007 – [Kumo] – 24/7 Vacation

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Ahh, I’m stuffed. Maybe it’s because I was so hungry, or maybe it’s because I need nutrients to recover from all this damage I took, but I somehow managed to eat the entirety of a frog that was almost as big as my entire body. What, that sounds like it’s physically impossible? Hah hah hah, what are you saying? In this world where such mysterious phenomena as “skills” exist, you can’t say that!

In fact, eating all that has caused me to swell up like a balloon. Ahhh, if I were still a human, I’d be thinking of going on a diet, wouldn’t I… Come to think of it, though, when I was a human, I never really got fat even with my messed-up eating habits, so dieting isn’t really in my vocabulary anyway.

First things first, let’s repair the part of the net that the frog got tangled up in. Ugh, this is going to suck with my belly so heavy and swollen…

It was a struggle, but I’ve mended my web. No other monsters showed up while I was working, which is good! Hmm, wasn’t I also way too unprotected while I was eating the frog, too? There definitely might have been some monsters nearby that would have been lured by the smell of blood. I haven’t seen them in these smaller tunnels, but what about those six-legged wolves from before? Their sense of smell is probably great. I’m going to have to make sure to bring my prey back into my home before I start eating, next time.

Ahhh, I’ve finally taken care of the basic necessities of life: food and shelter. Hm? What about clothing? You’re telling a spider to put on clothing? Ha. I don’t think that’s really necessary, since the temperature in here is really kind of pleasant, and I’m covered in short hairs that keep me comfortable. Plus, I don’t even have anything to wear! I mean, I guess I could weave something out of my silk, but I don’t think that’s a very good use of my time. Even if I were to make something, how would I even put it on?

For the time being, can’t I just ignore clothing? Ohh, if I do that, I’ve got everything on lockdown without having to work for it at all! Well, no, I guess I did have to build my home in the first place, and fighting the frog was a ton of effort, so I guess you could say that I had to work for it, huh…

…Well, as long as nothing big happens, this environment seems pretty safe. There’s only really a couple things that could mess this up: someone coming through and busting down my webs, and a lack of prey coming through here and getting caught. The first one isn’t so bad, since if some brave warrior comes through here knocking down my webs I can just run away and rebuild elsewhere. The second one, hm… if prey keep coming around regularly, I’ll definitely be able to live my perfect shut-in lifestyle.

This is wonderful! I was definitely a huge shut-in in my previous life. When I had to go to school, I’d sit in the back of the class and avoid talking to anyone, and when the bell rang I went straight home and spent the rest of the day surfing the net and playing games. Dinner was either the kind you added hot water to and let sit for three minutes or the kind you threw in the microwave. Occasionally I’d grab something prepackaged from the convenience store, just for variety.

My parents both worked, and they came home super late, so we never really saw each other, let alone had any sort of conversation. I did the minimum amount of housework necessary to keep them off my back. To be frank, they were really just complete strangers that happened to live in the same house as me.

Thanks to that isolated lifestyle, I’ve always found communicating with other people to be fairly troublesome. …Well, maybe it wasn’t just my lifestyle, maybe I was just born with that kind of personality. But, thanks to all that, I didn’t have any friends. Even when I played MMOs, I rarely bothered chatting with other players.

As a result, my MMO characters tended to be the distant, silent type. I usually played a middle-aged bald dude, the kind of nice guy who wouldn’t say much and let his actions do the talking. Stats and skills all seemed useless, so I poured everything into raising my physical attack damage and my speed, ignoring everything else. Combat was always hit-and-run; “just try and lay a finger on me,” you know, that kind of thing. I dodged every attack that came at me, since my complete lack of defense meant that I would absolutely die if I got hit.

Umf. I don’t care that I might not ever see my parents or my classmates again, but I’m going to miss that old bald dude. In free-to-play MMOs, a free character able to beat the paid players is a pretty spectacular sight, and it’s a shame he’s just going to quietly disappear.

I had more attachment to my game characters than I did to my parents. I was a terrible human being, wasn’t I? Well, it’s the truth. Are those people even going to be sad that I died? Ah, whatever, it doesn’t matter either way. If I were in their shoes I don’t think I’d mourn. I’d probably think that putting together the funeral would be a pain!

If I were to say this to anybody else they’d probably get pissed, but, really, so what? I wasn’t bothering anyone, so it’s really none of your business. I was bothering my parents? Hah, no, I played the stock market in my free time, which gave me enough money to live off of. Once you get a feel for it and get used to taking the risks, you can make a pretty decent living off of it. So, I definitely wasn’t bothering my parents. I wasn’t bothering anyone, so I didn’t need to talk to anyone.

Ah, well, listen to me ramble on about things that don’t matter anymore. Let me summarize in a grand declaration:

Shut-in losers are the best!

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Author’s note – Please do not attempt this at home. This is a work of fiction, and the opinions of the characters are not those held by the author

006 – [Kumo] – Munching and crunching with no regrets

My new home feels so safe and secure that I dozed off before I knew it, but when the threads I had connected to my leg started to vibrate, I woke up with a start. I was kind of hoping that when I woke up I’d find that all this had been a dream, but, nope, I’m still a spider in a cave. Oh well, there goes that.

I stretch out all eight of my legs as I stand up, and they rustle as they move. This is kind of gross, if I do say so myself.

Now that I’m awake, I turn my attention towards the vibrating thread. This one is attached to the lower web on the passageway to my left. It looks like, somehow, something’s gotten stuck in it!

My first prey.

I carefully approach until I can see what I’ve caught. Tangled in the net is something whose skin is a crazy pattern of rainbow-colored dots.

{Frog}

Yeah, this definitely looks like a frog. Sure, it’s about as big as I am, and it glitters like a rainbow, but it’s a frog. This is the first time I’ve agreed with what [Appraisal] has told me about a monster. …Well, excepting me, since it said I’m a spider.

A frog, huh… for my first catch, wasn’t this a bit too easy? We don’t eat anything like this in Japan, but I know there’s parts of the world where people eat strange stuff like this all the time. I even remember hearing that spiders taste like chicken. I was thinking just a little while ago that I’d have to eat really disgusting food to survive, but this isn’t actually so bad! If I can’t bring myself to eat this, I’m probably never going to be able to eat anything else in this dungeon.

