"Eh?" Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened. "The President is running away already?"
"What does the President want us to do?"
Shinomiya Kaguya, however, was quite calm, instantly seeing Amamiya Natsuki's true intention.
Fujiwara Chika also reacted.
That's right.
The President definitely isn't trying to truly run away.
If he were really running away, others might not care, but he definitely wouldn't abandon Moeha, that's beyond doubt.
"You hateful bug! I'll eat you!"
The Giant Spider Queen shrieked and pursued them from behind, her eight long legs tapping the ground, moving incredibly fast. She didn't even glance at the ordinary people; her crimson eyes only held Amamiya Natsuki's presence.
As the top-tier existence in the campus food chain, in the Giant Spider Queen's eyes, whether it was unlucky humans or evil spirits, they were all just bugs and food.
And now, to be publicly humiliated by a mere bug, what a disgrace!
An unbearable disgrace!
Only by eating that bug alive, piece by piece, could this disgrace be washed away!
"That big spider has absorbed too much despair, so its regeneration ability is very strong," Amamiya Natsuki said, holding Chika in his left arm and Kaguya in his right, still able to speak while sprinting. "So I need your help."
"How can we help?" Fujiwara Chika quickly asked, "President, just say the word."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"First, lure it over so it doesn't harm those ordinary people. Then I'll use Time Stop to get close. After Time Stop ends, you two use Seize and Eliminate Evil to control it, and leave the rest to me."
"Eh?" Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened. "Does Kaguya have a combination skill?"
Shinomiya Kaguya replied:
"Before we came, the President already applied the Arrest skill to me."
"That's good." Fujiwara Chika blinked, then added, "Kaguya and I can approach that big spider ourselves. President, why don't you save Time Stop for emergencies?"
"No," Amamiya Natsuki shook his head. "That big spider's eyes have a hypnotic ability. If you approach rashly, you might very well be hypnotized."
"I see." Fujiwara Chika quickly calmed down. Approaching rashly wouldn't only be unhelpful, but might even become a burden. "Kaguya and I will listen to everything the President says."
"..."
As they spoke, Amamiya Natsuki had already run over a hundred meters with Kaguya and Chika in his arms.
After getting away from the crowd, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly stopped, turned to look at the pursuing Giant Spider Queen, and took a deep breath, saying:
"Now's the time..."
Time Stop!
As Amamiya Natsuki activated Time Stop, everything suddenly froze.
Back in the Summer Time Rendering instance, Hiruko no Kami could move her eyes under Time Stop because Hiruko no Kami possessed time-related powers. This Giant Spider Queen was far from that level. She was completely frozen, like an insect solidified in amber.
Amamiya Natsuki's legs suddenly pushed off, and he leaped up with Kaguya and Chika in his arms. In mid-air, he used Accio again to pull himself towards the Giant Spider Queen.
Three seconds of Time Stop passed in an instant.
When time flowed again, seeing Amamiya Natsuki appear silently and eerily before her, the Giant Spider Queen instinctively recoiled her head.
At the same time.
The voices of two girls rang out behind the Giant Spider Queen.
Fujiwara Chika shouted loudly:
"Don, the Outlaw, it's you!"
Followed by the clear, cool voice of Miss Kaguya:
"You are arrested."
Hearing the shouts, the Giant Spider Queen instinctively wanted to turn and look, but just as her head began to turn, an inexplicable force suddenly descended, freezing her in place.
Combination skill [Seize and Eliminate Evil] successfully triggered.
"You hateful bugs, what did you do to me?!"
Under the arrest state, the Giant Spider Queen could only speak with her mouth and move her eyes; no other part of her body could move an inch.
Pfft—!
Her response was a sharp axe chop.
Dark blood splattered instantly.
Amamiya Natsuki acted mercilessly, axe up, axe down, and one of the Giant Spider Queen's crimson eyes shattered directly.
"I'll eat you all!!"
The Giant Spider Queen shrieked in pain, her voice sharp and piercing, full of killing intent.
Black mist surged from her shattered eye. The wound she had just sustained began to heal rapidly, and almost in a breath, a new, wildly darting crimson eye grew back.
"No wonder the President wanted our help." Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened. "Its recovery speed is too outrageous, isn't it?"
Shinomiya Kaguya lightly furrowed her delicate brows and said:
"It is indeed outrageous."
