# E4 - Monkey, Wha—?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQ34KD/monkey-wha)
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**[00:14] K**
I'm alive...
**[00:15] K**
And it is fantastic to have survived.
**[00:19] K**
What am I gonna do now?
**[00:23] K**
Aren't craters supposed to
be from meteor impacts?
**[00:28] K**
Next time I run into that thing,
I'm totally dead.
**[00:31] K**
I can't count on getting more
lucky breaks like I just did.
***SIGN*** Hiding
**[00:36] K**
The only thing I can depend
on is this skill.
***SIGN*** Stealth
**[00:38] K**
My best option is to stay out
of sight, and stay alive.
***SIGN*** Monkey, Wha—?
**[00:54] [SONG] ---**
I'll weave a web under my heart
**[00:59] [SONG] ---**
I'll weave a web around this dark world
**[01:04] [SONG] ---**
Beyond a twist of karma, what became visible
**[01:08] [SONG] ---**
Is being surrounded by enemies,
thousands of prideful, writhing creatures
**[01:13] [SONG] ---**
dive for alive, climb for life
**[01:15] [SONG] ---**
No extra lives, in total chaos
**[01:18] [SONG] ---**
I guess that makes this my stage, then
**[01:22] [SONG] ---**
You think this is the end?
But I'm not finished yet
**[01:25] [SONG] ---**
Betting my life while perched
on a thread, even if I lose sight of you...
**[01:28] [SONG] ---**
I hunt you down and gobble you up
**[01:33] [SONG] ---**
deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper inside
**[01:38] [SONG] ---**
spider pride, there's a hardened
heart chiseled inside of this chest
**[01:43] [SONG] ---**
The optimal choice won't be enough to cut it
**[01:45] [SONG] ---**
When trying to survive
with your life in tatters
**[01:47] [SONG] ---**
Think like the alternative is gonna kill you
**[01:50] [SONG] ---**
Reach for the winning strat
until the very last second
**[01:52] [SONG] ---**
The truth of the situation
might feel a bit cold
**[01:54] [SONG] ---**
In that case just survive the spider way
**[01:57] [SONG] ---**
I'll weave a web under my heart
**[02:01] [SONG] ---**
I'll weave a web around this dark world
**[02:03] [SONG] ---**
In that case just survive the spider way
**[02:06] [SONG] ---**
I'll weave a web around this dark world
**[02:07] [SONG] ---**
Just you watch
**[02:16] K**
After I said I wasn't
going to run anymore...
**[02:22] K**
Yet here I am, on the run.
**[02:26] K**
I hope this path takes me somewhere safe.
***SIGN***
A mantis monster that dwells in the Lower
Stratum of the Great Elroe Labyrinth.>
***SIGN*** The Great Elroe Labyrinth Lower Stratum
An area located between the Middle and Bottom Stratums
of the Great Elroe Labyrinth.
Habitat to a fair number of powerful monsters.
**[02:56] K**
The Great Elroe Labyrinth's Lower Stratum?
**[02:59] K**
I guess I'm just finding out this place is
called The Great Elroe Labyrinth.
**[03:02] K**
And I'm on a lower level,
along with these powerful monsters.
**[03:07] K**
Not sure I'm glad to learn that.
**[03:10] K**
Is it just me, or is that mantis
stronger than the snake?
**[03:13] K**
It's probably not just me! Maybe those
snakes are the small fry around here!
**[03:19] K**
No, no, no! It's just that
the mantis is too strong—
***SIGN*** Greater Taratect LV18
An evolved form of the spider monster Taratect.
Carnivorous, with potent venom.
**[03:33] K**
Am I going to look like
that if I evolve a bunch?
**[03:37] K**
There's no way I can handle it right now!
**[03:40] K**
Guess I'll eat anything that looks like
I can take it and avoid everything else.
**[03:46] K**
* Sneaking around is turning out to*
* be my main option for survival.*
**[03:52] K**
Ugh, I haven't slept at all. This sucks.
