Chapter 135 – 135. Arachne

…… The three witches and two humans headed for the city they had planned in advance. The way the party flew to each city was very simple.

“This is a scroll with the magic of ‘space movement’ on it. Anyone can come and go to this city by infusing magic… It’s the same even if it falls into the hands of a monster, so be careful not to get stolen.”

After receiving the order of space movement from Regina, they each flew to the city they were supposed to head for.

In particular, Johann had already had experience handling the spell book he received from Margaret, and moved to the city more skillfully than other witches.

The moment he entered the city he had targeted in advance, John lowered his stance and signaled.

“Stealth.”
“Stealth.”

Both John and Elesis immediately used the optical camouflage function. The bodies of the two began to become transparent, and soon they completely disappeared from sight.

John, who had disappeared, attempted to communicate with Elesis through his helmet.

“Ah, Elesis. Can I hear?”
[—It sounds good.]
“This one sounds good too.”

Although they couldn’t see each other’s faces, they were able to identify their location by sound—— so John and Elesis moved carefully so as not to be noticed by the monsters.

There will be witches in this city. I haven’t been able to figure out which witch is there yet…….

‘If I had Master, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything…….’

Unfortunately, it was clear that Evangeline was not in this city. It was because, if Master had been in this city, he would have beaten all the demons right away and charged into the city where he was staying.

‘Here…… Is it Beatrice?’

Johann looked at the thin threads spread all over the city and thought about the identity of the witch in this city.

Beatrice was the most likely to handle the thread, but he had to keep in mind that this thread could be from a monster other than a witch.

“Be careful not to touch the thread.”
[Confirm.]

The two cautiously walked sideways through the city. I would often run into monsters, but no monsters noticed the two people in optical camouflage.

In the case of monsters noticing them through a method other than sight, they quickly dealt with it and threw the corpse away.

There was no need to dispose of the corpses inside this city full of intellect monsters. The monsters that smelled the blood will take care of the body.

“Found.”

Johann, who went inside, found Beatrice tied to a ball of thread in the distance. It was impossible to tell what condition it was in, as everything under its head was tied with thread, but it seemed to be in a very dangerous condition, judging from the poor color of its complexion.

John, who looked around and was wary of monsters, realized that there were no monsters around and quickly ran away.

The two people who arrived in front of Beatrice cut the thread with the energy sword built into the forearm and took out Beatrice.

“Beatrice, are you okay?”

Holding her in his arms, Yohan shook her shoulder and tried to wake her. Like a sturdy witch, despite being tied up for a while, Beatrice quickly managed to open her eyes.

Beatrice, who opened her eyes slowly, opened her mouth trembling.

“Yo, haan… Be careful….”
“Be careful, what is that—”

─Oh, how did you get out?

And at that moment, John felt goosebumps running down his spine. It was because I could hear the voice of the monster even though I couldn’t feel any footsteps or signs.

As I slowly turned my head, I saw a huge spider monster with the upper body of a human attached to the body of a huge spider.

Arachne.
This spider monster in the body of a woman grabbed Beatrice who was lying on the floor again, pulled the thread from her body her, and began to roll her up.

—Hmm- What is this-? Did the thread come loose?

Arachne, unaware of John and Elesis in optical camouflage, tilted her head and looked around.

John, who forgot to even breathe in case he was discovered, carefully exhaled and rotated the mana within his body.

His body is strengthened enough to withstand the output of the suit, and the next moment he rushes at it furiously.

Haha-! It just caught on!

The moment John rushed forward like that, Arachne spewed threads from her mouth as if she had waited.

Even though she couldn’t see it, she knew that there was something that rescued Beatrice. John was moving, reading the flow of air, and trying to bind him.

As long as it is Arachne, a monster with the magic to manipulate threads, it can bind anything. I thought so.

“Huh-!”

The thread spewed out by Arachne is completely destroyed by the energy sword wielded by John. Arachne, shocked to see that, continued to spew threads, but not only the energy sword, but everything that touched John’s body disappeared.

To John, who possessed the contradictory magic of nullifying magic, the magical element did not work at all.

—No, what the hell is this—!

Arachne, who came to her senses belatedly, realized that the thread didn’t work and swung her leg. Weight is power. Being a human impervious to magic was truly unusual, but even so, he could not defeat the power of monsters.

It seems that they are proud of being armed with unusual armor, but Arachne vowed to crush John with the whole armor and pressed her leg.

-Die!

As the sharpened feet aimed at John like an awl, John narrowly avoided his legs and embraced them.

Pjik, pjik-!

Arachne’s leg is broken as she hugs her leg with the power of the suit. Unable to comprehend what has happened, Arachne staggers for a moment, then screams as she sees her broken leg.

─Kyaaaaagh!? Legs, my legs aaaaa!

Hearing a roar so strong that it resonated throughout the city, John carefully slipped out of Arachne’s sight.

It was because while he was blocking Arachne, Elesis managed to escape with Beatrice.

Also a former priest. You know very well what you have to do. Should I say I’m quick-witted?

John left the screaming Arachne alone and quickly ran out of the place.

“Elesis, where are you now?”
[We are going back to where we came from.]
“Okay, meet me there.”

After completing the communication, John ran to the place where Elesis was.

* * *

─Aaaaa!

Grabbing her leg, which was broken and bleeding green, Arachne trembled in anger as if she couldn’t stand it.

Dare to be human Some kind of human—not enough to scar my beautiful body, and run away with my prey?

Could not forgive I just couldn’t stand it.

– Die, die. All of this city, all of them are going to die!

Arachne radiated her magical power and controlled her threads that were spread throughout the city. Already this city was her nest her.

The widely spread threads begin to shrink taut. Gather the ruins of the city, devour the monsters, and unite them.

-You can never run away.

She gnashed her teeth at her human, who had broken her own leg with her eyes shining.

* * *

Kugoogu Palace…….

John hesitated at the sudden sound.

“…… What?”

Looking around carefully, buildings began to run towards us from afar. The building didn’t even have feet, but John, who was appalled at the building running towards him, quickly went back the way he came.

“Elesis! Elesis!”
[John! Is that too?]
“You too!?”

Johann, who hurriedly communicated to Elesis, realized that she was going through the same situation as himself.

She knew it was something magical, but she wasn’t sure how to stop it.

One’s own magic, that is, the magic that nullifies magic, literally only nullifies magic. Physical phenomena caused by that magic cannot be nullified.

Even if this phenomenon of bringing buildings together is magic, the building cannot be stopped in an instant.

It was like turning off the engine of an oncoming train. Whether the engine is off or not, if you get hit by a speeding train, you die.

The same goes for being hit by a building.

‘What kind of monster is this…….’

I couldn’t even imagine that it was a monster that could gather an entire city. John bit his lip and ran inside. He even turned off his stealth function as he ran out of energy while running.

He was not the only one surprised by the fact that the city was moving. In this city, the monsters that used to feed on humans began to appear one by one.

Even in this situation, Yohan killed the monsters that opened their mouths towards him, and when the road was blocked, he climbed up the building – he did his best not to be crushed by the building.

And so, when he eventually returned to the original place where Arachne was——John found Elesis carrying Beatrice on her back in the distance.

—Hmm, that kind of look, isn’t it?

However, before joining Elesis, Arachne first discovered him and approached him.

Gulp— Yohan let out a drool and silently drew out his energy sword and prepared to fight.