242. Ariel-chan Arrives On The Battlefield

Looking at the disappearance of Ariel from Izumi's sight made him curl up his lips. He was kinda looking forward as he waited for something interesting that would happen soon.

"She didn't bother to check whether Kumo-chan is still alive or not and just went off like that." Izumi murmured.

Just in case, he marked the ground and flew toward where Kumoko's body was smashed to pieces. Before long, he felt Kumoko's aura which made him approach her.

He could see that there was only her head left as it floated on the surface of the water. But, her life force didn't regress at all as she slowly recovered.

"You're quite lucky Kumo-chan."

"Ahhh!" Kumoko wanted to jump when Izumi scared her with his sudden appearance. Though Kumoko doesn't have a body anymore, so she can't jump.

"What the heck! You scared the shit out of me!"

"Behahahaha. You're quite funny, Kumo-chan." Izumi laughed at her. "Do you need help?"

Kumoko didn't think that she needed help from Izumi. Before she could answer, Izumi noticed something deep in the seawater.

"Heh. Lucky!"

Izumi immediately dived into the water, leaving Kumoko alone. Kumoko didn't know what Izumi wanted to do. It was only when she used the clairvoyance skill that she realized that Izumi was aiming for a water dragon under the sea.

"Eh, are you kidding, right? How come he dives that fast? He's just like a sea monster."

Kumoko was amazed by Izumi's agile movements underwater as if the water pressure had no effect on him. With high agility, speed, and accuracy, Izumi attacks the water dragon repeatedly and prevents the dragon from escaping.

After a few minutes, Kumoko saw Izumi create a large magic circle which he then seemed to control the water to knock the dragon out of the water. Izumi followed the dragon by emerging from the water.

He grabbed its tail with his right hand and then he formed a hand seal with the other before disappearing.

It took an hour before Izumi appeared in front of Kumoko once again.

*Gulp*

"You're so strong."

Even though Kumoko was also able to finish off the dragon that Izumi fought with her evil eyes, Izumi's ability can be said to be very strong after Kumoko saw the way he fought against the dragon earlier.

Coupled with how she couldn't appraise Izumi's skills, she guessed that Izumi might have an incredible trump card up his sleeve.

When Izumi heard the praise. He just shook his head.

"I'm not that strong enough… For now." Then, he glanced at Kumoko.

"Anyway, it's a good thing that lolita didn't blast you with her abyss magic, otherwise you'd have to say goodbye to your new world."

"Lolita? The demon lord? Did you know the demon lord from the start? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Hey, hey... Didn't I tell you before, it's your family's matter. I'm an outsider in this regard. Or, are you going to force me to marry you, and then you can drag me into your mess? Nai wa!"

"Oi, don't imitate me!" Kumoko replied. "Hold up! Wait a minute! Family? Who? Demon lord? Eeehhh, the demon lord is my family?"

"Your mother, the queen of Taratech, was her first descendant. And you could be said to be the demon lord's granddaughter."

"I'm her granddaughter? Nai wa!!"

Izumi just chuckled at her reaction. Since Izumi decided to talk to Kumoko, he also decided to help her. Izumi caught several monsters from the water with his diving ability which took Kumoko by surprise.

"Not only can he fly, but he can also dive into the water like a Fishman."

Kumoko only spoke to herself after she saw Izumi helping her catch prey to make her level up. If she leveled up, her body would fully recover, and Izumi knowing that made Kumoko tremble.

Kumoko thought inwardly.

"It's so hard to deal with the people who know all my secrets. I better not antagonize him."

It didn't take long for Kumoko to be reborn with her new body after leveling up.

"Hyahaha. I'm revived! Immortality is the best!"

Kumoko looked overjoyed as she happily jumped in the air using her air step skill. She also wanted to thank Izumi for helping her. However…

"What the hell!!! How can you stand on the water's surface? Is there anything you can't do?"

At first, Kumoko thought Izumi was just flying with the flying skill he had shown before. But when she looked closely, it turned out that Izumi's feet were above the water's surface. And his feet also moved along with the ripple of the water.

"Pffftt, don't think about it too much. You'll get stressed out later, you know."

Izumi only replied with a laugh. He had no intention of hiding his abilities from Kumoko because Kumoko's abilities were also absurd.

Kumoko is a spider who has a portion of Wakaba Hīro's memories which are memories from when Hīro lived on earth. That's why she thought like a normal human as she didn't know her true self before reincarnating.