**[03:59] K**
I've gotta eat before this
meter is totally gone.
**[04:04] K**
That being said, I think I'll manage,
as far as food goes.
**[04:08] K**
After walking long enough,
**[04:11] K**
I've noticed that there are monsters from
the upper levels in the Lower Stratum.
**[04:14] K**
And the thing they all have in common is...
***SIGN*** Elroe Academy
**[04:18] Monster**
Here they come!
***SIGN*** Poison Frog
***SIGN*** Venomous Snake
***SIGN*** Venomous Spider
**[04:21] K**
It's that we're all poisonous!
***SIGN*** The Lower Stratum's Toxic Gang
**[04:25] K**
Man, I love being toxic!
**[04:28] K**
Even if I get noticed, they might ignore me!
***SIGN*** Elroe Gastruch LV3
Status appraisal failed.
**[04:36] K**
These snails...
**[04:38] K**
They're all over the place. I wonder
why no one's trying to eat them.
**[04:43] K**
Only one way to find out! Time to chow down!
***SIGN*** <>
So I'm a Spider, So What?
***SIGN*** THE END
**[05:08] K**
That was a seriously close one!
**[05:10] K**
What the hell, man?!
**[05:12] K**
That's out-of-this-world nasty!
**[05:14] K**
Like if you left food waste out in the
middle of a heatwave for a few weeks
**[05:17] K**
before stewing it in spoiled milk!
**[05:21] Voice**
*Proficiency level has risen.*
***SIGN*** LV3>
**[05:24] Skill**
*Rot Resistance Level 3.*
**[05:27] K**
Hey! What kind of build are
you trying to push me into?!
**[05:32] K**
I don't want to ever put anything like
this in my mouth ever again, but...
**[05:36] K**
But...
**[05:38] K**
I really hate wasting food!
**[05:49] K**
I think eating these things will be my
serious, last-ditch, absolute desperation move.
**[05:58] K**
Can't really tell without
being able to see the sun...
**[06:03] K**
But it feels like I've spent
days traveling down this path.
**[06:08] K**
I seriously have no idea where I'm going.
**[06:10] K**
What am I gonna do if this takes
me to the Bottom Stratum?
**[06:15] K**
Let's not imagine the worst case scenario!
**[06:17] K**
I bet it leads to the Middle Stratum.
**[06:21] K**
Right?
**[06:27] K**
*Let's try for a decent meal this time.*
**[06:30] K**
*And the second I mention it...*
***SIGN***
***SIGN***
***SIGN***
**[06:35] K**
* I guess that's what you'd expect from the*
* Lower Stratum. They're pretty high level.*
**[06:39] K**
* One's Level 8, and probably*
* on the verge of evolving.*
**[06:44] K**
Not that it's gonna live that long!
**[06:49] K**
Oh, yeah!
**[06:51] Voice**
*The conditions have been met.*
**[06:52] Voice**
* You have acquired the title*
* "Poison Master."*
**[06:56] Voice**
* Due to the effects of the*
* Poison Master title,*
**[06:59] Voice**
* you have acquired the skills: Poison*
* Synthesis Level 1 and Poison Magic Level 1.*
**[07:03] K**
Hey, more poison, huh?
**[07:04] Voice**
*Proficiency level has risen.*
**[07:06] K**
Guess I got poison all over!
It's practically raining poison!
**[07:07] Voice**
*Skill: Poison Fang has risen to Level 8.*
**[07:21] K**
That certainly was a meal.
**[07:24] K**
Now, then...
**[07:25] K**
Let's check out these skills.
***SIGN***
**[07:27] K**
What've we got here? Poison Magic...
**[07:30] K**
I still have no idea how to use magic,
so we'll set that aside.
**[07:34] K**
Poison Synthesis?
**[07:37] K**
Guess I'll just try and make it happen...
**[07:40] K**
Whisper...
**[07:42] K**
Pray...
**[07:43] K**
And then... chant!
