Other than the plant-type monster lord, the shortest route to the spider queen's chamber didn't have any other monsters.
The only hurdle they faced in their journey was coming across poisonous mushrooms and plants.
They didn't need to go around them as Elliot, who was immune to the poison of such things, devoured them. The act of consuming them not only helped him gain new types of poison and increased the amount of different kinds of poison in his poison sacks, but it also shortened the time they needed to reach the chambers.
Within three minutes, they reached their destination.
"What the heck is that?! It's too fucking tall!" Elliot exclaimed while pointing at the anomaly in front of him.
Freya replied, "It's the queen's strongest underling, Apex Hill Giant."
"This name suits well for someone his size," Zerrick added.