As it turns out, there are a few more troubles further down the trail as I leave that death trap of a place. Instead of snakes, though, this time it was a swarm of spiders hanging on top of trees. How on earth was I able to notice them? That's quite simple, actually, as they were the ones who noticed me.
It was a moment ago when I was just walking around the place after I caught my breath in the shade of a tree. Despite all of the dangers that I have been unfortunate enough to face, I should have looked up as tons of silk thread stuck to me like glue and pulled me up to the tree tops.
That's where I have come face-to-face with a face that has 4 pairs of eyes staring straight at me. For obvious reasons, I instantly tried to free myself, knowing exactly what this thing was. It was a spider.
It was the web-using variety, which means that I was caught in a trap the moment I was under the tree. These types of spiders would always make a sort of trap, which is simply a net of web.
I must have triggered a strand of web that they laid under the tree for them to have noticed me. Either way, they would have noticed, I guess, since these things look to be able to see normally. Heck, this one has been looking at me while droll was flowing down its two sharp fangs.
That made me more nervous as I did not want to get eaten by this thing at all. I don't want to know if this thing also has venom, since that would only make it worse for me. Actually, it already made it worse as I squirm some more, trying to free myself from this trap I found myself in.
My pinchers were free, though, but were forced apart from one another, which I couldn't even move at all. Couldn't even try the leg strategy that I used against the eel because they were tied together, which hurt a lot.
So I was all together screwed, if it weren't for the fact that there was still one more thing that was affected by this brown spider's web. So when it was close to my face and was about to take a bite on my face with its fangs at the ready, I did the best thing that I could do. I was the one who took the first bite.
My mouth was not gagged, so I was able to do this. So I took my chance when it was close to my face and took a really hard bite out of the spider. Who, in turn, was now squirming and letting out a shriek of pain.
Of course, I was still hurt, as it turns out, this spider also has claws at the end of its legs. Which were now clawing on my face. Some were not deep, but some were deep enough to hurt and even cause it to bleed red.
Now my scuffle with the eel was not as damaging, aside from a few inner bruises that healed over time. This time, however, was different, as it would seem that this spider's claws were sharper than the eel's teeth.
Really need to think of a better way to fight these things besides the usual clobbering and biting. That urchin shell I have could be useful at this moment, but I will have to settle for the good old tried and tested way...I increase my biting force to its limit.
"SHAAAAAAAAAAHSH!"
I blocked off that horrible sound as I continued biting even harder than I ever have, as what I could only hope was gore and spider bodily fluids flowed down my gullet and into my stomach. I would have gagged if it weren't for the fact that this was a life-or-death situation I am currently facing. That and I think adrenaline was flowing down every nerve in my body, which was weird all on its own, but I remember the fact that my body was still vaguely human even though it was shifted into a crab-like body.
Either way, I continue to bite harder and harder, not once caring whether or not my how face and almost my eyes were ripped off by the spider's claws.
By some sort of miracle or by some luck, the spider stopped as though it tried its best to break itself free of my jaw. Seeing that I continued forward until I could see it drop dead where it stood.
It took quite a while, but in the end, the spider stopped moving, which was good for me as I finally stopped biting it harder.
I took a breather even though my mouth was filled with spider goo, and assessed the area. My current situation was awful to say the least, as I was still bound by the spider's silk threads. I would have fallen into despair if it weren't for the fact that I remember one certain detail.
I made sure that my hold on the spider corpse was secure enough to move it from side to side. It worked...almost as it flopped a bit sideways, but it could still reach the web that was tied against my claws.
It scrape a bit of the web off the top part. So I continued forth, doing my best to get these webs holding my pinchers off.
I know for a fact that I look ridiculous doing this, but I need to do it to free myself from being trapped in these tree tops.
I was a sitting duck just waiting for something bad to happen to me.
My nerves would have fried themselves to death if it weren't for the fact that, slowly but surely, I was getting free from my binds. Next thing I knew, I was now dangling upside down, as it would seem that the webs that were holding me were the only thing that was holding me up there in the treetops.
At least my pinchers were now free, but my legs were still tied together and were still strung up to the tree...so, with how annoyed I was at my current situation, I quickly picked up the spider corpse that I held onto with my jaw picked off the legs until I have the claw and proceeded to cut myself free of the binding that held me in this position.
Of course, for anyone who was expecting me to come headfirst into the ground. That did happen as with a snap and a loud thud, I was now free and bumped my head into the ground...hard.
At that point, I stayed like that for a couple of minutes, and then right there and then I simply decided to just get back to my lair before anything bad ever happened to me.
This time, I made sure to follow the signs that I had left so that I would be able to get back safely. But I had to patch myself up along the way as my whole body ached from the wounds that the spider dealt me. At least I was able to carry along its corpse on my back. This thing's claws were useful since they are sharp enough to cause me harm. It would make a good weapon to wield, too.