I'll kill you after I finish this game!

"Shut up---!"

Fujii Ren responded to Red Spider's seemingly polite self-introduction with a gritted-teeth voice.

This shameless, respectful tone ignited her murderous intent and anger. She quickly surveyed the distribution of the silken traps around her, trying to find a weak point to attack.

"Heh, as a [Event] rank, you can't destroy artifacts. This is my artifact, the Border Jail strangulation rope, something that strangled countless lowly scum in the Warsaw Ghetto."

As if seeing through Fujii Ren's thoughts, Red Spider wore a smug, self-assured smile and mocked:

"Although it is still young, it is made by condensing thousands of souls into a single line. Its hardness, combined with my strength, makes it something that a newcomer like you can't break."

While he wouldn't dare say he could bind a demon of the [Creation] rank, Red Spider had confidence in his relic for anyone below that rank, regardless of who they were.

Unless one breaks free from the relic like Ren Fujii, no one can escape the bondage of his relic.

Furthermore, the sharpness of the silk threads, combined with the power of the red spider, makes them so fine that they can cut atoms.

I had already sensed this when Fujii Ren used his physical body to defend himself.

"Boom—!"

With a cold, silent gaze fixed on the red spider on the spiderweb above, Fujii Ren's right arm emanated an ominous, cursed power of black and red. He unleashed a punch that parted the clouds in the sky.

However, the opponent's spider web only trembled violently for a moment, and even when faced with her fierce punches, the red spider was still able to quickly weave a new web shield to defend against her power.

Fujii Ren's keen eyes noticed a subtle tear in the silk thread, but it was quickly repaired as the Red Spider's soul and power were depleted.

It wasn't that she couldn't cut the threads; it was that she simply didn't exert enough force.

This decapitation curse comes from the power of Mary, the Goddess of Seeking the Way. How could Red Spider possibly defend against it?

The only explanation is that it's not that the power is insufficient, but rather that Fujii Ren, who is using this power, is not powerful enough!

"...Indeed, a monster's child is a monster too, but you still have humanity compared to those five."

Red Spider also felt the shock of his relic, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Fujii Ren with a hint of admiration and apprehension. However, when talking about the so-called five people, he showed no fear of Fujii Ren.

While it is indeed terrifying for an active-ranking individual to possess such power, it still doesn't have a decisive effect on him.

But...five people? Who are you referring to?

Although the situation was extremely critical for Fujii Ren, she still started to care about trivial matters.

When Red Spider mentioned the so-called five people, Fujii Ren keenly noticed that the other party was wavering.

Fear, hatred, taboo, inferiority... negative emotions that you want to get rid of but can't shake off.

Is this guy afraid of his companions?

"Alright, now your 'test' begins."

Suddenly, after a brief whisper, the red spider landed on the ground from its nest.

Even though it seemed like they had given up their advantage in the field, the opponent's strength did not diminish, since the thread came from the opponent's body.

"I didn't come here tonight to kill you, I just wanted to ask you about something."

"—?"

Fujii Ren, who was ready to attack at any moment, was stunned for a moment. What was this guy talking about? If he wasn't here to kill her, then what was his purpose?

Red Spider grinned sinisterly at the puzzled Fujii Ren, twirling a swaying thread between its fingers, and said:

"Miss Skadi should have told you that she wanted us to make you stronger. To be honest, those impulsive guys are not suitable to be teachers, so His Holiness the Holy Grail entrusted me to teach you the rules of the battlefield."

"You should know the theory by now. In actual combat, we'll be needed. Anyway, it's just a matter of mutual sacrifice in the exchange. Right now, in other phases, the people behind you and our people are fighting against a third-party force."

Have wars broken out in other places?

Fujii Ren was thinking with mixed feelings.

Although she knew that Skadi was going to use real combat to get her into the zone, encountering this guy in front of her made her even angrier.

The urge to kill the other person has never been stronger than it is now.

Should we blame the senior student for this situation? No, that's just running away from the problem.

Even without the senior's deal, these guys would only act according to their own desires.

Furthermore, the being in front of him was even stronger than the one in front of him, and Fujii Ren was completely unable to contend with him.

If it were someone else who made the move, she wouldn't even have a chance to fight back.

If you want to protect those you care about, you have to rely on your own strength. There is no safe place on this earth for innocent people to hide.

Red Spider is like that, and so is anyone from the Black Round Table. Skadi can't be blamed for having her partner kidnapped; it's just that she was powerless to protect Kasumi.

“Those things over there are things I prepared while playing around, to motivate you.” Red Spider licked his lips, his eyes filled with a playful and unrestrained expression, and said, “Of course, they are also partly my personal hobby.”

"Don't lump me in with maggots like you!"

Fujii Ren said with disgust, stomping his foot hard, causing the earth to tremble with strange waves.

Countless mud and stone blades, carrying the force of decapitation, rose from the ground and pierced towards the red spider.

However, faced with this offensive, Starscream chuckled and lightly flicked his fingers, transforming his thread into an absolute line that could cut through anything, sawing through these attacks from the ground.

"Don't want to be associated with me? If we're talking about murderers, you're no better than me, aren't you? But whatever, none of that matters."

After saying that, countless dense silk threads appeared in the sky and on the ground, transforming into waves and tsunamis, aiming to completely cover the entire city of Suwahara.

Seeing this, Fujii Ren felt a chill run down her spine. They didn't want to give her any safe haven. Just like a spider, they were a vicious creature.

