Super Spark of Duper Pride [OB] - Act I: Motivation

1-10: Even More Trauma, Yeah! (Spider 25)

Spider 25:

Oww...oww...just oww...

I am in so much pain right now...

This must be punishment for getting cocky.

I ran into a Human, he was too strong for me to fight so shameful as it is, I had to run away.

He was just as fast as me, which would imply my Speed Stat is only average and everything else I have is far, far below average.

Way to hammer home how weak I actually am.

Ha ha ha! Gah! Oww...

I shook him off thanks to the Monsters we ran into.

I ran past them while the Human couldn't so while they were busy fighting each other, I ran full speed ahead.

I myself was too busy thanking the Monsters by praying for their happiness in the afterlife in my head to notice where I was going and charged straight into a large hole going down.

I am so stupid! It's hilarious!

Ha ha ha! Oww...

I stalled my fall with thread only to realise that bees were gunning for me from above, forcing me to escape further downward.

The same kind of giant bees as the one I caught with my first home actually.

One of those bastards caught up and stabbed me in my back and injected poison into me!

Being burnt by Acid, Poison, whatever is one thing, getting smacked into a wall is another.

But getting stabbed from behind like that and having a liquid pumped into me?!

That's so wrong! I feel so violated! Nai wa!

Is this how mum felt when...when she...

Oww...

Thankfully, I used [Thread Control], which I had been training up a lot, to grab that bastard and slam it into the ground before making my escape.

I quickly hid in the gap between a large rock and the wall.

The bees are too big to fit in so I am safe here.

Pretty sure [Poison Resistance] is the only reason I survived, I am down to 6 HP and it hasn't gone down more...yet.

Oww...

[Pain Resistance] helps me move despite the pain, but it doesn't help reduce the amount of pain I actually feel no matter how much I wish it would right now.

I was just planning on sneaking away when three of those boss snakes showed up.

Come on! You can't expect me to take them on with a gapping, painful hole in my back!

Am I supposed to fight King Ghi**ra now?!

Why is the whole world trying to gang up on me today?! Nai wa!

Is god telling me to know my place as a small fry with ideas above my station?!

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised at this point to be honest.

Oww...

The bees and the snakes are fighting each other now.

A war of the Monsters one could say.

Coming to the cinema in-Gah! Oww...

They are distracted with each other, which should make it easier for me to get away.

What's this kind of situation called again?

Divide and conquer?

Try to hit two targets, but miss both?

Inner Critic: Is that an actual proverb, Hiiro?

Don't know, and I don't think either of those are it.

But who cares?! Just don't pay me any mind!

Gah! Oww...

The pain is distracting, no, suffocating.

I want to cry, but I can't.

Why is this happening to me?! No more please! Nai wa!

I wanna go home!

I want my old life back!

I promise to live my life to the fullest!

I will not waste it away doing nothing!

I will be honest and open up to the people closest to me!

And work hard to maintain my bonds!

Moreover, I will make something of my life, and actually do some good for the world!

So please?!

...

Ha ha ha oww...

Of course no god will answer my prayer.

This is probably my punishment for wasting my last life.

I can't change the tragedies of the past, I can only move forward the best I can.

Oww...

I feel so miserable from the constant pain.

But I can't give up now or I won't even get out of this hell! Nai wa!

Just then, a giant armoured blue wolf thing appeared.

Appraisal-san: < Earth Dragon LV31 ????? Status: Appraisal Failed >

Are you freaking kidding me!?

The bees and snakes all stop fighting each other to attack That, but it doesn't even flinch.

That is as cool a cucumber as it just stands there, unimpressed.

Then in a blink of an eye, everyone is sliced and dead.

My eyes couldn't even see That move.

That then nonchalantly eats the shattered remains of its victims.

I am scared, I admit it, I am scared.

I am completely frozen in terror, please don't notice me!

Divine Voice: "Proficiency has reached the required level.

Skill [Stealth LV1] has become [Stealth LV2]."

Please shut up, Divine Voice!

I am begging you, whatever god is looking down on me right now.

Don't let That notice me!

After eating the snakes, That ignores the bees and leaves.

Oh thank god.

I finally let out a sigh of relief.

Oww oww oww!

I forgot about the pain while I was scared sheetless.

I want to scream out in pain, but I can't afford to draw any attention.

I need a plan badly.

That left the bee corpses behind, I should try to grab them with [Thread Control].

I need to make full use of the EP these bees will give me.

I need to secure more food and level up fast.