Chapter 129

Defense Specialization and the 4th Layer

One day in October, a little over a month since the event .

It was the day that the 4th layer was to be added .

Risa had invited her to go and check it out, but she would have logged in either way .

Her vision was filled with light, and when it disappeared, the 3rd layer’s town spread out before her .

She looked around to see that Sally was waving at her, and so Maple walked up to her .

“I came . What should we do? Should we go right away?”

“I bet you could take care of the boss on the 3rd layer by yourself…yeah, let’s go . You’re curious too, aren’t you?”

“I am!”

They didn’t try to match their login times, and so the two of them were the only ones who were there from Maple Tree .

Even if they went now, they would have to go again with everyone else later and fight the boss all over again .

But still, their curiosity about the new layer was too strong .

Without even knowing what the boss was, Maple used ‘Savagery’ to transform, so she could carry Sally on her back as she ran through the field and towards the dungeon .

At this point, everyone knew that this monster was Maple, and so none of the players who flew in the sky tried to attack her .

However, she still drew a lot of attention .

They ran over monsters as they made their way through the dungeon . Then they arrived in front of the room and Maple opened the doors to go inside .

“Sally? We’re here!”

“Okay! Let’s get this thing over with . ”

The thing that was inside was a steel golem that was three times their height .

If golems had a will of their own, this one would have been stunned to see the door open and a monster’s head peeking inside .

“‘Phantom World’!”

Even with only Sally, Maple could multiple into 4 .

The four 4 Maples started to attack the golem as if surrounding it .

As for the golem, it too tried to attack Maple, but of course, she didn’t take any damage .

Sally saw this with relief and then sat down to pet Oboro on the head .

However, as Sally was doing this, she heard Maple’s frantic voice .

“Sally!? What should I do!?”

“Huh!? What!?”

“I can’t deal any damage to it!?”

“What!?”

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website Sally looked at the golem and saw that its HP hadn’t changed at all .

Management had been thinking .

A natural way to stop Maple in Savagery form .

And what they came up with, was not to place a boss with ridiculous attack power there, but a boss with high defense power and HP .

Maple’s ultimate enemy was not someone with extreme firepower, but someone with the same traits as her .

Maple didn’t have any piercing attack skills .

And as the golem couldn’t deal any damage, this fight couldn’t end .

It was a way to contain Maple in a one on one fight .

“I guess I’m going to have to do something about this . ”

Realizing what this meant, Sally pulled out her daggers and ran towards the golem .

And they fought for 30 minutes .

Partly due to Sally maxing out ‘Dance of Swords,’ the battle was able to finally come to an end .

“Hah…that was a mistake . ”

“Yeah…that was harsh . ”

This put a damper on their plan to quickly pass this area and go see the 4th layer, but they decided to switch gears and head for it anyway .

“I wonder what it’s like?”

“Who knows? Look, you can see it now . ”

Sally started to run, and Maple chased after her .

The 4th layer was a town of shadows .

Stars glimmered in the night sky, and there were two full moons, one red and one blue .

This town was the biggest of the towns so far, and all of the buildings were wooden and looked traditionally Japanese .

There were waterways running throughout the town, and lanterns quietly illuminated the streets .

There was an especially tall building in the center of the town, and their hearts were filled with curiosity .

“Should we explore? Should we?”

“Yes . But let’s go to the guild home first . ”

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website “Oh, right . ”

They suppressed their excitement and headed for the guild home .