What was up with that D chick, anyway?
Body
If what she said about giving us Wisdom was true, that'd make her an administrator.
Yes. That was a little treat for you.
Administrator D
If she's an administrator, and one of the things she has control over is skills...
She had to have done it for a reason.
Not to mention, did you notice how slick her Japanese was?
And that's not to mention the phone.
This whole thing reeks of Japan!
Yeah, exactly!
Maybe D is this world's connection to Earth?
Then she might know why we were reincarnated in this world!
I doubt she'd ever tell us, though.
Put a sock in it!
I'm the one in charge of information, and here I am, trying to sort out this new intel,
which is not exactly easy with the three of you rifling through all the new facts!
Sorry...
But thanks to you guys and your rambling, I've figured one thing out.
And that is...
What is it?
Worrying about it isn't gonna help!
Urgh!
For now, we focus on what we can actually accomplish.
And that means getting out of the Middle Stratum!
Yay...
And I've decided what we're gonna spend skill points on.
Spatial Magic!
That thing the man in black from before used, right?
Yeah. I'm betting it'll come in handy!
If we have Spatial Magic, maybe we'll be able to warp straight to the Upper Stratum?
Well, why didn't you say something sooner?!
Now, hold on, transcribing spells with Spatial Magic is pretty advanced.
It's not gonna be that easy.
Were we being too optimistic?
Like walking a half-hour to a park for a picnic, on a cloudy day, with no umbrella.
Wait, hang on.
That's... the route to the Upper Stratum, right?!
I didn't even need spatial magic!
It's time to move on up!
Oh, yeah!
Who Is This, Geezer?
I'll weave a web under my heart
I'll weave a web around this dark world
Beyond a twist of karma, what became visible
Is being surrounded by enemies, thousands of prideful, writhing creatures
dive for alive, climb for life
No extra lives, in total chaos
I guess that makes this my stage, then
You think this is the end? But I'm not finished yet
Betting my life while perched on a thread, even if I lose sight of you...
I hunt you down and gobble you up
deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper inside
spider pride, there's a hardened heart chiseled inside of this chest
The optimal choice won't be enough to cut it
When trying to survive with your life in tatters
Think like the alternative is gonna kill you
Reach for the winning strat until the very last second
The truth of the situation might feel a bit cold
In that case just survive the spider way
I'll weave a web under my heart
I'll weave a web around this dark world
In that case just survive the spider way
I'll weave a web around this dark world
Just you watch
You've received the Hero title.
You understand what this means, don't you, Schlain?
Yes.
Julius...
Leston-niisama...
Julius-niisama... he's...
Father, I can understand your grief.
But shouldn't we prioritize discussing what comes next?
Brother Cylis...
Could you be a little more considerate for how Father and Shun feel?
No.
Cylis is right.
Father...
Schlain receiving the Hero title means that Julius must be dead.
We should fulfill our obligations as the royal family before anything else.
But to think that the next Hero after Julius would again be from our kingdom...
And his own brother, in fact.
Surely it must be fate.
This information has not been shared with the citizenry,
but the demon army has begun its advance.
The demons...
It's likely Julius died in battle against them.
A peaceful world, where we can all be happy together.
That's the thing I'll pursue... Until the day I die.
Pardon me, sir.
I've brought news of the demon army's progress.
Speak.
Of the eight fortresses attacked, half have fallen.
Among them, Fort Kusorion has been wiped out entirely.
Fort Kusorion?!
A fortress that massive has fallen?
Yes, sir. They were helpless when a Queen Taratect appeared from out of nowhere.
Julius would have been at Kusorion.
Julius-sama's whereabouts are unknown.
The other fortresses that held have suffered major casualties,
barely pushing back the demon forces.
The only exception is Master Ronandt's Fort Dazarro,
where they were able to slay the enemy commander and rout the demonic forces.
I see...
Master Ronandt...
He's been called the most powerful of all human mages, right?
Right. He taught Brother Julius magic, too.
The demon army has withdrawn for the time being.
That is all.
Good work.
Father...
Julius's death and Schlain's status as the new Hero will be kept a secret, for now.
News of the Hero's death at a time like this will only make the people more anxious.
