Zain quickly slipped blood bullets into his pistol.
"Let's see how you like this."
He aimed at the shifting mass of silk above—
And fired.
BANG!
The bullet tore through the air and struck something unseen.
It detonated mid-web with a sharp boom.
Strands of reinforced silk burst into flame.
But there was no scream.
No death cry.
Only a faint skittering… then silence.
"…Huh?"
A sudden impact crashed down in front of him.
Zain was forced to leap back.
Dust exploded outward.
From the crater, Skorvile rose.
Zain's eyes widened a little.
"…Well, damn."
It was massive, easily over three meters tall.
Its lower body was an armored spider.
And the upper torso was shaped like a humanoid woman.
Except its "skin" was a shell.
Its arms were long and jagged.
And its face was completely hidden beneath a bone mask.
Six twitching legs clicked against the ground beneath it.
Silk lines hung from its back like living threads.
It made no sound.
