I threw the dead body of the goblin at the Spider. It stabbed it in mid-air with his front leg. A hole big as my fist opened in the chest of the goblin, what a terrifying sight.

The Spiders attacks are more dangerous than I thought, but I may found an opening. When something sticks on one of its legs, it needs to remove it, and this process takes some time.

I never think being in a room full of corpses will make me this happy. Especially ones that I can easily use as shields.

The Spider was still trying to remove the dead goblin corpse stuck on his leg. I should try to disable his front limbs to get an offensive advantage.

Spider's eyes are still on me. A stealth approach is not available at the current moment. I will charge and try to make a good hit.

I grabbed another goblin corpse from his leg and threw him to the Spider before charging. Sadly goblin was only unconscious. It made a "Waaaaah!" sound before Spider made a hole in his chest, poor guy.

Spider started to hit the ground with his front limbs to get rid of goblin corpses.

I raised my hammer above my head and started to charge towards with a battle cry. The Spider began to hit the ground faster. It doesn't matter how strong they are. The intelligence of a Skeleton never changes.

As I start to drop my hammer towards Spider's face, something I don't expect happened. Spider opened his mouth and dashed towards my neck.
For a brief moment, I felt time stopped. Slowly I released my hammer and jumped to air.

It is a weird situation. I am riding a giant spider made out of bones right now. If the Spider wasn't shaking his body like crazy and I didn't drop my hammer, this could be a golden opportunity for me.

I cling to empty holes on his back with my hands. Thank god they were empty, but Spider became uncomfortable after I put my hands inside.

Spider is jumping and shaking his body like crazy. I need to find a way to kill it before it manages to throw me off from his back.

I am glad I bring my mace with me. It is possible to hurt the Spider right now.

The back is too thick for me to damage it, and the head is too dangerous to try, but coxa (The joint of the hip.) is perfect for attacking. Breaking it will decrease the mobility of the Spider in a grave amount.

The only possible way I see in this situation is attacking his limbs. I hope these parts won't be hard as back.

"Now, you are done." I raised my mace into the air and hit the coxa with all my power. Bone fragments flew into the air, and Spider screamed in pain.

"You can even feel the pain, then prepare for yourself for the worst!"

...

"Alexandros, my dear servant, do you remember the last time we humans find ourselves against a serious threat."

An old lady put his hands to the shoulder of a middle man sitting on a luxurious-looking chair.

"When a demon king united other great demons, a lich came from the north, a hero lost his mind and betrayed humanity."

The old lady was moving around the middle man and touching his shoulders. She was wearing a luxurious dress decorated with precious stones.

She is someone powerful. Everyone can see that by just looking at her, but her powers don't come from brute strength or powerful magic. She's someone who can pull strings from shadows.

"At least a hundred years, lady Maude. When a hero tried to destroy the capital church of southern empire by the name of a forbidden goddess."

The middle man was sweating in fear. This woman was the embodiment of danger. You can't escape from her's hands when she got her eyes on you. The best you can hope is still being alive after she used you for her benefits.

"He managed to damage the property, but royal guards managed to capture him."

A smile appeared on Mrs.Maude's face. No one knows what she thinks right now.

"Alexandros, I will ask you one last question. How could we know, amount of heroes summoned to our world?"

"By looking at colorful falling stars, my lady." The only thing Alexandros want's right now is to escape from that room. If she put the name of heroes in her mouth, something is coming.

"Yes, my dear, but did you noticed something unnatural? Like a red falling star heading towards the north. If it is what I think, a hero landed in the wrong place. A civil war is inevitable. Go there and kill the hero and bring his artifact to me. I'll handle the aftermath."

Lady Maude is a living legend. Some people say, at her prime, she had political power enough to kill the emperor in front of his council, but she lost her beauty and her allies started to die. She is still a strong figure, but no were near her past.

This quest means one thing, she has a plan to gain the power she lost over time.

Alexandros wanted to refuse this offer, he knows he will die if he accepts this quest, but refusing Lady Maudes quest could mean something worse than death.

"Alexandros, my dear, I almost forget something. I heard your daughter was pregnant. Tell her I wish her good luck in motherhood. I hope nothing tragic happens to a beautiful girl like her. It will be a real tragedy, wouldn't be?"

She spoke her words. Now, Alenxdros had no more choices. He needs to die, or he will take his family with him to hell.

"My lady."

Maudes turned his back and raised one of her eyebrows.

"Your wish is my command. Your request will complete no matter what happens."

She didn't even say one word and left the poor man who heard his death sentence moments ago alone in the room.

... Back to the skeletal dungeon

"Will you fucking die!" I managed to break four of his limbs before Spider finally managed to throw me off. Now, with decreased agility of the Spider, I can keep it up with it.

I dodge his bites and hit him while moving to another position. This hit and run game lasted around fifteen minutes, but only small cracks appeared on the Spider.

Spider's limbs are weak, but when it comes to the durability of the main body. Attacking it feels like fighting against the main battle tank.

If I had my pole hammer right now, I could damage him properly, but I try my best with a mace right now.

I am close to my pole hammer. Should I use my special attack? I probably should.

I started to walk towards my pole hammer while swinging my mace into the air. Spider is following me from a distance. Just running towards the weapon and grabbing is too dangerous to do. I need a distraction.

"Hey, look at this!" I threw my mace to Spider's face.

It didn't hurt the Spider but made it confused. Spider answered my move with a screech.

I don't care how much it will screech. I managed to grab my weapon. Now, I have something with enough power to damage it.

Spider is charging towards me. The opportunity I waited come to my hands.

I raised my pole hammer to air. My muscles are getting twitching as Spider comes close to me. I should land this hit.

Spider screeched and jumped towards my neck. At the same time, I slashed my pole hammer towards his head.

Pieces of bone scattered in the air as my hammer hit Spider's head.
It didn't die in one hit, but its condition wasn't good enough to allow him to escape.

With crow's beak, I penetrated his skull after some hits, it took more time than it should, but The Skeletal Spider is dead.