Chapter 26: I still don't understand the stupid "Twin Nightmares of the Labyrinth" nickname we got that day.

Thoughts in italics

Monologue in normal text

Bolded skills

System in bold normal text

sounds in bold italics.

[] Karada-chan

{} Miho chan

() Akira-chan

- Kumo chan speaking/monologue (exception when it's his point of view)

'' Mc/Kuro speaking

to Mc/Kuro thinking.

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Shiro-chan and I decided to talk about our past.

Apparently, Shiro-chan has realized that I have more hatred for humans than I should have, being a former human and all.

So, we decided to talk about our past experiences, our history.

And incidentally our traumas.

We hadn't done this before, I naturally knew what she had already done, since I more or less remember her adventure in the anime.

But she didn't know my story.

And we never talk about it either.

So, after leaving the half-eaten bodies of the Arch Taratect, we started talking.

Our stories were similar.

Shiro-chan after running away from mom's nest, I wandered for a while, we both started with 100 Skill Points, only my points are cheaper.

The difference was that she never found an egg, she found a group of adventurers who, as fate would have it, found themselves in her nest, burned it and she was forced to flee.

Then, other similar adventures until another group of knights, better armed, found her again and she had to flee again.

I swear he has worse luck than me.

We arrived at the big hole, we both suffered, we both created the kumorningstar and we were both attacked by Araba-chan with her breath.

And I found out that, while I was fascinated with araba's power, Shiro-chan was scared to death.

I think we already had a certain connection from before, as the fear I felt was much less than the fear felt by Shiro-chan, who was the voice that was shouting "help" all the time during our first meeting with Araba-chan.

She went the opposite way Araba-chan went, I followed Araba-chan's way.

She fought monkeys, I fought wolves.

I had time to raise my fire resistance, she was forced in earlier by a dragon we believe was Kagna-chan.

And the rest is history.

I told him about my trauma of not being able to protect the egg and how that trauma has given me this anger at anyone who tried to harm it or more specifically if they do humans.

We talked more and both of us decided to deal with our traumas.

How, may you ask? Simple, we will confront them.

How, may you ask again? With mine is simpler, I will temporarily deactivate my Skill Heresy Nullification and Shiro-chan will use the spell the Heretic Magic level 5 spell to give me illusions that will make me face fear, the goal is that I don't immediately attack a human that approaches Shiro-chan.

Easier said than done but I will do my best.

For Araba-chan is another thing to be talked about after I finish with my trauma.

It shouldn't be that hard, right?

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Moshi mosh, this is Karada, the corps manager, reporting on the progress of our plan.

In the end we decided, that since we were still here in Kuro-chan's body, then we would be the ones to apply the heretic magic on ourselves.

Why, you may ask. Well... it turns out that the level of concern Kuro-chan has for Shiro-chan is not one-sided, as soon as Kuro-chan started to scream and cry, Shiro-chan would deactivate her magic and help her.

Which was not good, objectively speaking, for the purpose of our mission to overcome the trauma. So, the person in charge of magic 1 and 2, Akira-chan and Miho-chan, will apply magic on ourselves to overcome the trauma.

It worked? of course, it did!

As if we were going to let some stupid trauma overcome us!

In the end, we managed the fact that a human attacking Shiro-chan does not give us the insatiable desire to kill him in a thousand possible unimaginable ways, now we just want to mercifully kill the fool who dares such audacity.

It also had the effect that now we no longer hate humans, we are indifferent to their race, like Shiro-chan but without his moral compass.

Which is a big win for me (￣ε￣〃)ｂ.

Now follow our plan, to deal with Shiro-chan's trauma.

And to do so, Shiro-chan will have to face Araba-chan alone.

Yes, alone.

Don't think this is not difficult for me, I want to face Araba-chan so much that it pained me to suggest this, but it is necessary.

Statistically speaking, I am stronger, I have more Skills in my favor, if we both fought against Araba, we could both win against Araba-chan even in a direct confrontation, but that wouldn't work.

