Event Raid (5)
I stood before the tentacle spider like a proper man. The women—Cheonsol, Lan-lan-i, and Na-a—took positions on the flanks so they wouldn't draw aggro.
-Kyaooo
The tentacle spider howled. It was a newly summoned creature for every raid, yet somehow it seemed to recognize me.
My charm, which captivated people of every age, gender, and species, had even snared the tentacle spider. Come to think of it, the Arachne goddess I'd met before had shown interest in me too.
Maybe I secreted some kind of pheromone that entranced this species. A lifelong virgin in the modern world, yet a Casanova out in the cosmos?
That would make for a whole novel right there. With solemn resolve, I drew my sword and aimed it at the spider.
"This sword is a common-grade item. I swore I'd craft new gear from the materials after successfully clearing you, so I never bothered buying anything new."
"Mad Demon. Who exactly are you explaining that to?"
"Someone."
I brushed it off and checked my equipped gear. Armor I'd crafted myself, plus three growth-assist accessories pulled from random boxes.
Cheonsol was still using the items I'd made for her early on. Lan-lan-i had inherited the gear Cheonsol used before switching to her handmade maid pieces.
Na-a only carried a single spear brought from Sky-Leon. Once we cleared this raid, I'd have to remake everyone's equipment from scratch.
"Lady Sophia. I'm ready."
"Good. Everyone remembers the plan, right?"
"Yeees. Since Yohaan hit level 2, while he tanks the beam for a defense experiment toooo, weee'll attack."
"I wonder if we're placing too heavy a burden on Mad Demon. Yet this lady trusts her husband."
"Mad Demon! Hang in there!"
Lan-lan-i has cast Daddy, Hang in There!
Minion — Yohan and Lan-lan-i's stats have increased.
Receiving my daughter's cheer filled me with strength.
"Daddy..."
Please win this time for sure.
Bolstered by my daughters' cheers, strength surged through me. A father fighting in front of his children is invincible.
Unwilling to lose that feeling, I silently glared at the spider. Sensing my resolve, Sophia wordlessly started the raid.
"Tentacle spider! Look at me!"
-Kyaooo
"Heh heh heh. For something so lewd-looking, your voice is pretty cute."
-Kiee?
"Your fur's soft and the color's pretty. Those tentacles are nice and smooth—you'd be popular, huh?"
"Mad Demon? What in the world are you doing?"
Cheonsol, mid-scatter, stopped and stared at me. As a martial artist who used her body more than her head, she didn't recognize a provocation scheme that would put Zhuge Liang to shame.
The tentacle spider was female. Whether positive or negative, the best way to grab a female's attention was sexual harassment.
"You look delicious. That face-hole's so big, I could sink right in, couldn't I?"
-Kieeeeee!!!
The tentacle spider raged and gathered light on its face.
"Just as planned! While I tank it..."
KWAHHHH
I hadn't even finished speaking when the laser swept over my body. At level 1 it would have overwhelmed me, but my level 2 flesh didn't crumble.
I thought of a game character I hadn't recalled in a long time. The holy knight who pressed forward without despairing through adversity and hardship.
My level 2 body pulled the performance I'd only half-imitated before up to near perfection.
Fighting games have ultimate techniques.
The holy knight character never received an ultimate that drained 50% of an opponent's HP or launched an AOE, but it did get a skill that could endure a fatal attack.
I raised my sword, still intact thanks to being wreathed in divine power. With no shield, I used my hands and forearms as one, guarding forward.
I advanced with heavy steps. Even with divine power assisting, my low-grade armor shattered.
"Naked Armor."
Naked Armor
I activated Naked Armor while wearing only my underwear. Sacred light coiled around me and restored my stamina.
The weight of the holy armor settled into my stride. When I thrust my half-melted sword forward, the beam split.
"Yohan, Yohan cut the laser!"
"Amazing. Naaa won't lose either."
"Ei! Ei!"
I split it once, but the beam didn't end. I blocked with my forearms, swung the sword, and advanced heavily.
At last the laser cut off. The tentacle spider looked at me, still standing, and panicked.
-Kiee?
"I'm not the me you knew before."
"Mad Demon! Truly well done! Now behold this lady's sword!"
Cheonsol, who had closed in while dodging the tentacles the spider shot out, raked her nails down her arm. Blood droplets sprayed like a water fountain and soaked into her blade.
"Lan-lan-i, watch carefully. Cheonsol Sword, Third Form. Blood Wave Slash!"
Just as striking the surface of water with a palm produces a semicircular spray, Cheonsol's sword aura erupted.
The dark crimson blood-hued sword aura sheared through a mass of the spider's tentacles and left scars on its carapace.
-Kieeeek!!
The tentacle spider bled green blood and hastily withdrew. But in its escape path, Lan-lan-i and Na-a stood firm.
"Mom! Lan-lan-i will pin it down!"
"Receive Naaa's water dodge!"
The spider urgently spewed a bundle of tentacles to clear Lan-lan-i and Na-a. Lan-lan-i dodged with martial footwork, while Na-a tanked with her sturdy tail as a shield.
