Neptune panted as she rested her back on a wall. Nepgear, standing close to her, looked at the older girl as she tried to catch her breath. They have been in the dungeon like place for what seems like hours, running into monsters and the like was actually a really bad way to progress. Neptune looked behind her where she had fought another one of those 'Krantis' just after running.
It sucked.
She was tired, parched and famished.
She wanted to go home. And take a long nice shower.
The purple haired character sighed as she righted herself and beckoned the younger girl to stay close, before walking in deeper, hopefully to finally find that darn exit.
They walked for what seemed like a couple of minutes, before Neptune decided to sit down. Her feet started to ache, and she was sure Nepgear's was too. The younger of the two observed her 'big sister' and tilted her head, the purple haired character saw this and smiled at her.
Neptune pat the place beside her to which the little witch sat down gently, of course scooting a little closer towards the older girl.
"Haaaah, I'm tired..." The purple haired character sighed out, as she massaged her aching feet. "Are you tired Nepgear? You could take a nap for a couple of minutes if you want, I'll stand watch."
Nepgear was a little shocked at what her 'big sister' said, well it's not actually surprising for the purple haired character to say those things as she literally made her live her life not as a slave, but as a person. She stifled a yawn, which surprised her because she didn't notice that she was actually tired.
She heard Neptune chuckle, then saw her pat her lap. "Here, lay down."
"Ah, but-"
The younger girl didn't get any time to protest as she suddenly found herself laying down. Nepgear looked up at her master and saw her smiling down at her.
"Geez, aren't I your big sister now? I told you I'll be looking after you." Neptune said, and she slowly caress the younger girl's tresses. Her fingers often getting caught in a tangle. "Hmmm, remind me to brush your hair once we get home."
The action made Nepgear's heart warm up. Never had someone ever done this thing for her, a master nonetheless. Usually her masters would tire her out to work and not let her get any sleep, but Neptune? Well, she was something alright. Asking if she was tired and letting her sleep on her lap was not something she was used to.
Not even her mother would do it for her. Well...It's not like she would ever know, seeing as that was the woman who sold her at the age of four.
The continued action of Neptune's hand on her hair made her drowsy. She stifled another yawn, before finally feeling her eyelids grow heavy.
Neptune nod to herself when she saw the patterned breathing of the child, she shifted her gaze in front of her to be alert of any danger, she also equipped her sword to make her feel better.
She sighed, she really wanted to go home. Neptune felt sticky and she can't wait for a warm and relaxing bath. 'I wonder if Compa cooked steak again?' The mere thought of food made Neptune's stomach grumble.
She was extremely hungry too...
If only there was a floating steak in front of her...
No! Don't think about it, you idiot.
It'll only make you hungrier!
Neptune scoffed. 'Well I can't just think about it, too late for that if it's already been typed out.'
Idiot.
You're the idiot.
The purple haired character felt her stomach grumble once again, making her groan. As if on cue, the ground shook slightly as a rumble came from within the depth of the dungeon.
Neptune froze. "That wasn't me, right?" Another grumble came, the sound becoming closer, this time making the ground shake. This woke Nepgear up from light slumber, who looked around her surroundings in confusion.
The purple haired girl stood up and stood in front of Nepgear protectively, the katana in her left hand shimmering lightly through the darkness. Seconds past when the grumble stopped, but was soon followed by a shrill scream. The bone chilling shriek made Neptune and Nepgear's skin crawl.
The younger of the two clutched at her big sister's clothes and scooted closer to the purple haired character's back, her healing spell at the ready in case something happens.
The sound stopped once again, then just as they were about to lower their guard down a large intimidating spider leg revealed itself. It was then followed by seven mover limbs, then two red eyes illuminating terrifyingly in the darkness, as fog came out of it's mouth. It didn't take long before the monster had fully shown itself, it had a humanoid figure, for the most part. It's lower half could not be more different, as black widow spider like legs was in place instead of, well, legs.
