The studio space disappeared before the eyes, and the cave environment took over the space around the three of them. Before the creeping darkness enveloped them, Jenkins took out his own candle and illuminated the surroundings.
"Watch out for the spiders!"
Mr. Stone's words seemed to come from far away. Before Jenkins could speak, he heard rustling sounds coming from the cracks in the cave's rock wall.
Miss Glasses screamed, and immediately covered her mouth. Although Jenkins was not very afraid of spiders, he couldn't help shivering when he saw the long-haired spiders all over the wall.
But these are not threats, attracted by the light of the candle in Jenkins' hands, there are more massive things. At this moment, Mr. Stone disappeared, and the sound of vibration came from farther in the cave.
Following a sharp sound of piercing through the air, a mass of sticky white spider silk, the size of two heads, between flesh and solid, shot from the depths of the cave, but hit Jenkins' fire wall head-on. The flames burned those white spider threads quickly, and even the dense black poisonous spiders wriggling on the wall moved away from Jenkins in a panic like a tide.
"Here are his memories, I heard him talk about this adventure, it was 7 years ago."
Miss Glasses pointed out that she looked behind the two vigilantly to prevent unknown enemies from appearing there.
Jenkins nodded, and had a preliminary understanding of the routine of this strange situation. The spider silk that flew from the depths of the cave was completely burned, he hesitated for a moment, and then led Miss Eyes to walk towards the direction where the spider silk flew.
Both of them now know that they may have entered the painting, but they don't know how to escape from here. So if you move towards a place with clues, although you will definitely encounter danger, you will definitely not make mistakes. Jenkins just hopes that his cat will stop pretending to be afraid. He knows that chocolate has never been afraid of this kind of little bug.
Even with candle lighting, it is difficult for light to penetrate the ink-thick darkness in the cave. The passage ahead is a straight road without any forks. But after walking for less than five minutes, Jenkins noticed the darkness not far ahead, which could not be illuminated no matter what.
Even if you continue to hold the light source, the light cannot enter there, as if there is a barrier there that can completely absorb the light.
"this… "
He froze suddenly because something seemed to be moving on the dark surface. After watching for a long time, the inexplicable sense of panic made Jenkins want to turn around and run away. He suppressed the instinctive impulse of his body, and then realized that it was not a light-absorbing barrier at all, but a huge eye that blocked the entire passage.
The eyeballs that almost merged with the black pupils finally focused on Jenkins and Miss Glasses. The latter groaned, as if vomited a mouthful of blood on the ground.
The eyes finally left the passage, revealing the huge abyss behind the passage. The passage only lasts here, and there is no way to go forward. It is a huge abyss. In doing so, Jenkins saw a giant spider as big as half a hill crawling on the obsidian-like rock wall on the other side of the distant abyss.
It was the one that moved to the entrance of the passage just now, peeking into the passage with only one eye.
This giant spider seems to be a monster from ancient legends, and the breath of the dark abyss perfectly blends with it. This is the apex predator, silent and powerful, truly at the top of the food chain.
Just looking at it, the instinct of the biological body is controlling the trembling of the body. Even the fear of facing the abyss cannot be compared with the fear of this spider.
Phew~
Another ball of white spider silk spewed out from the spider's mouth, and the surprisingly thick and sticky silk almost covered the entire hole.
Before Jenkins could make a move, the glasses lady beside her raised her right hand. In the abyss outside the cave, a huge, complex and magnificent divine magic seal was formed out of thin air, and several flaming meteorites flew out of the seal, carrying huge kinetic energy and directly hitting the spider.
"Huh? This trick seems familiar?" (Note)
In the earth-shaking explosion, the darkness of the cave turned into colorful patches and disappeared before the eyes. The studio reappeared, and the red night sky and yellow moon were still outside the window.
It was very quiet here, and nothing seemed to have changed. It's just that the sound of Mr. Stone's body falling to the ground was extremely ear-piercing. Taking advantage of Miss Glasses' support, Jenkins saw what he left on the canvas.
That seemed to be what everyone had seen and heard just now. On the side of the bottomless abyss, a giant spider was crouching on the dark rock wall. The eight pairs of compound eyes seem to be glowing in the black satin tone, and they seem to be staring at the people outside the painting, ready to prey.
"The subject of the depiction is well chosen, but unfortunately the drawing skills are too poor, so it is barely qualified."
The painter with his back to everyone sighed, he never turned his head, but he could know the content on the canvas.
Jenkins ignored him, but together with Miss Glasses, dragged the unconscious Mr. Stone to the French window. With the light of the unknown moon outside, the two of them did not find any obvious signs of trauma on the middle-aged man.
He should have been severely traumatized to show such symptoms. This is very common for the bestowers, but it is definitely not good for the three of them at this moment.
"Although the first painting has been completed, we know that the non-painter will face the memory of the painter, but we still don't know what the painter will face."
Jenkins said embarrassingly, but he doesn't need to worry, after all, Miss Glasses will be the second artist to paint. The woman understood what Jenkins meant, and after confirming that she could not wake up her companion, she calmly said to Jenkins:
"I will make a second attempt next time. When I think about it, we will still be separated. I hope you can take care of my friend while ensuring your own safety... I will thank you after leaving the strange place."
"If it's convenient, I will... Are you a believer in [God of Mysteries and Rituals]?"
He asked suddenly, because Miss Magic had also used the ability to summon meteorites just now. Miss Glasses didn't answer, she turned around and found a blank canvas next to the oil painting of spiders. After taking a deep breath, she stretched out her finger to the canvas.
The colors of the oil paint filled the space of the studio, which soon became a small quiet room. In the center of the quiet room is a huge round table. Around the round table, six coffins stand by the wall, and a complicated sealing ceremony is depicted on the round table in the room.
Even if Jenkins didn't understand this ritual at all, he could tell from the complicated lines that the sealed thing must be very scary.
PS: Miss Magic used a similar ability against Skrull Pompeii when she went to the Black Forest with her party friends to rescue Mr. Hood who was kidnapped by the "human trafficker" Duke Antak.