Chapter 107

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri s . h . i . tai to Omoimasu 107

Defense Specialization and Destructor

It wasn’t until morning that Maple started to move .

This was because she could not leave the guild until they had protected all 10 of the orbs that Sally had collected .

Sally was sleeping in the back as if she was dead, and she was not likely to wake up any time soon .

Kanade had copied the information on Sally’s map to everyone else’s .

Furthermore, they did not have to search for repair items, thanks to Izu .

Which meant that they had very little reason to go outside .

There were only a few guilds that would attack Maple Tree just because Maple was not there, and so the members of Maple Tree quickly started to feel bored .

“What should we do? Maybe we could send just one person outside? You know, to cut down the number of players out there . ”

It was Kasumi who reacted to this idea that Chrome had .

“Hmm…I will go . I think that Izu’s bombs and Yui and Mai are more than enough to protect this place . ”

So saying, Kasumi started to walk towards the exit .

“Don’t push yourself too hard . ”

“Yeah, I won’t do so much that I’ll get killed . ”

Kasumi answered Chrome, before disappearing out the exit .

Kasumi had spent much of the first day with Izu .

These two generally needed help from the terrain in order to steal orbs, so they were more fit for eliminating the number of compet . i . tors .

You didn’t have to worry about equipment durability if Izu was with you, so she had made several rounds at night where she killed random players .

Even if Maple wasn’t there, Maple Tree would not allow any a . s . sailant to walk away safely .

Anyone who had died to them once was sure to avoid their base after that .

Another reason that fewer players were attacking Maple Tree now, was that Kasumi and Izu were increasing the number of deaths for other players in the area .

It was something that slowly but surely had an effect .

And so she decided to focus on killing other players today as well .

“Now…I guess I should go in the opposite direction as Maple . ”

It was senseless to look for unharmed players in the direction that Maple went through .

“Alright, this way . ”

Kasumi decided to go inside the forest, where there would be many places to hide .

It would be useful not only for hiding but it was also a place where many other players went, so she came here often .

“Yes…there’s one . ”

Kasumi found a player and immediately slashed at the player’s back .

“You’re not very cautious . ”

The player noticed her and slashed back with his sword .

However, Kasumi parried the attack and countered .

It was a move that she had repeated many times, and it was especially useful for this event .

Kasumi killed three players before continuing her walk .

She exited the forest after walking for some time and ran into another player .

“…Oh, now there’s a familiar face . ”

“…I’m leaving . ”

Kasumi tried to slip away, but the other player didn’t seem like he wanted her to .

“I was going to invite you into our guild . ”

“Sorry about that . But Maple asked first . ”

Every guild needed valuable personnel .

It wasn’t just Maple Tree that had had eyes on Kasumi and Chrome .

The man who now stood in front of Kasumi mumbled in regret and stared at her .

“I lost in the first event, you know…so I intend to win this one . ”

So saying, he pulled out his sword and shield . He was Shin, also known as Destructor .

Kasumi had fought him directly during the first event, and she had won .

“Hah…I’m going to kill you!”

Kasumi also unsheathed her blade .

With a name like Destructor, it was obvious that he had a unique ability .

“‘Destructor’!”

With this cry, his sword crumbled into pieces and floated up into the air .

They turned into 10 separate swords that were miniature duplicates of the original .

He had a shield in one hand, and 10 swords in the air .

Fighting while controlling all of those swords was his ‘Destructor’ style .

“Haah!!”

Shin’s swords shot towards Kasumi one after another .

“Hhh!”

Kasumi let out a short breath as she did her best to strike the swords out of the air, parry and focus on defending herself .

However, Kasumi didn’t have the same dodging ability as Sally, and she could not avoid taking damage .

But she could bear it .

Another thing that made her different from Sally, was her high HP .

She could continue to fight, as long as she avoided the swords that aimed for the center of her body .

“‘First of the Blades . Kagerou’!”

She teleported in front of Shin and slashed at him .

But her attack was blocked by his shield .

“As always…that is quite the skill . I wouldn’t be able to deal with it without this shield . ”

“Hah…there are some people who can dodge it!”

She swung back at him again .

However, this attack was also blocked, and then Sally felt a sword flying at her back, and so she retreated .

As they had fought each other before, they knew a little about each other . And they were currently unable to find an unguarded moment or deal a definitive blow .

But also, quite a lot of time had pa . s . sed since the first event .

And it was not as if both had been staying in stasis, they had grown in some ways .

Both of them knew, that it was the one who would somehow push through, that would end up surviving this encounter .