"???"
Naturally, Fu Hua had no way of knowing what Kumoko was thinking. Hearing her say that only filled her head with question marks.
When had she ever said she was going to step in? Hadn't she said she was here to watch the show? Fu Hua did not even know any of these people! Who knew what kind of people they really were?
After all, in this world... it was not as if the weak were necessarily good people and the strong were necessarily evil. Although the group by the carriage had been intercepted, that did not mean they were good people.
On the contrary, many light novels and anime loved to subvert expectations like this. Behind an apparently kind facade could lurk twisted demons unworthy of being called human.
Still, Kumoko could do as she pleased!
"Oh."
So Fu Hua answered indifferently. If Kumoko wanted to go... then she could go!
Hearing Fu Hua agree, Kumoko crawled forward. By then, the two sides ahead had already begun fighting.
Although their stats and skills were roughly similar according to Appraisal, the bandits vastly outnumbered the people guarding the carriage. Before long... only two guards remained. One was still holding the bandits back, while the other had entered the carriage, apparently intending to take the people inside away.
But it seemed they were already too late. The guard holding them off was cut down by a bandit, and the bandits laughed as they surrounded the carriage, ready to kill their way inside.
Even when Kumoko emerged from the forest and openly exposed herself on the broad road, the bandits did not notice her arrival at all.
Then...
Kumoko's spider silk shot out in an instant. It was too fast... the bandits had no time to react before it wrapped around