Former General Is Undead Knight - Act 4-20 - The Fall of the Holy City④

Due to the 『Dinner of Slaughterer Spider』 ritual, the floating corpses of the 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 were suddenly mummified.

「…From the very beginning, you were aiming for this moment, eh.」

Originally, 『Gu』 was no match against Lambert in close combat, but she had the ritual to summon high-ranking spirits using the corpses of 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 to compensate for that shortcoming.

The reason why she didn’t play this card immediately was to wait for the perfect time to kill Lambert.

A lot of 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 were needed for the summoning ritual.

Performing the summonings in quick succession meant that she might exhaust the number of 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 immediately.

She also needed to lure Lambert.

And then, just as 『Gu』 had predicted, she executed consecutive summonings once Lambert couldn’t move freely on top of Abaddon’s skull.

「Heed my call and come to this world, Unseen Malice Atlach-Nacha!」

A giant spider monster arose between Lambert and 『Gu』.

At the same time, the corpses of 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 that were floating around stopped unnaturally as if held by some sort of power.

Even when Lambert tried to retreat, he felt something tangling on his feet, preventing him from jumping.

「Thread, huh…」

「Correct! It’s Atlach-Nacha’s invisible thread! The area around its host is protected by the toughest thread in the world!」

Quickly, Lambert stabbed his greatsword into Abaddon to keep his balance.

Abaddon reared its head, butting against Lambert who was trapped in Atlach-Nacha’s spiderwebs.

If Lambert hadn’t caught the blow with his greatsword, he might have been killed by the impact, even with his tough Organ armor.

Lambert flipped in midair, but he felt something was amiss with his feet.

He spun his body and swept the area under his feet with his sword.

Thus, his sword severed the web of Atlach-Nacha.

He regained his freedom—for now.

But once he fell, he would become the victim of the thread again.

Although Abaddon could forcefully retract its head from the nest, the difference between Lambert and Abaddon was too overwhelming.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Abaddon was firmly on the ground, while Lambert had no choice but to use the nest.

This difference made it even more difficult for him to exhibit his full strength due to the fragile footing.

The moment Lambert landed, he spun around and cut the outstretched thread with his sword and stepped forward.

He kept doing this, forcing himself to move around.

Chasing right behind Lambert, Abaddon tried to headbutt him again.

Abaddon’s charge shook the nest.

Lambert had a hard time moving freely, so he moved closer to Atlach-Nacha, who had been staying still since a while ago.

The eight eyes of the giant spider were glowing red.

『Gu』 was waiting right behind the spider.

「Hahahaha, come here. Try your best to dodge Abaddon and Atlach-Nacha. I’m waiting for you on top of this nest!」

Atlach-Nacha stretched its huge leg toward Lambert. but he parried the leg with his greatsword. He managed to wound the spider’s leg, but it was nothing more than a scratch.

‘…The surface of its body is really tough. I guess a direct attack against the high-ranking spirit is impossible.’

Atlach-Nacha didn’t use its feet to attack Lambert again after the latter easily parried its leg strike. Instead, it brought its face closer toward Lambert as if trying to eat Lambert.

Seeing that, Lambert threw his greatsword into its mouth.

As the huge blade pierced its mouth, Atlach-Nacha writhed in pain.

「OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH…」

The body fluid that was discharged from Atlach-Nacha’s mouth rained down incessantly onLambert.

「WHA—!」

『Gu』 was looking dumbfoundedly at Atlach-Nacha.

「However, I still have the high ground! Although they can’t remain in this plane for long due to the simple ritual, you can’t win unless Atlach-Nacha and Abaddon both vanish! Let’s see how much longer you can struggle without your greatsword!」

Lambert suddenly pulled his arm.

At that moment, his greatsword came flying from Atlach-Nacha’s mouth, back into his hand.

Before he had thrown his greatsword, he had coiled Atlach-Nacha’s thread around the blade.

Thus, Lambert leapt onto Atlach-Nacha’s back as it rampaged in pain.

And then, without shred of hesitation, he threw his greatsword toward 『Gu』.

「WHA!」

As 『Gu』 stretched her arms forward to protect her body, the sword’s blade had finally arrived.

Even though she managed to dodge the incoming blade in time, her arms were gouged off at her shoulders. Now, she was akin to a maimed little girl on the verge of death.

『Gu』’s flank stuck into the wall of the tall building.

「That was close. I really thought I was going to die…」

Lambert jumped after his greatsword to chase after 『Gu』.

He pulled the thread that coiled around the  blade, drawing the sword that was stuck into the wall back to him.

Seeing the incoming mass of metal, 『Gu』 allowed her body to fall.

But Lambert didn’t let her go. He stretched his fingers and stabbed the little girl through her heart.

Her body was rent asunder once again, stuck to the wall while her head fell on top of Atlach-Nacha’s nest.

At that moment, Atlach-Nacha, its nest, and Abaddon vanished, resulting in her head falling even further down.

Lambert stabbed his sword into the wall, stepping on the blade and using it as a platform as it descended.

「You cornered me multiple times in this place, eh. This is something that has never happen in the last two hundred years.」

The lips of the girl moved.

Light had faded from her eyes. Undoubtedly, she had already died.

A pair of huge wings suddenly burst from the back of her head.

A long and sleek body came forth.

In front of the body was a pair of sharp scythes facing downward.

The grotesque monster then landed on the ground.

Its body was similar to that of a purple ant.

The lips of the girl that remained on its head then started to move.

Its huge insectoid eyes, which looked like they were about to burst, were glaring at Lambert.

「Before the Hudo tribe was annihilated, the last alchemical parasitic insect they created was filled with their grudge and anger. That insect is me. You can say that I’m the culmination of the Hudo tribe’s hexing technique itself. What are you doing? Come, are you getting cold feet now? Even if I escape from this situation… I won’t be able to move for a long time. So, let’s settle this once and for all.」

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