Chapter 184

"....If I said that I came for peace, would you believe it?"

At first, Ash thought that even if there were many opponents, with his own strength, it wouldn't be a big problem to kill one.

But who would have thought that the other party would actually appear in groups and be able to communicate, which made him change his mind.

He lowered his raised hand and showed an awkward yet polite smile, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.

It's not that I can't defeat these earth dragons, I just don't feel the need to engage in a meaningless battle with beings that can communicate.

Moreover, there are too many opponents. If they really fight, even if they can win in the end, it will probably consume a lot of money, and they may even be in danger.

Because...the strongest guys among the earth dragons here seem to have gathered here.

But he couldn't understand at all why these powerful guys could still be so united? Normally, don’t strong people live alone?

Moreover, when he used magic to detect before, he could also feel that when the earth dragon was fighting other monsters, the other earth dragons would not help.

Is it possible... that they will only remain consistent in dealing with situations beyond their imagination?

Just when he was troubled, the voice responded to Ash's words without mercy: "Of course I don't believe it."

"...Really? You really don't believe it?" The smile on Ash's face was a little stiff, and he felt that his situation became more embarrassing.

However, the earth dragon shook his head again: "Don't worry, I have no intention of fighting, and I understand that I am not your opponent... So can I introduce myself first?"

The voice sounded almost middle-aged, full of calmness and majesty. By reciting the words, the earth dragon directly reported his name.

It is the chief of the Earth Dragon Clan, Earth Dragon Jakia, who is ordered to protect this place.

Their earth dragon clan has their own mission and will not interfere in any way with the outside world. However, the upper-level earth dragons in their clan are subject to certain restrictions and cannot leave here easily. Even the earth dragons cannot leave the maze.

The lower level dragons, those weak beings, do not have such restrictions. It is also worth mentioning that in this world, Dragon is under the dragon, but Dragon has a chance to be promoted to become a dragon.

In addition, it also mentioned several other mythical queen spiders, which were also guarding the lowest level of the maze. Even at the end, its tone became more serious:

"They are on their way here. They may be more difficult to talk to than us." After announcing his family status, the Earth Dragon Clan Chief kindly reminded Ash.

Its huge eyes were still staring at Ash, with a sense of scrutiny in their eyes.

"... I basically feel this, but you didn't say it from the beginning to the end. What are you guarding? Can't you reveal this a little bit?"

As Ash said this, he carefully observed the earth dragons around him.

As he spoke, his sight seemed to break through the blockade of darkness, penetrated the layers of fog, and noticed a strange door in the deepest part.

The door stood there quietly, exuding a mysterious and ancient atmosphere.

And for some reason, his magic power couldn't penetrate deep into it, as if there was an invisible barrier that completely cut off the door from the outside world.

"...That is the deepest secret of the world. If you insist on breaking in, it will bring disastrous consequences, and our master will not just sit idly by." The voice of the chief of the Earth Dragon clan once again sounded in Ya Xiu's mind. echoed, the voice full of warning.

"Your master?" Ashus asked with a frown, trying to find more clues from the other party's answers.

"Exactly." Chief Dilong replied succinctly, but didn't say much.

But its eyes looked more solemn, as if there were secrets hidden behind that door that could subvert the world, and it was worthy of being guarded here by strong men like them who stood at the top of the world.

"...I see, I understand to a certain extent why powerful monsters like you don't go out."

Ash nodded thoughtfully. Although his heart was full of curiosity about the secret behind the door, he also understood that he could not act rashly now.

After a brief silence between each other, Ash finally broke the silence again and asked the Earth Dragon Jakia:

"...How long have you been guarding this place?" He moved his eyes away from the mysterious door and looked at the leader of the Earth Dragon Clan in front of him.

"Time is just a vague concept to us. We have shouldered this mission since our birth, and guarding this place is the meaning of our existence." Earth Dragon Jakia replied, and it echoed in Ash's mind The voice still inexplicably carries the vicissitudes of time.

