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Arachne could had never imagined that Allan, Shade, and Arafunn would free themselves from the dungeon floors she had sent them into in such a short amount of time, no less! She had sent her three strongest servants aside from the Insectoid Queen, which she had carefully helped to grow stronger, using many of her resources to boost their cultivation.
Yet, she could no longer sense their presences at all! All her subordinates had been felled, her dungeon has been almost completely destroyed, and the little lamb she was going to steal her powers from was taken away from her, all right below her own nose!
And to make things worse, she felt exhausted and weakened after having received Sylphy's Mana Disruption: Full Charge and chasing the kids all this time!
"Y-You monsters…!" Arachne groaned, her barrier being instantly destroyed the moment Allan appeared, swinging his new sword, a sword he hadn't used before until now.
"This new toy my father-in-law sent me is truly strong!" Laughed Allan, slashing the barrier and shattering. "Isn't it right, Agni?!"
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
CRAAAASH!
Like particles of glass, the entire barrier shattered in an instant, the Divine Sword of red and orange color that Allan was holding wasn't his Soul Weapon at all.
It was a physical sword, an ancient relic of the heroes which he was only allowed to wield when he had yet to defeat the Demon King, and that he was forced to promptly give back to the Elven Kingdom's Treasury, as it was a national treasure.
It was Agni, the Divine Sword of Eternal Infernal Flames, forged by the ancient Dwarven Blacksmiths for the first ever Hero of Flames!
It has been given temporarily to every new Hero of Flames through countless generations since them, it is a national treasure that only those that wield the blessing of the gods related with flames can wield.
FLUOSH!
"Ppff… HAHAHAHA!"
A draconic roar and then a laughter resonated behind Allan, Arachne glanced at the immense entity emerging behind him, a dragon made of infernal flames. Sylphy instantly realized he looked a lot like the Dragon King she had meet before, yet slightly younger, and more… "demonic" in appearance.
"That's right, damn brat! Glad to be back with you!" The black and red scaled dragon laughed, glancing at the spider in front of him. "And who's this little spider here? She sure thinks she's a big shot by doing all of this, doesn't she?"
"She sure does." Allan smiled defiantly.
"T-That's… my uncle?!" Ignatius was shocked.
"Uncle?!" Sylphy asked.
"T-That's right! He's Agni, the King of Destruction, my father's brother, he's the brother of the Dragon King! I did heard he died long ago… I never thought his soul was still in this mortal world, imbued into a divine sword no less!" Ignatius was amazed. "My brother's name was given to him to honor our ancestor…!"
Ignatius big brother's name was also Agni, although he was actually named Agni II, a name the Dragon King gave to him to honor the death of his brother.
"Oh? But isn't this a little child here?" Agni instantly noticed Ignatius. "Good to see you're one of these kid's spirits! Maybe one day you'll get as big as me, ahahah!"
"Oi, this isn't the time to go chatting around, you oversized lizard." Shade said, wielding a single, slightly longer than usual black knife. "Umbra's at least silent most of the time."
"Actually, I want to talk a bit right now and say I am exhausted of always being stored right at the side of that idiot. Seriously, he never stops talking even when I want to sleep until someone else wields me!" Umbra, the black knife that Shade was wielding spoke, materializing her soul into the shape of a ghostly, phantasmal lady covered on black robes, with white skin and blue eyes.
"T-Those are…! Divine Relics of the highest grade?!" Arachne took a step back. "T-To be able to speak so fluently as if they were living beings… And that divine power exuding from them! N-No…! How did you get your hands into those things?! Lady Lolth said they were stored away after the Demon King's defeat!"
"Faylen's dad gave them to us just before we left Agartha." Allan said. "But we decided to not use them until we really needed to. You know, so we don't anger them by killing small fry with them… A Tier 10 like you should be a good offering, I assume?"
"Hmmm, will have to do!" Sighed Agni. "Though… At the very least I take Tier 15 beings usually… Newest heroes like you have gotten weaker!"
"Tier 15?! Where can we even find a monster like that?" Allan laughed. "Even the Demon King was only Tier 12!"
"Hmph, this is why I always tell you that you should explore the Dark Side of the world! That's where all the juicy monsters are!" Laughed the Sword.
"The Dark Side again… Ain't no way we're exploring that place, you damn gramps!" Allan said angrily, imbuing Mana into his sword. "Now… Arachne, I presume you're not giving up, right? This is your last chance."
"Your very last chance." Shade said, pointing his knife at her.
"Indeed, girl." Arafunn nodded. "Give up your ways, let us seal your strength, and you can join us. We'll help you, we'll help your people even… You don't need to fight anymore. Hell, we'll even apologize if you want! We want to set a good example for the kids!"
Arachne glanced at the three heroes, offering her yet another chance to redeem herself… But after all the things that had happened, and even after her comrades were killed, she simply couldn't go back now.
"Hahah… HAHAHAHA!" Arachne started to laugh on their faces. "Fools, you're all fools! Do you think I'll EVER yield to you?! NEVER! I would rather DIE than yield! But don't worry, the ones dying here will be all of you! My Goddess has not abandoned me yet! Hahahah… HAHAHAHAA! [Divine Descent]!"
TRUUUUMMM…!
The skies above the dungeon suddenly opened, as a flash of dark light pierced through the clouds, descending over Arachne as a divine power of tremendous strength started to possess her!
FLAAAASSH!
[The [Evil Goddess of the Webs of Fate: Lolth] has descended a part of her Divine Soul into [Arachspider Queen: Arachne (Tier 10)]!]
[All her Stats have increased by +500%! Arachne can now wield [Divine Power]!]
"W-What?!" Sylph was taken aback after seeing that system notification.
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