Chapter 92

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri s . h . i . tai to Omoimasu 92

Defense Specialization and a Cunning Scheme

After separating from the two, Sally moved around, hiding up in trees and in bushes and behind rocks as she searched the area for the other guilds .

Sally had found 5 guilds in all, after moving quite far .

And not all of them were small guilds, there were some that were medium sized .

Sally noted all of this with the locations on her map and then left the area, making sure that no one saw her .

“The medium-sized guild is inside the ruins… There is a ceiling over the orb, but no walls…hmm . ”

Sally closed her map and leaned against the trunk of a tree in order to think .

They had achieved victory in the last fight while using as little energy as possible . But there was no guarantee that things would go smoothly next time .

Furthermore, while Sally was exploring, she realized that there was hardly any items to be found .

The only thing she found were items that recovered equipment durability, which was made specifically for this map .

That meant that they wouldn’t be able to make potions once they ran out of the ingredients .

“Harsh battles are being waged all over the place…Will we even have any MP potions left by the fifth day?”

MP potions depleted much faster than HP potions .

It was possible that support with magic would become more difficult by the fifth day .

“Hmm… But we won’t be able to catch up if we don’t rack up points early on . ”

“…Considering all that, we would need Maple to attack head-on, but that’s not possible…so, what we can do now is…”

Sally gathered her thoughts before covering herself with the robe . She jumped up to the top of the tree and continued to look for other players .

Sally continued to explore for a while, when she came upon a trio of players .

As she listened to them for a while from on top of the tree, she learned that they were on a reconnaissance mission .

Their weapons were a staff, greatsword and one-handed sword plus shield . Sally moved away and silently climbed down to the ground . She was careful to get on bushes and make sounds as she approached them .

She even added an annoyed ‘tsk’ to express her emotion at being caught .

While they may have just been scouting, it was three against one .

And as she looked like she really didn’t care to fight, it was obvious that these three would go in for an attack .

Sally was looking hesitantly over her shoulder when a magic attack came flying . As if a continuation of the attack, the greatsword wielder charged at her at top speed .

Sally dodged the magic and avoided the charge, but still lost her balance .

As if he were waiting for this opportunity, the guy with the sword and shield jumped at her . Sally blocked his attack with her dagger, then she quickly rolled out of the way of the three shots of wind magic that came hurtling towards her .

“‘Leap’!”

Sally created some distance by using the skill, which allowed her to recover . She held her two daggers in front of her and slowly moved back .

The enemies saw that she was ready to retreat, and they quickly pushed forward .

“‘Leap’!”

“Heavy Charge’!”

The player with the greatsword charged forward, the player with the one-handed sword jumped and landed behind Sally in order to block her escape . They were both continually supported by magic .

They were pushing without consideration for anything else .

They were so sure that Sally was close to being defeated .

It was just when they started to get suspicious at her ability to dodge every attack . Sally, who was covered in dirt from so much rolling, darted out into the forest once again .

Part of it was due to the terrain, but the trio was not able to find her again, and so they gave up .

“Let’s go . Ignore that one . ”

“Ahh, yeah . ”

Now that Sally had shaken off her pursuers, she went looking for more players to repeat this process .

Sally’s purpose was to accomplish one thing, which was to raise the effects of ‘Sword Dance’ to its limits .

And after twenty minutes . Sally succeeded in raising ‘Sword Dance’ to the highest level .

“Preparations complete . Oboro, let’s go . ”

Sally stuck Oboro to her neck, then she headed to one of the guilds that she had found .

“…Okay, found the orb . ”

Both of the medium-sized guilds had orbs that could be spotted from outside . However, there were plenty of obstacles there as well, and since there were players defending the area, it would be quite hard to get through .

Sally had found two medium-sized guilds .

And she had arrived at one of those two .

And since it was a medium-sized guild, it was crawling with players .

“Hahh… Okay, I can do this!”

Sally slapped her cheeks to concentrate, then broke into the guild from an area that was the least protected .

“Intruder! She’s alone!”

A guard saw her, and the players who protected the orb immediately moved towards her .

“‘Leap’!”

Sally used Leap to move diagonally to the left .

“Surround her!”

Some of the guards ran towards her in order to surround her . And they successfully fell on her with their weapons .

But, she seemed to disappear into thin air .

The shocked faces stared in disbelief . Someone shouted that they found her again .

The intruder had somehow appeared on the right side this time .

A second team moved towards her .

They too were perfectly coordinated and were able to surround her and pound her with their weapons .

But she had disappeared again .

Sally had used Mirage twice with Oboro to distract them, making an opening in their defenses . In reality, she had only run straight ahead, but they had made a clear path to the orb by themselves .

“‘Super Acceleration’!”

It was too late when they realized what had happened .

Due to Sally’s final push, she was able to s . n . a . t . c . h the orb without killing a single player .

However, escaping this place was no easy task .

“‘Slash’!”

She pressed in with attack skills and an a . s . sault with her two daggers . The enemy still had not completely grasped the situation, and they easily fell .

Sally had raised the firepower of her daggers to their limits, and their bite hurt bad .

She cut through as many players as she could before the effects of Super Acceleration wore off, making a path in front of her .

Thanks to preparing for this fight, was able to break their formation by damaging them .

Sally had understood that it would be very tough if she tried fighting them head on, and so she devised a one-time scheme to steal the orb instead .

And Sally’s powers were a good match for it .

It was a cunning scheme that worked because this was still the first day, and most guilds lacked information .

“‘Water Wall’!”

She created a wall of water to block the magic attacks, and finally, Sally was able to burst through a weakened point in their line of defense and escape .

“I won’t be able to take orbs from here after this . Ah…here they come…!”

They had seen the orb s . n . a . t . c . hed away right before their eyes, and they would not allow her to escape .

They had a . s . signed most of their members to the offensive, but there was still around forty of them .

And now there was no orb to protect . All of them chased after Sally .

Sally ran .

She ran to the other medium-sized guild .

She ran so that they could not catch up with her, but also not too fast that they would lose her . She ran until she could see the other guild .

They saw Sally and what they a . s . sumed was the rest of her team, and the guild prepared from a large-scale attack .

The players that were chasing Sally a . s . sumed that she was running back to her own guild, and they went in for the attack .

While both sides had it wrong, they had decided to fight against each other .

Sally’s aim was to swipe the orb amidst the chaos of them clashing . That is why she had pulled them together .

“Oboro, ‘Quick Shadow’”

It was when the fight began, and everyone’s attention moved away from Sally .

Sally used Oboro’s skill to disappear for just one second .

And she hid in some bushes and watched the scene .

Both sides seemed to be pretty evenly matched . The players that Sally had led here were fighting their hardest in order to retrieve their stolen orb .

There was no time for them to see where Sally had appeared at .

As Sally’s pursuers had come from one direction, the players protecting the orb were all facing in that direction .

Sally slowly made her way through the ruins, moving towards her target .

“… ‘Leap’! ‘Double Slash’!”

She jumped out towards five guards and slashed at them before they could react .

‘Sword Dance’ was very useful here .

“Good!”

The orb was now in her hand, and she adeptly dodged and countered the oncoming attacks, and killed the rest of the guards . She would now return to Maple Tree, the perfect safe area .

“Maple will be there when I return! It’s over if I can…take it back!”

It would take a while for the continuing battle to end .

There would be no peace between these two sides . And they could not spare many players to chase after her .

It was the easiest thing for Sally to escape .