## Chapter 767 – Arachne Subjugation

This kind of thing can’t exist in reality!!!!

“Miyoooooooong!!!!”

ㅡPaaat!

I immediately kicked off the ground and flew towards a tree.

Here!!!!

Are all these things hanging from the tree like fruit people?! These man-eating fruits were hanging like persimmons on a persimmon tree in autumn!!!

An inhuman orchard!!!

ㅡRustle!

I immediately drew the Holy Sword Vigual, a sword of salvation that saves people and guides the world, and severed the wicked spiderwebs connecting the fruits.

ㅡThwack!

I caught the falling man-eating fruit and safely placed it on the ground.

“It’s like a mummy…!”

Spiders wrap their prey in webs and turn them into food just for themselves. This person, surrounded by black spiderwebs, felt like a mummy…!

This is the same act as imperialists using guns and swords to turn pitiful black people into slaves to their liking!

“And it’s light! Like a real mummy!! Extremely light!!! There’s no weight that should naturally be felt from a person!!!!”

I couldn’t feel any weight from the man-eating fruit…! Overcome with anxiety, I immediately grabbed and tore off the spiderweb covering the face of the fruit.

ㅡRip!

And.

“No, no way…!!! I, I can’t believe this! This shouldn’t be happening, jaaaaaaaaat!!!!”

I couldn’t help but scream, tearing at my hair on the spot.

ㅡA person’s corpse, withered and dried up, with only the skin remaining.

Spiders bind their prey with webs, inject venom to dissolve the insides into a juice-like substance, and then suck out all the bodily fluids.

This was that victim.

The reason I didn’t feel any weight was because this corpse was already just a shell. This person was already dead, having had everything inside sucked out.

So only the skin remained.

Not “the shell is gone,” but

Only the shell remained.

ㅡThus, the man-eating fruit.

Everything hanging on the tree here has suffered this fate… The fact that something like this exists here means that something similar exists elsewhere.

How many more victims are there?!

Terrible anger begins to rise from within. How dare they! How dare they commit such atrocities against people! As a seeker of Fusion Confucianism, I can never let this pass!

“It’s too terrible! Such an inhuman corpse…! Katt-nim! I’m so angry!”

Hilde, who came up next to me and checked the corpse, grabbed her head in shock. Hilde, who was influenced by Fusion Confucianism, must also be angry at this inhuman sight!

“I’m angry too…!”
“I’ll put down the other corpses first!”
“Do that! Thanks, Hilde!”

ㅡFlutter!

Hilde spread her wings and flew up, and she began to collect the man-eating fruits one by one and place them on the ground.

I counted the number… a total of fifteen corpses.

Fifteen people suffered this fate…!

Anyway, Hilde and I collected all the corpses and safely placed them on the ground. After that, I cut off all the wicked spiderwebs surrounding their bodies.

“Shit!”

They were literally just skin.

The bones and organs inside were all gone.

The monster spiders had sucked out all the bodily fluids of these people. It was such a terrible sight that it was not easy to calm down. ㅡThump, thump! My throbbing heart spurred on my anger.

“Ugh… to eat people like this.”
“This is a bit much.”

Liz-nuna and Karin also frowned as they looked at the corpses. No matter how good your stomach is, this inevitably evokes disgust.

Paralyzed by venom and bound by spiderwebs, these people became literal “fruits” just for the spiders. Fruits that can’t even resist and have their bodily fluids sucked out alive.

“There’s not a single one alive.”

Risha, narrowing her eyes, looked around and said.

“It seems that this place is a storage for leftovers. If not, they stored food here, and after consuming all the food, they moved their residence.”
“…I guess so.”

Risha is right.

There’s no reason to display the corpses here like fruit. They probably just ate them, threw them away, and left, or abandoned them here.

“It’s a really inhuman object.”

There must be several more of these. Are they all dead? Maybe there are people still alive. No… they wouldn’t be alive even if they were. Those who were attacked by the spider monsters would have all become man-eating fruits.

“Father. Are you okay…?”

As I stood in front of the people’s shells, calming my anger, Aria came up and grabbed my wrist. She seemed worried after seeing my expression.

“Of course, I’m okay. It’s a familiar thing, so it’s nothing. I was just angry for a moment.”
“If that’s the case… that’s a relief.”

It would be better to cremate these corpses. I immediately gathered the corpses in one place and asked Winia to cremate them.

“Well… it’ll be a little better if we cremate them.”

Winia, nodding her head, leisurely began to chant a spell.

Taking advantage of the chanting, I sprinkled the oil I had brought on the gathered corpses like dressing sauce. After doing that, I stepped back.

“Blaze Beam.”

ㅡZhiiiing!!

A crimson energy surged from Winia’s staff, and soon a red beam was fired. The heat was so intense that my face became hot.

The beam scorched all the corpses, and as they burned and melted, they were completely liberated from this painful world and began to disappear.

“…Now, may you live peacefully with your god.”

I said a prayer for them.

ㅡThud.

Soon, Winia’s Blaze Beam stopped.

“Winia. What’s that magic?”
“I just learned it. Amazing, right?”
“I’m so impressed that I could cry.”

She did chant a bit, but with that much power, it would definitely work on anyone she shot it at. Thinking about the opponent who would get hit by that makes me a little scared.

“Katt. Were you very angry when you saw that?”

Claudie, who came up softly, wrapped her arms around my waist.

