Chapter 13: Demon Monkey!
Kumoko watched from the side as Elliot began his evolution.
She knew the evolution process involved falling asleep, so someone needed to stand guard. If a monster attacked while he was unconscious, who knew what might happen?
"Earth Dragon, you protected me last time. Now it's Kumoko's turn!"
"I definitely won't let anything hurt you, not even a little bit! Don't worry!" Kumoko puffed out her chest proudly.
Then immediately deflated when she remembered she was a spider and didn't actually have a chest.
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To stay hidden, Kumoko had built their nest high up on a cave wall. At this height, many of the labyrinth's monsters couldn't reach them.
Kumoko glanced towards the corner of the nest where the Earth Dragon was encased in rock. An incredible aura pulsed from the rocky shell. She could only imagine how terrifyingly strong his stats would be when he hatched again.
"So strong... As expected of an Earth Dragon. Even while asleep, his presence is this intense," Kumoko muttered to herself. She felt a pang of envy. Why did he get to be reborn as a cool Earth Dragon while she became a spider?
"Besides me, I wonder if anyone else got reborn as a monster," she pondered. Usually, in these kinds of stories, humans reincarnated into other worlds as humans too heroes, priests, princes, princesses, that sort of thing. Surely no one got turned into a goblin or a... hilichurl, right? Kumoko thought.
Man, this is kinda boring. Standing guard at the entrance, nothing to do. Plus, she was getting hungry again.