Vermis stretches his hand towards me and I immediately activate [Magic Shield] on Leiva and me.
But what he does is completely different from what I was expecting.
Something breaks he windows behind us, shattering it into pieces and, before I could react, it takes hold from the back of out heads. Is something stringy and sticky. It pulls us out through the broken glass out into the patio.
"Fuck!"
"Aaahhhh!" Leiva screams.
I brace myself for impact and worry about the teacher's wellbeing, but all I can do in that moment is to hope that she is safe thanks to the shield.
Luckily, is enough to help me hit the wall without much damage and only the hit from the impact against a wall.
I scramble to look what just did that and…
SHIT! WHAT THE FUCK!
"Ah!" Leiva screams again when she sees it.
Two big spiders are on the walls of the second floor, screeching at us and hissing. They must be at least a metter in height.
"Sorry for my two pets, they often get too excited when they get something new to play before eating."
Vermis gets "lifted" and moves through the window with almost ghostly movements. Something is making him move, not his feet, and he is moving with precission and balance.
When I look at his feet, what I see are tiny insects that move under his clothes of different types.
Okay… this guy was just weird and annoying, now he is gross.
I might not remember much from my past life, but I know I dislike insects, especially spiders. Fuck spiders!
I immediately stand up and the two spiders jump and get between me and Vermis.
He must be a druid or something, specialized in bugs and insects. I remember someone commenting about a build like that.
I never attempted a pet build in this game either, but as far as I know, they can be quite powerful with enough Charisma and the right skills trained.
"Hahaha… I will enjoy the feast… kill the teachers!"
He orders and his groups get ready to kill them. I prepare, thinking about what spell to use. Any Bolt should be enough to deal with them, when…
"Hyah!" A familiar voice screams.
From one of the doors, Ash appears and Rushes to the assailants, moving towards them in a fast move. They barely have time to react before he lands a direct and precise strike to one of them to their face, knocking him down immediately.
"W-wait! What is he…?" Leiva reacts.
"T-that old man…" Vermis says while growling. "Ashiri! Eat him!"
One of the spiders screeches and starts to run towards him.
"Yeah, no!" I answer, before I cast [Sound Bolt] against it.
It hits!
But the spider is unbothered.
"Huh?"
"Idiot… spiders don't have ears." Vermis taunts.
What?! I had no idea about that!
The spider reaches Ash, who was just finishing another of Vermi's allies. He notices and manages to dodge its fangs.
Before I can intervene with another spell, the other shoots a string of webs against me and Leiva, straining us with a strong and sticky substance.
Then, shooting to the wall on the second floor, it pulls us up and puts us upside down.
"Hehe… I hate people that believe themselves to be so strong… But I enjoy putting them back in their place." He laughs.
Leiva and I try to fight, but to no avail. The web is too strong.
This is too gross! Heck! I need to get out! I don't want to get close to that thing! It is gross!
An affront to God's creation! That spider is nasty!
"Don't tell me that bolt was all the magic you could do… What a shame. Feast on that vulpin, Akhiri."
"Ah! Is getting closer!" Leiva screams, closing her eyes.
It raises its fangs and I look at it paralyzed. What can I do?! How can I…?!
"Use a spell or give me a wand, you fucking idiot!" Karina screams.
I feel something hit my face on the side. When I see what it is, it is a stone that she threw at me.
My mind is clearer now.
Ah, right. Magic.
I start to cast [Fire Bolt] against the web until it lights ablaze and burns, freeing us from the bonds.
We fall to the ground and I immediately look up.
It is still gross, but I cannot just panic because I have a phobia of those things. Even when my hands are shaking, I have been through worse so far.
I need to steel myself or people will die.
I will deal with Karina later, also. That stone hurt like hell, but at least it took me out of it.
The spider jumps at me and I activate Bloodless secret skill by touching the blade. I cast [Inferno] at the beast.
[Last charge used! You cannot cast Inferno anymore until you read a new grimoire!]
It was bound to happen. I will scout for the book soon and part of my plan is to get rid of the need to recharge that often.
The spell fires and hits Akhiri. The beast cannot take the heat, and screeches in agony as it gets incinerated alive in front of us.
Vermis looks at me in surprise.
"H-how?! She has been trained since she came out of the egg" He screams in denial when he sees the burnt body of his pet squeal in pain for one last time and squirm into a ball.
"Ashiri! Come help dad!" He screams and then he gets surprised once more.
Ash, who seems to be bleeding from his arms, dealt with the last of the men and was holding Ashiri by the fangs, avoiding its legs.
With a strong positioning of his feet, his body ahines in red and… his muscles become bigger. "[Muscles of steel]!" He screams a skill, right before he moves one of his hands up and the other in the opposite direction, ripping the head of the beast in two with its fangs.
Ashiri starts to screech and squirm in pain, falling on its back and thrashing around, like trying to find something to hold itself from the pain.
"No!" Vermis screams and then extends his hand towards Ash and the teachers.
I cast wind cutter against his arm.
The power of the spell is enough to cut it clean off. One of the blades went through it like it was not there, and his hand falls to the ground.
It takes him a moment to scream and grab his arm in disbelief, before moving back with the help of his insects.
"Aahhhh! Y-you piece of shit!" He screams at me.
"I warned you." I answe. "Pet builds tend to have lousy defense without preparation… someone was too reliant on those two abominations."
I smirk. I was done with this shit, anyway.