With four days left in the three-week training period, the four PTs who have reached the 29th level will be challenging the swamp lord for the first time today. Two of the tanks have been practicing on their own and are gradually improving their skills. The attacker is still the same, but he did not complain about the challenge to the 30th level.


Oh, Stephanie. As for the thirty levels, if Stephanie-san is about to die, I will intervene, so please do your best.
I understand.


　Stephanie nodded as Tsutomu handed her five clear thin bottles of blue potion. When he finished handing over the blue potion, Tsutomu slipped away quickly.

　It's a very good idea to be able to have a good time with them. Either the Hierarch is defeated or all the seekers are killed. Those are the only two ways to escape from the Hierarch's Hierarchy.

　In the case of a PT, if one of the members of the PT enters the Black Gate, they will all be forced to move to the next level of the hierarchy, which means that Tsutomu will also enter the 30th level of the hierarchy. Tsutomu doesn't want to die, so if Stephanie is in trouble, he plans to help her and defeat the hierarchical master.

　Stephanie took one look at Tsutomu and began to talk about the plan she had planned beforehand. The queen spider, the swamp hierarch, is a monster unique to God's dungeon, unlike the grassland and forest hierarchs. The queen spider is not currently known to live in the outer dungeons.

　Therefore, there are many people who see it for the first time in God's dungeon, and the difficulty level increases dramatically compared to the previous Hierarchs. In addition to the spider silk restraint attack, if it is bitten by its powerful fangs, its body will be dissolved by the venom secreted from the tips of its fangs, and it will be preyed upon as if it were sipping. They are the first to use a clear-cut, instant-death attack.

　They also stick to the nests that spread to the ceiling, so if you don't have a way to attack them from a distance, it's going to be tough. If they are left on top of it, a huge spider web will form and drop them, blocking everyone's movement and killing them all. Cutting the thick spider webs around them will prevent this, but it is easier to attack from a distance.

　In addition, when the queen spider is in trouble, many baby spiders fall from the web above her, and these baby spiders must be dealt with quickly.

　After discussing this premise, Stephanie first instructed the two tanks to do a combat cry and then avoid being restrained by the spider silk. Both of them have simple equipment, a one-handed sword and a hand shield, but if they catch the ejected spider threads with their hand shields and other equipment, they would be immediately restrained.


It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're going to do with it. And please avoid the spider thread as much as possible, and if one of you gets restrained, please help them.


　Stephanie handed them all a small magic tool to start a fire from her magic bag as she said this. The restraining thread produced by the queen spider is so strong that it won't break at all even if you pull on it with your hand. It's so strong that even a blade won't cut it if it's not sharp enough.

　However, the restraining thread, which is strong against slashing, is weak against fire. If you approach a small fire, the queen spider's restraining thread melts away, so it is easy to escape if you use it as a focal point. For this reason, it is quite effective to use fire magic to burn the restraining thread.

　However, it is not effective on nests made of special threads, so it can only be used to break the restraints. Incidentally, even among beastmen with flammable fur, this method can't be used because using this method will usually result in a catastrophe for their tails.


''Also, always pay attention to the bookmarking thread and make sure you slash it. I'll try to slash them too, but I may miss them if my hands are not available.


　When the queen spider comes from the Black Gate, it always descends from above to take the explorer by surprise. When she does so, she always puts out a thread called a bookmark from behind her abdomen.

　This bookmark is connected to the upper web, and when the queen spider feels threatened, she can quickly escape back to the upper web by following the bookmark. Therefore, it is important to cut the bookmark thread to prevent it from escaping easily to the upper web.

　In addition, they may stick to the floor and make strange movements when attached to the wall, back to the nest above, or even when on the ground. So it's the attacker's job to keep an eye on the thread at all times.

　However, the attacker's person seemed to be completely unfaithful after the exchange with Stephanie the other day and didn't seem to be listening to much.





　Stephanie concludes and proceeds with the story. The next step is to deal with the baby spiders, but Stephanie thinks that it would be more stable to draw them to the tank and then destroy them all at once.


'And as for the baby spiders, I'll leave that to the two guys at the tank. I'll give you instructions, and I'll need a combat cry, please.
Yes, sir.
Yes!


　Drusia, whose voice didn't seem to be able to read much emotion in Rigas's overwrought voice, replied to Stephanie's words.


''As for the rest I'll take the first surprise attack for now. After that, we'll learn by doing. I don't expect to be able to break through in one go. But if you try again and again over the next four days, I'm sure you can beat them.
Yes.
Then let's go.


　Then the black gate opened with Stephanie in the lead, and the five of us, including Tsutomu, moved to the thirty level.

