Chapter 647 Deep Nest

Deep Nest, a map from Hollow Knight.

This is the second most hateful map after the Road of Pain, according to Gong Qiying.

The hateful thing about Deep Nest is its horror, but the difficulty is not that difficult, far from the Path of Pain.

If someone is afraid of the dark or has arachnophobia, they will be scared to death in Deep Nest. To this day, many adventurers in the Sen Dungeon have had heart attacks caused by spiders in the forest area.

"Yo, there's a new hidden map."

Abe, Erlo's grandson and Yuffie's apprentice, looked around curiously.

It is not much different from the first half of the Road of Pain here. Both are underground tunnel-like places. The difference is that there are no spikes to be seen. Instead, the corners are covered with thick, dusty spider webs. With so many spider webs, it is possible that a large family of spiders have made their home here.

The surrounding environment was even darker than the Catacombs of Casas. The darkest places weakened the dragon's vision, but this did not mean that there was no light source at all. The cold light shone here from nowhere, cutting the darkness into pieces.

If this happened in a classic horror movie, the light source in the distance would probably go out little by little, and the ghosts and monsters lurking in the darkness would flash towards the protagonist.

In fact, it seems that Cangyin Dungeon really did this.

Just as Abe's eyes were fixed on the tunnel in front of him, the vague figure of something wriggling appeared in the darkness. In the darkness, the wriggling outline could be seen, but as soon as it moved into the light source, it disappeared without a trace. Then, the light in that section was suddenly blocked, creating the effect of a monster approaching rapidly.

If a human was placed here, even if he wasn't that scared, he would at least break out in a cold sweat. But Abe is a dragon, so if he's a dragon, then he should be fine.

"Ugh, that's disgusting."

Abe's face showed an expression of disgust, aversion and other negative emotions, and the mental power released increased at this moment.

The monster that was rapidly approaching him seemed to have awakened some of his not-so-pleasant memories!

"Gah!"

An indescribable scream exploded in front of him, and a spider-like monster half the size of an adult suddenly jumped out from the spider web covering the tunnel. It seemed to have a pale multi-eyed mask on its face and pounced on Abe while howling.

Abe dodged the attack with a quick step and kicked the spider as it landed, ending the fight in a flash.

If it was Fudorin, she would have stood still and punched directly, but Abe had been taught by Yuffie after all, and had learned the humanoid technique of dodging attacks in combat, and had also mastered many combat skills.

"Honestly, I hate spiders."

Looking at the big spider corpse on the ground, Abe frowned deeply.

He now has to go to the Sen Dungeon for special training every day. Yes, that is to enter the body of Guior and fight with random dragons.

If you are lucky, you can encounter dragons like the Blastoisehorn that you can fight normally. If you are unlucky and encounter dragons with combat power at the level of ancient dragons, then you can only rely on willpower to persevere.

Especially when encountering the Silver Dragon, the Black Eclipse Dragon or any other creature, once you are contaminated by their things, you have to use your own willpower to overcome the mania.

Eruo seemed to be very willing for Abei to meet Gu Long, because it would stimulate the training. Abei thought so at first, but now he is getting more and more tired.

After all, no one would be excited about it after knowing that they were going in just to get beaten, even if their strength could be gradually improved.

His aversion to spider-type creatures comes from the fact that he was once beaten to exhaustion by an ancient dragon and was left there to die. As a result, a bunch of "little animals" appeared out of nowhere, which were spiders in Monster Hunter, dragged him into a cave and performed a series of inhumane actions on him.

From then on, he had an extreme disgust for spiders and even insects. Whenever he saw an earthworm while walking, he would chop it into eighteen pieces with one claw.

But there is still a big difference between disgust and fear. The difference is like people hate shit, but are afraid of Soul Five holding shit.

"Do we really have to move forward? This feels so awful. Where has everyone gone?"

Abe sighed and reluctantly walked into the tunnel covered with thick spider webs. He exhaled a breath of fire that directly burned the tunnel, burning the spider webs clean and killing all the spiders inside.