“I can’t help but be angry. How dare those monster bastards do such a thing to people…! It’s a terrible thing!”
“Yeah… it’s a terrible thing. But it’s starting to get dark, what should we do?”
“It’s a little late to go back, so I guess we’ll have to pitch a tent and camp out?”

We immediately retreated a little and found a suitable place. It’s a bit much to sleep where the corpses are.

Pitching a tent wasn’t difficult. In the first place, Aria was there, so just a wave of her hand completed a plant-type tent big enough for people to enter. All we had to do was simply lay out a waterproof sheet and blankets on the floor.

There wouldn’t be any particular problem even if the spiders attacked.

So I just lay down.

* * *

There were no attacks during the night. We woke up early, found a water source, simply washed our faces and feet, and then conducted a second exploration.

“Ugh.”

We were able to discover several more man-eating fruit clusters on the way.

But there were also a lot of other monsters besides humans. Goblins, giant wolves, and those monsters were also trapped in spiderwebs and turned into shells.

It seems that the spider monsters have made all the living things in the vicinity their prey. Well, they have strong combat power and work in groups, so these wild monsters can’t possibly stand a chance.

And they’ve created such a large-scale colony.

They can’t maintain it without food.

So are they fighting even more fiercely with the armies?

Are the Arachne and the demons eating the humans who died in the process?

ㅡThwack!!

“Ugh! There are so many spider bastards, really!”

Liz-nuna shouted, kicking a flying spider monster and shattering it. As she said, we had been performing simple battles while constantly encountering spider monsters. There were so many of them.

“Hmm… but I think we’re getting close to the end. I feel a slightly more intense energy from that side.”

But that also didn’t last long.

“Yes. I’m sure of it. The forest is telling me that it’s over there.”

Hilde and Aria said that.

In the first place, we had a very fast movement speed, and even when spiders appeared, it didn’t hinder our speed at all, so we were able to reach the innermost part very quickly. Arachne and the demons are hiding somewhere over there.

I took out a map.

“Looking at this map, it’s quite far from where the armies are.”

According to the map, the armies and religious people haven’t even come close to this area yet. They’re just fighting fiercely in the entrance area.

Then we need to quickly smash them here and end the situation.

“Let’s finish this quickly and go back.”

Karin took the lead, and so we advanced to the place where the bastards were presumed to be. Shit, I need to kill them all quickly.

How long did we move?

ㅡQueeeeeeeek!
ㅡKururururuk…!
ㅡKiiiiiiiiit!

“Heomi.”

It seems we’re getting closer to Arachne.

Giant monster spiders, nearly 3 meters tall, were slowly crawling from that side. Surrounded by heavy exoskeletons, they were like tanks.

They’re big.

Their appearance was also beyond the normal range, and I’ve never seen anything like that before. They’re probably the sentries guarding the area near the nest.

“I can feel the power of the demons more strongly from those. They probably grew so abnormally with that power. I don’t really know what they were trying to do with these spiders… but I still think it’s a pretty powerful demon.”

Hilde said, pointing at the giant spiders.

“I don’t care about the purpose.”

I grabbed my sword and approached the spiders.

“I’m going to kill them all anyway. Did these bastards do this with a big purpose? They’re just monsters.”
“Well, monsters are all like that.”
“Should we kill them one by one?”

Karin and Claudie followed me to my side. There were a total of three giant spiders. As Claudie said, we can just catch and kill them one by one.

“Let’s do that.”

ㅡThud, thud.

As we walked, we split into three directions towards the ones each of us was responsible for. Let’s just catch one each and go.

ㅡQuiooooooo!!

“Crazy monster bastard!!”

ㅡThump, thump, thump!

The one that targeted me charged like a rhinoceros.

It has eight legs. It raised its body up to 3 meters high with those big, long legs. But that’s not the end. There were many auxiliary hands attached to the side of its destructive mouth. Does it grab prey with those hands and crush it with its mouth?

This one doesn’t seem to be the type that sucks bodily fluids.

It’s less inhuman.

ㅡThump, thump, thump!

Anyway, it’s intimidating to have a monster of that size charging like a rhinoceros. It’s also very fast. An ordinary bastard would become shredded jerky in front of that charge.

ㅡKuoong!

“Celestial Demon’s Advent Step.”

I stepped on the Celestial Demon’s Advent Step and shot towards it.

“Just avoid the charge!!”

A footwork that shoots the body with the recoil of stepping on a strong ground.

I flew straight towards the giant spider’s head. The bastard was charging towards me quickly, but it stopped for a moment, probably not expecting me to fly over its head.

ㅡWhoosh!

I immediately twisted my body in the air, grabbed Vigual in reverse, and aimed at the head of the stopped bastard. Soon, my body, which had lost energy, began to fall.

ㅡKuoong!!

That was the end.

I plunged Vigual into the bastard’s head as I fell.

ㅡKiiiiiiiiiiiek…!

“Die.”

The spider, screaming strangely, trembled its body. Soon, the strength began to drain from its legs.

ㅡThud.

The giant body collapsed.

Now even these bastards are just pushovers. I immediately pulled out the stuck sword and walked down from the top of its head.

ㅡMiserable.

The spider monsters caught by Karin and Claudie were already smashed to pieces. It’s a natural thing. After briefly celebrating the victory and advancing a little further inside, we were able to discover a huge cave.

“It seems to be inside there.”

Aria nodded at Hilde’s words.