Bloodborne Chapter 181

The old man rocked on his chair as he observed the vast lake . He didn't seem to mind Surgit's presence anymore . He was in fact, content with being in the Lunarium, contemplating the stars . Surgit inspected the man up-close . His skin had grown very pale, almost viscous . It shone against the bright moon light .

On the old man's neck grew some strange fungus shaped things . They had the same properties as his skin, only paler, whiter . Surgit observed them move as the old man wheezed and rocked . His hands and legs hid beneath large robes, extravagantly sewn . Somebody must've been taking care of him .

Master Willem pointed with his scepter toward the lake again .

Surgit turned the other way . The stone railings of the Lunarium broke, or rather had been left deliberately unfinished, near the lake . Surgit approached it then looked down . The bright pale moon reflected on the still water . He got to the edge to get a better look . Surgit's pupils widened .

The lake didn't only reflect the moon, but it also cast its own light .

'Something's not right,' he thought as he observed the strange reflection . He turned to look at Master Willem, still rocking on his chair, then looked at the reflection . He must've done this at least five times before he straightened his back . He took in a deep breath, took a few steps backwards then jumped, into the lake .

As his feet came into contact with the moon's reflection, Surgit felt that he'd just landed in a soft, cushion-like surface . The surface immediately gave way and Surgit's feet penetrated it . He went through the blanket that separated one reality from another, then landed in a vast shallow water surface . His boots were barely submerged . There wasn't a single scratch on him .

The moon shone above them . Its reflection on the shallow water gave the place a celestial feel . Surgit looked up above . He could see thick clouds surrounding the area, but no trace of the moon . Far away in the distance, Surgit could make out a large shape . It moved ever so slightly, but he concluded it was his next target .

He approached the creature with careful steps . His legs caused a loud splashing sound, every time he took a step forward . He was getting ready for a fight . He'd been in these situations before, the calm before the storm . The closer he got, the calmer he'd feel . He knew what he had to do, drag the beast around, learn its attack pattern then punish it for the openings it left .

AdvertisementThe creature in front of him grew in size as he approached . He'd been pretty far away when he'd first seen it . As he got closer, the monster's features became more and more apparent . It looked like a fat, giant rat with a stone head . It had many miniscule legs that carried it around . They hopped about the watery surface as the beast turned to have a look at Surgit .

Its stone face had multiple holes in which some dark slimy bulbs moved about . Surgit inspected the beast with his insight . It read: Rom the Vacuous Spider .

"A spider?!" Surgit surprised himself by speaking out loud, in a rather silent realm .

The spider looked at Surgit with its multiple slimy bulbs . It didn't move just fixed him with the strange things within its stone head . The silent exchange went on for quite a while before Surgit decided to leave the monster alone and move on . If the monster didn't attack, it only means he didn't have to fight it . All he needed to do was to find a way out .

"But where's the way out?" he asked out loud . Wherever he looked, Surgit could only see and endless sea; a shallow body of water that extended toward the horizon . Surgit turned to look at the spider once more . Willem pointed him to this direction . The spider seemed to be the only living thing in this endless sea .

He approached the monster, attached his sword to his hammer then whispered: "Sorry!"

He brought his hammer on the beast's head . Surgit's arms vibrated as his weapon hit the spider's hard head . A loud clanking sound echoed in the vast lake . The spider's slimy bulbs moved about . Then its whole head turned to the side . The creature curled into a large ball then slowly faded from existence .

Surgit observed, bewildered, as the beast turned into vapor and disappeared . He looked around, trying to see if a door had been opened, leading him outside . But he saw the spider, appearing several feet away from him . It moved its head upwards then some dark balls fell from the sky .

Surgit moved closer to see that the balls were actually spiders . There were at least two dozen, surrounding the Vacuous Spider . They all had heads made of hard rock . When they moved, their thin legs faintly splashed water around . They saw Surgit then came running at him . The hunter swiftly dodged the creatures then flattened them with his Kirkhammer . He was lucky to have attacked Rom on the head .

'Avoid their heads and they'll be easy to squash,' he kept telling himself as he swung his hammer .

The little spiders were a headache to deal with though . They crowded Surgit then started jumping at him . Their momentum carried them high in the sky . When they came plunging down, their heads were aimed at the ground, at Surgit . The hunter dodged the first one but didn't have time to attack it . He had to jump at least three times before realizing he had to run to safety .

'I shouldn't allow them to team up on me,' he thought as he jumped away from the swarm . Behind the numerous small spiders, Rom stood, unmoving . It looked vulnerable, unwilling to fight back . Surgit smirked then jumped back even further . The spiders followed the hunter for a while then stopped . They started walking back to Rom .

'So you summoned protector!' he thought as he observed the retreating creatures . 'Let's see how many hits I can land before they swarm me again!'