There’s a slight problem, though. This frog is probably poisonous, hmm… well, no, with this vibrant color pattern, it’s almost certainly poisonous. What should I do…

As I casually sit here and ponder, the frog who has been so desperately struggling against my webs launches its counterattack! It vomits up a stream of brightly-colored, poisonous-looking liquid, directly at me! Ahhh! I was too busy thinking about how to kill it that I didn’t notice! It’s far too late to dodge! I get covered by the noxious fluid.

Aaaargh!

Wh, what is this?! Ouch! Ouch! Is this venom? It’s venom! I’m covered in venom!

Oh no, it’s shooting again! Wait, wait, I’m not read— OW! I’m hit again! This pain is no joke! Retreat! Retreeeeat! I run out of the frog’s range, almost tripping over my own legs.

Whoa. This really hurts. Is this what it feels like to get splashed by acid? It’s melting my body, isn’t it? I don’t have a mirror, so I can’t see for certain, but this is making me pretty nervous.

Shit. I messed that up. I forgot that the thing I had caught was a monster, and I got careless. “A rat is the most dangerous when it’s cornered,” isn’t it? A frog being hunted by a snake isn’t going to just let itself be eaten.

Ahhh, well, this really hurts, but it doesn’t feel like I’m going to die. The venom mostly just hit my left side. My left eye got hit and doesn’t seem to be working that well anymore, so there’s a chunk missing from my field of view. …huh? My left eye got hit, but there’s only a little bit missing from my field of view…? Ah, I know! Since I’m a spider, I’ve got eight eyes, right? Yeah, probably. This is good to know.

Well, it doesn’t matter for now. This pain isn’t really going away.

<Proficiency has reached the required level. Acquired skill [Acid Resistance – LV 1]>

Whuh? The pain suddenly lessens a bit. The voice said “skill”… does this mean that I can gain skills without spending points? Why the hell did I spend a hundred points on [Appraisal]?! …ugh, let’s not think about this too hard.

Anyhow, it looks like I’ve acquired a skill that reduces acid damage. If I had to guess, I’d say I got it from taking that frog’s attack. The requirements must be a bit higher than that, though, because I didn’t get it immediately after getting hit. The likely answer is that, since the acid stuck to me, I kept taking damage until I met the “proficiency requirements” that voice mentioned. Right?

Let’s think about this later. I’ve picked up some resistance, and the pain has gone down a bit. I think I’m about ready to go face that frog again. After all, it’s really pissing me off. It’s only food! How dare it attack me! Unforgivable! I have decided. I don’t care if it’s poisonous or not, I am going to eat that thing!

With that, it’s time to charge in! If I don’t get careless, this will be easy: it’s already my prey, caught helplessly in my trap!

The frog fires a third shot at me. Heh, don’t be so predictable, you’re making this too easy! I dodge past the stream of acid as I approach, and let loose my own attack. Take this, frog, my special technique!

CRUNCH!

How do you like my bite, frog? Ohohoho, don’t think this is any ordinary bite! I am a spider! My fangs are covered in deadly venom! (I figured this out when I realized I could make silk.) Ohohohooo, feel my venom coursing through your veins and dieeee!

Splash!

HAAAARGH!

You spit acid at me as I’m biting you?! Ow! Ow! Even with the resistance, this still really hurts! Ow!

My fangs open accidentally as I reel back.

<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Poison Resistance – LV 1] has become [Poison Resistance – LV 2]>

Ahhh, is that so?

Wait, not now, announcer lady! This frog has, not once, not twice, but THREE times covered me with its filthy venom! This is unforgivable! Even though I had no intention of sparing you in the first place, this is absolutely unforgivable!

I attack once again, empowered by my own fury. The frog writhes in agony. Ahaha! Suffer! Suffeeeer! I bite it, gleefully, again and again. The frog thrashes about in pain, but in time its movements grow weak and feeble, then finally stop.

Heh. I finally defeated you. If this was my first hunt, I can tell things are only going to get tougher from here. But, for now, I did it! Yes! Time to eat!

Munch, munch, slurp, slurp. Umf, this is bitter. Painful, too. Is this bitterness from the poison? The pain’s from the acid, right? Well, I’ve got some resistance now, so this isn’t going to kill me. I can bear with it, but, ugh, this isn’t tasty at all.

This meat may be disgusting, but this skill rank sure is sweet.

005 – [Kumo] – Weaving a new home

I gave up on trying to get out of this dungeon. I half-heartedly thought about wandering around for a while, but with everything in this dungeon, I’m worried that an unexpected encounter would put the “dead” back in “dead end”. It doesn’t matter if it’s a human or a monster, they’re both seriously formidable foes. Oh, um, please don’t misinterpret me; when I say “formidable foe” I don’t mean in the sense of, hm, “a rival I want to beat”, but more in the sense of “an extremely serious threat to my life”.

Fortunately (or whatever if “fortunate” isn’t a good word to describe my current situation), there aren’t any monsters here that are faster than me, so dodging unpleasant encounters is quite easy. My spider body has agility in spaces! I’m far, far faster than I was as a human.

Ah, sorry, I’m getting too full of myself. While it’s true that I am quite fast, it is really all of my physical capabilities that are far, far greater than those in my previous life. Heh.

Well, before I was reincarnated, I really was more of the indoors-y type. “Exercise? What’s that?”, etc., etc. It’s obvious that a wild spider would have better stats than I did before. The only parts of my body that I had bothered to hone were my thumbs, made strong by countless hours of gaming.

Let’s set aside the topic of my former unathleticism. What matters now is that, in my current body, I’m pretty good at running away. Of course, running away all the time is not a really solid survival strategy. If I’m caught from both sides in a pincer attack I’m done for, and if I run into anything faster than me I’d be screwed, although I haven’t seen anything like that yet.

Plus, I’ve been steadily growing hungrier and hungrier, and you can’t fight on an empty stomach. Well, not being able to fight isn’t really the problem, since I’d really rather I didn’t have to. It’s the “empty stomach” part that’s the issue. I’d rather not starve to death.

Well, then, let’s think about this for a bit. Q: What do spiders eat? A: Other bugs.

Oof… that’s right, isn’t it… if I’m going to sate my appetite that’s what I’m looking at, isn’t it… and since I’m so big, that’s going to reduce my options for prey, isn’t it… Specifically, my options are other monsters and, although I don’t really want to think about it, humans.

