World Seed 45 Chapter 45

Aerwyn took the excess mana cores from the hunting parties with him as he planned to exit the cave the same way he did last time. He figured that he could just head to Lyr and pick up his order afterwards as he would be fairly close to Lyr anyway, effectively killing two birds with one stone. They traveled through the cave for hours and ended up running into the vosk halfway through.

"Mastah..." Gebb bowed.

"Hmm... We're going to be spending the next few days underground, why don't you come with us. You don't need to fight, i just want you to keep an eye out for ore and gems." Aerwyn commanded.

Gebb agreed and they continued on. Ever since the named undead began eating three cores a day his tradable goods had been heavily diminished. If he was planning on putting another order with Lyr's blacksmith he'd need something else to trade besides mana cores. Soon the expansive cavern came into view and Aerwyn was surprised at the spider's lack of a response. Standing around scratching his head he turned to Erit.

"How come they're not attacking like last time?"

"Perhaps masters G.o.dly aura is scaring them away?" Erit bemused with a chuckle.

"...Even if i was a G.o.d before, i'm not one any longer. Do we need to hunt them individually now?"

"I can try calling to them."

"Why didn't you just lead with that... Just do it."

Erit released an ear piercing cry that felt like daggers to Aerwyn's skull, forcing him to cover his ears. Silence followed and Aerwyn wasn't sure if it was because he was now deaf or because there was simply no response.

"They're coming master." Erit announced proudly.

"Don't... Don't do that again. You almost made me-"

"THUMP! THUMP!" The low sound echoed from the distance.

"...What was that?" Aerwyn asked as he scanned for the enemy.

"I believe it is one of my brothers or sisters. It seems they took over this little spider's territory while i was away... AH! MASTER! Can i eat their mana core? Please! Please! PLEASE!" Erit pleaded with her voice magic.

"THUMP! THUMP!"

"You have no problem with killing your siblings?" Aerwyn stared into her soul flames with a concerned expression. Once his undead turned they seemed to hold no quarrel with killing their own, which was ideal for his plans but it still managed to give him an unnerving feeling. It was quite clear that they still possessed their memories and emotions so he wondered how exactly his power altered their minds.

"Master, spiders don't have a sense of kins.h.i.+p like other beasts. Most of my brother and sisters were eaten by our mother and those who survived are the ones who ate their weaker siblings."
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"THUMP! THUMP!"

"...I don't know Erit, having another giant undead spider would really help out in the future."

"This little spider is so very close to becoming a person and if i consume their core it might just be enough for me to evolve." Erit pleaded with her voice magic once more and the mention of evolving caused Aerwyn's eyes to light up.

"THUMP! THUMP!" The hundreds of tiny, unevolved spiders now came into view in the distance.

"Are you sure you'll evolve?" Aerwyn asked hurriedly.

"Yes master! It'll have to wait until tomorrow since i already ate my three mana cores this morning but i am certain that this little spider will become a person if i eat that mana core."

"THUMP! THUMP!" The tiny spiders were now closing in on a hundred meters and the giant one came into view. Aerwyn wasn't sure if she was being entirely truthful. It wouldn't be the first time she found a way around orders but the sight of the spiders rapidly approaching and the thought of having a fully evolved undead forced him into a decision.

"Argh, fine you win. Take Mogg and Cogg with you just in case."

"Master this little spider can do it on her own. I don't need-"

"Just do it Erit, no complaining. Just go."

Aerwyn shot out a flame lance as the three ma.s.sive undead began their charge. He quickly closed his eyes and entered the darkness as the purple explosion erupted, imagining the flames spreading out in his mind. The darkness obliged as flames poured forth from the explosion as if it was a living being bent on consuming everything within it's gaze.

Opening his eyes Aerwyn immediately heard the popping sound of exploding carapace as the flames engulfed the tiny spiders. The purple inferno spread to more and more spiders as Rogg and Velk positioned themselves in front of Aerwyn. The spiders lucky enough to be outside of the flames continued their rapid advance charging straight towards the cave entrance.

Aerwyn had been growing more sensitive to his power over time and he realized that his soul was draining at a rapid pace. The spiders he was resurrecting wouldn't account for so much of a drain and he a.s.sumed it had to be from the blazing inferno he created. It had already done it's job and killed hundreds of spiders so he entered the darkness and called it back to his hand.

When the flames came shooting towards him he tried to lock onto the feeling as they transformed into a ball. He hoped the experience would allow him to gain more control over his flames but he was unable to glean anything from it.

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Erit and the two trolls ran through the flames as if they were nothing but air and reached the giant abyssal spider in but a moment. Mogg swung his enormous tree trunk at the creatures front leg but the giant spider pounced on him, bringing him down to the floor in a struggle. As the spider frantically dug it's ma.s.sive fangs into Mogg's chest, Cogg took the opportunity to send his tree trunk cras.h.i.+ng down on the spiders leg, snapping it as if it was nothing more than a twig.

The spider let out a cry as it recoiled in pain, it attempted to lift it's head to attack Cogg next but Mogg wrapped his arms around the creatures head, pus.h.i.+ng it's fangs deeper into his chest and locking it in place. Erit chose this moment to attack, jumping on the spiders abdomen and sending her sharp fangs piercing through the creatures thick carapace.

The spider struggled to break free from Mogg's deadly embrace but the troll remained firm and soon Erit's venom began to take hold. Once the spider fell limp Mogg brushed it aside as tenebrous smoke poured from the wounds on his chest and began to heal him. He raised his tree trunk up before sending it cras.h.i.+ng down on the spiders sternum, over and over again until it was reduced to a pile of goo and a little sparkling crystal.

Mogg grabbed the tiny thing with his sausage like fingers and stared at it seemingly entranced.

"DON'T YOU DARE TROLL!" Erit took note of his eager stare and roared losing any semblance of that enticing voice she so loved to use.

"OGG!" Mogg roared back as if to placate her before closing his hand and looking back to the cave entrance. Their was still a few hundred spiders remaining that were swarming the cave so he pointed a pudgy finger as if to show Erit the situation.

"Hmph, you can look but don't you dare think about eating that core troll. Let us go, our master needs us."

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Aerwyn had already resurrected enough spiders and was nearing his limit so the rest needed to be taken care of by his undead. He along with Rin, Ren, Jinn, and Gebb stayed back deeper in the cave while Rogg and Velk kept the spiders at bay by the entrance. By now nearly three hundred spiders had been turned and they were beginning to rise to join the battle.

A few of the braver spiders skittered past the cave entrance with hopes of making Aerywn into a tasty meal but Jinn's arrows along with Rin and Ren made quick work of them. When Erit and the two trolls began charging from behind, the spiders must have realized there would be no human meals today as they quickly broke and began running in all directions.

Aerwyn walked to the cave entrance and broke out in laughter by what he saw. Cogg was chasing the spiders but he appeared to be unable to focus on any single one as whenever another spider ran past his gaze he would turn to chase it. The troll ended up spinning in circles with each step before tripping over his own feet and falling down with a loud thud.