'When you see it in person, it's no joke.'
As I watched spiders as big as my knees swarming from all directions, I felt a ticklish sensation as if bugs were crawling on my body.
The Knight Commanders seemed to feel the same way, as the range of electricity, ice, and flames rising from their bodies expanded even further.
"Don't worry about them, we'll take care of them, just run, Delta."
Lize gave me a light push. Using that gesture as a signal, the baby spiders swarmed towards me as I approached the Spider Queen, like a flock of sheep near a shepherd.
"How dare you!"
Of course, I couldn't even touch a single fingertip and was swept away by the ice and flames.
It was an exquisite control of force, sweeping a wide enough area to give me enough space to run, but not so wide that I was swept away.
Since each of the knight commanders had at least one wide-area attack method, dealing with one was certain.
Claudia simply swung her greatsword around, causing the baby spiders to burst apart, and because the blade was wrapped in lightning, the actual attack range was much larger.
Likewise, Lize's spiderlings were slowed down and froze before they could even approach, due to the frosty fog and ice sheets that covered the area, rather than attacking.
Erica didn't need to say anything. She was just wrapped in flames all over her body and swinging her weapon around, but the flames spread on their own and all the baby spiders were burned.
"Have you come here to eat me?"
Arachna Neira, who had been summoning spiderlings and retreating to the wall for a moment, changed her expression as I approached and smiled with her eyes while letting out a charming voice.
"No, I came to kill you."
"Kill me? You? Me?"
The laughter returned. I calmly took my stance. There was plenty of time anyway. The knight commanders would clear out all the baby spiders and join us before the buff went off.
"Can you do it?"
"Why do you think you can't do it?"
"There's a reason for this."
Her long, slender fingers grabbed her breasts and squeezed them gently. Then, they gently stimulated the pink bumps at the tip of her breasts.
There were cute moans and flirtatious gestures. The movements were so natural that it seemed like something she had done quite a bit.
No, it's not like it's something he's done a lot, but he's actually done it a lot. He was a boss who seduced humans called Arachnaine and used them as food.
"You're seriously mistaken. The reason I reacted that way at first wasn't because I lost my mind after seeing your chest."
"Really? Then should I ask the body directly?"
Perhaps because she had regained some composure while talking to me, the Spider Queen took her hand off her chest and a much more alluring smile appeared on her face than before.
Although it is a monster that lures people and then eats them, this is the first time that a player has been lured in this way.
There's no way you can talk to the boss during a boss fight. Unless he's just talking nonsense.
"If you can, then try that."
I was the first to move. I ran towards Arachnainera, glancing sideways at the ground to avoid the dark gray areas, while keeping an eye on the movements of her arms and legs.
The left front leg of the spider part was raised. It was an attack with deadly poison.
Just as deflecting Lize's attacks will still accumulate ice, Arachnaine's leg attacks will also accumulate poison regardless of whether you deflect or block them. So it was right to dodge by rolling.
I rolled my front leg to avoid being struck down, then swung my sword while digging into the side. A faint wound appeared where the red blade had passed.
"Whoa!"
A strangely seductive groan erupted. If the knight commanders had attacked her a moment ago, it seemed as if she was clearly in pain, but now that they had allowed the attack, it felt more like they were doing it out of courtesy.
Or maybe you're still trying to seduce me.
"Really, it hurts."
Arachnaine, with a sexy voice, twisted her body and brought her finger close to her mouth. Then she stuck out her tongue and made a lick, dripping saliva on her finger and rubbing the spot where the scratch was left.
It was a very leisurely action.
Compared to the knight commanders who could blow away over 40% of their HP with just three attacks, you'd think my attacks would be more than enough to take a beating.
'Let's see how long that thought lasts.'
I closed the distance again. The Spider Queen extended her arms toward me. Grabbing attack. I quickly rolled backwards a couple of times.
Arachnaine's arm cut through the air, and I took advantage of the gap to swing my sword. This time, a red line was carved into the smooth, white skin.
The Spider Queen, who had been briefly touching the scar left on her arm, looked at me with her eyes twitching as if trying to suppress her distorted expression.
"You shouldn't rebel. If you keep doing that, I'll punish you."
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"I told you. If you can, then do it. What have you been doing all this time, just talking?"
As if those words were the final blow, Arachnaine's expression turned as vicious as when she confronted the knight commanders. It seemed like she was giving up on wearing the mask now.
The battle continued after that, but it was called a battle, but in reality, it was just my one-sided trick. The red lines that appeared on the upper body of the Spider Queen gradually increased in number.
"I will never kill you nicely—Keuk!"
Arachnaine, who was glaring at me with an extremely angry face, let out a gasp as she was hit directly by a blue dagger flying towards her side.
"I'll join you, Delta! You held up well!"
