Chapter 141

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 141

Defense Specialization and the Fifth Event

On the first week of December, a field exploration event was held as the 5th event . In accordance with the event, snow fell quietly from the sky and the field was covered in a white layer .

“It’s supposed to be like this until the end of December . ”

Sally said to Maple as they looked out of the window of the guild home .

“It’s so nice and pretty…and at least it’s not hard to walk in . ”

“Yeah . Well, I’m going to go kill some random event monsters . ”

“Understood . ”

Sally pulled herself away from the window and left the guild home .

Now that Sally was gone, Maple also moved away .

“If there are any monsters that offer a lot of points in this event, I might try fighting them . ”

There were four types of monsters to kill in this event .

These four monsters had varying spawn rates and points gained for killing them . The rarest monster gave the most points and there was also a small chance that they would drop rare items . Management had notified everyone of this .

“I’ll just kill the ones I happen to meet . The weak monsters are too fast and I can’t chase after them…”

Maple grumbled to herself as she left the guild home .

She would only kill the ones she found along the way as she finished quests to raise her permit level .

Maple opened the door and went out into the town where snow was falling .

The atmosphere had changed so much with just snow, which made walking quite enjoyable .

Maple was currently on the gathering quest, ‘Dregs of the Soul,’ and so she went straight to the western side of the field .

“I’m here!”

Maple had arrived in an area with scattered abandoned houses . She pulled out her short sword and weapons grew out of her body as she walked . As she did so, she would encounter blue fireballs that floated in the air . And they would drop the items that Maple was collecting .

“Thanks!”

The fireballs didn’t have much in terms of fighting ability to begin with, and the merciless bullets hit their target one after another, and the battle was over .

“Phew…yes! I’m off to a great start today . ”

Not only were these fireballs not the easiest to find, but they also became invisible, similar to the monsters that she had fought with Yui and Mai .

Maple picked up the dropped item as she thought about her good luck . Then she moved to search for her next prey .

“Hehe…this is going well!”

Maple had been hunting the fireballs for 30 minutes now, and she only needed 1 more in order to finish the ‘Dregs of the Soul’ quest .

The fireballs were appearing much more often than they had before, and Maple was in a good mood .

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“Yes! Just one more!”

Maple said excitedly, but the thing about probability is that it converges .

And for a whole hour and a half, Maple did not see a single fireball .

She had been raised up and then been thrown down .

And this was enough to make Maple want to give up her hunting for now and do something to lighten her mood . And so Maple decided to forget about the monsters and enjoy the winter scenery . She leaned back against the trunk of a tree and slumped down .

“Hahh…I’m tired . Mmm…the last gate is still so far . ”

Maple was reminded of just how crazy Kasumi’s speed was .

“But the even monsters are everywhere…”

Maple pointed her right hand at the white monkey in the distance and fired off a round of bullets .

“Got it! Yes…ha…”

Killing one here was not going to affect the rankings in any way .

It was practically pointless .

“Alright, alright! I’m going to kill the last one and stop for the day . ”

Maple stood up with a renewed resolve and returned to her hunting .

She squinted and cautiously looked around her as she moved . She had no intention of letting any get away .

“There!”

Maple did not miss the fireball that appeared in the corner of her vision . She pointed her weapons towards it and unloaded enough bullets to overkill it several times over .

“Phew…it’s finally done . ”

Maple gathered the dropped item and then inspected her inventory to make sure that she had enough ‘Dregs of the Soul . ’

“Yes! Hah…this took more time than I thought . And I thought that my luck was good today…”

Overall, it had gone well early on . After that, it had been much worse than usual .

Maple stretched her limbs and then started to leave the area so she could make a report .

However, probability always converges .

“Hm?”

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Maple heard something heavy come down behind her, and she turned around .

And there she saw a 4-meter tall snowman .

Its mouth and eyes were made of rocks, and its nose was a carrot .

Its tree branch arms carried a bag, and there was a red hat on top of its head .

“OOH!?”

What Maple had encountered was the monster that offered the most points during this event .