Chapter 85

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 85

Defense Specialization and a Crafting Role

“Now, about the Guild Versus event… There are two guilds that we should be worried about . ‘Ifrit’s Country,’ the huge guild whose members have come in at 4th, 7th, 8th and 10th during the first event . And the small guild, ‘Maple Tree’ whose members have come in at 3rd, 6th, and 9th . ”

Pain thought that if there were any guilds with players that could change the tide of battle, it was these two guilds .

“Didn’t Maple Tree have that kid in blue who everyone was talking about during the second event? That was pretty crazy . ”

Frederica said .

But they weren’t too clear on just how crazy, because they had very little information on Maple Tree, to begin with .

They had especially little information about Maple and Kanade .

They knew nothing about Yui and Mai .

Not even their existence .

“It depends on the event itself, but we could just crush them with resources? At worst, Pain will do something about it…”

Like Dread was saying, there was a big difference in number between their guild of four, and Maple Tree .

It there was one thing that smaller guilds had as an advantage, it was material superiority .

“Our guild is made up of strong people . There is no problem . We all have poison resistance, and those who could manage it have even acquired paralysis resistance as well . I think the guild we need to be wary of is Ifrit’s Country, no?”

Drag suggested .

“Besides, with our guild, we have the crafters go out to the dungeon and make our equipment . ”

This dungeon that Frederica was talking about, was the second dungeon on the third layer . And while only crafters could enter it, you could acquire materials that allowed you to make equipment with added skills for the first time .

And so they had made several rounds and prepared tons of equipment with high resistance .

“Maple, was it? Her methods of attack are status ailments and a shield I think? But she is slow? It’s hard to believe, but she apparently put all of her points into defense…I think we should be able to contain her . ”

“Hmm… For now, you should gather information, Frederica . We need to know more about Maple Tree . ”

“You worry too much, Pain . Not that I care!”

Frederica said as she left the room, staff in hand .

Dread and Drag followed after her .

Pain remained and mumbled .

“…There is nothing scarier than the unknown . There is too little information on Maple Tree . ”

They did not know the power of Chrome’s equipment .

They did not know Kanade’s magic .

They had never experienced Sally’s ability to evade .

They did not know Yui and Mai’s ability to destroy .

And more than anything…

Most of their members believed that Maple fought her enemies with poison and her shield .

They did not know about the angel or monsters or machine god or Syrup, or the light rays .

Pain alone felt that there must be something more to it, but there was nothing to support this suspicion .

As Pain was busy being cautious about Maple Tree, Izu was sitting in a chair at the guild home . Her long blue hair went down to her waist, as she fidgeted uncomfortably .

Izu had heard stories about this new dungeon .

Izu rarely went out, but now she felt a compulsion to leave .

“Oh…I wish I could borrow them from Maple or Sally…”

By borrow, she was, of course, talking about Syrup and Oboro .

With those two, she would be a lot safer wandering in the dungeons .

As a death penalty, you would not only lose gold and some items, but your stats would also be lowered for a limited time .

She really wanted to avoid that .

However, the two were nowhere near the guild at this time .

And so she waited here for five minutes .

That was all the time it took to reach the limits of her patience . She took what she could in terms of combat items and collecting items and put them into her inventory before flying out the door .

And then after she flew with her machine for about five minutes .

Izu jumped into the dungeon .

“Now…let’s do some mining . ”

Izu gathered ore and crystals at an incredible rate .

Crafting jobs did not allow you to learn weapon skills or any combat magic . But they had exclusive skills of their own .

It was skills like Smithing and Synthesizing .

However, those could only be used at the workshop .

An exception was Synthesize, which you could do anywhere as long as you were level V . But you still needed the materials, and there were often time restraints in place .

For instance, one important means of attack for a crafter was bombs, but they could only be made at the workshop, and only five could be carried at once .

As for potions, they could only make the second weakest ones .

Furthermore, any damage they dealt with weapons would be decreased, which was an annoying demerit .

On the other hands, they would receive experience points for creating equipment with the Smithing skill .

In other words, combat was incredibly tough for them .

So crafters were people who were so engrossed in their work, that this did not bother them .

And Izu was no different .

If anything, she was at the top of the crafting world .

Every since release, she had mined ore in order to raise different skills related to crafting . Smithing, Sewing, Cultivation, Synthesis, she would often do this into the late hours of the night .

The time spent turned into her strength, and now she was second to none in her craft .

But on the other hand, her ‘Throwing’ skill was very low in level . And it was an important combat skill for crafters .

It was a skill that increased the damage of attacks such as the throwing of knives and items .

Izu had only focused on collecting items, and so her Throwing skill was very low .

“Oh, there is a fishing spot over here . ”

Izu pulled out a fishing rod and started to fish .

And the fish that she caught dropped materials that she had never seen before .

Izu’s fishing rod was handmade .

The materials here allowed you to attach skills to equipment, but that was specifically for ‘equipment . ’

Thought, there were a few items that allowed this previously .

Izu’s pickaxe and fishing rod had better drop rates for rare items now, and they were more durable and faster . These were made through the immense amount of materials and time that Izu had spent, and it was where she was ahead of the others .

Once Izu was finished fishing, she continued to go further into the dungeon .

“I haven’t seen any monsters yet . Not that I’m complaining . ”

It wouldn’t make sense to have monsters that Crafters couldn’t beat since it was a dungeon that only they could enter .

As an extension of this, monsters only appeared in designated spots .

It was also possible to avoid fighting anything including the boss monster .

Along the way, Izu encountered a monster with crystals on its back, but she avoided it .

The reason was that she already had information about the boss .

As soon as you entered the boss room, a teleport circle would appear near you . And so it was possible to escape without fighting it . Izu was after the crystals that covered the boss, and she knew that she could collect them with a pickaxe .

And so she wanted to save the pickaxe for this purpose .

She continued to collect materials while avoiding the weak enemies until she reached the boss room and opened the doors .

The room was covered in beautiful, shining, white crystals .

And in the far back of the room, a giant lizard covered in crystals of the same color was slowly standing up .

“I’m going to take some of your back crystals…okay?”

Izu said as she brandished her pickaxe .