"Ah, the cave in front is the Spider Cave where the registration mission is located."
After crossing the plain, a wide cave entrance appeared at the foot of the mountain ahead. Lanya, who was shrinking in Linge's arms, pointed to the cave entrance and said.
The two of them fled here on horseback, but still couldn't escape the lizard man's pursuit.
"How deep is this hole?" Ringer asked.
"I don't know. The terrain inside is complicated. It's almost a huge underground maze. I've never heard of any adventurers reaching the deepest part."
The rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind, and the lizard men had already caught up. Ringer had no more time to think.
"It seems we can only hide inside, rely on the terrain inside to get rid of them, and then escape."
Ringer decided on a plan of action and immediately drove his horse into the dark cave.
Shortly after the two entered the cave, six more horses came and stopped at the entrance of the cave.
"Lord Shaffer, they escaped into the spider cave, what should we do?"
"Although Spider Cave is an exploration place for novice adventurers, and the risk and mortality rate are not high, the internal terrain is complex, like a maze. No one has reached the deepest point yet. It is not an easy task to find someone inside." Another lizard man who had entered the spider cave reminded.
Shaffer thought for a moment and then ordered: "Turt and Pierce will guard the entrance of the cave, while the others and I will go in and chase."
"yes!"
Shaffer was about to rush into the cave with his three men when a horse neighed suddenly from the entrance, and then a red-maned horse bolted out of the cave with a huge flower-bellied spider lying on its butt.
"It's Nurdin's horse. It seems they were attacked by a spider. Maybe they haven't gone far yet. Chase them quickly!"
Schaffer and three of his men quickly rushed into the cave. Stewart and Pierce, who stayed at the entrance of the cave, stopped the horse that was running away in panic, and stabbed the large spider lying on the horse's butt to death, saving it, otherwise it would definitely Get sucked dry by this spider.
Inside the cave.
Ringer held the staff tightly in his right hand, and a bright flame burned in his left hand. One was for illumination, and the other was to drive away spiders.
This group of spiders living in dark caves seem to be afraid of flames and will automatically avoid light sources.
Lanya clutched his cloak tightly, looking very nervous, especially when she found many spiders larger than human heads hanging upside down in the cave.
Although they were rising under the light of the fire to escape the temperature and light of the flames, she was very worried that they would accidentally fall down. What if they hit her on the head?
"Linge, do we still want to go inside? The spiders here seem to be getting bigger and bigger." Lanya gently tugged on Linge's cloak.
Ringer paused for a moment and said: "The fire in my hand is very eye-catching in the dark. If the lizard men chase us nearby, they will easily find us, but if I extinguish the flame, the spiders around will swarm... So we can’t stop, at least we have to find a safe place to hide.”
Lanya thought about the terrifying scene of being surrounded by giant spiders, and her petite body trembled: "Then let's continue walking in."
But she doubted very much, would there really be a safe place here? There won't be any powerful monster suddenly popping up, right?
Although the Spider Cave is a popular exploration location for novice adventurers and it is rare to hear of anyone dying here, she was still a little scared and couldn't help but get closer to Ringer, almost bumping into his back.
Lin Ge, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. Lanya couldn't react in time and bumped into his back.
"Ah, I'm sorry." Lanya covered her nose and looked past Linger, wanting to see why he stopped suddenly.
The passage in front of Ringer was covered with thick spider webs, and there was a pile of white eggs stuck together nearby.
"Are those spider eggs? It's so disgusting." Lanya smelled a pungent smell, held her breath and frowned.
Lin Ge stepped into the area covered by the cobwebs. The cobwebs under his feet were sticky, as if he were stepping on glue. Lanya gritted her teeth and continued to move forward with him. Soon after, the two walked out of the passage and entered a spacious stone room, with four walls and the ground. They are all covered with spider silk, and there are dense spider eggs piled up in the corners.
But when we got here, there was no trace of the spiders.
There was a gap at the top of the stone chamber, and the interior was pitch black. I don't know how deep it was, and there was a slight sound of wind coming from it.
The icy wind blew out from the gap, and Lanya shivered: "I feel like something is not right here. Can we go back? Those lizardmen might not be able to find us anymore."
Lin Ge suddenly made a silencing gesture, and Lanya covered her mouth with a nervous look in her eyes.
Did he discover anything?
The cave became quiet, and Lanya could almost hear Ringer's breathing. In addition, some kind of sound seemed to be getting louder.
It's the wind!
The wind noise coming from the top of the cave was louder than before, and it seemed like something was falling rapidly.
Ringer raised the staff in his right hand, and the sapphire on the top of the staff emitted bright light. Ringer waved the staff gently, and the light escaped and rose into the gap, illuminating the darkness inside.
Amidst the whistling sound, a behemoth fell into the light source. It was a huge black spider, with eight legs shaped like spears and a pair of fangs like black scimitars, shining with an icy sheen.
The giant spider's plump belly was connected with shiny spider silk, and it hung upside down and went straight to the top of the two people. Lin Ge hurriedly pulled Lanya out of the way.
The giant spider landed on the ground, its belly rolled up, and a large amount of white liquid spurted out from the tip of its belly, spraying it towards the two of them.
