There Are Too Many Bugs in the Academy

Episode 61

21. Gold Mine (3)

‘Strange.’

Illyana thought as she looked around the inside of the mine.

‘Why are you so quiet?’

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Most of the major monsters in the gold mine are insect-type.

Because of this, there was always a peculiar cry when entering the mine.

It was particularly quiet today.

Of course, there are traces of silverback spiders and spider webs everywhere, so it seems that there are monsters.

‘Ummm.’

Illyana checked the personnel following once more.

Five, including Marily.

There is no difficulty in attacking the gold mine.

Due to the nature of the Artel race, there are many who excel in archery and magic.

Even Artel, a first-year student who has just entered the school, will be superior to most of the second-year students in the Arin Faculty in self-control.

‘I’m worried about nothing.’

Illyana tried to hide the creeping anxiety.

But it didn’t push the boundaries.

At that time, he was slowly advancing using a specially cultivated luminous moss rod as a light source.

“Stick thump.”

The cry of roach cricket was heard.

At the familiar sound, Illyana sighed in relief.

This was the first time I was happy to hear the sound of a monster.

Perhaps the others heard the noise, so they stopped chatting and took out their weapons.

“Waiting.”

Artel’s true value is shown in long-distance archery.

Illyana pulled out a small bottle from the bag she was carrying around her shoulder.

It was a flash bomb that she herself had crafted through alchemy.

These subterranean individuals have very poor eyesight.

Therefore, when exposed to strong light, it falls into a state of temporary stiffness.

If you aim at that time and shoot arrows, you can hunt monsters without much threat.

Combat technique learned while living in Paradise School for a year.

Being an alchemist didn’t mean he wasn’t good at fighting.

“If you throw it, shoot it at once.”

Artel archers nodded at Illyana’s words.

There was no need to communicate in depth. Illyana counted to herself, calculating the best timing.

“Jerk-chirch-rrrrr.”

The roach cricket’s cries subsided, and Illyana threw a flash bomb.

“Now!”

Clink! pop!

A bright light emanated from the bottle.

At that time, the archers, who had wound their arrows in advance, were about to fire their bows.

“uh……?”

Illyana doubted her eyes.

It must have been the cry of a roach cricket. It was because it was a giant spider that appeared with the flash.

‘This is a tarantula!!’

After a brief moment of embarrassment, the arrows of the archers were fired.

An arrow that cut through the air pierced the spider’s body.

“Hey hey ah ah ah!!!”

A sharp roar slammed through the tunnel.

The guy who regained his sight soon began to charge towards the Artels with a fierce momentum.

“Retreat! Go back!”

That moment.

The spiders that were ambush in the ceiling of the tunnel attacked the Artels.

A scarlet face cap that catches the eye. Orange Face Tarantula.

“These bastards!! Ahhh!!”

“Kyaah!!”

Victims caught by the spider fiercely resisted, but the paralytic poison was injected in an instant.

Illyana hardened in the tunnel of hell.

The moment when the tarantula’s tusk, which sensed a new prey, was about to be pierced by Illyana.

“Illiana!! Move!!”

Flames rose from Marily’s palm where the magic circle had been deployed.

The tarantula, engulfed in blazing heat, writhes painfully, oxidizing into a handful of ashes.

“You must run!”

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Marily grabbed Iliana’s arm and ran.

The formation collapsed soon after. Fighting here will only waste time.

Because at least one person had to escape so that even a rescue team could be dispatched before it was too late.

However.

“Hey!!”

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Marily’s leg stumbled, not finding the spider’s web on the ground.

“Ugh, at least!”

It was too late to cut the spider’s web and run away together.

The screams of the other Artels that had been heard over and over had also ceased.

Hearing a cry coming from nearby, Marily handed her bow to Illyana and said,

“Run away and report it quickly! It’s only you, Illyana!”

Illyana couldn’t answer. Instead, he took Marily’s weapon and ran towards the entrance.

in such a distant view.

“Go away!! These spiders!!

After Marily’s death, silence fell once more in the mine.

* * *

“Everyone seems to have no problem with their lives.”

“Huh, I sighed.”

There were a total of five Artel held in the cocoon. Some of them were even with me.

Was it Marily Hart?

I remember being a friend of Iliana.

‘Isn’t it possible that Iliana was also involved?’

I suddenly had a thought like that.

‘I am a person who immerses myself in alchemy in the dormitory all day, there is no way I can come to a place like this.’

Anyway, these Artels were probably the expeditions that entered Area B before us.

It was only a simple anesthetic thanks to not much time had passed.

It was fortunate that no one was devoured or became a spider host.

“But are the railcars working properly?”

“I’m trying to manipulate it now. For some reason, it doesn’t seem to go any higher?”

George answered, fiddling with the hextech gadgets needed to run the railcar.

Could it be that a part of the lift system that goes up in the plaza is broken?

James may have been in trouble when he came to fix this system.

“Damn! How tall is it?”

“About 10m from here? You’ll definitely catch up with this.”

“It’s a big deal…”

It was too late to return to the entrance of Area A again.

And above all else, he couldn’t take all five Artel who were paralyzed.

Even though I did first aid with the antidote I had prepared in advance, it would take at least several hours to recover enough to walk.

