Before long, she finally arrives at the end of the long corridor. In front of her is what she presumes to be another lair, only this time much more spacious than the Chiropters´ was. Hiding near the entrance she sneaks a glance into the cave.
There she sees multiple monsters moving around hectically, the whole ground is covered with them, some even wriggle over each other. For one she makes out other Lesser Centipedes, but there are also monsters mixed in which she doesn´t recognize. Again, she uses her |Skill| to get information on them:
Species Trainee Ant – LV: 18 Stats
HP
MP
57/57
22/22 Vitality 19 Strength
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Intelligence 22
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15 Endurance 18 Agility 17
Skills
Normal
1 Characteristic
1
Active -- [Paralytic Toxins] Passive
[Superior Coordination]
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Superior Coordination
Skill
Type: Passive Explanation: A tool assisting the cooperation in larger groups. Cooperation proficiency is proportional to |Skill´s| Rank.
Paralytic Toxins
Skill
Type: Characteristic Active Explanation: Paralytic toxins are automatically produced and secreted orally. Slowly render the enemy incapable of movement. Toxin´s concentration is proportional to |Skill´s| Rank.
Species Arachnid – LV: 32 Stats
HP
MP
18/18
193/193 Vitality 7 Strength
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Intelligence 14
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128 Endurance 67 Agility 30
Skills
Characteristic
3
Active
[Poison Shot]
[Weaving]
Passive [Intermediate Poison Gland]
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Poison Shot
Skill
Type: Characteristic Active Explanation: Shoots a ball of poison.
Weaving
Skill
Type: Characteristic Active Explanation: Produces a web. Traits like durability and stickiness can be adjusted. Proficiency proportional to |Skill´s| Rank.
Intermediate Poison Gland
Skill
Type Characteristic Passive Explanation: A body part that produces poison. Poison can be secreted orally. Poison lethality is proportional to |Skill´s| Rank.
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The Demon girl quietly gulps. Most monsters may not be the strongest individually, but their numbers are a problem. ´How should I deal wi –!´ Before she has any more time to take in the situation, she hears a screech coming from behind her. She turns around and sees dozens of Ants already encircling her, ready to attack her at any moment now. “Fuck” she curses. She needs to act quickly now; Before the monsters inside the lair even realize there is an intruder, she activates her |Physical Reinforcement| and takes the initiative; She sprints to where the sole 4 Arachnids sit on their webs and immediately chops one of them down with her claws:
[Enemy at least 20 levels above your own]
Experience multiplier: x2
*622 Exp gained*
The other three, realizing too late what just happened, break out in a panic as they try to create some distance, but the girl won´t allow that; She ramms her claws into the wall and hurls herself to where the Arachnids are fleeing, grabbing two of them as she falls and shortly after slamming them to the ground.
[Enemy at least 20 levels above your own]
Experience multiplier: x2
*584 Exp gained*
[Enemy at least 30 levels above your own]
Experience multiplier: x3
*1068 Exp gained*
~Level UP: 8 → Level 9~
[Fixed Stats gained]
10 |Stat Points| have been gained for free distribution
Ants and Centipedes come gushing from all sides. The girl bares her fangs and snarls as she thrusts her hand into a Lesser Centipede which comes jumping at her. It releases a pained shriek as the Demon packs its tail with both hands and swings its heavy body around, knocking back all monsters in her surrounding. "Haaaa!" with a final cry she hurls the Lesser Centipede back into her enemies. Notifications of gained exp appear in her mind as she catches her breath.
But she doesn´t have time to relax. She attempts to penetrate another monster with her claws as an Ant slams her from behind. She loses her balance and stumbles forward as a bubble of poison hits her right on her chest. Part of it is absorbed by the |Artifacts| she´s wearing, but some seeps through. She releases an agonized scream. She hears the fluid sizzle on her skin; ´Fuck Fuck Fuck!´. The girl quickly distributes her newly gained |Stat Points| into Vitality and Endurance as she tries to ignore the pain and checks her HP.
