Chapter 124

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri s . h . i . tai to Omoimasu 124

Defense Specialization and the User of the Holy Blade

Due to this sudden h . e . l . lish scene, all of the average players died in quick succession .

One after another, they fell . When the 3 minutes were up and Maple’s clones disappeared, over half of the players had disappeared into light .

However, nearly everyone had thought of using piercing skills on Maple, and the damage had stacked to a point where she was returned to her normal form .

The monster that loomed over them was now gone, and Maple fell down into the crowd of players .

The players all readied their skills, they would not allow her to act as soon as she touched the ground .

“‘Deploy all Weapons’!”

As Maple was still in the air, numerous gun barrels and cannons were pointed towards the ground .

The black weapons were developed with loud clicking noises around her .

“‘Oozing Chaos’! ‘Hydra’!”

That now familiar and most hated mouth appeared and in one swoop, erased all of the players who were waiting below Maple in order to attack .

Next, the Hydra covered the ground in poison, allowing Maple to move around with an advantage .

Of course, players without sufficient ‘Poison Resistance’ died right there .

The monster that had been enveloping Maple was indeed gone .

However, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Maple herself was a monster in human shape .

No, she was actually more than that .

Appearance-wise, she may have looked weaker . But her methods of attack were much more varied, and she was now harder to hit .

She was a devil with the face of an angel . And that was much more dangerous .

It could not be helped that the enemy players saw her in this way .

As Maple landed on the ground, the weapons that she wore began to fire at and burn the players that surrounded her .

She was in the center of a powerful sea of poison . You could not go near her without immunity to it, and she was able to block long ranged piercing attacks with her great shield .

Ultimately, the players that surrounded Maple gave up . The siege fell apart and they scattered .

Of course, Maple wasn’t going to let them walk away freely, and with an explosion of flames, she began to fly around the field at an incredible speed .

The members of ‘a . s . sembly of Holy Blades’ had failed in their ambush, but were able to stop any counterattacks with ‘Earth Breaker . ’

They had come for Ifrit’s Kingdom’s…o…b . . , and so they decided that they might as well crush some of the compet . i . tion that had gathered along the way .

Pain and Dread were strong enough to fight on their own . Drag and Frederica moved as a team .

There were two main reasons that they fought while keeping a distance from Maple Tree . It was more efficient for crushing their large guild rivals, and because in a most general sense, Maple Tree was dangerous .

“They’re retreating before they become the targets…huh . ”

Pain mumbled to himself as he dealt with the players in front of him .

For players that had crossed a certain line like Pain and Maple, fighting against inferior players was monotonous work .

Pain imagined what it would be like to fight against Maple . And he imagined what the outcome would be .

And no matter what he did, he did not feel like he would be able to defeat her if both of them were in the best condition .

“I have to become stronger…”

Pain intended on fighting her again . At a time where he had a chance of winning .

“I should go and look for some new skills…”

Pain looked at Maple’s battle frenzy from afar as he cut down yet another player .

The three guilds that were considered dangerous by everyone were gathered here .

The destructive power was hard to comprehend .

Not only that, but all three were making an effort to not interfere with the other, which made things worse .

Once all of the guilds retreated, battered and wounded, the only players that remained on the field were the four from Ifrit’s Kingdom and the members of Maple Leaf .

As Chrome was using ‘Cover Move’ and ‘Cover’ to protect Yui, Mai and the others, Kasumi was able to heal them in time even when their HP was low . Sally was also fine .

And so, of course, was Maple .

“We would have been done for without the skills…”

Chrome was almost surprised that he was still alive .

His HP had almost dropped to 0 several times, but it always managed to recover, even if it was slow .

On the other hand, the members of Ifrit’s Kingdom were covered in wounds . They had already used many of their trump cards . And many of their guild members were forced to retire .

They could not fight against Maple Tree now .

Mi had decided that this was the case, and so she did not even try to take the orbs that were between them and Maple Tree . Instead, she covered herself in flames .

What happened next was a ma . s . sive explosion .

Yes, Mi had used her remaining MP to copy Maple’s self-destruction flight . She took Misery, Shin, and Marx with her for an emergency escape .

Unlike Maple, she needed Misery to heal her, but she was still successful .

The guild members of Ifrit’s Kingdom had reached this consensus .

They depended on the strongest four to maintain their standing in the rankings .

And so Maple Tree succeeded in taking back the orbs .