If we did it this way, Shiro-chan would create a dependency on me, where I would expect that if she can't solve something, I would.

It's a nice thought but a useless one that for this world is useless.

Then, Shiro-chan will have to face it alone.

Which is currently impossible to do, much less directly.

So, we split into two teams to make it work.

Shiro-chan will go to the place where we had our encounter with the killer bees some time ago to exterminate them and prepare the place for our fight.

I will be going to the Lower Layer to provoke a new "spider vs wolves vs monkeys" type event, the event of the century ladies and gentlemen.

That's right, I will provoke the wolves again and this time I will include the monkeys to make another massacre.

What for, you ask?

Why do they ask so many questions (╯°□°）╯! Don't fuck around.

Anyway, for the experience of course.

You see... I will let Kuro-chan, the one in charge of information, explain, go ahead Kuro-chan.

"...I've just woken up and you're already starting with your bullshit."

Yep (─‿‿─).

"No fuck with me (┛◉Д◉) ┛彡┻━┻."

Uwah!

*Today's chapter has been interrupted due to technical difficulties, please wait a moment.

Ahem, sorry for the technical difficulties, I took care of the issue that was in the way.

(I'm still alive people, in case you're wondering ┻┳|･ω･).

You're still hereヽ༼ ಠ益ಠ ༽ﾉ, get out!

(∑(; °Д°)Uwah, nigerundayo ε=ε=┏ (>_<) ┛! See you later people)< p>

Phew, phew, back to the topic at hand, we need the Twin Link experience, which allows us to share the experience but half of what we get.

And I have a feeling that Shiro-chan will need all the experience he can get.

So here I am again, in the Lower Layer hoping to find some monkeys or wolves.

*Punch

Uryah!

Shit, that guy is quieter than I remember.

Why didn't Detection detect it? Is it because I don't see it as a threat or because Detection doesn't perceive it as a threat?

Looking at his stats, I can see why, he is too weak for my current self.

If you're wondering how he got close to me, it's because I deactivated Fear Bringer to disable the fear aura.

Yep, it's possible thanks to System-chan.

({"Hooray, Hooray!"})

[hooray, hooray]

...kyun✧

Anyway, Karada-chan stop slacking off and come take care of the body.

[That means you forgive me? ┬┴┬┴┤ω・).]

Yeah, yeah, whatever, just come here.

[(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ ε===(っ≧ω≦)っ]

Uff, now where is a wolf... ah here it is.

All right, go kumorningstar.

Okay, wolf captured, monkey captured.

Now I will make a stab at them, not hard enough to kill them but enough to make them endanger their lives and make use of their Skill Revenge and summon their friends.

And... ready

Uwah, her screams are as loud as I remember.

And... dead.

Now, I'll go back to the wall where I was the first time, I had my fight with the wolves.

Ah~, High-Speed Flight is undoubtedly an extremely useful Skill.

and... here we are. Waiting.

Man, I wonder how long it will take.

It took them half an hour to arrive but here they are.

Wow... that's funny.

There are many more than last time.

If before there were about fifty, now there are at least two hundred of both species.

There are also more evolved forms of wolves and monkeys.

In fact, I think I see a three-headed wolf and a four-armed gorilla from here.

Curious.

Wow, they have started their assault by throwing stone, predictable.

I let them hit me to prove the difference from how it was before.

Oh, they hit me, but they don't hurt me anymore, not like before.

How cool.

Oh, of course, one of those evolved monkeys throws a giant rock in my direction.

Disappear, Fire Blast.

*Boom

Uwah, I sounded so great just now, didn't I.

{Kuro-chan, concentrate.}

Oh yes, ahem, thank you Miho-chan, it's time to start the counterattack. Miho-chan, Akira-chan, take over!

{(Hai)}

And let's get started with this barrage of magic.

Unlike before when I was a weakling who could only use her webs and Poison Synthesis, now I am much stronger, feel my wrath!

