*Bang-Bang-Bang*, a series of pounding knocks shook the door.

Drow Assistant had tracked her quarry by using Detect Magic; no doubt he was behind these doors. But they were locked so…

*Bang-Bang-Bang*

“Occupied!” A frustrated voice informed.

“Spider King, open up. This is an emergency!”

“Oh it’s you…”

“Yes it is I, Drow Assistant. Will you open now?”

“…”

*Bang-Bang-Bang*, she hammered the door with both of her hands.

“This is washroom, you know!” He yelled at her. “Some things can’t be rushed!”

“But it is an emergency!” She yelled back at him.

“…”

After the sound of flushed water, the door lock clicked and the Spider King emerged from the cupboard-like room. His robe was ruffled, the sleeves rolled back, and his forehead dotted with fresh beads of sweat. A funky smell wafted from inside, but such things were expected and will be forgotten.

“What is so urgent?” He looked at the drow giving her an annoyed look.

“I can evolve! Evolve me!” She demanded.

“What, really? [Inspect]. You can! But why?”

“It’s the Monster Core I assume.” It pushed her towards finally unlocking her evolution. “Now please don’t delay It any further.”

He touched her shoulder with his hand. “Good luck, [Evolve].”

His mana dipped to negative, -1000MP, and the blinding light exploded from her body. The magic was so strong that its pressure by itself was enough to shove him back into the room. His head spun and he felt like he would pass out very soon, but not before a slew of messages:

[Requirements have been met (Monster Core, Drow)]

[Drow Assistant received Drider Evolution option]

[Special requirement has been met (Elemental Affinity)]

[Drow Assistant received Drider Destroyer Evolution option]

[Special requirement has been met (Mana Well, Spidery Magnificent)]

[Drow Assistant received Drider BroodMother Evolution option]

[Perk Chaos Blessed was triggered]

[Chaos requirements have been met (Monster King, Drider BroodMother, Drider Destroyer)]

[Drow Assistant received Drider Calamity Evolution option]

The system was broken to offer her something like that.

“Go home, Monster System, you’re drunk! Ahhh!” The Spider King let out a pained grunt and passed out on the washroom floor.

…

The consciousness was returning to his mind, but his head still felt heavy. He opened his eyes, the vision was still blurry but he could see a monstrous outline of someone looming right above him. He blinked a few times to clear the blurriness. His eyes went wide!

“[Shadow Walk]!” He tried to escape but the magic refused to form. Indeed, he was at 0MP and Negative Mana debuff was shouting at him to stop trying.

There was a terrifying monster standing right above him! Wait, no, he recognised the face. Yes, he remembered now, he had evolved her, and this was the result.

She stood tall and imposing, her upper half was drow-like but her lower half was entirely spider-like. Her body was in equal parts terrifying and majestic, exuding the aura of power and regality. She had smooth obsidian skin which, despite its colour, was oddly reflective and shiny. She had six piercing red eyes gleaming with intelligence and authority. Her long silver hair was still bound in a ponytail which stretched all the way down her back, it give her form the air of feminine elegance. Below her waist, her body was completely spider-like. Multiple slender and chitinous legs extended from her torso, each ending in sharp and almost metallic claws. Her rear side, the spider abdomen, was big and bulbous giving her a lot of mass and the power which came with it.

“Don’t stare at me like that!” She exclaimed while pressing his robe close to herself as she would with a bath towel; she was trying to hide her uncovered body.

At some point, she must have stripped his robe to cover herself. Indeed, the transformation must have been a violent one, shreds of her garments lay scattered next to the door of the washroom.

“Why are we still in the bathroom?” He asked somewhat annoyed by that fact.

With the Drow Assistant looming right above him, he couldn’t even stand; the tiny washroom was clearly too small for her, not to mention both of them.

“My clothes exploded, I panicked and ran inside. As you can see, I am completely in the nude.” She said with a reddened face. “Go get me some clothes, please. And stop staring!”

He wasn’t doing it on purpose… He shuffled to slide under her and closer to the door. Her massive spider butt was blocking the access to the handle, so he tapped it to make her move.

