Template:Kumoko/Volume 3

Kumoko yearns escape from the Middle Stratum and out of the labyrinth as she yearns to eat better-tasting food. She contemplates about what to do if she escapes out of the labyrinth. As Kumoko walks around the labyrinth, monsters run away from her due to the intimidation effect of Fearbringer. She worries that she would run out of red SP. As she continues to explore, Kumoko encounters a large hole and senses/sees Mother climbing down. Suddenly, the fire dragon, Rend; along with an army of monsters tries to fight Mother but gets obilterated by a single breath attack by Mother. Seeing this, Kumoko is terrified of Mother and stays at the same location for awhile.

After some amount of time, Kumoko starts moving but encounters an injured Rend - which survived from Mother's attack. Kumoko faces and fights Rend. As she has the advantage due to utilising Heresy Magic, Spider Threads, Poison Synthesis, Rot Attack and Abyss Magic efficently, Kumoko eventually kills the fire dragon Rend. She basks in victory and quickly carries Rend's corpse away as there is incoming magma due to a large hole created by Kumoko using Abyss Magic. Meanwhile, an administrator finds out that a dragon is dead and decides to investigate it...

While exploring in the Middle stratum, Kumoko uses Skill Points to purchase Heavy Evil Eye and decides to utilise it on herself. Suddenly, an extremely dark person teleports in front of Kumoko and speaks an alien language that she does not understand. Randomly, a smartphone appears and D speaks through the smartphone. After talking to the dark man, the dark man unhapily teleports away. After D talks to Kumoko via reading Kumoko's mind and speaking through telepathy, the smartphone teleports away.

Kumoko continues to explore and eat in the Middle Stratum for some time and it is shown that she gains some skills such as Medicine Synthesis, Jinx Evil Eye and Clairvoyance. She questions the motive of the administrators as well as the System. After more exploring, the delighted Kumoko eventually finds the path up to the Upper Stratum using Clairvoyance. Kumoko sets up a home between the Upper Stratum and the Middle Stratum. She laments that she has to go to great lengths to find monsters as all the monsters are intimidated her. Eventually, Kumoko encounters and kills an earth wyrm and she decides to teleport to consume the earth wyrm when she gets hungry.

After several days, Kumoko encounters a group of adventurers struggling to fight an Elroe Baladorado. After a dilemma, she eventually kills the Elroe Baladorado with ease, and is now able to evolve. She then heals the injured adventurers with Healing Magic. Upon healing them, Kumoko finds a fruit named Krikita laying on the ground and she is excited to eat it. She teleports away along with the Elroe Baladorado corpse and the Krikita. Kumoko then tries the Krikita fruit and enjoys it. She then proceeds to evolve into an Ede Saine after some thought.