However, her true nature began to return after she acquired one of the unique ruler skills, Pride, as one of the seven deadly sins. The effect does increase MP, Magic, and resistance stats. Not just those, Pride also increased the proficiency of her mental skills. As a side effect, she only sees others as exp and is obsessed to become stronger.

Although Kumoko is indeed quite fun to talk to and joke with, she is still dangerous if she gets out of control. There is a strange thing about Kumoko, even though she has various kinds of resistance, she can still get drunk with just one gulp. Izumi doesn't understand why Kumoko can get drunk with liquor even though she has a lot of resistance.

— — — —

A few days later.

Izumi returned to Keren county. At first, Izumi was quite calm because Sophia had not asked for help. Perhaps it was because Izumi's presence in this world had such a large enough impact that war didn't start immediately and it was only the elves who needed to watch out for. It turned out that when he got to Keren county, he had been wrong.

"Why did it happen?"

Izumi muttered. He didn't expect things that shouldn't have happened because of his presence, would still happen. He heard from the whispers of the people around that the ambassador who was at Sophia's house died suddenly.

Spontaneously, Izumi immediately left the territory and met Kumoko who was outside.

When he met Kumoko, he tried to smile and ask, despite the veins popping on his face.

"Kumo-chan, tell me! Did you kill someone in Sophia's house?"

"Eh, you know that? I saw that someone wanted to kidnap that baby girl, so I used my ultimate move after removing the seal on my eyes! Ohohohoho." Kumoko laughed while posing with the front limb partially covering her eyes like a chuunibyou.

Izumi scratched his head in annoyance.

"You know what you've done?"

"Eh, what did I do wrong?"

"Just look with your eyes in the direction of the other country, Ohts! I know you have a skill like a far sight or clairvoyance."

Hearing Izumi's words, Kumoko used her skill in the direction Izumi pointed to. And she was quite surprised when she saw the army of soldiers who seemed to be preparing for war.

"Ah... That was a quite big army."

Kumoko subconsciously said what she saw so Izumi responded to her.

"This is because of you. This war should have happened later, in 3 weeks at the earliest."

"In that case, I'll finish it since it's my responsibility. After all, I'll also get exp for free."

Izumi shook his head after hearing Kumoko's casual response.

At the same time, he thought about the war preparation against Sariella. There was no way they would gather the soldiers in such a short time after learning that the ambassador from their country had been killed. They must be already prepared for such war whether the ambassador got killed or not. And most importantly, they got a powerful empire as their backing. Though, that empire wasn't as powerful as the demon armies.

Because Kumoko intends to go to solve the problems caused by herself, Izumi goes with her because Ariel will not remain silent when she finds out that Kumoko is still alive.

— — — —

Amid the formation crowd of imperial soldiers that joined the Ohts army, Kumoko appeared from the sky and landed on the ground alone. Izumi was just floating in the sky while waiting for Ariel to come. Izumi has a surprise plan for Ariel as well as a backup plan if those surprise plans don't work out.

Realizing that Kumoko is a very dangerous monster, the soldiers spontaneously attack Kumoko which throws her into action. One by one, Kumoko killed the soldiers using various means. From magic to raw power, to even curses.

Gaining experience from humans was so high that Kumoko leveled up drastically. It also made Kumoko a little addicted. Due to Kumoko's unique skill, Pride, she seems to have deliberately appeared in front of humans so that they would attack her, giving her an excuse to attack them.

In the blink of an eye, all the troops that intended to start a war against Sariella were only half left. Kumoko's strength was so great that the humans were unable to match her in the slightest.

Suddenly...

*blink*

Someone appeared out of nowhere in front of Kumoko. Kumoko immediately stopped after sensing the presence of someone dangerous.

"Yikes, the demon lord!"

Ariel with a serious expression, and sharp as well as burning-colored eyes made Kumoko tremble. Ariel's mouth moved as she said something.

"I don't understand how you survived after I destroyed your body. You know how hurt I was when my descendant was killed by you and you were still alive?"

The queen of Taratech, or Kumoko's mother has fallen because her soul has been devoured by Kumoko's parallel thoughts that have invaded her mother's soul. And because Kumoko's parallel thoughts devoured the queen of Taratech, Kumoko managed to get some of her mother's powers and skills. This was proven when Izumi and Kumoko were about to go to Keren county.

"This time, I will make sure I eliminate you along with your soul."

For that reason, Ariel was so angry now. Her aura overflowed so much that the soldiers close to Ariel's location fell down at once.