Chapter 6 - I can finally evolve.

I already started to feel the difference. It was incredible to have so much strength and agility simultaneously. I felt like I could run around and kill anything in this maze.

Of course, it's not that easy.

'I have to do this quickly'. I looked again at the vast number of monsters together in that "room" and swallowed my saliva. I have five minutes to do this... No, I have less time.

My SP is too low.

'Damn, I've got to get an SP regeneration skill or something. ALL RIGHT, I'M LOSING FOCUS! I have to do it soon!'

I took a deep breath and then moved on. I went for the nearest monsters first. 

The level 4 centipedes managed to react, but not in time. I used my legs to hit them directly in the head and kill them. After that, I threw my web towards the ceiling and climbed up.

'Oops!'

Then, a commotion broke out among the monsters.

They noticed my presence and started making lots of sounds. They were angry. 

I stuck to the ceiling and then jumped towards the center of the centipedes, landing on one of them and biting it. This time, my fangs managed to pierce its shell, and my poison entered its body.

My venom was potent, so the monster died quickly, even though it had a resistance to poison.

'But now I'm surrounded.' I looked around, and all the monsters jumped towards me simultaneously. I threw my web in the eyes of two of them and hit two others with my legs.

They didn't die, but they flew away. 

After that, I bit one of the 'blind' centipedes and threw my web towards the ceiling. I narrowly missed being hit by the bite of one of the centipedes.

'How many have I killed? There must still be 20 of them, that's unbelievable.'

But I don't want to give up! I kept going down and attacking the centipedes. In three minutes, I managed to kill more than ten of them, and one of them was of a high level. Thanks to that, I was able to go up another level.

[ "Small Lesser Taratect LV7" became "Small Lesser Taratect LV8" ]

'I'm leveling up very slowly. I wanted to gain more experience.'

I regained my SP and also the little HP I had lost. However, my edits to my strength and agility are almost gone. I don't know if I'll be able to kill them all.

'But I have to try!'

I threw myself from the ceiling towards one of the centipedes. They were all staring at me, so I had no way of attacking them by surprise. Luckily for me, they can't climb up to the ceiling.

It would be much more difficult if they could climb the ceiling like me.

Vuosh!

But even if I can't surprise them, I can change my trajectory. However, I could have done better.

Even though I moved quickly and fooled the centipede's eyes, it still managed to attack.

It opened its fangs and almost hit me, but I threw my web into its eyes and then fell on it, piercing it with my fangs and killing it. As soon as I was off its body, I sighed and looked around.

All the centipedes were coming towards me.

'One, two, three, four... I think there's a total of 8 of them. I'd killed more than I thought.'

I decided to face them head-on while I still had time. I'm much faster and stronger. I can do it!

'Take that, and that.'

I started hitting the approaching centipedes with my legs like a boxer. Even though I didn't have claws, I was causing much damage because of my high strength.

I took advantage of the monsters being knocked out for a few seconds and attacked them with my poison. Their number was gradually decreasing. However, the time that my ability was active was also decreasing.

[ 1:20 ]

"Fast, but fast!" I smashed the head of one of them against the floor.

After killing one more, my level went up again.

[ "Small Lesser Taratect LV8" became "Small Lesser Taratect LV9" ]

I continued to kill without worrying about my SP. Their number was rapidly decreasing, and the next thing I knew, only one was left. And it was the highest-level centipede. It had been hiding until now.

It can be smarter. I don't know.

It stood over the bodies of its companions and stared at me.

[ 0:20 ]

'I've killed a lot of them in a minute, but I need to deal with the last one.'

With an impulse, I jumped towards the centipede. Seeming to understand its fate, it screeched and stood still as it received my attack. I threw it against the wall, and it screamed in pain.

Then I appeared on top of it, and my eyes stared at it. I could sense that it was afraid of me.

I gave it a big smile and injected my poison into its body.

[ "Small Lesser Taratect LV9" became "Small Lesser Taratect LV10" ]

[ Requirements Acquired ]

[ Small Lesser Taratect is able to evolve ]

'Oh my god, I can finally evolve! Thank God I found this nest... Oh, and my statuses are restored.'

Fortunately, I've leveled up. My SP was low.

'All right, let's follow Kumoko's evolution path!'