I mean, my siblings got into cannibalism immediately after being born, didn’t they, and that giant spider that seemed like our parent was also calmly eating its own children. It seems like the average member of my species thinks that everything on the planet apart from itself is prey. It’s not like there’s many other options, though, in this cave.

What do those deer-like monsters in that big passage eat? Are they carnivores, disguised as herbivores? …man, I can’t stop thinking about food. I am seriously worried about where I’m going to find my next meal.

It’s time to face the facts. At this rate, I will starve to death. That’s a bad thing, so I’m going to have to put up with eating whatever junk I can scrounge up. Ugh. I need to prepare myself.

It’s all well and good to prepare myself, though, but step one is really figuring out what it is I’m going to be eating. Of course, there’s nothing edible on hand, which means I need to go acquire myself some provisions. Now, how will I do that?

To be frank, my odds of winning in a fight are basically zero. Sure, the passages in this maze I’m in now are smaller than the huge ones from before. Sure, there’s no monsters that seem absolutely unbeatable, like that giant spider or whatever that dragon-like thing was. The monsters here are only about person-sized!

Even still, it’s probably not possible for me to win a fight. Why, do you ask? I have no idea how! I’ve never fought anything IRL before! If this was a game, I’d probably win, but pressing buttons is way different from actually moving my body. Plus, 2D and 3D are way different.

I shouldn’t really be concerned about not being able to fight, though. I’m really hungry, but not to the point where I might keel over at any moment. So, since I’ve got a little time to prepare, let’s come up with a properly spider-like way to secure me some food.

When you’re talking about spiders, you have to talk about webs! Weaving a web out of sticky spider silk and ensnaring prey is totally spider-like, and a cave is a perfect place to do it, since I can stick my threads everywhere.

I have decided! Here, I shall build my new home!

First, I have to make some thread. That comes out of my butt (or whatever you call it now), right? Let’s try making some.

…now that I’m paying attention, it looks like I’ve already got some thread. Huh?! How’d that get there? Wouldn’t I remember spewing that stuff out?

Hmm. This stuff stretches all the way back the way I came. Have… have I been laying thread the entire time I’ve been walking around?! Aaah, this is embarrassing!! It looks like I have to focus on turning it off.

Yeeeeeah. What should I do about all this thread? I might find a use for it in the future but for now let’s cut it off and get back to work.

Let’s try this again… here, I shall build my new home! I’ve got the basics down on making thread. Now, I need to stick my thread all around the cave. I like to think I’m pretty handy, but can I pull this off?

…before I was even finished thinking that, I’d already done it. In the blink of an eye, I’d built quite a satisfactory web. This tunnel is now quite magnificently covered with an enormous spiderweb. Whoa, is this my body’s instinct? As soon as I started, my body started moving like it knew exactly what it needed to do as I watched dumbfounded.

I’ve made my web in two parts. The top and bottom halves are separated from each other by a one-meter gap. Why, you ask? I definitely wouldn’t want to cut off my own escape route, would I?

My new home is at a T-intersection, so I’ve built a web in each of the tunnels. I’ve made sure to leave a hole in each of them so that I can escape, since if I were to block them off completely I’d be trapped. I don’t think there’s anyone around here strong enough to break spider’s silk, so I feel fine leaving these little holes.

The stupid monsters that crawl on the ground will get stuck in my lower web. The ones that try to jump or fly over it will get caught in my upper one. I’ve closed off all entrances, so I’m perfectly safe in here, and just in case something does break in I’ve left myself escape routes. Isn’t this the perfect kind of place for a shut-in like me? This wonderful place I’ll call my home.

004 – [Kumo] – I’m exploring a dungeon for the first time in my life

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Original Translation: Blastron
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Well then! None of my problems will be solved if I just sit here forever, so I should get going.

I shouldn’t follow these bootprints. Running into the people who made them would be a huge pain in the ass, so I really should go in the opposite direction.

…But, seriously, this cave is too big.

The ceiling towers over a hundred meters above me, and the section I’m in is probably about that wide as well. The craggy rocks scattered throughout the cave sometimes disguise its size, but as far as caves go, this one is enormous.(TL.1)

Currently, I’m at a sort of crossroad, where three wide tunnels join together in a Y. Behind me stretches the path I came from. The path where those footsteps lead goes off to one side, leaving me with only one path, which travels straight into the distance and out of sight. I climb on top of an especially large rock and survey the road ahead.

…What are THOOOSE?!

Scattered throughout the cave before me are countless monstrous creatures. [Appraisal] goes off accidentally.

{Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Deer; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Bat; Wolf; Wolf; Wolf; Wolf; Wolf; Wolf; Dinosaur…}

…Well, uh, now that you mention it, I guess those do look kind of like “deer”… but the deer I’m familiar with definitely don’t have horns that shine like swords. “Bat” could be used to describe those creatures flapping around, but they look less like actual bats and more like extremely ugly rats that grew demonic wings. Looking at the “wolves”, you’d think they were almost normal by comparison, but then you see that they’ve got six legs. Even the “dinosaur” lying against the far wall looks weird: it’s like a tyrannosaur, but with horns and scales. That’s not a dinosaur, that’s a dragon!

Should I try to push my way through? It’s doable, right? Haha, nooo, I’m just a tiny spider that was born just a little a while ago, so I really shouldn’t do anything rash. The difficulty here is definitely set to Lunatic.

Stealthily, I creep down from my rock. What should I dooo? There’s a huge pile of monsters in front of me, a spider-filled hell on one side, and potentially-hostile people on the other. Am I stuck here?

Ah, wait, hold up, please, no cause for alarm. Even though all three of these paths are blocked, I’ve already devised a grand strategy to advance! …Ahaha, although I say “grand strategy”, I really mean that I saw another passage while I was up on top of that rock. In addition to these hugely obvious passages that make up this Y-intersection, it looks like there’s a much smaller side path through a fissure in the wall. It looks like it’s about three meters high and three meters wide, and there’s no problem getting there from here. No, the problem with this particular path is that this is where those bootprints come from. If those people came from this direction, then wouldn’t that lead to this cave’s (or, rather, this dungeon’s) exit?

Umf. The exit, huuuh… should I really try to get out of here? If I were human, it would be obvious; I’d get out without a second thought. I mean, this dungeon is way too high-level for me! I don’t really know how strong I am compared to other monsters, but that quick glance I got earlier told me that getting into combat would be a seriously bad idea.

