Chapter 73

Chapter 73 Defense Specialization and Big Derailment

The time period for the third event was one week .

By the fifth day, Maple had acquired the skill she was wanted .

“Alright!! I got ‘Counter’!”

Many people were probably afraid that Maple would acquire this skill .

However, they couldn’t do anything to stop it from happening .

Maple was slowly but surely getting rid of her weaknesses .

However, the poison which was the best means of offense due to all the counterplans was also starting to lose its effect .

In the case of Maple, this ‘Counter’ ability is quite the enhancement .

And so, with this Maple had achieved her goals .

Now that she wasn’t going to gain much even if she aimed even higher, she stopped going all out when searching for cows .

Another reason was that she didn’t quite feel like doing it either .

Maple was almost done searching for cows .

This would lead to Maple taking course of her own action .

Players who would come to know of this will probably realize that going all out to search for cows is actually good .

They might try to surround Maple .

However, at present, there were no players around Maple .

“Syrup? Where shall we go now?”

She asked, even though there would be no response .

She didn’t have a particular objective now .

She didn’t completely stop searching as there would also be guild rewards but it felt like it would suffice alone from Sally, Kasumi and Chrome’s earnings .

“I wonder if there’s something… something like a really big cow…”

Beneath her, the forest spread wide .

She stopped searching from the sky and jumped down .

“This is… the part of the forest where I acquired the fragment of the archangel… or is it? I don’t remember that clearly . ”

Sally could quite easily memorize the map .

She was also probably somewhat used to it .

Although Maple joined a group of strong players, her hours played itself was that of a beginner .

As this was also not a good place to search for cows, it was quiet here .

The stuff Maple was doing were also quite dull, like defeating cows when they occasionally appear .

And while she was wandering around doing that, she reached a place where she recognized a building .

“It’s that church . ”

Maple entered the church which she didn’t explore that much the last time .

As she had immediately left after acquiring the fragment of the archangel before, she decided to search every nook and cranny of the place this time .

“Everything looks so worn-out… I wonder if they have any books lying around . ”

Maple searched for a book which might provide some hints like it did on the second event .

She searched everywhere around the place but couldn’t produce much of a result .

“All that’s left is… that place . ”

The place Maple headed towards was the point where the fragment was lying .

There, in place of the small bottle, something was written on the floor with small red letters .

She couldn’t read what it said while standing so she sprawled and read while following it with her finger .

“Ummm… ‘Summon’?”

The moment Maple muttered the word .

The church’s floor started glowing red .

The radiance just got stronger and stronger, dyeing everything in red .

“Eh…Wha?!”

Maple reflexively attempted to run away from the place but before she could, her vision was also covered in red .

After a while, the light died down and Maple opened her eyes .

“……Eh-ehh?”

In front of her eyes was a place just like the church but everything was gray .

It was a weird place .

“Where…… is this place?”

She had to consider going back if this event were to last long .

She could just logout in that case but she didn’t know if she could come back here if she did .

She had to proceed carefully .

Maple went outside the church for the time being .

“Uwaa… everything’s in ruin…”

The grey world was also the same outside .

The fresh and green forest had disappeared and a vast, gray land had taken its place .

Debris was floating here and there, as if time itself had stopped .

“Sally will surely not like this place…”

Maple walked around the wasteland .

It wasn’t as if she had a destination .

Maple had found one thing which was not grey in this grey world .

Maple headed towards it .

Maple had reached the place where the not-grey object was .

It was a pitch black sphere .

As if reacting to Maple getting close to it, the black sphere started bulging .

And before long, the sphere burst open and something dropped outside along with charcoal .

A tail protruded from beneath the battered robe .

There was a rounded horn on its head like a sheep .

And it started talking while looking down .

“Food has come, eh?”

Alarmed by that statement, Maple brought out her big shield .

It looked up towards Maple and realized something .

“Ah? You are from that time? The one mixed with angel’s strength… this one is lucky…!

My status as a demon will rise after I eat you . I was done in at the sanctuary but I can go all out here!”

Saying that, the demon roared .

No doubt that there’s no path of reconciling here .

She had to fight .

Before even getting scared or starting to fight, Maple recalled something the demon had said .

“Eat? …Shall I do that too?”

Maple entered battle stance after spouting something disturbing .

After being derailed from the third event, further abnormalities lied ahead .