Chapter 100
Chapter 100 : Battle of The Underground Lake Tower II
「Is this good enough, Momokawa? 」
After I entered the rooftop and we sealed the entrance, stone spears appeared in a line around it . They would’ve worked better in a row, but they were arranged in a phalanx formation, forming two boxes from different angles . Three meters behind them stood a majestic and robust earth wall .
「Ooh, awesome! I didn’t know you could make it this sturdy . 」
「Yes, I somehow finished it ahead of time . 」
So her proficiency in handling that skill had increased again… Or maybe live combat served as better experience than training .
「Do you have any way to climb the wall, Momokawa? 」
「It’s okay . I can just do this――」
That wall was made to completely seal the entrance . There was no way through, so it was up to my tentacles to do the job . [ED: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ]
「――URGH . It’s really hard . 」[ED: that’s what she said]
Somehow, I managed to climb the wall .
It was my first time using the Black Hair Bind to climb a wall and just as I expected, it was quite difficult . I’m glad the wall was just three meters high . If it was higher, say, 5 meters, then I’d be screwed . I should save some time for climbing training .
「Hey… Isn’t that… They’re coming!」
Those Jiras slowly chipped away the wall at the bottom of the stairs . They were so close I could hear their noisy cries already . Only one of two walls remained . Could the four of us defend that final line? For how many minutes could we stand our ground?
「… . As you can see, we’re at a dead end . This is what they call a “Last Stand” . 」
Even if we couldn’t hold our position for long, I had no regrets . I did everything I could . Most of all, Randou-san, Nonomiysan, and Yoshizaki-kun also did their best . It was worlds apart from that time in the worst harem party of Souma Sakura .
We came so far thanks to everyone doing their best . That’s why I had no regrets .
Then, finally, those guys appeared .
「I don’t want to die or see everyone die in this place . So, let’s kick their asses . We’ll fight until the end . 」
「GYOAAA! 」
Everyone looked at where the Jiras were coming from . They broke through the mudwall and advanced toward us, their cold eyes glaring at me with killing intent . They were drenched in mud but they still kept a tight grip on their spears .
Don’t underestimate us, you shitty fish . You’re going down!
「EAT THIS, 『Tera Sagita』!! 」
Randou-san’s fully powered earth magic pierced right through the face of the fuckers that screeched at us . The force of the spell shook the tower and created an almost deafening explosion .
DOGOOOOOOOOOON!
「UWAAAA!? 」
What the fuck? The whole tower shook with the sound of explosions like someone was trying to bring it down . I couldn’t register what was happening as the noise resounded in my head .
I could barely keep myself stable, but there was no point in bracing my feet on the mudwall . Doing so would only expose me to danger .
Suddenly, I got a bad feeling .
「Everyone, get down from the wall! 」
Nonomiysan and Yoshizaki-san jumped down with a roll . It looked amazing but, considering their vocation, jumping down 3 meters with flair wasn’t really that impressive .
I couldn’t do that . With my vocation I’m not that different from a person with normal physical capabilities .
「Momokawa, wait! Wait a minute! It’s too high! I can’t jump from this height, you kno~w!? 」
Ah, I forgot that Randou-san was a Sorcerer . She’s as physically inept as me .
It would be fine if we just sprained our feet after the fall . But if we landed head first, it would be a disaster . How can I make Randou-san and me descend safely?
I knew a spell that could help .
「Twine Around The Escapee Feet, Braid Into Hair――『Black Hair Bind』 . Come here, Randou-san! 」
I worried about its durability, so I braided Black Hair Bind with a full aria . I should be able to at least do that much…
「MOMOKAWAAAA! 」
「MUOOOOO!? 」
Thank you for understanding my intentions, but… Embracing me from the front like that… I MEAN, your soft pair of jiggly tits cover my line of sight, you kno~w!!
「Let’s go! 」
Due to our height difference, Randou-san hugged me from the front . Naturally, her humongous pair of tits bounced off my head . Speaking of tits, I had no idea if she was baiting me or doing it unconsciously, but the front of her blouse had a slightly too big opening .
I could see the depths of her deeply tanned valley . Her giant pair of breasts boasted the greatest firepower in the class (Mei-chan excluded) and were on display right in front of me .
「――FUHAAA! Ha~Ha~H, Run… Randou-san . 」
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「Yup! 」
The view distracted me so much that, before I noticed, we had already landed safely on the floor .
Although I had just lived through an almost enlightening experience just now, the non-stop ringing of the alarm behind us due to the killing intent was giving me a headache . If we didn’t get away from the entrance immediately, we’d be in trouble .
Just as I thought about it, a scorching hot shockwave hit us from behind . It was enough to send us rolling around the stone floor of the rooftop . My ears rang from the thunderous sound .
ZUDOOOOOOOOON!
「O-Ouch… . 」
When we turned around, a giant fire pillar stood where we built our last line of defense . The blazing flame and roaring explosion had surely pierced right through the lower floors of this tower .
In short, those Jira inside the tower were history .
「――Sup! Seems like you guys are safe and sound . 」
「KYAAAAAA! TENDOU-KYU~N! 」
「We were almost done for… Thank you for saving us, Tendou-kun!」
I went to the end of the rooftop and looked below . There was a huge scorch mark on the ground . In the area around the burned ground stood Tendou-kun, looking as magnificent as usual .