Such exaggerated recovery speed already surpassed the limits of ordinary human imagination. Frenzied scientists, upon seeing it, would probably dissect and study this Giant Spider Queen at all costs to uncover its mysteries.
"So, now it's a competition of whether its recovery speed is faster, or my damage-dealing speed is faster." Amamiya Natsuki's expression became serious. "Let me show you what one second, ten cuts looks like."
"The President is bragging." Fujiwara Chika retorted, "One second is so short, how can there be ten times that many?"
"Ordinary people can't do it, but that doesn't mean I can't. My previous limit was actually thirteen times a second..."
Amamiya Natsuki's voice paused, and he quickly reined in his thoughts.
That was close!
Fortunately, he didn't share his thoughts with Miss Kaguya or Chika. Otherwise, if they saw him parrying thirteen times a second, they would definitely freak out!
Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft—!
Amamiya Natsuki took a deep breath, and his right hand suddenly swung, leaving a blurred afterimage in the night.
Almost at the same instant, the Giant Spider Queen's eight crimson eyes suddenly burst!
"I'll eat you! I must eat you!"
The Giant Spider Queen shrieked in extreme rage, wanting to struggle, but under the suppression of Seize and Eliminate Evil, her body couldn't move an inch. Only her crimson, hideous eyes grew back again in the black mist.
Amamiya Natsuki stopped talking nonsense with her, axe up, axe down, chopping again.
Dark blood splattered.
An incredibly brutal and bloody battle thus unfolded wildly in the night.
"You hateful bug!"
"Ganging up on me!"
"Fight me fairly!"
"I'll eat you all alive!"
The Giant Spider Queen was quite arrogant at first. Though her body couldn't move, her mouth never stopped. Unfortunately, she didn't have much vocabulary, repeating the same few phrases: either insulting Amamiya Natsuki and the others as bugs, or threatening to eat them alive.
However, she was currently like fish on a chopping board, and her threats seemed pale and laughable.
A moment later.
Amamiya Natsuki brought his axe down again, blood splattered, and then black mist surged from the Giant Spider Queen's body once more, beginning to repair the injury.
But it was clear to see that both the density of the black mist and the speed at which the Giant Spider Queen repaired her wounds had significantly decreased.
No creature in the world can live forever.
Humans cannot.
Kaidan certainly cannot either.
The law of conservation of energy, as the cornerstone of the universe, must be obeyed even by evil spirits.
The despairing black mist is not inexhaustible; as it is continuously consumed, there will naturally be a day when it runs out.
"Human, this is enough!" The Giant Spider Queen finally stopped shouting "hateful bug" and instead said, "I can let you go!"
Without a doubt.
Upon realizing that her recovery ability was getting weaker and weaker, and that she was slowly being worn down to death, this Giant Spider Queen had begun to panic.
Amamiya Natsuki tilted his head to look at Chika, asking:
"Chika-chan, what did she just say?"
Fujiwara Chika pondered for two seconds, then said in a clear voice:
"She's asking us to put more effort into it."
Giant Spider Queen: "..."
Amamiya Natsuki smiled, and his axe chopped down again:
"Then let's put more effort into it."
The two sides were already in a life-and-death situation; there was only one thing to do, and that was to eradicate the root of the problem.
At such a time, any mercy or hesitation towards the enemy would be an utterly foolish act.
There was no need to mention Miss Kaguya. Even Chika-sama, who loved all people, would not feel sympathy for a monster.
Pfft!
Blood splattered.
The despairing black mist continued to surge, repairing the body, but it could no longer quickly heal the wounds.
"Human, I was wrong, spare me!"
The Giant Spider Queen was completely panicked, no longer insulting, no longer being stubborn, but instead began to beg for mercy.
Amamiya Natsuki's expression was calm. He brought down another axe blow, then said:
"I accept your apology, but I'm sorry, I refuse your plea for mercy."
"I can sign a contract with you!"
The Giant Spider Queen's voice trembled, no longer showing any of her initial cold indifference, only fear and panic. "After signing the contract, you can share life with me!"
Share life?
In other words, if this monster died, it would drag him down with it?
Who would agree to such a losing deal!
Seeing Amamiya Natsuki unmoved, the Giant Spider Queen became even more humble, her voice trembling as she pleaded for mercy:
"Human, I can sign a master-servant contract with you! All the damage you receive can be transferred to me!"
