>>5186614>>5186615>>5186616"What are you going to do?" You ask the swordsman as he readies his arm on the giant monster conglomerate.
"Something that will make sure they don't come back together."
"There's a cannon inside his arm! Aint that cool! Just don't get hit by the ball!" Puck warns you that Guts will attempt to fire a larger, more effective pellet against the larger, more effective spider creature. Not needing a second warning, you power walk over to Hyde's side of the bridge, making sure you went as slowly as possible while ignoring the giant enemy about to eat you whole.
"Easy...Easy..." You tell yourself as you were a few more steps from Guts as he flicks his metal wrist and steadily pulls a cord with his teeth to ignite the barrel.
"3...2...1..." When he was about to fire, you felt the wood planks under your feet give away, since Guts was not calculating the possibility of you falling in the next few seconds, it was a bit too late for him to stop the shot.
With your thighs being stuck on the bridge, you have one last second to brace yourself and place your hands over your face as the blast of fire explodes in all directions, obscuring the other end of the bridge with a large puff of smoke as the blazes tear open a pathway to the spider's center.
You did fall enough for the main metal piece to fall right under your head, but that didn't stop you from getting burnt sharpnel and smoke all over your armor. If you weren't wearing your helm at all times, you can be sure that your body and head would be nothing but a burnt pile of charcoal at this point.
Even if you were protected by the initial impact and the heat, the transfering was quick enough for you to feel your torso burning, especially because the explosion set part of the bridge on fire, making it give away completely as you fell a good 7 meters into the air.
With the only thing stopping your fall being the cowbeb, you desperately try to land there as you extend your arms and legs in all directions, being caught by a single string by your halberd as it wraps itself into it, the only thing separating you between several more meteres of dead air until splatting on the ground.
Just when you thought you were nearing the end of it, several spiders started to burn and fall where you were trying to balance yourself. They were all mostly dead, but one particular spider had the gall to hold itself onto your back and bite your leg. The feeling of the poison running through your veins was nearly instant, as you only had time to knock her out of home and glue yourself on the web before being completely paralyzed. It was either that or letting your body fall, so you'll take what you can get.
Yeah, great idea Guts. Some master strategist you are, firing a shot while you still weren't even out of harm's way! Now you'll have to stay down here until the poison gets out your body, the spider mommy shows up, or until somebody shows up to help you get up.
