Chapter 96

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri s . h . i . tai to Omoimasu 96

Defense Specialization and the Two Similar People

As Frederica and Drag were protecting the a . s . sembly of Holy Blades’ orb, that meant that Dread and Pain were out stealing orbs from other guilds .

Dread had a team of 30 members with him, and they had already succeeded in taking two orbs .

As Dread was not very good with wide-ranged attacks, they had suffered a few casualties, but things were still going very well .

“Let’s do one more…though, I’m getting quite tired . ”

He said as he looked in the direction they would be heading in .

Then he caught sight of one player who was quietly standing there .

Dread felt a chill go down his spine, and he could not explain why .

“…All of you, there’s been a change in plans . Take the orbs and go back to the base . Now, hurry . ”

The other players looked taken aback by this sudden order, but they saw that there was something different about Dread, and so they did as he said .

Once they were all gone, the person who wore a robe, came closer to him .

Dread unsheathed his two swords and called out .

“Hmm… You’re a strong one, aren’t you?”

“Maybe?”

“…I believe my instincts on this one . And I’ve always won until now . So…”

Dread sighed, he concentrated hard and muttered:

“While it is annoying to have to do… I better crush you here and now . ”

“I too…did not expect to meet you here . ”

So saying, the figure in the robe, who was Sally, pulled out her two daggers .

Dread looked at her weapons and squinted .

“…Tsk . This will be worse than what her report suggested . ”

He cursed . Sally did not miss it .

Now she was sure about what she would do, and she moved closer to Dread .

These two monsters had only met by accident, and now they would fight .

Neither Dread nor Sally used attack skills .

It was because the activation of skills with a set path would create holes in their defenses .

After all, it was unthinkable for someone who fought with two short swords to not be able to dodge attacks .

Dread blocked Sally’s attacks, and Sally easily dodged Dread’s attacks .

As Dread’s movements were quicker, he was able to hit more times, preventing Sally from retaliating .

“‘Super Acceleration’!”

It was Dread who did it first .

Now that his attacks were coming at an accelerated speed, Sally found herself dodging too late for a second, and Dread pressed in .

However, just as Dread’s sword was about to thrust in, he changed his movement and jumped back .

“…instinct…huh…”

“I would be dead if I ever doubt it . ”

It was nothing more than instinct that caused Dread to retreat .

Sally saw a much different style of evading than her own .

Dread now maintained a distance between them as he stared at her .

“Because I strongly believe that I have to defeat you here… ‘G . o . d Speed’!”

This skill’s name was also one of the names that Dread was known by, and as the name implied, it granted him the speed of a G . o . d .

This power was set with the belief that the speed of a G . o . d should not be something that a human can process, and so he became invisible for 10 seconds .

“…Huh…”

Due to her information gathering, Sally was aware of this skill .

There was one reason that Dread did not keep this skill hidden .

It was because, just knowing about a skill, did not mean you could do anything about it .

With the exception of a handful of players, no one could deal with this skill .

However, Sally was among that handful .

“‘Running Water’!”

Sally used the current of sound and wind to find the invisible Dread . Then she purposely left openings in her defenses, inviting him to attack .

Then she shouted the name of a certain skill as she cleanly blocked his short sword .

“‘Leap’!”

She leaped back in order to gain some distance, which allowed her some time to consider the direction of her next attack . However, Dread was still not visible to her .

“…Did he leave? Well, at least I was able to show ‘Running Water . ’ That’s good . ”

Sally was sure that Frederica and Dread were from the same guild, and so she was satisfied to have been able to gain some more reliable information .

“…But it looks like it will be really hard to have your attacks land on him . ”

Sally thought that she would try and practice Dread’s methods of using fear and instincts as sensors in order to avoid attacks . Then she went out to search for the next guild .

Dread chased after the other members who returned first and thought about what had happened .

“‘Running Water’… Even without it, her ability to evade was impressive… Also, that feeling I got…”

There were only two other players in this game that had made Dread feel such a chill upon seeing them .

One was Pain . The other was Maple .

“If she was equal to those two…does that mean I barely survived?”

Sally still had hidden powers, she had not gone all out in that fight .

That was the only explanation for what he felt .

But after thinking this, Dread grew tired of it all .

“I’ll talk to Pain about it when I return . I’m not good at thinking about such things . ”

The two had met by coincidence and parted ways with something important acquired .

Dread had heard about Sally from Frederica, and now he felt something disturbing .

Sally had succeeded in making herself look stronger with the use of Running Water, but more than that…

She had found out a way to improve her evasion abilities even more .