Chapter 9: War of the Library Finale

Serenity watched as the main force marched through the basement doors. She still felt a little bit unwanted being forced to stay behind but she also did invited herself to join his quest.

‘Sigh. If only I knew how to fight like Anko, then maybe he’ll let me join him.’

While she gave a sigh the queen approached her.

“Serenity. Did you want to join them? I’m sure the royal guard can keep me safe.”

“I promised him I would follow his orders. It also makes sense to have one of us three here to protect you just incase there is a sneak attack.”

“But you are still worried?”

“Yeah. He’s spent more time with her than the entire time I’ve known him.”

Venomsilk smiled in understanding.

“So is this just mere jealousy?”

“No. Well maybe. I don’t know.”

“Well has he ever said he liked her more than you?”

“Well no. He hasn’t said anything like that to anyone from what I can tell.”

The queen patted the space beside her to indicate Serenity should come and sit.

“Well as we are waiting for the end of this war here. We might as well get to know each other better.”

“I would love that.”

***

Kuroneko: “Are you worried prince?”

“Ah. Kuroneko. A little. I don’t know if my father or my aunt is safe.”

The black cat sat beside the young spider royalty.

Kuroneko: “My master will do his best prince.”

“Please call me junior. Prince is too stuffy.”

“Alright. Junior. You are young, yet you had to experience such pain, but it doesn’t seem you have given up.”

“I was about to. I was not even awake when we left my father and aunt. The generals knocked me out cold. I woke up when they created the base upstairs.”

The young prince looked down for a minute and Kuroneko looked up at him.

“I have been feeling powerless. I’m still young. I don’t have the skills or experience to fight like my father. I don’t have the intelligence or calm like my mother. I didn’t know what I could do?”

“So what changed?”

He smiled at the question.

“When I saw your master for the very first time. I was peering from the stairs just out of sight but I saw him. The amount of fury he had when dispatching the mice. I felt like I could cheer for his victory. Then I saw how his demeanor changed once he saw the turtle and the dog in danger. He chose to flee to protect them. It reminded me of father.”

Kuroneko: “Yes. I remember Rai telling me. I joined shortly after that event. I also saw the strength in our masters eyes. The cold look he gave to anyone who would dare harm anyone he cared about. The sadistic ways to punish those who are guilty of those transgressions were quite… ah that is my own personal feelings. How did he remind you of your father?”

The prince was a little surprised at the sudden look in her eyes but he answered her question.

“Father was always courageous. He never showed fear in front of an enemy. I always aspired to be just like him. I learned a bit of swordsmanship from General Toxinacid. Military tactics from General Toxinweb. But father didn’t want me to learn how to fight first. He wanted me to learn politics. He always said ‘You can always learn how to wield a sword but what a king needs to learn the most is compassion for his subjects. Putting their needs above his own. That’s what I want to teach you.’ He never taught me how to fight but would bring me out of the place to speak with the civilians”

Kuroneko watched the as the prince’s lips curved upwards in a small smile.

“I enjoyed those trips. He would solve petty squabbles between spiders, help them with their work, and even dance with them. Father told me he started as a commoner unlike all the other generals and that was normal to him. He proved his mettle in the old wars with the rats and once he became a general himself he told me that he strived for peace. He persuaded the old king to make peace with the rat kingdom and when they succeeded. He was promised my mother as his queen. My father was so amazing but…”

Kuroneko: “You felt you could not live up to his achievements.”

“Exactly… I strived hard to understand what he taught me but it may have already been too late. What if I don’t see him again? What if they go there and they are all dead? What if the rat king is too strong?”

Kuroneko looked at the young boy who was being burdened with the uncertainties of the situation. She thought a bit before replying to the young royal.

Kuroneko: “All questions that start with what if… You are thinking too negatively. Don’t over think it and just believe. Believe that your family is alive. Believe that the rat king can be defeated. I believe in my master and you should try to believe in him to. He will do his best to save them and win this war.”

The young prince nodded. The glimmer of hope still burning brightly within him.

“I’ll believe in the Spider General Akaro.”

***

Suzaku was with the dynasty brothers watching the portal.

Genbu: “Suzaku-hyung. Are you worried about hyung?”

Suzaku: “I am sure Sir Akaro will be fine regardless of the doubts that linger.”

Rai: “Master is strong. He will beat rat king guy. We must protect pretty spider and young prince.”

Byakko: “But I’m so bored. How can an ally of justice just stay behind? I should have gone with him, not the two young foxes!”

Suzaku: “Sir Akaro wanted us to be here. What kind of gentleman of justice does not want to protect a damsel in distress?”

Byakko: “I’ll protect a damsel in distress!”

Suzaku: “Good young lad. I have a feeling we may see some action yet. I cannot help but feel that something is amiss. Come let us go back to the queen.”

The group of males ascended the stairs. Suzaku looked back at the portal just before he took off. The feeling he was getting was solely due to his animal instincts. Bird in particular were known to feel changes in atmospheric conditions and would migrate out of instinct alone. As his instinct stats are one of the higher ones in the group, he knew they were not safe yet.

‘Sir Akaro. We pray for your safety.’

***

Kogane and Yasu was scouting the area to make sure there wasn’t any surprises that can attack them while they waited for the main group.

Kogane: “I hope my brothers and Akaro-sama are alright.”

Yasu: “Who are they again?”

Kogane: “I forgot who I was speaking to. My brothers like me are young and went with our master.”

Yasu: “Ah. Do not worry fair lass. Our master has already shown what he would do to those who would harm his family. Your brothers are included in that.”

Kogane: “I still can’t help and worry about them. I’ve always been the one to take care of them and always there to protect them.”