Muajajaja... eh.

Pray, I have already killed everyone.

Eh?

Wait a second, were they really that weak? Really?

The proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Flame Magic Lv 9] has become [Flame Magic Lv 10].

Conditions met. Skill [Inferno Magic Lv 1] has been derived from Skill [Flame Magic Lv 1].

Miho-chan, Akira-chan, what kind of magic did you use?

{Only the most advanced one, to save time}

(More specifically, we use Black Magic and Flame Magic)

Ah, I see.

Yes, now I understand why Flame Magic leveled up.

Lately I've been leveling up my Flame Magic to help Shiro-chan with his still very latent weakness against fire.

Hmm, come to think of it, during Shiro-chan and Araba-chan's battle, Araba-chan bought with his Skills Points Inferno Magic? But he didn't have Fire Magic before that.

Is it possible to buy Skills levels with Skills Points?

Hmm, something to try later.

Anyway, I'm going to reactivate Fear Bringer to prevent monsters from approaching me for now.

- Kuro-chan, come to the house immediately!

"Uwah, Shiro-chan, what's wrong?"

- No time to answer, just come!

Hmm, this gives me a bad feeling, I better go.

Return home quickly with Teleportation.

And when I arrive, I find a bunch of humans milling around and near me, hanging from the ceiling is Shiro-chan.

Excuse me?

Where did they come from?

Don't tell me you knew when Shiro-chan was coming back and you were waiting for an ambush!

No, wait, I don't think that's it.

Shiro-chan is fine and these guys are scared to death.

Man, what's the deal here?

"Shiro-chan, do you know what's going on here?"

-No Kuro-chan, when I arrived these guys were already here.

Hmm, strange.

Oh wait, they're dressed like the gentlemen we saw earlier, so they must be his friends or something.

Are they all gentlemen from a particular country or something?

Hmm?

Wait a second.

"Shiro-chan, how did you get here?"

-I have no idea, Kuro-chan.

Hmm, strange, hadn't we set everything up so that they would have to go through our nets to get to this point?

When we dealt with the spider army, we removed our threads to lure them inside, but I'm sure we put them back after that.

Wait a second.

Suddenly, I have a bad feeling about this.

Activate Clairvoyance.

My house is... huh?

It's... it's... it's on fire?!

Oh my god, no, no, no, no, not again.

Half of my house is reduced to ashes.

It seems that only my side, to which I added Heat Nullification is intact but Shiro-chan's side is all black.

Damn! These guys have a lot of nerve to do this to us!

All the frustration, all the pain that they caused me during my first escape, and I thought I had managed to get rid of that, it all came back.

All my hate came back in a second.

At the time, it was weak.

They took away my cherished home, my cherished egg, and all he could do was run away.

But things are different now.

I have gained enough strength to protect my pride and my loved ones.

And while I was outside, these guys had the audacity to step on it and almost snatched Shiro-chan away from me.

I'm not angry, no, I'm furious.

Also, after burning down my house, trespassing and trying to harm Shiro-chan. Now these guys are trying to oppose me.

The knights have unsheathed their swords and hold them out to me.

Oh~? So, you have the audacity to raise your weapons against me, huh. If this were my home world, pointing a gun at someone would be considered a crime.

So, what I'm going to do now could be considered self-defense.

So don't go complaining about what I'm going to do, after all you guys tried to attack us, I'm just doing what a normal citizen would do to defend themselves.

Exchanging glances with Shiro-chan, and through our bond, I can see that she feels the same way I do.

There is a total of thirty-four of them.

Their statistics are higher than those of the knights I had seen before.

On average, they are around four hundred.

Some of the highest even exceed five hundred.

And there are two individuals who are much stronger.

At a glance, I would say that one of them is a warrior type and the other is a mage.

Oh, but the warrior has the Summoning Skill, eh?

It is the evolved form of Skill Creature Training that makes monsters obey you.

