Chapter 20

I wake up in a cold sweat looking around only to find it is currently morning as others are waking up and starting to head out of the base as I stare at Brownie nearby and go over to her

"h-hey Brownie! can I, ask you a quick question?"

" hm? Sure! anything for a friend!"

" right, did anything happen this night? was enter there"

" you, had a vision didn't you"

" so, it was right, was there anything off about Ent"

" Nothing really, he was awake as well though I didn't stay up long, I did need to wake up in the morning after all"

" ok, ok, thanks for at least telling me that Brownie "

" it is no issue to me Jake, now hurry, I can already guess the line is getting long"

as she gets up waves me bye and she starts jogging out of the base as I follow out as well, we didn't get food yesterday so people are more enthusiastic about it today as I already see the built-up line as I soon see and go over to Jerry to be with him when he enters the line as he notices me too

" hello Jake, how is it being so close to getting some answers for the history of what's happened?"

" about that"

" about, what? did you come by a new issue? if so I will gladly lend a hand"

" no, I, had another vision"

as he started to immediately quiet down

" was it a good vision, or, a bad one"

" I know you can guess, it's about the nest again, this time though it all felt real unlike before I couldn't guess anything was up until I was getting down a tower only to see Ent acting weirdly"

" do what? why the mention of the nest?"

"He was just, staring at me as I go down and when I checked on him, he, kept saying why am I going to the nest, and how it will only bring pain, and suddenly, suddenly! suddENLY!"

as I was quickly snapped out of it by a slap from Jerry

" hey, um we can wait! no need to spiral on me man, it's ok, we wi- ll, just prepare more! yeah, we can leave it to later, maybe we can even still do the web quest, I mean the nest is made of the stuff so of course we wouldn't have to enter"

" right, right, we can just play it safe and just do the web quest "

" yeah, so let's wait, the line is already at max but it can only shrink from here, besides, maybe eating some food will calm your nerves for at least a small bit"

as I just nod as we wait in line seeing others go past us with their crates as it goes for a good while till we meet up with Cook in his strangely unharmed area with a roof as they look at me weirdly

" hey Jerry, can you tell me why your friend looked like they just got from a near-death encounter?"

" Ah, he just got cold feet is all"

" yeah, nothing much"

they look right at me with an icy stare that made me nervously chuckle along with my bits of shivers

" Jake, as in the one that broke into a building before opening day Jake"

" Yeah"

luckily Cook doesn't ask questions like I do as they get my and Jerry's crate and puts them in front of us as we get it And leave towards the base again to do our game plan

" ok, so we agreed to get to the nest for the webbing mission, how do we get said webbing?"

" well from what I checked you just need something to place it in, something which I asked Cody for, luckily it's in their free time, and while very sticky with something sharp, I could cut a piece off"

"Would an arrowhead work?"

" I'm pretty sure it would, hopefully, I just got the sword cause I have nowhere near the number of points you do"

" well we got a game plan, how big is the container?"

" well it's, wait, you didn't get the quest yet"

"Oh, well then, Jerry, can you hold my crate for a moment?"

" I mean, of course, what research-"

before they say more I put my crate on top of his own and start running back to Cook's area

" thanks! I'll get going for it, and be right back!"

as I see Cook has served the last person with a food crate, who seems to be the new kid, who I rush past almost making him trip and drop his crate of food just barely catching themself as I look back

"sorry!"

as I make it to Cook now a bit out of breath from the run as Cook sighs

" you wanted to get a quest didn't you"

" yeah, I'll just get the webbing quest "

" Alright then"

as they take out a piece of paper and write something on it as they look back over at me

" you are now recorded to have taken the mission "

" ok, thanks, then"

"This is simple, next time just remind yourself, you already looked like you say death before your run"

as I just nod, as I begin going back over to the base seeing Jerry eating my crate beside them as they see me coming over and wave at me

" well let's hurry, the sooner it's done, the sooner we get to have our own, webbing thing!"

" Jerry you don't have a full set of armor"

" hey, it's for later! hehe, you feeling better Jake?"

I chuckle a bit as I take a seat as I start eating the food from my crate

" yeah, thanks"

as he finishes his off as they get up looking over to the nest in the distance as they nod

"Well, I'm gonna get myself over to the nest, come over when you finish!"

as they start to walk away to the nest as I go to finish off my food a bit later as I look at the nest with a tinge of worry until I slap my checks with my hands to snap me out of the worry

" calm down your turning into Brownie, I'm not just gonna sit down leaving Jerry to dry"

as I get the crates drop them near the base for Cody to go through and start heading straight to the nest with my armor as I avoid the cavern holes with a bow in hand and arrows on my back ready to meet up with him, though as I start getting closer the number of spiders get more numerous and the terrain went from a couple of caverns to a massive network of caverns all leading to the nest

it started with me just avoiding the random patrol from a large distance, as it slowly turns into me struggling to avoid the acid spiders, and then the metal spiders, as I hide away from sight through caverns in which I always hope a spider doesn't come by while I hide, which due to the metal spiders being so large, turned out easier than I thought, as I soon see the third thing to worry about, it seems to be I'm the middle by size between a metal spider and an acid spider however they seem to have a hole at their back looking like it can shoot projectiles, that one is gonna suck when we eventually have to hunt one, though, we might have to do the metal ones first

as I head forward I see Jerry in a hiding spot near an area of webbing to obscure them from sight as I try to hide near a cavern wall again hoping an acid spider doesn't stroll by me, till I see it

walking on the nest, just above Jerry who seems deathly still, a large daddy long legs spider walks by as it walks on the nest, as I hear a splash nearby as it speeds away as I can still hear it as it skitters away as I see Jerry wave at me to come over as I look around then rush to his hiding spot as he speaks in a whisper

" you saw it as well "

" These spiders seem, very"

" deadly"

" Yeah"

" let's stick to the outside as planned, it seems we are no match to these spiders"

" Now you say that"

" I have to admit I got excited from finding the inside, so let's get on to the quest shall we?"

" got it"

as Jerry nods bringing out a box the size of a head

" looks like we will be here a bit huh?"

" yeah, I got a big box so this should count us both!"

" Well, let's get to it then"

the process wasn't very difficult as they place the box near the webbing we will cut it off and we hide under the webbing as we do so and if we notice movement we stay as silent as possible though Jerry's pack gave some close calls

however the day progressed as always as we dug out a chunk of the webbing from the nest to fill the box, we even got faster midway through from making more room for ourselves as Jerry used a sword which in a tight space certainly was more difficult than me using the thankfully sharp edge of one of my arrows as I hold the box of sticky thread and Jerry as lookout we head to base as we soon hear an intercom that is saying about and announcement

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I did another visit to Wolf who seems to be readying something for the intercom until they see me

" Ah, hello shadow, you seem to have something to say today "

" Honestly, nothing, the two of them have done nothing of suspicion for multiple days boss"

" heh, boss, right, didn't I tell you you don't have to call me that?"

" hey I can do it whenever I want"

"Sure bud, but, nothing suspicious huh, guess in the end I was worried over nothing, * sighs* this is gonna be a long talk when I tell the others"

" hey that just means we both are bad at our jobs"

" shadow, being cautious, taking notes, making missions, is my job, I'm doing better if anything"

" Ah whatever, what are you going to announce, is it something about that slime lady"

" yep, I had been delaying so I can read through the notes on this Jake's, other than avoiding his past life, I find nothing"

" so we both have nothing and your deal was a net loss, great, just great"

" I still have to do it, a deal was a deal, I just, hope there really is nothing up"

as I growl out a sigh as Wolf Readies their mic, and starts the announcement.