　The destination the five of them shifted to was a dimly lit cave like place. The craggy rocky ground emitted a dim white light that served as a light source. The walls also emitted white light, but the light was faint due to the numerous spider webs that were attached to them.

　And the queen spider lurking on top of the spider's web slowly approaches, her eight monoculars glowing eerily red. The giant queen spider approaches the searcher soundlessly. And when it gets close to a certain distance, it quickly pounces.


'Airblaze!'


　If it was the first time, it would always be a surprise attack that one of them would fall prey to here, but Stephanie had already experienced it. She intercepted the queen spider's surprise attack by releasing a blade of wind, and the queen spider fell to the ground, losing her stance.

　The attacker drew his twin swords and pounced on the overall white queen spider that was flopping over on the ground. But a chunk of thread shot out of the outgoing protrusion at the end of the abdomen, and the attacker's man was caught by it and stuck to the wall.


'Protector, Mr. Rigas, please release that man from his restraints. Mr. Dorsia, give him the Combat Cry!
Yes!
"Combat Cry.


　As Rigas approached the attacker, who was slumped against the wall and limping, Drusia unleashed a Combat Cry on the queen spider. The queen spider, hit by the red fighting spirit, raised herself up and quickly moved her eight legs and crawled over to Dorsia.

　Two rows of eight red eyes stared at Dorsia as if watching their prey. Colorless venom sloshed like drool from its sickle-shaped fangs, and the poisonous fluid that fell to the ground dissolved the rocks with a sound like water evaporating. The moment Dorsia gasped at the sight, the queen spider moved.

　Dorsia managed to avoid one of the stabbing paws while looking red and upset as the queen spider bent over to chase it down with her paws. Then the other paw bounced off of her and hit the wall.

　The spider thread on the wall is a viscous, sticky spider thread, and this thread is a legitimate way to get out of it by force. Dorsia tried to get out of it somehow, but the queen spider was already right in front of her.


''Ah.........''


　Dorsia could only watch the scene of the queen spider's fangs approaching, screaming like a broken machine.


'Airblade,'


　Stephanie's airblade flew at the queen spider from its side. But the queen spider, sensing this, pulled the bookmark thread and avoided the wind blade upwards.


''Mr. Rigas!　Next time, let's take this one!　After that, it's Combat Cry!


　Stephanie skips the instructions and then uses the airblade to check on the queen spider, which returns to the web above her with the airblade. But the queen spider scoffs at it and avoids the airblade with a light movement.

　In the meantime, Rigas forcefully pulls off Dorsia, who was stuck to the wall, and Rigas sent a combat cry to the queen spider, who continued to avoid the airblade.


'Heel. Mr. Dorsia!　To Mr. Rigas's backup!


　Stephanie saw that the queen spider had descended towards Rigas, and she sent a heel to the attacker, who hit the wall and was bleeding from the head. Drusilla then heard the instructions and went to cover Rigas, although she was breathing heavily.

　The attacker man approached the queen spider while letting out a tongue lashing. He also tried to aim for the abdomen, its biggest weakness, but the queen spider kicked him off with her back legs.

　The queen spider has a soft abdomen, and if you can attack it, you can inflict a fatal wound on it. The queen spider is aware of its own weaknesses, although it is the first place it should aim at if it can. So its vigilance against abdominal attacks is quite strong.

　After that, the attackers continued to aim at the abdomen, but they were taunted with their hind legs or had their movements blocked by flying threads. Stephanie sent a heel flying at Rigas, who was grunting from the stab with his front leg to his stomach.


'I can't take the gut yet!　Feet first!
f*ck you. I know what I'm doing.


　The attacker man began to concentrate on his hind legs while mumbling in an irritated manner. The queen spider has a high attack power, but her defense is quite low. So it's also a hierarchical lord that can be defeated quickly if the attacker can do the job.

　But the attacker was frustrated and moved more slowly than usual, unable to sever his back leg. Stephanie sends her heels flying at the two tanks who are taking sharp stabs at their front legs.

　They are only bruised thanks to their high Vit, but as soon as they take that stab to the head and face, they see death. The two tanks are already dying from several critical attacks, so Stephanie couldn't take her eyes off of them and join the attack.

　Stephanie sends a high heel to the two dying tanks, but they are hit by a series of critical attacks and soon they are dying. The queen spider then quickly approached Stephanie, who was repeating her heels, with a gleam in her red eyes.

　A stab with a long, slender paw. As Stephanie stepped and avoided the paw, the queen spider raised her upper jaw with a gusto. Then venom ejected from the tips of its fangs. Stephanie took it on one arm.