There is no guarantee that tarantulas will not come to this place during the siege.

It looks like a place that was used as a food storage from the beginning.

It would be perfect for them to have a meal if they just waited without any countermeasures.

I tried desperately to get around the situation.

‘Anything that can be used as a power source is about six in total. Even that is unknown.’

“Why don’t we pick two or three people now and send them to report?”

“Then you, Nana, and two of the three Fail seniors would have to go. Who’s guarding this place in the meantime?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

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Most of them are freshmen with no combat experience.

Even if it’s beginner or intermediate.

It was out at the point where I was already engulfed in fear.

As I was about to moan, Lioner, who had been silent until now, opened his mouth.

【It’s the Queen’s job. You hit a baby.]

‘Yeah, I thought so too.’

The number of tarantulas is too high to be simply an anomaly.

The mine’s ecosystem itself had been turned upside down, so it seemed certain that there was a queen.

“Pale-senpai, have you ever dealt with the Spider Queen?”

“Spider Queen? You’ve been subjugated once in ‘Green Hell’. It’s the boss there.”

“Usually, if you kill the queen, the rest of the entities become incredibly weak, right?”

“That’s right. So, Greenhel’s official strategy is to avoid colliding with the spiders as much as possible and catch the queen.”

“Then, assuming there is a spider queen, the key is how to catch her…”

As he muttered to himself, Fail asked with a cold look.

“Are you thinking of subjugating the Queen?”

“There’s no other way than that. If you hold on like this, you’re sure to get hit.”

“No way! That’s suicidal!! Normal tarantulas and tarantula queens have different measures of strength!”

I know that.

If it had been before climbing Mt. Cheongong, it might have been a top priority to just quickly get out of the dungeon.

However, the situation is a little different now that Aradwa has been obtained.

I also brought a bunch of potions for doping, so hopefully I can kill you in one hit.

It was a gamble well worth a walk.

“If you die this way or die that way, wouldn’t it be better to at least try?”

Fail was still reluctant, but there were no other sharp points.

In the end, he raised his hands and added one vote to my opinion.

“But how do you get the queen?”

“You said there are no businesses in Dagul? There is a way for everything.”

* * *

how long did you wait

A gigantic spider, almost twice the size of a tarantula I had ever seen, slowly walked out.

As expected, the queen was there. Now that the hunt has been completed to some extent, he must have come down to the food storage here to recover his lack of energy.

I swallowed dry saliva and watched his movements carefully.

The Artels, who have not yet awakened from the anesthesia, have taken refuge in a corner.

At least you won’t get caught up in battle.

‘… … If it goes wrong, everyone will die.’

“Now.”

I beckoned quietly, and George handed me the potions from my bag.

The hero’s potion and the elixir of strength, the shooter’s eyes, and the blood of an owl.

Inhale at once without hesitation.

Then, a great energy engulfed his entire body.

The muscles are bulging, and the dark field of vision becomes brighter.

The potion lasts only 5 minutes.

Enough to fight the damn spider queen.

“Come on, one, two, three, then you can run out.”

I made eye contact with each of the members who were trembling in fear, reassured them, and screamed and ran out.

“Look at the hot spicy taste, you bastard!!”

A fiercely burning flame erupted from the hands of the wizards who finished the chanting just in time.

“Fireball!”

“Fire Spear!!!”

Fire spears and fireballs were shot at the Spider Queen at once.

Since it is a spacious cavity and there is a passage directly connected to the outside, there is no need to worry about oxygen depletion.

The maximum firepower that the expedition can create at the moment.

“Kiaa been tove to you!!!” than

The Spider Queen struggled painfully.

“George, act quickly!”

“Okay!!”

Then the air began to swirl around George’s body. A cool breeze blew in as the humid underground air mixes.

It was the power of the three-star wind spirit, Ceylon, that he contracted.

“Eat this-!!”

George rushes to the Spider Queen in the blink of an eye.

Green blood gushed out from the wounds hit by the clean triple stab attack.

But George’s solo did not end there.

Two Chemistry-!! Whoa woo woo woo-woo

The raging flames now become a huge flamestorm and begin to engulf the Spider Queen.

A flame storm that lights up the entire cave like daytime.

“Everyone volleyball!!!”

Arin’s archers’ sharp arrows pierce the storm and pierce the Spider Queen’s body.

Without giving in to that, the wizards flew to the next blow.

“Keeeek! Keek!!”

In the flames, the spider queen swung her feet and made a riot.

“Damn! Even though I did this, it wasn’t enough…!?”

“Don’t worry. This will be the end.”

I smiled confidently at Fail, who was rolling my feet, and listened to Aradwa.

The jet-black spear gleamed in the light of the flame.

“Sanwoo-san, what are you going to do with that spear…!?”

Take a javelin stance by stably widening your stride. Then the lightning that came out began to wrap around the spear.

The distance from the queen, measured by eye, was only a few dozen meters.

The probability of a miss at this distance is zero… … !

It was the perfect condition for Aradwa.

“Open your mouth and enter the dessert!!”

With a cheer, he threw Aradwa away.

nettle juice. Air-ripping shockwaves hit the eardrums, along with the horrific sound of flesh being ripped apart.

Rumbling, Kwagwagwang!!!

There was a thunderous thunder that shook the entire tunnel.