Ethan charged forward, the faint hum of his activated gauntlets resonating with the quiet intensity of a predator closing in on its prey.
The lead arachnid—larger than the rest—reacted first, opening its fanged maw to fire a thick glob of webbing aimed straight at him.
The sticky substance shot through the air with vicious speed, but Ethan, already anticipating the move, twisted his body and slid low beneath it, letting the web splash harmlessly against the stone wall behind him.
He didn't waste a second.
Using the momentum from his dodge, Ethan blinked forward in a flash of motion. In an instant, he was directly in front of the lead spider, his right arm pulled back, muscles coiled like a spring.
With a roar of power, he slammed his fist into the arachnid's face. The gauntlet-enhanced blow landed with devastating force, caving in the monster's chitinous skull like a brittle eggshell.
A wet crunch echoed through the corridor as the beast dropped lifelessly to the ground.
