Chapter 202: Spider Queen; Obsidian Black Egg
Chapter 202: Spider Queen; Obsidian Black Egg
"It was you who commanded the group of Dune Runners to capture my Xuexue, right?" Although this queen had extended her hand to me, I obviously did not approach and kept my distance.
It seems this queen had been waiting for me all this time. The group of zerlings with two Roaches had always caught my attention, especially the feeling of being watched in the darkness.
I do not know if the girls paid attention, but these aliens were not like the others that are infested with a purple fungus. They seemed to be cleaner and purer insects.
Although the attack on the city also had subtle differences between the groups of aliens. I do not know if the leaders have also noticed that difference.
"Primordial specimen・・・ evolution・・・" the queen, seeing my defensive attitude, lowered her hand but did not change her expression.
Although I cannot see any expression on her face, she reminds me of Kara.
Especially because of her jet-black skin that looks as if she were wearing a dark mage robe.
This creature seems to have been taken out of a horror movie. She is a spider, but if we only count the legs she uses to walk, there are only three pairs with which she supports her plump body.
In my perception she has a plump abdomen from which her three pairs of legs emerge like those of a spider, thin but with armor like that of a crab.
The upper part of her abdomen seems to have black and smooth scale armor and appears to have two more curved and smooth plates that protect her scale armor which shines faintly like plastic. On the lower part her skin is black like her human torso. It is a velvety texture that makes me want to caress it and rub my face against it thinking about how soft the belly of this insect Queen must be.
Her plump abdomen ends at the back in a point from which two smaller limbs emerge.
Further ahead from where her legs are born, a human torso seems to grow from hips forming a thinner waist, rising toward the pectoral with two pairs of arms on each side.
From the shoulders at the top descend her two upper limbs that are longer, thicker and more powerful with the same jet-black skin protected by armor and with blades at the end.
Two smaller limbs are born beneath these two larger limbs. This pair of limbs already look more human without scales or armor, with only the black skin and the shape of a hand but with six fingers.
Both hands of the spider queen have long and black nails that seem no less sharp than the blades on her long upper limbs.
After the shoulders there is a thin and long neck with a marked collarbone and beneath the collarbone a pair of large breasts.
Why would a spider need a bust? But thinking about it, why does this spider have a navel on her human belly?
My eyes have wandered over the entire anatomy of this spider queen with my eyes that see color and my spatial perception.
I do not know much about the anatomy of a real spider, but the interior of the human part of this queen is similar to that of a human but also has many differences in her internal organs, bones, etc.
The face is human but you can tell it is not. It is not human but it gives you the familiarity of a human face.
This spider queen has two pairs of eyes. The first ones, starting from the top, are large and completely black and seem to be made of obsidian. There are eyebrows above these black eyes but they are not human eyebrows, rather they are two antennae that grow from her forehead between her eyes and extend toward the sides.
Beneath the large black eyes there is another smaller pair but the size of human eyes and they are bright yellow in their entirety, slightly tinged with orange.
There is a small thin nose and beneath it there is a mask made of the same material as her body armor that covers a small mouth with black lips and sharp teeth inside.
Although she has a mouth I have not heard her speak and she has communicated with me through space. But although she has a nose I do not hear her breathing either...
On each side of her head, where ears should be, wide horns grow that curve upward as if she were a demon. There are openings at the base of the horns on the lower part that function as ears with their entire internal system.
She does not have hair like animal species but thin and long tentacles that move as if she were submerged in water.
I identify her as a Zerg queen because that is the feeling she gives, but she does not seem entirely a Zerg queen. She seems like a hybrid with a human.
Although I would like to ask many questions and it seems that this alien queen would answer everything I ask, I do not want to reveal my knowledge about the species. Especially asking about that Queen of Blades she mentioned.
I do not think that older sister Queen of Blades has sent a strain of her Zerg to this planet as part of her swarm plan, because if that were the case this planet would definitely have already fallen even though magic exists.
And for the years of history this world has and the other native races there is no presence of extraterrestrials who call themselves Protoss arriving with golden ships.
Although I would like to know what they are doing here and why they are infested by a fungal parasite, I suppose I will wait for her herself, this queen, to tell me in due time.
"I am sorry, Xuexue is mine so I cannot give her to you." I replied to this spider queen, who through her message I could feel the desire for my four Vorshaans.
"Dead・・・ Blood・・・ Benefit・・・ Evolution・・・ Improve You・・・"
"Let us set that aside... Tell me, why are you here? What exactly do you want and why do you say this world is lost?"
"You・・・ Me・・・ Join・・・ Ancient God here・・・"
"Although it is a nice proposal, we still do not know each other very well so I cannot accept~
But tell me about that Ancient God."
"Time・・・ Of yours・・・" the spider queen looked in a direction toward the south and said.
"Eh?" I looked in that direction but I saw nothing either with the naked eye or with my spatial perception.
Is it still very far away?
"I be・・・" then the spider queen rose high, reaching perhaps three meters in height.
Her plump spider abdomen curved inward and the part of her tail showed beneath her.
Then a small larva came out of a hole at the triangular tip of her spider abdomen.
The spider queen first caught the larva with her long and large arms, then placed it gently in her small human hands.
The larva then twisted a little and then began to transform into an egg, but it seemed to be made of obsidian rock because of the black color.
"Take・・・" the spider queen extended both hands holding her egg toward me.
My spatial perception captured everything: the strange anatomy of this spider-like species, how with an energy different from magic and biological material it united in a kind of matrix inside her spider abdomen and quickly matured a larva from the many that are inside her.
And then she literally expelled it through a canal where it seems she can also expel material like the silk of a spider. I could see that the two appendages on each side are also connected to her matrix but seem to have different functions yet also related to reproduction.
Thinking about what queens are in the world of insects... I pushed the chaotic thoughts away from my mind.
I raised my gaze toward the eyes of the spider queen, toward her four eyes, but I could not notice any expression on her face.
The spider queen made a soft movement with her hands as a sign for me to take the egg quickly. Since I did not detect anything strange I decided to trust. An alien who is communicating, even if she may have hidden motives, is not necessarily bad.
Taking a couple of steps forward, I approached and raised my hands.
My palms touched the egg and gently brushed the hands of the spider queen.
The hands are strong and the skin is firm although it contains a little softness. The egg has a warmth that is not felt when holding a rock. I could feel the essence of life inside the black egg.
In my spatial perception I could see how this larva was moving and slowly transforming. After the spider queen leaves I can try to store a heart and put it in my reminiscence space so I can minimize any attempt at conspiracy.
"・・・ we will talk・・・" the spider queen seemed pleased. She looked at me for a while and then turned around and ran and jumped with her legs, walking easily over the thick snow of the mountain.
Then in my perception I could feel the presence of someone familiar.
When I turned around I could see who it was. Then I understood the words of the spider queen when she said -Of yours-. Even from a kilometer away my guardian in the shadows was coming running at great speed.
I have to admit that I am surprised by the perception distance of this spider queen.
When I returned my gaze, I could see how a large reddish ball of flesh descended from the dark clouds and some long, very long tentacles reached the spider queen and helped her climb up.
"Now I have to admit that I am also envious that this spider has an aerial means of transport... By the way, I didn’t ask her name... Do they have names?"
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