I Was Reincarnated as the Weakest Monster, but I’ll Use My ‘Return from Death’ Skill to Become the Strongest! Even as the Weakest Monster, I Want to Get Stronger, Take Human Form, and Build a Harem… But Why Do Only Yandere Non-Human Girls Keep Showing Up? - Chapter 1.14

This is the worst possible place to revive.

As far as return points go, this had to be the absolute worst scenario imaginable.

“…Tch.”

I clenched my teeth as I faced the spider before me, desperately trying to figure out my next move.

It was undoubtedly the reason I had just died.

That slicing ability—

It was exactly the same as the first time I was killed.

No way. No way in hell was I going to let this thing kill me a third time.

Facing the creature that had already ended my life twice filled me with terror. Challenging it was an act of pure madness.

But even more than that, I didn’t want to die again.

If killing it was the only way forward, then I had no choice—I had to defeat the spider and survive.

“…”

I braced myself, but the spider simply stared at me, unmoving.

Wait—why the hell isn’t it doing anything?

This doesn’t make any sense. It’s completely irrational.

“Skree, skree, skree.”

After what felt like an eternity of silent tension, the spider abruptly looked away and began retreating.

It slipped out of its web and descended toward the ground.

“…Huh?”

I could do nothing but watch in stunned silence.

“What the hell…?”

Left alone, I found myself lying atop the spider’s web.

Normally, I would’ve expected the strands to be sticky and cling to me, but oddly enough, they didn’t.

“…Am I being kept as emergency rations?”

Why had it spared me?

Why had it left me here alone?

I couldn’t make sense of its intentions.

Would it be safe for me to climb down and escape?

I had no way of knowing what the spider was planning.

Once again, I was struggling to survive with next to no information.

Could I really make it out alive this time?

“Fuu…”

…

……

Alright. Time to make a decision.

I have to use every tool at my disposal.

“Alright.”

Rather than immediately trying to flee, I started surveying my surroundings.

Since this web was suspended high above the ground, I had a good vantage point.

The forest below had been ravaged by fire, with most of the trees reduced to ashes. Only a few remained, standing amidst the devastation.

Despite the desolation, I saw no signs of monsters lurking in the shadows.

Next, I turned my attention to the spider’s web and the area around it.

There had to be something—anything—that could help me understand this creature.

I needed a clue.

Desperately, I scoured the surroundings, searching for anything that might aid me in defeating it.

At this point, I had already been killed twice by the same opponent, without even understanding why.

Even if I ended up dying again, I needed information—no matter how small the piece.

“…What?”

As I was lost in thought, a shadow suddenly loomed over me.

I instinctively looked up—

And what I saw left me speechless.

“Huh?”

It was the spider.

But its body had been completely destroyed—gutted by a gaping hole in its center.

“What… the hell…?”

The lifeless carcass plummeted from the sky and crashed onto the very web I was standing on.

Confusion overwhelmed me.

“Ah—!?”

And in the next instant—

The web beneath me disintegrated.

I was falling.

“Are you kidding me!?”

So the web disappears when the spider dies?!

I hadn’t even considered that possibility.

From this height, I was definitely going to die—

What do I do?!

Panic flooded my mind as I glanced toward the ground—

And that’s when I saw it.

“…Huh?”

Waiting below, staring up at me with its massive jaws wide open—

Was another monster.

Its mouth glowed ominously.

And then, before I could even react, a blast of fire erupted toward me.

My third death came before I could even feel the pain.