Chapter 118

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri s . h . i . tai to Omoimasu 118

Defense Specialization and Visitors

There were only 10 minutes left of the second day . Maple and the others were just about to decide the order for the midnight defenses, when their last visitors of the day arrived .

Maple and the others stopped talking and took out their weapons .

The people who had arrived were not the kind of people that you could let your guard down with .

They were 15 players .

Not only that, but Pain, Dread, Frederica and Drag were among them .

There was no reason that they had to attack Maple Tree .

This attack could be seen as an attempt to get rid of a guild who might threaten their position in the rankings, but still, there was a large gap between the a . s . sembly of Holy Blades and Maple Tree .

The reason that they had all come here, with Pain as the leader, was for the simple reason of wanting to fight and be victorious against Maple Tree .

They wanted to fight with guilds that were equal to them or had the potential to exceed them .

And so they had waited for all the members to return before attacking .

However, much to their displeasure, they had to choose a time when Maple was at her weakest, otherwise, the other members of the guild would not have agreed to this almost meaningless attack .

And that is why they came now, near the end of the day .

When Maple’s angel wings stretched up into the air, and the beasts were summoned, the battle began .

“‘Multi-Acceleration’!”

Frederica’s magic raised the speed of all of the members of ‘a . s . sembly of Holy Blades . ’

Dread, Pain, and Drag all came forward .

“‘Flying Attack’!”

“‘Flying Attack’!”

“Not this time . ”

Yui and Mai’s attacks did not hit Dread .

There was no one less fitting than them to fight Dread head-on .

In exchange for death, Dread had experienced the abnormalities of Yui and Mai . And he had taken that information back with him to his guild .

In other words, Yui and Mai’s biggest weapon, which was that they were ‘unknown,’ was now gone .

No one was stupid enough to try and block their attacks with a shield now .

And now Yui and Mai were attacked by Drag who was in the front .

“‘Earth Wave’!”

His axe slammed into the ground, sending waves that broke up the floor in ripples that crashed into Yui and Mai .

They did not take any damage thanks to Maple, but the ‘Added Knockback’ that was Drag’s unique ability, was a different matter .

Maple was pushed back, and Yui and Mai were now out of the area of effect for Dedicated Affection .

And this was no coincidence . As if to prove it, Drag and Dread charged towards Yui and Mai .

Maple and the others had wreaked havoc during the last two days . Especially in their fight against Ifrit’s Kingdom, Maple, Yui, and Mai had been able to make the most of their abnormal qualities .

But Maple had not known that a . s . sembly of Holy Blades was quietly watching that fight from afar .

And so they knew .

The weakness of ‘Dedicated Affection . ’

Of Maple’s weapons .

That there was a limit to Maple’s great shield .

And with this information, they had devised a plan to take Maple’s head .

“‘Cover Move’!”

“Like h . e . l . l, you will!”

“‘Magic Wall’!”

Kasumi stopped Dread, and Chrome stopped Drag . Kanade supported them with magic .

Even if Maple had been pushed back, Chrome and Kasumi were top-level players .

They were used to parrying attacks .

“Maple! You should deactivate it!”

“O-okay! Got it!”

Maple heard Sally’s voice, and deactivated ‘Dedicated Affection . ’

Since they knew how to deal with her, it was obvious that piercing attacks would come at her nonstop .

In fact, most of the magic that Frederica was using in the back had the ability to pierce through her defenses .

Those attacks were coming straight at Maple, and while she could block them with her great shield, it would make it difficult for her to move .

Just as the other four were distracted by Drag and Dread, Pain moved forward in a flash . He immediately targeted Maple and charged at her with his sword and shield .

“I won’t let you go . ”

Sally moved in between them, and she focused, intent on not missing what his next action would be .

“Dread!”

Pain shouted . It was Dread, Drag, and Frederica who responded .

“‘G . o . d Speed’!”

“‘Berserk’!”

With those skills, Dread disappeared, and Drag did not become rigid after using the skill .

The two had used their powerful trump cards, and now Frederica’s voice rang .

“‘Multi-Full Transfer’!”

The magic that was Frederica’s trump card caused all of the effects that were on Dread and Drag to transfer over to Pain . Pain now disappeared, and he was much faster than before .

“‘Super Acceleration . ‘”

He was even faster now as he dashed pa . s . sed Sally .

Even if Sally could see where Pain was, she was unable to catch up with him .

There was too much of a difference in level .

Pain was twice as high compared to Sally, to begin with, and his original stats were much better .

If they were actually fighting, she could react and dodge his movements, but there was nothing she could do if he was avoiding her .

“Where…where!?”

Maple held her great shield up as she tried to look for Pain .

She was sure that the shield which was taller than her would protect her from the front .

And so it was completely to her surprise when she heard a voice coming from the other side of the shield .

“‘Holy Blade of Conviction’!”

Pain suddenly appeared with his shining sword, and after a short pause, swung .

He had four trump cards gathered together within him, and he was determined to take her head .

“Uhh . . ahh…”

It was a sensation that was so rare to Maple, and for a moment, she could not think .

Pain’s sword split the oncoming monsters and Maple’s great shield into pieces . It even destroyed her armor and cut deep into her body . Maple was thrown into the wall, and her HP dropped to 1 .