Chapter 120: What You Do To Spiders

Chapter 120: What You Do To Spiders

“That attack hurt me badly…” Keith says, breathing hard.

He takes a long look at his surroundings. Slowly, he puts one hand behind his back. His hand glows for a few moments, creating a portal out of Lady Spay’s sight.

Lady Spay tilts her head slightly and crosses her arms. “Let me ask you something. Would it really be that bad if I took control of the Swamp Underworld?”

“That’s a stupid question,” Keith snaps. “Of course, it would be!”

“I fail to see how me having control would be worse than Commander Moss or Kitipede having control,” Lady Spay replies.

“You spiders and centipedes have made life in the Swamp Underworld a living hell!” Keith shouts.

“You are quite young, so this was before your time,” Lady Spay says calmly. “There was once a time when the Swamp Underworld was ruled by kings and queens. The ruling family had a history of siding with the Dark Goddess. The last king from that ruling family abandoned all of us to join the Dark Goddess.”

“Why should I care what someone from a long time ago did?” Keith replies angrily. “I care about the now, and you are part of that problem!”

“Whatever you think of the Swamp Underworld now, it used to be far worse,” Lady Spay says. “I was just a young spider demon girl during the reign of the last king. Unlike that ruling family, I will not side with the Dark Goddess. The Swamp Underworld will become independent!”

“You start an assault and attack people in this city, and you think you can be a good leader for the Swamp Underworld!?” Keith yells. “Get the hell out of here!”

Lady Spay begins charging her magic. “You just blew your last chance to get to live!”

She fires a web-like energy blast from her mouth. Keith jumps out of the way and lands on top of a car near a building.

With his arm still behind his back, he creates another portal without her noticing. He dodges another web-like blast.

“Is that all you are going to do now?” Lady Spay taunts. “Just dodging? You can’t beat me that way.”

Back on the street, Keith launches an active portal into the air and fires a barrage of magic energy blasts into it.

“You must not learn very well,” Lady Spay says.

Keith charges at her again, throwing rapid punches. She blocks them effortlessly, following up with gut punches that halt his momentum.

“Your attack speed has slowed considerably,” Lady Spay says. “Give up.”

Keith coughs. “You may have weakened and slowed me, but I can still outsmart you. I will show you what you do to spiders.”

Lady Spay punches him into the ground.

“I think it’s time I finish you off,” she says. “It’s been fun, you little insect.”

Behind her, a portal suddenly opens. Multiple magic energy blasts fire out and slam into her back. She is blown forward, badly damaged, but manages to steady herself.

“How was there a portal behind me!?” Lady Spay demands.

Keith pushes himself up, laughing. “On my way back to the hotel, I did set up some portals. You never know when or where you will need to fight. Just look around us. Humans, demons, centipedes, spiders. All are fighting in these streets. And I find your insect comment amusing because while spiders are arachnids, almost everyone groups them together with insects anyway, so you will be getting squashed!”

Keith leaps from object to object until he lands atop a shoe store with a giant shoe statue mounted above it. He creates another portal behind his back.

“There are three reasons why the people of the Swamp Underworld don’t need you,” Keith says angrily. “One: because you are a bitch!”

Lady Spay’s fury spikes.

Keith continues. “Two: because spiders are creepy as hell!”

Lady Spay launches herself upward toward him.

“And three!!” Keith shouts. “Because we smash spiders like a boss!!”

With most of his remaining power, Keith fires an open portal directly at the raging Lady Spay. She fails to dodge it. At the same time, he opens another portal above the shoe store.

Magic energy beams erupt from the portal above, blasting the supports of the massive shoe statue. It breaks free and begins to fall.

Lady Spay is teleported to the portal Keith created earlier above the car. The giant shoe statue crashes down, smashing her instantly.

“And that is what you do to spiders!!!” Keith yells. “You smash them with a shoe!!!”

Lady Spay lies nearly crushed beneath the statue, only her head and part of her upper body still visible.

Keith jumps down and approaches her.

“Uh… uh…” Lady Spay groans, blood flowing out of her mouth. “Defeated by a shoe statue… I can’t… believe it…”

“It’s the proper way to kill a spider,” Keith says coldly. “Remember that in death!”

“I could have…” Lady Spay gasps with her final breaths. “I could have led the Swamp Underworld… to a better existence…”

Lady Spay’s eyes close and she dies.

Keith looks out across the city, watching the ongoing battles.

“I hope the others are okay,” he says quietly.

Lady Spay falls, taking out one side’s leader in the power struggle.

Chapter 120 END
To be Continued in Chapter 121: Emily, Kurt, and Joe vs Kitipede