Yasu: “Young boys will need to experience trials of their own before they can grow to be men. They can not be under your wing forever. Our master will be sure to keep them safe.”

Kogane: “You’re right. For a birdbrain you are pretty wise.”

Yasu: “Who are you?”

Kogane had a sweat drop as sometimes she can have conversations with him and sometimes she can’t.

***

“So you put on beautiful clothing and flaunt it in front of a crowd? How bold.”

The queen put her hand up to her mouth as she gave a smirk.

“I don’t see how that is different with what you and your spiders wear. Almost see through at how thin they are.”

Serenity jokingly replied to the queen.

“Yes we make our clothing from our silk. Oh that reminds me. You have said you were a tailor correct?”

“Yes. I am a tailor. Why?”

The short haired young woman looked at Venomsilk.

“I did say we make our clothing out of silk. I can pass on this skill to you as well.”

“Really? How?”

“Give me your hand.”

Serenity did as she was told and a spell rune appeared on the palm of Queen Venomsilk’s hand. She then saw a message.

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You have acquired new Tailor skills.

Silk Maker (Beginner Lv. 1 0%): Enables the user to create silk thread at the cost of mana.

Consumes 25 mana/10cm

Silk Weaver (Beginner Lv. 1 0%): Increases the user’s proficiency in handling light and fragile type of thread.

Sewing proficiency increased 10%

Learned Arachnae Tailor Designs

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“Thank you so much. This will decrease the costs for fabric by a lot. Also got to learn how you create your type of clothing. This is amazing.”

The young model was truly grateful at the skills she was given. She now had the ability to make her own silk thread. This itself increased the monetary possibilities as silk is a very expensive type of thread.

“A smile on your face is what you should show him whenever you are together. He did say he liked your smile.”

The queen winked at the female tailor who started turning red.

“Queen Venomsilk if you don’t mind me asking, when you and your sister was fighting over King Venomstorm, how did you guys remain close after that?”

Serenity had to ask as she didn’t want to lose Anko as a friend even though they were rivals in love.

“Well. It was not easy. Venomcindra was really envious when he chose me. We also didn’t talk for a year but when junior was born she came back and we reconciled. She then became quite a loving auntie to our son. Venomstorm was still on her mind as she always had that longing look whenever he would kiss me. I knew she still had feelings for him. It was one of the reasons why she remained single and focused more on her magic. It was also one of the reasons why I felt more assured of her staying back with him. She would do her best to protect him as well.”

Venomsilk shed a tear remembering her sister and her husband. She loved them both and wanted them to return safely. She would give anything in the world to have them safely back with them. Wiping the tear off her face she looked at the female tailor.

“Serenity, if I was not the one that Venomstorm picked I probably would have been devastated as well. I don’t think I would be as strong as my sister and come back after a year.”

“I wouldn’t know how I would feel if Akaro rejected me. If he does… would we still be friends?”

“Well, my dear, I’m not the one who can answer that question. My only advice is that nothing ventured nothing gained.”

Serinity nodded before the two started to converse on other aspects as they waited on the results. This helped cut the tension in the air as the result of this war is determined by the other party.

Suzaku and company also decided to appear to join in the conversations.

Suzaku: “Miss Serenity, where is the peculiar owl, Yasu?”

Kuroneko: “He and kogane are checking the area to make sure there isn’t any hidden rats waiting to attack us.”

Kuroneko and the prince also joined the defence party.

Genbu: “Noona, we just came from downstairs but so far no rats came out.”

Byakko: “They would be killed immediately even if they tried but Sensei wouldn’t let that happen.”

Rai: “Pretty spider lady. Master will win. Then you and boy spider will be happy. No more rats!”

“I’ll be happy if that happens. You put a lot of faith in your master.”

The queen looked at the trio who reacted the moment she said the sentence.

Dynasty Brothers: “He’s the best!”

Kuroneko: “The fanboys aside, I’ll patrol as well. It will be better for me to be out of sight just incase the unexpected happens.”

The black cat took her leave as she felt that the prince was in good hands with all of them there.

It was a little while longer until news from the basement started flooding in.

“We have news for the Queen!”

“They completed! They actually managed to save her!”

“Quickly we must bring her quickly.”

With the excitement coming from the spiders that were left behind it soon reached the ears of the two royals who have been waiting patiently with the animals.

“Could it be true?”

The prince said in disbelief. The first objective was to rescue his aunt and hearing the excitement coming from his subjects he was starting to lose his composure.

“Venomcindra…”

The queen sobbed as the figure of her sister being guided by General Toxinweb. She got up and ran towards her sister and hugged her tightly.

“I’m so happy you’re alive!”

Venomsilk bawled. All her anxiety and the tension she had been burdened with lightened by the appearance of her sister. With that instantaneous rush of emotion no one could really blame her for crying.

The prince himself also rushed in to hug both his mother and his aunt.

Dynasty brothers: “HE DID IT!”

Suzaku: “As expected of someone as chivalrous as Sir Akaro.”

Serenity also affected by the scene was also crying. Shedding tears of joy and happiness for the reunited family.

‘He really is amazing. Even if this is a game this scene is just too much. You are amazing Akaro-ssi.’

“The both of you are still safe. Thanks to the new spider general you guys recruited. He is quite remarkable.”

“Sister, Spider General Akaro, brought you to me. He shall be greatly rewarded.”

“Aunt. Any news of father?”

Junior Venomstorm asked as he was still clinging to the idea that he was still alive.

“Now that you mentioned it. I have another surprise for the both of you.”

Venomcindra smiled before she closed her eyes and started an incantation.

“Vemonstorm I summon you.”

A smaller runic area appeared before them and the visage of the king appeared before them. He had scars all over his body but his majestic white hair and facial features stayed the same.

