Chapter 133

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 133

Defense Specialization and a Sword

Ten days after Maple went inside the pot, Kasumi was in her room and staring at her status and other information that was displayed on the blue panel .

No, more correctly, she was staring at one specific point on the panel .

“Tsk…”

Kasumi had continued to buy things that had no effect on her abilities, and now she had used up almost all of the money she had saved up until now .

It had been enough to make 5 Maple Trees .

The 4th layer was built so that you would get closer to the center every time you went through a gate, and therefore, each new area was a little smaller .

But they were still pretty big overall .

However, Kasumi had collected items from all of the antique shops in the area .

Looking at the items in those stores was a time of supreme bliss for Kasumi .

Her passion had not only loosened her purse strings, but it had also slashed the purse wide open .

“Alright…now I can buy it . ”

Kasumi left the guild with the money she had acquired through hunting additional monsters . Then she went past the gate that said ‘seven’ on it and entered a certain store .

“Good, good . Thankfully, there is no such issue of someone buying it while you are away . ”

It was a feature of games, that what you were staring at in your room, also existed back in the shop .

She took the last item that she had not been able to put in her room until now, and her financial situation returned to a point where she couldn’t even afford a potion .

“Thank you for your patronage…”

“Hm? Oh, yes . ”

Kasumi was a little surprised, as the store owner had never said more than what was necessary to her before .

“Hmm…yes, I will give you this as well . ”

So saying, the store owner handed Kasumi an old piece of paper .

“It’s a map of where my tool shed used to be…I am too old to return there…But you can take what you like . I think it would be better than having them sleep there forever . ”

Kasumi thanked him and left the store as she looked at the map .

“It’s on…the edge of the field? I guess I can go take a look…?”

At this point, she had already bought everything that she possibly could in this town .

And she had no money, so she was not afraid of dying .

She had no reason to not go .

She ran through the dark field, occasionally checking her map as she came closer and closer to the edge .

And when she arrived, she was greeted by what looked like an open plain with nothing else there .

“Around here…no, further along? …Oh, here!”

Kasumi’s foot hit a handle that was sticking out of the ground .

She would never have been able to find it in this darkness, had she not had the map telling her the general location .

Kasumi brushed the dirt away and pulled the handle .

The lid opened with a burst of dust, and an even darker staircase leading downwards greeted her .

“…I suppose I’ll go then . ”

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She had bought a lantern since coming to this town, and so she pulled it out of her inventory and started to climb down the stairs .

The red fire of the lantern illuminated the area . Kasumi’s footsteps were the only sounds that could be heard .

When she reached the bottom, there was an iron door in front of her .

“…Alright!”

Kasumi felt a mix of expectation and worry as she opened the door and raised her lantern .

“There’s…nothing?”

It was just an empty open area . This was not exactly what you would expect from a storage room .

“Was there some kind of requirement? …I don’t know . ”

Kasumi wasn’t about to give up though, and just then, she heard the sound of something breaking .

“What? Is there something there?”

Kasumi pulled out her sword and cautiously moved to the back of the room .

The lantern illuminated the parts that she had not been able to see .

There, she saw the remnants of several tools .

A broken sword, a shattered pot, a cracked crystal ball .

And in the very center, was a light purple sword that was floating in the air .

Every time that this sword touched something close to it, the sound of something breaking could be heard . It was as if the sword was eating them .

“…Is it coming!?”

The sword pointed itself towards her, as if it now realized she was there . And so Kasumi pulled out her own sword .

It seemed that it had decided that she was an enemy, and it now enveloped itself in a bright purple smoke .

The sword shuddered for a second, and then the purple fire appeared on the ceiling and floor . Now it was bright enough to see without the lantern .

Kasumi quickly jumped back and put the lantern away, but the sword didn’t attack her .

“It’s not coming? …No, I can’t let my guard down . ”

Kasumi had a bad feeling about this sword .

And she was right .

In the next instant, it started flying at her at an incredible speed .

“Hhh…!”

Kasumi let out a short breath and blocked it . However, as there was no one wielding the sword, it could move completely freely, and it was hard to read its movements .

“Good thing…I had some practice with Shin…! Hah!”

With a loud clang, she blocked the floating sword again .

Kasumi jumped back again and waited to see how it would move .

However, as Kasumi kept the sword in her sight without blinking, it suddenly vanished .

“Wha…!? Huh!?”

In the next instant, Kasumi saw that a purple blade seemed to have sprouted from the center of her chest .

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And it wasn’t just one blade .

She had been stabbed in the legs, stomach, arms and more .

This was familiar, no, it was an attack most similar to a skill she had used .

When Kasumi opened her eyes again, she was in the 4th layer town .

“…Hahh… Hehehe . Interesting… I’ll get you before someone else does! I can’t be losing to some sword!”

With a mixture of anger and enthusiasm, Kasumi began to plan her next attack .