Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai - Chapter 107.1 - Thread User's Showdown II

Chapter 107.1 : Thread User’s Showdown II

We were moving at almost the same time. The thing we were shooting out was thread.

The Thread was the Arachne, Rem and my main weapon after all. Thus, our fight was a thread’s battle. Thus our fight was a battle that hung from a thread.

Our current formation was me in the front, Rem in the back while the Arachne was situated in the middle. We made full use of our advantage of outnumbering the Arachne, two against one, as we simultaneously attacked. I fired 『Spiderweb’s Twine』 meanwhile Rem released her acid spray.

「Shit! As expected of an expert thread user.」

Even with us ganging up on the Arachne from both the back and front, it still easily defended itself against our attacks.Moreover, it was able to still counterattack on top of defending itself.

The Arachne didn’t just fire thread from its butt, it could even shoot out its thread from both its mouth and each of its hands. While Rem’s thread was entangled with the bundle of thread that it had shot out from its bottom, my『Spiderweb Twine』was warded off with both of its hands, it then attacked me by shooting its sticky thread from its mouth.

. As soon as I fired my spiderweb twine, I ran in the opposite direction and took shelter behind a looming tree. When the Arachne fired thread from its mouth, the thread hit the tree instead, enveloping a majority of the trunk and part of my hand

At that moment, I used my Red Knife to untangle my sealed hands. Fortunately, the bundle of thread wasn’t too big, otherwise, my body would’ve been completely enveloped by the released lump of thread too.

However, the Red Knife was the only reason I could easily cut the thread, or rather, it melted it, a normal knife would’ve simply stuck due to the thread’s viscosity. What a close call! I mean, depending on the equipment, the Arachne might’ve insta-killed me if I wasn’t using the Red Knife.

「KISHAAA, SHAAAA—! 」

While I was busy trying to escape from the Arachne’s thread, Rem was distracting the enemy from me. She kept firing her thread while quickly weaving through the forest’s foliage.. Rather than aiming to attack the Arachne, it seemed more like Rem was solely focused on attracting its attention away from me.

As expected of my Rem, she really understood her role. Even if the both of them have different bodies, their shared soul showed its advantage during times like these since their knowledge and experiences were also shared.

「KISHISHI.」

However, the Arachne saw through Rem’s plan and didn’t move an inch from its place. Instead, it fired a long, albine thread with the elegance of a thread master.

It fired a lump of thread from its butt which was aimed at Rem, who was currently moving around. When the Arachne stuck out its hands, the thread fired from its fingers entwined between the trees and then formed a huge net, it acted as a makeshift shield. On account of this, none of Rem’s acid threads managed to reach the Arachne.

Maybe because it was only for emergency, but the Arachne had ceased to shoot thread from its mouth.

Upon seeing that the thread in its mouth was for emergency use, I could tell that rather than a mere wild demon, the Arachne’s combat style was closer to humans. Though imperfect, its deformed upper-half that resembled a human’s figure might have influenced its combat style.

Rem would be in grave danger if I didn’t assist her soon.

「Entwine its escape, with weaving hair ―『Black Hair Bind』」

Now that the Arachne’s focus was on Rem, this was my chance to use 『Black Hair Bind』 in a frontal attack. Bundles of black hair that I casted with a mystic chant rose from the ground in front of the Arachne.

Though there was a problem with its durability, it was better to use the maximum output to entangle the Arachne’s feet, preventing it from moving it too much

「KISHI, KYOAAAAAAAA! 」

The Arachne raised a startling cry when the hair that suddenly grew from the ground wrapped around its feet. My actions brought the brunt of the Arachne’s focus back on me. It then turned around to face me while raising both of its hands.

「REM, NOW! BITE IT! 」

After saying this, I wielded the Red Knife in my right hand and a normal knife in my left hand. I charged towards Arachne. However, since the Arachne’s mouth and hands were still free, I threw my knives which I was originally using for defense, towards it.

It couldn’t cope with Rem, who was charging to attack from behind. Since I had sealed both its feet and abdomen with the Black Hair Bind, the Arachne’s thread on its bottom was sealed. Thankfully, Rem wasn’t stupid, she was just going to crash if she kept blindly charging forward like that.

「KISHAAAAAAAAAAAAA! 」

Rem dashed on the ground and then leaped while baring her fangs towards Arachne’s defenseless back. By the time the Arachne realized that it couldn’t use the thread that came from its bottom, both of its hands were occupied with catching my throwing knives. The knives which were stuck in the net weaved in between the Arachne’s fingertips wouldn’t easily come out. Also, I hadalready made sure that my black hair bind couldn’t be undone that easily.

This was enough. No matter how I looked at it, the Arachne didn’t strike me as the type that excelled in close-combat. It should have a hard time shaking Rem who was about to bite its back. As long as Rem managed to cling on to the Arachne, I would be able to use Black Hair Bind to seal its movements even further.