Venomsilk gasped while the prince ran and hugged his father. Venomsilk was about to join in but she stopped. Something felt wrong to her. Even though the person in front of her was her husband in body but the look in his eyes were dead. They did not hold the same soul she fell in love with.

“Junior come here for a moment.”

“Mother?”

“Venomcindra, what’s wrong with him?”

The prince let his father go as he wasn’t being hugged back. He then started walking back to his mother but the next event froze him solid with grief.

“NOOOO!”

It was too late as Venomcindra had taken a ritual knife and literally stabbed her sister in the back. The blade’s point had exited the front of her body.

“Why…?”

Venomsilk asked in between gasps as the knife was still in her.

“Hmm… no other reason. Must take out any obstacles in my way for my true love and my own happiness.”

Venomcindra had no guilt whatsoever in her answer. It felt as if she was just doing what seemed natural to her.

“How dare you attack the queen?! You insolent witch!”

Toxinweb was the first to recover from the initial shock that had occurred. He brandished his blade and was ready to attack the queen’s sister but instead stopped by the summoned king.

“Tsk tsk. Venomstorm, be a darling and kill that loudmouth.”

“You witch I demand you release his highness from your mind control!”

The general shouted as now he had to protect against himself against the attacks from his former brother in arms and current king. Although he himself is still recovering from his battle against Demonfur the king’s health was also about quarter life left. It seems the damage from the rat king was still apparent.

As this was still technically an event quest at the “C” rank that it was only natural the enemies had certain handicaps in order for players to accomplish the quest although there is still a level gap.

The king was level 100 while Venomcindra was level 90.

It was now Serenity and company to react. Suzaku was the first to issue an order as Serenity was still trying to process what happened.

Suzaku: “Rai, Genbu, and Byakko! Grab the prince!”

The dynasty brothers followed it immediately and dragged the prince to safety. He had no energy to walk on his own.

‘What just happened? I thought this was suppose to be the end of the quest. We kill the rat king and then we all win. What kind of development is this? The queen! She must be feeling horrible! Must save the queen!’

Serenity ended her thoughts and nocked an arrow to her bow string and fired at Venomcindra who simply burned it.

“My my. Looks like trying to kill you has angered your protectors. Oh well. I need you alive still as living blood is needed for this ritual. Venomstorm please protect me while I conduct the ritual. So stop playing with that second rate swordsman already.”

With that comment the dead eyes of the king stared directly at Toxinwebs. In an instant the general had dropped his sword as Venomstorm had used his own unique sword skill. Throwing his blade he struck abdomen of Toxinweb. This was the first part of the technique as the second it landed he was then stunned by a bolt of electricity coming from Venomstorm’s sword. The current actually came from webbing that originated from his hand and using lightning based magic he paralyzed the general. This had an effect similar to stun guns. One of the reasons why he was known as storm was his ability to use lightning magic and swordsmanship at the same time.

Toxinweb could only watch as one of his closest friends pull the sword from his stomach and brought it over his head to finish him off. He saw a tear escape the kings eyes. Toxinweb smiled before closing his eyes to accept his fate.

‘Spider General Akaro. Please stop this madness.’

With one swipe the general fell. The other spiders were completely disheartened as they watched their general get killed before flashing grey. What completely diminished their spirit to fight was that it was the very King himself that dispatched Toxinweb.

The situation they were in was being completely controlled by the female spider who was conducting a strange ritual. The necklace that was once around Venomsilk’s neck was now floating as the blood from the queen was also starting to rise towards it. The blood coated the necklace and it seemed as if it was corroding the silver metal that held the gems in place. The gems themselves began to illuminate light as if power that was held dormant began to seep out.

The mood of the whole room was particularly grim and with the sight of the necklace giving off foreboding light all seemed hopeless. Serenity knew she can’t just let let the queen’s sister do whatever she wanted and for the first time in this whole quest she took command.

“This is not the time to be sad and let our emotions and fear take over us. Everyone we need to stop that ritual and save the queen! Help me save her!”

The royal spiders got up and looked at the short haired woman. The failure of letting the queen come to harm still heavily weighed on their minds but with her mere words they hardened their resolve.

“We cannot give up here!”

“We won’t let a monster like her rule us!”

“That is not the king we love. We must protect the queen!”

Rai: “Pretty spider lady in trouble. We fail master if we can’t rescue her.”

Byakko: “Alright Rai-hyung. Let’s save the queen in the name of justice!”

Genbu: “I’m ready to fight. Hyung would be disappointed in us if we don’t at least try to save her!”

Suzaku: “Well said young lads. We will apprehend this fiend. For Sir Akaro’s honour!”

The four males prepared for battle. Suzaku was quite angry at himself for not realizing it much sooner. His instincts told him that there would be trouble but he as well fell victim to the emotions everyone had when they saw the reunion. He needed to save the queen not to only redeem himself in front of his benefactor but to also be able to forgive himself for his own negligence. He should have stayed closer to the queen and now she may die.

The only one who was still shocked was still not in a position to do anything. The prince was blankly staring at the situation. He just watched his aunt, who he regarded as a second mother, impale his birth mother. He also watched as his birth father kill the general whom he regarded as his uncle. For any young mind this was a lot to process. He had not the mental fortitude nor the maturity to handle such a backlash of emotions.

“Why… why…. why… I don’t understand…?”

He continued repeating that aloud as the other spiders and Akaro’s party prepared to battle against the king.

Serenity surveyed the amount of battle power they had and it was not looking good. Other than the royal guard and Akaro’s party the remaining spiders were quite low in level.

“All spiders below level 30 please focus on support! Just shoot webs at the king. Everyone else we have no choice but charge from the front!”

