Evolution.
There’s all sorts of things to process with that.
‘Extra skill Disease Breath acquired.’
‘High skill Body Size Change acquired.’
‘Skills Poison Breath and Gnaw combined. High skill Poison Fang acquired.
‘Skill Swallow Whole acquired.’’
‘Immunity skill Poison Immunity acquired.’
My skills got updated big time. And I feel my body changed a lot.
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Name: Noa
Species: Uwabami
Level: 1/20
Rank: C
Title: Dragon Egg
Attack: 41
Defense: 31
Magic: 29
Agility: 35
Inherent skills: Appraisal
Extra Skills: Disease Breath
High skills: Guardian Barrier, Body Size Control, Poison Fang, Rapid Movement
Skills: Magic Grounding, Healing Tongue, Swallow Whole
Immunity skills: Poison Immunity
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After casting Appraisal, one thing becomes clear. My stats did change a lot.
But I don’t have time to really look at them.
“G-gii…?”
With my evolution came the skill Body Size Control.
I use it to become gigantic, and head towards the army spider queen in front of me at full speed.
“Oooooooooooooooooooooooh!”
Unlike my usual high pitched kyuu, I let out a roar with the pressure to make the air tremble. It clears the fog, and I wrap myself around the army spider queen before sinking my fangs into it.
And I activate Poison Fang.
“Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.”
Poison Fang sends poison inside the army spider queen, making it scream loudly and struggle.
But my giant body won’t allow that. My thick body that covers the monster completely won’t let it move at all… This can work.
“Omen of Abundant Harvest.”
Suddenly, I hear a voice close to my ear.
I heard words.
And then…
“…!?”
The white membrane that covered half its body pops, and a lot of spiders appear. Enough to fill my field of vision.
Army spiders of all types gather towards me.
“Ooh!”
But I don’t waver. I twist my body and continue constricting the now smaller army spider queen.
And I try to crush the spiders that came out of the membrane.
“…!?”
But they escape and swarm me from the outside.
“…Kyuu.”
Ouch…
Slowly, slowly, I feel the pain of my body being scraped all over.
My body is being bitten and my flesh devoured.
“(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!?)”
That pain makes me scream.
Pain. Pain. Pain.
It goes beyond my imagination. The pain of my whole body being eaten almost makes me faint in agony.
“(Burn!)”
I ignite my whole body to turn the spiders into cinder.
“Giigiigii.”
“Giigiigii.”
“Giigiigii.”
But not one of them is burned to cinder.
I ask myself why, and immediately activate Appraisal.
The reason must be the army spider queen still sealed by me… I’m a little used to this pain now and a little calmer, so I cast Appraisal on it
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Name: None
Species: Army spider queen
Level: 1/20
Rank: C
Title: Head of Good Harvest, Demon King Egg
Attack: 31
Defense: 23
Magic: 17
Agility: 25
Inherent skills: Queen’s Embrace
Extra Skills: Omen of Abundant Harvest
High skills: Army Strengthening, Poison Acid
Skills: Birthing, Command
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Omen of Abundant Harvest is probably…
I saw Poison Acid, and Army Strengthening and Command probably power up its swarm… But would that let them withstand my attack? What’s suspicious is Queen’s Embrace.
Let’s cast Appraisal on it.
《Queen’s Embrace》
《As long as the queen does not die, all damage to its children will be nullified.》
This is incredibly unfair.
It looks like I can’t kill the spiders devouring me no matter what.
“…”
So. So…
Is this a battle of attrition?
The spiders will keep attacking me, but the army spider queen can’t do anything as long as I’m keeping it here, and it’s slowly being suffocated.
……
……………
It hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts… How long as it been?
I thought I was getting used to it, but it really hurts. I keep pumping in poison even as the spiders attack me, and use my giant body to constrict… But how long has it been?
My consciousness is fading a little.
Meanwhile, I just keep tightening up.
‘Skill Wrap acquired.’
That voice echoes in my head.
“Giih!?”
And then, the army spider queen being enveloped by me is suddenly crushed, and the intense pain assaulting me is gone.
“(Ahh… Ahh… Ahh…)”
…
…Did I finally win?
The army spider queen has been crushed, and the other spiders are being burned by me.
“…Kyu, kyuu.”
Ah… Not good.
I don’t know if it’s the damage before I evolved or because I was attacked all that time…
My consciousness is fading… No, my consciousness…
My vision slowly turns to black as my thoughts escape me.
‘Evolution possible.’
I hear as my consciousness fades.
