episode_0129

The entrance to the tunnel was now blocked as if it had never existed in the first place, leaving only thick smoke behind.

Pina’s expression as she looked at it was tinged with despair.

Now that she had lost the only hope she could rely on, her head was filled with bewilderment, and it seemed like she couldn’t even think normally.

“What should I do… What should I do… … ”

That’s right, now I’ve lost even a temporary hiding place, and someone who heard the sound of the tunnel collapsing might come to this place.

Next to Leah, who was fidgeting with her children in her arms, Leah was looking down at the collapsed tunnel entrance with a gloomy expression.

There were no more opportunities now.

As a result, no matter what I decided to do, the time to make the choice I had been putting off had already arrived.

“There’s nothing we can do now… …

You guys should go and hide… ”

“But… … ”

The way back was blocked.

So there was no longer any option to go back.

The only option left is to implement what you have been thinking about.

“What’s going on… ?”

“I heard a loud noise?”

When a rumbling sound was heard from afar, Leah slowly lowered her eyes and gently raised her hand in front of her eyes.

Then, the sharp fingernails that came out slowly reflected the sunlight, dazzling their own eyes with colorful lights.

‘This is enough… … ‘

Although it may be a painful method, this is finally the end.

There is no need to worry anymore or be heartbroken, and you will be able to go first and go to your friend who is waiting for you.

She placed the tips of her trembling fingernails on her neck, and only then was she able to show a small smile.

The feeling of sharp fingernails pressing against the soft skin of your neck.

And it feels like small drops of blood are starting to form on my skin.

Still, I didn’t want to leave after suffering for a long time.

The exact moment when Leah, gently closing her trembling eyelids, tightened her hands and quickly tried to slit her own throat.

What stopped her hand in that moment of interlude were small, fussy cries coming from right next to her.

“Heeing… How about… … ?

We’re getting caught… … ?”

“Ah… no… it is not so…

Because we’ll be okay… …

So, pop… Fine… Sigh… ”

“What should I do… I don’t like it, sister… !!

scary… !! If I get caught this time… this time… !!”

Leah unconsciously opened her eyes and looked down at Pina who was fussing next to her, holding two anxious children in her arms. With an indescribable feeling, she finally dropped the hand that was on her neck downwards. It ended.

Even though they are now beings that have nothing to do with you.

Even if there is a relationship, they are nothing more than prey.

Was it because, even if it was only once, he was reminded of his past while looking at them?

“Wake up.”

“Mr. Leah… … ”

“If it’s the last time anyway…

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to give it a try… ”

As if surprised by her change of mind, Pina’s face was soaked with relief as she looked up at Leah with tear-filled eyes.

Just like that, Leah began to tear off the spiderweb fabric on her chest and spin the thread, quickly twisting it into something as if she was used to it.

“This is… … ”

“I don’t have much time… Explanation later…

More than that, if only I could get out of here…

Will I be able to live in the future?”

“Yes… Well… of course… !!”

“Then it is done.”

In response to Leah’s question about how she finished something and placed it on Pina’s shoulder, even though it really didn’t take much time, Pina answered with a puzzled expression.

Something long and wrapped around one’s shoulder.

It didn’t take long to realize that it was a thin but very long rope.

“No way… … !! Ms. Leah!!”

“You have to take care of going down…

Come on. You can catch me.”

Leah, who had tied the children who were coming to her with a spider web and put them on her back while crying, looked back at Pina, who was looking at her with empty eyes for the last time.

“Didn’t you say you would save the children?

So for that, you need to come to your senses… ”

“Together… I think I can go… … ”

“If possible.”

In the end, Leah snatched Pina with her hands and lifted her onto her back. She also connected Pina’s body with a web and slowly began to approach the wall.

A solid wall made of a special alloy that is not easily scratched no matter how strong the attack.

In the end, Leah poked at the wall with her leg and found that the wall was without a single scratch. She took a deep breath and placed her palm on the wall.

Not only is it hard, it’s also slippery.

‘just like that… It may not be resolved… … ‘

But the cunning hunter had no choice but to sit there like this.

If you don’t have nails, use your fingers.

If you don’t have teeth, even just gums.

That’s how you live your life, achieving your goals.

Leah placed her hand on her chest and gently squeezed out the spider web, and Leah gently rubbed the sticky spider web on her hand with her front paws.

And the front paws were placed on the wall and rubbed against it, acting as a temporary footstool attached to the wall.

As she took one step into the air, a faint scream began to come from behind her.

“Aaaah!!”

“Haaa… I probably didn’t come here to have fun… ”

Perhaps it was because she felt like she was flying in the air, but Leah looked back at the children who were crying and then couldn’t control their laughter, and a sigh escaped from her mouth.

However, she soon turned her head forward again and carefully climbed the wall, repeating the series of steps.

‘This is really… I never thought it would work… ‘

Attaching a spider web to a wall and using it as a stepping stone.

Of course, it may be natural for those who often live on spider webs, but it was my first time using spider webs in this way.

She was preparing for the next step by keeping her legs firmly planted on the platform as tightly as possible, concentrating all her attention on the sensation she felt at the end of her legs.

But at that very moment.

“What is that!!”

“It’s a monster!! The wall… It’s rising… … ?”

“Hey profit!!”

After climbing the wall for a while, he was exposed to the height of the few trees that were hiding him.

As people around her shouted that they had discovered her, Leah gritted her teeth and continued climbing the wall.

Once they were discovered, they didn’t have much time.

If you think about the process of going up as fast as possible and then going back down to the floor on the other side, time will run out.

She was becoming more and more impatient, and was weaving the web out of her chest as quickly as possible to create the next platform.

But as always, impatience is accompanied by mistakes.

