Chapter 14

## Summary

### 14-1

Kumoko has reduced the Elroe Kohokoro to mush raising the level of the [Cutting Thread] skill to Level 3. After eating the remains, Kumoko is about to target a rock to continue training when she notices a lone Anogratch watching her. The Anogratch attacks and Kumoko is forced on the defensive as she tried to take it down. She manages to trap it in her threads but as she finishes it the Anogratch lets out a massive scream. Leveling up increases three skills as Kumoko notes the lack of bitterness means the Anogratch isn't poisonous. As Kumoko looks for somewhere to make a nest to sleep, unbeknown to her, the Anogratch's death scream is heard by more of it's kind.

### 14-2

Kumoko has settled down after building a nest high up on the wall. She is awoken to find a pack of Anogratchs looking at the nest, despite it being camouflaged. Kumoko wonders if she was marked somehow by the dying Anogratch she killed earlier. Seeing some of the Anogratchs begin to climb, and counting over fifty of them, Kumoko tries to flee. However, the ceiling is too smooth to climb and the Anogratchs not climbing the wall are hurling stones at her, trapping her in the nest.

Having realized she cannot escape, Kumoko takes action, first trapping the walls with sticky threads to catch the climbing Anogratchs whilst using [Poison Synthesis] to attack and kill the climbers. Kumoko continues until her MP is low, and then starts extending the webs while throwing thread nets to trap the Anogratch, which are learning quickly and adapting to Kumoko's attacks.

More and more Anogratchs arrive and Kumoko finds her HP, SP and MP all running low. To avoid running out, Kumoko captures an Anogratch and pulls it to the nest so she can devour it and replenish. However, the fore-running Anogratchs are closing in a she does.

### 14-3

The battle shows no signs of letting up, despite the vast number of Anogratchs trapped in the webbing on the wall. The first Anogratch reaches the nest and is caught by Kumoko, but to avoid being used against the pack, the Anograch jumps off and falls to its death. Realizing the battle won't end until either she or all the Anogratchs are dead, Kumoko redoubles her efforts.

An Anogratch breaks through the floor of the nest and breaks Kumoko's leg. She quickly kills it and levels up as a result. Kumoko is forced to abandon the nest, using her shed skin as a distraction for the pair of Anogratchs who have reached that location. Using her freshly restored MP, Kumoko manipulates the threads trapping the Anogratchs on the wall and causes the wall to collapse, taking all the trapped Anogratch with it and crushing the ones below. Kumoko then quickly kills the Anogratch in the nest and secures it for herself once more.

Surveying the scene, Kumoko sees more Anogratchs arriving, along with three Bagragratchs. Kumoko concludes a Bagragratch is an evolution of Anogratch, and realizes that the battle is far from over.

## Quick References

1. Poisonous monsters taste bitter.
2. Anogratchs aren't poisonous.
3. Anogratchs are pack monsters. and swarm in overwhelming numbers.
4. Anogratchs prioritize the pack over themselves.
5. Fighting an Anogratch pack means fighting until one side is exterminated completely.
6. Bagragratch are evolved Anogratch.

## Chapter Notes

1. Kumoko Level 3 to Level 5.
2. [Cutting Thread] Level 1 to Level 3.
3. [Evasion] Level 1 acquired.
4. [Concentration] Level 1 to Level 2.
5. [Throw] Level 1 to Level 2.
6. [Hit] Level 1 to Level 2.

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