But after a while, he immediately lost his breath, covered his throat and coughed for a while, muttering to himself with a dark face:

"Yesterday I got into a fight with someone I can't name, Gui'ol, and I ruined my voice."

Helplessly, he had to walk inside, trying to avoid the spider webs.

However, the number of spider webs here has reached an outrageous level. No matter how he tries to get around them, he can't get around them. If he tries to tear them apart with brute force, they will stick to his hands. No matter what choice he makes, he will be severely annoyed.

"Why in the world are there such disgusting things as spider webs, you bastard!"

The further you go inside, the stronger the presence of spider webs becomes. It has reached a point where it cannot be ignored. No matter how you walk, your body will be covered with some of this stuff. Fortunately, Abe's human appearance is bald. If any of his hair was stuck with spider webs, he would be disgusted to death.

Moreover, these spider webs are not just put there to create an atmosphere. Their stickiness is really super strong. It was so strong that when Abe accidentally stuck his arm into it while trying to beat a big spider, it took him some effort to pull his arm out, and the arm was still sticking out.

Although the spiders attacking him at present are only E to D level minions, there is no guarantee that a C level or even higher monster will suddenly appear behind. In a battle of that level, if the pace is slowed down by the spider web, it can really cause serious consequences.

"I really should have carried some magic scrolls with me like my master. If I had fire magic, my situation would be much better now."

After all, there are still some differences in the fighting styles of purely human beings like Abe and Yuffie.

Speaking of Yufei, he took Vann and the others to the imperial capital. No one knew what he was busy with. Moore and Abe were left alone, wandering between the Dragon's Nest in the imperial capital and the Sean Dungeon in Blackrock City all day.

As the tunnel continued to extend, the full picture of the Deep Nest map gradually appeared in front of Abe. This is a map that can be described as "narrow" no matter how you look at it.

The space clearly becomes wider as you go inside, but patches of spider webs hang from the ceiling, forming an alternative decoration, as if the sky is about to fall. Although you can't touch the spider webs if you stand upright, you can't help but lower your head when walking.

The number of monsters is increasing, and their overall strength has reached the D level. They have different shapes but are generally based on spiders. They hide in the darkness and make surprise attacks from time to time.

It is said that a sudden attack on the face is the lowest form of scaring, but this thing is really effective. After being attacked in the face so many times, Abe's heart beat faster a few times. After coming to his senses, he was naturally ashamed and angry, and the battle became more violent. Naturally, he was also covered with more sticky spider silk, which caused his movements to be slowed down from time to time.

Fighting in human form would already cause this level of spider silk adhesion, so what if he turned into a dragon?

Not to mention what he would become if he were to be covered in more spider webs in dragon form, the current map of the Deep Nest looked like a series of narrow tunnels connecting to a larger space. If he turned into a dragon form, he might not even be able to get through some of the tunnels.

If you get stuck in a tunnel and can't move, and a spider finally crawls out,

Ugh, I get goosebumps just thinking about it. This is even more disgusting than real wall ass.

There was another thing that made Abe even more uncomfortable.

That is, as he moved forward, he would occasionally step on some spider webs wrapped in small balls, which could be crushed with one foot.

There is actually a large group of small spiders in there. The real small spiders are only as big as a human finger.

These little spiders were so weak that even their murderous aura could not be sensed. In Abe's perception, it was as if they did not exist. He would often step on them without warning while walking, and a slippery and itchy feeling would instantly spread from his legs.

It felt slippery because he had killed countless spiders with his kick, and it felt itchy because those spiders were crawling up his legs.

I'm not afraid of a strong enemy, I'm just afraid of a disgusting enemy. These little spiders aren't even enemies.

“Disgusting!”

As soon as the spider crawled onto his body, he would recall the humiliation he suffered in Guior's body, and his PTSD from the battlefield immediately took effect, making the whole dragon become a little irritable.

Since this place was so disgusting, Abe finally transformed himself into a loyal listener of the 365-mile journey. He rushed towards the place he could see without even glancing at the bright side roads beside him.

