plumnovel #116 - Spider, a really big spider, tiger spider
#116 - Spider, a really big spider, tiger spider
Red eyes.
Six scarlet eyes, spread out like the character 八 (eight).
A grotesque and clearly defined body, divided into a thorax and abdomen, with two chelicerae extending from a mouth dripping with viscous, greenish fluid.
In the forest's dense, fog-like darkness, those scarlet eyes emitted a blood-red glow.
Illuminated faintly by the glowstone lamp, its dark cyan carapace shimmered with a cold, metallic sheen.
It was a spider, about the size of a dog, with eight menacing, thorn-covered legs extending from its oval body, firmly planted on the ground.
Compared to normal spiders, its front pair of legs were covered in yellow and black fluff, while the remaining three pairs of legs were short and stubby.
About twenty feet away, the hornblower lay on the ground, unconscious.
Seven or eight guardsmen had arrived, raising their four-meter-long spears in a semicircle, but none dared to get too close.
Hohn raised the glowstone in his hand, his eyes flashing with the flow of magic, and the glowstone immediately shone brightly, forcing the giant spider to retreat another two steps.
It was then that Hohn noticed that one of its legs was broken, connected to its body by only a few strands of flesh.
Using the light, Hohn approached and looked at the hornblower, whose face was green, with thick fluid flowing from the corners of his mouth.
There was a large hole in his chest, and the flesh around the hole was already a rotten, deep green color.
Hohn's expression immediately darkened.
Darth approached with a clockwork rifle in his hand, his face pale: "Your Grace, be careful."
"What's the situation?" Hohn asked Darth, who had bandages wrapped around his head.
"Our rifleman just fired a shot, but the light was too dim and he missed." Darth patted his rifle barrel. "I took another shot from 10 fathoms, but it only broke one of its legs."
"Brother, are there monsters?" Letting down her frizzy hair, Janna climbed barefoot from behind the carriage.
Seeing the giant spider, Janna immediately reached out her hand, and lightning began to gather.
"Wait." Hohn stopped Janna. "Let them handle it themselves first, and then take action if there's danger."
On the front line, facing the giant spider, Rudylo was extremely anxious.
"Don't be a coward." Rudylo lowered his voice. "His Majesty and the Saintess are here, watching us."
"Is this a monster? Where can you find such a big spider?"
"Yeah, we don't have holy rifles. Let's wait for the riflemen, or Her Grace the Saintess."
Seeing that the people around him were counting on the Saintess and the riflemen, Rudylo became ruthless.
He directly picked up a spear, brushed past the people around him, and strode forward.
"Hey!" Seeing Rudylo move forward, the remaining guards had no choice but to follow up to cover him.
Otherwise, according to military law, they would be beaten.
Assuming a charging stance, he approached the giant spider. According to his daily training, Rudylo held the spear tail in one hand and the spear shaft in the other. As he stepped forward, he thrust the spear at the giant spider.
The sharp spear tip struck the giant spider's carapace, making a crisp, metallic sound.
The spear was pulled back, and a small, thumb-sized cut appeared on the carapace.
The giant spider shuddered.
Seemingly provoked by Rudylo, the gray-black giant spider, which had been swaying and trying to leave, let out a terrifying hiss.
Green fluid sprayed out, and the spider suddenly leaped from the ground and onto a nearby chestnut tree.
With its body horizontal, it seemed to be using the force to its advantage. Its short, stubby legs contracted violently, and its entire body sprang from the tree trunk like a spring.
Rudylo was overjoyed.
Friends who often engage in close combat with cold weapons know that jumping is strictly prohibited on the battlefield.
Excluding queue factors, from an individual perspective, it is because it is difficult to borrow strength in mid-air and avoid attacks.
"Clang!"
The spear was raised, the right leg moved back, and Rudylo's spear tip was aimed directly at its soft, white abdomen.
A mass of viscous, white spider silk came head-on, spraying on Rudylo's chest and directly binding his hands.
Rudylo felt as if his hands were locked by iron chains, and he couldn't break free at all.
Looking up again, the chelicerae were already close at hand.
He howled and turned his body sharply, and the spear, driven by inertia, crashed into the giant spider's body.
The giant spider in mid-air was knocked off course by this impact.
Falling to the ground, Rudylo dodged the giant spider's venomous chelicerae in a panic.
Everyone screamed, but the sound of gears turning was hidden behind them.
The giant spider heard the "creak, creak" sound.