'Ah, goooooooooo!


　While the poison wouldn't dissolve to the bone unless it was injected into the body with fangs directly into the body, the venom was toxic enough to dissolve the skin even with the gift of VIT. The long glove on Stephanie's right arm was melted by the poisonous liquid, and the arm underneath it turned bright red as if it had been burned.

　However, this degree does not stop Stephanie from moving. She had died hundreds of times as a white mage, and with her trembling right arm, she moved the tip of her thin wand and applied protection to the two tanks.


''Combat Cry!''


　The two tanks also finished recovering and released Combat Cry into the queen spider several times to gain some hate and keep the queen spider away from Stephanie. Stephanie, meanwhile, healed her sore arm with her heel and took the blue potion in a wobbly thought and half-mouthed it.


'Olaaaaah!'


　Finally, the attacker man cut off one of the queen spider's hind legs. The tip of the hind leg falls off with a botry. But the queen spider doesn't return the favor at all, showering the attacker with threads and attacking the two tanks intensively.

　Then Rigas was hit in the head with his paws, hitting his forehead hard on the ground and causing him to fall down. Dorsia is also blown away by a paw swung to the side and caught in the spider silk of the wall.

　The queen spider dexterously grabbed the head of Rigas, who was down on the ground, with her two paws and thrust her fangs into his neck.


''Airblade!''


　Stephanie flies the airblade, but the queen spider returns to the web above with Rigas in her mouth, pulling the bookmarked thread back.

　Flesh-melting venom is pumped through her fangs and the flesh of her neck melts, and the queen spider begins to sip the melted flesh with her blood. Rigas was then sucked out of all the fluids in his body and his corpse was dumped downstairs. Only the black armor and equipment falls to the ground with an inorganic sound. The dried up corpse inside the armor turned into particles of light and disappeared.


''Raise.''


　As Stephanie chanted a raise, light particles began to gather on the ground and a flaxen-clad Rigas was revived. Then a powerful killing intent stabbed Stephanie.


'Prote, hurry up and put on your equipment!　After that, Mr. Dorsia, help me!
Yes!


　With that instruction to Stephanie, who couldn't afford it, the resurrected Rigas moved in a hurry and went to the fallen equipment, nearly falling over. Stephanie looked up at the fallen queen spider. The queen spider approached, trying to trample Stephanie with its seven legs.

　Stephanie dodges the queen spider's leg tips with a sharp movement despite its dainty appearance, and flies an airblaze. The queen spider dodged the airblaze, which could have been fatal if it hit her belly, by staying low.

　Hooking onto the wall and sticking the bookmarking thread to the wall, the queen spider moved like a pendulum and attacked Stephanie. Stephanie crouched to avoid the whip-swinging paw and slashed the bookmark thread with her airblade. But the queen spider landed on the ground, although she was a little off balance.


'Combat Cry!'


　The queen spider doesn't pay attention to the tank, despite several combat cries being released. It wields its needle-like paws in an attempt to kill Stephanie, and makes a surprise attack from above. Stephanie dodges it for her life.

　Finally, with a combat cry from Dorsia that was released several times, the queen spider broke away from Stephanie and began to aim at Dorsia. However, Dorsia, who was not granted any protection, takes a paw to the head and falls into a coma. Just like Rigas earlier, she was bitten by her fangs and melted to death.


''This--''


　The attacker swings his twin swords with force, but the queen spider senses this and flies up to avoid it, crushing it. After that, the attacker's head is repeatedly swung down with sharp back legs. Each time the back leg swung down, the attacker's body bounced and finally turned into particles.


'Raise, Raise!'


　Pointing the tip of her wand and chanting two raises, Stephanie held her hefty head down and tried to drink the blue potion. But she was restrained by a mass of thread that flew from in front of her and was sewn to the wall.


'Miss Stephanie!'


　Rigas turned to Stephanie, but the queen spider didn't look at him, but ran and pounced on him. Its venom-soaked fangs closed in on her as it attached its legs to the wall where Stephanie was sewn up.


'Holy Wing,'


　Tsutomu, who was waiting in the sky with his fly, sent a swarm of pointed white feathers flying, but the queen spider, who sensed the vibration of the air with her auditory hair, avoided it.

　After that, Tsutomu and his team easily defeated the queen spider. However, it was only able to win because Tsutomu acted as an attacker, so Stephanie is pondering in the cave of spreading particles with an unhappy face.


(..........We have to take in what we can. Then there's the two tanks and the attackers.


　Stephanie looked at the three PT members, who looked gloomy despite their victory, and dove through the black gates to return to the guild after stretching tiredly.