The Red Giant Spider's Attack Strategy
The strategy for tackling the red giant spider.
Of the eight legs, strike first at the front ones without fail. The attack power of the front legs exceeds imagination. In the early game stats, it would be impossible to withstand.
The shell is extremely hard, so aiming at the joints allows easy removal of a leg. At the same time, the size is so massive that the wind-up is very long, making it easy to dodge by watching the motion.
The eyes and belly are the weaknesses, but to attack the belly, the front legs must be removed first. One must be careful not to get sliced by the front legs by mistake.
The eyes are naturally very difficult to attack.
Finally, attacks from the rear are meaningless. The spider has eight eyes, creating a narrow blind spot in the field of view, and also because it fires web from the rear.
The strategy went smoothly.
I had already figured out the strategy for the red giant spider in my head.
Clang...!
Every time my sword and the front leg collided, the sound of metal rang out, but my hand wasn't numb to the point of tearing.
It meant the attack was at a level I could fully withstand.
While blocking the giant spider's attacks and stepping back one pace, I exhaled and waited for the giant spider to continue its assault.
Although the wind-up is long, the power is strong. It was important to counter the stance when the giant spider prepared to attack using the long wind-up.
Because I removed one front leg in a short time, I could clear it at this difficulty level. If not, no matter how much I knew the strategy, I would have struggled a little.
'... Carrying potions was a bit troublesome.'
Since Aspilia had joined, I thought potions wouldn't be necessary, so I didn't bring any. That now felt a bit painful.
If I had brought stat-boosting potions like Strength Enhancement Potion or Agility Enhancement Potion, it would have been a little easier.
Clicking my tongue, I stepped to the side.
But...
'For now, I'll just do what I'm supposed to.'
In the previous timeline, I cleared all hidden piece dungeons alone.
Additionally, in the battle against the cult, I fought alone. It was laughable that I was now acting tough after having played in parties many times before.
Moreover, it was a dungeon I had played dozens of times. From the moment I realized there was a true boss room, this place had to be visited as a mandatory stop.
Strategy.
Control.
Even response to variables.
I had fully mastered them.
Therefore, the possibility of failure wasn't even considered.
Boom...!
The giant spider's front leg fell right beside me with an almost grazing motion. My head whipped around.
If someone else saw it, it might have looked quite dangerous, but I could only smile.
Because I had been aiming to dodge with exactly one-inch difference since earlier.
My mind, which had started adapting to the body of the previous timeline, was beginning to adapt to this timeline's body. Still, since the stats from the previous timeline had dropped to the bottom, there was a slight sense of gap between thought and action.
But I was gradually closing that gap.
Completely adapted to the heavier body, I smiled and looked at the red giant spider's eyes.
Watching the eight glittering ruby-like pupils, I exhaled long and deep.
To Aspilia, this would be hell itself, but these spider eyes were sold at a very expensive price.
If someone was reading my thoughts, they might say I was thinking of money at this point.
But to save the world, a lot of money was needed. Therefore, I could smile because I wasn't just getting a sword but could also obtain byproducts.
'Come on... money lines...!!'
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Aspilia was in despair.
'... I have to do it.'
Until the moment I entered the dungeon, Aspilia had been there.
Dungeon strategy was something she had done since childhood, and with so much experience and outstanding skill, she believed she would help Allen without a doubt.
But what was this situation now?
She was only trembling from fear of a single bug. Aspilia bit her lower lip and looked at him in front of her eyes.
Clang...!
It was dangerous.
In the beginning, she had shown how she sliced off one joint of the giant spider's front leg and fought bravely, but afterward, she kept showing a dangerous appearance.
Every time she blocked the giant spider's attack with the sword, his hand trembled dangerously.
When she dodged the giant spider's attack in a somewhat anxious manner, it seemed like she was about to involuntarily say "be careful."
Still, his eyes were filled with fighting spirit, but Aspilia, with many experiences, could tell.
'If this continues...'.
The strategy for the giant spider might be difficult.
No, that's not all. If he thought he or Aspilia was in danger, he might sacrifice his life.