There was a pungent smell in the air. Linge raised his staff and built a wind wall in front of him to block the spilled liquid.
These liquids solidified quickly after falling to the ground, forming a sticky spider thread. If a large amount of this stuff got on your body, you would definitely lose your ability to move.
At this time, the giant spider raised a pair of spider legs in front of it, and then thrust it into the ground. A crack opened in the ground and quickly spread towards where the two of them were standing.
Lin pulled Lanya over and hid aside, but the ground beneath his feet collapsed completely, and there was actually a huge dark space underground.
During the fall, Lanya hugged Ringer tightly, and the two fell into the bottomless underground space together.
Spider threads continued to shoot out from the surrounding darkness. The two people who were falling could not escape. They were soon wrapped in layers of spider threads, leaving only their heads exposed.
The falling force suddenly stopped, and something soft and tough stopped them. It seemed to be a spider web. The two fell into the web. The nearby spider web trembled twice and then stopped.
The spider threads wrapped around them quickly condensed, like a solid cocoon, tough and elastic. Linge tried to break free, but the more he struggled, the tighter the spider threads shrank.
Lanya twisted her body uneasily, her breathing became heavy and sounded a little difficult, as if she was about to be unable to breathe, so he had to stop struggling.
"Are we going to be eaten by a giant spider?"
Lanya's breath hit his face, and her tone was a little panicked. Within the cobweb, Linger could even detect that her heartbeat was speeding up due to fear.
He smiled bitterly and said, "I think so."
Lanya's eyes immediately became wet, a look of fear flashed across her face, and Linger felt her petite body tremble.
He comforted us: "Don't be afraid. When it comes to eat us, I will attract its attention so that it can eat me first."
Lanya's lips trembled and she stammered: "Then you'd better eat me first, otherwise it would be even scarier if I heard the sound of you being eaten bit by bit. In that case, I might pee... hmm .”
Lanya blushed and did not continue speaking, her fear also weakened a bit due to shyness.
Neither of them continued talking, as if they were waiting for a big spider to come and eat them, but the expected big spider did not appear.
There was still darkness all around, and there was no sound at all. It was eerily quiet.
But when the two of them fell just now, there was more than one spider spinning silk in the darkness. Ringer thought to himself that maybe they were staring at him not far away, but he couldn't see it.
Or maybe they have no appetite yet and want to use them as food reserves.
After being silent for a while, Lanya, perhaps unable to bear the silence, asked:
"Are not you afraid?"
Lin Ge smiled slightly: "Of course I'm afraid, but it's useless to be afraid, so I'm not that afraid. We might as well pray. For example, if an adventurer discovers us and rescues us, aren't there often adventurers coming in to explore here?"
"If such a miracle really happens, I will worship the goddess Mipas every day when I go back." Lanya said piously.
"Who is that?"
"This world symbolizes the goddess of wonder and hope."
Ringer sighed: "If I had known this would be the outcome, it would be better to fight with those lizard men. Maybe there would be a chance to break out."
Lanya whispered: "I'm sorry, if I hadn't invited you to form a team, you wouldn't have left the city."
"It's none of your business. Even if it's not to complete the registration task, I will go out of the city to try the newly learned magic. If you want to blame it, you have to blame it on the red-skinned lizard. If I hadn't met him that day, I wouldn't have Being targeted.”
At this time, Prince Lieyang should be learning about the culture of the new world through the computer in his rental house. Lin Ge suddenly thought about whether he could come back if he died here like this.
There was another moment of silence, and in the darkness, Linge's body temperature made Lanya feel at ease, and she seemed not to be so scared anymore.
After all, she is also a necromancer, and death is just that for a necromancer.
"Linger, how do spiders eat? Do they eat the head first?"
Ringer thought for a while and said: "I observed the spiders in the cave after entering the cave. Their mouthparts are very small and they have no upper jaw. They should not be able to chew. Even the big one that attacked us just now cannot swallow something too big." prey.
So I think they inject toxins or digestive juices into the prey's body, melt the prey's body, and then suck it up with their mouthparts. "
Lanya shivered and became afraid again: "Will our bodies also be melted?"
Ringer smiled and said: "In order to prevent the prey from struggling, the venom of most spiders has a paralyzing effect, making the process not too painful. Maybe after being stung by their poisonous pincers, we will know nothing, so Don’t be afraid.”
In the darkness, some time passed, but there was still no movement around.
Just when Ringer felt strange, Lanya twisted uneasily in the spider silk cocoon, and then a suppressed and shy voice sounded in his ears.
"Linge, what should I do? I, I want to pee."
Lin Ge said in surprise: "Can't you convert food into magic power?"
"Yes, it's a drink I drank in your store."
Lin Ge sighed and said: "We can't escape anyway, you can do whatever you want, I won't mind."
In the darkness, a flushed little face appeared in front of Ringer's eyes.
"But, but..."
Lin Ge looked at Lanya's shy and angry face and was suddenly startled.
No, where does the light come from?
When he looked up, his suddenly shrunken pupils reflected a giant golden spider with its whole body glowing, slowly hanging down from the darkness.