Not the greatest of battle plans that she could think up of but it was not a bad choice either. She was a tailor first than an archer. She wasn’t battle orientated but with the look of the remaining spiders looking so bleaked she had to take on the mantle as commander.

She nocked her bow once more and started targeting not the king but Venomcindra who was preoccupied with the ritual. Doing this the king was focused on stopping the arrows with his sword. This allowed an opening for the royal guard to close in and strike.

Suzaku picked up on the plan and like before used a hit and run tactic. He instead focused on landing blow after blow on the king as he was the main obstacle in their rescue attempts.

Genbu, Rai, and Byakko also followed suit but as they didn’t really come up with a plan decided on head on tactics regardless if the king was distracted or not. Rai and Genbu would use their primary combo of a rushing headbutt and Byakko would jump off the back of Rai and plant a Byakko Uppercut.

Even with all of this going on, the health only decreased slightly. As a majority of the fighting force was only half his level. The webs just barely slowed him down and spiders who were too slow to react would either die or be injured when the king was able to actually strike back.

Then it happened. The gemtones began to flash and Venomcindra was being enveloped by the lights coming from the gems. Her form was beginning to change into a spider.

“This power is forcing me to my original form. It is incredible. Foolish sister. You had all this power around you but you just used it as an ornament around your neck.

The queen could only weakly look at her sister as she watched as the more and more of the gems luster began to decrease as more and more of the power was flowing to the traitorous sister.

Serenity saw the situation and a message popped up in front of her eyes.

Ding

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Special event:

Venomcindra is in the process of acquiring unlimited power and if the process finishes the event quest will fail and the destruction of a race and the very library is inevitable.

Time remaining before process is complete. 15:00 minutes.

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14:59

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The timer was counting down on her visual on the bottom right. Serenity knew that they needed to stop the process somehow.

‘Akaro we need you more now than ever. Hurry and come back.’

***

Akaro was meditating with the rest of his group. He needed to recover as quickly as he can but remembered he can chat with Serenity.

Akaro: “Serenity. What is the situation?”

Serenity: “We were betrayed by the queen’s sister. She started a process to become stronger and we only have less than fourteen minutes to stop her. We are also being stopped by the king who she controls.”

Akaro: “I see. I’m almost done recovering health and mana. We’ll be there as quickly as we can.”

The redhead looked at the team. He could only take a handful of them and come back for the rest later.

“Everyone. We have been betrayed by Venomcindra. I need the strongest spiders to join me and my party. I only can have about ten of you not including the Lieutenant.”

The whispered amongst themselves and the ten were chosen. All from Toxinweb’s army. Lieutenant Toxinfangs in his humanoid form had a grim look on his face after hearing the news of betrayal.

Anko who saw this decided to speak to him.

“No one knew. We were all betrayed. It is not your fault.”

“I cannot help but feel helpless. The only one who can get us there is the Spider General but he had suffered great fatigue and is still recovering.”

Toxinfangs replied to the purple haired beauty. He was being realistic with the situation. Their main battle force was stuck in their homeland while only a handful of able warriors stayed with the queen. He knew Toxinwebs was still injured as well and may not be able to fend off the queen’s sister.

“We cannot lose hope. Aren’t you a man? Show your resolve and prepare to fight. We are not beaten yet.”

Anko, who had lectured her father’s men before when they got too pessimistic, had tried to console the man-spider the only way she knew how.

“You’re right. We are not yet defeated. Spider General Akaro. How much longer?”

“Very soon. Let’s hope we are not too late.”

Akaro monitored his health and mana religiously. He was preparing himself to use the

shukuchi skill to get back to his team but he wasn’t sure how much mana it would use. The distance between the library and the underground temple was not something he can measure with just eyesight. As the skill was based on meters it would expend a lot of his mana.

With the insight of the battle coming from Serenity, he had a general idea of what needed to be done but the amount of mana left remaining will determine what skills he can use when he gets back up there. Thankfully the others he’s bringing with him will have full mana as well and they will be combat ready if needed to take a break.

‘Hold out a little longer. I’ll be there to help soon.’

***

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Serenity knew that the main problem was stopping the transformation of Venomcindra and they needed to focus on her. The problem was she had the queen and was able to destroy any of the arrows being aimed at her. Also the king was pushing them back regardless of his injured form.

She literally had to come up with a plan as quickly as possible as any longer will put them more in danger. This was the first time she felt like this in the game. She felt more invested into this one quest then the total amount of play time doing quests with other parties. To her this felt like if she failed she would probably weep at the loss of the spider race she just started to get to know.

‘I can’t let her die like that! We need to stop Venomcindra. But how?! Think… think… think... ‘

She looked up and saw the ceiling of webs and an idea hit her.

“Suzaku! I need your help. Come with me!”

Suzaku: “As you wish miss. Boys I leave the defence to you!”

Serenity left with Suzaku leaving behind the dynasty brothers to fend off the king.

Genbu: “Alright Rai-hyung, let’s beat this guy up!”

Rai: “Come on turtle and white cat. We can stop him!”

Byakko: “FOR JUSTICE!”

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The trio decided to hamper the king by aiming for the legs. They targeted one leg at a time while the royal guard that remained fended off the king’s sword attacks. This basic plan helped in impeding Venomstorm’s movements greatly and the spiders morale were slowly recovering.

“We can do this!”

“Spider General Akaro’s Dynasty Brothers are heroes!”

“Keep up the attacks!”

Genbu: “Everyone aim for the legs! We don’t need to beat him!”

Rai: “We just need to keep him busy until master comes!”

Byakko: “Our hero of justice will come to save the day. Until then lets stop the king!”