Neptune's eyes widened as she stared at the abomination, Nepgear had a similar expression as hers. Their mouth agape as the half human spider took another step forward, close enough for Neptune to feel it's breath on her face.
The monster growled, it's dangerously razor sharp teeth drooling of poison. It sniffed it's surroundings and then snarled before it shrieked at her face.
The sound caused Nepgear and Neptune to block their ears, as they felt like it would bleed.
The older of the two took a peek at the creature as it continued to shriek.
Neith
Lvl 25
STR: 48 INT: 62 DEF: 30 AGI: 79
Skills: Quick Step (lvl 10), Deadly claw lvl 6 (active), Searing poison lvl 9 (active), Seismic Sense lvl 9 (passive), Danger Intuition lvl 7 (passive), Enhanced bite++, Enhanced Endurace++, Enhanced Jump++, Enhanced Stealth++, Enhanced Vision++,Markmanship++, Detrimental Immunity++
Eh?
Isn't she actually fucked right now?
Like, really fucked?
Neptune started to sweat, her heart pounding not in excitement, but in fear. Real fear.
The pressure the monster was exuding was overwhelming, it makes her heart pound in her chest like crazy. She was shaking, her legs suddenly feeling heavy planted on the ground and her mouth felt like desert.
It didn't take long for the purple haired girl to snap out of it and grabbed Nepgear with her left hand and started running like crazy. The monster immediately stopped it's shrieking and went after the two. The 'Neith' used it's large spider legs with great control, each step thudding terrifyingly on the ground.
FuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuck!
FUCK!
There's no way she could defeat this monster, actually escaping this thing would be a fucking miracle. A level 25?! Here?! FUCK!
Neptune was panicking as she gripped at Nepgear's hand.
Neptune looked behind her for a quick second and whimpered when the creature was really, really close. The half spider raised a sickle up and slashed at the two of them.
The purple haired girl took notice for a brief second and yanked Nepgear towards her, hugging her protectively as she barely dodged the opposing claw. They rolled on the ground, with Neptune swallowing the unbearable pain that shot through her limp right arm. She gritted her teeth, Nepgear, who had her eyes clutched close, opened them immediately and cast a spell when she saw the older girl's pained expression.
"B-Big sister..." Nepgear started. "Are you alright?"
Neptune opened her mouth to reply, but then remembered the monster. She ignored the lessening pain from her arm and quickly stood up and yanked Nepgear once again, this time carrying her with her good arm, as the little witch wrapped her arms around the purple haired character's neck.
The 'Neith' stomped it's foot, intending to impale the both of them, but thankful for Quick dodge, Neptune barely made it out alive. Again.
She didn't waste any time to dash off, Neptune ran through whatever direction in hopes for escaping the monster, but it's shooting off poison makes it really really hard for her to.
"I'm not dying here!" Shouted Neptune as she continued to run. The monster crawled up the ceiling, shooting at Neptune, while the girl dodge every last one of it.
Neptune smirked to herself, isn't this monster quite easy to dodge? Is it actually a dumbass? She laughed at herself, relief slowly resurfacing as she continued to run.
The purple haired character stopped abruptly when a poisonous substance shoot from in front of her, she whipped her body and turned to the right, another substance shoot out from in front of her made her turn left.
She continued running until she arrived in an open area, it wasn't anything special. Actually, it was an empty dim area except for a few spider webs adorning the walls. Neptune heard the massive spider closing in and instantly hid behind a ruble just a little further from the way they came from.
The purple haired girl panted, trying to catch her breath with Nepgear also doing the same. She still has the younger girl wrapped around her arms, tightening her hold on Nepgear as she heard the shrill sound of 'Neith.' Neptune sighed in feign relief, as the monster seemed to have lost them.
It still wasn't safe, and it was only a matter of time before the spider monster find them if they didn't move, but at least a temporary break was more than welcome.
