Fantasy Realm [One Piece] [Harry Potter] [Naruto] - [Progression] [LitRPG]

Chapter 198: The Gratefulness of a Monster - Playing God!

"Fuck, Rishi, be careful!" Alex says as Rishi fearlessly walks toward what is probably the old brood mother and Matriarch of this Thornback tribe. Alex carefully inspects her, she's red, almost crimson, with specks of purple. Her appearance is similar to the Matriarch they fought earlier but slightly different, even aside from her much larger size. Dozens of Thornback spiders remain submissively on the ground, but they're close enough to swarm and probably kill him in an instant.

Alex sheathes his [Sword of Pluto] and takes out his two retrieved Annihilation Grenades lvl 4, cloaking them with In. Since they're his own Conjurations, it's still possible to do so, regardless of when they were first conjured.

He says he saw her Aura. I believe Rishi... but the only fucking Aura I believe in is the kind that can smash in my enemies' heads! One wrong move, and I'll throw these damn grenades straight at that monster's face! Big target, and looking at how ancient and fat she is, probably slow as hell too. Two grenades should be enough. If all the shrapnel hits her head, there's a good chance she's going down.

Alex watches closely as Rishi seems to be reading the spider's thoughts.

"Alex, come closer," Rishi says.

...Are you fucking kidding me? Well, let's carefully approach, I need a better angle to aim my grenades anyway.

As the freaked-out Alex and the skeptical Tereza step forward, Rishi turns toward them.

"I can read her aura. She's not hiding anything; she's openly displaying her emotions. She's extremely grateful... especially to you. She admires you but also fears you... or rather, the weapon you wield in the form of Mustrano. I feel something else as well, she seems to like your Aura and felt you fighting earlier, I'm sure she knows what happened," Rishi explains.

"Heh, maybe, she just has a unique taste like Menchi and me," Tereza jokes.

"Tereza, you are disgusting, I swear, I'm already panicking, and this is not helping! Why is it always me? Can't fate just ignore me for once?" Alex groans. "Anyway, you know, if you had a real beast communication skill, I'd fully believe you. But what if she's faking her aura, her emotions? Or even manipulating them? Don't trust your innate skill too much, Rishi. I know you trust it with your life, but no skill is almighty, there are always exceptions!"

Rishi nods. "You're not entirely wrong, Alex, but trust me on this—these spiders aren't corrupted. I can tell the difference in their auras. The other spiders were frenzied, and corrupted, like they were being controlled by something foreign. These ones are normal, natural spiders."

"A 'natural' spider is bad enough when all it wants to do is kill and eat whatever flies into its web! And look where the fuck we are!" Alex argues.

"We aren't helpless flies, are we? We're dangerous wasps that invaded a spider's nest. She'll gladly let us fly away. In fact, she'd pay us to do it," Rishi counters.

Let me think of a good way to turn this argument around.... Drawing a blank here.