"Okay, okay, forget it. I'm not an overly curious person. I'll just withdraw."

He shrugged, not paying much attention, and turned around silently to leave... to avoid being surrounded by those queen spiders.

Seeing that he was not hostile, the earth dragons silently moved out of the way without causing any trouble.

After all, their mission is to guard the door. If ordinary humans break in, they will be killed, but the other party is obviously not a good person, so there is no need to waste themselves here.

After he left, Chief Dilong raised his head and looked around at these old friends who had been with him for countless years:

"New variables have emerged... Us old guys may have to retire from this world soon."

As it spoke, its eyes showed no fear, but expectation.

It was expecting changes, expecting this world that was heading for decline and destruction to usher in new changes.

After all, this planet covered by the huge magic circle called the system was going to be destroyed - even if it got worse, it would not be worse than destruction. After so many years, he was almost a little tired of waiting slowly, just temporarily delaying the arrival of the doomsday, this hopeless dragon life.

Of course, after all, it was a magical world. This destruction did not mean the demise of a normal planet, but the entire planet had actually become extremely fragile. At that time, the entire planet would be destroyed even in this space... The destruction of a normal planet would at most be after a major disaster, and it would be unable to survive.

Instead, it would be completely destroyed after various natural disasters, because the MA energy that maintained the planet itself was exhausted.

After all, the laws of this world or the universe were very unusual, at least different from those of Ash, and there were concepts such as reincarnation, but this planet was independent again under the action of the system.

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At the bottom of this maze, there is a wave of earth dragons and a wave of queen spiders. In this world, they are definitely nightmare-level invincible existences.

Their strength is strong enough to deter any adventurer.

"But in this way, the mystery has increased, and... It's so strange, has my own system increased the amount of souls? After all, the amount of souls in this world is too small, right?"

After leaving the bottom, Ash's doubts were partially solved, but the total amount was increased again.

Under normal circumstances, in a world with such a system, the number of souls should be extremely rich and powerful, but the reality is very different from his thoughts.

In the past, he might have suspected that the system of this world took away the souls as experience points, but now with his strength improvement and the enhancement of his soul perception ability, he can basically clearly perceive that those souls were absorbed by the system he owns.

Even after careful observation, Ash can find that there is a very strange phenomenon in this world.

Here, monsters fight each other, and most of the souls seem to be taken to strengthen themselves.

But what is puzzling is that in this world, including humans, except for powerful enough monsters, the souls of all other things are inexplicably pitiful.

If I have to describe it, the human souls in his original world are like a blazing bonfire, bright and hot, while the souls of ordinary soldiers in this world are probably equivalent to a small match, so weak that they can be almost ignored.

".... Could it be that because of the difference in souls, there is a huge gap in strength? Well, I don't understand!"

Ash shook his head helplessly. He really couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only silently put the problem behind him again.

And he started to act cautiously again, planning to go to the lower level above the bottom first to see if he could find some new clues.

But when he came to the bottom of a huge deep pit in the lower level, when he was thinking about whether he should fly up directly with flying magic, he suddenly heard a familiar "squeak" sound from above.

"——Wow, I'm dying, dying, dying, dying~~!! I'm sorry!!!"

Spider-girl cried and fell straight down from above.

Ash looked up subconsciously, and the first thing that caught his eye was the round buttocks of the white spider. At this moment, she was desperately adjusting her posture, and spraying spider silk from her buttocks, sticking to the unstable wall beside her, trying to slow down her falling speed.

At the same time, Ash also noticed that there were four huge wasps following behind Spider-girl, flapping their wings and making buzzing sounds, chasing Spider-girl relentlessly.

"What should I do, hide?" A hint of hesitation flashed through Ash's mind.

Although in his eyes, spider monsters all look similar, for some reason, Spider-girl's soul gave him a unique feeling. Of course... it's not human, and the difference from ordinary spider monsters is very small. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it.