Wellll, if this were really just a game I’d be all like “dying’s not a big deal lol” but this is reality! I probably won’t come back if I die, so there’s no way I’d put my life on the line and charge madly into battle, not without any sort of fallback plan.

If I keep that in mind, getting out of here is a pretty attractive option. Well, it’s comparatively attractive, but I really don’t know if it’s actually that good of an idea. After all, I’m a monster. Since people travel through this part of the dungeon, there must be some sort of human settlement nearby. If a big spider like me were to show up, they’d totally hunt me down. So, yeah, there’s definitely risks going outside.

On the other hand, I might find a nice, quiet place to settle down somewhere out there. Staying out of sight of the people out there would be very luck-dependent, though… and, well, now that I say that, I should really also say that survival in here would be equally up to luck. Hmm…

Ah! Got it! For now, I’ll set my sights on the dungeon’s exit. Once I get there, I’ll check out the state of affairs, see if there’s anything dangerous like a base camp for the humans, and figure out if leaving is a good idea.

We have a plan, so, LET’S! GOOO!!

…I got lost, lol. 😛

Well, ahaha, how should I put it… This cave is freaking huge! What is up with these labyrinthine paths? The road has been forking crazily all over the place ever since I started. How many branches, you ask? I lost count after 10!

I also encountered a ton of monsters! Every time, I ran away as fast as I could, but I think I got turned around and I have no idea where I am anymore. What happened to the footprints, you ask? I lost track of them a while ago!

Aaaaaahh, nai wa. I’m lost in a maze and have no map. There’s no way I’ll find the exit!

Plus, I’m so hungry I can barely stand it. Someone, anyone, can you spare any food?

Translator notes:

1 – This is probably the hardest line I’ve ever tried to translate in my (very short) translation career. The Japanese language relies a lot on contextual cues to indicate what a sentence is referring to, and sometimes it’s really damn hard for a non-native speaker to figure out what’s going on. Literally, the line translates to “thanks to the rough rocks scattered haphazardly about, [I] feel things that are somewhat varied; but even so, for a cave, this is huge.” What about the rocks mixes up your feelings? What’s varied about your feelings? What are your feelings even of, the cave? Its width? Tell me, spider girl! Tell meeeeee

003 – [Kumo] – I thought that Appraisal was OP

“I am a spider. As yet, I have no name.”

What, did that sound like it came out of nowhere? Don’t be surprised! I just wanted to see how it sounded out loud. After all, it seems like I really don’t have a name. What’s that? Why don’t I have a name? Ahhh, oops, I think I skipped ahead too much. Let’s rewind a little bit so that I can explain.

I am dumbfounded by how unbelievably large I am. That’s a normal reaction, right? I was already in shock from realizing that I had been reborn as a spider, and then I had to discover I’m a monster as well. This is overwhelming! Anyone would be in despair! Anyone would be driven to suicide!

Haha, well, it’s not like I’ve actually been thinking about my own death.

Well, I don’t really have time to be overwhelmed. After all, I don’t know where I am! This world is very different from the Earth I know, so I have no idea what sort of danger I could be in. Couldn’t there be other monsters out there that are just as scary as that enormous spider?

That spider, though. If I’m about one meter long, then that thing has to be around… thirty meters? Can a human even handle a spider that big? I really hope the people who left these bootprints don’t have to fight it. Ah, no, wait! Perhaps if they had heavy weapons they could have a chance! This is a fantasy setting, right? Maybe they’ve got some sort of high-powered attack magic! That would work, right?

Hmmm, I don’t know. I should definitely think of that spider as a boss monster, though. If I don’t, I probably won’t live very long.

I was just thinking that it wouldn’t be so bad if those people fought that giant spider… but isn’t that kind of wrong? After all, it seems like, you know, that monster is my mother. I’m her widdle monster baby!

Ahhh, yeah, this is no laughing matter. I’m a spider monster! If those people found me, wouldn’t they try to kill me?

Yeahhh, probably. Definitely. What should I do? I want to know more about those people, but I know that if they find me I’m definitely toast.

Yeah, this is bad. I have way too little information about, well, everything. What kind of world is this? What are the people like? What kind of treatment do monsters like me tend to get? I want to know so many things but have no way to find them out.

Ugh! If this were anything like a novel, this is where the protagonist would start looking around using his [Appraisal] skill! That would be so conveni―

“You currently possess 100 skill points. The skill [Appraisal – LV 1] can be acquired for 100 skill points. Would you like to acquire it now?”

What.

A mechanical voice suddenly started talking to me in my head. Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Complete sense.

Ahahaha! Of course! Of course this parallel world that I’ve been reincarnated into has such things! System messages! An Appraisal skill! This is great! I’m hype! I’m maximum hype! Yes! Yes! My answer is YES!

“You have acquired the skill [Appraisal – LV 1]. You have 0 skill points remaining.”

I just spent all of my skill points in one go without any hesitation whatsoever. After all, I’ll get more when I level up, right? This is fine. This is fine!

Because! Right! Now! I shall use my precious [Appraisal] skill to pull back the curtain on the mysteries of this world! …

Ah, ahem, hold on. How do I use this thing? Let’s, uh, let’s try the standard method. I face a suitably interesting rock, concentrate, and think to myself, “Appraise”.

Mmm! It feels like it’s working! Information is streaming into my head!

{Rock}

……Uh. Huh? Is that it? No, no, no, that can’t be right. I must have screwed it up somehow, it was my first try, after all. I clear my mind and try again.

{Rock}

……No. It can’t be. That’s it? That’s really it? No, no, no, no! There has to be a better explanation. Perhaps this is merely an ordinary rock! Perhaps there is nothing useful to know about this rock at all! Let’s try appraising the wall next. Perhaps doing so will tell me more about the place that I’m in! Even if it only says something like “The Cave of ______” or whatever, even that would be a relief!

{Wall}

……I have no words.

Perhaps I should have thought this through more. It’s right in the name, isn’t it? “Appraisal, level one.” It explicitly states, level one. What did I think was going to happen? I have just witnessed, first-hand, how useless a level one skill is. This might be useful if I managed to level it up… but, of course, I’ve spent all my skill points.

