READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 126 - Black Waves.
TN; Thank Viiyen for the chapter.
“What is that?”
“Crazy…”
At that moment.
Before the eyes of the superhumans who were expressing dissatisfaction at the sudden order, a scene unfolded that they wanted to rub their eyes and see again.
Monsters had appeared.
In a truly transcendent number that couldn’t even be counted.
“Isn’t that a Black Tarantula?”
“N-no way…!”
Monsters also give birth to offspring and continue their lineage.
That’s common sense everyone knows.
Sometimes, such baby monsters attack them, too.
That’s not strange.
What’s strange is the number.
Look at the transcendent number of spiders that can only be called a wave.
That’s the nature of Black Tarantulas.
Laying an enormous number of tiny offspring.
According to scholars, they literally lay an astronomical number of eggs.
But until now, they had no way of seeing that.
And based on their experiences so far, everyone knew it was true.
And that common sense they took for granted was being denied right before our eyes.
“That number should be impossible! Based on the Black Tarantula’s nature, it should be absolutely impossible!”
Humans receive nutrients through the umbilical cord.
Usually one, at most two or three children are supplied with nutrients.
But it’s impossible for those uncountably numerous spiders to be supplied with nutrients that way. They’re born from eggs.
Then where do they get their nutrients from?
How do the countless baby spiders gathered in one egg sac survive?
How exactly did they get nutrients when they struggle out of that egg sac in a nutrient-deficient situation?
The answer is simple.
As soon as they’re born, they eat each other.
They supplement nutrients by eating each other, and after all the nutrients are replenished and the competition ends, there are at most two or three remaining offspring.
That’s how it’s been known.
That was common sense.
So, those baby spiders are an abnormality.
They should die from being unable to get nutrients without eating each other.
Then why are there so many?
As the superhumans were pondering such thoughts in confusion, an urgent order was given.
“Get in formation! Hurry! There’s no time!”
“Yes!”
The Commander calmly gave orders without panicking at the sudden abnormal situation.
As if he knew in advance about that terrifying black wave.
Of course, he could not have known in advance. Still, that composed appearance gradually calmed the heroes’ confusion, and the work began progressing.
Naturally, the Commander’s mind was just as complicated.
This unprecedented, abnormal situation unfolded for him, too.
“…”
The Commander’s ability to remain composed was due to his countless years of experience on the battlefield and his inkling.
“Is it because of that being…”
There can’t be any other reason.
He looked at the children hurriedly running towards them from afar.
That student named Siwoo who alerted them of the threat.
He felt sorry for that student and the student named Arte.
Although calling one of them a student is a bit inappropriate…
He considered them both as students since they were younger than him.
They’re pitiable children.
To think they caught the eye of a terrible being and ended up living such a turbulent life.
“No matter what, protect the students! They’re assets for the future!”
“Isn’t that obvious! Kids, move quickly! There’s no time!”
“Yes, sir!”
Even the criminal bastards out of it seemed to have judged that running away was futile after seeing that sight.
He’s rarely seen them work so passionately.
As he stared at the rapidly completed makeshift ramparts, Lionel, who had approached at some point, was returning with a spider’s corpse in his hand.
Although called a baby, it’s just small compared to the size of an adult.
Each one was about the size of a human.
“How much is it estimated to be?”
“Lower Grade 3… No, estimated to be a Grade 4 monster. Quite soft. It can be easily crushed, but…”
“We can be easily crushed too.”
“Yes.”
No matter how fragile a monster’s exoskeleton is, it’s still tougher than a human’s.
Unless you have the ability to make your body sturdy, the best you can do is dodge or deflect without getting hit.
So, a huge swarm like this that can’t be avoided is close to a disaster.
One isn’t scary at all.
Even ten would be a bit of a headache, but no one here would be in danger.
But a hundred?
A thousand?
Gradually, there will be nowhere to step, and eventually, you’ll just be swallowed up.
It’s literally a tsunami.
A disaster like a black wave.
“Sigh.”
“Why are you sighing again? You were smiling so peacefully before.”
