In front of Annan's eyes was a huge, translucent spider.
The highest end of its chelicerae is about twenty meters above the ground, and is as high as a four-story building. It looks like a jasper-colored black widow—this does not refer to the name of a god, but the name of a spider.
The inside of the spider's chelicerae and abdomen were filled with translucent turbid liquid. The abdomen had about seventy randomly distributed V-shaped marks. It looked like dense scars, exuding an ominous black aura.
Annan could recognize it...it was the holy light imprint of the "Black Widow", the god of poison and spiders.
Its six eyes were staring at Annan coldly.
From the spider's eyes, Annan could clearly feel the cold, emotion-laden gaze from humans.
The reason there are six...is because one pair is closed.
Where is the last pair?
The answer is self-evident.
"first meet."
Annan raised his head and smiled without fear.
"Should I call you Grover...or Derward?"
【You can call me Grover】
Rustling sounds echoed all around, composed of vague words that were not so clear.
Annan turned around.
The "Messenger Grover" standing behind him had turned into a white skeleton at some point.
No, it was not dead bones - it was a puppet made of white silk threads. The only thing that could move in its body, the only thing that was moving, was its pair of black spider eyes.
"I heard that there is a viper, and its tail is like a crawling spider. When a bird swoops down and wants to have a good meal... the viper will eject and inject venom into the enemy's body.
"
When it comes to "web-weaving" technology, snakes cannot be compared with spiders.
Annan looked at the huge spider again, his right hand holding the gun naturally dropped, and his left hand was put into his pocket.
Being stared at by the huge spider, he was not afraid at all.
"Without a doubt, 'Grover'..."
Annan stretched out his left hand towards the spider.
Then came the right hand: "...that is, 'Deward'."
He smiled and clasped his hands on his chest like he was hugging a giant spider.
"Do you want me to continue talking?"
Annan asked: "Do you still want to hear it, Mr. Grover?"
【Please continue talking】
The huge spider rustled, and its six pedipalps trembled uneasily in the spider web.
Small fluctuations are transmitted and become waves.
The extremely narrow footing beneath Annan's body was trembling pitifully.
That was an extremely dangerous situation.
Looking down, you can see the abyss.
But Annan was not afraid at all.
Instead, he looked at the huge spider with pity and compassion.
"Well, Mr. Grover... at least I have some respect for your piety.
"Let me continue -
"'Deward' never existed from the beginning."
Annan replied calmly.
If the three players, or Nieussel and Nefertari heard this answer, they would definitely be stunned.
But judging from the current situation, I am afraid that this is the reality.
"Deward is a believer in the Black Widow - who said this? By the way, it's you, Mr. Messenger, who came a little late. Even if you use rituals to identify 'Deward', you can't locate it.
If you can tell that the other party is dead... then this matter ends here.
"Because in this world, the 'name' itself is the simplest contract. If you want to perform a remote ritual, you must first know the name of the target."
When Zhi Ji and Captain Alexander were chatting with Annan, they once mentioned the characteristics of "Black Widow" believers.
——Black Widow is the god of poison and murder.
He is one of the very few gods who requires living sacrifices.
There is no need to sacrifice the victim to Himself in the ceremony. You only need to kill someone with a specific poison and then offer the "parts" with this poison in the ceremony. For example, liver, hair, nails, etc.
There will only be one Black Widow believer in an area.
Once foreign spider worshipers break into the web, they will only be poisoned first by the local black widow believers.
That is to say...
"It is simply impossible for followers of Black Widow to cooperate in killing people."
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Mr. Grover, you made up lies and created the illusion of Deward's existence... and then sent Job, who did not go to the mill, into the mill to be killed. I'm afraid it was just to make up for it."
Durward's loophole.
"But since Job's body can be used to replace Durward... I'm curious, what have become of them?
"Also...does Devaud really exist?"
[Of course they were all smashed into pieces]
The spider rustled as if laughing.
[Deward is someone I have killed before, of course he existed]
I see... Is he the real person I killed before?
Therefore, even if it is detected by a higher-end ritual, you will not get a prompt such as "the number you dialed is not available".
but……
Annan raised his eyebrows, raised his head and questioned in a deep voice: "Then were they broken into pieces by Alice...or were they broken into pieces by your own hands?"
The owner of this nightmare should be Alice's mother. But the core of it is obviously Alice as a daughter. According to Grover's description, what finally killed the group of lumberjacks was constantly expanding and ground into mud.
Blood and flesh.
That should be the moment when the nightmare was born.
Since Grover can serve as a witness, he can explain this matter to others.
It means that he is not suspected.
The messenger must have the best alibi - for example, he was not in the sporulation mill at all when the incident happened.
But if Job died after the nightmare was born...that is, after the ritual was completed, why could he be used to impersonate Durward?
From what Grover said, it seemed like they had all turned into pulp.
Why is this?
When did Job die?
"……No."
Annan's expression changed.
He had already guessed it.
Looking at Annan's expression, the spider gradually slid closer from the web.
It stayed close to Annan and laughed unscrupulously.
[What else do you want to know? I can tell you everything]
[Spore Mill is indeed centered on Alice]
[They did die from a nightmare centered on Alice]
【But who has stipulated——】
The spider gradually approached Annan.
Its two chelicerae were like pliers pressing on Annan's only foothold.
Dark green light gradually seeped out of the earth.
【——The soul of a living person cannot be used to create nightmares? 】
……Yes.
Alice is the real victim.
She's not dead at all!
So in this nightmare, the power of [Spider Web] and [Dream] will confront each other.
There is no doubt that the spider web is a characteristic created by the interference of Grover and Black Widow.
And [Fantasy] is the characteristic possessed by Alice!