiders usually solitary predators.
With his force around him, Alros is not worried, though he do have his force looked up occasionally. He had seen several movies where someone get killed because they forget to look up and he would not followed their footsteps.
This order saved their lives numerous time, as there are multiple occasion where the spiders lowered themselves or just jump from one of the branches, trying to ambush them from the heights.
The ambushers were killed to the last, Alros has no desire to take any of them, not unless he was able to grab the species he wanted.
As the demon walked deeper into the forest, he soon spotted the one he had been looking for.
"Found you,"
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He had only knew of the existence of the Draining Web Spiders when he accidentally walked into one of it\'s webs, before feeling his body growing tired for some odd reason. He then return two more times, both to ensure the webs did as what he hope it can do.
Now that he return for the third time, he did not plan on returning empty handed this time. Summoning his humonoid forces, as well as the assortment of his bugs that would be specialized against the colony, he ordered them to attack.
The first one to lead the charge is the Flame Ants, who spit out their burning projectiles, turning the webs into ashes. Any threads shot towards them was stopped by their burning body.
Following them are the goblins and cloned slaves, who used their blades to cut the webs, giving the third waves compromised of his flying bugs the chance to attack the spiders.
The third wave, consisted on Giant Dragonflies, Gianf Earth Wasps, and Forest Wasps easily navigate through the webs, and while some are caught, some manage to weave through the obstacle and struck the spiders, pinning them down.
As his force marched to the center of the colony, Alros used his Mana Sense, the destroyed webs no longer able to block his sensing ability. With it, he determine the presence of a rather powerful bug at the center of the colony, likely the leader which surprise him a little.
However, he did not let such thing surprise him, instead trying face off against the monster. Knowing there should be no one from his side, except for him that could handle the monster all alone.
The monster in question seem to be able to detect him as well, judging by how it moved towards him. Alros turned into his full demon mode, his wings, tail and horns in view as he eyed the direction the monster would come from.
And come it did, a large spider with blue markings resembling claw marks on it\'s back. It\'s eyes is purple with the tip of it\'s legs being the same shade. The likely mistress of the colony let out a powerful shriek, calling upon the others before making her move.
Alros gripped tightly, his spear in his hand as he watched the spider moved. It move surprisingly fast for something as big as it is. As it circled him, it shot its draining web, clumped together to form a sticky projectile, as it continue to move.
Quickly, the incubus find himself besieged by the spider, who keep on keeping it\'s distance while peppering him with projectiles. Some, he evade. Some, he blocked. But one thing sure, he would not let it hit him, knowing the consequences would be high.
As the spider continue to fire projectile towards him, the incubus inches toward the monster, slowly closing the gap. The problem of the monster keep running away is solve by the fact it cannot get to far if it has the desire to kill him, which is seem to have a lot in spade.
When he get close enough, a slash infuse with mana strengthen his attack, allowing it to reach the tree\'s the spider is using as a foothold. With it\'s foothold being destroyed, the spider get less threatening though some that foolish enough to engage would be killed soon enough.
With no longer able to use the environment, the monster soon find itself slowly getting wounded. Realizing the danger it was in, the large spider tried to escape but was blocked by two of Alros\' combat clones, surrounding it.
The original unleashed his aura, causing the large spiders to quake in fear as he move closer, before putting his hand on it\'s head, subduing it and marking the end of this colony of Draining Web Spider.