Surgit ran as fast as he could . He dashed beyond the spiders, not paying them any heed . They were going to notice his plan soon . He had to act quickly and swiftly . He soon reached the Vacuous Spider then swung the hammer at the back of its body . The spiders let out multiple shrieks then started running toward Surgit .

The hunter landed two more hits before the others reached him . He dodged some sharp spider legs then jumped away from danger . Before Surgit's eyes, the spider curled up again . A strange mist enveloped the monster as its body rotated three times then stopped . Rom didn't teleport this time .

But more spiders rained down on Surgit .

He cursed under his breath . He had to get rid of the spiders before more would show up and make his life miserable . He wanted to find a shortcut to disposing of his prey, but the shortcut seemed to have cost him . He spent a long time clearing the area of small, but dangerous spiders . Their legs were pointy and as sharp as steel . One hit almost managed to perforate his shoulder .

Another hit cut his leg open, from hip bone to ankle . He used three vials to completely regain control over his leg . He had to stay on the move, baiting spiders two at a time . He could deal with three of them, but the probability of having a fourth then fifth ganging up on him didn't seem appealing .

He stayed on the move, dodging and punishing until he was left with one final spider . He slowly walked towards the Vacuous Spider while rubbing the Phantasm against his sword . The weapon shone a celestial white color . Surgit jumped at the spider and sliced as fast as he could .

The creature moved about, as if affected by the hunter's attacks . It was hard to know what it was feeling or how it was reacting . It was a big lump of furry flesh . It didn't seem to breathe or emit any sound . Its fur shone the same color as Surgit's sword .

After six or seven swings, the spider curled into a ball again .

"Oh no you don't!"

Surgit shouted as he attached the sword to the hammer then brought it down on the beast . The weapon went through the spider's body, as though it were made of smoke . The beast disappeared and reappeared behind Surgit, several feet away . The spider raised its head to the sky and move spiders fell down .

"Here we go again…"

The hunter ran towards the spiders . He knew what to do this time around .

'Drag them around . Finish them slowly then attack the helpless one,' he continuously mumbled as he took two spiders down .

The others noticed his presence then started running toward him . Surgit jumped back, leading the spiders away . He'd dodge to the right every time one of them approached then cut it down . With the Phantasm's help, the spiders fell down in one strike . Surgit was focused on bringing the little creatures down as effectively as possible .

He didn't expect Rom to fight back .

The Vacuous Spider suddenly rose on its tiny hind legs then fluttered its front legs in the air . A strange sound could be heard inside Surgit's head . He knew it was the Spider's voice, but couldn't figure out how he'd known it . A purple light in the sky caught Surgit's attention . More spiders were approaching him as he jumped backwards .

The sky seemed to have torn . Then an opening, it looked as though another dark space had appeared through a tear in Surgit's reality . Stars shone in the dark space . Then shiny blue objects came flying out of it . Surgit observed with horror as meteors, as large as mountain rocks, were falling in his direction .
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He ran for it . The meteors landed with a loud bang . Surgit could feel the after effect of the explosion behind him . His clothes fluttered, and he seemed to have been pushed a bit further . The second meteor fell and Surgit was thrown several feet forward . Thanks to his incredible, not to mention supernatural, reflexes, the hunter managed to keep his footing .

He ran from five celestial projectiles then turned to look at the large spider . He looked at it under a new light this time around, a terrifying one . Rom's kin didn't seem to be affected by the meteor strike . It only seemed to target and hurt hunters . Surgit cursed .

In order to take the beast down, he'd have to get closer . Getting closer meant being skewered by multiple spiders with eight sharp legs . He had to rely on his supernatural strength and speed to take care of Rom and its spiders at the same time . He didn't know if it were feasible, but he had to try it .

Surgit dashed forward, avoiding some spiders and slicing others . He soon reached Rom when the beast rolled, its back on the ground . It wriggled there for a moment . Surgit was about to hurl himself at the monster when he noticed a bright blue light underneath his feet . He jumped back just in time to see meteor rising from underground . They shot to the air then disappeared in the sky .

Surgit let out a sigh of relief then dashed at the monster . He had to land at least two or three hits before its kin caught up . As he landed the first swing, the spider started flailing about . Its heavy body splashed at the water and shook the ground . Surgit was slammed by the beast and thrown a few paces backwards .

Two spiders plunged at him from above . Surgit quickly rolled to the side, got up and skewered the monsters exposed bodies . More of them swarmed the hunter . He dodged and punished while more than a dozen legs were swinging in his direction . He had to get away from this dire situation . He didn't want to die yet . He wanted to see what other tricks the spider had left for him .

He glanced at Rom's direction to see it standing on its hind legs . The spiders that attacked Surgit quickly retreated . He was surprised at how fast they could retreat . Explosion ensued, The whole lake shook as six meteors landed, obliterating the hunter into smithereens .

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