Chapter One-Hundred-and-Twelve
Adam had initially assumed that the Spidersilk Needle was a melee weapon, but it wasn’t really possible to hold and stab with. Or well, it was possible, but it wasn’t easy or functional. Although Legendary weapons didn’t imbue much in the way of intrinsic knowledge, unlike with most other weapons he acquired below Epic rarity, it was offset by Weaver being able to tutor Adam in ways to use it.
Her immediate response to his attempts to grip the needle around the wide base like a dagger was to slap it out of his hands and grip it with two of the spidery legs sprouting from her back. With the silken string wrapped around the tip of the right leg, she used the left to fling it like a small javelin.
Upon seeing the very basic way it was used, Adam thought it was just a finnicky version of the Lancer’s throwing evolutions, but then she started using the string and he realised why the weapon was Legendary.
Weaver loped forward and threw the needle straight ahead only for it to violently yank back when it reached the end, due to the spidersilk thread’s insane elasticity. As it flew back towards her, the tip was still pointed straight ahead. She twirled around as it passed right through where she’d been standing, then she threw out loops of the silk wrapped around her spider leg. It hung in the air for longer than seemed possible, and at first Adam thought it was because the string was so light, but, as the needle bounced back a second time, it passed through the loops and triggered a special effect, revealing there was more to it than that.
The needle exploded forward with absurd speed, stretching the thread way beyond what seemed possible and tying knots on the loops it shot through. The resultant buffet of wind it produced ruffled Adam’s brown hair aggressively. Predictably, the needle was yanked back as the elastic spidersilk contracted, but Weaver easily caught it in her hand where it slowed down unnaturally.
“That was impressive,” Adam said honestly as she handed back the weapon.
“My mother is said to be able to produce feats of real magic with her needle and string,” Weaver replied. “I am still a novice.”
“Didn’t look like a novice to me,” he told her. “You were using Mana to manipulate it, right?”
Weaver nodded. “Spidersilk is woven with magical energy. That is why it is so strong.”