Chapter 304: The Gray Spider (3)
The Spiders froze when they saw my smile. I had met many people who lived long lives. In the Tower, it was possible to overcome a human’s natural lifespan. Some people lived for over a hundred years, and even Constellations like Hamustra had been wandering for tens of thousands of years. Meeting them made me realize one thing—fear was a part of life.
“It’ll never end like this,” I announced with a bright smile. “If you won’t make a move, then I will.”
My feet were faster than my words as I ran. In the next moment, a Spider hiding in the building debris let out a short, sharp cry. The freckled witch and I locked eyes, standing just inches apart. With a reassuring smile, I pressed on her pressure point.
“Ah...”
“No matter how eternal it feels, a thousand years isn’t eternity,” I hummed. My words carried no meaning. “Just like it takes ten days for the red flowers to wither, the arrival of the Magic Tower’s autumn needed a thousand years.”
All the Spiders scattered throughout the city were listening to every word that was coming out of my mouth. They would desperately try to find meaning in my words, and that was enough for me. If I could confuse them even a little, I would gladly pretend to recite riddles leisurely.
“Ah, I should have worn a black robe. This is the historic moment when the Great Demonic Path destroys the Magic Tower’s thousand-year history. Yet I failed to consider my attire at the moment. Well, it’s just a minor detail. My teacher will surely laugh it off.”
“Retreat!” one of the colonel Spiders screamed. “Retreat! Retreat! Thirty-Third Battalion, hold that monster back, even if it’s just for a moment!”
“Retreat? Where the hell are we supposed to go?”
“Assemble at headquarters! This fight is hopeless! We need the elder’s intervention.”
Objectively speaking, the Magic Tower still held the upper hand. The enemies I had defeated so far numbered just over a hundred. However, I had been targeting and eliminating only the commanding officers.
The enemy’s commanding system collapsed. The Spiders, who relied entirely on Aura Transmission for communication, lost their means of fighting me when their wide-area communication network, the Spider Web, was torn apart. Every witch was on their own.