「… Thank you, Tendou-kun . We barely escaped the jaws of death . 」
「Some devil’s luck you got there, huh, Momokawa . 」
His sarcasm was also as sharp as usual . He had just dispatched the boss single-handedly, roasted an army of Jiras and said it was luck .
All that while holding a cigarette between his fingers .
「Thank you Tendou~ . Please be careful next time, you almost burned my hair!」
「Ah, my bad . 」
That’s Randou-san for you . No one other than her could make such a complaint to Tendou . Interestingly enough, he’d pay attention to it and be more careful next time he rushed in to save us .
「That goes for you too, Momokawa . 」
「I didn’t do anything special at all . You’re the MVP this time, Randou-san . 」
She created a barricade with her mudwall and dispatched enemies from afar with her stone bullets . Randou-san was the one who had contributed the most to the fight .
「I just moved per your instructions . If it had been just me fighting, we might not have survived . Without you, Juri and Mari wouldn’t have gone back to fetch me and I’d probably have died first . 」
Ahaha! Thankfully, she could still crack jokes even while in that kind of situation .
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「I’m the one who should be saying that . Everyone working together was what made us pass this trial . No one would have survived if even one of us had died . 」
「Yup, you’re right . Even so, I still think the one who contributed the most this time was you . And since I feel that way…」
Randou-san suddenly approached me . A nice aroma reached my nose and before I realized what was happening, our lips were touching .
「UHN!?」
Eh? What just happened? A KISS? Me and… Randou-san… We just… No, impossible . What the hell just… It’s soft, though…
「――Hehehe, was that your first?」
Aah, that was what a succubus would have said, wasn’t it? My brain cells instantly melted from Randou-san’s deadly smile . The dream-like moment passed in an instant and I ended up blurting out the first thing that appeared in my mind .
「W-W-WHY……」
How shameful . I ended up speaking in the Kyoto dialect .
Will ya calm down already, you stupid heart?!
「Ah, sorry . Did you hate it? 」
「I-It was wonderful, but…」
「But what? Do you have a girlfriend? Could it be you love another girl? 」
「No, no, I don’t have a girlfriend . It’s not like I have someone I love, but still――」
「It’s all good, then . 」
What other option did I have when she smiled at me like that? I immediately agreed . Who in the world would complain that Randou-san was the one who took their first kiss?
Also, it wasn’t like kissing equaled dating, anyway . It was presumptuous of me to even consider it . I believed Randou-san wouldn’t even think about such an option . If she said that kiss was a token of gratitude for the help I gave her, I’d accept it with gratitude .
… Could it be that Randou-san fell in love with me? Nah, that’s impossible . As if I’d have such good luck . If it was Mei-chan, I might consider whether she truly fell for me, but in Randou-san’s case… With her personality…
Wait . Why was I getting so flustered just from thinking about it?
I forcefully stopped that train of thought .
And that concluded another page of my wonderfully dreamy moment .
Even after deciding to avoid thinking about it, I was still too embarrassed to even look at Randou-san’s face .
「Hey, Momokawa… Actually, I――」
「AH!?」
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Randou-san suddenly interrupted me and, thinking that she was going to say something, I raised my head . But I couldn’t see anything . Everywhere I looked, my vision was pure white .
… Were those threads?
「――UMPF!? 」
Something caught me .
The reason I noticed the pure white adhesive lump of spider thread so quickly was because of its similarity to my 『Black Hair Bind』 .
The white thread covering my entire body locked my limbs perfectly . Suddenly, my feet left the floor, and I was struck by the sensation of flying . In truth, I knew that whatever had caught me was just dragging me closer .
Fortunately, for me, my eyes were uncovered . I was able to see Randou-san’s extremely flushed face for the first time just as I was being pulled away .
「Momokawa!?」
「――GUUUH! 」
Two seconds . No, it was probably three seconds of weightlessness . I let out a pained scream when my body harshly landed on the floor . Thanks to the bundle of threads around me, the fall was somewhat cushioned .
The moment I saw the predator, I knew I looked like a fish caught on a pole .
「KISHISHI, KISHI, KISHIKISHIKISHI . 」
Now that was what I considered an appropriate owner for the white threads .
It was a splendid spider .
Unlike the『Rook Spider』, whose appearance resembled a giant tarantula, it was as big as a fully grown human . Its silhouette had a greatly extended abdomen with eight long legs so thin they almost looked bizarre . It seemed related to the yellow spider, as it had an ominous yellow and black color .
However, the upper body connected to the spider abdomen resembled a deformed human . The figure covered in black tough skin faintly suggested it might be female .
[TL: Kumoko . ]
Disturbingly enough, the waist was sort of thin and there was some sort of swelling on the chest area . But the head completely convinced me that I was looking at a monster . It was covered in the same tough skin, with eight red eyes and a wide slit where a mouth should be, with sharp fangs protruding from it .
Fuck . With the lower body of a spider and the upper body of a human, it was probably an Arachne . Still, I felt cheated . The human half wasn’t like those beautiful onee-sans from so many otaku dreams at all!
While I cursed in frustration inside my heart, the monster completely sealed my field of vision with a second spray of threads . I couldn’t see or move my body . Neither Rem nor my comrades were by my side when I was pulled away .
Could I have reached the end? Was it game over for me?
「…!!?」
Suddenly, a sharp pain followed by a stinging sensation ran through my whole body . It felt like I’d been struck by lightning .
… She bit me, huh .
Despite the pain, my consciousness was already…
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