Chapter 23: Unnecessary Comments
"Incoming!"
Malty didn't have any reason to shout. Every single student could see a pitch black claw akin to a cold spear shooting towards them.
If it was actually a spear, it would've been better, after all, the claw was almost 1 metre wide!
As they had decided, the large area defence spells were removed as some students immediately covered themselves barrier spells, enforcing their own safety.
Meanwhile, other students like Zeus, took the approach of— Best Defence is the Strongest Offence.
"Thunderbolt!"
"Earth Boulder!"
"Flame Slash!"
"Shadow Spear!"
Various weapons made of different Elements struck the spider claw while a particular student stood straight without any barrier or fighting spell around her.
Repelling this strike, the group immediately looked at Megumin once again.
"Have you gone mad? Why didn't you use any spell?"
"What about your Explosion?!"
Hearing all the questions, Megumin simply adjusted her witch's hat and turned her head sideways.
"I am out of magic power."
The students finally stopped paying attention to this anomaly. In reality, Megumin had been a graceful young mistress she is supposed to be and many youths were also smitten by her charm.
But in the matter of dangerous situation like this, all of them lost their feelings for her. She was too ignorant!
Attracting the attention of a strong and unknown monster while using the entirety of her magic energy on a simple Rank 1 Spell: Explosion, she would soon be liable to become a burden and nobody wanted to bear her on their own shoulders.
Of course, being a man of appreciating all cultures, Zeus did find the embarrassed Megumin even more charming but now wasn't the time.
Three Magic Circles appeared above his head and quickly fused together, creating a huge warrior made of lightning.
Rank 3: Lightning Avatar.
The lightning warrior immediately condensed and covered Zeus's body while a pair of constantly clashing thunder wings were formed behind his back.
The sudden eruption of magic power took all of them by surprise but some other students immediately used their strongest offensive or defensive spell.
Three Flaming Magic Circles floated beneath Malty's body as her limbs were covered in flames and a helmet made of fiery red flame covered the top of her head.
This spell also belonged the Rank 3 Avatar Series of the Imperial Family.
Rank 3 Flame Avatar!
Unlike Zeus's wings, a flaming bow and arrow formed in Malty's hands. Of course, even if both of them used Rank 3 spells, the efficiency of Zeus's spell was higher.
Since he had the mastery of fusing his Magic Circles, the Magic Energy required for the spell is heavily reduced and the spell itself packs an explosive punch!
Meanwhile, Malty's magic energy flowed into three different magic circles before they were combined. In this manner, there was a fundamental difference between the spells due to the proficiency of the user.
Rank 3 Earth Golem
Rank 3 Shadow Swamp
Rank 3 Wind Blades
The offensive spells were prepared, ready to be launched at a moment's notice as all of them waited.
While some of them understand the meaning of their actions before, after they heard the dull thuds getting closer as the trees slowly parted way, they finally understood the approaching doom and prepared the spells as quickly as they could.
Meanwhile, Megumin simply gripped her staff tighter and remained attentive to her surroundings. Even if she couldn't use spells, she was still a dual cultivator who could use spiritual techniques to battle in close range. Her weapon of choice being the staff in her hand.
Tuctuctuc
Accompanied by the constant 'tuctuc' sound, the creature finally appeared in front of them.
With its large black furry body supported by eight pair of small limbs while three pairs of green eyes and pitch black mandibles constantly striking against each other fashioned its face.
Meanwhile, a pair of conspicuous 'horns' were erected from its head. The horns were strangely zigzagged and it looked like one of the toys where the zigzagged hand could stretch out.
A Great Beast— Horned Black Widow!
Seeing the monster with strength equivalent to Rank 4 Knights and Magicians, the group visibly paled.
"Get ready to... retreat!"
Malty whispered and once again, there wasn't a need for her to whisper such things. The group had already decided in their heart to retreat.
Chii
A squeel emerged from the spider's mouth as it finally shot out a venomous ball of web towards the group.
All this time, the spider had just been assessing the situation. Even though it was a monster, it doesn't mean that the spider wasn't smart.
The monster understood the concept of preying on the weak and after sending weak strikes at the group, they all were deemed weak by the monster.
Bolts of lightning struck out from Zeus's wings while others used their spells on the ball of web, too.
"Go!"
"One of the students wanted to openly curse at Malty for commenting on every single situation.
It.wasn't.needed!
Even Megumin's body was covered in yellow spiritual energy, showcasing her Cultivation as a Rank 1 Knight and they all ran away, including Zeus!
They didn't dare retreat in a group, afraid to be the bigger target in the eyes of spider and simply spread out!
It would've been easy for them to defeat the monster and retreat safely if they were coordinating as a team but there were many variables that obstructed others from working together.
The first and foremost was Megumin's ignorant actions.
Even though they felt quite stupid at first, her actions had unknowingly made others afraid of each other as they didn't know who would end up being a burden.
Secondly, the sudden appearance of the Rank 4 Great Beast filled their hearts with dread and they simply had the urge to leave everything and run away.
Chii
With an ear-piercing squeal, the spider shot towards the unfortunate target while the rest started their own adventure on this dangerous island.
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