The user can summon trained monsters from a long distance and even use Teleportation to a certain extent.

He also has Cooperation and Command, among other things, so he could be more of a monster tamer or summoner than a warrior.

The wizard type is definitely a wizard, on the other hand.

His skills and stats totally scream, "I'm a level 99 sorcerer!" even though he's not at that level, as he's level 45, which is pretty high.

However, his stats are much higher than those of other humans, and he has a fairly expansive skill set.

He looks like he's on the borderline between middle age and old age, but I think he might actually be pretty strong after all...

Hmm? what is this unpleasant feeling?

Just when a strange feeling comes over me, I realize something in my state.

Appraisal in progress.

The message suddenly appears on my statistics.

Looking at it, even my skills are blinking red.

Ah, does this mean they are being evaluated with Appraisal?

So that weird feeling I've been feeling is what it feels like when they use Appraisal on you?

Wow, how disgusting.

Stop staring, you pervert.

Oh, wait, better "yamete kudasai!" or however you say it.

If the red text indicates what is being evaluated with Appraisal, the author must have it at a fairly high level.

Hmm. Activate ruler authority. Appraisal rejected.

Use of confirmed ruler authority. Blocking Appraisal effects.

I did not expect to have to use my authority as a governor in this way.

Since it uses my Divinity Expansion, I prefer to avoid it as much as possible, but I don't like the idea of anyone else seeing my status.

Destruction of property, breaking and entering, armed robbery and now espionage as well.

How much more do you have to annoy me until you are satisfied?

Hmm, looks like Shiro-chan is going to shoot Cursed Evil Eye in her eight eyes.

Hey, I was going to do it, but I'll leave it to her.

And the activation starts... now.

As soon as you activate it, people start dying.

...wow, first monkeys and wolves and now humans too.

This is very hard to believe.

It's not that they were a little weak or fragile.

All it took was one look.

I mean, how can they be so weak?

Huh? Really?

I, uh... hmmm.

I don't really care, you know?

I mean, they deserve it and all, I just didn't expect it to be so fast.

And no, I don't care about morals, I mean, I get it and all, I was very rule-abiding but only because it seemed like the best course of action at the time.

And also, because I didn't want to get in trouble.

I knew the rules and followed them because it didn't seem worth doing otherwise, but I guess it's not like I really did it because I cared or anything.

Oh, also, I seem to have leveled up on that one. Twice, in fact.

Really? These wimps give so much experience?

Accidentally Shiro-chan kills eight people at this time, but each of them gave us more experience than a Greater Taratect.

Oh wow.

They have a stupid amount of Skills, so I thought maybe they would give more EXP than their weak stats might indicate, but I didn't think it would be THAT much.

Oh boy. This gets better with every passing second.

Collecting EXP from humans will help Shiro-chan in his fight against Araba-chan.

And since we've already killed some of them, or rather her, I'm beginning to think that killing the whole group wouldn't be a big deal.

They attacked us first...not that I was really that worried about it in the first place...after all, I am a monster.

What's the problem if we murder them?

Look, my biggest goal now is to live my life with pride and protect Shiro-chan.

Anyone who tramples on that pride or tries to harm Shiro-chan or even threatens my life is an enemy that must be defeated at all costs.

In this world, even my own arachnid family are my enemies, so it makes no practical sense not to kill humans simply because I used to be one.

Moreover, humans are the ones who started out being hostile in the first place.

We are just trying to live our lives, and they come here and burn our house down.

If they are going to threaten our lives and step on our pride, then humans are my enemies.

So, I may as well discard any stupid sense of morality from my previous life.

Not that I had, as the case may be.

He died a long time ago.

Anyway.

First, let's get out of the skin I just shed.

If you think about it, isn't it kind of like a strip show?

Pff, yeah right.

Ah, while I was distracted by that stupid thought, another idiot comes at me.

No, wait, not for me.

He's going after Shiro-chan.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...

DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER.

I jumped straight at the guard and bit off his head and part of his torso.