The three boys rallied the spiders and started to push the king back. They were not doing a lot of damage but with the number advantage they were holding him off. The group was lucky because the once great general and now king was not in control of his own body. He was using skills that is available to him but he isn’t using the years of experience that he had under his belt. This made his movement predictable to a degree.

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Venomcindra watched as they were pushing her love back with their unrelenting attacks.

“ALL OF YOU STOP ATTACKING HIM! FOR YOUR INSOLENCE I WILL KILL HER!”

Kogane: “Not if we have anything to do with it!”

Yasu: “For such a beauty to have been encompassed by the ugliness of envy to this degree. We will not let you harm your sister anymore than you have already done so.”

Kuroneko: “Silent killer!”

Kuroneko was the first to attack and aimed for one of the sister’s legs.

“AAARGH!!”

The leg was barely hanging onto her body with the damage dealt. Kogane came in right after with a bite and tore off the remaining piece of flesh that kept the leg attached.

Yasu had a different objective. Being an overly large bird with considerable strength. His talons latched onto the shoulders of Venomsilk and he did his best to carry her out to safety. He was moving slowly so he would have been an easy target if it weren’t for the two females relentless barrage of attacks.

Venomcindra was still a mage class so her martial prowess was very limited and she barely defended the quick attacks coming from them. She was also limited in the number of spells she can actively use while the transferring of power was taking place. She still however did not just give in.

“I’ll show you some of the power I have received!”

The queen’s sister glowed purple and Kogane was lifted up and thrown towards a shelf. Kogane did not get up but was still showing signs of breathing. Then Venomcindra glowed blue and icicles started to fall around Kuroneko. The black cat nimbly avoided the attack and went in for another claw strike but it bounced off with a metal clang. The large spider had once again glowed to a silver as her body became metallic.

‘Damn!’

Kuroneko thought to herself as she quickly retreated. She wanted to take out another leg as Venomcindra’s health was still at the ninety percentile. She looked at her younger brothers and saw they were able to corner the king. She decided to cut her losses and maybe free them up to help her with Venomcindra.

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“I’ll get you this time!”

Serenity shot three arrows at Venomcindra once the metal form receded.

“You still don’t learn girl!”

Venomcindra fired a fireball at the arrows which burned them but the fire kept going. It was burning along web silk that Serenity had attached before taking her shot.

“NOW!”

Serenity shouted out and Suzaku started cutting the ceiling with his wings. After quickly cutting a large section of the web ceiling he used his talons and grabbed the center and started barreling towards Venomcindra. The flame also started to loop towards Suzaku as the silk thread was attached to his left talon.

With a spin he quickly wrapped the thread around the abdomen of Venomcindra who was not prepared for his speed. The flame line that was following him had now engulfed the webs he had brought and was now damaging Venomcindra.

Suzaku: “I’m not done yet!”

He then quickly pecked of the line attached to his talon and flew straight to the ceiling once more and grabbed more sections and started dropping them on the large spider. He then stood a distance away and started using the air from his flapping to fan the flames to burn hotter.

“RAARHHG!!!”

Venomcindra was starting to burn and her health was dropping quickly. Although she was able to use fire she was not immune to the effects.

‘Did that do it?’

Serenity asked herself before looking at the timer.

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01:59

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01:58

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The timer kept going and Serenity knew it wasn’t enough. A blast of lightning launched her towards another bookshelf and she crashed hard enough to break it. She coughed as the damage done to her was enough to bring her to twenty percent of her health.

Suzaku was also blasted from the air by lightning and he landed close to kogane.

Suzaku: “Sir Akaro. I’ve done what I can.”

He said aloud before he passed out from exhaustion.

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Rai had saw this and knew he had to do something. He then noticed the floating gems that were around the spider. He looked at his two younger brothers and they all nodded at the same time. Kuroneko who saw this could only sigh as they planned to do a suicide mission.

Rai: “We need to break gems!”

Genbu: “Just throw me towards the blue one!”

Byakko: “I’ll get the silver one!”

Kuroneko: “This is a stupid plan but if we survive this I’ll punish the three of you for making me agree to this.”

Dynasty brothers: “Alright. Let’s go!”

Rai started sprinting with Genbu on his head and the two cats on his back. Venomcindra shot lightning bolt after lightning bolt to try and kill the Akaro’s original four but Rai had a strange knack of dodging everything. The moment he got close to the floating gems each animal jumped off. In the case of Genbu he was thrown towards his target.

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Rai was the first to grab the amber like gem and took it into his mouth. Genbu had bit the blue gem, Byakko the silver one and Kuroneko had reluctantly obtained the purple gem. Then they each tried to break it but it was too hard.

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Rai then looked at the compatriots before looking at Venomcindra who was starting to glow purple. He then swallowed the gem whole.

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Genbu did the same and so did Byakko.

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Kuroneko: “Of all the idiotic things we do for our master.”

She also then swallowed hers.

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00:10

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Serenity received a message.

Ding

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“NOOOOOOOOOOO!”

Her purple aura launched out and pushed the four animals towards walls and bookcases knocking them all out. She then looked towards the love of her life before fixing her gaze upon Serenity.

Serenity watched as her form began to return to the mix of human and spider. The damage done to her still remained. Her face had also lost half of it’s beauty as the other half was now burned.

“You have stopped my final transformation. You and your army has hurt my beloved. YOU HAVE MADE ME LIKE THIS!”

Medium haired tailor nocked her bow and prepared to attack once more. Already knowing that she is only twenty percent away from a game over she took a shot with her remaining arrows. Again they were burned by the spider mage.

“You still haven’t learned that your arrows do nothing. Now you have no more arrows. Your companions are scattered. The queen is already about to die but you still struggle. Foolish woman.”