Aaaaagh! I’m an idiot! I’m a wasteful idiot! I blew all of my skill points on Appraisal without even bothering to check if there were any other skills! What if there’s one that’s actually usable at level one?

Wait, no, let’s not beat myself up here. If Appraisal is this weak at level one, then none of the other skills should be any better. I’m going to assume that this is the case and move on. Yes, I’m moving on.

Ahhhh. Nai wa. Almost as an afterthought, I use Appraisal on myself.

{Spider – no name}

Huh? It says “spider” like I expected, but “no name”…?

And, that brings us back to the top. So, that’s the gist of it. I don’t have a name. Well, I have a name from my previous life, but the spider that I am now was never given a name.

For now, let’s put aside this worthless [Appraisal] skill. Well, it’s not quite worthless; it has revealed a bunch of new mysteries.

“Skill Points”. These are probably points that I can save up to buy new skills. However, I have no clue how to earn them. Do creatures have levels in this world? Maybe if I raise my own level, I’ll earn more skill points. This is just a theory, though.

Levels, skills, points… this world is just like a game, isn’t it? Isn’t it?

Regardless, I’m now a monstrous spider. Living a normal life is going to be completely impossible. Well, maybe I shouldn’t think of a “normal life” in human terms, since I’m in such an unbelievable situation. I’ve been reborn, as a spider, into a video game world! I’m a gamer, right? This will be fun! I’m going to enjoy this.

…First things first, though, I really do need to eat.

002 – [Kumo] – Looks like I’m somewhat monstrous

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Well! It seems like I’ve been reincarnated as a spider. This sucks, but they do say that the first step towards solving a problem is admitting that problem exists. Step two: figure out what to do about it.

Crunch!

Disturbing noises snap me out of my thoughts. Ah, that’s right, I’m still in trouble; better not lose track of reality. I’m still surrounded by an army of spiders (my siblings, I guess?), and now they’re making strange sounds that I can’t quite identify. I slowly turn back around to face them.

Crunch! Munch!

Wha?! What are they doing?! They’re eating? They’re eating each other?! Cannibalism! Before my eyes, my spider siblings engage in a gruesome battle for survival! This is bad! This is very bad! Brothers, sisters, why do you fight?

Ah, but it’s food. It’s food, and I’m hungry. To be quite honest, I’m probably about as hungry as these guys, and food is food…

Wait, no! I mustn’t lose sight of reality again. I am but a pure, innocent young maiden! If I were to throw myself into that battle, surely I would be instantly ravaged by those men’s evil intentions! …Well, it’s a metaphor, but the meaning is clear.

Fight

Items

Escape ←

It’s times like these when one must withdraw. Me? Fight? Impossible. I’ve always been the quiet type who goes straight home after school, so thinking about diving in to such a violent crowd is insane! Even if I’m a spider just like those guys, I’m not going to jump in there. Yeah, if I’ve got time to think about such impossible things, I’ve got time to start running away.

Thud.

A tremor from behind me ripples through the ground. Now what?! I turn around to see what new trouble I’m in. Towering over us all is an enormous spider. Is this Mother? (Or is it Father?) Mother, why are you so enormous? Aren’t you far too large to exist? If spiders that were as large as you existed anywhere on Earth, wouldn’t I have heard about it?

With a crunch, the giant spider spears one of my siblings with the mighty claw on her foreleg, then pops it into her mouth like a potato chip. Mother, no! Must you do such cruel things to us as well?

I have to get out of here. The time for thought is over, the time for action is now. Escape, find shelter, survive. GO!

I fled as fast as I could, not stopping until my legs gave out and I could no longer hear the sounds of carnage behind me. Now, looking around, it doesn’t seem like anyone from the spider army followed me. Good. I seriously thought I was going to die back there. Dying immediately after being born, what a joke.

Now then! I’m not in immediate danger, so let’s sit down and sort out everything I’ve got so far.

I’m a spider now, there’s no doubt about it. I didn’t take my physical fitness very seriously when I was still a human, so there’s no way I could have jumped like I did back there, let alone run along the walls. I definitely wouldn’t have been able to push my way straight through that many spiders.

Seriously, there were way too many spiders. That was like trying to fight my way through a crowd of crazed grandmothers, trying to get the last carton of eggs on discount day at the supermarket. Well, not like I’d ever have done something so reckless to begin with…

Anyhow, while I was escaping from the spider mosh pit, I found myself running along the walls and jumping like a ninja! It was very strange at the time, but despite having eight unfamiliar legs I had no trouble moving exactly the way I wanted to. It looks like my new body has some good basic instincts, which is great. The first good news I’ve had so far!

So, seriously, what was with that super-enormous spider? Was that really one of my parents? I don’t really know much about the ecology of spiders, so maybe there are some spiders that eat their young. Regardless, if that’s my parent, am I going to get that big someday?

…Now that I’ve had a chance to think about it, this might not be so bad after all. Spiders are useful little bugs, right? I could definitely be way more helpful to people now compared to when I was still a human. Wait, isn’t that a sad thought? Shouldn’t that make me sad? Maybe I’m thinking about this too much. Not good, not good…

I guess I might be misrepresenting the huge spider’s true size. After all, it’s only “huge” relative to me, and I don’t really have any way to figure out how small I am. If I’m as tiny as a fingertip, then the big one’s a much more reasonable size than I was originally thinking, probably about the size of a tarantula. On the other hand, if I’m tarantula-sized, then… that spider is bigger than anything that’s ever been discovered on Earth. Come to think of it, it’s not too far-fetched to think that it could be a strange new species; after all, reincarnation is already a pretty fantastical thing so there could definitely be other fantastical things around me. I should probably avoid being too optimistic…

I should verify this. First, let’s try to figure out how small I really am. Is there something around here I could use as a comparison?

I survey my surroundings. It looks like I’m in a pretty big cave. There isn’t very much light at all, but the murky gloom of the cave feels just about right to me. I look around cautiously.

Ah… aha! I’ve found bootprints! An unmistakable trail of bootprints, marked clearly in the earth! Even better: because there are bootprints, there are travelers, and because there are travelers, there are human beings living in this world! This realization brings up such emotions within me that I can hardly contain myself.

…Although, of course, now that I’ve found the bootprints, the… ah, uncomfortable truth is quite plain to see. This discovery is, um, not a very comforting one.

I’m definitely bigger than a footprint.

Yeah.

