Chapter 40

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Kumoko uses [Repellent Evil Eye] to dodge Earth Dragon Araba's breath attack, barely dodging in time. Kumoko tries to resume the shoot out but is forces to retreat higher and higher. Araba suddenly stops, having seen the trap webs Kumoko laid in advance.

Using the trap web as a barrier, Kumoko unleashes a flood of poison at Araba, hitting him. Araba fires back with low power breath attacks/ Kumoko dodges and is forced to do some quick repairs to the web before resuming the fight by hurling sticky thread bombs to try and trap Araba. Araba dodges and returns fire, but Kumoko is able to guide the thread bombs to avoid the blasts. Confused the breath attacks are still being sustained, Kumoko realises Araba was targeting the web but it is too late as Araba pounces through the hole and slashes Kumoko, but it is an illusion. Kumoko then triggers her trap and catches Araba in her web.

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Araba tries to escape the web with a breath attack, but Kumoko uses [Heretic Magic] to cause him pain, distracting Araba for the few moments she needed to finish closing her trap and capturing him completely.

With her opponent trapped, Kumoko quickly readies herself to unleash masses of poison, but suddenly there is a blinding flash of light as Araba escapes, having wrapped himself in flames. Appraising him, Kumoko sees Araba has spent all of his skill points to buy skills specifically to counter and kill Kumoko, including advanced [Inferno Magic], [Flame Resistance], [Black Resistance] and [Space Perception]. Araba has specialised to defend against her attacks while targeting Kumoko's weaknesses, giving him an advantage no enemy has had before.

Araba creates bridges across the pit on and ignites it, before rapidly closing in on Kumoko. Kumoko is forced to retreat further and further until her back hits the ceiling.

Quick References

 * 1) Monsters usually don't spend their skill points.
 * 2) Araba spends all his skill points to but specialised skills to defeat Kumoko.

Chapter Notes

 * 1) [Foresight] reaches Level 10 and evolves into [Future Sight] Level 1.
 * 2) [Thought Acceleration] reaches Level 10 and evolves into [Thought Hyper-Acceleration]

Characters by Appearance
Kumoko Earth Dragon Araba