“Don’t talk to me about struggling. Coming from a crazed woman who cannot accept rejection. So what if he didn’t choose you. You are, were beautiful! You could have moved on and let them enjoy their peace. You instigated this whole war instead and attack your own sister! I might die here but Akaro will not let you live!”

Serenity spat out as the fatigue hit her and she fell back on her bottom.

“Do you mean the same Spider General Akaro trapped in the temple with no means of getting back as I am the only one who knows the warp gate spell? An amusing notion but I don’t see that a possibility. Even if he managed to find a way to climb up here you would be dead and I would have been long gone.”

With confidence Venomcindra replied to the fallen tailor. She then looked at her puppet and gave him a command.

“Venomstorm I want you to kill this wench.”

The controlled king sprinted towards Serenity, running past the elite spiders who were trying to stop him. He then raised his blade and prepared to finish the girl off.

Serenity could only watch as the blade was coming down as she had no means to escape in her current state. She closed her eyes just as Toxinwebs did before her.

‘Akaro… please stop this mad-woman.’

The blade was stopped by another blade. It wasn’t by the red head but by his own son’s sword.

“I will not let you!”

Venomstorm the second declared as tears were running down the sides of his cheeks. A burst of electrical charge came from the sword and repelled his controlled father.

“Prince Venomstorm?!”

The female model said in disbelief as she was thankful her avatar was still alive.

“I am no longer just a prince. I am now King Venomstorm the second. It is my turn to protect my countrymen and my friends.”

“Well said. Sorry we were a bit late.”

The new king looked at the new arrival and couldn’t help but smile a little as the glimmer of hope returned. As he truly believed the redhead in front of him was a hero.

“A hero always shows up when he’s needed most.”

“I didn’t arrive soon enough. I’m sorry about your mother.”

Akaro bowed his head in apology.

***Flashback***

Yasu was still flying Queen Venomsilk to safety as his fellow companions started an attempt to stop the transformation. He finally got close enough to where the prince was as the fatigue of carrying someone two times his size was getting to him.

Setting her down he could already she had not much time to live. He then looked at the prince who was just standing and staring into space.

Yasu: “Young prince come here and properly bid your mother farewell as she has not long to live in the mortal realm.”

The prince did not hear the owl and this made Yasu a little annoyed. Although he was normally birdbrained he still knew that the prince needs to speak to his mother. He flew by the prince and did not hold back with a giant slap to his face with his large wings.

Yasu: “Get out of your stupor and grow the proverbial pair. Your mother needs to say goodbye to you and I do not want you to regret not being able to speak to her. This is your time now young prince. Nay young king. With your mother dying and your father not in his right mind it is up to you to lead your people out of this predicament.”

The prince understood that the owl in front of him was right. He then quickly went to his mother as her breaths were getting ragged.

“Mother…”

Holding back tears he looked at her pale face and a stream of blood was escaping her mouth. He took a piece of his clothing and wiped it off.

“Junior… stay strong… please stop your father… he does not want to do any of this… I can see it in his eyes… please stop him… Don’t cry my love... I know you can do it... You are your father’s son...after all...“

With those last comments the queen silently breathed out her last breath and faded into gray particles of light. Venomstorm junior cried out and sparks of electricity began to shoot out of his hands. He finally unlocked the same power as his father and he knew that he was the only one who can stop him amongst his people.

“Thank you Yasu for bringing me back to my senses. You are very wise.”

Yasu: “Why thank you for the compliment? Young man what is your name and rank?”

“King Venomstorm the second.”

Yasu: “Ah royalty. I slapped a king once back in the day. He kind of looked like you young lad.”

“You are a strange bird but let us go stop my father. Are you with me Sir Yasu.”

Yasu: “It would be an honour to be of services.”

***

“Is everyone ready?”

Akaro got his group in order.

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You have failed to unlock the Arachnae race as Queen Venomsilk has perished before the quest has ended.

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Companion Contract 1: Expired

Companion Contract 2: Expired

Companion Contract 3: Expired

Companion Contract 4: Expired

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“What’s wrong?”

Anko said as she watched the redhead’s face turn somber.

“The queen has died. I was too late. My contract to Genbu, Byakko, Rai, and Kuroneko has also expired.”

The purple haired beauty and the rest of his team also had quiet stares as they were losing heart.

With a heavy heart Akaro looked at his companions as he needed to raise the morale.

“But the prince is still alive! We must keep him alive! We are going to our allies now and take our vengeance against the traitor!”

The fire in everyone’s eyes lit up. They wanted retribution. They all wanted someone to pay for this atrocity. They all had one target. The queen’s sister.

Tsukino: “Uffufuufufufufufuuf!”

Seiryuu: “Tearsss and foaming at the mouth. Yup the rabbit hasss gone rabid.”

Tsukino: “I’ll make her pay for hurting our master’s family...my family...ufufufu…”

Kagerou: “Kuroneko-neesama please be alright!”

Hikaru: “Bakaneko better be alive! Rai-nii and Genbu-nii too. We are on our way!”

Akaro ordered everyone to grab a hold of him as this was also an experiment for him as well.

“Shukuchi!”

***End Flashback***

“We can talk later. It’s time for us to put an end to this. Leave my father to me. Please take care of my aunt.”

“Yes your majesty.”

Akaro simply replied while he looked at the woman who betrayed everyone. He then looked at his party of ten elite spiders, Toxinfangs, Anko, Seiryuu, and Yasu.

‘My mana reserves is less than a quarter left with that whole trip. That was over 600 meters. That means I can’t fight at full capacity. I’ll have to coordinate with everyone and try to preserve my mana for shukuchi.’

“Everyone get ready. This is going to be a long fight.”

Addressing his team Akaro got into a battle ready stance.

“So you manage to escape the temple. I see that I am not the only one with the magic to transport oneself. Does not matter. As all of you will fall to my magic!”

