[The [Abyssal Giant Red-Stripped Spider General (C+ Rank)] is in awe as you've slain most of his troops!]
[His very presence weakens as his troops have been taken down, your stats are no longer lowered by his aura…]
[However, a swelling, innate power is surging from within!]
The giant, red-stripped spider general roared in fury, its entire body surging with a red, blazing aura that spread across our surroundings. The black parts of its exoskeleton turned completely red, while the red stripes took the shape of black and purple flames.
Its body size suddenly increased by two times, and its sharp and long legs gained countless spikes, while its eyes grew much larger… I see, so this bastard had a special skill.
[The [Abyssal Giant Red-Stripped Spider General (C+ Rank)] has activated the [Blazing General Transformation] Skill!]
[All of their Stats have increased by +50%, and their Rank has risen to C++!]
[A powerful Aura of Cursed Flames spread around, if you touch them, you will be cursed and receive constant damage…]
My grimoire informed me of everything happening, working as intended and very usefully, as usual. I quickly told this to my friends, as they readied for battle.
"W-Wait, this thing can transform and increase its own Rank?!" Elfriedden reacted in shock. "Now I know why nobody below B Rank can clear even the first floor…"
"Amazing, it got much stronger…!" Erika was flabbergasted.
"Oi, this is getting interesting now." Erdrich smiled devilishly.
"W-Woah, it's coming!" Chris panicked.
The General Spider rushed forwards, its gigantic body making the entire Dungeon tremble. Its gigantic legs hit the ground, making everything tremble, cracks spread everywhere, the entire Dungeon seemed to be about to fall apart.
TRUM! TRUM! TRUM! TRUM!
"Good! I wouldn't had wanted it any other way!" I laughed. "The stronger, he more satisfying it is to defeat after all! Everyone, I'll bait its attacks, attack it while it has its attacks on me!"
"Okay!" Everyone agreed. Meanwhile, in the back, Elizabeth, Eric, and Alberta were taking care of the other monsters so they wouldn't get in our way.
The Giant General Spider immediately noticed I was closer, as I called for him with a loud shout. After seeing me kill so many of his kin, he must be furious.
"Come on, I am here, you oversized bug." I smiled. "I already beat Beelzebub, you're nothing compared to that bastard."
The Giant General roared, opening its sharp mandibles and unleashing a mass of blazing cursed flames against me.
However, even when they hit me and cursed my body, it wasn't even that much. Thanks to my unique physique, I was mostly immune to most status effects, and with the authority of demonic flames and gluttony, I was able to absorb and devour the cursed flames.
"Oi, oi, you didn't even burned my clothes." I laughed. "This school's uniform is truly top notch, especially when I wear this wyvern scale armor on top."
"SHYAAAGH?!" The Spider was shocked, but it didn't gave up, quickly charging and unleashing several fireballs, alongside deadly claw attacks using its newly-grown scorpion-like pincers.
CLAAASH! CLAAASH! CRAAAAASH!!!
"Too slow!" I laughed, evading the blows with ease, while charging my power into my Spear.
Meanwhile, Erika, Chris, Elfriedden, and Erdrich attacked the beast from behind. Erdrich hit it first, descending from the ceiling and pointed his fists down.
"{Heavenly Demon Art}: {Demon Meteor}!"
The spider immediately lost its balance as Erdrich landed on its abdomen, completely unfazed by the cursed flames, he pierced through its body and left a huge hole behind, which wasn't regenerating thanks to the demonic energy in the wound.
"You've got too many legs, how about we take some out, huh?" Elfriedden smiled, his Thread and Needle Spirit flew around the monster rapidly, wrapping around three of its gigantic legs and then, slicing them apart. "{Lethal Thread Arts}: {Slicing Threads}!"
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLAAASH!
All three legs fell into the floor, green blood oozing out of them and the wounds left behind in the giant spider, the beast lose its balance and even as it tried to crawl back, it couldn't stand up properly.
The Spider furiously moved its entire body towards Elfriedden, attacking with several destructive blows that blew away the floor and the walls. However, Elfriedden swiftly evaded the sluggish attacks and used barriers made of frost threads to protect himself from the cursed flames.
"Oi, you're forgetting about someone!" Chris smiled. "{Blazing Spirit Fox Magic}: {Parade of a Hundred Fox Spirits}!"
Chris raised his staff as hundreds of flames in the shape of foxes emerged, his blazing fox spirit fusing with his very magic to conjure such a powerful spell, the foxes flew over the spider, attacking it by slashing the beast with their claws, or biting it with their blazing jaws, while constantly exploding and dealing constant damage.
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
"GRRRRGGGHHH…!" The Spider moved to Chris direction, only for Erika to appear in front of it.
"Hello!" She giggled evilly, her eyes glowing bright gold and red with the fieriness of a growing dragoness. Her entire body gained an armor of spirit wood dragon scales, as she grew gigantic dragon claws made from her own spiritual wood, slashing at the spider's eyes.
SLAAASH! SLAAASH! SLAAAASH!
Right after that, she jumped over the monster and unleashed a barrage of blows using her gigantic demon sword, slicing through the beast's exoskeleton.
While all of this happened, I readied my attack, charging demonic energy, vampiric power, ki, and mana into my spear.
{Vampiric Gluttony Spear Arts}: {Demonic Blood Inferno}!
Flames converged with all these powers and energies, and the Authority of Gluttony, generating deep dark red flames unlike any other, which shaped like countless, vicious and gluttonous jaws constantly twisting around like the flames themselves.
I launched the spear itself against the spider's head, the weapon easily pierced through it, as these all-devouring flames engulfed the monster in an utter inferno.
The giant spider groaned in agony; its entire body being completely roasted.