And he can feel that this spider seems to have changed a little. Although he still thinks it's just a small fish, it seems to be stronger than before.

It can even be said that this speed of strengthening is quite amazing, completely exceeding the upgrade level of normal monsters.

This made him hesitate for a moment, but he quickly reached out his hand and cast gravity magic, cleverly slowing down the momentum of the spider's fall, and just like that, he steadily caught the spider with eight limbs shaking in the air.

"——Wu, wu oh?! I'm fine? And it's... a male, a princess hug? Things that I didn't experience in my previous life, this life, unexpectedly...! Look carefully, this guy looks pretty good, oh no! The heartbeat is so fast~! Although I don't know if the spider has a heartbeat~!"

Being rescued by the boy at this critical moment, Spider-Girl was relieved and almost moved to tears.

At this moment, she even felt her heartbeat accelerate sharply, as if her heart was about to jump out of her chest, and that feeling was like a deer running around in her heart.

She was obviously at a critical juncture, but because of the suspension bridge effect and her shameful posture, her cheeks suddenly turned red, as if they had been roasted by fire... In her eyes, at this moment The scene is just like the standard scene in those romantic stories where the hero saves the beauty!

She even felt as if the air around her had turned pink and was full of sweetness.

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It was impossible for Ash to understand Spider-Man's thoughts, because the reality... was also very different from her imagination.

At least in Ash's opinion, he just saved a strange spider, and looking at the spider in his arms that squeaked softly and shook its head... His mood was a little hard to describe, it felt very strange and strange. Strange!

After all, even if he is not a human being, the spider monster's shyness... he can tell that it is a ghost!

"Is it possible that you really consider yourself the master? But...it seems that you have evolved and become stronger, but if you take a closer look, there is no difference?"

Ash lowered his head and observed the spider carefully, trying to see what was different about this spider that seemed to have evolved.

"Ah, at this time, is it difficult to have a kiss? Although it suits the atmosphere! Although it suits the atmosphere very well! But no! She is still a girl! This is developing too fast! Pervert! I absolutely can't do it!! Ah Ah~~! I’m such a sinful woman! But it’s not my fault that you are attractive!”

Spider Zi covered her face with her feet and turned her head away vigorously. Some strange pictures had appeared in her mind, and she was so panicked for a moment.

"....What? Even I can't eat a spider alive. Why are you hiding? Are you afraid of scaring me?"

Ash muttered with disgust on his face. Just thinking about the taste and image of biting her head and making her mouth full of juice made him feel a little sick. He even felt sick by what he said.

"Huh? Why does he feel a little depressed? Rejected by a beautiful girl? Are you so pessimistic? Oh! There is no way, right? I am a pretty high-level beautiful girl! Although I am a squatter at home and don't even have any friends! But! Yeah! It’s a fact that you are a beautiful girl! Just... try harder? There must be countless suitors for people like me~! After all, even spiders can seduce people~ Hehehehe ~!”

Spider Zi, who is used to having fun in hardship, was half-jokingly narcissistic, and even said weird things to himself. He stretched out his forelimbs and patted Ash on the shoulder, showing a relieved expression, trying to put on a good show. He looks like an experienced love expert, generously comforting his lovelorn suitors.

"....Speaking of which, after normally traveling to another world, a beautiful girl or loli should fall from the sky, right? Why is it that when I go to another world to catch a princess from the sky, it will be a weird gay spider? This spider is so weird .....”

Looking at the spider in his arms that was squeaking and patting his shoulder, even though he didn't know that he had been thrown away by the spider inexplicably, Ash still sighed with a black line on his face, and then let go of his hand, just like that Throw her to the ground.