**[07:47] K**
Visualize it...
**[07:50] K**
Here we go!
**[07:51] K**
Poison Synthesis!
**[07:55] K**
Yeah, that's how life goes, I guess.
**[07:58] K**
Wait, something happened?!
***SIGN*** Poison Synthesis Menu
Weak Poison • Spider Venom LV8
You can synthesize these poisons.
**[08:00] K**
Guess I'll try it out?
***SIGN*** Weak Poison
**[08:08] K**
I guess it's great that I have it
but... how am I supposed to use it?
***SIGN*** Puddle of Weak Poison
**[08:12] K**
Maybe put it in a bottle?
Not that I have one!
**[08:15] K**
And that made my MP gauge go down!
**[08:18] K**
Yeah... hmm.
**[08:21] K**
Kinda iffy.
**[08:23] K**
Well, compared to how useless magic has been,
at least I know how to use this!
**[08:32] K**
Man, I don't know what they expect
me to do with this empty-ass cavern.
**[08:38] K**
I'll follow one of the basic rules of exploring
a dungeon: stick to the rightmost wall.
**[08:44] K**
Man, this place is seriously huge.
**[08:47] K**
It's inside a dungeon, but doesn't
feel claustrophobic at all.
**[08:50] K**
It's nothing but rocks, but it feels as
grand as being out in the wilderness.
**[08:54] K**
Skittering through this place underscores
how seriously insignificant I am.
**[09:00] K**
In my past life, I could watch stuff on
TV about secluded parts of the world,
**[09:04] K**
but it never made an impression.
**[09:06] K**
It felt like the beautiful sights I was seeing
might as well have been from another world.
**[09:12] K**
But now, I'm right in the thick of it.
**[09:15] K**
This is the world I live in!
**[09:18] K**
I'm not just visiting,
and I can't afford to be aloof!
**[09:22] K**
Something's coming.
***SIGN***
**[09:33] K**
What the hell is that scary thing?!
**[09:36] K**
Better get out of here before he catches on!
**[09:41] K**
Wh-What now?!
***SIGN***
**[09:47] K**
For now, I need to escape!
**[09:50] K**
They're that strong,
but they still hunt in packs?!
**[09:53] K**
I've got no shot!
**[09:59] K**
A monkey?
**[10:00] K**
Seems different from the others...
**[10:03] K**
So fast!
**[10:05] K**
Seriously?! I better try something else—
**[10:07] K**
This is bad news!
**[10:08] K**
One punch from this guy could
squish me permanently!
**[10:14] K**
Having to deal with rapid fire one-hit
kills is totally terrifying!
**[10:23] K**
You got impatient and took a big swing!
**[10:25] K**
And now that I've wrapped up your punches,
I have nothing to fear from you!
**[10:28] K**
How's that?! You mad?
**[10:31] K**
Th-This is bad!
**[10:40] K**
I'm alive...
**[10:42] K**
Seems kinda like he screwed himself
with that one, but a win's a win!
**[10:45] K**
And you lose!
**[10:57] K**
Did... Did I get him?
**[10:59] Voice**
*Experience threshold has been reached.*
**[11:01] Voice**
*Level has risen from 3 to 4.*
**[11:04] Voice**
*Core stat values have increased.*
**[11:07] K**
That last scream scared me,
but I leveled up!
**[11:11] K**
In that case, I may as well dig in.
**[11:16] K**
That was quite the meal!
**[11:18] K**
Little guy wasn't very bitter at all.
**[11:21] K**
Not that he tasted good, per se.
**[11:25] K**
Really makes you realize how incredible the
pigs and cows back in my old life were.
**[11:31] K**
Tired.
**[11:32] K**
I haven't slept at all, so the second
I got a full stomach, it hit me.
**[11:37] K**
I'm gonna need to think of a way to get some
decent rest, or I'm liable to collapse.
**[12:02] K**
Bring me more meat buns...
**[12:11] K**
What is this? All of my
hairs are standing on end!
