Chapter 348: Second Ambush
348 – Second Ambush
The interval between the basilisk’s footfalls is disconcertingly short. Because of my petrified foreleg, I move as fast as I want to. I half-turn to send a [Wind Slash].
It ducks to easily avoid the blade of wind, and the crushed old man face twists into a smile. Cheh! If anything, it’s gotten closer. I make a wide turn around the tree where the nightmare is hiding, then as the basilisk directly heads toward me, slow down.
As it rushes forwards, I see thin red thread reflecting the light in front of it. A huge quantity of spider thread is strung up between the trees.
But won’t it simply shake off that amount of thread? No, the nightmare must have some sort of plan. The petrification of my arm is slowly spreading too. I don’t have much time. I make a sudden turn and charge straight towards the basilisk.
“…Aaa?”
With a mutter of displeasure, it tears off the red thread. It suffers a moment of deceleration, but that is all.
It glares up at the tree next to it. At the end of its line of sight, the nightmare makes its appearance and spits a lump of red thread.
“Peh!”