“Eek!” She yelped. “I’m still tender, please be gentle.”

She moved her massive body closer to one of the corners, allowing to finally open the door.

“I’ll be back with something.” He stood to leave, still surprised at her managing to squeeze past the otherwise narrow doorway. She was lucky that all rooms were made spider accessible, otherwise she would be left naked in the corridor.

But right before he left, “[Inspect].”

Monster Race: Drow

Variant: Drider Calamity

Magic Affinity: Fire, Earth, Water, Wind

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HP:1000

MP:2000

STA:500

Active Perks

[Detect Magic], [Regeneration], [Elemental Web], [Paralysing Touch], [Synthesise: DriderSilk], [Empower Spiders], [Bestow Rank]

Passive Perks

[Mana Well], [Elemental Affinity], [Darkvision], [Master Stealth], [Egg Layer], [Chitinous Armour], [Web Mastery], [Calamity],

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Resistances

[Elemental Resistance: Lesser], [Poison Resistance: Medium]

She was a beast of a woman! Her base stats (1000:2000:500) were now in tow with his own! And just like Monster Duke she could now recruit followers and Bestow Rank upon them. Not to mention the fact that his fingers were itching to get that DriderSilk.

With those news, he ran to the nearest workshop to get something agreeable with the fresh and improved form of the Drow Assistant. For now a simple robe will do, and later she could just make her own dress or something, after all she had that Web Mastery which implied that she could spin all sorts of designs using her silk.

He explained the situation and the nearby spider helped to cut the readily available Blue Cloth. Since the Drow Assistant was stuck in the washroom, hence fittingly so, a simple robe much like a bathrobe was made in the matter of minutes. He ran back to the newly evolved drow with a spider in tow; hearing the abridged details the little guy was curious to see her new form.

*Knock-Knock*, he knocked politely, “I’m back.”

Something big and heavy moved inside the otherwise tiny washroom and the door parted ever so slightly.

“Thanks.” A hand reached to retrieve the bathrobe. “And sorry for being so crabby before… if you’re curious you can come and have a good look. I don’t really mind.”

He was very curious. Drider anatomy was positively fascinating. However, he was curious about something else too.

“If you can make silk now, why didn’t you just create some clothes?”

“…”

A silence only indicated that the panicked Drow Assistant didn’t think of that.

Or perhaps not. “What are you even asking?! I wouldn’t do that while you were still in the room! It’s like you watching me pee. The very idea of it is embarrassing.” He could hear her squirm and shuffle in the room.

But she said if he was curious, he could come and have a look… Women were so quick to change their minds! And now he was even more curious: From where exactly in her body does the DriderSilk come from?

The door finally opened. “And anyway, this was quicker.” She straightened her bathrobe, which covered her top and thick spider bottom equally effectively.

“Beautiful!” No, it wasn’t the Spider King who chirped the praise. “Spidery Magnificent!” The spider was positively ecstatic.

The Drow Assistant smiled at the spider but then her face shifted to the Spider King; she was looking at him expectantly.

Well, he didn’t want to be outdone by a spider. “You’re absolutely gorgeous, Drow Assistant. I can’t wait to see you in a proper dress!”

“Oh?” She smiled cheekily at him. “Then I assume you’ll make me one.”

Right, this was on him, but he can turn it around. “If you give me your DriderSilk, I will.”

For some reason, she blushed, nodded, and didn’t say much of anything else. The Drow Assistant squeezed her massive body through the doorway and then the free of them proceeded down the corridor.

A strange phenomenon took place. Every time they passed the spider, the spider would look with bewitched eyes at the Drow Assistant and join them on their small wall.

Soon they had a small flock of spiders trailing right behind.

“One. Of. Us.” The spider chirped.

“One of us.” Another repeated.

“One Of Us!” The other chanted.

“One Of Us!”, “One Of Us!”, “One Of Us!” – the flock began the chant.

The Drow Assistant was swarmed by spiders, picked up from the ground and despite her protests hauled outside the Spider Palace. Not even once did the Spider King think of stopping the spiders, indeed, this was a moment of celebration. Drow assistant was the first Drow to evolve, and her new form was simply Beautiful!

