Life in Another World With Narration

28 – Arachne Queen’s Nest

It is said that people cannot display their skills if they are too nervous.

The same was true for Sylphy, who was dodging the spider webs spewing out from the bushes using all kinds of acrobatic postures.

At first, she was struggling because her ankles were tied up in her webs, but now she has cut off her webs with great brilliance as if she had never done anything before.

It seemed that my help was no longer needed, so I turned my attention to the inside of the bush where spider webs were spewing out.

No matter how good you are at cutting off the spider web, it won’t end unless you deal with the body that emits it.

Oh my! Sigh-!

I rushed towards the bush, cutting through the spewing spider webs.

And then he cut down the entire bush with his sword, revealing the identity of the guy who was spewing out spider webs inside.

“Wow… ….”

I paused unconsciously at the sight, which was more shocking than I expected.

Arachne, who was hiding in the bushes, was so large that it was hard to believe she was a spider.

No, it’s not just a spider in the first place, it’s a monster.

A plump and large body with mixed orange and black stripes.

Multiple eyes that seem to be looking at a disgusting version of salmon roe.

Eight disgusting, furry legs.

The plump belly, which I imagined was full of bodily fluids, was scary enough to cut.

In a word, it is like a collection of hatred.

『The spider-type monster Arachne shoots spider webs from a distance to entangle its prey.

It had a habit of turning captured game into cocoons and storing them inside the nest.

The game that was cocooned in that way did not rot even if stored for about a year.』

The narration in my head gave me information about Arachne.

This was not very helpful information in the current situation.

What do you know whether the expiration date of Arachne’s game is 1 year or 1 month?

I just want to deal with these guys quickly.

I immediately hit the guy’s head with the sword.

Boo!

“Ugh… ….”

Arachne, whose head was split by a sword, was left limp, drooling purple liquid.

I hit the head, but if it’s like this, I shouldn’t attack that chubby stomach if possible.

If you cut that thing and it explodes and you get covered in bodily fluids…… It’s scary to even think about it.

Meanwhile, Nigel, the leader of our party, was killing the second Arachne.

He, like me, went into the bushes to avoid the spider webs and cut Arachne’s body into pieces with his sword.

“Wow! “Wow!”

But Arachne’s stomach burst and purple fluid covered Nigel’s body.

Wow, I must feel really dirty.

It’s dizzying to think that I almost ended up like that too.

Anyway, we successfully defeated a group of Arachne.

All around, the disgusting remains of Arachne were covered in bodily fluids and strewn horribly.

But the request wasn’t over yet.

Obviously, the content of the request is to subdue Arachne Queen.

The guys who attacked us were the children of Arachne Queen.

General Arachne is also disgusted by such a terrible appearance, but I am a little worried.

How much more disgusting would Arachne Queen be?

We were exhausted from the battle, so we made a fire to get some rest.

I avoided Nigel and sat down next to Sylphy.

For your information, I definitely didn’t want to sit next to Sylphy because she was cute.

Because I didn’t want to sit next to Nigel.

Nigel was grumbling with an irritated expression, probably angry that he had been covered in Arachne’s bodily fluids during the fight earlier.

There was a small puddle of water nearby, so I washed it with water, but when I got closer, it smelled.

The slightly fishy and disgusting smell of Arachne’s bodily fluids…….

“Damn it! What on earth did you guys do? You have to do your part properly before they write an evaluation or not! “If you do it this way!”

Nigel, as if venting his anger, pointed a point at me and Sylphy and shouted.

He’s a guy with really limited speed and vague skills.

Sylphy, who just emerged from the battle, did her part well.

At first, it was dangerous to have spider webs tied around my ankles, but after I got used to the situation, it was no exaggeration to say that it was more helpful than Nigel.

Sylphy’s flashy and agile movements attracted Arachne’s attention and made the web focus on Sylphy.

Thanks to this, Nigel and I were able to more easily kill Arachne hiding in the bushes.

But Nigel didn’t see any of that, and he was angry at us because he was annoyed at being covered in her bodily fluids.

“Especially you! You! I felt like I was being caught in a spider’s web and being dragged away! Didn’t I tell you before I left? “Make sure you don’t get in the way!”

“Sin… I’m sorry…….”

“Well, these people really want to get promoted.”

“I’m sorry…… Sorry…….”

Sylphy looked downcast at Nigel’s criticism, lowered her head and apologized.

Well, there are all these bastards.

I tried to hold back as much as possible, but it was so ugly that I couldn’t stand it.

“I heard it and wanted to hear it. It was so great. “We did enough.”

“What? “What did you say just now?”

“It’s because I’m pathetic. Because it’s pathetic. Why is there a high-ranking adventurer in the promotion review in the first place? Aren’t they there to protect bronze adventurers like us from danger and kindly teach us what we don’t know? “Is it really silver?”

Well, I committed it.