Let’s do this―or so I thought… My plan failed the very next moment.

「KI-SHAAAAAAAAA」

Rem’s body was suddenly torn in half, as easily as a piece of damp paper. The diagonal cut across her body made it appear as if she was slain by an expert martial artist.

Rem’s body was struck the moment the tip of her toes had touched the Arachne’s back.

The bluish-purple stream that suddenly spurted out from her cross-section arced through the air before making an awful pool of blood on the forest floor.The drop of purplish blood suddenly fell from where it was suspended in mid-air.

It fell on a line so thin that it was almost invisible to the naked eye, which was connected to the Arachne’s bottom.

This single thin line had the durability and sharpness of a steel wire. Despite its appearance, It was strong enough to slice another demon in half.

「Goddamm*t… It lured us in so that it could make a pincer attack right from the very beginning…」

This was the reason that the Arachne didn’t budge at all huh…

「KISHISHI.」

The Arachne was now laughing at our failure. It then fired another wire similar to the one that had split Rem’s body in two, from both of its hands. The wires entwined around my Black Hair Bind which grew from its shadow on the ground. A while later, the snapping sounds of my Black Hair Bind resounded in the vicinity.

「Oh crap, I’m royally screwed now…」

The Arachne’s mastery over its thread clearly surpassed my mastery of 『Black Hair Bind』. Whether it was quality, quantity, or ease of use, the only factor that allowed my Black Hair Bind to surpassed it was the fact that my ability could come out the opponent’s shadow.

The only way for me to have an actual chance at victory was to fight the monster head on and finish the battle as soon as possible.

「DAMM*T, 『ROTTEN BOG』! 」

I won’t give up.

In desperation, I tried to activate 『Rotten Bog』 as a distraction to release my 『Reverse Dance Butterfly』. This was the tactic that I had devised, but just when I was about to throw the stone which was smeared with my blood to create the rotten bog, it was seized by a thread. The stone swayed in the air as it swung in arc towards the Arachne.

「KISHISHIKISHIKISHI」

It made a triumphant laugh after it managed to recollect its escaped prey. The thread started to wind around my body again, while it laughed in the same way as when it had captured me before.

「DAMM*T, DAMM*T ALL! 」

It went as far as tangling its thread around my arms and body alternately, making sure that I couldn’t move even an inch. Even if both my legs could move, they were just wildly flapping right now. I was pulled along the ground towards the monster as I made an unsightly, desperate struggle for my life.

Finally, I arrived under the Arachne.

「KISHI, SHAAAAAAAAAAAA! 」

「HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! 」

The Arachne opened its mouth that was filled with rows of sharp-jagged teeth slightly above my head. I could smell the hot, rank breath panted on my face..

I was positive that it was going to kill me instead of paralyzing me like last time, probably because of my escapade antics.

I might be able to take this monster along with me to the grave by using the『Pain Return』 technique as long as I’m killed in one hit, but… LIKE HELL I’M GONNA DIE WITH THIS FU*CKING SPIDER!

Nevertheless, this was the end for me, I didn’t have any tricks left to pla―

「KISHI, GIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

Suddenly, a sharp blade protruded from the Arachne’s chest.

Someone had stabbed it from behind.

Who was it? No… I could already tell who my savior was just by a brief glance the make of the blade.The blade that pierced through the Arachne’s chest was similar to the Knight Mantis’ scythe.

「REM!」

「GUGOGO, GAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

Screeching a frightening warcry, Rem continuously stabbed the ArachneIn a fell swoop, she brought the blade down over the Arachne’s head, decapitating it. After receiving such a fatal wound, the monster’s lifeless body stumbled back and forth briefly before staggering to the ground.. Huh, it seemed its blood was also red.

「Ha~… Thanks a lot, Rem, you really saved me there…..」

「GAGA.」

Appearing from behind the Arachne’s corpse was Rem Mk I, human type. Even though her kamakiri blade was stored, it didn’t lessen her appeal-I still thought that she was so cool.

「Nice job finding me… No, I bet you found my location from Ashidaka Rem, right?」

It seemed that Rem had increased her pace as soon as she noticed that Ashidaka Rem was defeated, this was how y she managed to arrive just in the nick of time.

「Anyway… I guess we’re safe for the time being.」

Not only have I defeated the Arachne who was chasing after me, I also reunited with Rem Mk I, my greatest combat asset. With this change of events, I guess I’ve fulfilled the minimum requirement to solo this dungeon.

「Well, the next thing to do is…」

I would’ve left this place immediately, but I still had something to do before leaving.

Just look! The Arachne’s corpse is still here, right? I should recycle it. I’m an eco-friendly person after all.