Chapter 21

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The battle between Kumoko and the Elroe Gunerave is continuing, with Kumoko on the defensive and narrowly escaping the Gunerave's frighteningly accurate attacks. Kumoko is nearly killed when the Gunerave unexpectedly turns it's flamethrower attack into the air. Kumoko evades to the ceiling by using threads reinforced by [Energy Conferment]. Activating [Mental Warfare], Kumoko tries to escape to the wall but runs out of stamina and is almost hit, causing her to fall. The Gunerave tries to attack her while she is mid-air but Kumoko escapes to the wall with thread again.

Finally making it to solid ground, the Gunerave launches one last flamethrower attack before exhausting its MP. Like the Elroe Gunerush and the Elroe Guneseven species, the Gunerave comes ashore, but unlike them has much higher stats. Kumoko continues her defensive battle dodging it's blows until the Gunerave pounces at her.

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Kumoko dodges at the last moment, using [Poison Synthesis] to leave behind a ball of poison as a parting gift. The Gunerave swallows the poison and collapses as its HP diminish rapidly. However, the Gunerave uses , an ability of the [Fire Wyrm] skill, to regenerate HP by converting its remaining SP. Realising she needs to finish things fast, Kumoko wraps the Gunerave in some reinforced thread and uses up all her MP to blast it with poison, killing it.

The fight over, Kumoko levels up three times and unlocks her next evolution. A number of skills also level up, including [Fire Resistance] and [HP Auto-Recovery] which means she can now regenerate HP while in the Middle Stratum. Kumoko is a little concerned about evolving now as she has no home and will be unconscious for the duration and may have insufficient SP. Looking at her options, Kumoko can now either become and adult Poison Taratect or a Zoa Ele. Thinking it over, Kumoko chooses the Zoa Ele because getting too large in the Middle Stratum would be lethal with all the magma around. Kumoko decides to use the dead Gunerave as an improvised home by coiling it up and hiding inside to evolve.

Quick References

 * 1) [Energy Conferment] can be used to strengthen [Spider thread] to survive the heat of the Middle Stratum for a few seconds.
 * 2) Fire Wyrms can convert SP into HP with , an ability of their [Fire Wyrm] skill.
 * 3) Kumoko unlocks her third evolution.
 * 4) Kumoko discovers that the evolutions have criteria which need to be met, such as having the necessary title(s).

Chapter Notes

 * 1) Kumoko Level 7 to Level 10.
 * 2) [Evasion] Level 5 to Level 6.
 * 3) [Spatial Manoeuvring] Level 4 to Level 5.
 * 4) [HP Auto-Recovery] Level 5 to Level 6.
 * 5) [Fire Resistance] Level 1 to Level 2.

Characters by Appearance
Kumoko