If I guess that the people who left these tracks were about 170 centimeters tall, then… I’m probably about one meter long, aren’t I.

Ah, yeah. I’ve had this sneaking suspicion ever since I saw that giant spider. No matter how I look at it, I’m definitely not any kind of spider that’s been seen on Earth before. In other words, even in this world that is quite clearly different from Earth, even if the lighting were good, if someone were to look at me, they’d be right to call me a monster!!

Ah, yeah. I’ve had this sneaking suspicion ever since I saw that giant spider, and this confirms it. No matter how I look at it, I can’t be any sort of normal spider that I would have seen on Earth. That means that, even on this world that is quite clearly not Earth, even if one were to put it nicely, it would be very reasonable to call me a MONSTER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

001 – [Kumo] Prologue

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This is a world where the Hero and the Demon Lord have fought countless battles since time immemorial.

There has always been, and shall always be, a Demon Lord, a being of such power that its foul reign is used to mark an age. Even if one is struck down, another powerful demon will invariably rise to take its place, the demonic ruler of a new era. This is the immutable rule of this world: although the demons’ onslaught can be stopped temporarily, they can never be truly defeated.

There have been many such Demon Lords, and each has been different from the last. One had such strength that it could split the earth with its mighty fists, leaving new valleys in its wake. Another had complete mastery over the darkest of magics, capable of weaving over a thousand spells in concert. What does not differ between Demon Lords, however, is their insurmountable strength and their unrelenting aggression towards the tribes of man.

The Hero is mankind’s only hope in the fight against the demons. So as there is always another Demon Lord, a new Hero is anointed as well when the previous one is slain. As such, the battle between humanity and the demons shifts back and forth, unceasing, even to this day. Such is the fate of this world.

An especially powerful Hero and Demon Lord fought each other, once, and were so evenly matched that they were forced to bring their full abilities to bear. They were both masters of the rare and powerful [Dimensional Magic], which could warp space and time with godly power. Their great spells crashed against each other, causing the world to scream under the stress, until it erupted in a blast that obliterated both the Hero and the Demon Lord.

The aftershock tore its way through space and time until it reached another dimension. In this dimension, on a planet called Earth, in a nation named Japan, it wreaked havoc on a particular high school classroom. All twenty-six students and their teacher were killed instantly by the violent detonation. The media called it the “mystery explosion”, and it was investigated thoroughly, but none of the dead would ever find out what happened.

Even after they had been reborn into their next life, they wouldn’t ever find out what happened.

After all, their spirits had been torn from their own world by the dimensional riptide and drawn back into the world where the Hero and Demon King had fought. They were scattered across the land, and reborn into this new world.

This is the story of one of those souls.

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Aaargh!

I try to let out a scream, but nothing comes out. What’s wrong with my voice? Did I get hurt so badly that I can’t even scream?!

…Okay, okay, calm down, get a grip, think. What happened? I remember that I was in the middle of Japanese Lit, then suddenly everything went white with agony. Sure, I felt like I was going to die back then, but strangely enough I’m not hurting at all right now. All I can see is pitch blackness though, so I have no idea where I am.

…Come to think of it, I can’t really feel anything either. It’s almost like my body is wrapped in something that’s making it impossible for me to move.

Is… is this what it’s like to be in a coma? Oh my god. I don’t want to believe it, but it seems very, very much like this is the case. I don’t really know what happened, but now I’m in a coma.

Nai wa. I can think, I’m conscious, but I can’t move my body, can’t see, can’t hear, and can’t even smell anything. Am I stuck like this? I’m going to go crazy if I’m stuck like this. Nai wa, Nai wa.

Wait. What’s that? I think I can hear something rustling. Okay, my ears work, good, good. That’s a relief… except not, because I still can’t move! If hearing is all that I can do then it’s almost worse! I’m still trapped inside my own head!

Whack!

Ow! What? What?! Did something hit me? Wait! Pain! If I can feel pain, my sense of touch must be working! Okay, okay, calm down, get a grip. Breathe in, breathe out, listen to my body, figure out what else I’ve got. Maybe I jumped to the wrong conclusion with the “coma” thing.

I know I was just thinking that it felt like I was wrapped in something, so maybe I really am? Ha! I am! I’m all tied up! Ahaha!

This isn’t really a laughing matter, though. I still have no idea what is happening. Have I been stuffed in a sack? Am I being kidnapped?

Wait, who the hell would want to kidnap a shut-in loser like me?

Anyhow. I should try to escape. I brace myself as best as I can and push hard against my bonds.

Crack!

Ah! Something broke! This doesn’t really feel like a sack. What the hell is it? It’s got this strange texture, kind of like it’s both soft and brittle at the same time. Well, anyhow, I broke it, so I can clearly make it out just fine! Onward, to my escape!

Snap!

It’s open, it’s open! I crawl out, headfirst, into the open air… and come face to face with a swarm of giant spiders.

Ah. Aaah. AAAAAH?! What’s with this army of giant spiders?! Every single one of them is as big as me! They’re crawling out of some sort of egg-like things, one by one! This explains the noise! This explains that rustling noise!

I take a step back, involuntarily. My foot hits something and I turn to look at it. Is this… another egg? Isn’t this where I just came from, though? Did I just crawl out of one of these eggs? It’s not my imagination, right? This is the same kind of egg as the other ones that are spewing out that spider army, right? It certainly looks like it!

I try to look down at myself, just to see what I look like, but I can’t turn my head for some reason. I try to turn my whole body, and my leg comes into view.

…It’s a spider’s leg.

AAAAAAAAAAH! CALM DOWN! CALM DOWN! CALM DOWN! Is this really… is this really what I think it is? Is this one of those reincarnated-as-an-RPG-monster stories that are currently in vogue on the internet? So! Show yourself, O godlike being who has whisked me to this strange world! Bestow upon me your favor so that I may right what has been wronged!

…Okay, no god appeared, maybe this isn’t a novel. Not good, not good. Well, I guess I’ve read novels where there isn’t some sort of god or fairy waiting for the hero upon her awakening, but then again in those it’s usually the boy that gets to be the hero and the girl winds up as a haughty princess-type and that doesn’t look like it’s the case either. Great!

I take another quick look at myself. Arranged around me, I can see thin, wiry spider legs. I try to lift one up, and it moves exactly as I will it. These are my legs, all right.