**[12:22] K**
Ouch!
**[12:26] K**
Are you kidding me?!
**[12:28] K**
I even made sure to camouflage
my web, so no one would notice.
**[12:32] K**
Maybe the last breath of that monkey had
some kind of special marking scent on it?
**[12:37] K**
Are these guys here for revenge?!
**[12:41] K**
I can't fight such a huge mob!
**[12:44] K**
I've still got time before
they can climb up here!
**[12:50] K**
Huh? Something's different about the rocks.
I can't climb any higher!
**[12:56] K**
No other choice, guess I'll head sideways—
**[13:03] K**
Ow! Ow—
**[13:06] K**
Nowhere to run...
**[13:10] K**
As basic as it is, this is still my house!
**[13:14] K**
I have to fight!
**[13:22] K**
Ow!
**[13:24] K**
Damn it, they're not flashy,
but those rocks hurt.
**[13:26] K**
And they're already halfway up the wall.
**[13:31] K**
If I had something I could drop on them...
**[13:39] K**
Poison Synthesis!
***SIGN***
**[13:42] K**
Eat this!
**[13:51] K**
They're trying to sneak in from the sides.
**[13:54] K**
I can't afford to waste MP,
**[13:56] K**
so I won't be able to dump poison on them.
**[14:00] K**
Okay! That'll hold them in place!
**[14:02] K**
And buy me some time!
**[14:07] K**
Not gonna give me time
to collect myself, huh?!
**[14:11] K**
And again!
**[14:13] K**
These things are smart!
**[14:16] K**
I wish they were smart enough to realize killing
a harmless spider isn't worth the trouble!
**[14:22] K**
And is it me, or are there
even more of them?!
**[14:25] K**
What do I do? Seriously, what?!
**[14:28] K**
At this rate...
**[14:29] K**
I'm screwed!
**[14:34] K**
Okay, I can stack these guys up like a
barricade and give myself some time to—
**[14:42] K**
U-Unbelievable...
**[14:44] K**
They'd rather die than get in
the way of their comrades?
**[14:50] K**
*It isn't about what there is to gain.*
**[14:53] K**
*This fight between me and them...*
**[14:57] K**
*isn't going to end until one side is dead.*
**[15:02] K**
*Have you forgotten how weak you are?!*
**[15:05] K**
*You're not just outclassed right now,*
**[15:08] K**
* you're facing enemies who don't*
* care about their own survival!*
**[15:11] K**
* There's no slick, feel-good*
* way out of this one!*
**[15:17] K**
Oh, no!
**[15:38] K**
It hurts...
**[15:39] K**
So bad!
**[15:43] K**
I can't do this anymore.
**[15:44] Voice**
*Experience threshold has been reached.*
***SIGN*** Small Taratect LV4 -> LV5
**[15:47] Voice**
*Level has risen to 5.*
**[15:49] K**
*Just in the nick of time. Will I make it?*
**[16:04] K**
Th-That was so close!
**[16:07] K**
Being healed is great, but now
I'm out of my turf advantage.
**[16:12] K**
I've got another option, but if it
doesn't work, I'm totally screwed!
**[16:20] K**
Then again, the alternative
is dying without even trying!
**[16:37] K**
Fall!
**[16:56] Voice**
*Experience threshold has been reached.*
***SIGN*** Small Taratect LV6 -> LV7
Core stat values have increased.
Proficiency-based skill level up bonus acquired.
Proficiency threshold has been reached.
Skill: Stealth LV5 -> LV6
Proficiency threshold has been reached.
Skill: Evasion LV1 -> LV2
Proficiency threshold has been reached.
Pain Mitigation LV5 -> LV6
You have obtained skill points.
**[16:59] Voice**
*Level has risen to 7.*
**[17:02] K**
I thought I was totally done for!
**[17:05] K**
Makes sense I would jump two
levels after killing so many.
**[17:10] K**
How many are left?!
***SIGN***
***SIGN***
***SIGN***
**[17:15] K**
I should've noticed from
the name similarity...