Venomcindra started to glow yellow as sparks were appearing on her hands. Although the transformation was not complete a portion of the power was still transferred to her.

“Time to die you fools!”

***

Tsukino hopped towards Serenity almost immediately and started doing some emergency treatment. Her emergency treatment consisted of taking the herbs she had left stuff into her mouth, chewed and literally gave Serenity some mouth to mouth administered aid.

“Bleagh! Thank you Tsukino… but I could have put it in my mouth myself.”

Tsukino: “You know you liked it. Well stop sitting around and help me find the others. They might still be alive!”

“Shouldn’t we help Akaro and the rest?”

Serenity struggled a bit to get back onto her feet and had to take a short break as fatigue in the game also affected motor ability for her avatar.

Tsukino: “I’m not fit for combat no matter how much I want to drown a certain spider’s throat with poison. I can’t lose hope that Kuroneko and my three favourites are dead. I can’t accept it.”

“Dead? They can’t be dead. They were just thrown towards the walls after stopping the transformation. I survived so I’m pretty sure they did too.”

Tsukino: “Then let’s go and heal them already! Oh the two boys!”

Kagerou: “I have nee-chan. She’s hurt and needs help.”

The black fox carried his golden furred sister. Not to far behind was Hikaru with Suzaku on him as well.

Hikaru: “I found Suzaku-aniki. He needs help too.”

Tsukino also did some emergency kisses to the two which had them regain consciousness.

Kogane: “Kagerou! Hikaru! You’re okay!”

Kagerou: “Nee-chan I’m happy you’re okay too. We have to find the nii-sans and Kuroneko-neesama.”

Hikaru: “Believe in them. Even if the white cat is an idiot, they are all stronger than us two.”

Suzaku: “Although I will never deny a kiss from a lady but please Lady Tsukino please refrain from using that method again. My reputation would take a hit if it were to ever be found out that my beak interlocked with the mouth of my prey.”

Tsukino: “It’s a good method. You just don’t know how to appreciate it.”

“Alright guys. Lets split up. We need to find them and they were thrown one on each side. I’ll take north with Suzaku.”

Suzaku: “I agree to these terms. I do not mind assisting you once more.”

Kagerou: “Then me and nee-chan will go south.

Hikaru: “I will take the west.”

Tsukino: “I’ll get the last side. Everyone bring them to the east side when you find them.”

The search party ended their meeting and headed out to their respective side.

***

“Father. I will put an end to your suffering by my own hand. Using the techniques you have taught me.”

The father and son stared at each other before Venomstorm started using the same technique he used to dispatch Toxinwebs.

“That won’t work on me!”

Junior used the same technique and they collided. The one clear advantage junior had was full control of his mind. This meant that he could fully recollect all the times he watched his father trained. The times they practiced together although he couldn’t fully utilize them due to the lack of the electrical charge his father can produce. The way his father was fighting was very basic and did not have the fluidity of the way he fought in his memories.

As the sparks flew, junior continued to use technique after technique. All being deflected or avoided by the mind controlled king. But little by little he was gaining ground. He noticed that although his attacks were being avoided the electrical charge that he had was a lot stronger than his father’s. Probably thanks to the magical abilities he inherited from his mother that he was able to produce a stronger voltage.

“VENOMSTORM ASSAULT!”

He had only done this in training but he could only hope that he would be able to pull it off. He threw his blade up and as it spun above his father he shot web after web on various spots on his fathers body. Once they landed he used a surge of electricity to shock his father. As his father was stunned by the attack he jumped up and grabbed the sword and and slashed haphazardly. Striking his father as much as he can before he can regain mobility. Feeling the fatigue of the attack he stopped and watched as his father slumped forward.

“You’ve done well son…”

Venomstorm senior fell into a pile of gray particles leaving his son with a smile on his face.

The prince also slumped down and cried out a second time. The spiders around him all bowed their heads to the fall of their previous king.

***

Akaro’s party was not faring well against Venomcindra’s magical attacks. She had lightning that was unpredictable and incredibly hard to avoid and lot of the elite spiders were either incapacitated by the sheer power of the strike or stunned by the charge of electricity. To those lucky enough to avoid the lightning would be then frozen in place by ice then picked up telekinetically and thrown aside. If they could avoid all that then they had to strike her and most weapons were repelled by the metal skin she donned and then burned for getting that close.

Anko who was using her newly acquired spear was feeling the same resistance. Slowly her health would go down but not as fast as how much health the party was losing. With no active healer they had to use a wave strategy and attack in waves. The first wave would go in and attack then retreat to recover some of the damage they themselves received. She was in the first wave and Toxinwebs was the second.

“This crazed woman is not making it easy that’s for sure. We are outmatched in sheer power.”

Seiryuu: “You were too clossse that lassst engagement. I almossst burned alive!”

“You’re still fine. We only got a little burnt.”

Seiryuu: “At leassst we are doing a bit better asss a group. With massster jumping and sssaving people before it isss too late. But I don’t think he can lassst that long.”

The vibrant coloured snake was correct as Akaro was using his ability to teleport to either move party members away from immediate death or trying to strike her when the metal armor was down. As it was still a boss, her impervious to physical damage metal armor only lasted so long before she could be attacked. This timing was what was being targeted but he had a limited mana supply and no more mana potions to bring it back up.

Venomcindra was getting damaged until she got to the red zone. Once here all the spells she casted felt as if they were autocasting as there was a miniscule amount of time before her metal armor would return. At this point Akaro’s mana levels were non-existent and they could only hope and pray for a miracle as none of them were fast enough to catch her off armor without taking lethal damage.

