The Infinite Journey of a Certain Flame

I'm afraid there are probably no more than a dozen people in the entire world with this kind of ability...

And, quite unfortunately, I actually stumbled upon it...

"What are you thinking about so furtively!"

Just as the spider's purple eyes were darting around slyly, Kiana suddenly spoke up and demanded, "Don't think I believe you. If you don't hand over the antidote, I don't mind teaching you a lesson!"

After saying that, Kiana tightened her grip slightly, causing the spider to look uncomfortable.

"No, no, no! Don't use force, I'll give you the antidote. But..."

"But what?" Kiana asked warily.

"You have to let me go first."

The spider, looking somewhat uncomfortable, stuck out its delicate pink tongue, as if it were about to be strangled unconscious.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing her make such a request, Kiana immediately became wary.

Just kidding, you said you'd let me go and I'd let you go, but what if you try something else?

Kiana couldn't guarantee that she could completely subdue this cunning spider in this dark maze.

"Are you trying to take advantage of me? I'm warning you, if you make me unhappy again, you'll lose your head!"

"I...I...I know! But this makes it difficult for me to get the antidote!"

The spider argued vehemently, making one wonder whether she was truly afraid or simply trying to appease everyone.

Seize the opportunity to counterattack...

"Besides, since you know you've been poisoned, you should understand that if you don't leave it alone, the poison will spread, cough cough cough!"

"Tsk..."

Although she didn't really want to admit that she had been tricked, Kiana had to admit that this girl... was something else.

As the one who started all of this, how could he so shamelessly utter such words...?

Sigh, fine, I'll trust her this once. But...

As the saying goes, one should not have the heart to harm others, but one should not be without the heart to guard against others. After being schemed against once, Kiana is no longer as careless as before.

Before letting go of the spider, she did not forget to leap up and step on the spider's hideous back, then use her legs to clamp the spider girl's slender waist.

"Hey! You, you, you!"

"Don't move it, or I can't guarantee I won't just twist it off."

Kiana warned without changing her expression.

Although she and Spider-Man were in a rather awkward position at this moment, this issue was not important in the face of life and death.

The important thing is the antidote!

Hurry up and take it out!

"Hey...wait a minute, I need some time to prepare it."

After saying this, Spider stretched and then began to wave her right hand wildly in the air. As she waved, a small, wave-like portal with patterns suddenly appeared in space, centered on her finger.

Before long, some strange 'medicinal herbs' fell out of the brightly colored little door. These included an exaggeratedly large and flamboyant frog, beautiful but brightly colored mushrooms, and some oddly shaped skeletons...

Honestly, if I didn't know that the half-human, half-spider girl in front of me had already agreed to make the antidote, I would have thought...

Kiana might think she's preparing to perform some kind of witchcraft.

"Hmm...no, maybe it really is about preparing an antidote?"

After all, the level of civilization in the world today seems to be stuck at the level of the Middle Ages.

Medieval-level medical technology was not much different from witchcraft.

So even if something outrageous happens next, perhaps...

Sure enough, while Kiana was still in a daze, Spider had already stuffed all the 'herbs' in his hand into his mouth and started chewing.

???

"Please wait a moment, the antidote will be ready soon."

As he spoke, the spider offered words of comfort.

However, her strange and bizarre behavior had no real significance other than making Kiana feel terrified.

Not only that, when she finished chewing all the last of the medicinal herbs and finally spat out a strange, inexplicable viscous liquid, Kiana almost couldn't help but vomit.

Of course, what she least expected was Spider's next sentence.

"This is the antidote."

"You...you're not kidding, are you?" Kiana asked with difficulty, feeling a little dizzy from anger.

At this moment, how she wished that the strange spider girl would say something like, "These are all lies to you."

However, ideals are beautiful, but reality is harsh.

"How could I lie to you? These are all antidotes. Look, I've already taken them. Are you still afraid they're poisonous?"

Spider's words completely baffled Kiana.

Although I don't really want to admit it, I have to admit that what she said makes a lot of sense.

The problem is, can you be sure it's non-toxic just because you've eaten it yourself?

"I...still feel..."

Although she didn't look well, Kiana stubbornly refused to take the medicine.

"Oh, please don't do that. Eating just one won't kill you. Why don't you try it?"

"......All right."

Finally, after much internal struggle, Kiana licked the medicine that the spider was holding in its palm.

It must be said that although the method of making this drug is very similar to conducting wizard experiments, the potion is very effective.

It took effect almost instantly.

"Not bad..."

Kiana shook her now-healed arm and then released her grip on Spider-Man.

Upon hearing the praise, the spider immediately put its hands on its hips and displayed an arrogant expression: "Hehe, of course. This is the antidote I made!"

You could say he practically had "That's me" written all over his face.

Seeing how vain she was, Kiana felt a little embarrassed to expose the truth.

Ugh, this guy...

"I don't want to waste time with idle chatter. Explain to me why you suddenly attacked someone. If you don't have a reasonable explanation, hmph! I wouldn't mind giving you a good beating!"

This isn't just talk; without a reasonable explanation, Kiana is confident she can burn her to ashes before the Spider-Woman can even make a move...

"This one..."

Under Kiana's stern reprimand, Spider-Child lowered his head and pondered for a long time before slowly rising and spreading his hands, saying, "Actually, I was worried you would destroy the world, so I wanted to get rid of you. But... judging from the result, it's truly beyond my expectations..."

For a fleeting moment, Kiana really wanted to teach this strange spider woman a lesson.

However, what she said was not entirely without basis.

After all, isn't the Herrscher's duty to destroy the world?

Of course, this is something I absolutely cannot tell her.

"I don't understand why you think that way. I don't have many thoughts about this world, let alone the idea of ​​destroying it."

Kiana sighed, then said, "So you misunderstood me."

"Really? I'm so sorry..."

"By the way, I'd like to ask, if I hadn't defeated you, and I didn't believe you were defeated, what would you have done to me?" Kiana asked slowly.

"Huh? Hahaha... You can't do anything~"

Spider denied it somewhat guiltily.

Seeing this, Kiana was both angry and afraid.

Good grief, what exactly are you planning to do with me?

Phew, thank goodness that guy didn't succeed, otherwise...

"Since you've apologized, I don't want to pursue this any further. Just don't let me run into you in the maze again."

After saying this, Kiana turned around and prepared to leave.

But as soon as she took a step, she felt her hand being grabbed.

Looking back, I saw that the spider had somehow already grasped my hand.

Judging from their posture, it seems they don't want me to leave?

"What's wrong?" Kiana asked warily.

"Um... since you're not planning to destroy this world, why don't you come with me to save it? What do you say?"

save the world?

As soon as she finished speaking, Kiana heard a system notification in her ear.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a hidden quest: Destruction and Salvation.]

[Mission Completion Method: Solve any problem that could potentially destroy the world three times in your own way.]

[Mission completion reward: 10000 Herrscher Points.]

"Solve the problem? The way this is being done is a bit strange."

Although she was already quite adept at completing tasks, Kiana sometimes still felt at a loss when faced with various ways to complete them.

This definitely includes how to complete the task at hand.

"I can roughly understand it as needing to solve a problem, but what kind of problem exactly? Without any hints, I'm really struggling to complete this task..."