Like a birdcage, silken threads surrounded Fujii Ren from all sides, above and below, while the red spider, laughing mockingly, approached Fujii Ren inside the cage as if it were looking at prey with no way to escape.

“Now listen to me properly, ‘Miss Caged Bird’.”

Fujii Ren remained silent with a cold expression; her primary concern at that moment was the safety of Kasumi, who was suspended in mid-air.

"Everything has to be done in order. After you've taken care of my business, I'll do my best to pass the exam for you. I'm a weirdo whose interests are different from everyone else's."

Then, Red Spider chuckled and began to tell Fujii Ren about what was going on on their side.

"Although you may know a little about the Black Round Table, you probably don't know much about our internal situation. We are currently led by the Chief's Agent... that is, His Excellency the Holy Communion Cup."

"Leader...deputy?"

The audience and Fujii Ren were not unfamiliar with this term, after all, the members of the Black Round Table had referred to her as the acting deputy leader on many occasions.

"Yes, he's just an agent of our true leader, a temporary figure. His power is only temporary, limited to the present and beyond... Once the original leader returns, he'll be pretty much useless."

Red Spider, with a mocking and sarcastic expression, looked at Fujii Ren and said:

"And that guy is also dragging his feet on welcoming back the leader... Bey had previously speculated that he might be doing this on purpose because he was greedy for the power in his hands, but I feel that his plan is much deeper than that."

"In my eyes, he doesn't possess those vulgar desires, and he readily agreed to Miss Skadi's proposal for cooperation. I suspect he's hiding something from us and is currently acting on it, and the answer to that is related to you..."

The smile on Red Spider's face gradually faded, and his eyes, as cold and sinister as a demon, stared intently at Fujii Ren as he continued:

"It's very much related. Although you are already extraordinary as our acting deputy leader, the fact that both sides can act because of you is so absurd that it makes us intrigued. So..."

Should we kill her? Because of her special circumstances, what should we do?

Fujii Ren clenched her fists as she pondered. If Red Spider hadn't explained it to her so clearly, she wouldn't have realized how important her self-positioning was.

She was right in the eye of the storm; there was absolutely no way she could escape.

"Would you like to cooperate with me?"

"......What?"

After a moment of surprise, Fujii Ren fell silent, completely unable to understand what the other person meant, so he could only ask a question in return.

A longing and wanton smile appeared on Red Spider's face. Seeing Fujii Ren's puzzled look, he explained, "I want to be free! I don't want those guys to interfere with what I do anymore!"

"We have waited sixty years before this final transmutation array is activated. What may be humiliating and boring days for others have been irreplaceable happy times for me."

As the red spider in front of Fujii Ren spoke, it became more and more excited, its face displaying a twisted expression of...happiness and ecstasy, which in short looked utterly disgusting and repulsive.

What the other party said next was even more disgusting and repulsive.

"I will not be bound or commanded by anyone; I will freely celebrate life."

Red Spider's lips curled into a sinister smile as he spoke with unrestrained laughter: "Kill when you want to kill, eat when you want to eat, rape when you want to rape, plunder when you want to plunder... This is what a true human being is all about!"

As she spoke, under the silent gaze of Fujii Ren and countless spectators, Red Spider's body revealed a terrifying aspect from the perspective of the spirits. Countless souls were densely packed together and stitched together, forming a horrifying humanoid shape, which was extremely frightening.

Like a scroll painting of hell, they cried out, screamed, howled, and wailed... as if they were suffering a punishment even more painful than being slowly sliced ​​to death, and they would not find peace even after death.

Tens of thousands of souls are densely packed together, about the size of a human body. People with trypophobia would probably go crazy on the spot. The way they are stitched together like a scene from hell would definitely terrify adults and children alike.

As for who these souls are, it's obvious they are the souls devoured after being killed by the Red Spider.

"At this point, it's utterly pointless to indulge in past regrets and stubbornness; I'm not doing it!!!"

This scene caused many viewers from all dimensions to almost have a PDSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) attack.

"Quack, I don't want to watch this kind of weird stuff!!!"

A fearless red demon named Arataki Ichito, living in the castle of Teyvat's Inazuma, felt his skin crawl when he saw something even more terrifying than a demon.

Araki Ichito covered his eyes tightly and kept rubbing his body.

This psychological aversion is even more severe than an allergic reaction to beans he accidentally ate.

"vomit---!"

The three underlings of the Arataki faction were so terrified and disgusted that they vomited. They were originally quite brave because they followed their boss, Arataki.

However, the stimulation from such a scene was simply too great for them to handle.

That disgusting scene, so horrifying it made me want to gouge out my own eyes, will probably haunt my nightmares for a long time to come.

Although Hisaki Shinobu was wearing a mask, his eyes and complexion did not look good.

Suppressing his nausea and disgust, he looked at the humanoid aggregate of dead souls and said with disgust:

"That disgusting scumbag."

Although I already knew that the demon would devour the souls of those it killed, seeing it in this form was still quite unacceptable.

It's too bizarre and too terrifying. Who wouldn't be disgusted by the thought of not being able to rest in peace after death?

Because of the fear and uncertainty of death, people often associate it with hell, and the scene in the video can indeed be described as a depiction of hell.

[Platinum Star]: Damn! The more I look at this, the more I want to blow this scumbag to pieces.

【Black Reading Princess】: I'm afraid even demons can't compare to how terrifying this guy is.