In my mind, I picture the silver adventurer badge slowly evaporating into the sky.

But she did not regret it.

I’d rather not get promoted than be evaluated by this piece of trash and become a silver adventurer.

“It’s the same as before. What did you do when Sylphy was caught in the spider web? In the end, I saved you. Look at it now. You’re the only one who smells like Arachne’s bodily fluids. Isn’t that also because your skills are poor? “But what kind of evaluation are you making?”

“You bastard! “You don’t want to get promoted?”

Nigel stood up from her seat angrily.

Sylphy looked back and forth between me and Nigel with an anxious expression, her body shaking like a wet cat.

“Are you now threatening me with an evaluation letter? It’s really ugly. Yes, no promotion. I will not. I barely worked hard to get promoted, so I wouldn’t do it if it meant being on the same level as you. Looking at what you’re doing, you don’t have a silver level. “Do whatever you want.”

I blurted out everything I had been holding back to Nigel.

This wasn’t the only opportunity for a promotion, and I couldn’t please this guy.

Nigel seemed to be angry all the way to her head.

He listened to me and pulled out a sword from his belt.

Oh, this might be a little dangerous.

No matter how ugly it looks, silver is silver.

In addition, it was taboo for adventurers to physically fight each other during a request.

If you fight with a guy like this and get kicked out of the guild, there’s nothing worse than that.

From the looks of it, Nigel doesn’t seem to have a good time controlling his emotions, but when a person is extremely angry, it is impossible to make rational decisions.

Now that I’ve said everything I wanted to say, should I stop scratching my insides?

“Two… Both of you, please stop! I was wrong! “Please don’t fight!”

At that time, Sylphy stood up, blocked the space between me and Nigel, and shouted with her eyes tightly closed.

In the first place, I had no intention of fighting further.

But Nigel was still fuming as if his anger had not subsided.

“Get out of the way! “Because I won’t leave that bastard alone!”

“Mo… “If adventurers fight among themselves, they’ll get kicked out of the guild!”

Sylphy cried and cried desperately.

She feels a little sorry for herself.

Because of me, the evaluation was made unnecessary and the promotion was passed over.

“…… Joy.”

Nigel glared at Sylphy and me once, then she put her sword back.

Sylphy’s words that she might be fired from the guild seemed to have cooled her head a bit.

“From now on, it’s as if you don’t exist. “I don’t care whether you get eaten by the Arachne Queen or get killed, so just do it yourself.”

Nigel said sharply and started to move forward, leaving us alone.

“Uh… What should I do? You seem very angry…….”

Sylphy asked me worriedly as she watched Nigel’s back moving away.

I actually thought it went well.

I wanted to give up on the request and go back, leaving Nigel alone, but I couldn’t.

I can’t get a promotion because Nigel wrote a crappy evaluation form.

Giving up on her request and going back is another problem.

If that happens, you will have to pay a penalty to the guild and lose trust.

“What should I do? I have to follow him first.”

I took Sylphy and followed Nigel deep into Arachne’s nest.

* * *

Nigel seemed very upset.

He led the way from barely ten steps away and never looked back.

It’s as if they are trying to treat us as invisible people.

“I am sorry. “It’s because of me.”

“Trigram… are you okay… ….”

Sylphy was very depressed.

It’s worth it.

Because I fought Nigel, I couldn’t expect to be promoted to Silver.

But even if I had stayed quiet, that bastard would have written the evaluation form like trash.

The problem is that I met a guy like Nigel during the request in the first place.

“Sylphy, you did well earlier. “It was much more comfortable thanks to getting Arachne’s attention.”

I praised her to cheer up her downcast Sylphy.

“Ah… no. Rather, thank you for saving me earlier…….”

“I’ve never seen such movement before. I heard it was amazing. “Don’t worry about the trash talk in front of me.”

Sylphy quietly nods her head.

I also implicitly confirmed that Nigel, who was walking in front of me, was trash.

We have already entered quite deeply into Arachne’s nest.

The floor, ceiling, and walls were all spiderwebs.

Now I couldn’t even tell if the surrounding area was a forest or what it was.

At that time, I heard a voice in my head.

『Yunoa and her companions were approaching the deepest part of Arachne Queen’s nest.

But they did not know that the Arachne Queen here was a subspecies that had mutated under the influence of the Demon King.』

Transformed under the influence of the devil…… Subspecies?

『Subspecies that are much stronger than ordinary monsters were already appearing all over the continent as the power of the Demon King gradually awakened.

The same was true for Arachne Queen, the target of Yunoa’s group’s subjugation.

In that way, they were just moving forward, not even knowing that they were walking into a dangerous situation.』

I stopped walking after hearing the narration.

Isn’t this dangerous?

And the moment you think of that.

“What, what is this? “Does it look different from what I know?”

A huge spider with bright red stripes appeared in front of Nigel, who was going first.