"Oh?"
Amamiya Natsuki's axe paused in his hand.
A master-servant contract that can transfer damage?
That sounds good.
This Giant Spider Queen has incredibly terrifying HP and an equally exaggerated recovery speed; she could probably survive a round of rocket launchers.
Seeing Amamiya Natsuki somewhat moved, the Giant Spider Queen quickly added:
"I can also give birth to little spiders for you…"
Shut up!
Only your upper body is human, while your lower body is completely a spider. Even if I closed my eyes, I couldn't do it!
Rather than choosing you, I'd rather let Miss Sadako take maternity leave!
"Saying such things in front of my two girlfriends, you are trying to sow discord." Amamiya Natsuki's expression turned serious, and he raised his axe again, "It's better to just kill you."
"Two... two girlfriends..."
Fujiwara Chika's face flushed, and she looked guiltily at Shinomiya Kaguya beside her.
Kaguya-senpai, however, remained calm, as if she hadn't heard Amamiya Natsuki's words just now, but the little person in her heart had already turned into a rolling beast of anger.
Too much!
The Scumbag President is too much!
It was one thing to be sneaky before, but now he's directly saying that both Chika and I are his girlfriends. He's clearly testing our bottom line!
However…
What's more important now is Yandere Kaguya.
If I leave the President's side in a huff, the President will definitely be counter-attacked by that girl.
That kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable!
At the same time.
Amamiya Natsuki actually heard a game announcement in his mind:
You have defeated the Door of Despair's Giant Spider Queen, and the Giant Spider Queen has submitted to you and is willing to sign a master-servant contract. Do you wish to sign?
"There's actually a master-servant contract?"
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow in surprise, carefully reading the contract's contents.
The contract is notarized by the game, possesses mandatory effect, and once signed, cannot be terminated.
Unlike a shared life contract, a master-servant contract is indeed much more lenient.
If Amamiya Natsuki is injured, he can transfer the damage to the Giant Spider Queen remotely, without her consent, and can even forcefully command the Giant Spider Queen to do anything.
And as the master, the only responsibility he needs to bear is to provide food and habitat for the Giant Spider Queen.
"One question." Amamiya Natsuki's voice was calm, "Those people in the Theater, were they all eaten by you?"
"It wasn't me." The Giant Spider Queen quickly explained, instinctively sensing that her answer was crucial, "I was sleeping before. My food is actually human despair, and they are my brothers and sisters. Only they eat people."
A prompt quietly appeared before Amamiya Natsuki's eyes.
This is the truth…
After carefully reading the contract contents twice and confirming there were no traps, Amamiya Natsuki no longer hesitated and chose to sign the master-servant contract.
Two complex magic circles simultaneously lit up on Amamiya Natsuki and the Giant Spider Queen's bodies, then quickly disappeared.
The Giant Spider Queen's massive body suddenly shrunk, transforming into a naked, silver-haired, red-eyed spider girl, only 1.2 meters tall. Her small face was exquisitely beautiful, and in terms of looks alone, she even surpassed Kaguya-senpai, but unfortunately, her lower body was still a spider's body.
"Eh eh?" Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened, and she looked at the spider girl in surprise, "How did she become so small?"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"The game just gave an announcement. I signed a master-servant contract with it. From now on, it'll be my number one tank."
The spider girl looked up and glared fiercely: "You hateful human, if it weren't for you ganging up on me, I wouldn't have lost!"
Amamiya Natsuki looked down, his face stern: "Is that how you speak to your master?"
"Hmph!"
The spider girl snorted softly, crossed her arms over her chest, and turned her head away.
At this moment, the ordinary people observing from a distance hesitantly approached.
Fujiwara Moeha and Hanamaru naturally at the very front.
"Senpai, how are you all?"
"That big spider is gone! Big sister and the others must have won!"
Hearing the commotion, Amamiya Natsuki looked down at the spider girl, just wondering how to make her disappear, when a prompt suddenly popped up, allowing him to put her into the Theater.
So, with a thought, the spider girl vanished into thin air.
As they spoke, the two junior high students had already run ahead to stand before the three.
"Ah…"
Fujiwara Moeha let out a soft cry and quickly raised her hands to cover her eyes, but her fingers were spread wide, curiously peeking out.
