The Invisible Mogul novel Chapter 2369

Clearly wondering the same thing, one of the Zemans was prompted to ask, “…What’s this old woman doing here of all places, Patriarch…?”

“…That’s no old woman… If my eyes aren’t deceiving me, I believe that’s a Corpse Demon Spider…!” replied Walter in a grave tone.

As soon as Walter’s sentence ended, the rhythmic sounds of the flint striker seemed to hasten… and without warning, the old woman turned around and began bolting toward the group!

Everyone could only stare wide-eyed as the ‘old woman’ summoned a green flame that quickly morphed into the shape of a fiery blade! Watching as the spine-tingling—and seemingly bloodthirsty—blade flew toward them, Walter quickly pushed Gerald to the side while yelling, “Don’t let the fire touch you!”

While Walter and Gerald were able to dodge the attack with their lightness skills, the three Zemans behind them weren’t as lucky.

Screaming in agony as the fiery blade pierced through them, their bodies were quickly engulfed by green flames. Barely a second later, all three of them exploded, leaving nothing but dust behind…!

Upon witnessing all that, Gerald felt his heart skip a beat. Now fully vigilant, the boy entered his attack stance before quickly gathering all the torches off the other Zemans and embedding them into the cavern’s walls at lightning speed.

With the surroundings now much better lit, Gerald gave the Corpse Demon Spider a good look… and soon saw that it possessed four pairs of black, steel-like pincers. Aside from the fact that its face was also pitch black, the messy-haired beast was near indistinguishable from a regular old woman from the back, especially in a darkened room.

Regardless, Gerald quickly snapped out of it when the beast began rubbing its pincers together while baring its fangs. The friction formed from its upper and lower jaw rubbing against each other was apparently enough to create blue sparks… So the sounds they had earlier heard hadn’t come from an actual flint striker… As it turned out, it was simply the sound of the spider’s fangs grinding against each other…!

“As I feared, it really is a Corpse Demon Spider… Listen, everyone! Be careful not to come into contact with its corpse flame! The second you do, you’ll instantly melt into a puddle of acid!” declared Walter as he signaled his men to disperse. At the very least, this would prevent the beast from finishing all of them off in one go.