si-mexico Chapter 357 Attempting Communication
Chapter 357 Attempting Communication
"Excuse me, gentlemen! Excuse me, I think there's been some misunderstanding... um, I don't know if you gentlemen understand what misunderstanding means?"
As the two spider demons hung upside down atop an unknown cliff, engrossed in their discussion about the invasion of strange species, particularly their mortal enemies, the Faceless Ones, a deliberate voice drifted from the webs surrounding them.
Being able to understand ancient languages and truly express oneself using ancient vocabulary is not an easy task.
When the awkward and strange sounds came from the mouth of the prey that was wrapped up and hanging upside down.
Two eight-legged, six-armed spider demons, each over three meters long, stared at Lorraine in surprise, their compound eyes on their purple carapaces scrutinizing her... A total of sixteen deep, round, black jade-like spider demon eyes were fixed on Lorraine, who was hanging upside down.
Lorraine felt as if she was sweating.
Perhaps it was the blood rubbed off by the light rope against the body's surface... or perhaps it was some unknown liquid burning the flesh and turning it into a mixture.
In an uncomfortable position, vision is limited and the world is inverted. The prey, hanging upside down, tilts its head to try and get a better look at its surroundings, trying to determine if it can escape the spider monster's mandibles and claws should it turn on the prey...
Upon closer inspection, the varying lengths of the light ropes all appear to be hanging down from the top of the cliff.
Even when they are not binding their prey, they spread across the entire cliff face like vines... These light ropes seem to grow on the cliff face, but strangely, they do not attack the spider demons that move around them.
With a couple of simple shakes, the light rope tightened more and more, almost like a magic rope binding a spirit...
Lorraine immediately became more docile and prepared to be polite...
If the other party can speak, then there is a real need for communication!
After he made a sound, the two monsters immediately fell silent and began to carefully examine Lorraine, their prey caught in the net.
Lorraine was pinned down by several sharp insect legs and spun around repeatedly, as if the insect was examining his entire body. He could only patiently wait for the talking insect to respond.
On one hand, he could hear his previously faint heartbeat pounding louder and louder this time; on the other hand, he was trying his best to mobilize all his strength, especially his gradually recovering magic and necromantic power... to prevent any accidents from happening.
His entire body was tightly bound, and only his right eye, which was marked with runes, seemed capable of launching an attack.
This is our last resort!
I don't know if I can deal with these two strange creatures...
Fortunately, after examining Lorraine thoroughly, turning him over and over, the two spider demons seemed to have finally located the source of the familiar sound he was making. The spider demons confirmed that his head was underneath. Lorraine only saw a purple blur flash before his eyes, and the part of the light rope covering his head was instantly sliced into countless pieces...
The broken part of the light rope rapidly shrank in the air and completely dissipated into powder, almost blinding Lorraine.
Once his field of vision cleared, Lorraine looked down carefully and saw that he was being held in one of the hands of two spider demons, with sharp, blade-like claws only a few millimeters away from him... as if they could slice him into powder at any moment, just like those glowing, sentient, non-harmful spider demon ropes.
Lorraine dared not move an inch.
The two spider-men, like statues, stared at him, their sixteen compound eyes, devoid of white, jet black, locked onto Lorraine from all angles... like wolf spiders before their hunt...
Lorraine's lower body was still bound... the light rope binding him wasn't just a single strand, but clusters of symbiotic entities. Even when attacked by the spider demon, these entities didn't seem to retaliate; instead, they obeyed the spider demon's commands, swaying around him like obedient, glowing insects...
Lorraine, with only his head showing, awkwardly faced the two spider demons... He wanted to do something!
Breaking the deadlock...
Compared to the size of the spider demons, he was like a kitten, held in the hands of two curious giants. Lorraine was afraid that these two spider demons would treat him like a human child crushing a chick or duckling.
Even though the other party did not respond, he quickened his pace and hurriedly greeted them again in Ancient Elvish.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous! Gentlemen, I'm not a good person... no, I... I... I'm a good person, I'm not an enemy. We're allies! Titans! Yes, yes, the Titans sent me here. The Lich King is my enemy, and I'm here to help you fight the Lich King! Fight the Old Gods..."
nervous?
Don't be nervous, the Zerg didn't react to Lorraine's words at all.
Lorraine herself was nervous...
"The Faceless Ones you speak of, the Old Gods, I did not summon them! It was the humans! The Alliance... those insolent fellows above, they are our common enemy... I swear, I am a courteous necromancer, my love for life and all things is deeper than that of the Titans, I will not favor any race or faction... No one, Old God, Titan, or any other deity, can enslave us! We fight for freedom..."
He was incoherent and extremely flustered.
Lorraine discovered that he could understand the other person's language, but the other person did not react at all to his string of words.
Could it be that I mispronounced it?
The two spider demons looked at each other and tilted their heads. One of them asked in surprise, "A necromancer?"
The other spider-man, with two more compound eyes on its forehead and a cloth-like ornament wrapped around its waist, turned to look at the huge portal surrounded by crystals opposite it—the very spot where Lorraine had been captured—a mysterious and imposing gate that appeared to be an ancient dark portal.
It murmured, "Freedom?"
The spider demon seemed to be laughing, and its companions also vibrated their transparent little wings... It turned out that they had some secondary wings on their backs. These creatures could speak, had expressions, and even emotions and power. Lorraine was finally able to see the spider demon in its entirety.
Most spider demons are about three to five meters long...
The lower body is not much different from that of a spider, with either six or eight legs...
Its upper body also has three pairs of claws, each with a different function.
Their heads are covered with their own carapace. If you look closely, some spider demons even have protective armor-like plates at their joints, resembling metal or crystal ornaments... Their larvae lack a carapace; mature larvae have a purplish-black carapace, while larvae are pinkish-white.
The enormous spider demons also have special decorations and protective gear.
Insects wearing clothes?
Wearing armor?
Even more surprisingly, Lorraine discovered that along the edge of the cliff, there were even larger insectoids wielding various weapons, seemingly guarding the various openings. These spider-like beings, living upside down, clearly had a hierarchy, organization, intelligence, and even distinct functional zones.
Lorraine felt that the problem was that he was currently in the middle of countless spider demons, many of whom were feeding on their prey, which were bound by the same light ropes as him.
It's unclear what's bound inside, but several have clearly been used, leaving empty shells with vaguely visible skeletons or spines inside.
Not far away, as Lorraine's gaze fell, a spider-man spat out a sphere and threw it off the rock wall... Its mouthparts chewed and sucked what appeared to be the limbs of an animal, or perhaps another insect...
Is this the Spider Demon's restaurant?
The area below... was completely murky.
Lorraine felt a chill run through him. He figured that even if he broke free of his restraints, he would likely be smashed to pieces if he fell...