I'm sure news from the front will reveal his fate in time,
but until then, you are not to speak of this openly.
Understood.
Father...
What should I do now?
As of today, you must leave the academy.
You'll need to prepare for the moment when you will be announced as the new Hero.
Do you understand?
Right.
I'm sure you're still upset now,
but in time you will follow in Julius' footsteps as the Hero,
which will mean taking to the battlefield as the hope of the human race.
Right...
You are free to go now.
Just rest for today.
I'll visit again once things settle down a bit.
Julius-niisama...
The demon army is nowhere to be seen within ten kilometers in any direction.
Good. Have the 1st and 2nd Squadrons remain on alert.
Make sure the rest of the men get some rest.
Sir!
There are no demons in a 30-kilometer radius, not just ten.
We've secured total victory, then.
There's nothing total about it.
We lost a tenth of our men.
We were spared any further casualties thanks to you, Ronandt-sama.
The other forts seem to have had far more losses.
Thanks to me, eh?
There's a limit to what humans are capable of, in the end.
Have you heard of the Nightmare of the Labyrinth?
The legendary monster?
This is a story from 15 years ago, at this point...
Buirimus, can we take a bit of a break?
We just took one, sir.
That was a whole hour ago!
It was only an hour ago!
Ow! Ow, ow, ow...
What is it?
It's my right leg, the one I hurt yesterday...
I believe you said it was your left leg yesterday.
Come along, now.
Do we really need to hurry like this?
Are you really in that much of a rush to get home to see that new baby of yours?
That has nothing to do with it.
Oh, of course, you'd want to see your lovely wife, too!
Ronandt-sama!
Now, now, settle down.
Could you please be a little more cautious?!
We aren't here just for the sake of scouting!
A large number of the monsters native to the Great Elroe Labyrinth
have fled their habitat for the exit, making things more dangerous in the land.
The cause is believed to be
a spider monster that several adventuring parties have mentioned.
It's threat level is thought to be A, maybe even S, the most dangerous classification.
I understand all that, I assure you.
And we're here to exterminate it, right?
You're in good hands with me here.
Consider yourself taken care of!
Ronandt-sama...
So how about that break?
No, sir!
You're no fun.
And you're sure the sightings of the spider monster are from around here?
That should be the case.
It may have set up its nest elsewhere.
There's a path that leads to the Middle Stratum up ahead.
It might've moved into that area.
The Middle Stratum?
A spider monster should be weak to fire.
Is that really a possibility?
What's wrong?!
I-I'm not sure!
I was trying to walk when I got... stuck!
What?!
Wait!
Cast some light and look closely.
Threads?
We may have struck gold here.
Damn it!
They can't be cut?
Very well, let's burn them!
This might get a bit hot, but try not to move.
Uh, right.
Wait a minute!
It's not burning very easily.
I'll increase the firepower!
Oh, dear, I might have gone a bit overboard.
Show a little restraint, please!
We've really done it now.
Right. Whoever's home this was, they're bound to be furious now.
Considering all the flame,
no response means it's either abandoned this nest, or is elsewhere at the moment.
Did a monster make this?
Could a monster really have made this?
This is the route that leads to the Middle Stratum.
Buirimus...
The master of the house has returned.
Th-This thing?
Inconceivable...
Just what is this thing?
Ronandt-sama?
This monster...
It's hasn't even begun to attack,
but has already activated a number of skills simultaneously!
Inconceivable!
It just blocked our escape!
Ronandt-sama?! Are you all right?
Was that...
Appraisal?
That can't be... Is this monster appraising us?!
Zoa Ele?
These overwhelming stats...
And its countless number of skills!