The dagger returned to its original orbit, seemingly ignoring the laws of physics, and landed in Lize's hand. The baby spiders that had been rushing at the knight commanders had all been eliminated.
The corpses of baby spiders littered the floor, electrocuted, frozen, and burned to ashes by the flames.
"Ahhhhh! My cute babies!"
Arachnaine let out a scream almost as if she was screaming at the sight. She didn't seem to have any composure at all.
"You're sending them off to battle because they're cute?"
"I guess he tried to raise it to be strong. But the opponent was too strong, so he couldn't withstand it and died."
"… … If you look closely, Erica, you may seem quiet, but you actually have the personality to say whatever you want to say."
"So if you're trying to say that I look like my sister, I won't let that happen, Claudia."
Erica and Claudia followed Lize, having a strange conversation. Erica also had a side of her that was secretly not holding back on her words, as if someone might think they were sisters.
I quickly stepped back after confirming that Arachnaine had turned her head towards Lize. If aggro was drawn for no reason, I would be the only one who would get in trouble.
There is still quite a bit of buff time left on the Bloody Sword, but even if the buff runs out, you can replenish your health with a potion and use it again.
Fortunately, in the Silver Dawn Knights route, you can obtain a decent amount of low-grade potions through Iris.
By the way, there is also a potion that restores a small amount of damage but regenerates an infinite number of uses when you rest. I didn't get it because it's useless in the Bulma mode where anything you hit will be a one-hit kill.
"Euuuuuuuuu!"
A desperate scream echoed through the boss room. While I was lost in thought for a moment, the knight commanders were pushing Arachnainera forward unilaterally. The wounds all over her body were noticeably increasing.
"Dare, dare, dare, dare, dare!"
Arachnaine staggered back.
Saying that line meant my health had dropped below 30%. I took out a potion from the bag on my waist and drank two of them.
It's a low-grade item, so it won't be able to fully restore your stamina, but it's better than nothing. I stabbed the sword deep into his stomach, absorbed the blood, and pulled it out again.
'Come to think of it, why don't I feel pain?'
Since the movement is a movement, when I first tried this special ability, I hesitated for a long time before stabbing it in, but strangely enough, I didn't feel any pain at all. Even the wound healed automatically.
That's why I can use it now as if I were typing a command. Honestly, if I had to endure the pain and stab myself in the stomach, I would have thought about it a lot.
It was unclear whether the Bloody Sword was the only exception, or whether other types of self-harm buffs were also like this.
"Mr. Delta! It's Mr. Delta's turn now— Huh?!"
Erica, who was about to shout at me, was dragged away before she could finish her words. Arachnainera had grabbed Erica. Her body floated upward for a long time.
'There's still a long board left?!'
I quickly checked the lower half of the Spider Queen's body. Only then did I see the flames that had been surging from the floor disappear.
Calculating the duration of the Flame Plate, it was clear that Erica attacked immediately after the Spider Queen's health dropped below 30%.
Because of the massive damage, the pattern was canceled, delaying the summoning by a beat, and on top of that, it was unlucky for Arachnaine to use the grab pattern.
'I really didn't think the timing could be that bad!'
To recreate this situation, the attack must occur immediately after Arachnaine's health drops below 30%, the attack must deal enough damage to cancel the pattern in one hit, the attack judgment must remain for some time after the damage is dealt, and the Arachnaine, whose summoning pattern has been canceled, must use grab.
Since there were four conditions attached, it was difficult to even attempt it in the first place. Even if the conditions related to damage were the knight commanders, the timing of the attack was really close to being extremely difficult to get right.
So I had a hunch, but I never imagined that it would actually happen.
"Come out, all of you! My children!"
Arachnaine's voice boomed out loud, and soon after, the sound of baby spiders breaking out of their eggshells could be heard countless times.
Lize and Claudia, who were rushing to rescue Erica, suddenly stopped moving as if they were overloaded. Their gazes alternated between me and Erica.
"This is annoying!"
He ripped off the iron helmet of Arachnais as if it were cardboard, and then violently snatched the Japanese sword from Erica's hand and threw it away.
Erica also struggled desperately, but even as the commander of the knights, she couldn't defeat a monster as big as a boss with her strength alone. Her armor was crushed like a sheet of paper.
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"Delta! Get next to me! Quickly!"
Lize pulled me in and created a frost storm. The baby spiders that were approaching me were swept away all at once. Even so, Lize's gaze was constantly directed towards Erica.
"This is a little… dangerous!"
Lightning struck around Claudia. More than a dozen baby spiders were killed by the lightning, but more than twenty baby spiders took their place.
The green liquid seeping into the silver armor gradually increased. I wanted to believe that it wouldn't melt away Claudia and Lize's armor.
"I will suck out every drop of blood!"
Arachnaene, her fangs sharp, thrust her face toward Erica.