"Nepgear, are you alright?" The older of the two asked, but was only met with silence. It was for a moment, but she felt Nepgear tense, her body rattling against her embrace, as her eyes widened in terror.
Neptune wondered why the young witch was behaving like that, she saw her looking up and decided to follow, the sight making her heart drop.
Spider webs littered the ceiling in an almost elegant manner, cocoon like things hanging by a thread and human bodies hanged up. Their skin was covered in medium sized hole, and inside of it were eggs. Spider Eggs. A muffled scream took her attention, she looked above her and felt her heart drop.
Up the ceiling, she saw big sacks of spider orb, fifty maybe even more were dangling above them. Another thing caught her attention, a humongous spider web was constructed in the center of the ceiling, and she saw ten people were trapped. Well, upon closer inspection some were drooling, their eyes were bloodshot, a silly grin was etched on their face and only three were actually in what seemed like a process.
As their eyes set on Neptune and Nepgear, they wiggled their bodies like crazy.
"Help us!"
"Save me!
"I don't want to die!"
Their skin tearing apart as they tried to break free, the pain was the last thing on their mind. The web jiggled, causing an ominous sound and Neptune could only stare wide eyed as she saw three- no, five smaller spiders crawl across the web. They were small, well smaller than the monster chasing after them, but despite that they seem to be as big as an ordinary dog. They were pitch black in color, with white stripes along their abdomen and appendage. The three noticed immediately and made their actions more exaggerated.
"You bitch! SAVE US!"
"FUCKING HELP!
"YOU FUCKING BITCH! SAVE US!
The five spiders used their claws to settle them back down, secreting more web to hinder them from moving, before they readied their fangs.
Neptune made the younger purple haired girl turn away, flinching when they heard their screams, blood poured below, a few drops hitting the purple haired character's face.
She watched, unable to look away as they convulsed from the spiders' venom, until they were in a similar state as the other seven. Bloodshot eyes, drooling, a look of ecstasy on their face, looking like they were having the time of their life.
The urge to vomit was strong on this one, and she had no control over it. She removed Nepgear from her hold, and hurled. It didn't matter if she was hungry, the food she eat this morning came rushing right back. It was too much. This world is too much.
It didn't take long for Neptune to realize the nightmare she was in.
The monster was not stupid.
It didn't shoot poison at whatever direction.
It was luring her.
Here.
To it's nest.
Her eyes were as wide as saucers, then she heard the chilling thud of the spider legs, a humongous shadow cast over them. She slowly looked up and looked at the creature, it opened it's mouth revealing rows of teeth. It was grinning at them in the most twisted manner possible.
It found them.
Neptune tightened her grip on Nepgear, gritting her teeth on how she couldn't wield a sword right now. She couldn't risk letting Nepgear go, as she was the only one who could run fast, and could evade some of the monster's attacks-
Neptune flinched and dodged to the side when the beast suddenly shot out poison at her direction. She managed to land safely without getting Nepgear suffer any injuries, but that made her right arm hurt like hell once again. She gritted her teeth and dodged once again when the 'Neith' swiped a claw at their direction, a transparent like blade came out and managed to nick some of her hair.
"B-Big sister!" Nepgear said in worry.
Neptune gritted her teeth, she forced a smile reassuringly. "I'm fine, just hold on tight."
The puple haired character dashed to the side and dodged again and again, she can't go on like this forever-
"Streaming Point!" Nepgear suddenly chanted, her left arm unlatched from Neptune's neck and outstretched to where the monster was standing. As powerful as the spell was, the spider wasn't hit as it jumped from it's place and shoot out poison at their direction.
Neptune groaned as she dodged again. Curses.
She was exhausted, her chest heaving as she tried catching her breath, but this damned monster doesn't let her. It kept on trying to disembowel them with it's claws, and shooting out toxic substance.
