Chapter 58: Why should I go?
That night, the moonlight and the stars were difficult to see.
The dense black pine trees obscured the moonlight and the stars, causing the whole valley to fall into a deathly black.
Robb had just laid in a small tent specially set up for him, ready to go to bed, before he heard Xuelu’s voice, “Mr. Robb, are you asleep?”
“Not yet!”
“Can you come out and talk with us for a moment?”
Robb climbed out of the tent and saw Xuelu, Gorda, and Jike all there. The three pointed to the edge of the camp. Robb understood and followed them to the far corner of the camp.
All four squatted down and huddled behind the grass. Gorda lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Robb, did you come into the mountain to find the silk of the man-eating spider?"
Robb smiled and nodded, “You are so much smarter than the Baron and nun. They must have been in the organization for a long time. They are so naive that they still have no idea why I’m really here."
All three adventurers were happy, and Gorda whispered, "The silk you got earlier from the web during the day shouldn’t be enough for you. Do you need more?”
Robb took out some spider silk from his pocket, which was the silk of the cobweb that Gorda had cut for him during the day. It was so little, he sighed, "It’s too little! I need more. I will act with you, but my main purpose is to catch spiders. I don’t care about the necromancer.”
Gorda nodded, "I see! Then we'll pay attention as well. The next time we encounter a man-eating spider, we'll try our best to capture it alive."
Robb smiled and said, “I’ll trouble you for that then.”
“Don’t say trouble. You have helped us twice and given us a lot of things. This time when we entered the Black Pine Mountains, the things you gave us helped us tide over several difficulties. We should do something for you."
Jike, who is not very talkative, also nodded and said, "Let us help you find man-eating spiders. We are adventurers and have a lot of experience looking for things."
Robb has a lot of experience finding task monsters in the game, but it's hard to say the same in the real world. These three are familiar with this, so since they are willing to help, it couldn't be any better. He smiled and said, "then when you help the Baron find the necromancer, also help me find the man-eating spider. It must be captured alive, not dead!"
All three adventurers raised their hands and made an OK gesture.
The next day, early in the morning!
Even though the sun had already risen, it couldn't be seen from inside the valley. At the same time, the scouts under the Baron dispersed in groups to explore the valley carefully.
Robb and the three adventurers walked on the side, keeping a distance from the Baron's team, looking for a man-eating spider.
“Pay attention to narrow and dark places.” Jike said as he walked, "That's the kind of place man-eating spiders stay in. Look carefully… The gap between two big stones looks like a place where spiders prefer hanging webs, but a poisonous frog is squatting next to it. Man-eating spiders are afraid of these kinds of frogs, and they’ll surely not appear in the same area.”
The others nodded.
Robb listened modestly while being interested. Little Yi's head appeared behind him. She nodded to Jike and said, “Mr. Jike, thank you for your explanation. I really wanted to go over to see if there are any webs here. Your explanation saved a lot of time.”
Gorda said, "Sister, why are you looking for spiders? Aren't you helping the Baron find the necromancer?"
Little Yi didn't say it, but she thought, "Although I'm apologetic to the Baron, the church is more important to me than the kingdom. Since the priest is looking for spiders, then I have to give it more priority."
“Oh, look over there. It looks like a place with spiders.” Jike pointed ahead, where two large, bare stones between which formed a small, narrow passage.
“Indeed, spiders spin their webs in such places. Let’s go take a long,” said Little Yi happily.
The group of people quickly walked in front of the two big stones and got closer. Sure enough, they saw that there was really a transparent spider web hanging in the middle. Looking along the main filament of the cobweb, there was a small hole next to it. Just enough to fit the width of a person's shoulder.
Robb could not help saying, "this is the hole! The spider that was hacked to death by the Baron yesterday also hid in such a hole."
Jike said, "Now, we have to draw it out!" This kind of thing is very timid and vigilant. It will not come out until its prey is netted and no threatening creatures are outside. So, all of us have to hide and send one person to hang on the web, and when the spider comes out, the people hiding will rush up and capture it alive."
“Great! I can rest assured with you in command.” Robb gave Jike a thumbs up.
"The question is, which of us is going as bait?" Jike said.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Little Yi almost simultaneously!
The latter knew what they meant just by looking at their eyes and could not help pointing to her nose, "Why me?"
Robb said, "you are a nun. If you don't go, who will go?"
Little Yi said, "Why should a nun go at a time like this?"
Robb said, “The innocent nun was trapped by an evil spider and was saved by a group of adventurers. Isn’t that how most stories go? Otherwise, if you think of it in another manner, a careless, muscular Gorda, trapped in a web. The nun runs out to fight the spider and saves the muscular man.”
Little Yi, “…”
Little Yi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “I accept then.”
Everyone agreed and kicked the ground, spreading out and hiding behind the nearby stones and trees, leaving Yi alone in the area.
She looked around, sighed, and looked at the webs in front of her. Nothing much, let’s go.
She jumped, her body rotating mid-air. Hit! She’s stuck!
She did not jump nor resist like Robb did, but there was no doubt that she was stuck. Her left hand and feet were all immobile, leaving her only one hand to move.