Chapter 72
Defense Specialization and Derailment
Maple was enjoying her aerial stroll when she suddenly heard the sound of her message alert ringing .
“Hmm…? Who could it be?”
She checked to see who the sender was and saw that three messages in total had arrived .
They were from Chrome, Kasumi, and Izu respectively .
The contents were all similar as if this had been planned .
All of them were basically about how they would do their best in the event .
“I’m killing every cow that I find…but I guess I don’t have enough speed . ”
Maple replied to each one, saying she would do her best as well, and then continued to fly in the air .
“They’re supposed to be around areas other than the plains as well, maybe I’ll check out those mountains over there . ”
Maple started in the direction of some far away mountains .
The reason that the three had sent messages to Maple, was because they had realized something .
It was that they had left Maple to her own devices .
And so they had warned her not to stick her head into anything strange, and to do her best for this current event .
They knew that something would happen the moment they took their eyes off her .
And not necessarily something good .
And so the three had wanted to restrain her in this roundabout way .
After flying for a while, Maple finally reached the mountains .
“Seems like no one is around here . ”
It was a steep mountain covered with trees, with only a few cows .
Like management had said, while the cows would spawn, they were still limited to certain spaces .
As it were, it would not be very efficient even if no other players showed up .
However, Maple had already been topped by competing players and had the worst efficiency to begin with, so this was a step up .
“Fighting alone in this area might just be the perfect thing for me . ”
She returned Syrup to her ring and started to climb the mountain alone, all the while killing any cows she spotted .
Maple was also wearing her sheep’s wool gear, so she was in a much better condition than other players who didn’t have that gear .
“I wonder if Kasumi and Sally will be in the top players?”
Those two had the highest mobility among the members of Maple Tree .
Both of them even had the sheep’s wool gear, so they should easily be able to hunt two or three times faster than Maple .
“I’ll just take my time . I’m sure it’ll be in time for the skill anyway!”
As she said this, the rock under Maple’s foot moved .
“Ah!?”
Maple completely lost her balance and only barely grabbed onto a tree .
“Ah… Oh, no…”
However, that only lasted for a few seconds .
In that instant, Maple tried to think of something she could do but was not quick enough as she rolled down the steep slope .
Maple’s body hit into something and she stopped .
“It’s a good thing I put so much into ‘VIT’… I need to be more careful…”
Had she not put so much into VIT, then she would probably have been forcefully sent back to town right about now .
However, she had lost ‘Bizzare Eater’ when she was rolling .
“Ah… Oh, well . I think I’ll hunt just a little more and then go home…hm?”
Maple stood up and looked at her surrounding, she then realized that she crashed into a huge tree .
“Woah… It’s big… . ah . ”
Maple realized something as she inspected the large tree .
At the base of the tree was a huge hole that was in the shape of her great shield .
It was clear that it had become a victim of the last ‘Bizzare Eater . ’
“I-I’m so sorry!”
Maple looked inside of the hole and saw that there was a smaller hole separate from the one that she had made inside . It was just large enough for her to fit her head through, and inside of it Maple found one rusted cogwheel .
She looked upwards inside of the hole and saw a faint light .
There was a long, narrow hole going through the inside of the tree . The gear must have come through it and fallen down here .
Maple picked up the gear .
“Item name… ‘Forgotten Dream’?”
It had no skills and was not equippable .
There was no effect or description either .
Maple could not think of any use for it aside from a decoration for the guild home .
“I’ll just take it back with me for now . Also…maybe I can heal this tree?”
Maple switched to her white gear and drank a potion to restore her HP .
“Good! “Light of Affection’!”
An intense damage effect danced around Maple .
In the same instant, light poured out from Maple’s hands and enveloped the huge tree .
“…It’s no use . And this was my best method of healing . ”
There were several healing skills among the skills contained in ‘Dedicated Affection . ’
But none of those skills had the ability to heal yourself .
“Truly…I am so sorry!”
Maple lowered her head again before leaving the scene .
And so, ultimately, the messages from Chrome and the others had ended up with little to no meaning .
“First, I need to get out of this forest and ride Syrup back home . ”
Mapple returned her gear back to normal and started to walk .
After that, she encountered several cows, which she quickly dispatched with her short sword as she exited the forest .
During this time, Chrome was also walking around and killing cows, when he suddenly stopped in his tracks .
“…I had a bad feeling just now . ”
Chrome’s sixth sense had detected something .
He was on the alert, his great shield and Japanese hatchet were held ready, but nothing attacked him .
“…Was it just me?”
It wasn’t just him, but Chrome did not realize that he had sensed something that had happened in a far-off location .
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