A bundle of spider webs supporting one of her hind legs fell off, possibly due to lack of adhesive strength, and her body lost support and began to tilt.

The body is as heavy as its size.

Losing its balance was nothing short of dangerous.

The moment when even the other legs lose stability and the body twists and tilts.

She subconsciously reached out and pulled out her nails, sinking her sharp nails into the wall before her body completely lost its balance.

“Ugh… .!!”

However, there was no way her fingernails would be scratched by the castle wall, which could not be entered even with her heavy and sharp legs, and Leah had to grit her teeth and endure the pain that rang through her nails and from the tips of her fingers.

Fortunately, Leah found that the tip of her fingernail was caught in a gap that was barely the size of a crumb, although it may have been a remnant from the construction of the castle wall. She sighed in relief and resumed her movements.

But had the heavens abandoned her?

Putting her hand in front of her chest, she suddenly felt dizzy, and hurriedly hit her forehead against the wall, arching her back and struggling to maintain her balance.

‘iced coffee… The thread… … ‘

If you think about it, making spider webs also required nutrients.

After he arrived at the end of the tunnel, how many days had he gone without food?

She had even made a long rope just a moment ago, and the amount of spider webs she had created on the way up so far was also considerable, so as she looked down at her chest, where no more thread was coming out, the sight in front of her eyes was turning white.

Was it a disaster brought about by his choice to give up even the scraps that Pina worked so hard to save to the children and wait for the day to die?

Leah, unable to move to the next step and supporting the burden of one leg swinging in the air with her numb arms, bit her lip until it bled.

And in the meantime, as she began to hear the sound of something flying and hitting the wall nearby, her mind was filled with urgency.

‘As it is… … iced coffee… … ‘

“Catch it!! Drop it!!”

“Kill the monster!!”

It seemed like it went astray a few times, but now the course seems to have changed quite a bit, and I could hear the sound of people throwing objects or weapons hitting and falling quite nearby.

Every time such a sound was heard, Pina hugged the children tightly to protect them from being hit, while flinching and expressing her fear to the fullest.

We were probably halfway by now, but going back down again would have been suicidal.

‘It can’t be helped… ‘

“Pina.”

“Ugh!! Hehe!! Mr. Leah… … ”

“I can’t go any further.

You guys have to go alone.”

“What does that mean… Hello… ?

We decided to go together… … !!”

“You go first.

And take the kids.”

“Yes… ? What is that… ?

Aaaa!!”

A force worthy of being called truly powerful.

Leah, who swung Pina with one hand with the power that could easily tear a human to pieces, soon let go of her hand and watched Pina fly vertically along the castle wall, screaming.

‘It might have been a little high… ‘

But I just didn’t want it to be enough.

It would have been better than falling down there.

“You should embrace each other tightly.

Since you can’t recalculate the weight…

I’m sure that girl will accept you well… ”

“Unni… … ”

“… thanks… Breathe… ”

“Just live.

okay… If I lived…

I wish I had… … ”

As she said, Leah was lost in thought as she looked down for a moment at the two girls hugging each other tightly.

‘There were two girls hugging each other just like that back then.’

It would be nice if you lived too.

‘You who hugged me tightly… ‘

“Does it matter anymore?”

“Kyaayayaya!!”

She took another deep breath and threw the children upwards, and they flew through the air with a scream, eventually disappearing above the castle wall.

Soon after, she saw black dots looking down at her from above, and only then was she able to breathe a sigh of relief.

“Leah!! Come up!! Welcome!!”

“Gummy sister!! Come up!!”

“Cheer up!! You can… !!”

Leah gently closed her eyes as voices called her from above.

Now, I could no longer feel the feeling in my one hand, which was barely holding on with the tips of my fingernails.

No matter how strong you are, your massive body is heavier than what your arms can support.

It’s just that blood is flowing down from the roots of the cracked fingernails, perhaps because of the unbearable shock from just throwing Pina and the kids.

No more spider webs, and one hand can no longer be regenerated.

But what does this feel like?

At best, the prey is cheering for them.

“It’s not like I’m complaining so I can eat it quickly…

then… Go ahead and eat it or throw it away… ”

I want to go up.

Yunmei, to that high place where you will be.

But I also want to go up to where they are.

To a place where there are people who cry while looking at me.

Whichever path you take, it’s definitely a difficult path that you may or may not regret.

‘yet… ‘I don’t want to go up.’

I don’t want to go up to where you are yet.

If it’s okay for a moment, go up to where they are.

I want to be next to them and see how they live.

‘I’m sorry, Yunmei.’

For now, I just have to get over this wall and take a bite out of the little kids who are making noise and crying as they want.

While attaching the web to her leg, Leah found a lump of web attached to her free opposite hand and slowly rubbed it against the wall.

Still, the moment she felt her hands sticking to the wall, perhaps because of the spider web, she tried to pull her arms and try to raise herself up.

“Ha… … ”

Feeling as if something was digging into her back and piercing her, her mind went blank and her body began to tilt backwards and fall down.

As she fell rapidly to the floor, Leah smiled as she saw the urgent expressions of those looking down at her as if in slow motion.

‘There are so many leftovers…

How are you going to survive out there? ‘

A young tearing scream rang out, and then a monster with the body of a giant spider crashed down with a heavy sound and a cloud of dust.

Arachnella did not faint even though she fell from a considerable height, and even though she was surrounded by humans, she struggled frantically and resisted with her unsound body, but eventually became quiet at some point.

Pina, who had been crying and hugging the children tightly on the castle wall so that the children could not see her, was crying as she buried her face in the rope draped over her shoulders.

In regret, in gratitude, and in the warmth of a predator.

Pina, who had tied the last memento of the woman who sacrificed her life for them to a pillar on the castle wall, could not bear to take another step for a long time and was hugging her children tightly.