Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 137 Ooh Laa Laa

"Wait..."

One could really imagine what one of Arachnea's lairs would look like — a lot of webs, caves, and grim darkness. They would be right; one out of three, that is.

There are a lot of webs, a lot. But Rhys wasn't in a cave at all, it wasn't even dark. The webs did not even look grim, everything just seemed immaculate, white, and perfectly arranged like a room, a hotel room, even. Arachnea even weaved a curtain — no, she weaved everything that Rhys was seeing in less than a few hours...

...even the cuffs that were binding his limbs to the bed.

"Wait...?"

Arachnea's voice was incredibly coquettish, even more so than before; the sound of her sharp legs tapping the floor, somewhat rhythmic as she very slowly approached the bound Rhys,

"But you seemed so eager to be in my arms just earlier — even leaping at me and telling me to take you to the Underworld."

"To have some answers," Rhys breathed out as he raised his head to look at Arachnea, "You told me to come with you if I wanted answers."

"I told you to come inside me if you want answers."

"Hm," Rhys could really only drop his head and start nodding to himself as he heard Arachnea's words, "...Right."

"Why would you even want answers, Descendant of Eros?" Arachnea crawled near Rhys, before suddenly pulling down a thread from the ceiling, almost instantly lifting up the bed from the floor as it stood diagonally; making his eye level equal with Arachnea, who looked him straight in the eyes,

"You humans are happy and living because you do not know the truth — once you do know, everything you have ever known will change. Why would you want that?"

"Because I want to know why everything that happened to me, happened to me," Rhys returned Arachnea's glare.

"Bruised, beaten... humiliated to the entire world?" Arachnea raised an eyebrow,

"For someone who has suffered so little, you seem a little too intense, Descendant of Eros."

"Here to tell me that some people suffered more?"

"No — some have, but no," Arachnea let out a small chuckle as she brushed her finger on Rhys's face, "I am not here to tell you anything — I'm here to eat you."

"...What's stopping you?" Rhys glanced at the thread locking his only hand.

"I don't know yet," Arachnea subconsciously glanced between Rhys's thighs, "Perhaps the fact that you are the only descendant of Eros, ever to be seen since the Seeding?"

"Seeding...?"

"Yes, the Seeding — that is what we call the impregnation of your species. Do you truly want to know?"

"Am I going to eat you...

...or are you going to eat me?"

***

"Here, in here!"

"Ssh, lower the sound of your balls!"

"Can the two of you be silent!?"

Somewhere in the Underworld, a Forest region; somewhat close to where the testing area of the Mankappan city mall was, Lina, Ayesha, and Katarina were currently trying their best to stay within the shadows. Their eyes, reflecting an area completely covered in nothing but web and soot—no.

Perhaps it was better to say that it was some sort of mansion made of web, using the large trees around it as foundation.

Well, Katarina and Lina were trying their best to stay within the shadows, but Katarina did it so expertly that one would not even see her until she moves while you focused on her.

"You're also shouting," Lina whispered loudly as she glared at Katarina, who was wearing a mask to cover the lower part of her face,

"Because you also keep on shouting!"

The three have been endlessly tracking where Arachne went to take Rhys. But sadly for them, each time they thought they were near, their traces just suddenly continued on to an even longer walk.

But after doing that for several hours, they finally found where Arachnea brought Rhys.

"What's the plan here?"

"There is no plan," Ayesha scoffed as she looked at the house made of webs, which was suspiciously trembling along with the trees that they were attached to, "Something is already going on there."

"Then let's just go." And without even a second after saying those words, Katarina quickly but very quietly rushed toward the house made of web. But before the two could even get near Arachnea's lair, all of their steps halted as the trembling of the house abruptly stopped.

"Stay alert!" And although Ayesha was the one to mention not having a plan, she still tapped both Lina and Katarina; gesturing to them each hide behind different trees; waiting for something else to happen before they continued to enter inside.

But after a few quiet seconds of nothing, the three nodded to each other as they once again started quietly moving toward the house. Once again, however, they could not help but just hold their breaths as something suddenly stepped out of the house — well, someone.

Rhys's sighs as he walked out were completely audible to everyone within a hundred-meter radius — he almost seemed tired even though he had the ability to recover his stamina almost endlessly.

The three soon snapped out of their stupor from seeing the person they were supposed to be here to save casually stepping outside. The three were about to rush toward him, but once again, their steps halted...

...as they saw a naked woman following him from behind.