I have been working as a hunter in the forest, Maku, for most of the time in my life, I never left the city and I haven’t done anything apart from hunting; the people gave the nickname of Hun, though my name is Kondrum. One day I went to the forest, as usual, decided to hunt Hornrabs, white monster rabbits with horns, prepared with my equipment, my faithful sword, and bow.

Once I entered in Maku I heard someone screaming. I didn’t take it too seriously, this forest was well known to be an ambush and nightmare for inexperienced hunters and I wasn’t one. I continued my way and I found some Hornrabs in the deeper forest. I slowly went forward and close, Bang. A single hit of my sword to one, then a cut to another, the rest started running away but I could shoot the last one with my bow. After I took their bodies and I was decided to leave when one more scream caught my attention. This time it was close, very close. Then I felt something, that gave me chills, like if something was looking at me as meat. I fast eye-blinking checked around and nothing.

However, I was sure of feeling it, that glance. Anyway, I continued forward to leave the forest and I successfully was out when something grabbed my feets and begun to drag me into the forest again. Whereas I was being moved, I suddenly blacked out.

“Wake up, Hun” I male voice resounded in my head. I half-opened eyes and confused heard him again: “Wake up, damn”

“W-who?” My head was liking a living hell.

“This not the time, do you think you free yourself?”

Once hearing that I opened my eyes fast and I found myself trapped in some sort of cobweb. I could barely move. Then my view went focused to the men who talked early, he was also in the same situation as me.

“What are we doing here!?” I shouted.

“Shh… We don’t want her to come?” He said looking in all directions, with a faltering voice.

“Who is she?” I said with a small voice.

“The monster that brought us here”

Suddenly a growl made my muscles tight and my voice muted instantly.

“Why I heard voices!?” The rough voice of a woman asked from the darkness.

“Shhh Don’t even move,” The men told me.

The men closed his eyes, muted and it seems that he fell to sleep. I did the same and trying to disguise for an unknown reason.

“Oh, cutie are you awake? I guess it’s time to feed my children”

A short time later I only heard a scream and “Nooooo!” I didn’t open my eyes but I recognized that voices, the voice of the men that were trapped as me. After only a silence giving me chills and a tense-mouth was there.

I was sure of one thing, I needed to get out of there quickly. I started stretching my arms and legs, everything useless, the cobweb was too strong. Then I remembered I had a knife in my pocket.

“Come on” I was close to taking the knife.

“Got it!” I shouted without thinking.

“What is going on there!?” The voice of the woman made echo on my ears.

“Shit! Come on one more cut”

“Come on, dammit!”

I felt on the ground and I determined to look around I was in some sort of cavern, with crystals as lights. I started running, without looking back while I hearing her steps coming in my way.

“You won’t get away, human!”

She was faster than me so I decided to hide and I found a spot between some rocks, she was close but I successfully hid and remained unseen for her. I thought I was safe but she stopped right in front of my hiding spot.

“You can’t run away, human. I feel your breath, your heartbeats, just give up and show yourself!”

A woman half spider, eight large legs, seven red eyes, a large mouth with sharp teeth and eyes like a snail.

I was trembling like a chicken, I never saw something like that until now and I wish I have never met it.

“Oh…” her eyes met mine for a second and I heard her approaching.

“I’m dead,” I thought. I was going to die killed by a monster. She was getting closer, a few meters separated us, a cold sweat fell on the ground, I closed my eyes and I waited for my fate.

“There is the monster, kill it!”

“Attack!”

I didn’t who they were but they saved me, giving me the time to leave. I rushed, falling sometimes but I continued until I met someone like me, a trapped person half-dizzy. I told him - Are you feeling good? I will help you right now. However, he surprised me, not because of his aspect but because once I cut the cobweb his stomach exploded covering me in blood, and some parts of his guts too.

From there small spiders, like clones of the woman but smaller started to come out from him. I hold my mouth with my hands trying to not puke while with my small knife I killed every one of those.

I didn’t enjoy it too much but I had to do it. With them dead, I heard the voice of the woman again: “What have you done?!” She shouted.

I moved rapidly but it caught me, stabbing my leg with her leg and making me drop the knife, the pain was excruciating, however, I grabbed her leg and I tried to pull it out but she was strong. In my useless try, I noticed the knife didn’t go too far, I made a last effort to grab it. Her other sharp leg was close to hitting me but I grabbed the knife and I stabbed her but it broke. This time for sure I was dead, her pointed leg was near my left eyes, millimeters when an explosion sent her flying into the air. I didn’t know who and what was happening because I slowly lost my consciousness but I was alive.

I woke up in a bedroom, alone in some sort of madhouse, I didn’t know what happening and how I arrived there. I started hitting the four walls, my pulse was low and I was feeling weak like if I was a prey captured in a trap. Suddenly a door opened and two men in black entered the room.

“Why I’m here? What is this place?” I asked them but they didn’t respond.

“Mister Lorens, you are no longer useful, thanks for your cooperation,” One of the men said before taking out a gun and aim.

“Wait, wait, Noooo….!” I got shot by the men and there I perished. Have I lived a lie? Why they shot me? Why he said no longer successful? Those were the things I was questioning but now It didn’t matter, I was only a soul that was going to a better place.