Offense: 682 Defense: 730 Magic Power: 4682 Resistance: 4762 Speed: 3079 Skills: "HP Auto-Recovery LV7" "Height of Occultism" "SP Auto-Recovery LV6" "SP Lessened Consumption LV7" "Destruction Enhancement LV3" "Dragon Power LV1" "Cutting Enhancement LV3" "Poison Enhancement LV7" "Magic Warfare LV4" "Energy Conferment LV2" "Poison Synthesis LV10" "Deadly Poison Attack LV3" "Rot Attack LV2" "Heresy Attack LV1" "Medicine Synthesis LV5" "Threadsmanship LV4" "Utility Thread LV2" "Thread Control LV8" "Throw LV7" "Dimensional Maneuvering LV1" "Stealth LV9" "Silence LV5" "Concentration LV10" "Thought Acceleration LV7" "Foresight LV7" "Parallel Minds LV2" "High-Speed Processing LV3" "Intimidation LV1" "Taboo LV9" "Sturdy LV4" "Skanda LV4" "Demon Lord LV1" "Evasion LV10" "Hit LV10" "Probability Correction LV1" "Heretic Magic LV6" "Shadow Magic LV10" "Divinity Expansion LV5" "Dark Magic LV10" "Black Magic LV3" "Poison Magic LV10" "Healing Magic LV5" "Spatial Magic LV9" "Darkness Resistance LV2" "Abyss Magic LV5" "Destruction Resistance LV3" "Impact Resistance LV3" "Cutting Resistance LV3" "Fire Resistance LV4" "Deadly Poison Resistance LV2" "Paralysis Resistance LV5" "Petrification Resistance LV3" "Acid Resistance LV4" "Rot Resistance LV4" "Pain Mitigation LV7" "Vision Enhancement LV10" "Faint Resistance LV3" "Fear Resistance LV8" "Pain Nullification" "Cursed Evil Eye LV1" "Inert Evil Eye LV1" "Heavy Evil Eye LV1" "Clairvoyance LV1" "Night Vision LV10" "Vision Expansion LV3" "Taste Enhancement LV7" "Tactile Enhancement LV8" "Celestial Power" "Satiation LV3" "Auditory Enhancement LV9" "Olfactory Enhancement LV7" "Ultimate Life LV1" "Instant Body LV1" "Endurance LV1" "Herculean Strength LV4" "Perseverance" "Heresy Nullification" "Pride" "Wisdom" "Conviction" "Hades" "n%I=W"
Skill Points: 300 Titles: "Foul Feeder" "Kin Eater" "Monster Slayer" "Poison Technique User" "Thread User" "Merciless" "Monster Slaughterer" "Ruler of Pride" "Ruler of Perseverance" "Ruler of Wisdom" "Wyrm Slayer" "Harbinger of Fear" "Dragon Slayer"
"Height of Occultism"
Remarkable! Height of Occultism?!
Ronandt-sama, get a grip!
Magnificent... This creature is magnificent!
Wh-What the...
It can interfere with Appraisals?!
Ronandt-sama!
I'm sure of it! This is the source of the changes in the labyrinth!
They fled from its power!
Pull back! Retreat!
Don't!
I... I don't even know what happened!
It has wisdom... power that I could never dream of!
Let go of me! I need to get a closer look at its power—
Ronandt-sama!
Come to your senses! We're going to be annihilated if you don't!
Forgive me... I'm fine now.
Even if we try to flee, with it blocking the path out...
I doubt we can expect it to simply step aside and let us pass.
Which means our only path out of here is with group teleportation!
Understood.
Defend Ronandt-sama!
Focus on transcribing the group teleportation spell, Ronandt-sama.
We'll buy you the time you need!
Kirekock!
Rock Turtle!
Feveroot!
Suiten!
Ronandt-sama, these monsters are powerful, but I don't know how effective they'll be!
Prepare the teleportation as quickly as you can!
D-Damn it, again?!
It's a spider monster, so are these poison attacks?!
But it's impossible to tell!
Go!
Kirekock!
Suiten!
It's not over yet!
Feveroot!
Good! If it can get behind it—
What?! What just happened?!
Run for it!
That's the same wind magic the Kirekock was using!
Impossible... it was able to transcribe the magic from scratch, without using a skill?!
Rock Turtle!
Rock Turtle, what's wrong?!
Wh-What?
Just a bit longer...
This is a complete disaster.
Ronandt-sama, please save yourself!
Don't be a fool! You're coming, too!
Ronandt-sama!
Ronandt-sama?!
B-Buirimus-sama!
He may yet live!
Call someone who can use healing magic now!
