Chapter 105
Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri s . h . i . tai to Omoimasu 105
Defense Specialization and A Little Growth
Maple called for Syrup and quickly ordered:
“‘Rampart’!”
Maple and Sally were now hidden by the walls that shot out of the ground .
It was unlikely that Frederica and the others would be able to get past the walls that stretched high into the sky .
“Maple…how did you…?”
It was too far a distance for her to have flown here with Syrup .
Sally had sent that message because there was no way they would make it in time .
“We’ll talk later! I have to return quickly . Only Yui and Mai are left at the base! Hold onto me, okay?”
“Uh, okay . ”
Sally stood up on shaky legs and grabbed onto Maple as if hugging her .
Maple held onto Sally with both hands as she began to prepare for their escape .
“‘Deploy Barrels . '”
Weapons began to grow out from Maple’s entire body and fill the remaining s . p . a . ce within ‘Rampart . ’
And all of the barrels were pointed downward .
“Let’s go!”
“Huh? Are-are, you kidding!”
As if ignoring Sally’s protest, smoke and flames erupted around them .
It was practically self-destruction .
However, Maple could endure it .
Maple used all of her advanced weaponry without restraint as it shot her into the sky at an incredible speed .
If she didn’t have weapons on her feet, she just needed to use the kickback to launch herself into the air .
Normally, this kickback was not something that anyone could survive .
But it was not a problem for Maple, and so she was able to fly high into the sky like a rocket .
Maple called out the names of her other skills before they reached the highest point .
“‘Deploy All Weapons’! ‘Commence Attack’! ‘Hydra’!”
Bright lasers fired off into the ground, one after another .
More than one hundred shots were fired, and they hit the ground like shooting stars, burning the players .
As if chasing them, the three-headed Hydra came down and covered the ground in a sea of poison .
Hardly anyone in Frederica’s team had Poison Immunity . They had not intended on fighting against Maple, and so their equipment was not something that would help them deal with her .
Their current equipment would not allow them to stop the Hydra .
The players that had finally arrived after chasing Sally, ended up returning to their guild, without fully understanding what was happening .
Sally had killed nearly 30 players .
But the number that was killed in this fight far exceeded even that .
And this was only possible due to the wide-range attacks from the sky .
“That’s for Sally!”
Maple’s cannons fired off once again, this time blowing herself back in the direction of Maple Tree .
“Ughhh…what was that…”
Frederica collapsed in the sea of poison . Using all of her defensive capabilities and having Poison Immunity had somehow allowed her to survive .
“But don’t you think that this is the end of it…!”
Frederica was left in tatters, but she was feeling optimistic already .
If it worked, even this disaster could easily be written off .
On the other hand, if it didn’t, she would not be able to retaliate no matter what Pain said to her .
“Please, Dread . Do it…”
Yui and Mai were standing in front of the orb together .
“Do you think Maple got there in time?”
“According to the map, she is in the same location as Sally . She must have made it . ”
“But how did she get there?”
“I don’t know… But I think she’ll be back soon . ”
However, neither of them knew if she really would be back soon .
“Yui, I prepared just in case…”
“Yes . But… Do you think we should go and wake up Kanade and Chrome…? That would be safer, right?”
They decided to be safe .
However, luck was not on their side .
“! Yui, enemies!”
“What!?”
They both picked up their great hammers .
A single player was walking slowly through the entrance .
It was Dread .
Maple Tree’s location had been identified .
The only reason that the a . s . sembly of Swords had not touched them, was because they had determined that Maple was too dangerous .
But now that she was gone, and Dread was close, there was no question about whether or not he would make a move .
“Hahh…Frederica handles people so roughly . But, Maple really isn’t there? In that case…I can do this . ”
Dread grumbled as he read the message from Frederica . And then he had immediately come here .
He would have a few minutes before Maple returned .
But those minutes would be too long for Yui and Mai .
“Mai! Let’s do this!”
“Yes!”
“Hah…I don’t think so . ”
Dread dashed forward and started to close the gap between them .
Seeing this, Mai swung her great hammer downward .
It didn’t matter that they were still not close enough .
“‘Flying Attack’!”
The skill caused Yui’s great hammer to glow, and a shock wave exploded out from around it .
It was a deadly attack .
“Hah!!”
But Dread was able to dodge it .
He dodged the attack and continued to run closer .
“‘Double Stamp’!”
He dodged Yui’s attack, then targeted Mai with a slash of his blade .
“Mai!”
“I-I’m fine!”
It was only by coincidence that Mai had been able to escape Dread’s attack .
As he used short swords like Sally, her body had learned those movements the most, and so she had moved away before she even had time to think .
However, it was unlikely that she would be able to dodge it again .
Dread had learned some things about Yui and Mai’s attack ability today .
And so he was careful to not let any of their attacks land, which resulted in Mai being able to survive for now .
“Mai! Move away!”
“Yes!”
Mai dashed over to the wall .
However, Dread was much faster .
He would quickly catch up to her .
“How slow . ”
“Ah…! Ahhh!!”
Dread’s short swords were about to cut her .
In that instant .
Mai threw the weapon that she was holding in Dread’s direction .
“Wha!?”
It was a desperate move that even Dread had not been expecting .
Mai smiled when she saw how shocked he was .
“As if that would hit me!”
Still, Dread was able to twist his body and dodge it . And just as he swung his short swords to attack the now defenseless Mai, he felt an eerie sensation and jumped back .
Immediately after, a shock wave hit the area he was in and destroyed it .
“The other one…! Huh?”
What Dread saw was two great hammers that shone through a skill .
One of them was the hammer that had been thrown at him a moment ago .
“Could it…gah?!”
A second shock wave came, and Dread was thrown into the wall .
Mai had not been equipped with a great hammer .
She had only been carrying the great hammer that Yui was equipped with .
She had only thrown it in order to return it to Yui .
Throwing it back to Yui caused it to activate a second skill that exceeded anything that he could have predicted .
This was a trump card that only these two could use .
“We’re still half-fledged . ”
“But together . ”
“We can beat you . ”
“We can beat you . ”
Both of them were still lacking in experience and skill, but for the first time, they were able to mature while completely on their own . It was a big, big step for them .
However, it was still not enough .
“Really, you are all so gross and annoying . ”
“How!?”
“How!?”
“You first!”
Dread’s short sword slashed into Mai .
There was no way that she could withstand the attack .
Dread only had 1 HP left .
It was clear that he had not been able to withstand it, but that there was a skill involved .
It was a difference of time spent in the game .
There was too large a gap of what he had built up .
“Bye, bye…!”
“Maple…I’m sorry…”
And Yui too was defeated by Dread’s blades .
Dread put away his short swords and took out a potion to recover his HP .
“Hah…how annoying . This guild is really something . ”
Now that his HP was recovered, Dread muttered to himself as he walked towards the orb .
“It looks like I’m the winner of this one…!?”
All he had to do was to take the orb, however, his time was up .
With an explosion of flames, Maple shot into the room with Sally .
“…I have to apologize to Yui and Mai . ”
“Frederica…! I hate you!”
Dread had won the round .
However, he had lost the fight .
Yui and Mai had fought to give her this invaluable time .
And Maple was not about to let it go to waste .
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