Chapter 161: V2 Ch 20. Consequences of negligence

The cobold extermination was easy and I was satisfied with my performance but for the second quest I decided to consider Lilith’s warning that the rock spiders are strong. Instead of just going right into a fight I decided to prepare and patiently move with an elaborate plan. This quest will require some serious power. Wait a moment…

“Hey, are you crazy?!” I snatched the cave’s map out of Xera’s hands and checked for the exits. There were only two known entrances. If, for example, something was going to create high pressure at one of the entrances…

“Miss Delight, can I ask you to start sharing your plans with us? There were many times when we two had to worry about you because you never tell us what you are going to do.” Lilith grabbed my hand and did not let go of me until I finally yielded.

“Perhaps you are right. I will make the rock spiders regret the day they were born.” I winked and walked forward into the cave.

“What do you mean?” (L)

“Are you not looking forward to seeing what miracles I am capable of~?” I decided to pick her curiosity and thus avoid having to describe everything for the sake of her not getting any of it.

“Oh my~! Xera, prepare to witness the true might of the sage!” While I don’t get the sage part I still hope that I will be able to blow all of the spiders out of the cave.

I summoned the guns and aimed them at the entrance. I walked closer until I was inside the cave.

After I activated both ‘Requiem’ and ‘Memento Mori’ I waited.

One of the turrets had autoloader jam so its guns did not finish reloading. Second and third turrets successfully finished loading but the fourth turret had fire in its electro-hydraulic system. The jamming was not resolved fast enough so I only had half of my guns. No, wrong. I had the entire half of my guns ready to fire.

Boom Boom Boom Boom

A loud blast of heavy guns sent dummy shells into the cave. A wave of high pressure gas was blocked by the walls and because of that it was directed inside and turned the cave into a huge gas cannon which created a dreadful shockwave, enough to kill some of the spiders.

After the initial fire I headed inside and turned on the spotlights. The girls followed me in a distance. I am going to attract a lot of attention so it won’t be surprising if the spiders will attack me and ignore them.

 The area around the entrance was empty, even small rocks were blown away, not to mention the spiders. I wonder how large the targets are but if they were all killed after my salvo then it should be alright to proceed deeper inside.

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At 300 meter mark I started seeing debris from the pressure wave. From that moment I paid attention to any sound or shadow. As if my companions understood that I am no longer wandering around, they stopped talking and silently followed me with a closer distance. Just in case I started loading the main guns.

I had one more jam and another fire. The jam was resolved rapidly and thus the guns were loaded. Now I have 4 guns out of commission and 4 loaded.

When we were halfway through the cave, I thought that something will happen but I still didn’t hear anything, neither did I see the spiders. While at first I was soothing myself with a thought that I just blew them all away but now I am suspicious that they managed to run away and it is not a good sign.

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The dark corners of the cave were not always illuminated by my spotlights and there might be something hiding. I was not expecting that there will be an entire swarm of spiders but I was still prepared to start shooting if they do attack.

I gestured the others to come closer.

‘What is going on?’ Lilith whispered quietly yet it sounded like a shout because of echo.

‘There should’ve been spider bodies or something but I see nothing.’

‘What do you want to do now?’ (X)

‘SWOOSH’

Tra-ta-ta-ta

Something flashed in a distance and I fired a burst from machine gun. The echo carried the firing sound throughout the cave.

‘Don’t relax, it looks like the rock spiders are close and they are alive.’

‘Tap-tap-tap’

A sound of something walking arrived from behind. Soon it was followed by another sound from our front. The number of sources was increasing and now it was clear that we are surrounded.

‘So much for my genius plan…’ I could only resort to self-mocking for my own unpreparedness.

As the spiders were slowly approaching I ordered: “Stay close to me!” and aimed one turret to the front and the other to the back.

As I saw the silhouettes appearing I opened fire

Boom Boom Boom Boom