Umf.

Well, this was fun, but I guess I should face reality: this is not a dream.

Somehow, I’ve been reborn as a spider.

176 – [Kumo] Spider vs Earth Dragon Araba

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A flawless victory against the spider army!

While I’m on this thought, my level rose by one again. Another one huh? First the Arch gave me 4, then one from all the other rabble. Nai wa.

Well, I only won against the Arch easily because of the unexpectedly good matchup. Normally it would be way stronger than me.

In fact, its status surpasses the Earth dragons, and in a clash between those two, I could not tell you who would be stronger. Kaguna might barely win, because of their compability, but Geere probably couldn’t win against the Arch. Even in Kaguna’s case there is still no guaranteed win.

No matter. A win is a win. And winning is all that matters, not how we do it!

But what am I supposed to do with so much food? A lot of them were torn to shreds by Black World, but there are still tons of corpses left. The giant body of the Arch alone would be a considerable amount, but will I really be able to eat all of that? It’s already going to be a big effort to teleport them all to my home.

Suddenly, my spidey senses are tingling. (Actually just “Danger perception”).

My whole body begins to shiver.

I remember this feeling.
How could I ever forget it?
There’s no way I would ever forget it.

It was the first time since reincarnating as a Spider, that I sensed genuine fear.
It was the first time since reincarnating as a Spider, that I recognized such a Symbol of Death.
I turn around slowly.

So, the Dragon finally makes his appearance. His Majesty himself. Long time no see, huh? My trauma.
This is bad. After seeing his status again, I can only affirm that. Yikes. He not only has the best points of Kaguna and Geere, but even more than them. There are truly no gaps.

More defense and defensive skills than Kaguna.
More speed and Speed skills than Geere.
Furthermore, more magical Power than either of them.
Worst of all, he even uses [Shadow magic]. That’s my means of attack.
That in addition, he also possesses [Dark Resistance], That’s my means of attack!

The perfect all-rounder. Offense, Defense, he’s got it all. He’s even strong against precise hits, as he has no weak spots to hit. There won’t ever be a bad matchup for him. I may not like it, but this is what peak monster performance looks like.

Haha, I can’t help but laugh when faced with such might.

Thank God,
That at that time, the fear I felt was justified;
That at that time, the fear I felt was right.
I will admit it.
You truly are strong, Earth Dragon Alaba.
So strong, that even after all my growth, I’ll still have a hard time with you.
Rather, I need to prepare for defeat, faced with such a mighty Enemy.

I am scared.
Scared, and yet happy.
Yes, I am happy.
That the me of now, has grown to the point where I can fight an opponent of which I could only tremble and hide from back then.

Earth Dragon Alaba.

Are you prepared?
Because I am.

You noticed I was still alive back then, didn’t you? You noticed, and dismissed me as an insignificant little thing, right!?

Well I am going to make you regret that arrogance.

Thank you,for teaching me to fear death. It’s the reason why I could be right here, right now. I ran. I ran. I ran from you. And the place I finally escaped to, is where I am now. So, I am grateful.

So now you will die.

The existence that instilled fear in me for the first time. I will bury you with my own hands. And by doing that, I will finally conquer my fear of you.

I won’t run away anymore.

Let’s end this long, far too long, life of running away.
Now, lets get started.

175 – [Kumo] Spider vs Spider 3

MUHAHAHA! How do you like them fiery apples? Must be hard for a Taratect with a weakness to fire here in the middle layer, right? Granted, this heat is also difficult for me, but it should be much more intensive for that Arch.

Below us is a sure-death sea of lava to fall into. My size is small, so I can land on the islands that peak out here and there. But the Arch is around 15 meters around, and there aren’t any big enough Islands around for such a fatty.

The good thing is, the heat damages us both just by being here. While I raised my resistance to fire, it was living a life of cool comfort. Well, [HP Rapid Recovery] weakens that effect, but it’s effectively neutralized now.

At the same time, as it tries to support its enormous mass via [Spatial Maneuvering], it has to fight me in a fiery environment that it’s weak to. Heh heh heh, And with that, checkmate Taratect. Die, while regretting your stupidity in defying me, when you were just a mere Spider!

For the first strike: [Repellent Evil Eye] go! This is the evolved form of [Heavy Evil Eye], and instead of just pulling down, it can generate a pulling force in every direction. Moreover, it also gives you the opposite power to repel. When you deploy it all around yourself, you can even make a pseudo-barrier. However, as it also keeps air out, I cannot keep it up for a long time. But even though it evolved and gave me a lot of new functions, it still works best when it applies downward force. Hence, I continue to crush the Arch as hard as I can. So not only does it have to support its heavy body in the air, but now it does have to fight against the added gravity too!

Don’t worry, you can let go now. You will only die after all. Now go on, fall quickly, and become my tasty exp!

The arch makes full use of [Spatial Maneuver] and somehow manages to hang on. It produces a thread aimed towards the ceiling. Can you just drop it already!? Like hell I’m going to let you do that.

[Black Magic] Black Bullet activate! [Black Magic] is the higher ranking magic of [Dark Magic], but still a rank below [Abyss Magic]. Even though it is inferior to [Abyss Magic] in power, it’s much easier to use for single target attacks. Not only does it apply a black attribute attack, with an added shock component, on impact it even does explosion damage to the opponent.

By the way, it’s a fairly high level magic, and is much more powerful than it looks. The Black Bullet lands straight on the abdomen of the arch and the shock causes the thread to fly in a different direction. Well then, let’s get started, shall we? Mercilessly I continue to fire more Darkness Bullets.

Will we drop first? Or will I lose my HP first? What is it going to be?

The Arch held on. It really held on. It gave its best to endure my attacks, used [Healing Magic] on itself, and even acquired [Dark Resistance]. It surely had some impressive willpower, so I’m going to praise you for that. But now it’s time for you to die

I use a new Magic called “Black Spear” that I acquired by raising my [Black Magic] via continuous use. As the Spear version of Black Bullet, it carries a piercing attribute instead. The Black Spear rips through the Arch’s battered body! At long last the chunky spider, whose status exceeded that of an earth dragon, has been relieved of its life.

