Chapter 429: Eight-Legged God of Death
A spider’s lower body, and dragon wings. And, with the same appearance as I saw that time in forest, the upper body of an androgynous human.
The arachne-mode slime scampers towards me. Unlike that time in the forest, the slime actually has colour to it, so it’s even more revolting a sight than it needs to be. Glittering eight different colours, the spider’s eyes peer around restlessly.
All of a sudden, the floor in front of me splits open. With a bad premonition, I escape backwards. The rift in the floor widens, and something grazes past my wing.
There was something that attacked me, but that’s all I know. The floor here is sturdy metal made for combat. I observed its hardness in the battle with Rogueheil. But whatever it was, it cut through the floor like tofu. That attack is bad news.
Looking up, I see the slime raising an arm as it chases me. The same attack is coming again, it seems. On top of the nature of it being unknown, its power is stupidly high, and the activation time is short.
I twist my body, turning my back to the slime. It’s uncool, but until I can see that attack in its entirety, I can’t fight directly. I have a rough idea of what the mysterious cutting attack is, but not being able to predict its trajectory makes it too troublesome. If I fight from the front now, I'll just be cut to pieces while unable to respond to the mysterious attack.
Not only does it cut through the floor and walls at maximum speed, it’s even flying through the air. I continue to fly low to the ground, but sensing danger, I stretch out my hind legs to forcefully land and turn ninety degrees, running in a perpendicular direction. The floor right in front of where I was flying splits open as though cut by a giant ultra-thin blade.
While running, I look at the slime’s status in my mind, searching for potential candidate skills, then ask God’s Voice for their details.
Probably, the skill the slime’s using is [Severing Thread]. Apparently it creates a thread that is ultra-thin and yet still has mass and strength, then releases it as a high-density knife. But even so, the attack power is too high.