**[17:18] K**
These are the evolved form of those monkeys!
**[17:22] K**
I'm gonna need to cast
more sticky webs fast!
**[17:28] K**
How're you picking that
up like it's nothing?!
**[17:31] K**
Whoa—
**[17:34] K**
Are you kidding me?!
**[17:35] K**
If even one of those hits me, I'm toast!
**[17:38] K**
And now I've got less ground to stand on.
**[17:41] K**
If I have to fight while worrying about
my footing, I'm going to leave myself open.
**[17:45] K**
And these guys aren't gonna
let that chance slip by.
**[17:47] K**
No time to hesitate! There.
**[17:50] K**
That just leaves...
**[17:55] K**
I guess they really are learning.
**[17:58] K**
They're spreading themselves out to provide
as much footing as possible to the others.
**[18:06] K**
Some are taking the fall to
make sure the path is clear!
**[18:09] K**
But the longer they keep this up,
the thinner their numbers will become,
**[18:14] K**
and by the time they reach me,
they'll be wiped out!
**[18:18] K**
That assumes those three don't
try anything, though.
**[18:30] K**
Oh, crap!
***SIGN*** Spider Venom LV8
**[18:45] K**
Take this!
**[18:57] Voice**
*Experience threshold has been reached.*
**[19:00] Voice**
*Level has risen to 8.*
**[19:05] K**
That's one down.
**[19:06] K**
Next up...
**[19:07] K**
So fast! It's already attacking?!
**[19:09] K**
But not fast enough!
**[19:15] K**
Okay! Where's the last one?
**[19:28] K**
I'm blacking... out...
**[19:32] K**
But I'll die if I do!
**[19:37] K**
My vision's getting blurry...
**[19:39] K**
But I can't let that stop me!
**[19:47] K**
You're not going anywhere!
**[19:49] K**
Have a third dose of Poison Synthesis!
**[19:59] ---**
I'm done for...
**[20:02] Voice**
*Experience threshold has been reached.*
**[20:05] Voice**
*Level has risen to 9.*
**[20:24] K**
That was a seriously close one!
**[20:28] K**
Now I just need to finish off
every one I've webbed down!
**[20:38] [SONG] ---**
And now, Kumoko-san's story,
summarized as the intro to this song!
**[20:41] [SONG] ---**
Okay, here we go!
**[20:43] [SONG] ---**
Normal!
**[20:43] [SONG] ---**
High schooler!
**[20:44] [SONG] ---**
Classics!
**[20:45] [SONG] ---**
Lesson!
**[20:45] [SONG] ---**
And then a sudden
**[20:46] [SONG] ---**
Disaster!
**[20:48] [SONG] ---**
Time!
**[20:48] [SONG] ---**
Passes!
**[20:49] [SONG] ---**
Consciousness!
**[20:50] [SONG] ---**
Regained!
**[20:50] [SONG] ---**
She's a spider now!
**[20:51] [SONG] ---**
Aah, total chaos!
**[20:53] [SONG] ---**
Kumoko skittering every which way in a panic!
**[20:55] [SONG] ---**
Day in and day out in the great labyrinth!☆
**[20:58] [SONG] ---**
It's survival of the fittest
but hang in there, Kumoko!
**[21:00] [SONG] ---**
By the way, her starting stats
are absolutely minimal! ☆ (V!)
**[21:03] [SONG] ---**
Scary enemies! (Yeah!)
**[21:04] [SONG] ---**
Nasty eats! (Yeah, yeah!)
**[21:05] [SONG] ---**
Sweating bullets, anxious sobbing, unlucky☆!
**[21:08] [SONG] ---**
Even if my home is suddenly burnt
down, I won't give up☆! (Yay!)
**[21:10] [SONG] ---**
Remember the magic words:
"Gimme back my house!"
**[21:12] [SONG] ---**
Ah, the isekai reincarnation
she's dreamed of...
