Bab 154: Ghoul

"Fire, fire!"

The guards behind him immediately pointed their crossbows at the spider, then let their arrows fly. However, the human face spider moved swiftly and had extraordinary sensory abilities. As such, it seemed to detect the movements from the air currents instead of through its vision.

So, as soon as any arrows were shot, the creature could sense the objects and evade them. At the moment, it was as if the arrows were following behind it. Every time an arrow would land just after the creature had moved to avoid it, and the thuds of the arrows hitting the empty wall reverberated throughout the air.

Seeing that their arrows were having no effect, the entire squad was retreating backwards, while the human faced spider circled around them. Every time it attacked, at least one of the squad members would be injured. They were like prey, trapped within its web, each of the creature's steps bringing the squad closer and closer to death!