Whispering Verse

No. 31 Skeleton Spider

It is not accurate to say that the cards are all blank. It should be said that one side is blank and the other side has a golden Ouroboros logo on a pure black background.

Although Shade did not touch the card directly, he could feel that the whispering element in it was not strong.

Luvia took out one of the cards and handed it to Priest Augustus, then put the other cards back into the envelope. The priest held the card without activating it, while the doctor bowed his head and began to count down.

Shad and Dorothy spread out to the left and right, checking the surrounding situation outside the three people. The night view of Regent Park in the snow was very beautiful. The artificial lake not far away was completely frozen, and there were children playing on the lake during the day.

Somehow, Shad remembered the joke that Sylvia told last year about "the Duchess of Saradir inspecting Tobesk", and when he looked at the moonlight reflected on the ice, a smile appeared unconsciously at the corners of his mouth.

The few minutes of waiting were uneventful, and soon the doctor's countdown came to the end:

“6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, go!”

The priest immediately channeled his own spirit into the card through his fingertips, and words and graphics immediately appeared on the front of the originally blank card.

At the same time, the snowflakes falling from the void above everyone's heads seemed to be twisted by an invisible wind, and the transparent behemoth was filled with complete colors almost in an instant.

At the same time that Shad turned to look at the priest, the giant spider, which was two people's height, had completely revealed its form in the material world.

It was a giant spider-shaped undead made up of the skeletons of many dead people, with its limbs made of rusted bone fragments and broken bones. However, its abdomen revealed a hole as cold and gloomy as a grave, and the smell of decayed death constantly wafted out from that hole.

The doctor, the priest and Luvia dodged to the side nimbly. Although the "Weaver" had eight giant spider legs that looked like corrupted bone knives, it made no sound when it landed.

It was obviously huge in size but as light as a piece of paper. When its body touched the silver-white snow, not only did the snowflakes turn black, Shade even felt that the ground under the snowflakes was contaminated by the power of decay and death.

Only after it landed could Shade observe its back. A strange living tissue like fascia formed a transparent vesicle-like container there, and several faint soul fragments were clearly floating in the vesicle.

The spider had its back to Shad, so he could not see that its six black eyes were covered with a black mist that symbolized death. At this moment, the black light in the six eyes bloomed, and the black rays shot directly at Dorothy and Dr. Schneider who were facing it.

"Instant death attack!"

Priest Augustus behind the two men reminded them loudly and activated the sage-level relic [Divine Favor] to summon a winged light shield to block the three rays of light in the center.

One of the remaining three rays of light hit Dorothy directly, but the one that fell to the ground turned into a black "king chess piece" as tall as a person, and then the chess piece turned into a red butterfly card and fell on the snow.

The last two black lights were absorbed by the black stone mirror that suddenly appeared in front of the doctor. After the stone mirror exploded, the scarlet light emitted from his eyes left a right-angled light mark in the air, dragging the scarlet color towards the spider.

But as a piece of soul fragment in the spider's "backpack" disappeared, a shield made of pure soul power enveloped the monster and actually blocked the doctor's attack, which had never been blocked by anyone.

"Soul-weakening curse."

Luvia cast a spell calmly, and the crystal color of the soul shield weakened rapidly under the effect of the curse. The spider then leaped suddenly, and once again bounced into the sky silently and lightly like a piece of paper, and then fell towards the ice surface of the artificial lake.

"This thing has some spiritual characteristics, we must make quick work of it!"

The doctor rushed over, and Father Augustus reminded everyone:

"That thing uses the power of death and decay. You must not come into direct contact with its body unless it is absolutely necessary."

Dorothy did not chase after her. As the ring of life spun, Match Girl in Cinderella's pumpkin carriage rushed past her and headed towards the icy lake.

Luvia, as the auxiliary character in the team, also did not catch up. When she was preparing for a new round of spells, Shade had already turned into a red butterfly and flew towards the darkness in the center of the lake.

The giant spider that landed on the ice was still consuming soul fragments to open its shield. At the same time, black fog representing death rose up around it, and the cold wind in the center of Regent's Park gradually spread to the surroundings.

The special property of the "Fate Weaver" spider reported by the Academy is that this strange creature derived from fate will inherit some of the characteristics of the life that activated the relic/derivative, and this strange creature can only be harmed by an attack that is used on it for the first time. The same magic spell will not have any effect even if it hits it completely after the second use.

Therefore, Dr. Schneider, who caught up with the skeleton spider, did not use his eyes to emit light again. In the darkness, sticky pus flowed from his right hand until his entire right hand swelled to the size of a small tree.