Whether he could still use the power that ate away at his lifespan now was unknown, but if he could, he would surely use it without hesitation.
At that moment, Aspilia gripped her double-edged axe tightly.
'I have to be of help.'
The moment she realized time had been reversed, Aspilia felt curiosity toward him.
At the same time, she thought she wanted to overcome the past where she had only been helplessly attacked.
The genius who was praised... but in the end, the one who shone brighter than anyone else. She had thought she wanted to shine beside him, not follow behind him.
But looking at this current state, the past version of herself who had that thought would surely laugh at her.
Boom...!
'Move.'
It was nothing more than a phobia. This wasn't the apocalypse that would destroy the world, nor a trial that would make her power even stronger.
It was just, just a phobia. Such things had to be overcome easily.
He who had dodged the giant spider's attacks dangerously and precariously exhaled long.
He had clearly reached his limit. In fact, his body was shaking finely.
Or perhaps Aspilia's own body was trembling. Aspilia exhaled long and slowly lowered her posture with trembling legs.
Aspilia's posture was so messy that it was hard to believe it was the same person who had shown a destructive appearance before.
But she had no leeway to correct the posture properly.
Aspilia slowly lowered her posture and raised the double-edged axe. The giant spider was still disgusting, repulsive, and scary.
But she couldn't be crushed by fear of that much.
She had already seen with her own eyes who the threat to this world was and what kind of being was at the end.
Therefore, Aspilia gripped the double-edged axe even more strongly.
Clang...!
In that way, to overcome fear, Aspilia took one step forward.
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If there was one thing she learned after the first regression.
Real combat experience was important after regression.
'Just once more.'
Feeling the body that had slowly become perfectly familiar, I calmly looked for an opening. After dodging the red giant spider's pattern once, if I cut off the remaining leg, clearing would now be possible.
The red giant spider's pattern was so monotonous that the strategy was basically already a success.
Moreover, since I had time to perfectly adapt to the body, the strategy was nothing short of excellent.
'My stats are probably upper middle rank?'
Compared to first-year academy students, my current stats weren't bad at all.
Kiiiieek!!
The screaming giant spider glared at me with sharp eyes.
It seemed she was quite angry. Since she hadn't allowed a single valid hit until now, it wasn't unreasonable.
'Come.'
Angry monsters generally don't make rational judgments. Considering that monsters originally move on instinct, this one hit was surely a strong attack.
Therefore, the timing to aim was now.
Whoosh...!!
Tearing through the air, the giant spider thrust its front leg. Just like the previous pattern, smiling at the monotonous attack, I moved my body slightly to dodge.
Boom!!
Seeing the giant spider's front leg that crushed the ground, I leaned my body. Thinking to slash the belly of the giant spider whose weakness was fully exposed by diving in, I raised the sword, but discovered something and stopped.
"... Eh?"
Perhaps Aspilia, who I thought wouldn't move until the end, had somehow floated in mid-air.
Gripping the double-edged axe tightly, her face was pale... but her eyes, shining blue with resolute will, sparkled as she raised the axe.
At that sight, I unconsciously stopped walking and could only stare blankly at it.
Aspilia was one of the students with excellent dungeon strategy experience among not only same-year peers... no, even among all academy students.
In other words, it was known that most monsters of this kind had weak "heads."
Aspilia who jumped into the air in time with the giant spider's attack timing used the gap when the giant spider's gaze was focused on me to slam the double-edged axe down.
Toward the giant spider's head.
The double-edged axe of Aspilia, tearing through the air, shone sharply enough to be dangerous.
Crack...!!
The axe imbued with a little mana struck down hard on the giant spider's head. At that sight, I naturally recalled the final moments of the monsters she had been beheading.
The giant spider's appearance, unable to withstand the power of that huge double-edged axe and being crushed into pulp, matched my imagination.
"... Ah."
I involuntarily let out a sigh as I blankly watched Aspilia turn the giant spider into pulp.
Boom!!!
With the loud sound ringing in my ears, I collapsed in place.
Watching the eight valuable byproduct eyes of the red giant spider all being crushed beyond recognition, I naturally opened my mouth.
"Damn it."
My money.