Now he only wanted to collect some plants along the way and leave, and had no intention of staying in the deep nest for any longer.

There are also plants in the Deep Nest map.

These plants blend perfectly with the surrounding environment. They are mainly gray in color and you may miss them if you are not careful. Most of them are aggressive.

As if to compensate the adventurers who entered this dangerous and scary map, the probability of attacking the plants here to obtain the plant itself or even seeds seems to have become much higher. After half a day's effort, Abe has obtained several plants, and the efficiency is twice that of other maps.

Sacrificing some spiritual SAN value for a better reward. Should this be considered a good deal?

As he ran, he didn't know where he entered. When Abe came out of the tunnel, he found that he seemed to have come to the inside of a large semicircular building. At first glance, he thought he had entered the cocoon of an insect.

Generally speaking, if you see an open area in the Senn dungeon, you should consider whether there are elites or even bosses ahead.

But now this is in the Cangyin Underground City. There seems to be nothing inside this building, not even a moving spider can be seen.

Instead, the corpses of various insects wrapped in spider webs piled up into small hills, and there were also some human-shaped insect corpses lying scattered on the ground, all motionless.

What was even more surprising was that next to the pile of insect corpses, there was actually an iron bench clearly placed there.

It's strange. The chair looks ordinary, but it gives people the feeling that "it will definitely be very comfortable to sit on."

“I feel tired and bored.”

Seeing that there didn't seem to be any murderous aura here, Abe swayed his arms back and forth, as if fatigue was coming up all at once. When he saw the bench, he sat on it without thinking, groaning as he leaned against the comfortable bench, which was quite soft to sit on.

He wasn't physically tired, but mentally he was exhausted, or rather, bored.

Abe's voice muttering to himself could be heard from inside the huge building.

"I don't know what's going on lately. I feel like my energy is draining away quickly. I can't concentrate on anything I do. Could it be that I'm getting old? I heard that humans go through menopause at a certain age. Could it be that I'm also..."

This feeling of quickly draining energy no matter what he does has only recently appeared in Abe. If he thinks about it carefully, it probably appeared when the war festival reopened.

It was as if he had lost interest in everything in the world. Just like those people with electronic impotence who were too lazy to open games, Abe was too lazy to do anything.

At first, he was unwilling to do things that he was not interested in. Later, he became bored with the work he should do in the tribe. Now, although he was looking forward to collecting plants, he became lazy after entering the Cangyin Dungeon for a while. It was definitely not because he was disgusted by the spiders.

"Ahh, I really want to lie in bed and do nothing, just eat and wait for death."

Abe made a sound of letting go, closed his eyes and rested, and after a while he actually started snoring.

What he didn't notice was that this laziness didn't seem to be limited to him.

Their usual playmates have been a little reluctant recently when asked to come out and play. Moore has shown little interest in the daily training left by Yufei, and even Ero yawns at the banquet hosting Luluwo.

What was happening now was something he couldn't understand for the time being.

After an unknown amount of time, Abei opened his eyes. He felt refreshed after a good sleep, and his energy seemed to have returned.

"Okay, let's go out and see how everyone's collecting is going. That's all for today."

He yawned and was about to stand up from the bench.

"Huh? Can't stand up?"

His body didn't move at all, or to be more precise, the bench stuck him!

It was not until this time that he realized that the reason why the bench felt soft was because a large number of dark spider webs were stuck on it!

"How is it possible that it's so sticky that it can't even stand up!"

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get up because the spider web was stuck to his skin and he didn't dare to pull it hard.

This is too embarrassing. If I tell anyone about it, everyone will laugh at me.

Just as Abe was thinking about how to break the deadlock, there was a slight noise nearby.

He looked over suddenly, and the next moment, he saw that the insect corpses that were originally lying on the ground slowly stood up and surrounded him.

"Um, what's up with you guys?"

Stared at by dozens of giant bugs standing like normal people, Abe forced a smile.

The bugs slowly moved towards him without saying a word.

"Wait, what are you doing!?"

"I warned you not to come here!"

"Get out of here!"

(End of this chapter)