"Idiot President, hurry up and put on your clothes!"
Fujiwara Chika's cheeks quickly puffed out, and she flashed in front of Amamiya Natsuki, blocking him.
"Yes, yes."
Amamiya Natsuki took out his spare clothes and began to put them on.
To be honest, the first time he ran naked, it was indeed very embarrassing, but as the number of times increased… it was just like that.
"Kaguya-senpai, what happened to that big spider?" Hanamaru looked left and right, curious, "Has it been eliminated?"
Shinomiya Kaguya nodded gently:
"It has indeed been eliminated."
There's no need to tell ordinary people about the master-servant contract.
Behind the two junior high students, the unlucky people, supporting each other, walked over. Hearing Shinomiya Kaguya's words, some had blank stares, others looked dazed, clearly not yet having fully recovered.
At this moment, the Door of Despair appeared out of thin air.
However, the Door of Despair, when first seen, was dark red, as if steeped in blood for a long time, but at this moment, the dark red of despair on the door had faded to its limit, and cracks had appeared on it, as if weathered by long years, already on the verge of decay and shattering.
Amamiya Natsuki finished dressing and said:
"The door has appeared. Everyone can go home by passing through this door."
"Home… home…"
Hearing the word "home," those people with numb and dazed expressions finally came back to their senses. Some knelt on the ground, covering their faces and beginning to cry.
The sound of crying seemed contagious; both men and women began to weep aloud at this moment.
However, this time it was not tears of despair, but of hope.
Shinomiya Kaguya reminded them:
"The door back won't exist forever. Everyone, hurry up."
The crying people wiped away their tears and walked up to Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya, thanking them gratefully.
This was truly a life-saving kindness. At this moment, everyone's gratitude was exceptionally sincere, without the slightest impurity.
"Thank you, Senpai, thank you, Kaguya-senpai!"
Hanamaru walked over, also expressing her gratitude.
Not only had she experienced an unimaginable mysterious adventure, but most importantly, her brother had been saved. This kindness must be repaid!
While Shinomiya Kaguya wasn't paying attention, the junior high student stood on her tiptoes, leaned close to Amamiya Natsuki's ear, and whispered:
"Senpai, Senpai, what I said before always counts. You can ask for your reward anytime, even if I get pregnant, it's fine."
You just said no babies, now you say yes. You change your mind too fast!
Amamiya Natsuki was expressionless and waved her away:
"Hurry up and go."
The world's will is watching him in the shadows. If he so much as lays a finger on a junior high student, he can forget about seeing tomorrow's sun!
The junior high girl giggled, took half a step back, and re-supported the young man beside her, saying clearly:
"Goodbye, Senpai. I'll take my idiot brother home first. I'll come find you when I have time."
As each unlucky person passed through the Door of Despair, the campus quickly became deserted.
"Moeha, you go back first." Fujiwara Chika waved.
"Eh?" Fujiwara Moeha was startled and subconsciously said, "Big sister isn't going back?"
After saying that, Fujiwara Moeha quickly reacted, looked at Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya, and asked worriedly:
"Senpai and Kaguya-senpai aren't going back either?"
"Of course we are, but not now." Amamiya Natsuki stroked Moeha's head, "The kaidan hasn't ended yet. If we go back now, the door will flare up again after a while, and you'll be dragged back into it. So you go back first."
"No." Fujiwara Moeha quickly shook her head, clenching her fists, "I want to go with Big Sister and Senpai to end the kaidan!"
Ending the kaidan isn't your part; you just want to join the fun, don't you!
Fujiwara Chika put her hands on her hips and said:
"You go back quickly. It's very dangerous here."
"I'm not afraid." Fujiwara Moeha raised her chin, "Senpai even defeated such a big monster; he'll definitely protect me."
"Then let's go together." Seeing Moeha constantly whining and acting spoiled, Shinomiya Kaguya crossed her arms over her chest and said softly, "Even if there are still stages, they should only be simple ones. Taking Moeha won't be a problem."
Before, it was just her and Amamiya Natsuki, and they could clear the stage even with an ordinary Hanamaru. Now that Chika has been successfully rescued, a trinity, they can definitely clear all the stages of the Door of Despair.
"Wahhh! Thank you, Shimizu-nee!"
Fujiwara Moeha cheered, thanking her happily.