Chapter 61

Defense specialization and quest 3

While flying, Maple saw the fountain below her .

This time, the woman didn’t say anything, so she came to the location straight from the top .

The fountain that she saw is surrounded by rocks and most of those rocks are standing tall . 「For now, let’s go down near it」

After dropping off near it, she called Syrup back into the ring and head for the fountain with the woman . There seemed to be no monsters around the fountain, so we arrived at the fountain without any trouble . The woman looked back to Maple after she collects the fountain water . 「Kishi-sama(Knight)! Thank you very much!」 「No . . , I am not doing anything praiseworthy . . . 」 「Let's hurry home!」 「A , un . That's right . 」 We go back to the spot where we got off from Syrup . Maple then summons Syrup and starts to fly with it . They returned safely back to town and the woman gave her daughter the water .

Maple is just standing there watching them . 「How do you feel?」 「D- Don’t worry, I’m fine」

although the girl says so, her complexion is bad and her body is slightly trembling .

She didn’t seem to be OK .

Naturally, the next quest appears before Maple . Quest【Benevolence knight (Hakuai no Kishi) 3】 「Un, Like I thought」 The next quest occurs as Maple expected .

Maple tries to check the skill【Benevolence knight (Hakuai no Kishi)】,but the skill is still displayed only as a name . So, she decided to take the quest .

「Kishi-sama(Knight)! Thank you very much!」 「It’s alright, it’s alright」 「There is a huge town far away from here and I've heard rumors that there are rings to heal your body just by putting it in . . . . . . I'm sorry for asking again, could you bring me there?」 「Huge . . . Town, maybe the first town?」

The first town when Maple starts this game .

It was the only huge town in Maple’s mind . 「That means(tte koto wa) . . . The ring is maybe that…」

Maple takes one ring out of her inventory .

A Rare drop that Maple got in the first stage .

The【Ring of the Forest Queen Bee】 .

「Knight!( Kishi-sama!) You brought it! Oh, How can I show you my gratitude . . . 」

「A . . . this is OK」

Maple thinks of giving away the ring which has not been equipped recently to the lady .

The Ring is a rare drop, she didn’t know when she can get it again .

Maple gives the lady the ring that she has . 「I give it to you . . . 」

The Lady puts the ring on her daughter . Then a quest clear notification shows in front of Maple . That proves that the ring is the correct item .

「U, gu~… ga,」

「…are you fine? . . . is there any pain?」

「Gu~……!」 The girl had a distorted face because of the pain, then suddenly she jumped out of bed, opened the door roughly and ran outside the house .

「Wa, wait!( Ma, matte!)」

The lady also chase her .

A notice of new quest appears in front of the Maple who was left by the mother and daughter .

Quest【Benevolence Knight (Hakuai no kishi) 4】

Maple naturally takes it .

「For the time being . . . Let’s chase after them」

「There! (Ita!)」

When she got out of town, Maple saw the woman sitting down .

When Maple approaches, the woman starts talking .

「Ū ~…Knight (kishi-sama)…! My daughter……」

「Where did she go? Is she Safe?!」

「My daughter goes to the 【Temple of Everlasting (tokoyami no shinden)】 . . It is dangerous there!」

「 . . . . . . I will take her back!」

「I will guide you there…! This is to save my daughter . . . 」

Maple wanted to go alone but since she can’t refuse the lady, Maple decided to take her .

Following the Lady guidance, she came further to the place in northwest, passing the fountain that they were at earlier .

There, was an old temple that looks like it will collapse anytime .

There is no doubt that this is the【Temple of Everlasting (tokoyami no shinden)】 .

Maple enters the temple after returning Syrup to the ring .

The daughter was at the very deep of this simple structure with only one hall surrounded by walls and ceiling . The lady is about to run over there, but a jet-black fog blows out from the daughter’s body .

The fog attacked the lady while it had a humanoid shape .

「【Cover Move】! 【Cover】!」

It was confirmed at the first quest that【Cover Move】and 【Cover】is can be used for the lady .

Maple suspends the fog attack with her shield when she moved between the two .

「 . . . . . . ! 【Bizarre Eater (Akujiki)】ga~ . . . !

Maple had forgotten that 【Bizarre Eater (Akujiki)】 has not recovered because quests have progressed so well . The fog shaped humanoid whose attack was prevented keeps his distance from Maple .

「【Poisonous Dragon (hydra)】I never think about using it…」

「Gugi… gagagaga」

「 . . . . . . That is not good, is it?」

Maple regarded the humanoid who raises a creepy voice despite having no mouth as a monster .

「Gigigi……!」

「【Cover】!」

The jumping movement of the enemy is monotonous, so she defend against it securely .

However, Maple has limited means of attack . Since she cannot defeat it right away, she carefully observes the timing of using her skills . Naturally, the battle was prolonged .

Then when Maple was enduring for a while, the humanoid suddenly began to cry scratching his head .

「Gugaaaaa…a a ~aa a! !」As there were no parts on its face there was no facial expression, but it seemed to be suffering from pain . The humanoid's arm change shape to something like a spear .

「!! 【Cover】」

Although she quickly move to protect the lady, she was only able to sparingly defend against it . The sharp attack on both arms was apparently a defense penetration attack . 「Ku u……u!」

It was impossible to Parry both arm's attacks with a big shield .

Maple 's HP is being scraped away, but Maple did not stop using 【Cover】 .

It was obvious that the lady is in danger if she got hit by it .

「Gugaaaaa! Gaga… guga…」

「E……?」

The humanoid shape fog that attacked Maple suddenly stopped attacking and took distance from Maple .

「Gugi… gugu…」

the humanoid shape fog who stuck to the ground with his head gradually blurred and eventually disappeared .

「I, I was saved . . . . . . . ?」

Maple 's HP bar has around 20% remaining . She was aiming for a counter – clock counter, but it would have been dangerous if the battle continued .

「Is that . . . The work of the【Demonic Holy Water】」

「Is that . . . from the fountain before?」

「Maybe my daughter is . . . being possessed by a Devil」

This happened because Maple was not attacked at 【Benevolence Knight (Hakuai no kishi) 2】, so shesuccessfully cleared it . If that woman or player can go back to town without dying, that quest will be successful . If you die, the quest will fail .

In either case the quest will move to the next stage .

However, it is difficult for players with large shield equipment to fight against the fog humanoid without clearing the Fountain Quest .

「A . . . Quest Clear . . . 」

although I cleared the current quest, no new quest occurred .

and, the Skill is still the same .

「Let's go to my daughter!」

「A, un . That right (Sōda ne)!」

Maple and the lady rush to the girl .

The girl was asleep as if he was dead . It does not respond at all even if she was rocked to wake up .

「For the time being . . . let’s take her home」

The lady lift her daughter and left the temple .

At the same time a blue panel appears in front of Maple .

【Benevolence Knight (Hakuai no kishi) 5】comes up。

Again, 【Benevolence Knight (Hakuai no kishi) 】 Damage to mothers in Quests 1 to 4 is lower than the reference value .

Extra Quest 【Dedicated Charity(Mi sasagu jiai)】occurred .

Please choose either route .

「N n?」

Maple tilt his neck in an unexpected situation .