[HP : 58/191 Poisoned]
Even with the boost in health, one more such hit will do her in. She glares up at the single remaining Arachnid which is responsible for the attack. She needs to finish it off now, but as she tries to get to it she´s blocked off by an army of Ants. “Get out of my way!” she yells and reduces two of them to sliced pieces. But every time she finishes off one of them another is already there to take its place. “Damn your annoying!” she shouts again as she loses her cool. In that moment she misses how one of them has slipped behind her. She´s bit in her arm which immediately starts feeling numb. Quickly ripping off the Ant she jumps to the side to dodge another Poison Shot aimed at her.
“So you want to play like that then? Fine by me!”. The Demon girl tears off part of a dead monster´s body and presses it into a ball. She leans backwards and with all her might throws it at the Arachnid. It visibly widens its 5 eyes, barely avoiding a lethal hit by escaping to the right. But it couldn´t evade completely; The ball still shatters 3 of its legs as it desperately tries to keep a hold on its web. The girl quickly creates another projectile and again sends it at the struggling Arachnid, this time hitting it dead on.
[Enemy at least 20 levels above your own]
Experience multiplier: x2
*610 Exp gained*
“Got you” The Demon´s eyes light up.
***
The monsters watch in horror as the last of the Arachnids falls. The spider-monsters were their strongest offense by far; Just by protecting them and playing for time any attacker would be taken care of, but now the Arachnids themselves were reduced to nothing more than splats on the ground. The Ants take a few steps back, not knowing what to do. They can´t hurt the intruder without the Arachnids. Some try hard to formulate a new plan that will lead them to victory, but they are unable to come up with anything.
Contrary to the Ants, the Centipedes rush in one after the other only to be slaughtered by the small girl. They don´t possess much of an intellect so they don´t realize how sever of a turn the situation took for their lair. Seeing how the last of the Centipedes is pierced and flung away to the side, the Ants are struck with fear as the Demon´s gaze falls on them. Her eyes glimmer a bright red
In that instant their cooperation, their strongest weapon, shatters into thousand pieces; Some Ants convince themselves that the girl is drained from the long fight and rush her in hope of finishing her. Some Ants have lost any will to fight and flee as fast they can in a panic. Some Ants are confused and just stand in place while some Ants desperately try to restore their broken teamwork.
In the end, their indecisiveness becomes their doom; Without a leader, without clear instructions, the Ants become easy prey for the merciless Demon
***
*131 Exp gained*
*98 Exp gained*
*63 Exp gained*
*146 Exp gained*
…
*155 Exp gained*
The fight became onesided. ´It was a good idea to focus on the Arachnids first.´ the girl shudders at the thought of having to fight four of them as another monster falls by her hands. The danger she has felt from the fight is long gone. This, of course, doesn´t mean she lets her guard down, but she did release her |Physical Reinforcement| as it slowly but surely has drained almost all of her Mana.
Seeing that some Ants try to flee she quickly blinks in front of the exit and takes them out without much difficulty:
*54 Exp gained*
*78 Exp gained*
The outcome has been decided with the Arachnid´s defeat, now it´s only a matter of time before the lair is completely wiped out. But although she has won the battle, the girl is unhappy. Disappointed even. After almost dying and being saved by lighting that one night she has decided to treasure and be more careful with her life. She didn´t want to rely on luck to save her, she couldn´t. This fight however was way too risky, one wrong step and she would´ve ended up being on the losing side. She casts her eyes down and swears to be more careful from now on.
–
“Phew, you should be the last three”. The girl wipes a mixture of blood and sweat from her forehead as she swings her claws for a final time, killing the three remaining Ants at once.
*78 Exp gained*
*143 Exp gained*
*87 Exp gained*
~Level UP: 9 → Level 10~
[Fixed Stats gained]
10 |Stat Points| have been gained for free distribution
~Title~
[Low-Rank Dungeon Exterminator has been obtained]
“Another level up!” she exclaims excitedly. But her thoughts are interrupted, the notifications haven´t finished yet.
~Sufficient Level has been reached~
Sufficient Conditions have been met
|Evolution| available
“Huh?” Her vision slowly begins to blurs. It´s as if somebody made the world spin. She stumbles a few steps to the right, then to the left before falling down to the ground. She tries to hold herself up with her arms but doesn´t manage to do so and collapses.