Everything was silent under the mute spell, and the "Human Pus" hit the spider that was lying on the ice and releasing black mist. Death could not corrupt the pus of humanity, but after the giant hand passed through the black mist and hammered on the soul shield, it only made a loud bang!

Although the fluorescent translucent shield was dyed black, the human pus failed to penetrate the power of the soul.

"Moonlight Slash!"

Hearing the voice behind him, the doctor dodged to the side in a hurry. Then the gorgeous arc of moonlight flew from behind him and split the darkness, but after the bright silver light hit the soul barrier, it only created tiny cracks, and the moonlight itself disappeared.

The light bursting from the spider's eyes fired back at the two men, but this time the black death light collided with the blazing light bursting from the doctor's eyes in mid-air.

While Shade and the doctor were attracting the spider's attention, Priest Augustus had quietly gathered his soul power and came into the black fog surrounding the "Weaver Skeleton Spider".

The old priest held his breath and took a deep breath towards the soul barrier, and the power of the soul turned into tiny streams of light and flowed into his nasal cavity.

The barrier shattered like a bubble, and the doctor immediately bent over and slapped the ice with both hands:

"Fire Pillar!"

“Get out of the way!”

The pumpkin carriage that was roaring towards them had been ignited by the match thrown by the match girl who was driving the carriage. The burning carriage, which left two tracks of burning fire on the ice, crashed directly into the barrier that covered the spiders with a loud bang.

This may seem like a physical collision, but the flame derived from the power of fairy tales actually has the ability to burn souls through the power of "wishes".

The pumpkin carriage exploded into a scattered fireball after the collision, and the barrier covering the spider also disappeared. But in the next second, another soul fragment was consumed, and the intact spider waved its claws and crawled towards the doctor and the priest.

As long as the power of the soul trapped by the "Fate Weaver" has not been exhausted, this thing seems almost immortal. It is not impossible to exhaust the opponent's soul, but everyone does not have so much time, and if they continue to fight, they may attract the attention of others.

"Hold it still for now!"

Shade's voice came from behind, and at the same time, a buzzing silver light wheel flew between the two of them. The light wheel rubbed against the spider's soul barrier, splashing bright moonlight. The reflection of an angel flashed in the priest's eyes. He frowned slightly and raised his hand suddenly:

"Solidify the soul!"

The barrier that was originally used to protect the "Weaver" suddenly stopped moving with the spider and trapped it inside.

The solidified barrier disappeared instantly, and reappeared immediately after the spider escaped. It jumped suddenly and wanted to directly reach the two people who cast the spell, but this time it just got into the air and collided head-on with the black cube.

The spatial power from the "Labyrinth Demon Yaru" temporarily fixed the spider in the night sky, which was enough. Because the next second, Shade, who had posed on the ice, grabbed his right wrist with his left hand and pointed his right palm at the spider.

Under the snowy night sky, the moonlight gathered in the palm of the hand, and the blessed soul used the new power extracted from the spirit of the moon god:

"Moonfire!"

The beam of light that lit up in an instant completely illuminated every corner of the ice lake. The moon fire, which had the nature of "not being able to be completely defended against", penetrated the soul barrier and directly evaporated the spider's head.

Although it can create a strong "shell" with its soul power, its body is not at all outstanding when it encounters the Moonfire, which has a completely restraining nature.

The body of the "Fate Weaver" fell silently downwards, but before it fell into the broken ice area melted by the flame pillar, the doctor used a spell to control it to fall like a feather at the last moment.

Shade stepped on the ground, and the lake froze again with a rustling sound. Father Augustus nervously went forward to check whether the spider was faking death, and then he had to deal with the body and wait for the academy to collect it.

When the two ladies on the lakeshore also rushed to the center of the lake, they saw Xia De gently sip the pink bottle:

"Moonfire's attack form consumes too much spirit energy."

Seeing that the battle was over, Luvia smiled and said:

"This is normal. After all, in ancient times, Moon Fire or Secret Fire was a power that only the demigod heroes blessed by the Moon God were qualified to use."

Dorothy approached the spider's body and asked worriedly:

"Isn't it said that the probability is only one in five? Who is better at math? Can you calculate the probability of us encountering a second 'Fate Weaver' tonight?"

"Apparently the detective is best at math."

The doctor squatted down in front of the spider's body and reminded Dorothy, so Dorothy looked at Shad, who thought for a moment:

"About 100 percent."

PS: The picture in this chapter is "The Weaver of Fate - Skeleton Spider".