I had a great head start, yet the spider was able to cover the distance. Running through the darkness, I found a b.u.mp on the ground up ahead. Maybe this was where I kept skeleton-san's body.

I dug up the body as fast as I could and lifted a piece of skeleton-san's body that I found, as high as possible to defend against the spider.

The spider jumped right on top of me. I shrieked as the spider opened it's mouth. I closed my eyes as the spider pounced on to me. I was nearly crushed with the spider's ma.s.s. The spider stopped moving. Was it dead?

I opened my eyes and squirmed below the spider's body. My legs were still below the spider and I could squirm no further. It was then I heard an inner voice for the second time,

u003cYou have slain a giant arachnid.u003e

Ah. It died after all.

u003cLeveling up..u003e

I wonder how much I had leveled up this time.

u003cYou are now level 3.u003e

Just one level?

u003cLeveling up..u003e

u003cYou are now level 4.u003e

Oh so it's two levels. I see. Still, I thin-

u003cLeveling up..u003e

u003cYou are now level 5.u003e

Woah. That's ni-

u003cLeveling up..u003e

u003cYou are now level 6.u003e

The heck! This is breaking my flow every time I sp-

u003cLeveling up..u003e

u003cYou are now level 7.u003e

Oh G.o.d, just make it-

u003cLeveling up..u003e

u003cYou are now level 8.u003e

Just shut-

u003cLeveling up..u003e

u003cYou are now level 9.u003e

I give up... T T

u003cLeveling up..u003e

u003cYou are now level 10.u003e

u003cConditions are met.u003e

u003cRank change in progress...u003e

u003cYou are now Rank D.u003e

u003cSpecies evolved.u003e

u003cSkeleton soldier turned into Skeleton leader.u003e

Ranks? Species? Really, what's going on here? This is a lot like those games I used to play. But is this even real? Am I in a game or am I in a different world? Where am I?

u003cConditions are met.u003e

u003cSkill [Overthinking] obtained.u003e

u003c[Overthinking] level 1.u003e

I swear if this warped robotic voice makes another joke out of me... I'll-

u003cSkill [Anger] obtained.u003e

u003c[Anger] level 1.u003e

I've had it with you!-

u003c[Anger] level 2.u003e

Ok. Ok. Just stop....

I calmed myself down and squirmed once again to free my lower half from the spider's heavy body. Surprisingly, I could easily free myself from the heavy weight of the spider.

"So this is what happens when you rank up huh."

I stood on my feet once again. I looked at the spider's body to a.s.sess the incident.

Wait a minute...

I could see clearly. Even in this pitch black environment.

"Nice. This seems quite efficient."

I scanned the spider and found out that a bony structure had pierced through the head of the spider.

"I see. So the part of skeleton-san's body I had held above my head had pierced the spider before it tried to crush me. I guess using this bony structure would be useful for facing other creatures."

I pulled out the bony structure as blood started oozing out of the spider's head. When I took a closer look, the bony structure was shaped like a sword. This couldn't possibly be a part of a skeleton... Maybe it was a drop item?

I looked through the skeleton-san's grave and found nothing.

"So, if it really is a drop item, shouldn't the spider drop something too?"

u003c[Overthinking] level 2.u003e

Urghh....how do I deal with this guy?!

Anyways, moving on, it could still be possible that the spider would drop an item as well. I guess I'll wait for a while...

After 5 minutes, the spider's body vanished. I looked on the ground and found another sword. This one was different from the irregular, bony shaped sword I had. This one had a smaller grip and was more similar to a rapier than a sword. The edges were laced with some fluid and the sword was slightly smaller in length as compared to the bony sword.

I guess calling the swords by their characteristics would be too tiring... I guess I'll name them.

I'll name the bony sword skeleton-san's arm. No. Wait. It has to sound cool. Hmmm... How about Skele? I guess Skele seems fine.

As for the other sword, I guess I'll call it Spider for now...

I resumed walking towards the light. To my surprise, I was able to walk much faster. My legs felt lighter. My body movement was better. Compared to this, the way I was moving before was like slogging. I felt great!

I walked straight for hours until I finally reached the light. Turns out, it was a door to reach outside the dark tunnel. I saw trees 20 feet tall, covering the entire area which was green and luscious. The whole area looked similar to a forest back on Earth.

"Huff...", I sighed, as I looked across the pleasant forest. Approximately 30 feet away I saw humans.

Yes! Finally! Humans!

Oh G.o.d no! I'm a skeleton!

My joy transitioned into to fear in a split second as I had been approached by 3 humans.

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Species: Skeleton leader

Level: 10

Rank: D

Status: Unknown

Skills: [Overthinking] [Anger]

Equipment:

Swords: [Skele] [Spider]

Armour: None

s.h.i.+eld: None

Tools: None