Chapter 172

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 172

Defense Specialization and the Throne

The result of this was as obvious as anything .

The white wings of complete protection were shining as Maple led the other two forward .

The arrows of light could not stop their advance, and they slowly and surely closed the gap between them and the enemy .

When they reached the feet of the giant king, Maple told the other two to prepare .

“Yes, please wait a moment . ”

Yui and Mai started to use several items .

As they did this, their bodies exuded a red aura, which signaled that their attack power was being raised .

When that was completed, they equipped their second great hammer, and they were done .

“Oh, right! ‘Encourage’!”

Maple had a skill that she acquired during the second event and hardly ever used .

With this, Yui and Mai’s STR and AGI were temporarily raised 20% .

With a 20% STR boost, they could expect a damage output that was nothing like what Maple’s had been dealing while she was tossing the red stones .

With this extra support added, Yui and Mai moved to crush the king .

“‘Double Strike’!”

“‘Double Strike’!”

A thunderous sound echoed with every strike of their hammers . Together, they hit it 8 times, and the boss was no more .

The light that made up his body dispersed and disappeared .

It rained down over them as the notice for a new skill arrived .

“Yes! Hehe! You called two angels on me too, so it’s only fair . Oh, I better check the skill . ”

Maple said and checked the skill .

‘Throne of the Heavenly King’

After the skill is activated, it will reduce damage to the person sitting on the throne by 20% until the skill is deactivated or you die . Recover 2% HP every second .

It also makes ‘evil’ type skills, including your own unusable within a 30-meter radius .

“Ah…so this was the cause of it . ”

Maple was satisfied that she now knew why she had struggled so much .

This had caused many of her skills to become unusable .

“Maybe I’ll try it out… ‘Throne of the Heavenly King’!”

As Maple said this, lights began to gather behind her, and a throne that was much like the giant one, only this time made for her size, materialized .

Maple cautiously sat down on it, and then a bright light shot out through the ground and spread outward .

There was also now a thin layer of light surrounding her body .

And just like how it was with the king, Maple’s wings went through the back of the throne and shined behind her .

“Woah…it’s nice…and pretty . ”

Maple had not acquired so many skills that would have to be sealed out of personal taste .

But as she had many of them, this skill, with its purely beautiful effects, quickly rose as one of Maple’s favorites .

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website Even if it dropped her attack ability .

She smiled as she sat on the throne and waved her feet . Then Yui said,

“Maple? Uh…what is that?”

“Hm, oh? You two didn’t get this skill too?”

“Yes . We got the light arrow skill that the boss was just using . But it has nothing to do with STR, so we probably can’t use it . ”

Maple thought a little after hearing this .

Why had they acquired different skills?

What she felt was the most likely reason was the skill that she currently had activated, and gave her angel wings . Dedicated Affection .

“The king had wings part way in…so it must be that . But there are no conditions written anywhere . ”

Maple got up from her throne and was about to leave with the other two .

When she did this, the aura of light around her disappeared and the light on the ground also vanished .

“Oh, right . You have to be sitting down for it to work . Well, let’s just go back now . ”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

“Hmm…? No, wait a second?”

Just as they started to leave, Maple stopped and cupped her chin in thought .

After a minute .

As the lightning fell, something was flying in the air and shining brightly . It was a giant turtle with a throne on its back .

“Syrup? Is it too heavy?”

Maple asked Syrup .

The throne that had materialized on top of Syrup, was fixed steadily to its back .

Currently, she could see that it did not add any weight, as far as stats were concerned .

“Maybe I’ll stay like this with Syrup for a while . Yes, that’s a good idea!”

“Maple, we’re almost out of the lightning area . ”

Yui pointed to where white clouds were starting to show .

“Oh, yeah . What are you going to do after this?”

“Uh…we were thinking of level grinding a little . ”

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website According to Mai, they were not yet at the suggested level for this layer .

“We cannot survive here unless we can one-shot our enemies . ”

“Hmm . I should probably do that too . I haven’t been doing that recently . ”

They talked about this as they rode Syrup back to the normal field .