It still remembered that it was after this sound that one of its legs was broken.
The six red eyes immediately looked towards the source of the sound, which was still the upright, big bug that had attacked it earlier.
Repeating its old trick, the giant spider jumped up in place, landed on a pine tree trunk, and its seven legs contracted and vibrated, leaping high.
It jumped over the front line of guards, and the end of the arc was Darth.
Darth raised his head, staring at the increasingly clear scarlet eyes as if in contempt.
Even though it was about to land on his head, Darth was not afraid at all.
He was waiting for this moment.
He raised the gun barrel and reached out to pull out the clockwork key.
A sharp whistling sound came from the pressure balance hole of the gun barrel, and the air flowed violently, causing the originally straight green grass to bend over.
Roaring, a black shadow wrapped in thunder spewed out from the gun barrel.
At a speed that could not be seen at all, the black shadow pounced on the giant spider's head and chest.
The scarlet spider eyes burst open directly, and one chelicera was broken off by the iron sand.
The chelicera flew high, rolled on the ground with venom, and stopped after several circles.
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Driven by the firing pin, the iron sand and stone bullets tore through the air, drilled into the giant spider's hard carapace, and spiraled into the flesh and blood organs.
A large amount of flesh and blood splashed backward.
The force was so great that it knocked the originally pouncing giant spider backward.
It drew an arc in the air and landed heavily.
Convulsing, it rolled over, its eight legs facing the sky, twitching from time to time.
It finally died after nearly a minute.
After all, when it was hit, it was at most two or three meters away from the muzzle, which was equivalent to firing at the top of its head, and this distance would kill even two Barnett.
Fortunately, Darth was skilled and bold.
Hohn looked at the swaying spider corpse: "This should be the giant spider of the Wild Spider Forest?"
"No, it's not." Cece's crisp voice came from behind. "This should only be a common jumping spider among the giant spider types. The real giant spider, according to the notes, is estimated to be as big as a cow."
"As big as a cow? Are you sure it's not a monster?"
"Of course not. The ancestors of giant spiders are said to be monsters, but their extraordinary bodies inherited a part, and over time, they became like this."
Stroking his chin, Hohn frowned.
These days, he has been relying on Carrie to recall the route while walking. If he takes the wrong path and is surrounded by those giant spiders, can these people really fight them?
Then should he rest here for two days and accumulate a few more clockwork rifles before leaving?
But dragging it on for a few more days doesn't seem to increase his strength too much, and he can't hand-craft a hundred rifles a day.
But there is not much food left. Hohn has calculated that with the previously collected potato roots, he can last for at most ten days.
If he wastes too much time, he doesn't know if there will be enough food to cross the Wild Spider Forest.
He must get these soldiers to overcome their fear of monsters and giant spiders.
They are not afraid of seizing passes and bridges, but they are afraid of giant spiders.
Just as Hohn was hesitating, Madelaine hurried over.
After confirming that the giant spider was dead, Madelaine walked closer: "How should this corpse be disposed of? Should we throw it far away? Will leaving it like this attract its companions?"
"Throw it away? This is a good thing."
Cece stepped forward, picked up a knife, dissected its abdomen, pulled out a mass of viscous spider silk, and showed it to Hohn.
"Spider silk can be used to make ropes, spider eyes can be used as alchemical materials, and spider meat can be eaten. It tastes like chicken, and it's crispy when roasted."
"Ugh..." Madelaine couldn't help but vomit. "This is too smelly."
Smelling the stench, Hohn waved his hand and said, "It's so disgusting, should we forget it?"
"The internal organs can be cleaned with slime. Valuable materials can be removed and taken away, and they can be sold for a lot of money on the black market."
"Madelaine, you handle it."
"Me?" Madelaine pointed to herself with her index finger.
Hohn covered his nose and left quickly: "It's you."
After saying goodbye to Cece and Madelaine, Hohn did not return to the tent, but instead pulled Darth and walked towards the barracks area.
Sure enough, he met Rudylo, who was walking back dejectedly, halfway.
Clapping his hands, Darth immediately handed over a clockwork rifle.
"Rudylo!"
Rudylo turned his head and saw a long object being thrown to him. He subconsciously caught it, but was almost pulled down by the weight.
Looking down, it was the clockwork rifle he had been thinking about.
"It's yours. Your courage deserves a holy rifle." Hohn stepped forward and smoothed the wrinkles on his cloak. "I will announce your deeds tomorrow morning."
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