Is this a good or a bad thing-?

  We want to fight the big spider, so it's a good thing she's coming to us, but it feels rather... ominous. Maybe I should Todd and Ma-,

  "Hey, Mal, momma spider is comin'," Todd said, once more taking my idea right out of my head. Hrm. I'm not sure if I should thank you or zap you, Todd. You incredulous nincompoop.

  The message fades out of my mind and my attention is quickly brought to the... scuttling. It is no secret that the sound of a spider is scuttling, but this loudly? Whatever this is, it is large and heavy. Like a sack of sang thumping along. Strangely enough, for some reason, it doesn't sound like it's alone.

  Odd, considering it ought to be a solitary creature. Spiders don't usually have friends, right? Unless it's their babies, which sounds kinda lonely.

  Huh? Something feels off. The scuttling has stopped, and-,

  In a mere moment, a moment I myself was not aware was happening, I activated Borbdingnag and turned into my horse-sized self, and threw myself in front of Mal, using my own body as a shield for something I didn't know was coming.

  Something strikes my chest but falls off without having caused much damage, if any at all. I glance down at where the thing struck me, and find it lying in the grass. Despite it having felt almost like an arrow, what I find on the ground is nothing less than a bundle of black, coarse hair.

  ...Alright, what the fuck?

  "Yo-, Johnny, you cool??" Todd asks, bolting up to stand next to me, but I'm too confused to notice him. Judging by where I got hit and how high up Mal is... this was shot at his head. RIght between the eyes. What could- "dude, what's that in there-?"

  And, lo and behold, there's our answer.

  ...Wait, don't I know you-?

  The spider sweats.

  Yeah, I do! You're that bloke who lived in the cave with all the origami spiders! What the hell are you doing here??

  The shadows part to reveal yet another spider, and yet another answer.

  ...Alright.

  Todd doesn't seem too scared at being approached by two C-rank monsters, but I guess he wouldn't be. Neither am I, but...

  -Mal? Mal, you alright there, pal? You look, well, really pale. Like really really pale. Even paler than before.

  He takes a step back. Eyes wide and trembling.

  ...On second thought, maybe C-rank is a lot? I dunno, it seems to me like Mal is taking this too harshly than I feel he should.

  Alright, uh, let's just check my status to make sure we can really handle this. No idea how much C rank is compared to C+, but here goes.

  ...Alright, that's probably good enough. Still, already at level 62... This is really wack. Too wack. Mysterious...

  Are the spiders staring at us? I feel like the spiders are staring at us. The Grand Weaver is physically larger than the hair-weave one, and, well, white. Really not much to say. It's a big white spider with big green eyes that are totally looking at us and making me feel kind of embarrassed.

  S-, stop looking at me like that, idiot!

  By the looks of this, it almost seems like the hair-weave spider we met earlier is acting sort of like a bodyguard for the grand weaver? Which is... nice, maybe? Maybe they're friends? Maybe-,

  I lunge my body once more, this time in front of Todd, and only barely feel the hardened spike of hair strike my chest. Whoa, close o-,

  And the next second, the world once more turns into a blur. Something moves by Mal, and so I, too, move. I intercept whatever attack it was, and find my hand clasping the hairy leg of the hair-weave spider. I stare her down and attempt to crush her leg in my hand, by a tug on her side is enough to dislodge it, leaving me with a handful of disgusting, greasy hair.

  I throw it to the side. The spider stares me down.

  "Clang!"

  From the corner of my eye, I catch only barely how Todd intercepted a white claw, only to be pushed down moments later.

  -Fuck!

  This might be a fair bit harder than anticipated, especially when I have two people to protect.