"No, wait - it hurts!" Spider Zi, who was still narcissistic just a moment ago, was thrown to the ground and rolled around a few times. Although it didn't actually hurt, it... felt even more painful in his heart, and he was immediately overwhelmed. She danced in protest:

"What's going on with your attitude! I'm just giving you a little test! Is that it? It's too much! Are all men like this? Do you abandon them when you don't get them? I'm angry!! Don't you hurry up... ..”

Before Spiderman could finish complaining, four wasps flying down from the sky had already attacked.

The wasps flew extremely fast, bringing with them a howling wind. Their sharp stings still shone coldly in the darkness, and their target was the two of them.

This sudden danger made the chatty spider shut her mouth instantly. Her first reaction was to pull Ash together and run away from this dangerous place.

But before she could really take action, several translucent slashes suddenly flew towards the sky without any warning.

The slash was extremely fast, like a dense net of death, instantly cutting through the sky and accurately hitting four wasps.

Before Spider Zi could even see the situation clearly, he saw the four wasps in mid-air, and they were cut into several pieces in the blink of an eye.

The body fragments were scattered all over the sky like raindrops, like a "blood rain" full of strange liquid.

"——Liar, are you lying?!!!" Spider Zi's eyes widened, and a piece of wasp stump fell directly on her head, which made her feel more real for some reason and she couldn't believe her eyes. His mouth opened wide and he shouted in shock:

"You are so strong, why didn't you tell me earlier! I thought you were dead! You can't eat cooked food anymore... No, it made me feel sad that the first friend I met was eaten by some monster. It’s been a while~~!”

"....It's so noisy."

It sounded like the squeaking spider, which made Ash frown. He grabbed a section of the wasp's body and stuffed it into the spider's open mouth.

This sudden move caused Spider-Man, who was waving his forelimbs and screaming strangely at him, to lose his voice in an instant.

"Ugh—?! My throat! It's blocked in my throat~~!" Spider Zi was still rolling on the ground at first, his face flushed, trying to spit out the things in his mouth.

But after a while, she accidentally swallowed the wasp body, and licked the liquid in her mouth, and then her eyes lit up: "Ah, but the taste is quite delicious, inexplicably refreshing? Again? Have a taste! Bake it and taste it~!”

Although the taste of this wasp is actually not very delicious, compared to those poisonous monsters, although it also has poisonous needles and so on, most of the meat and juice of the wasp are not poisonous, but it is unexpectedly delicious when eaten raw. , which made this foodie spider forget about complaining for a while.

She quickly collected the broken corpses of wasps on the ground, and while collecting them, she couldn't help but mutter:

"Really, why would you cut the body into pieces like this if you have nothing to do? You have to eat it later. Won't it be stained with dust? This head... um~ it's a bit ugly, but it's okay It’s edible! Don’t waste it!”

She stared at the severed wasp head, and after looking at it for a while, she silently reached out and inserted her hand into the center of the wasp's head to string it together, planning to collect other wasp fragments.

But before he could take action, some strange liquid suddenly dripped from above.

This caused her body to tremble inexplicably, and the fine hairs on her feet that were used for sensing stood up instantly.

"...Is there a leak somewhere?" Spider Zi forced a smile, but there was a bad premonition in his heart.

She looked up cautiously, and when she saw it, she was so frightened that her body shook violently, almost causing her soul to fly away.

She saw a huge green python with a head bigger than her whole body, sitting above her, its huge eyes staring at her intently, with a cold murderous intent in its pupils.

"Ah, ahaha...Did you accidentally go to the wrong place? Everyone must be poisonous. You will definitely not eat mine, right??"

Spider smiled sarcastically and stepped back as she spoke. Her body was trembling slightly because of fear, and each spider leg was a little weak, but...

"-Hiss!!!" The giant green python had no intention of letting her go. It opened its bloody mouth, exposed its sharp fangs, and let out a scalp-numbing roar.

"Wow~~! It really can't work! Don't look at me! Let me go~!!"

Spider Zi jumped up and hid behind Ash at the fastest speed. Eight eyes stared at the giant cyan python above him from behind him in horror.