I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 47

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#Chapter 47.
We all threw ourselves out of the way simultaneously, dodging the waterfall of webbing that cascaded down upon us.
Whoosh!
Han-sung observed the web embedded in the spot where he’d been standing moments before, his mind already working.
‘If I don’t cut precisely with the flow, it’s going to be nearly impossible to sever.’
Though I wielded a reasonably fine blade, that webbing was unmistakably formidable in its tensile strength.
The best strategy was to avoid it altogether from the start.
Fortunately, the other two also evaded the webbing without sustaining any damage.
―You wretches!
But that was merely the beginning.
Arachne, witnessing how nimbly the intruders had dodged her webbing, shrieked with renewed fury.
Tap-tap!
She manipulated multiple legs in rapid succession, accelerating toward Han-sung at tremendous speed.
Crash!
Arachne raised one of her massive limbs above Han-sung, who stood closest to her, and brought it crashing down with devastating force.
The velocity and power behind the strike were indeed extraordinary.
‘So in this place, even the largest creatures possess agility that defies expectation.’
Honestly, for something of that size to execute such rapid attacks felt almost unfair.
Crash, crash, crash―!
Yet even as these thoughts crossed my mind, I evaded the successive strikes with relative ease.
For all of Arachne’s bulk and speed, she couldn’t quite match the fluidity of my movements.
Whoooosh!
While Han-sung drew Arachne’s attention, Hank—who had repositioned himself in the shadows to avoid notice—began unleashing arrows.
Arrows wreathed in tremendous flames rained down like a deluge.
Had one not witnessed him drawing the bowstring, one might have sworn dozens of archers were firing simultaneously.
―Kyaaaaaaah!
The flaming arrows found their mark, and Arachne shrieked in agony, her body convulsing.
Yet even in her pain, her assault never ceased.
Whoooosh―!
As though her upper and lower bodies operated independently, she wailed while driving her legs downward, and in the intervals between strikes, she spewed webbing in all directions.
“We cannot allow her to continue producing webbing!”
At that moment, Elion’s voice boomed across the chamber.
“If the floor becomes completely covered, our mobility will be severely compromised!”
Now that he mentioned it, I could indeed see patches of webbing accumulating across the ground.
The strands she’d already expelled didn’t simply vanish upon contact with the floor—they accumulated steadily.
If this continued, our footing would diminish with each passing moment, making it far more difficult to engage her as effectively as we were now.
Tap―!
The instant my assessment was complete, I kicked off the ground and charged directly toward Arachne.
Ordinarily, I preferred to maintain distance while probing for weaknesses, but this situation demanded a change in tactics.
―Kieeeek!
Arachne let out an enraged shriek upon seeing me charge forward, then raised both legs and brought them crashing down.
Crack-crack-crack-crack!
I angled my blade diagonally to deflect the descending legs, then immediately closed the distance and slashed across her torso.
Thud-crack!
The attack landed solidly. But it wasn’t enough to deliver a killing blow immediately.
Whoosh!
Arachne fired webbing from her position before I could press the advantage.
Blade still in hand, I threw myself to the side.
My previous attack seemed to have only inflamed her rage, yet it had yielded results nonetheless.
She’d stopped her relentless barrage of webbing in all directions.
Before Arachne could resume her assault, I closed in again and began unleashing a flurry of sword strikes.
Crack-crack, slash!
But Arachne was no longer as defenseless as before.
Her exoskeleton was the real problem—even my blade left only shallow wounds upon her carapace.
Considering that my sword strikes could cleave through stone, it was remarkable indeed.
Yet I was not alone in this battle.
Thwip-thwip-thwip-thwip!
Just as Arachne was about to launch webbing toward me, arrows suddenly pierced her body.
She shrieked in pain and convulsed, unable to fire her webbing—the arrows had struck her vulnerable spots with perfect precision.
Crackle-crackle-crack!
Moreover, the embedded arrows didn’t merely wound; they froze the surrounding tissue as well.
Every arrow was infused with magic, and as a result, Arachne’s movements grew progressively sluggish.
“Arachne! I’m here too!”
Elion coordinated perfectly with me, relentlessly harassing Arachne from his position.
While Elion’s individual strikes lacked my raw power, his speed far exceeded mine.
Arachne naturally attempted to counterattack against Elion as well.
Yet Elion moved with such agility that he evaded every assault.
Caught between sword strikes from both sides and pelted with arrows whenever she tried to mount an offense, Arachne found herself increasingly cornered.
For such a confident entrance, she was being pushed back relentlessly.
It seemed we could fell her without much difficulty—or so I thought.
―Kyiiiiiiiiiiii!
Suddenly, Arachne unleashed a piercing shriek. She hadn’t even been struck.
My doubt lasted only a moment.
As her cry ceased, crimson light began pouring from Arachne’s eyes in torrents, prompting Elion to shout again.
“No! Arachne is going berserk!”
“Berserk?”
“She’s attempting to expend all her mana and life force at once!”
Only then did I grasp the situation.
Occasionally, powerful monsters could unleash more than double their normal strength.
They poured everything they possessed into a single, desperate moment.