Yes, sir!
What happened to the scouting party?
All dead.
R-Ronandt-sama...
Hold strong! You wanted to see your child, didn't you?
Thank you so much.
Because of you... I survived.
So much for the strongest sorcerer of the human race.
I was powerless.
Ronandt-sama...
There are forces in this world far beyond what humanity is capable of contending with.
And something is on the horizon.
The Nightmare of the Labyrinth...
The fact that another spider monster, a Queen Taratect, appeared at Fort Kusorion...
The Nightmare may be involved.
And now, Kumoko-san's story, summarized as the intro to this song!
Okay, here we go!
Normal!
High schooler!
Classics!
Lesson!
And then a sudden
Disaster!
Time!
Passes!
Consciousness!
Regained!
She's a spider now!
Aah, total chaos!
Kumoko skittering every which way in a panic!
Day in and day out in the great labyrinth!☆
It's survival of the fittest but hang in there, Kumoko!
By the way, her starting stats are absolutely minimal! ☆ (V!)
Scary enemies! (Yeah!)
Nasty eats! (Yeah, yeah!)
Sweating bullets, anxious sobbing, unlucky☆!
Even if my home is suddenly burnt down, I won't give up☆! (Yay!)
Remember the magic words: "Gimme back my house!"
Ah, the isekai reincarnation she's dreamed of...
Was to have a starring role as a beautiful girl on easy street!
Man, is there any skill to turn this around?!
Appraisal? Thread Control? Telekinesis? Throw? Expel?
Concentration? Perseverance? Satiation? Stealth? Evasion?
Utility Thread? Poison Synthesis? Medicine Synthesis?
Heresy Attack? Rot Attack?
Assorted Evil Eyes?! Height of Occultism?! Parallel Minds?!
My last resort's a desperation attack
Oraoraoraoraoraoraora
Time to do whatever it takes!
More and more with the brute force to pour on skills by the ton!
To tear them up and shred them to bits AHHHH!
I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die! I wanna survive, I wanna survive!
I'm gonna live no matter what! AHHHH!
I'd really like a break from living in this crappy game
I kinda thought a reincarnation would be a chance to enjoy life
Why did I have to get such a brutal start?! Seriously!
You're gonna pay for this, Administrator D!
It's pitch black in the grand labyrinth again today
And I'm betting it all on survival still
I guess it's fun in it's own way but
I seriously don't get it, I mean, why I'd have to be
A freaking spider?!
I am pissed!
I am so pissed off!
What the hell?!
What the hell was that?! Unbelievable!
We're fuming!
I step out for one second to get some food and my house gets invaded,
not to mention torched!
And on top of that, they attack me when I try to chew them out!
It's like they went from being sneak thieves to trying to mug me!
Tell me about it!
That makes what I did self-defense, doesn't it?!
It sure does!
Well, I did mark those guys who managed to escape.
Marked 'em, you say?!
Just one of the things that Wisdom lets me do.
Damn, Wisdom!
Well, now I should be able to figure out the exit to the Labyrinth if I just wait a bit!
<<Experience threshold reached. You are now Level 20.>> <> <> <> <> <<The conditions have met. Zoe Ele can now evolve into Ede Saine.>>
Experience threshold reached. You are now level 20.
Oh, yeah! I'm the best! I'm the best!
All core stats have increased.
Proficiency-based skill level up bonus acquired.
Skill: Faint Resistance is now level 4.
You obtained skill points.
The conditions have been met. Zoe Ele can now evolve into Ede Saine.
Ede Saine?
Pipe down, you!
Eh, that's fine-eh.
That was pretty good!
Ede Saine Evolution Requirements: Zoa Ele, LV20. Explanation: Known and feared as the embodiment of death itself. A spider-type monster with extremely high combat and stealth capability.
"Death given form"?
Well, that is very Demon Lordy.
Are we doing this?
You bet we are!
Ede Saine, commence evolution!
Skill is now LV10.
Skill: Taboo is now Level 10.
Crap... I maxed... out Taboo. Urgh...
Now installing information.
Next time on So I'm a Spider, So What?
Next Time, Is the Big Battle?
See you next time!