He wouldn’t be surprised if she went to become a spider idol of some sorts.

…

The Galleon Whale made yet another landing. With high expectations the Spider King went right inside the ship. The entire cargo hold was converted to something akin to a massive fish tank, and the best of all, it was full of aquatic life. There were Mer, yes, but also there were schools of fish swimming besides them.

Day Sapphire waved her hand at him in greeting. “I’ve brought settlers!” She announced with a self-satisfied grin.

“Amazing!” He couldn’t help but exclaim giddily. “That’s a lot of Mer!” By a quick count - no less than a hundred.

“And I’ve brought you this.” She flashed sea-blue stone at him.

“Water Spirit Stone, you got it!” Now he was super excited.

“We did.” She flashed another smile. “Now don’t be shy.” She sent a jet of water towards him. “Come, get down and greet my people.”

Needless to say, he avoided the otherwise expertly aimed water jet, but he didn’t mind getting wet. He discarded his royal robe and jumped right into the waters of the cargo hold.

There, the Mer Princess greeted him with one of her now iconic tight embraces, yet still surprising him that instant. She gazed at him giving him a look he couldn’t quite read, her hand lingered on him for a while as if expecting something, but soon enough she let him go. Perhaps, all Mer were touchy-feely just like this; he never had entertained that possibility before. Indeed, in some cultures even something as intimate as a kiss could be interpreted as a simple greeting.

Day Sapphire swam to his side allowing him to take a better look at the Mer. They all were SapphireScales of various ages and mostly women, but luckily he did spot a few male Mer. And also Mer boys, who just like Mer girls, clung to their mothers as if afraid of his presence.

“Welcome to the Monster Realm, I’m the ruler here. My name is Monster King.” He introduced himself using the Aura Projection to emit the aura of friendliness.

“Come, greet him.” Day Sapphire urged her kin.

The Mer were looking at him with various gazes and different emotions: wariness, expectation, curiosity, gratitude, indifference, all sorts were there.

He stretched his arms invitingly ready for a hug. “Come, I won’t bite.”

A Mer Hunter swam up to him. And it was just a handshake he offered, and just a handshake was good enough.

“Welcome,” the Spider King began, “to the Monster System.” With that said, he granted the access.

The hunter looked at his arm with clear amazement and then back to the Spider King. “Thank you, Spider King.” He gestured to what must be his wife and child indicating for them to come and greet the King.

Just like that the ice was broken and the Mer were taken under the Spider King’s protection. Strangely, there were no hugs, only handshakes, so maybe his previous assumption was not entirely correct. And while he was at it, the spiders had flown the ship right above the pond.

“With all of you hare, compared to the Deep Lakes, the pond might feel small and lacklustre. But we are working on the lake. It won’t take much longer.” He informed them apologetically.

“It will be fine.” Day Sapphire hugged him from the side as if to reassure him.

“Get ready for departure in…” The spider above the deck chirped to inform beginning the count. “3… 2… 1… Open the hatch.”

The hatch on the side opened and the ship tilted to the side. The contents of the cargo hold spilt into the pond. The Mer and the fish, being the aquatic creatures, handled the momentary waterfall with grace. However, the Spider King had no such aquatic abilities, the rushing stream of water pulled him out forcefully, his body tumbled and spun in the water as he was dropping into the pond below. And then with no grace at all, he was tumbling down like a rock destined to hit the bottom of the pond.

Luckily, Day Sapphire scooped him up right before he could hit the bottom and pulled him to the surface, allowing him to recover the lost pride.

“Are you alright?” She asked with a giggle, clearly amused by his water clumsiness.

“Thanks for the save.”

“No problem.”

“But hey, really, well done.” He looked at the nearby Mer curiously investigating the evolved plants.

“…” Day Sapphire had a distant look on her face.

“What’s up?” He asked somewhat concerned.

“Not everyone wanted to come. I’ve convinced as many as I could.”

“It’s fine, it’s more than I expected anyway.”

