Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 138 Ara...Arachnea

"...Who is that!?"

"This god damn—"

"Observe first!"

First time — perhaps this was the very first time the three truly felt completely threatened by the presence of another person. Of course, Katarina also felt it from Lina at the start, but it quickly went away once she got to know her… and the feeling was not this strong, not even close.

The mysterious black-haired lady who walked out with Rhys was, in 3 words, absolutely fucking gorgeous — none of them could even deny it. Although it has been ingrained in them that black hair was something to be looked down upon, the woman was perhaps the second person they have ever seen with black hair that caused anything ingrained in their mind to completely fade away, the first one was Rhys.

They had been with Rhys for quite a while now, that they were forgetting how beautiful he actually was — and now that he was with someone who was as beautiful as him, the three could not help but just stare.

Even from afar, it was obvious the lady had almost no pores visible on her face; not even a single wrinkle. From the three of them, Lina always boasted the smoothest skin; spending a quarter of her earnings as an explorer to take care of it. But now, she could only take in a gulp as she subconsciously touched her face.

Katarina was also slightly twitching her eyes as she saw the lady's decently sized breasts bouncing heartily. No, it wasn't just decent — it was almost the same size as hers, and the shape wasn't bad too… maybe even better than hers.

Ayesha was not an exemption. The lady's skin was smooth, but even that was not enough to hide the toned muscles hiding underneath; the lady's thighs, incredibly plump and somewhat peachy.

And quietly, the three unconsciously made a promise to each other that no matter what…

"...That lady mustn't join the harem," Lina loudly breathed out.

"Definitely," Katarina also said as she glared at the woman. And as soon as she did so, both Lina and Ayesha turned their heads at her.

"...Are you saying you're part of the harem now?" Lina squinted her eyes.

"What? No, psh…" Katarina scoffed and rolled her lips, "I'm just saying. And that's not important right now — who is that woman in the first place? Why did she come out with Rhys from… what looks like it would be Arachnea's lair."

"Hm…" Ayesha squinted her eyes as she stared and looked at the woman from head to toe. Soon, however, her eyes started to widen, "...That's Arachnea."

"...What?" Lina raised an eyebrow as she heard Ayesha's words, "Isn't Arachnea, like, bigger than you? Even if we remove her… spider ass, she should still be 10 feet or something."

"She's a god," Ayesha slightly groaned, "Who knows what she's capable of."

"You're right," Katarina frowned, "She must be capable of changing her size… as well as everything about her."

"Right, right…" Lina squinted, "...She must have made herself more beautiful."

"I am sorry to disappoint you, children — but everything you see here is real."

"!!!"

Katarina quickly grabbed Ayesha's hand, while Ayesha grabbed Lina and lifted both of them as she leaped away. They did not even hesitate to put their guard.

Several scalpels slid down from Ayesha's sleeves; 4 of them between her fingers on each hand. Lina's feet lifted from the ground as everything around her was blown away by a violent gust of wind; timely, as the ground beneath Ayesha's feet crumpled from her stomping on it.

All of their eyes, completely locked onto Arachnea as she suddenly appeared behind them without even making a sound at all until she spoke.

Even Katarina, who was trained to detect the presence of an enemy even like Maria who could hide in the shadows, did not detect Arachnea until it was too late. If Arachnea wanted…

…she could have killed the three of them there and then.

"Fuck…" The two also realized this as their eyes slightly avoided Arachnea as she very slowly stepped out of where they previously were.

"Are these the women you currently have in your life, Descendant of Eros?" And as Arachnea turned to look at Rhys, the three also turned their heads to him.

"...Yes," Rhys nodded as he also glanced at Ayesha and the others, "And I love them all equally, very much so."

"Rhys!?" The three could not help but widen their eyes, "You know how to speak her language!?"

"...Huh?" Rhys could not help but blink a couple of times as he looked back and forth between the three and Arachnea, wondering what was going on, "What do you mean I know how to speak her language?"

"You're speaking it…" Katarina gasped, "You were speaking a different language just earlier."

"I was?" Rhys asked. He thought that he could only understand what Arachnea was saying, but he didn't even realize that he was actually speaking her language, as for him, he was just speaking normal English.

"Yes — you were speaking in tongues just earlier," Katarina breathed out.

"What do you mean speaking in tongues?" Rhys squinted his eyes, "I wasn't talking in my normal language?"

"...No," Lina also joined the conversation, "You were like totally speaking gibberish, similar to that… Is that Arachnea!? And why are speaking her language!?"

Lina could no longer help herself as she pointed at Arachnea; the violent gust of wind circling around her was a testament to how resolute she was in fighting Arachnea even fully knowing she might die here and now.

"I'm… speaking to you in a different language right now?" Rhys looked Arachnea in the eyes as he asked.

"Amusing, no?" Arachnea let out a small giggle; covering her mouth as she did so and revealing to the three her hands that almost belonged to a teenager — no wrinkles at all. And once again, the three felt extremely threatened,

"That means your blood is purer than theirs."

"But I'm a Lowborn," Rhys's eyes widened.

"Says the lowly humans who know absolutely nothing."

"What are the two of you talking about, Recruit!?" Ayesha frowned as she looked back and forth between Arachnea and Rhys, "I do not like my balls feeling left out!"

"What we are talking about, girl…"

"Hm!?" The three women quickly focused their attention on Arachhnea as they finally understood her words.

"...Is how I think that Rhys Wilder should have chosen better women to be in his harem. No offense, but the god flowing in his veins has been with finer women — Aphrodite for one, that immaculate whore."

"You're… you're not that beautiful yourself, you naked bitch!" Lina yelled out. Surprisingly, although Ayesha had already fought Arachnea before, Lina was the bravest of them all — perhaps a blessing since she doesn't truly know how strong Arachnea was.

"If there is one thing I am confident about, child…" Arachnea giggled before flinging her silky black hair and smiling; revealing her perfect jaw and neck, "...It is the curse of my beauty…

…beautiful enough that the gods deemed me too dangerous and turned me into a monster."

"...We know the story," Katarina glared at Arachnea,

"...But why don't you wear some clothes first so we could talk?"

"Hm?" Arachnea grinned as she looked at Katarina from head to toe, before ultimately fixating on the large mountains hiding beneath her shirt and coat, "I have a better proposition…

…why don't the rest of you strip?"