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Light? No, it’s web!
Leon instinctively recognized what the attack was and dodged aside. There was no way to cut through dozens—hundreds—of strands of web with a sword. It was like trying to slice away a waterfall; even if he cut it, the strands would only split into two and keep falling.
A heartbeat later, the silver-gray flash slammed into where he’d just been, and the mirrored floor was pierced as if it were paper. Even full plate armor wouldn’t have made much difference.
Seeing that, Leon swallowed dryly. That flash was a tightly knotted, tangled webbing.
It punched through the mirror floor? Even hammering at it with Aura Sword only left shallow scratches…
Without even concentrating power into a single point, each strand had penetrated the surface, showing sharpness beyond reason. He’d thought spider silk was just sticky, but this was something else entirely.
El-Cid read his thoughts and corrected his disciple.
—You’re wrong there, buddy.
What?
—Spider silk is an incredibly strong material. For the same thickness, it’s over three times tougher and more resilient than steel. And that’s talking about ordinary silk—so imagine what it’s like from a monster.
It was no wonder legendary treasures were said to include armor woven from Arachne’s silk. It was rarely seen, only because the processing methods were highly specialized and complex, and the material so difficult to obtain that even hunting dozens of those rare creatures might not yield enough for a single suit of armor.
“Brother Leon!” Geoff shouted urgently.
Leon turned to see the unit members clustered together...
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