Disciple of Immortal

Act 2: Chapter 51: Decapitation Witch, Marie The 3rd Daughter

「… To think that they really built their nest so close to Manarak.」

I scanned my surroundings.

Whether it was to the sides or the top, the walls of earth kept going on as far as my eyes could see.

And the ragnos were literally jam-packed.

I mean, even if I threw a pebble with my eyes shut tight, it would be guaranteed to hit a Ragno.

Yeah, it’s turned into an unpleasant spectacle.

The place was filled with the sound of ragno footsteps. Countless sounds of footsteps resounded in the surroundings.

I’m currently inside a huge, underground cave.

The shining ores were buried at regular intervals which served as the lighting.

It was dim, but bright enough for me to see the situation inside the cave.

Ragno could see in the dark but since they made lighting, it means that some of their variants didn’t have such abilities.

After parting ways with Rosemonde, Philia, and Pomera in front of the guild, I had been running around inside of the forest, looking at the places where they found many ragno at once– which was shown by Gannet last night, and managed to locate this giant,underground cave.

Honestly, Gannet located the position perfectly in a huge circle. I couldn’t help but be surprised that he predicted correctly about the size and form of the ragnos den.

I really couldn’t afford to let my guard down in front of him since I keep getting this feeling that he might be able to see through me if I do.

We were truly indebted to him in a certain way but I really didn’t want to turn him into our enemy.

The moment they found me, ragnos of various sizes started crawling towards me from the floor, walls, and ceiling.

Yup, it seems they recognized me as an intruder.

But, even at a glance, I wonder how many thousands of them had gathered in this place right now.

「If one of them can be exchanged for 25k gold, annihilating this entire nest will make me filthy rich.」

I heaved a sigh as I muttered such a remark.

But, just as I expected, exchanging this many ragno into money might cause the economic situation of the magic city of Manarak to collapse.

The demon king might be waiting at the end of this lengthy nest.

Now, time to go into the depths of this nest while gathering as much information as possible.

「Time-Space Magic, 10th Rank; 《Dimension Slash(Room Slash)》」

I pointed forward with my index finger and started to brandish it like a whip.

The ragnos that covered my field of vision were severed at once.

Now my field of view was replaced with the rain of the ragnos’ bodily fluids.

… That was truly a grotesque spectacle that I couldn’t show to a child.

I ignored the decapitated corpses of the ragnos and ran over them, heading towards the depths of the nest.

The ragnos that approached me were immediately decapitated by 《Room Slash》.

Since I’m underground, I couldn’t just recklessly fire a highly destructive magic.

《Room Slash》 was more than enough and far more efficient to kill the small fries who dared to approach me.

I maintained 《Room Slash》 and decapitated any enemies that dared to approach me.

After advancing for a while, I heard some un-ragno-like footsteps coming from behind.

「Well done coming this far by yourself.」

It was a human voice.

I turned around to see the owner of that voice.

But, I couldn’t see the owner of that voice in my field of view.

「Where is the owner of this voice hiding…」

Since their voice resounded inside the nest, I had a hard time locating the owner of that voice.

Moreover, despite the lighting, it didn’t change the fact that this nest was a dark place.

「My name is Marie… one of the four sisters born from mother, the third daughter Marie. You seem to be quite talented for a mere human. You might’ve defeated numerous ragnos, but don’t think that I’m a pushover like those pawns.」

「F…Four sister born from mother?」

「Yeah. Inferior creatures like humans are nothing more than food for us but some of them can at least fight back. Don’t be a let down, human.」

… So they really are monsters, eh.

I was at a loss for words.

To think that I would meet a highly intelligent monster outside of 《Cocytus》.

Since that was the case, their level might rival those of the monsters in 《Cocytus》.

That revelation pressured me.

Did that mean the one they called “Mother” was the demon king?

Though I had no idea about the so-called four sisters, from the way she spoke, they might be some sort of four heavenly kings.

「This is a rather unexpected encounter but my thread is also the type that severs. Fufufu, I’ve been really troubled since no one can beat me in this regard, you know. Behold, MY POWER!」

「As you wish. I also wanted more information about you guys. I guess I have to catch you for some interrogation.」

「AHA, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN DO IT HUH, BRING IT ON, HUMAN! LET’S PLAY TILL DEATH!」

I heard the sound of something cut through the air.

I’d finally located the position of the other party.

I couldn’t see the other party’s figure but it seems they’re hiding on the ceiling.

「OVER… THERE!」

When I turned around, I saw the figure of a red-haired girl hanging upside-down from the ceiling.

Her upper-half was that of a human girl but her lower-half was that of a spider.

She was glaring daggers at me despite the smile that was plastered on her face. It seems she was truly a battle maniac.

At that moment, I heard the sound of something breaking.

At the same time, a red-line ran across Marie’s monster body.

Marie herself was looking at the red-line that ran across her body with a dumbfounded look on her face.

「E-Eh… You must be kidding me, right? what is… m-mother, I…」

The red-line separated Marie’s upper-half and lower-half and following the gravity, her upper-half fell to the ground.

Since her lower-half stayed suspended upside-down, her body fluids were raining down from the cross-section.

Yeah, she must be dead for sure. I mean, she was clearly dead.

I had no idea what was happening but then, a sudden realization came to me when I saw my index finger.

It seems Marie ended up getting sliced apart by 《Room Slash》 when I turned around to see Marie.

… It seems she was only bragging about being a strong monster.

I mean, I ended up overestimating her power just because of her high intelligence.

「I guess forgetting about this magic can lead to dangerous situations.」

I muttered alone.

The moment I was about to cancel 《Room Slash》, I realized that I had no better, more efficient method to eliminate the ragno.

Well, let’s handle this magic a bit more carefully in the future.

… Let’s start by locating the position of the other members of the four sisters.

Who knows, I might be able to communicate with them.

If things went according to my plan, I might be able to get precious information about the demon king.