[Riddle: What has four legs in the morning, two at lunch, and three in the evening?]
[Quest: Hunt the monster that answers the riddle.]
[Information: If you hunt a monster that does not have the correct answer, the riddle will be updated to become more difficult.]
Sakura gasped at the familiar riddle, as if she had seen it somewhere before! I was amazed.
“this! “Aren’t you human?”
Lee Si-woo burst out laughing at Sakura’s innocent answer.
“no. The correct answer is shadow spider. Some hunters even call it a nine-legged spider.”
“Hmm, I see. Shadow spider?”
“Out of the eight feet the shadow spider has, it uses different feet depending on the time of day.”
Lee Si-woo pointed to the sky to give an example.
“In the morning, when the sun’s altitude is high and shadows are not easily formed, it uses the longest legs of its four bodies. “It inflates its body to put pressure on its prey, but it doesn’t actually go hunting.”
“i get it. “You are in your weakest state?”
“yes. A shadow spider becomes stronger depending on the length of its shadow. “It is weakest in the morning, when the sun is at its highest altitude.”
Did you at least study beforehand?
As Lee Si-woo casually recited difficult topics, Sakura asked with admiration.
“then! “What about lunch?”
“It spreads out six legs, but only uses the two short ones when moving. Then it will be just the right height to create a shadow. and… … . “In the evening, I’ll spread two more to make eight.”
Most spiders have 8 feet.
And it was the same with the shadow spider. But the nine-legged spider had special powers, and even its name contained a spoiler.
“Hmm? But then it doesn’t have 9 feet. “I’m missing one?”
It was natural for Sakura to ask this. Lee Si-woo nodded his head.
“The other foot is just a metaphor. Even though it looks like a foot, it is actually the shadow spider’s special sting. “It’s a poisonous needle that pierces not the opponent, but the opponent’s shadow.”
After Lee Si-woo finished explaining everything, Top updated the contents of the quest as if he had been watching the current situation.
[Quest: Hunt the shadow spider.]
[Information: When hunting monsters other than shadow spiders, the riddle will be updated to be more difficult.]
[Information 2: The last stinger of the shadow spider is released at night.]
“Siwoo! “It was correct!”
“This is basic… … .”
Wow!
Sakura’s skinship has become more active, perhaps because there is no one watching anymore.
“As expected, my husband~ He’s really smart~ Smart~”
Sakura suddenly hugged him, patting his head and treating him like a child. Lee Si-woo, whose face turned red, said “ugh” and avoided her gaze.
“Okay… … Let’s go quickly and catch the shadow spider. “Because it becomes a pain at night.”
* * *
Shin Yu-seong.
Sumire.
Eunah Kim.
[Riddle: What has four legs in the morning, two at lunch, and three in the evening?]
[Quest: Hunt the monster that answers the riddle.]
[Information: If you hunt a monster that does not have the correct answer, the riddle will be updated to become more difficult.]
“Is it a shadow spider?”
“It’s a shadow spider.”
“Oh, is it a shadow spider?”
The group that saw the hologram in front of the cave seemed to already know the answer, except for Kim Eun-ah.
It is natural that the contents of the quest were updated soon. Shin Yu-seong calmly brought a wooden stick and placed it on the floor.
“Look at the position of the sun. This is not the time when the shadow spiders are in full swing. “We’ll have to go look for it ourselves.”
Shadow Spider is a level 3 boss.
At night, it was as dangerous as a level 4 boss. The spider’s attack targeting the shadow, not the body, was a fighting method that was only advantageous to the shadow spider.
‘So the first goal is to find a habitat.’
Shin Yu-seong stretched out his body and looked around. This place seemed closer to a tropical area than an ordinary mountainous area.
“Seeing as there are a lot of swamps around, I don’t think it’s a far away place.”
“Then I guess I should release the undead first!”
Looking at Shin Yu-seong and Sumire spouting out things she had never learned, Kim Eun-ah asked them with a puzzled expression.
“This, this… … “Is this what you taught me at school?”
Although she wasn’t as deep in theory as Sumire, Kim Eun-ah said, ‘But I still do the basics!’ I had my own confidence.
“Oh, I’ve hunted shadow spiders before.”
“I saw it in the illustrated book! Well, it was my hobby to look at the dictionary by myself… … .”
However, it is impossible to match the knowledge of Shin Yu-seong, who killed a shadow spider in real combat, and Sumire, who had no friends and only read books in class all day.
“Hmm… … .”
However, the party members’ combat power was not insufficient to catch the shadow spider, which was at best a level 3 boss.