Akaro and Toxinfangs decided to change the strategy to have all the elites support the pair while Anko, Seiryuu, and Yasu tried to do hit and run tactics.

Brandishing his two blade Akaro ran towards the vile spideress and started slashing with as much strength as he could muster while his stamina was starting to deplete his well.

“I’ve had enough of you Spider General Akaro!”

Apparently the plan they tried to use backfired when she used her telekinetic powers and pushed everyone out but Akaro who was panting due to fatigue. Venomcindra had made a protective bubble to keep the other party members out as she froze Akaro to the ground.

Being unable to move and no mana to shukuchi out, Akaro could only slash at the ice hoping to break it apart but to no avail. He was shocked immediately by lightning. Although he had great martial prowess he was still in a game. One of the major weaknesses of melee units was magic resistance.

“AAAAARRRGH!!!”

Akaro could only scream out in pain from the electrical shocks and fireballs being thrown at him. Once he got out of the ice he was almost immediately frozen in place again.

***Reality***

“HOW DARE SHE HURT MY SON?! EOMMA’S COMING!”

Juhee exclaimed and dashed towards her own capsule to login.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN’T INSTALL IT TODAY?! MY GRANDSON IS DYING! I NEED TO HELP HIM! DON’T YOU DARE TELL ME IT’S JUST A GAME!”

Dong-Sun was trying to keep Myung-Dae from breaking the phone.

***In Game***

Akaro’s health was decreasing rapidly. The outfit he wore was now completely tattered and even the scabbard for his katana were beginning to burn away. With all things considered this would be normal to an average gamer. Someone as low as level 40 joining a quest meant for players in their level 70 and above. Although he has stronger stats than most, it did not mean he was invincible.

‘I think I’m going to die…’

The redhead thought as he had no mana, his stamina almost completely out and his health is soon heading in that direction. The only thing that can save him now was a miracle.

Rai: “MASTER!!!!!”

Genbu: “HYUNG!!!!”

Genbu: ”HYUNG!!!”

Byakko: “SENSEI!!!”

Kuroneko: “YOU DARE HURT OUR MASTER!!!!”

He heard the cries of the four he thought were dead. He smiled knowing that they are alive. He was dying but his thoughts now lead to why his companion contracts expired. Then he looked towards the shouting. Akaro then saw why they expired.

‘I was wondering why I heard Genbu twice.’

The purple aura wall broke completely as Kuroneko glowed purple and used her own telekinetic power to dismantle it. She was now as large as Kogane and sporting two tails. The purple gem she had swallowed was now fixated on her forehead.

Rai seemingly teleported with how quick he ran and took the next lightning strike that was shot out and ate it completely. He was a lot larger. One would say he was the size of a donkey and probably can be giving rides. But his size was not the only that has changed. He no longer looked like a Shibainu but rather more wolf like. His fur wasn’t the reddish colour it was now yellow similar to the electrical pulses that surge from his body and he also sported the amber like gem on his forehead.

Genbu size had also increased to the size of Rai’s previous form. He was using ice to move around and he slid past Rai and chose to shoot a beam of ice towards Venomcindra’s legs. Freezing them immediately. His color was onyx in colour except for an ice blue gem on his shell. He still looked pretty much like a tortoise but there was a second head coming out of where his tail use to be. It looked like a snake but sounded exactly like Genbu.

Byakko was pretty much a white tiger with his size. He had the silver gem on his forehead. He ran and jumped towards Venomcindra while screaming.

“WHITE TIGER SPINNING DRILL OF METAL CLAWS!”

His claws elongated and metal armour covered him completely as he spun. Just as you may have expected with the elaborate name, he literally drilled through Venomcindra’s own metal armour and pierced her.

“NOOOOOOOOooooooo!!!!”

Venomcindra cried out before disappearing into gray particles leaving behind some item drops.

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You have completed the special event The Reign of the Rat King and Spider Queen

Fame +100

You have leveled up 10 times

Rewards will be given by the new Spider King Venomstorm II.

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“No.”

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Familiar Contract:

This contract allows you to make pacts with beings that have the ability to use mana.

Requirements 2000 mana to complete contract.

Conditions for contract still apply for main skill.

Amount of mana reserve familiars can access can be set in the Familiar Contract Window

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Unlocked Affection Stat for Companion and Familiar Contracts

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As he closed the last window that popped up, he was immediately dogpiled on by all his animal companions.. His human companions just smiled at the scene of Akaro being hugged, scolded, and licked by his animal army.

Rapid knocking could be heard at the door.

“AKARO ARE YOU OKAY?! LET EOMMA IN!”

Everyone had a teardrop seemingly appear on their head at the ruckus outside. He then lobbed the key at Serenity.

“Can you please let her in? I don’t think I can move right now.”

With everything completed and the tension gone everyone decided some much needed rest and relaxation was at hand. Akaro drifted to sleep while once again surrounded by his animal companions. Anko off to the side of Akaro also laid down as even though it was a game she felt the need to take a nap.

Cooking Queen entered the library to find her son and the rest of the campaign of spiders all passed out. She smiled out of relief and started cleaning up the library.

SO yeah. I've been on Hiatus. Here is a bit of an update:

I work at home now. You would think I would have more time but you are wrong. I don't feel relaxed enough to write while I'm working.

There is a new addition to my household which like to eat, sleep, poop, and cry whenever he wants. My nephew/God son.

After chapter 10 I am going to to dismantle anything affiliated to Royal Road in my story and make it my own. What this means is Vol 1 and Vol 2 will have adjustments. Still doing VR but just going to go a more original route. What this means is a lot of rewriting. So Vol 3 will not start until I get back from my trip in March. I will be gone for a month. So that's the current update.

Again sorry for the long wait guys. I'll try to go faster but no promises.