I deactivated all the edits I had made and slowly returned home. I don't need to eat that dragon's body right now—it's fine. As soon as I entered my house, I sealed the entrance with my web and y down.
My whole body hurts, even though I edited my defense.It doesn't even feel like I did the edit.
"Ow, ow, ow… damn it." The part that hurts the most is the leg I drove into the dragon's head. It doesn't look injured, but it's aching. I closed my eyes and opened my status.
Small Taratect LV10Skill Points: 1,100Nameless
StatusHP: 173MP: 154SP: 193Average Offense Ability: 183Average Defense Ability: 169Average Magic Ability: 145Average Resistance Ability: 159Average Speed Ability: 199
I can already evolve. Should I do it now? Well, there's no reason to wait… But honestly, I'm starting to feel a little lost. I didn't read the entire Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? novel—I only read the first 30 chapters.
I didn't watch much of the anime either. It's not bad, but I preferred reading the novel instead.
"I remember checking Kumoko's wiki once. I vaguely recall the evolution path she followed." But if I remember correctly, you need to meet certain requirements to unlock some evolutions.
I have no idea what those requirements are.
"The next evolution is definitely this one…"
[ Small Poison Taratect ]
Since I used my "Poison Fang" skill a lot and leveled it up significantly, I managed to unlock this evolution. "Thank goodness…" I sighed in relief and, before confirming it, opened the evolution tree.
There were many paths—more than I expected.
Unfortunately, I can't see all of them.
"Which path do I need to follow to reach the 'Arachne' evolution? I want to get there as fast as possible."
I at least want half of a human body. Being able to use normal hands would be nice. I miss that.
Tears welled up in my eyes as I began thinking about my previous life.
Video games. My computer. Novels. Manga…
But it's strange—those memories are starting to fade slowly. I still remember the day I died. I remember being humiliated by my mother. I remember the feeling of bullets piercing my body.
But aside from that day and a few fragments of daily life, I don't remember much anymore.
What did I do as a child?Did I have friends?Did I go to school?
I have no idea.
"But why am I thinking about this at a time like this?" I'm a spider trapped inside a dangerous byrinth full of monsters. I need to ignore my past life and focus on evolving.
Right. Let's do this.
So I selected the next evolution.
Before losing consciousness, I eagerly waited for the message:[ The skill "Editing LV2" has become "Editing LV3" ]
But it didn't happen.
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I don't know how much time passed. When I opened my eyes, I saw the system messages. To my disappointment, the one I wanted most wasn't there. The "Editing" skill didn't level up after I evolved.
[ "Small Taratect" became "Small Poison Taratect" ]
[ The skill "Poison Fang LV8" has become "Poison Fang LV9" ]
[ The skill "Spider Thread LV8" has become "Spider Thread LV9" ]
[ The skill "Thread Control LV7" has become "Thread Control LV8" ]
[ The skill "Poison Resistance LV9" has become "Poison Resistance LV10" ]
[ The skill "Poison Resistance" has reached its maximum level ]
[ The skill "Deadly Poison Resistance" has been learned ]
Aside from these, a few other skills leveled up as well. And my status…
Small Poison Taratect LV1Skill Points: 1,100Nameless
StatusHP: 80MP: 79SP: 85Average Offense Ability: 88Average Defense Ability: 80Average Magic Ability: 72Average Resistance Ability: 79Average Speed Ability: 101
Yeah… my stats are definitely better than Kumoko's were. I vaguely remember her status when she evolved into "Small Poison Taratect," and hers weren't this high.
But seriously, I'm disappointed.
"I was really hoping the 'Editing' skill would level up again. That would've made things much easier."
I let out a frustrated sigh. Then I looked at my body.
I "shed my skin" again. My body didn't change much. I don't feel like I grew significantly or anything like that. The only noticeable difference is my color.
My legs became darker.
I can see a very vibrant shade of purple.
"Yeah… I'm definitely extremely poisonous." I ughed internally and left my home to check on the dragon's corpse. I noticed that no one had touched it. "The monsters didn't find the body?"
Well, that's good.
I want to eat the entire thing if necessary. It had many skills.
I'll definitely gain something from doing that.
And—
Grrrr~~
My stomach growled loudly. I approached the dragon's massive body and looked at its face. Then I climbed on top of it and stared at the hole I had made in its head.
"How did I do that?"
My legs aren't that long.
Isn't the hole too big?
That's when it happened.
"Waaah! What is that?!"
Something shot out of the hole at high speed, but I managed to dodge. It was a small spider that ran out and then fled into the distance. I didn't manage to use Appraisal on it before it disappeared, but it was definitely one of those…
Zoa Ele.
But it seemed even faster than the others.
'I have a bad feeling about this. Should I go after it?'
Grrrr~~
My stomach growled again. I need to eat—I feel like I might pass out.
I approached the hole and looked inside.
Then I crawled in.
"Damn it! That bastard spider ate a lot of the dragon's meat!"
I'm going to kill it!
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