**[21:20] [SONG] ---**
Was to have a starring role
as a beautiful girl on easy street!
**[21:28] [SONG] ---**
Man, is there any skill to turn this around?!
**[21:30] [SONG] ---**
Appraisal? Thread Control?
Telekinesis? Throw? Expel?
**[21:31] [SONG] ---**
Concentration? Perseverance?
Satiation? Stealth? Evasion?
**[21:32] [SONG] ---**
Utility Thread? Poison Synthesis?
Medicine Synthesis?
**[21:34] [SONG] ---**
Heresy Attack? Rot Attack?
**[21:35] [SONG] ---**
Assorted Evil Eyes?!
Height of Occultism?! Parallel Minds?!
**[21:37] [SONG] ---**
My last resort's a desperation attack
**[21:38] [SONG] ---**
Oraoraoraoraoraoraora
**[21:39] [SONG] ---**
Time to do whatever it takes!
**[21:41] [SONG] ---**
More and more with the brute force
to pour on skills by the ton!
**[21:43] [SONG] ---**
To tear them up and
shred them to bits AHHHH!
**[21:46] [SONG] ---**
I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die!
I wanna survive, I wanna survive!
**[21:48] [SONG] ---**
I'm gonna live no matter what! AHHHH!
**[21:51] [SONG] ---**
I'd really like a break from
living in this crappy game
**[21:52] [SONG] ---**
I kinda thought a reincarnation
would be a chance to enjoy life
**[21:53] [SONG] ---**
Why did I have to get such
a brutal start?! Seriously!
**[21:54] [SONG] ---**
You're gonna pay for this, Administrator D!
**[21:56] [SONG] ---**
It's pitch black in the
grand labyrinth again today
**[21:57] [SONG] ---**
And I'm betting it all on survival still
**[21:58] [SONG] ---**
I guess it's fun in it's own way but
**[22:00] [SONG] ---**
I seriously don't get it,
I mean, why I'd have to be
**[22:01] [SONG] ---**
A freaking spider?!
**[22:05] K**
Serves you right!
**[22:06] K**
I might be reincarnated as a spider,
but I'm still alive!
**[22:10] K**
And I survived again!
**[22:13] K**
*Looking back...*
**[22:14] K**
* When I had to run after being*
* blown away by that Earth Dragon,*
**[22:18] K**
* I felt like I was being choked*
* with fear and frustration*
**[22:21] K**
* from being forced to break the oath*
* I made when my house was burnt down.*
**[22:25] K**
And I had to run to stay alive!
**[22:28] K**
And this time, yet again,
I've managed to survive a fight!
**[22:33] K**
I'm so happy! This is so great!
**[22:37] Voice**
*Experience threshold has been reached.*
**[22:38] K**
I worked... so, so hard...
**[22:39] Voice**
*Level has risen to 10.*
**[22:41] Voice**
* Requirements have been met:*
* Small Taratect can now evolve.*
***SIGN*** Taratect
***SIGN*** Small Poison
Taratect
***SIGN*** Evolutionary Options
**[22:49] K**
Oh, right! Level 10, huh?
**[22:52] K**
I guess I jumped up a few
levels, back there...
**[22:54] K**
Let's leave the evolution for later, though.
**[22:57] K**
I don't want evolve in the
middle of nowhere, after all.
**[23:01] K**
Come to think of it, there weren't any
monkeys coming from this direction.
**[23:06] K**
Hey, this path is heading upwards!
Maybe it'll take me to the Middle Stratum?
**[23:11] K**
Yahoo! Up I go, up I go!
**[23:14] K**
And I can finally say goodbye
to the danger zone!
**[23:18] K**
Maybe it's from the excitement, but I've
been feeling warm for a while now!
**[23:21] K**
Not that I know if spiders can
get hot under the collar!
**[23:27] K**
*Hopefully this'll be a little easier...*
**[23:30] ---**
Huh?
**[23:32] ---**
What?!
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So I'm a Spider, So What?
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