Nepgear on the other hand was trying her hardest to cast spells after spells, but it was taking it's toll on her. She was almost in a similar state as her, she was fatigued.
The spider shrieked at them one more time, before landing at the ground with a slight tremble. It raised two of it's claws and started beating the ground, the ground cracking from the actions, causing Neptune to stumble.
The purple haired character dashed once more, avoiding the on coming cracks but her foot was caught. A sudden extreme pain shot through Neptune, she let out a pained scream. She saw a dark purple like substance covering her left foot, her flesh already starting to have a sick light purple color, and her veins also started to bulge. 'Neith' let out a shrill shriek once more, the ground shaking underneath them.
It hurts.
It really fucking hurts.
But, this was nothing compared to the terrifying pressure the monster was emitting. Stopping to nurse her foot? Fuck that. They had to get the fuck out of here.
Neptune gritted her teeth, of all things to get injured, her legs was the thing that shouldn't be hurt. 'Neith' made a mocking sound, and it grated on the purple haired character's nerves.
Her ears was ringing, as the terror she felt was extremely overwhelming. She wants to go home. Back to her mom, actually. It was nice being reincarnated and all, but she realized that she left her mother all alone in her world.
Did she even know that her daughter died?
Surely she made her mother cried.
That's the worst feeling.
She was stupid to think her mother would be fine without her. Really, really stupid.
She didn't hear Nepgear yelling for her, her voice was a distant sound, her gaze focused on the spider that was slowly stalking towards them. All she could do was stare.
She suppose, even for a little while, she fought for her life, and it was the third time now actually. The fourth one would be her death. Ahh, it seems like this is it.
"BIG SIS!" She heard Nepgear this time. Loud and clear. Purple eyes widened when she saw her.
The child ran in front of her, with her back towards her with her arms out stretched. "I won't. Let. YOU. HURT. HER!" The young witch shouted with a bite, as she tried to shield her master with her tiny body.
"Nepgear..."
All the mana in her tiny body, surged through her. Nepgear pointed her palm towards the monster. "DIE! STREAMING POINT!" A powerful magic appeared in front of her, as it shot towards 'Neith.'
The monster dodged it with ease, it's grin was wider than ever. The young witch shouted spell after spell, but it was all for naught, the spider was clearly toying with them.
Neptune could only dig through her own skin with her nails. She was being. Pathetic. Having Nepgear protect her when she spat out some cocky promise like protecting her when all she's doing right now was being a vegetable. Wallowing through whatever it was she was wallowing about.
Summoning out her katana, Neptune embed it on the ground and used it to steady herself. The pain from her poisoned foot was the last thing on her mind right now. Because now? She's gonna do her darned hardest to protect her new found sister. And it will be unforgivable to let something happen to her little sister.
She saw Nepgear panting uncontrollably, she was almost at her limit, and it seemed that 'Neith' took notice of this. A sense of protectiveness washed over her.
Nepgear could almost feel her vision wavering, black spots was now dancing through her eyes. She can't go on for much longer. Her mana. It's on a dangerous level.
She'll die.
But if it was trying to protect her master- no, her big sister. She'll gladly offer her life.
Nepgear knows that the monster noticed her depleting mana, but she still have enough to cast two or three spells. She noticed 'Neith' growled at her, it embedded a sickle on the ceiling. There it was, if it lunge towards her mid air, she'll surely hit it. As if on cue, the spider did lunge at her, it's sickle looking dangerously deadly as it closed in on her.
With a shaking hand she cast. "STREAMING POINT!"
A water spear shot through, breaking the air as it gave a loud 'whooshing' sound. It was over.
Well, at least that should have happened. 'Neith' knew that once it lunged, Nepgear would cast a spell towards it. But with the skill Enhanced jump++ it was able to maneuver itself mid-air.
Elegantly dodging the oncoming spear, 'Neith' readied it's claw at the dumbfound child that was looking at it with wide eyes.
"Eh?"
