Chapter 233

Itai no wa iya 233

Defense Specialization and the Tower’s 6th Floor 2

For a while after that, the sounds of Sally’s dagger hitting something hard echoed throughout the room . But then it started to die down . Eventually, all of the initial monsters were dead .

“Phew . Now for the throwaway match . ”

“Oh, it’s finished then?”

“Only the monsters without piercing attacks are left . It will be annoying…but the path is still blocked behind us . Ooomph! Ah…”

Sally pulled herself out of the wool and swung her daggers around as if enjoying the freedom of movement .

“You can do it, Sally! Though, I can’t see you…”

It seemed like Maple was now changing positions inside of the wool . But as long as she had Dedicated Affection activated, she was doing enough work .

Maple heard the sounds of many monsters being killed by the time she was able to stick her head out again .

And just as Sally had said, it was like a throwaway match, and all of the remaining monsters were easily killed .

“Nice, Sally!”

“Hmm . I’m glad I was able to be useful so quickly . And I got a lot of materials as well… And look, the wall isn’t blocking the way anymore . ”

“What should we do, Sally? Go back?”

“We came all of the way here . Let’s go see what’s up ahead . There may be something interesting . ”

They talked about it and decided to go forward while Maple kept the wool on .

This was due to the possibility that they could step into another room that was a monster house .

“…I suppose I’ll have to roll you . ”

“Ready when you are!”

And so Sally thrust her hands into the wool and started to slowly roll Maple down the passage .

Ultimately, there were no more split passages . What they found at the end was a small altar with a treasure chest on top .

“What do you think, Maple?”

“It-it seems kind of suspicious… But I don’t want to go back without opening it . ”

“Yes . Well, let’s just do it then!”

And so both of them stretched out their hands and opened the lid in one quick motion .

There was no trap . They both sighed and then peered inside . There were two scrolls that would give you skills .

“They seem to be the same . Alright, here’s yours, Maple . ”

“Yay! I wonder what kind of skill it is?”

[Crystalize]

AGI is reduced by 50% for 1 minute in exchange for immunity from bad statuses .

3 minute cooling time .

Requires 100+ VIT .

“I think I’ll give mine to Chrome . I’ll never be able to use it myself . ”

Sally’s VIT was still at a 0 . And as she had no intention of ever raising it, 100 seemed infinitely far away .

“Well, I’m going to use mine right now!”

Maple opened the scroll and acquired the ‘Crystalize’ skill .

“There are no monsters around here, so why don’t you try it once before a real fight?”

“I’ll do that! Okay, ‘Crystalize’!”

And then Maple was enveloped in light . She was then coated in what looked like the same ore as the previous monsters .

“My skin seems to have changed? But I can still move . It feels weird…”

“That is strange… But this is coated too . ”

Sally said as she banged on the wool . A metallic sound rang . It also felt like a block of stone .

“Do you think I will get stuck if I put my face inside?”

“What!? Th-this is a little scary… Huh? M-my arms are stuck . I can’t pull them back in…?”

“Huh…?”

Maple wiggled around, but her torso, which was sticking out, was also covered in wool . And it echoed when you knocked on it .

“Well, its main effect is to make you immune to bad statuses, so this wouldn’t happen usually . ”

Sally saw that Maple was half sticking out of what looked like a huge block of ore, and she shook her head .

“Ohh…the things I have to think about keep increasing…”

“That’s what makes it interesting . ”

Maple muttered that she wasn’t sure she would be able to make use of it . And then they waited for the effects to go away . She had acquired a number of skills and items in this tower, and just needed time to test them out .

“And there will be skills that we can trade medals for once we clear the tower . Though, I don’t know if it will be the same lineup as before . ”

“Oh! That’s right . Hmm… I should probably put some thought into which skills I take . ”

“Why not just take the ones you want? You know, go by instinct . As long as you don’t choose something really weird, it should be useful . ”

Besides, there was no point in thinking about it too much now, Sally added . Maple nodded in agreement .

As they talked, the effects of Crystalize finally wore off, and they continued their exploration .

“I guess we have to go in the direction of the spear-wielding soldiers now . ”

“Spears… I don’t like it . They look like they’ll use piercing attacks…”

“Then let’s continue like this . You know, until those shields trap us . ”

“Uh, really? …What about the white arms?”

“They’re not as bad in comparison…”

After having such a horrible time on the fifth floor, Sally was able to think that those hands weren’t so bad, since they didn’t move towards her or try to scare her .

“Okay! Then just let me change my equipment and… Alright, let’s go!”

Sally rode on top of the floating ball of wool and watched up ahead . As long as there was no fire around them, the ball of wool could float around the dungeon