Seeing the adventurers close in, Kumoko could only place her hopes of survival on the countryman ahead.
"Countryman, save me!! I don't want to die!!"
Hearing the pitiful plea, Ryu Takeno turned to see Kumoko staring at him with tears in her eyes.
Sigh~ No choice.
Seeing Kumoko's pitiful state, Ryu Takeno's heart softened.
After all, his intrusion was the reason things turned out this way. If he didn't help, who knew what would happen to Kumoko because of the butterfly effect?
"Get down!"
Hearing the voice, Kumoko hesitated. Pursuers were behind her; stopping might mean immediate capture, but she trusted Ryu Takeno and dropped to the ground.
Whoosh—
Kumoko felt a dark shadow fly past, then a strong gust of wind above her.
The adventurers chasing Kumoko never expected the Gunerush to attack. A four-to-five-meter-diameter boulder suddenly appeared before them.
Years of adventuring gave the adventurers the experience and instinct to quickly raise their weapons to block the boulder.
"Oof——"
Years of training gave them the reflexes to block, but they were still injured. Without activating skills to enhance their bodies and defenses, their bodies couldn't withstand Ryu Takeno's thrown boulder.
Amazing!
Kumoko watched the adventurers get knocked away and cheered, raising her arms.
These were level 29 humans, completely out of her league, yet they were sent flying by a rock. Wasn't that amazing? Amazing! At least, among the monsters I've seen, this countryman is the strongest I've ever encountered, aside from my mother.
But Kumoko noticed her foreign countryman didn't stop.
Whoosh whoosh… Boom boom boom…
Boulder after boulder was thrown, smashing into the injured adventurers. The cave shook with each impact.
Ryu Takeno only stopped when the path was completely blocked by boulders.
Even then, he didn't feel safe. He wasn't sure if they had powerful skills that could break through the boulders, so he… ran away, of course.
Such a commotion might attract other monsters, even if the adventurers couldn't move or destroy the boulders. The two major forces in the Elroe Great Labyrinth—the earth dragons and the spider queen—often came up from the lower levels, especially the earth dragons, who preyed on Gunerushs.
If he remembered correctly, there was a passage connecting the upper and lower levels not far from here, a path used by the earth dragons and the spider queen.
Now was the time to run!
…
Kumoko stopped, waiting for her countryman to speak.
She thought this powerful foreign countryman would say something cool after saving her, maybe nod, give a high-five, and let her follow, acting like a true boss.
Instead…
He ran? Eh? Eh eh eh eh—!!?
Boss! Boss, don't run away!! My image of you has crumbled!!
Kumoko couldn't help but complain in her heart.
"Wait! Wait for me! I haven't gotten on board yet! Take me with you!"
Despite her complaints, she ran after him. In such a dangerous place, it was safer to stick with a powerful ally.
…
"Damn it!"
The adventurers looked at the boulders blocking the passage, striking them with their weapons, trying to break through and continue chasing the spider monster and the mutated Gunerush.
"Give it up. It's useless."
Gordo, the leader, shook his head and sighed, signaling for his team to stop.
No one knew how thick that wall of boulders was. If the giant snake continued throwing rocks, they couldn't break through even if they hit it all day.
Even if they did break through, would the monsters wait for them?
Those two monsters had clearly developed some intelligence, otherwise, they wouldn't have run at the sight of them. Normally, unintelligent monsters would attack anything they saw.
"Let's go."
"But…"
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