I return to my position and suddenly a wall of earth rises up and carries away the body of the soldier I killed, crashing it against the roof.

I look to my right and see that Shiro-chan was the one who summoned it, who looks at me with a surprised face (((;° ロ°)°)).

I finish swallowing and then realize what I just did.

I got carried away by my hatred and my trauma resurfaced, killing someone mercilessly.

...oops. (┐('ー｀)┌ /╲/\(╭ ᐖ ╮)/╱/)

Well, let's go on with the story.

So, it seems that Shiro-chan can now use earth magic.

Great.

...

Hehe, this is awkward.

...

Ahem, as I said, let's get on with the story.

Anyway, the summoner is shouting something now.

Praying? He seems to be invoking something now.

A bird, a turtle, a tiger, and a dragon?

Wow. It's probably just a coincidence, but it really is an alignment of four gods.

Although I must say, if that was the intention, it's pretty far from reality.

The bird is black, for one thing, not that it's a bad color if I do say so myself.

The turtle, its shell appears to be a type of bluish rock.

The tiger is phosphor pink for a reason when its color should be white considering its resemblance to white tigers.

And the "dragon" is just a water wyrm that looks more like a barbless puffer fish than anything else.

Talk about a bunch of bad imitations.

I guess they are kind of strong, though.

According to their statistics, they are even stronger than the guy who summoned them.

The highest statistics among them are above 800.

However, they have many more skills than humans.

The bird starts using Wind Magic.

Wow, can he use magic?

Maybe being domesticated by a human means they get a little smarter?

Hmm, you know, come to think of it, of all the resistors I have, Wind Resistance is not one of them.

Probably won't do much damage, so I should let it hit me, hopefully I'll be able to pick up the resistance?

Auchie. That hurt a little.

He even left me a small ark.

I guess one hit isn't enough to get a Resistance Skill, huh?

If I'm not mistaken, I have wind magic in my repertoire, which means I can self-harm to obtain resistance.

Something to try later.

Now wind and water attacks are flying at me and Shiro-chan at the same time.

Which is awesome, in my opinion, being able to attack two targets at the same time deserves praise if you ask me.

I have Water Resistance, so I don't need to get hit by the water attack.

Oh, here comes the tiger.

Only again for Shiro-chan.

Seriously, what do they have against Shiro-chan.

I want to move, but Karada-chan stops me at the same time Miho-chan and Akira-chan reassure me.

{Take it easy Kuro-chan, Shiro-chan is strong and an attack like that wouldn't reach her anyway}.

(You are in charge of the information, act as such and analyze the situation).

Yes... you are right, the tiger is not casting any Skill and it is very slow, Shiro-chan will be fine.

Use the earth spell, this time an earth spear, to pierce the tiger.

He must have copied it from Araba-chan.

The proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Earth Magic Lv 5] has become [Earth Magic Lv 6].

Huh? What?

But the spell Shiro-chan used was a Terrain Magic spell.

Why did my Earth Magic Skill advance?

Oh, yes, now I remember, Terrain Magic is just the advanced form of Earth Magic.

I guess since it is a more advanced magic that I use, I fill in the mastery points needed for me to learn Earth Magic while giving myself a level thanks to Twin Link.

Man, Twin Link is definitely a lifesaver.

It does not work with the Skills we get through Skills Points but with the skills we learn in the middle of a combat, which is quite convenient for both.

Hmm, the fact that recreating mastery point magic for Skills we haven't acquired is a very useful thing to know, even if the Skill you get is the lowest in the system.

Well, whatever.

Being able to obtain a magic Skill without using Skill Points and the fact that it gives me a level in the process is a great advantage.

I'll have to practice on my part some Magic Skill that I don't have, like Light Magic or... no, just that one I don't have.

I don't have Miracle Magic either but that can be solved later.

Oh boy, looks like Shiro-chan just killed our feathered friend.

I also managed to use Wind Magic on the puffer fish, amazing.

