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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 79 Part 2

「From now on, I’ll sell all the magic stones to you, Sei. If it goes for the same price, I’d rather sell it to someone who can appreciate it than the Adventurers’ Association, after all.」

「Oh, is that so? That’d be a great help. Then, I’ll give this to you, Mireia. It’s a magical energy recovery medicine that I made. It’s about half as effective as a mid-grade blue potion, and it takes effect slowly over about two hours. It’s made with a lot of honey, so it’s easy to swallow, you know?」

「Heh~, that’s amazing. But are you sure? It must be very precious, right?」

「Yeah, if you buy one, it’ll probably cost you two small gold coins. For now, I’ll give you four, so please give one a try.」

「Two small gold coins? In that case, I’ll give you all the magic stones that I get for a while. Now then, I’m going to give one a try, okay? Ahn, nom, nom, gulp. I see, it has an indescribable taste of bitterness, astringent, and sweetness. Ooh, I think it’s taking effect little by little.」

With our magical energy restored, we decide to hunt one more giant purple spider. I do have automatic recovery, but let’s take a recovery medicine too if we fight another one. We go deep into the forest and after a while, we spot the enemy.

How many giant purple spiders are there in this forest? Mireia seems to be hunting giant purple spiders every day, but I can only assume that they are springing up endlessly like monsters in the labyrinth. There are many theories about how the monsters multiply, but I wonder if there is a spawning point or something somewhere? That is because there are also monsters that do not have reproductive organs.

Mireia moves to launch a surprise attack from the side. As I draw my sword and get ready to slash at its leg from the opposite side, I sense a presence behind me. When I turn around, I spot a giant purple spider about 30 meters away. Not good, if I run away, Mireia might have to deal with the two of them. I have no choice but to confront it.

Channeling magical energy into my sword, I get closer to it with instant step and slash at its right front leg. However, since I am wary of the spider’s counterattack, I am unable to put enough force into that slash and the sword ends up stopping after sinking halfway through it. The moment I pull my sword out and am about to do a backstep to temporarily distance myself from it, the spider’s fangs close in on me.

Using full strength body enhancement and instant, I manage to somehow dodge the attack and escape to my rear. It was a close call. If I had not made a move to escape beforehand, I might have ended up getting bitten. I have to prepare the mid-grade green potion so that I can immediately drink it anytime. Mireia has always been fighting against such a monster.

I am thinking about using instant step to move to its side and cut off its legs, but because of its quick, unspider-like movements, I am forced to fight it head on all the time. I see. I have been wondering why Mireia always fights it from the front, but now I get it, the giant purple spider is so fast that she has no choice but to fight from the front. If that’s the case, that means me cutting off its legs from the side and limiting its movement has also been helpful.

At any rate, if I were to fight it from the front, the ones that I have to be careful of are its fangs and the thread attack. The threads come out of its buttocks, so it is easy to read the timing of the attack.

I am glad I took a magical energy recovery medicine a while ago. I also have enough stamina left.

I guess I have no need for a shield against the giant purple spider. I abandon my defense and hold my sword with both hands, putting everything into attack and evasion.

As it stares fixedly at me, the spider curls its buttocks up, and points its tip toward me. It is coming! A thread comes out of its butt, but unlike what I had imagined, it is a web-shaped AOE attack. Fortunately, I have been getting ready to dodge it, and coupled with the fact that I am standing at a location pretty close to the spider, I am able to avoid it before the web of threads spreads out.

If I had kept my distance from the spider, I would have been caught by the threads for sure. Fighting in close quarters against a large purple spider that has powerful poison is nothing but dreadful, but it probably gives you the highest chance of winning. Thinking back, when Mireia was fighting against it from the front, the giant purple spider was hardly moving. She cut at its face and front legs while avoiding the threads from the front.

I am seized by fear, but since I have no other choice, I switch to the offense while being wary of its threads and fangs. First of all, I need to completely cut off the right front leg, which I had cut halfway through at the beginning. I am going to steadily cut its legs one by one and seal its movements. Alright, I don’t know if it will work, but let’s put in some feints.

Moving to the left side of the giant purple spider with instant step, I quickly turn around and sever the right front leg that has almost been cut off. The spider is deceived by my feint. There are seven left.

While I am observing the giant purple spider’s movements, it seems to be probing my movements with its two eyes. I wish I could destroy its eyes directly, but the distance is so great that I don’t think it would be possible. As expected, I need to get myself a weapon specially designed for large monsters.

Its eyes being so sharp is also a weak point. If I can crush or trick its eyes, I should be able to greatly reduce its strength. I create a large fireball. Its magical energy density is low, so it barely has any offensive power. At the same time as I throw the fireball toward the giant purple spider’s eyes, I move around to its right side with instant step and cut off the second leg with full power body enhancement and weapon enhancement. I then slash at the third leg, but am unable to sever it.

It consumed a considerable amount of magical energy, but it should have been enough to seal the giant purple spider’s agile movements. The giant purple spider has lost two of its right legs, and its third leg is also close to being severed. It is leaning heavily to the right and seems to have difficulty moving. Next, I take my time to carefully cut off its legs one by one. I take another magical energy recovery medicine and prepare myself for a battle of attrition.

At that moment, I sense a flow of magical energy from the giant purple spider. Not good, something is coming. It might be instant step, a string attack, or even magic. I put strength into my lower body and get ready to evade.

The space in front of the giant purple spider distorts. No, that is not it, that is a phenomenon of water being created with magic. Moreover, it is light purple in color, clearly not normal water, probably poison or strong acid. I deliberately don’t dodge, but choose to launch a counterattack. The moment the water magic is shot at me, I charge forward with instant step, keeping my posture low. Feeling a chill as the water passes over my head, I quickly move to the right side of the purple spider, which momentarily loses sight of my movement, and sever its two remaining legs.

With all the legs on its right side gone, the giant purple spider loses its mobility, so the battle is pretty much decided. After that, without ever moving to the front of the giant purple spider, I proceed to cut off its left legs one by one from behind. I have managed to cut off all of its legs, but I am completely drained. Even now, its large torso is still intact, and I think it will take some time to finish it off. When I appraise it, I find that its rank is 31. Thank goodness it was a relatively weak giant purple spider.

「Sei~, are you okay~?」

Mireia comes running while shouting. It seems that the one on that side has been taken care of. I am glad to see that Mireia is uninjured.

「There was another one, huh? Why didn’t you call for help, Sei?」

「Well, if I had carelessly called for help, you might have ended up getting pinched by the giant purple spiders, no? I knew you would be able to defeat the giant purple spider in a one-on-one fight, but I thought you would probably be unable to show your true strength in a two-on-two fight, since you would also have to protect me.」

「For such a reason….」

「At any rate, let’s just finish this guy off and get the hell out of here. We can’t afford to engage in any more battle, after all.」

The two of us finish off the giant purple spider that has lost its mobility and take out the magic stone. We then return to Astoma while gathering any medicinal herbs we see.