Please help me I'll do anything I can to repay you...

　The girl complained in a muffled, faint voice.
　She wobbled, her legs tangling as she approached.

Are you okay?　Did you lose your friends?
　Lucy gives me a worried look and tries to call me.
　I take her arm in mine.

'Really?　What's going on?
....
You're not going to demand something from this raggedy girl, are you?
　Lucy gives him an angry look.

''.........Oh, um. Anything I can do to help........
　The girl keeps asking for help.

'It's okay, we're both in trouble!　I don't ask for a thank you!　True, get your hands off me!
Huh.
　He sighs heavily.

'Hey!　You think I'm a softie!　That's enough. I can't believe you're such a heartless person...

Lucy, it's a monster.
　The 'danger detection' has been going off for a while now and it's very loud.

'What?'
f*ck!
　Lucy pouted.
　The girl, who had a sad expression on her face, twisted her face in an abhorrent way.

--Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, and many feet grew out of her lower body.

'Arachne?'
Caaaaaaah!
　Lucy, shut up.

"If you're afraid of spiders, Lucy, stay back.
'No!　You just scared me. I'm not scared!

　Shhhh!　And Arachne attacks.

(Water Magic, Ice Needle)

　A needle of ice is sunk into Arachne's eye.
　Gaaaah!　There was a scream.

'There's also a spider's eye on his torso, but can't you see that one?
What are you all staring at me like that for?　Rock bullets!
　When Lucy pointed her wand at it, a large rock the size of a cannon shot out like a cannon.

　The rock crushed the spider girl with a disgusting sound.
　Arakne is stuck underneath the rock, unable to move.

'Dead?'
Hmm, it's possible he's playing dead, so let's check it out.

(water spell, ice needle)

--Aah!　When I blinded myself again, Arachne screamed, as if she was playing dead.

'Nice to meet you, Lucy,'
You're such a merciless person, aren't you? I'll give you the fire attribute.

　Lucy cast a fire-attribute granting spell on the rock she fired at.
　

'Good work, Lucy.'
You are full of surprises. What the f*ck was that guy?
'Marie told me that the middle tier is full of demons that can turn into people. Arachne, Lamia, Harpy. And I've also heard that there are undead that look like humans. Let's proceed with caution.
You can't mistake a human for a zombie.
I think it's a vampire, Lucy, stop.
Hey. True....
　Lucy noticed too.

Crust, crust, crust, crust, crust, crust, crust, crust

　I hear a sound.
　It's not human footsteps.
　It's a bug.
　It's the sound of insects crawling.

It's the sound of....
Yeah, we're surrounded...

　Slowly, a demon with a girl growing on top of a large spider appeared.
　All of them are looking at us with glazed eyes.
　Some of the girls are licking their tongues.
　Hmmm, a carnivorous girl.

''This place is........''
It's a spider's web.
Oh, no...
　I knew Lucy was a girl who didn't like bugs.
　Well, that's normal.

Let's get out of here.
　The Arachne flock is gradually closing the distance.
'How?'
　Lucy has a blue face.

'Genie, Genie,'
　I'll call out to you.
　This time, we're in a hurry.

(water magic, rampaging water dragon)

　Since it doesn't seem to be able to get through the small moves, I use the biggest magic I can right now.
　A dragon made of water blows away Arachne and the others, including me and Lucy.
　Spirit magic is difficult to control in detail, but I managed to guide the water dragon towards the subterranean lake.

　Me and Lucy were slammed into the subterranean lake while getting caught up in the magic I released.

''Pfft!　You didn't like the way you ran away.
No, you're not out of the woods yet.

　The arachnids don't swim all the way into the subterranean lake, as if they are not good swimmers.
　They release a line from the shore.
　It's not a good idea to get caught by them.

"Hey, are there any other demons gathering around?
Yeah. It's just a little too violent.

　You can see not only Arachne on the shore, but also orcs, cave wolves and goblins.

'Lucy, don't bite your tongue!
'What?　Huh.
　The water magic method accelerates the surface of the water at once.

'Evasion'!

　With a bang, a large snake passed by with its mouth wide open from where we had been a moment ago.

'Shh, seersapent!
There are a lot of demons in the water.
There's a harpy coming from above...
　There are definitely some harpies flying around in circles overhead.

　Lucy's eyes are a bit vacant.
　'Oh, come on, you're giving up too soon.

'Look. The demons don't seem to be getting along particularly well with each other.
What?

　Arachne, the orcs and the cave wolf are having a skirmish.
　Ah, the great sea serpent has dragged the orc into the water.
　A buzzing, sad voice is drowned out by the sound of the waterfall.　

'True!' Lucy shouts out.

'Cachahahaha.'
　The Harpy came at me from behind!

I can see it!
　Thanks to my RPG player skills, my vision is 360 degrees good.
　When he didn't notice himself, he cut off the harpy's leg with his dagger, which was caught off guard.

''That was close........''
　I was in a bit of a hurry, even though I was calm with my clearing skills.

(True, are you okay?)

Do I look okay?
　Goddess. You've got to give me some more guidance.

Hey. Hey. Where do we go from here...
　Lucy grabs my shoulder tightly.

　The harpies overhead, the great sea serpent in the water, and the demons, including Arachne, surrounding her.
　There's nowhere to run.

　This is the first time I've been surrounded by demons to this extent.

It's 99% clear water.

　Calm down.

We can escape any way we want, right?

　You say mean things, Goddess.
　I can see your smirk on your face.

Averted!
　The great sea serpent strikes again.

'Lucy, I'll focus on evasion, so let's kick the demons off the shore, wherever they may be.
"But you can't use water magic when you're on shore!

　That's right.
　I just borrowed the power of the spirits just now, so I can't use it immediately.
　I'm just useless once I'm on shore.

''Averted!
　While avoiding the Harpy's attack, he slashed at it with his dagger.
　I saw the Harpy's shoulder wing chipped off and plunged into the subterranean lake.

　The demons don't seem to be decreasing.
　Rather, the number of Arachne is increasing.
　However, there are various demons fighting freely on the shore.
　Oh, this is not good.
　This isn't good.


　I'm going to escape alone.
　I'm not leaving my people behind.


　You've got to be kidding me with your choices!

Lucy, don't give up.
Uh-huh.

　I grabbed Lucy's hand and readjusted my dagger.