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The approaching swarm was fried with ease, one after another, falling like flies. But they would not stop, jumping up and sprinting towards Jenso the moment the fire had dispersed. They jumped up with great agility, and continued to pour our of the crevice at the end of the room.

The Bug general flipped in midair as Jenso's blade came towards him, using strange jets that were embedded into his back to change his angling. With one of his blades, he dug into the center of Jaw's saw from the side, immediately dispersing the technique. With his other blade, he deflected Alvios's strike, and proceeded to fall to the ground. After this, he was unable to attack, pushed onto the defensive by the twin assault.

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The bug-man side-stepped Alvios's attack and slashed at him with both of his swords in a spinning motion, one after the other, before hopping high into the air. Swarmlings began to flood the chamber, coming from the trench, and rushing both men.

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The Bug man strengthened his stance and narrowed his eyes. "The queen has told me much. As for thiSsss woman, we are acquiring the perfect Sssssubstitution for our queen," He answered, "But as you can Sssssee, this woman will not do." The bug lowered his sword, and swarmlings crawled out of the crevice below, swarming the woman and devouring her alive. He screams echoed through the room and the bug-man smiled.. At least, it kind of looked like a smile?

"But Ssssssoon, we will have the Ssssmall one. SHE has already been retrieved, and will arrive shortly. Your abSssscence from that Ssssity iSsss moSssst Apreciated, Alvios."

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~ Chapter 113 ~

_{General... Bug man?}

Jenso and Alvios proceeded deeper into the cavern, past the guards. It seemed that this pathway lead deeper underground, past where the crystals ended, and a thick, dark brown set of walls began. The tunnel smoothed out, and the temperature began to rise. There were still crystals lining the walls of the tunnel, however, every few feet. They glowed an eerie purple hue, and lit the tunnel.

Finally, after quite a trek, they reached a massive room with a huge crevice that lead into the earth's crust. A bubbling noise sounded from withing the trench at the end of the room that divided a raised platform, where a woman's body was positioning, locked in place by crystal handcuffs. The majority of the room was flat, rough stone. Moments after they entered, something dropped from the ceiling. Something humanoid. It stood up tall, standing 8 feet in height and wielding what looked like a bio-organic pair of blades. It hissed at Jenso and Alvios, coated in thick, crystal armour. Its skull was elongated, and lined with 6 eyes, 3 on each side, with a large maw that was lined with teeth.

"Ssssso you've come at last," It hissed, referring to Alvios, "Even through the ASsssimilated Sssssisters. You know no MerSsssy, AlvioSsss.."

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~ End Of Chapter 112 ~

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Two attacks, both in unison, ripped open the bellies of the beasts, ceasing their attacks and leaving the last crab with its two claws out of range to cause any harm. With their range of motion, Alvios was out of range, and Jenso could simply walk around it, if he so desired.

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The creature on Jenso's right toppled downwards as a few of its legs were sliced clean off without much resistance. It used its claws to balance itself, unable to follow up. But the other Crab immediately punched towards Alvios with its left duo of claws, aiming to knock him off its allies back.

Alvios' attack managed to outright slice the middle creature's top two claws clean off their joints, from all three of the beasts, in one fluid array of attacks. Alvios' accurate attacks disabled both the creature that was attacking him, and force it to raise its defensive claw up, swiping at him with those, and revealing its underbelly. The crab immobilised by Jenso did the same, whilst the middle crab flung its bottom claws towards Jenso, trying to slam him between them.

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The creature that Jenso punched at slid back a few feet, and its left claw was layered with cracks. But a moment afterwards, Jenso was smashed against the ground by the oncoming claws from above. Regardless, Alvios' followup sent the beast crashing down, unable to support itself on its legs any further. Its defensive partners turned to face it, and reached out for Alvios with their top claws wide open, still guarding their bottom half with the bottom set of arms they wielded.

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The beast that Alvios approached slammed its bottom set of claws into the ground where the underside of its body was positioned to block his approach, despite not being able to see a thing. With its upper set of claws, it slammed even further forwards, bending its body towards its target.

The other two creatures appeared to mimic this maneuver identically, despite what Jenso had done. It seemed they weren't interested in approaching any closer, however.

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As the two proceeded deeper into the cavern, human wails echoed from deeper within. Louder and more pained than before, forcing an ere of despair onto Jenso and Alvios. Their path was stopped as they entered the larger room, regardless, by three massive, 8-legged creatures. They towered high above Jenso and Alvios, had 4 arms, wielding claws, and a thickly armoured carapace, coloured to match the fragmented crystalline cavern walls. All three of them stood their ground, not attacking, but instead, blocking the path into the inner areas of the cavern.