“No, you don’t understand, you see…” She recalled her visit to the Sapphire City.

He learned about the frogmen and the raid on the Sapphire City. And about the aftermath of Day’s meeting with her brother, the Mer King. In the gist of it, the Mer led by their King decided to start fresh in the Deep Trench. She only managed to snatch up her closest friends, people who trusted her words, and some other Mer she bribed.

After finishing the story of her quest for more Mer, she hugged him tightly again giving him big begging eyes.

“But please,” she began, “, even if they don’t want to be a part of your kingdom, please don’t abandon them.”

He knew what she meant, the Mer King needed weapons and potions to survive in the Deep Trench. Actually, this wasn’t a problem, this was an opportunity.

“I won’t abandon them. It would be cruel of me, and mean to you, after all, they are your people. I’ll help them if they’ll welcome my spiders. You have nothing to worry about.”

She expressed her emotions by planting a kiss on his cheek. “Thank you! I’ll repay you tenfold!”

No, it will be the Mer who will repay in the form of monster parts and Water Spirit Stones. He’ll gear them up to the teeth, and then make them gather resources for the Spider Kingdom as payment.

And since he was already helping them. “Also, there is the frogmen issue, and the captives they took…” He understood that much from her story.

“You’ll help with that too?!”

“Sure.” The spider saboteurs were expert at sneaking in the shadows, they would just recapture the Mer; simple as that, no need to go to war and expose himself as someone hostile to the Demon Realm. “It won’t be a problem.”

With those words, Day Sapphire became rather affectionate with her hands. Too affectionate. Hey, where are you touching?!

“We’re in public.” He grappled her naughty hand. “And please, I am a married man.”

“Is that so…” She pouted at him.

He couldn’t help but think… recently he grew rather popular with women. Something to be happy, but apparently the popularity came with its own trials and tribulations.

To distract her, and himself from the temptation, he pointed at the BlackLily. “Now I have what I need to mutate it,” he took out the stone, “Let’s do it!”

Surprisingly, Day invited other Mer to watch it as if it was a show for entertainment.

“[Mutate], [Imbue]!” He put more fanfare to it than normally.

The flower changed once again, the leaves returned to their green colour and the petals turned from black to blue. BlackLily was mutated into WaterLily, an equally pretty flower with equally potent ability. When equipped it granted the Water Magic Amplification perk.

Entertained by the performance the Mer cheered and clapped for the Spider King; they didn’t even Inspect the flower for its abilities. Without further ado, he presented the flower to the Mer Princess.

Mer began to clap and cheer with an increased vigour. And all he did was just to transform a single flower; they were an easy crowd to please. Day Sapphire received the floured with the biggest smile he saw so far, and her cheeks were flushed ping, clearly, she was embarrassed by the crowd.

“Congratulations!”, “Well done!”, “I’m so happy for you!”, the Mer cheered one after the other.

Truly, an exceptional reception; he bowed to the crowd. And then here she was, getting naughty with her hands again. And what was this? Another kiss! His lips were stolen!

He pulled away from a wet kiss. “I’m wondering… Are you on a Fertility+ Potion?” He whispered.

“No… Why? Oh!” Realisation flashed across her face. “I’ll get one as soon as possible!” Her embrace only tightened.

“Please don’t. I asked because I can’t understand why you are… so touchy with me?” He asked in a whisper since the Mer still had their eyes on them.

“Huh? Are you embarrassed? Lovey-dovey couples need to be lovey-dovey!” She said it as if it was the simplest thing in the world.

Couples? Lovey-dovey? “But we’re not a couple, right?” He said it while smiling weekly, something fluttered in his stomach.

“That’s right! We’re married. I love you!” She shouted it for everyone to hear.

Strength left his body… and he almost fainted. The trial of the popularity was too tribulating for him!

Obviously, there was a misunderstanding to resolve before his wife strangled him and ate all the Mer for breakfast.

“Day, let’s go somewhere more private.” He offered.

She grabbed his arm. “I know just the spot, in the CreamKelp field, no one will hear us there. Let’s go, I can’t wait.”

She dragged him enthusiastically.