“Wouldn’t you sigh if you were me? Look at them. It’s awful.”
That hateful guy smiling brightly didn’t answer either.
What he felt was a sense of trust.
The feeling of trust that the Commander could solve it was conveyed.
“Tsk, you brat. You shouldn’t make an old man work.”
“Haha. An old man, what are you saying? I pride myself on being the strongest here.”
“Hmph. Flattery won’t get you anywhere.”
“What do you mean nowhere?”
He was already looking at his daughter, moving around at a speed that was hard for us to see.
“My daughter is in danger. It’s reassuring to have you with us, Commander.”
“Tsk. It’s always been like that.”
“Haha.”
***
*Annie POV
“Mmm, we were lucky.”
“That’s right, Annie. We were lucky.”
The girl covered in rags smiled brightly.
We were really lucky.
When one of the eggs hatched not long after discovering these spider friends.
I was surprised to see them trying to eat each other.
Fortunately, they stopped when I told them to stop, but they whined about hunger.
Luckily, there was a spider’s corpse, so I shared it with them, and they ate it deliciously.
I had a hard time while feeding the awakened baby spiders…
But seeing that enormous number, I felt a sense of pride.
“They must be terribly hungry.”
“Yeah, probably. We barely fed them at the end.”
“It couldn’t be helped. They were growing bigger by the day.”
When they were young, just a little was enough.
I was going to raise them a bit more before sending them off, but there were no more monsters to feed them.
When they started trying to eat each other after about a day of starvation, I hurriedly told them there was food over there, and wow, look at them running.
How cute.
“Ahaha, look at them all startled.”
“…”
“Now we can achieve our goal, Mir.”
Whether those guys can stop those spiders or fail and all die?
I didn’t care about that.
Those guys will be too busy to even pay attention to a little girl escaping the front lines.
Using this power, I could achieve the goal I couldn’t before.
“Mir, finally. Now, we can soon create the equal world you dreamed of.”
“…”
“Mir? Why aren’t you answering?”
Anxiety crept into Annie’s voice that received no response.
Did I make a mistake again?
At that time.
When Mir was thrown to the ground.
I had made up my mind not to make such a mistake again.
Did I make another mistake?
As I was getting tense with that anxiety, a reassuring voice was heard.
“It’s not like that, Annie.”
“Then?”
“I think I’ve seen that somewhere.”
The girl kept muttering to herself.
As if someone was beside her.
As if she was talking to someone.
“You think you’ve seen it before, but what exactly?”
“Over there, that person. I’m sure I remember seeing him.”
“That person?”
“That man heading towards the main force.”
Ah.
Only then did the girl realize the identity of the discomfort.
Right, how could I have forgotten?
No.
Maybe I wasn’t forgetting.
Maybe I just didn’t want to remember.
“Right. There’s no way I could forget, Mir. I remember everything.”
“…”
“The day you collapsed is clearly etched in my mind.”
“…”
That boy.
I remember.
The guy who interfered with Mir.
The one she said she would handle quickly.
The cause that ruined all their plans at the very end.
“Why is that bastard…”
Wasn’t he a student?
Why is he in a place like this?
Suddenly, the girl recalled.
Come to think of it, that guy.
The woman who killed Mir was also wearing a school uniform.
The girl’s thought that she had to quickly escape during this chance was no longer in her mind.
She was just comparing the faces one by one among the numerous crowds.
“Not here.”
But as if the girl’s thought was wrong, the face of that hateful woman was nowhere to be seen.
Despite the fact that it should be easy to distinguish due to her distinctive appearance.
“Well, there’s no way we could meet in a place like this. Let’s go, Mir…?”
At that moment, when the girl was about to leave the spot, she saw it.
Someone running from a building that looked small in the distance.
That detestable black hair and that face.
“…”
The moment she saw that face, all the plans in the girl’s mind disappeared.
But she had to move according to plan, right? Good.
Let’s make a new one.
Revenge on that hateful woman.
Appease Mir with that woman’s blood.
The broken girl smiled brightly.