The Devil’s Cage - Chapter 289

Chapter 289

[Arrogant Word] was radiating its abnormal great sword aura, making the venomous spiders and Hell Fiend Spider freeze .

Kieran did not stop .

"Aaah!"

He charged straight at the Hell Fiend Spider with a loud shout .

His sudden move made the spider back off straightaway .

The group of smaller venomous spiders threw themselves at Kieran, even though their sharp legs and mouths could not harm him while [Primus Scale] was activated .

That Powerful Defense granted Kieran the defense of multiple layers of armor, without the burden of the weight of real armor .

Kieran was charging ahead fast, closing the distance between him and the Hell Fiend Spider .

Although it was inferior compared to [Reckless Charge], which was still on cooldown ever since Kieran had used it to break through the upper deck, it was more suitable for a situation like this .

The Hell Fiend Spider spit out a mouthful of venomous saliva at Kieran .

Kieran was light as a feather though . A quick jump allowed him to easily dodge the attack .

As he jumped up in mid-air, the Hell Fiend Spider instinctively used its ultimate skill: its spider web!

Legend had it that the spider web of a Hell Fiend Spider was strong enough to drag down stars from the sky .

Although the Hell Fiend Spider before Kieran was a weaker version of the original, and the web it spit out was only three meters long, Kieran was still not willing to be caught in it .

Kieran’s boots shone bright, allowing his body to linger in mid-air without any resistance and jump up to new heights . Kieran jumped over the spider web’s range and adjusted his direction so he appeared above the Hell Fiend Spider .

Then he swung [Arrogant Word] down hard at the spider .

The spider sensed the impending danger above it and quickly shrunk back, spitting out a spider web and covering its whole body, thus providing an extra layer of defense . To Kieran though, it seemed like it was trapping itself inside a cocoon .

The dark red shine of the great sword circled its blade violently . It even felt bewitched at times .

The tensile spider web could not defend the spider against the Extreme Attack of [Arrogant Word] after being buffed up by [Untamed] .

Plus, [Arrogant Word] was still in [Arrogance] mode .

Although it only buffed the user’s Strength and Agility by one level after killing an enemy, even the slightest change during a battle could be lethal .

Kieran had received a Strength +1 buff, and boosted his B- Strength level up to B .

If one used enough strength while wielding it, [Arrogant Word] became even more vicious .

The two-handed great sword slashed through the spider web without any delay and cut through the huge body of the spider .

The Hell Fiend Spider was split into two from head to bottom .

The green-black juices inside the spider gushed out like a geyser .

Kieran landed quickly and dodged the splashing poison before it could hit him .

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

After the death of the Hell Fiend Spider, the smaller venomous spiders around it started to burst like firecrackers one after the other .

"Were those venomous spiders also a product of the hastened birth of the Hell Fiend Spider? Huh… Without the sulphur river as a breeding place, the spider’s strength and power were divided among the smaller spiders . No wonder the spider only looked powerful!"

Kieran glanced at the exploding spiders and landed on the giant dead carcass .

To be precise, he landed by the glowing equipment that had fallen off the Hell Fiend Spider’s carcass .

It was a black wristband with a spider symbol on it .

[Name: Mardos Arm]

[Type: Armor (Right Hand Wristband)]

[Rarity: Legendary]

[Defense: Extreme]

[Attributes: 1 . Spider Webbing, 2 . Web Binding, 3 . Soul Devouring]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: The player has to be the one who killed Mardos]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: Mardos hatched from a Hell Fiend Spider egg left on the Earth, through a special hurried hatching process . It suffered a growth disorder, in addition to losing the intellect, strength and lineage of a Hell Fiend Spider . All it had was a natural predator instinct, yet it was still not a creature to be underestimated . ]

. . .

[Spider Webbing: You are able to fire a tensile, sticky, retractable spider web up to 20 meters away . The spider web has a Powerful Defense, Target will need to have at least B- Strength to break away from it, Duration: 10 seconds, twice per day]

[Web Binding: You are able to fire a sticky spider web laced with poison within a 30-meter radius, binding multiple targets . The spider web has a Powerful Defense, Target will need to have B Strength to break away . The poison will force the Target to undergo 3 Constitution authentications of C+, B-, B . If Target fails the first authentication, they will receive Average Poison Damage . If Target fails the second authentication, they will receive Strong Poison Damage . If Target fails the third authentication, they will receive Powerful Poison Damage, Duration: 10 seconds, once per day]

[Soul Devouring: Player is able to absorb the soul energy of each Target they kill, replenishing the player’s HP and Stamina, Recovery rate is based on the Target’s soul level]

. . .

Kieran strapped [Mardos Arm] on his right wrist without any hesitation .

[Spider Webbing] and [Web Binding] aside, the [Soul Devouring] attribute alone made it necessary for Kieran to put it on .

Absorbing the soul energy of any target he killed and replenishing his own HP and Stamina was a much better attribute than Kieran’s other life-stealing skill, [Primus Greed], as that one required a pre-activation skill .

Even though the recovery rate was based on the target’s soul level, this was not a big problem .

It was still better than nothing .

Kieran swiftly moved over to the man who had been controlling the demons and picked up the golden glowing scroll .

[Name: Fantos Manuscript]

[Type: Contract]

[Rarity: Legendary]

[Attack/Defense: None]

[Attributes: 1 . Demon Contract, 2 . Demon Summoning]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: None]

[Remarks: Fantos was only the pseudonym he had used on Earth . ]

. . .

[Demon Contract: By spending Points, Skill Points, Golden Skill Points, and Golden Attribute Points, you can force different levels of demons to sign a contract with you . Different contracts will result in different levels of consumption . Maximum number of demon contracts: 72, Current number: 0]

[Demon Summoning: By spending 1/4 of the Demon Contract Points, Skill Points, Golden Skill Points, and Golden Attribute Points, you can summon the corresponding demon . The demon will disappear if it dies . If the contractor dies, all demons will be released from their contracts . ]

. . .

Kieran frowned over the attributes of the Legendary scroll .

He had never thought that the scroll would be the famous [Fantos Manuscript] .

Plus, the attributes of the manuscript were really powerful .

"With sufficient Points, Skill Points, Golden Skill Points, and Golden Attribute Points, one could have a demon army by their side . . . " Kieran muttered .

However, he did not lose his calm over it . The [Fantos Manuscript] had an obvious downside after all .