"Lan-lan-i and Na-a have it well caught. Spider. Waves do not strike only once."
Cheonsol mixed the spider's blood and launched another slash. A sword aura even fiercer than before tore the spider's carapace.
-Kieeeek!!!
Enraged, the spider launched baby spiders. The three women, who had been pressing a fierce assault, pulled back.
My turn again. The spider looked startled to find me already right in front of it.
-Kiee!
Tentacle play and an attempt to turn me into a spider-human. Effective until yesterday. But I was level 2 now.
Crack
I flexed, and the tentacles constricting me tore free. The baby spiders' fangs couldn't pierce Naked Armor.
That's right. I was the incarnation of the holy cockroach.
"I am Human Holy Knight Yohan..."
A baby spider entered my mouth. Crunching it, it tasted somewhat like shrimp.
"Ptooey!"
I hate shrimp.
"...Mad Demon seems to be in peak form today. Truly ferocious."
"So manlyyy and cool."
"Mad Demon is always cool!"
The raid turned in our favor. The tactics hadn't changed. I drew the tentacle spider's attention from the front while Lan-lan-i and Na-a circled around, harassing it.
Then, when the spider lost track of Cheonsol's position, she delivered a powerful blow.
-Kieek!
"The third form consumes too much internal energy. Without a recovery skill, I would have been combat-incapable."
"Level-ups really are nice."
We were pushing back the tentacle spider that had once seemed impregnable. Before I knew it, half its tentacles had been severed.
"Mad Demon! Fire!"
-Kiii...
-Kyaaa...
The spiders clinging to me were burned away by the flames Lan-lan-i raised. The savory smell of cooking crustaceans stimulated my salivary glands.
Gulp.
-Kieeeeeeek!!!
Interpreting my swallow in another way, the tentacle spider raged and leaped into the air.
"Trying to use spider silk? Lan-lan-i burned all the grass, so there shouldn't be any usable plants left."
"Yohan! Watch out! It's the tentacle spider's phase 2!"
"Aha."
Of course a raid has phases. I looked at the belly the tentacle spider had been bashfully hiding and asked,
"How many phases are there?"
"Phase 2 is the last! It's an event raid monster!"
"Then we've almost got it."
The tiny tentacles densely covering the spider's belly wriggled like the vaginal flesh of a woman being penetrated.
Gripping my fist at that arousing sight, my gamer instincts told me what pattern would come after the jump.
-Kiee!!
The spider that had stuck to the ceiling added propulsion and shot toward Cheonsol. I'd assumed it would target me, but Cheonsol!
It had learned who the greatest threat was. Cheonsol barely managed to evade.
"Be careful! It's faster than expected! This lady has taken a wound as well!"
Cheonsol's martial arts uniform was torn open, exposing the side of her breast, her ribs, and her flank. A red line drawn across white skin. And several kiss marks left from last night that seized my gaze.
"Mad Demon! Why are you just staring?!"
"...Tentacle spider! Look at me!"
I used a technique no female could possibly ignore.
"Crotch guard removal."
-Kieeeeeeek!!!
When I waved the meat club that had stiffened a little thanks to Cheonsol, the spider screeched and flew at me.
My innate dynamic vision locked onto the spider's movement. Focusing to the limit, time flowed slowly.
What to do? I was fairly quick, but slower than Cheonsol. Stabbing my dick into the face-hole gaping as if to swallow me whole would be hard too.
So I attempted the play I'd wanted to try since first seeing it. Planting my feet on the ground. Fist forward.
If asked for the technique name: fisting play.
Puuuuuk
My fist sank deep into the hole. The spider bit my shoulder with teeth hidden at the hole's entrance.
Crunch crunch
A few mere bites shattered the armor and exposed the bone of my shoulder. As expected of a level 3 monster. Making an arm protected by diamond-body dangle like that.
"Self-Healing."
Self-Healing
But a holy cockroach has a recovery skill. Enduring the real-time agony of my shoulder being pulverized, I repeatedly clenched and opened my fist.
-Kiyaaaaaak!!!
The tentacle spider thrashed to escape me. It tried to spit out my arm, but I held on by grabbing the flesh inside.
Then it tried to sever the arm by constricting my neck and chewing the shoulder. Alone, I would have exhausted Self-Healing and died, but I had party members.
"Bad spider! Don't bully Mad Demon!"
Lan-lan-i's fist smashed the weakened spider's carapace.
"Hereee?"
Na-a's spear drove into the cracked gap. Lan-lan-i stomped the shaft with her foot to drive it deeper.
"Mad Demon. You held on well. Leave the rest to this lady and rest easy."
Finally, Cheonsol's sword aura severed the spider's neck. The spider's head rolled across the floor. And so did my hand, severed along with it.
"Hup?!"
"It's fine. This much heals if I spit on it."
Chanting Self-Healing, I looked at the spider. Farewell, tentacle spider. Your insides were moist and warm...
As if blessing our parting, a message appeared.
Conquest Successful!