Chapter 70

Defense Specialization and the Current Status

A chapter about learning skills and future directions .

One day, Izu and Kanade were talking inside of the Guild Home .

“Generally, it seems that we will be relegated to supporting roles for those four . ”

Izu as non-combat support .

Kanade would be an important rear guard .

“I tried learning offensive magic as well… But it’s not likely that they will need my help . So I tried switching direction a little . ”

Because the four advance guards would end up defeating monsters before Kanade even had a chance to attack, Kanade ultimately did little but use status raising skills or recovery magic on his comrades .

“I’m the only one who uses a staff, and there are skills that I can get that no one else can . ”

Kanade was capable of learning a much broader range of magic than Sally .

That was what made Kanade unique within the guild .

“Those four will just deal with everything by themselves once I’ve buffed them up . ”

“That’s true . They really count on you… Ahh, also, your equipment is ready now . ”

Izu tells him that this was the reason that she had called him today .

Kanade had only bought small additions since his very first set of equipment . His overall appearance had barely changed since the 2nd event .

Izu passed over the equipment that she had made for him .

There was a red hat that was the same color as his hair .

The rest of the equipment came in mainly black and red, though they looked more like normal clothing than equipment .

These also used Maple’s sheep wool as part of its materials .

Every piece of equipment had ‘INT’ and ‘MP’ raising effects, which meant that Kanade would be greatly strengthened just by wearing them .

“Armor doesn’t really suit me after all . ”

Kanade put on the equipment he received and left the guild home .

Today, he would go out in order to learn ‘Magical Barrier . ’

Currently, Kanade was learning more and more skills faster than anyone else in the guild .

Unless Kanade was defeated, the support and healing would never stop .

However, depending on the situation, you would likely have to defeat Maple in her Archangel form in order to get to Kanade .

And Maple’s ‘VIT’ would be strengthened by Kanade .

Maple’s depleted HP would also recover .

It would not be long before avoiding a battle with Maple and the others became the norm .

No, perhaps it already was the norm .

In a different location . The edge of level two .

Sally was in a certain forest .

“Fu… I haven’t received any damage yet… But I should probably make preparations for when I do . ”

Sally had already learned several skills within the past few days .

But even then, she still did not have nearly enough to reach what was her ideal .

“I also need to raise Oboro’s level too . ”

Monsters kept appearing one after another as she walked through the forest .

This time Sally put more emphasis on evading . She would hurt the monsters a little and then allow Oboro to do the rest so it could raise its level .

After fighting like this for a while, Oboro’s level increased .

“Fu…I should check it out . Oh?”

Sally checked Oboro’s skill level and then patted it happily .

“Well…I may not need to prepare for receiving any damage after all . ”

Saying this, Sally stopped looking at Oboro’s level and returned to the town .

Chrome was in the level two desert .

“This is crazy . I don’t feel like I could die . ”

He blocked the monster’s attack with his great shield and slashed at it with his Japanese hatchet .

That alone caused his HP to go way up, but he also had ‘Battle Healing’ which healed him too .

On top of that, he could just use ‘Light of Spirit’ if he started to run out of HP .

Chrome cut down the last of the monsters he was fighting and put his weapons away .