I rise 4 levels at once and throw away my molt. Yeah, yeah, I know. Collect the corpse prior to crashing. I gather up the remains in my Spatial Storage then use Long-Distance Teleport to put it in my home in the Upper Layer, near the middle entrance. I would wrap it up, literally and physically, right now; but there are still things like the Greater Taratects to take care of, so I teleport again. It’s a treat for later. Well, being poisonous ensures it’s most definitely not going to be a tasty treat.

I return to the pit I just left behind, and just as expected, the army including the Greater Taratects is still there. If I don’t take care of these things they are going to annoy me a lot later. I mean, they are eating the bee corpse I hunted myself right now! The audacity! That’s mine you know! Do you know who you are stealing from!?

Then I realized that the small Taratects were in the middle of fighting the bees. As expected, the Greaters will win against the bees, so a lot of bees have been defeated already. I am sorry to interrupt that fierce melee, but mind if I join in?

No? That’s a shame, but I think I’ll still participate.

With the Arch gone now, the 3 Greaters that remain are no longer a challenge for me. Even though I was afraid of the Arch’s high status, the only possible way for the army to defeat me was to distract me with the small fry around me, while the Arch landed critical hits.

But now without the Arch round, it’s going to be hard to even inflict damage to me. So, let’s get cracking. This might be a pain in the ass, so I’m going to dispose of them all at once with ranged magic. Without the Arch, and them being in a scuffle with the bees, I’m safe to prepare magic.

Normally, with [Parallel Will], I could use ranged magic while fighting, but when I’m on my own, I can’t use magic as difficult as that while fighting at the same time. Ah well, I guess when I concentrate, the time spent is really small, still it’s hard to do on my own while moving!

Now, [Black Magic] Black World activate! From the ground, A torrent of black… magic shadow gushes out forcefully. If someone touched that stuff, they’d receive a huge amount of damage; and while it may not be as powerful as [Abyss Magic] Hells Gate, it still has reasonably high range and power.

As the darkness recedes, the small ones were all wiped out. Only a few larger Taratects, plus some of the poison ones, survive. The Greaters did survive, as one would expect, but none of them are unhurt. I simply hurl Black Bullets and Spears on the ones that survived, one by one. Thus, the Army of Spiders got destroyed rather swiftly.

Chapter 556: The 2 Ultimate Choices 1:

TL-note: Kushitani Asaka’s point of view. (The Female Reincarnate that turned Adventurer)

“eh??“

All of the sudden, A Man clad in a Black Armor Suit appeared, and broke Wakaba’s Head.

As if that alone was unsatisfying, The Man also vanished, including Wakaba. In the moment that that man disappeared, a different Scene could be seen in the Background. I think I head a rumor that that is the space magic “Transfer”. With Space magic being rare, I have not seen it of course, so that is only a Speculation. Not that I care about that. In this moment, I should worry about Wakaba’s wellbeing. “eh? Eh?” Beside me, Sensei’s is also shocked. From a third persons perspective it would probably seem like I have the same reaction as Sensei. It just happened so abruptly. Why Wakaba? Who was this Man? Where did he and Wakaba go? Is Wakaba Safe? I have so much to think about, I cannot keep my thoughts straight. Just after they were in Chaos, because of the divine Voice. a- anyways, we must act. but what would be the right one?? “…Sensei, that book over there” When I let my Eyes wander, the first thing I saw the book Wakaba gave to Sensei. When we heard the divine Voice, immediately afterwards, the man attacked Wakaba. Because of the timing, I think that should not be unrelated. So, I was wondering about the Divine Voice and the book Sensei was being handed to, after questioning Wakaba.
Surely this book will have a hint to break through this situation. It may just be wishful thinking, but I could not think of a better way to deal with the situation right now.
“Lend me the book please” (Asako)
“ah, sure”
Answers Sensei still being in a Daze, she does not seem to have fully recovered just yet. That is why she gave it to me so easily. I am Opening the Book to go through the contents. I am not saying I am able to speed read, but with applying Thought acceleration at maximum, I can do basically the same thing. I am the type who likes to read the whole thing carefully, but in this situation, it is sadly not possible. When i read the book, maybe the current situation can be changed.
“…It can’t be true”
However, despite my hopes, there was nothing in this book to break the status quo. Rather, more outrageous problems are being pointed out. However, why was Wakaba attacked by this man? I think I know why. “Sensei. In any case, lets collect everyone down.”
This is a problem I cannot handle myself. We need the Input of the rest of the Reincarnates after gathering them. Not that we can do anything about it, but we need to collect everyone’s Opinion. Also, they say this world is dying, and to save it there are 2 choices presented. Both of those choices require big Sacrifices though.
To save the world is between these 2 things:
1) Sacrifice half of humanity
2) Sacrifice the Goddess

There is no way I can decide that on my own (hold it on my own?) What an unpleasant Topic you left us with, Wakaba. It is not your fault the world is dying, Wakaba, still I want to express my Resentment.
Wakaba is going with the choice to sacrifice half of Mankind. If that is the case, then the man attacking her was disagreeing with that. He is a man that chose to sacrifice the goddess, I think. He acted some
time ago when we heard the divine Voice. There already exist 2 factions we do not know about, and each of them has been working behind the scenes to save the world. Speaking off, I move my gaze for
someone else that should be in this room besides Sensei and me. Felmina, the girl serving Wakaba.
However, even though she was here only a moment ago, her figure is not there when I am looking around the room. She probably went and informed the others of that faction about the attack on Wakaba. If that is the case, then a conflict breaking out between those 2 factions is very likely.

… What can we do about it?

In the battle between Wakaba and her companions versus the Elves, we were left in the dark. I am proud of being a decent Adventurer, but when that Battle happened, I could not do anything. We could do
nothing but lay low while the Imperial Army was going to attack the home of the elves. So, in a fight
about the fate of the world, what are we able to do? I have no Answer.
In the first place, we have no obligation to join this adventure.
Personally I want to escape any big battle with my tail between my legs. Still, even if I escape, the Battle
will still affect this worlds fate. Depending on who wins, it will change the Future greatly. So, with us
being here, can I really do that? I do not know.

I am not able to answer that on my own. We all have to share our opinion, and consult on that.
I pull the Hands of sensei, and leave the Room . Firmly in my hand, the Book Wakaba left behind.

TRANSLATION NOTES:
Seems like we are going to get Daily updates. The author also provided a small summary, which i ommited here. If you want to catch up, you can read the series over at https://rtd.moe/category/kumo-desu-ga/