A single Hangman Spider is not scary!
But when they appear in groups, they are quite terrifying, the most troublesome magical beasts in the outer regions of the Tobu Great Forest.
Hangman Spiders spit silk extremely fast. Once entangled by a group of Hangman Spiders, one will be covered in a large amount of silk in a short time, making it impossible to break free.
It is said that this spider silk has extremely strong toughness and is a very excellent material!
However, now is clearly not the time to be thinking about that.
Nolan moved quickly through the jungle, while thinking about how to get rid of the large number of Hangman Spiders behind him.
In this forest environment, his speed was constantly being compressed.
Those basketball-sized Hangman Spiders, however, were unaffected. By continuously spitting silk and sticking to the surrounding tree trunks, they could move quickly!
Whoosh!
A sound of something cutting through the air came from behind him.
Nolan didn't even think, he just swung his sword back.
Puff!
The Hangman Spider that had caught up first let out a piercing shriek as it was cut in half by Nolan's iron sword, and a viscous, light green liquid splattered everywhere.
'Gained 23 experience points'
Huh?
Nolan's steps didn't stop, but his eyes widened. The experience given was surprisingly high.
Thinking of the Hangman Spiders chasing him, there were at least seventy or eighty, if not a hundred.
If he could eliminate all these Hangman Spiders in one go.
He would gain at least two to three thousand experience points, enough to level up 2 times!
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Spider silk as thick as a pinky finger shot out from the many Hangman Spiders behind, all attacking in Nolan's direction.
He twisted his left foot!
Nolan's figure dodged behind a large tree to his left, using the thick trunk as a shield, causing a large amount of spider silk to miss.
Several strands of spider silk landed on the ground to one side. Nolan's mind stirred, and he tried to cut the silk with the iron sword in his hand.
"Bang!"
The spider silk bent under the attack of the blade, then snapped, making a subtle sound of extreme resilience.
Trouble!
Perceiving the flexibility of the spider silk, Nolan finally understood why this silk was an excellent magical material.
Bang!
Nolan's eyes changed. He pushed off the tree trunk with his back foot, accelerating forward again, leaving his previous spot.
In just the blink of an eye, several Hangman Spiders had already surrounded that large tree.
Although Nolan had once again shaken off these Hangman Spiders, the distance between them was getting closer and closer!
"If I had skills like a Druid, Forest Priest, or even a Skirmisher, I wouldn't be in such a sorry state."
A thin layer of sweat broke out on Nolan's forehead as he constantly used the surrounding trees to dodge the spider silk attacks.
He couldn't drag this out any longer!
He could now clearly hear the hissing sounds of the Hangman Spiders chasing him. It wouldn't be long before these Hangman Spiders caught up to him.
Use magic?
The only offensive magic he had was "Magic Arrow," which would be useless against such a large number of Hangman Spiders.
Wait!
Nolan's eyes lit up. He suddenly remembered a magic he had mastered that might be useful in the current situation.
""Warm Up"!"
Nolan gripped the iron sword in his hand tightly and spoke in a low voice.
The "Warm Up" magic could heat up any object it touched, but it required time, and the temperature wasn't very high, so it could only be used for everyday tasks like cooking soup or heating food.
Although he had spent a skill point to upgrade this magic, the essential improvement wasn't significant, so Nolan still used it for heating food.
Now!
Nolan suddenly thought, since it could heat up objects it touched, could it also heat up weapons?
"Warm Up!"
In just about 10 seconds!
Nolan clearly felt the temperature of the iron sword in his hand rising. A burning hot sensation spread from his sword-holding palm.
Rip!
Nolan raised his left hand, grabbed the linen sleeve on his right arm, and pulled it hard, tearing it off to pad the hilt of the sword.
This was to prevent the temperature from getting too high and burning his hand.
One minute wasn't long, and it passed in a flash.
The temperature of the iron sword in his hand had been heated to 150 degrees Celsius, and the entire blade surface was radiating a scorching heat.
The overall appearance of the iron sword hadn't changed at all. After all, the melting point of iron is above 1500 degrees Celsius; 150 degrees wouldn't even make the iron sword glow red.
Puff!
The sound of white spider silk spitting out came again.
This time.
Nolan didn't dodge. Instead, he raised the scorching iron sword in his hand and slashed at the incoming spider silk.
The originally tough spider silk was easily cut and split under the high-temperature blade!
"Indeed, no matter how tough something like spider silk is, it doesn't have much resistance to high temperatures."
"Now, it's my turn to counterattack!"
Seeing this, Nolan's mouth curved into a smile, and his gaze turned cold as he looked at the large number of Hangman Spiders continuously chasing him.
The truly troublesome aspect of these Hangman Spiders was their incredibly tough spider silk!
But now!
With the high-temperature iron sword able to easily cut through this spider silk.
Then—
Nolan stomped hard on the ground, stopping his escape, then, instead of retreating, he advanced, turning to charge at the incoming Hangman Spiders.
"Four-Light Consecutive Slash!"
Nolan let out a low shout, and the iron sword in his hand flashed with four black afterimages in the air.
The scorching blade pierced through the air, not only easily cutting the large amount of white spider silk that shot towards him but also instantly killing four Hangman Spiders that were charging at the very front!
'Gained 21 experience points!'
'Gained 27 experience points!'
'Gained 22 experience points!'
'Gained 25 experience points!'
"Hiss!"
"Hiss!"
"Hiss!"
"...!"
Piercing hissing sounds rang out densely!
As Nolan stopped running, the large number of Hangman Spiders that had been chasing him quickly surrounded him.
One by one, the Hangman Spiders crawled among the surrounding tree branches, making "hissing" sounds, their crimson eyes fixed on Nolan, who stood on the thick leaves.
Puff—Puff—
Dense white spider silk simultaneously shot out from the abdomens of the Hangman Spiders. Many Hangman Spiders cooperated, constructing a complex spiderweb in the air, which then enveloped Nolan below.
"Useless!"
Nolan grinned, and with a casual swipe of his iron sword towards the sky.
The sticky white spiderweb was instantly split in half by the attack of the high-temperature iron sword, falling to the ground.
This situation caused the Hangman Spiders, who had been continuously hissing, to pause their movements!
"The slaughter begins!" Nolan suddenly rushed to the base of a large tree, pushed off the trunk with force, and leaped into the air.
"Four-Light Consecutive Slash!"
Puff!
Puff!
Puff!
'Gained 27 experience points!'
'Gained 25 experience points!'
'... ... ...'
The information on the attribute panel began to refresh constantly.
Large numbers of Hangman Spider remains flew, and light green, reddish liquid continuously scattered from the air, filling the air with a disgusting stench.
Without the threat of the spider silk, these Hangman Spiders were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered in Nolan's hands.