However, the price was steep. Typically, when one wielded power in such a manner, they either met death or suffered equivalent devastation.
‘She must have pushed herself to the limit.’
I sensed that Arachne had instinctively grasped that without this gambit, she would simply exhaust herself and perish helplessly.
Boom―!
The effects became apparent almost immediately.
Arachne, moving once more, launched her assault at a speed several times faster than before.
I barely evaded the attack by a hair’s breadth, only for webs to come hurtling toward me next.
Crash, crash, crash!
“Ugh!”
Worse still, she was simultaneously attacking Elion on the opposite side.
Whoosh!
Thanks to Hank’s timely arrows providing cover, I managed to create some distance and catch my breath.
But I couldn’t keep retreating indefinitely.
Arachne, now in a frenzy, was scattering webs in all directions.
More than half the floor was already blanketed in webbing.
I quickly assessed the situation and shouted.
“We need to land one massive blow!”
“It’ll take some time to prepare!”
Hank cried out as he nocked an arrow.
Naturally, Arachne showed him no mercy either.
She continued firing webs in his direction relentlessly.
So Hank kept shifting position while loosing arrows.
“I can’t move while I’m preparing!”
“Leave it to me!”
Then Elion interjected.
“I can restrain her for about two minutes!”
Hank fell silent for a moment before responding.
“Understood!”
It was the first time he’d actually answered one of Elion’s remarks.
Elion’s face lit up with emotion as he shouted.
“Leave it to me!”
With that, Elion charged directly at the enraged Arachne.
―Kyaaaah!
Arachne naturally raised two of her legs, attempting to strike down at Elion.
Elion raised his blade toward her and cried out.
“Bind her now―!”
I barely had time to wonder what he was doing.
Whoooosh!
Suddenly, thorned vines erupted from beneath the ground, coiling around and ensnaring Arachne.
Arachne thrashed in panic, but the more she struggled, the tighter the thorned vines constricted around her.
“Please, just a little longer!”
Meanwhile, Elion continued screaming at the empty air.
‘Wait, hold on.’
I turned my gaze toward where Elion was looking and spotted something—a blurred form of some kind.
It bore a faint greenish hue, and while I couldn’t make out its exact shape, I was certain something was there.
“Oh! You can see it too!”
Elion’s voice brightened at my reaction.
“This is Rife, the spirit I have a contract with!”
I found it surprising that Elion had the composure to speak even as Arachne thrashed about wildly, but the thorny vines showed no signs of snapping easily—they held firm.
Considering Arachne’s extraordinary strength, the spirit’s power itself must have been formidable.
Though taken aback, I moved to attack Arachne.
But Elion shook his head and spoke.
“Don’t attack now—gather your strength! If she thrashes any harder, I won’t be able to hold her!”
True enough. If I joined in the assault, Arachne would naturally struggle more violently.
I nodded and immediately began drawing up my mana.
‘One powerful strike.’
Hank might finish her, but if he couldn’t, I’d need to deliver the final blow.
So I raised my concentration to its peak and fixed my gaze on Arachne.
The flow surrounding Arachne was as complex as her massive body was large.
But no creature exists without a weakness.
Whoooosh—
Mana gathered at my sword’s tip.
To pierce one precise point, I compressed and condensed my mana into a single focus.
“Ugh! I’m at my limit now!”
Not long after, Elion cried out and hastily withdrew backward.
Pop-pop-pop-pop!
At that same moment, the thorny vines binding Arachne burst apart one by one.
If this continued, the freed Arachne would run wild again.
Whoooooooosh!
But Hank was one step faster.
The surrounding mana swirled toward him and was sucked in, and then—whoosh—flames erupted from the arrow nocked on his bowstring.
Without hesitation, Hank released the arrow toward Arachne.
Whoooosh!
The arrow wreathed in flames grew larger and larger as it left the bowstring.
A massive pillar of fire formed around the arrow. I realized it wasn’t merely a fire element attack—it was combined with wind element as well.
Arachne tried to dodge by bursting the remaining thorny vines, but—
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom!
The arrow reached her first, piercing deep into her body.
Arachne’s chilling scream echoed throughout the entire cavern. Even Elion gasped in admiration at the tremendous power.
Hank, too, seemed to think this was sufficient, as he lowered his bow.
But Han-sung was different.
Crack!
Han-sung stomped the ground once more.
He surged forward at a terrifying speed toward Arachne, obscured within the inferno.
―Kyaaaaaaah!
And when Arachne’s body emerged above the flames, Han-sung launched himself skyward.
Her sinister gaze and the violet aura coalescing in both her hands made it abundantly clear—she had intended to strike a fatal blow while everyone’s guard was down.
But Han-sung afforded her no such opportunity.
Whoosh!
Han-sung swung his blade, radiating blue light and trembling with power, directly toward Arachne’s head.
Light flashed—
Craaaaaack!
Arachne’s upper body cleaved cleanly in two and fell.
Simultaneously, the attack she had prepared scattered into fragments and vanished without a trace.
Thud.
The moment Han-sung landed on the ground, leaving Arachne’s bisected corpse behind him.
[Floor 40 objective completed]
[Hidden objective achieved]
Messages materialized before my eyes.

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