Shiro-chan is undoubtedly amazing.

So, the rock turtle is all that's left, right?

Its defensive power is quite high, but nothing compared to those of Kagna-chan or dragons in general.

It also has a ridiculously high Sp, so I decide to take care of this one myself with Jinx Evil Eye.

Thanks for the snack, kid.

While Shiro-chan was busy taking care of the four gods ([{"Pff, hahaha"}]), the knights started trying to escape.

Ah no brothers, they can't just walk away after the crimes they committed against us.

In addition, they still owe us their EXP's.

I use the four basic elemental magic to take them down, gaining mastery points as I do so.

At the same time, I use my Evil Eyes to reduce his stats.

Hmm? Is the wizard trying to teleport or what?

And isn't that the advance spell of Large-Scale Teleportation?

Trying to escape with the whole group, eh?

Tch, tch, tch. Didn't your parents teach you that you can't escape your crimes?

I guess I'll attack you with magic, to keep them from leaving.

Hmm?

Oh, the summoner is blocking my shots.

It seems that Shiro-chan noticed them too and is attacking them but also blocking them.

Oh~, you're not a special little thing, are you?

The summoner desperately summons one monster after another to block our magic.

Then he drinks something, and his MP slowly begins to recover.

Is that a Mp recovery potion, then?

I didn't know there was such a useful article.

That's a lie, I figured as much since we found those sweet Mp retrievers, considering this is a half-RPG fantasy world.

But even so, humans always get the best things.

We wiped out all the knights, but these two could escape.

Maybe instead of wasting my time with small shots, I should get rid of them with one big shot.

I dash off, at this distance and with my speed, a fast forward is easier and instantaneous than teleporting.

I stop in front of the summoner and the magician.

And I shoot them with Black Lance.

This is not just about a mastery routine that Shiro-chan, and partly me, was doing up to this point.

I am using my highest-level magic available, not counting Abyss Magic.

First, I'll finish off the wizard with this.

Then I will be able to deal with the summoner as I wish.

Ora?

Wow, it looks like the summoner is using his own body to protect the mage.

At least he knows the first basic rule of an RPG, to keep your mage/healer safe.

The spear pierces the summoner and wounds the mage, but they barely manage to escape with teleportation.

Aw, man.

They escaped.

Well, it's not of great importance.

I've already marked them, so we can take care of them later when we want to.

In addition, it seems that apart from the two who escaped with teleportation, four more managed to escape on foot.

If they are escaping it must mean they are heading for the exit.

If we let these guys go, they'll head straight for the maze exit, right?

Well, then, I'll let them go and lead us straight to freedom.

It will probably take me a few days to get there, but it's still faster than just randomly walking around, even with the two of us.

This place is huge.

It has been a long time coming, but now we know where the exit to the labyrinth is.

Which means we can finally get out.

Although honestly, after this little encounter, I think it will be impossible for me to have peaceful contact with humans after all.

Although that was never my goal, at the end of the day.

I just want my human body back.

Besides, I only killed these guys because they pissed me off in a bad way. It's not like I'm going to go around killing people indiscriminately.

Even if they give a good amount of EXP.

As long as they don't mess with my precious things, I won't hurt them.

If you attack me, I will strike back. If you harm anything or anyone precious to me, consider yourself dead, but if you treat me and mine with respect, I will do the same for you.

I don't know how likely it is to get any respect from humans, but let's not worry about that now.

Anyway, nothing will happen if I don't try to go outside, at least for now.

Now that we've gone up a couple of levels. All that's left to do is to train a little and Shiro-chan will be ready for the challenge.

To overcome his trauma, the earth dragon Araba-chan.

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Hello, people.

I hope you liked the chapter.

I'm trying some things in this chapter, if you want more chapters like this, comment, or something, I'm not a fortune teller.

And if i have any grammatic error or anything, please tell me.

My first language is Spanish, and this is helping me with my English in some extend, so it would be very appreciative.

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