Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 136 Ayesha's Desperation

A crowd of people were currently inside the Hole; people from different guilds who made it their priority to clear and sweep all the monsters. In truth, with few of Amerka's strongest explorers participating in this extermination, the only real threat was Arachnea's presence.

But aside from the leader of the Rescue team telling them that Arachnea was sighted somewhere, no one had really even seen a shadow of her.

And so, the extermination has been quite uneventful for them — and it did not help that Esme practically locked a quarter of the entire city and encased it in ice, making their jobs a lot easier.

And as they finally found themselves gathered at the very center of the monsters' source, the Hole inside the mall, the group started to relax. They were also told that the monsters in the Underworld had also started to calm down. But before any of them could actually fully lower their arms, however, they all felt their hairs stand up on their ends at the same time — and the reason?

Something—someone they thought they would never see in their lifetime, a god. The god of spiders, Arachnea. The only thing they could really do was just stand there extremely, and very still; hoping that if they did so, they would learn the art of standing so incredibly still that they would be invisible to the naked eye.

They were so busy making themselves invisible that they did not even notice Arachnea holding Rhys.

Fortunately for them, it seemed to have worked as Arachnea did not even heed them any mind and just moved past them. They were incredibly lucky too, as none of them were was maimed by Arachnea's sharp legs.

It was a weird feeling — some of them were even complaining about how easy the extermination was with this many people, but as soon as Arachnea entered the building, literally; the only thing in their mind was that even if a thousand more of them come, it would not be enough. But once again, fortunately for them, Arachnea just casually went down inside the Hole without actually doing anything.

And as soon as she was gone, everyone's breaths almost created an orchestra of utmost relief; some of them even added drums as their butts fell straight to the floor. There was someone who dived down the Hole, but none of them really saw who it was as they were all busy trying not to shit their pants there and then.

No one really said anything for minutes on end, and right when they were about to, they heard several thunders bursting from the floor; the entire mall, almost rumbling as the thunders became louder and louder. And soon, a silhouette emerged from the Hole, causing everyone to flinch and freeze again.

"Commander Ayesha!?"

Fortunately for them, it was just Ayesha, who was tasked to control the monsters in the Underworld part of the mall. She seemed to be holding someone, but all the people's eyes were just on Ayesha.

"What... what's going on, Commander Ayesha!? Was that Arachnea!?"

And as all the people started approaching her, the only thing she really did was throw the person she was carrying in her arm toward Sylas.

"This..." Sylas quickly but very gently caught the person, "...Emilia? Why is she—"

"Don't let her jump into the Hole again or I swear I'll put a Hole in you," Ayesha pointed at Sylas.

And as Ayesha found herself back in the Underworld, her eyes quickly scanned the surrounding area, only to see nothing but Explorers who were obviously too stunned and shocked to even move from their spot; none of them seemed to be injured, however, a testament to how Arachnea does not even see them as a threat as she just moved past them.

The Underworld part of the mall was also covered by a dome, protecting it from the harsh environment and wild monsters of the Underworld, and only keeping the ones they used to test weapons inside — of course, the dome had proven to be absolutely useless as its security was penetrated by the monsters.

A mistake that could have been prevented if not for the arrogance of men.

"Arachnea, where did she go!?" Ayesha quickly grabbed the first explorer she could get her hands on; shaking him awake.

"...Who?"

"That god of spiders, damn it!" Ayesha was about to slap the man she was holding right on the cheek. Fortunately for the stranger, before he could have had the chance to probably die there and then, Katarina grabbed her from behind and tried pulling her away. Of course, they couldn't really do so, but Ayesha just let them.

"The Recruit, he—"

"We saw."

"Then... why are you here?" Ayesha began to frown.

"Lina already went ahead to scout," Katarina breathed out,

"I was just waiting for you. Now...

...let's go get our man back."

And while Katarina, Ayesha, and Lina were doing their utmost best to the point of desperation to try and rescue Rhys...

.

"Now..." Arachnea was completely bare; her large breasts, swaying as she very slowly approached Rhys, who was lying on a bed made of webs,

"...Shall we continue where we left off before the other humans interrupted us?"