‘this… … .’
It seems that this party, with three people gathered together, had a severe excess of information and combat power.
* * *
The tower is an unknown space.
It is said that unimaginable trials are handed down to hunters who climb the tower for their own purposes.
But now it’s only the 11th floor. You’re giving me this ridiculous ordeal?
[Riddle: What has four legs in the morning, two at lunch, and three in the evening?]
“No way! “Isn’t this the right answer?”
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Amy, who was scared, opened her eyes wide and screamed.
“Because I’m human… … .”
Adella glanced at Amy with expressionless eyes.
“Hmph, what is it… … .”
Hesitating, hesitating-
As Amy stepped back, Adela approached with the same stride.
“No way, Adela me…” … .”
If the correct answer is to hunt humans, wouldn’t Adela already have her prey nearby?
“… … “Amy.”
Adela’s voice echoed in the small cave. Adela’s voice, as pure and clear as her jade beads rolling, usually evoked a sense of mystery, but today that sense of mystery acted as endless fear.
What is Adela thinking now? Why is she coming closer to her with an expressionless face?
“There must be another way… Yada da da dat!”
As Amy, terrified by what she was imagining, ran away, Adela urgently stretched out her hand.
“There’s a spider web on my head…” … .”
However, it is not enough to catch Amy who runs away with all her might. Amy, who was running towards the cave entrance faster than she could see, suddenly stopped.
Gumbug-gumbug-
Near the cave entrance, an incredibly large spider was spinning a web, waiting for Amy.
“Hugh… … “How did you give me a starting location like this to clear?”
They made it so that you couldn’t even get out of the cave unless you killed the spider.
[Hidden quest has been activated.]
[Quest: Hunt the owner of each city.]
Tsuzuzu That is-!
The face holder spewed purple thread and aimed at Amy. Jiju, known as the king of spiders, was so toxic that even the spider webs he spewed out were full of toxins.
Sigh-!
However, the ice that shot up from the ground like an awl pierced through the spider web.
“Amy. “Please come behind me.”
Just as a mother bird protects her baby birds, Adela extends her hand to protect them.
“Adella… … .”
Amy opened her eyes and looked up at Adella. If you think about it, even though it turned into ice cream in an instant in the sparring hall. The current Adela was a strong party member and team member.
If you can’t trust your party members in this rough and rugged unknown land, who can you trust?
Doo doo doo doo-
The beast advanced fiercely on its eight legs and spewed venom from its mouth.
“Keuweek-!”
Chi-Ik-
The poison melted Adela’s ice, like a red-hot iron ball placed on ice.
But even for a moment.
“Push it away.”
Stretching out my hand toward the face.
“Winter snow.”
Adela muttered softly.
Hwaaaaaaaaaaa!
The cave, which had been tightly closed, had turned into a field of pure white snow during a blizzard. The snow field seemed endless, neither the sun nor the moon rose, and I couldn’t even tell if this place was real or not.
Sigh-
This is a miniature world that Adela created with mana. A world that embodies the images of my childhood wandering around Volterra, enduring the bitter cold in search of my parents.
“Keeeeek-”
For tropical spiders who are vulnerable to the cold, it was a place of hell itself.
“Chiiik!”
Unable to bear it any longer, Jiju eventually attacked Adela, the culprit of all this, but the spider’s long legs were too much of a disadvantage in the snow.
Puff puff-
Adela quietly muttered again to the face supporter who was running at a very slow pace because his legs were digging into the snow.
“Pierce through.”
Wedge!
With Adela’s words, eight ice spears rush towards each of them, aiming for the human being’s legs.
Pabababak!
“Keeeeek-!”
As the human face holder, whose leg was pierced, screamed and writhed in pain, Adela unconsciously made a faint expression.
At least for this moment, aren’t emotions unnecessary? It was absolutely impossible to empathize with the pain of the monster that was trying to devour you and your party members.
‘What I can do is. All I can do is end the pain quickly.’
With Adela’s raised index finger.
The long ice spear mercifully pierced the human face pillar.
grasp!
Adela, who had finished the situation with purple bodily fluid that could not be described as poison or blood, was splattered everywhere and asked Amy.
“… … Are you okay. Amy?”
It was only then that Amy realized that Adela was worried about her own well-being even in this urgent situation.
‘Adella… … .’
Adela hadn’t changed. The Ice Queen, who was infinitely cruel to others, always had an infinitely warm heart.
“I was wrong-! “I can’t believe I misunderstand you!”
It’s just that even he didn’t know that warm heart.
fantasy,
