Chapter 236

Defense Specialization and the Tower’s 7th Floor 2

They untied the rope that held them together and continued on . There was only a short distance left for them on the proper route .

As they had skipped the area where it looked like something would happen, it was a relatively easy climb downward .

In front of them, they could see the spikes that they had almost been pierced by . The spikes were taller than they were and spread out like a forest .

“…Is it that way? Can we go there?”

The snow had died down as well, and Sally could see clearly enough to make a narrow road between the thorns of ice .

“We won’t get stabbed from the side . So that’s good . ”

And so they made their way through the forest of spikes . As they walked, the forest suddenly opened up into a round clearing that was covered in snow .

“A boss?”

“It doesn’t seem like it’s here… Oh, is it coming now?”

They could hear the loud cracking of ice . And then a giant ball that was covered in thorns rolled out towards them .

And then it opened up .

The boss that had appeared was a white hedgehog that looked like it was made of snow . Its needles were made of ice .

“It’s so cute! But…but, it’s so cute!”

“It will be bad if it rolls towards us like that…”

But they had just seen it roll at such a speed that was shocking, considering its size and the fact it had sharp spikes on its back .

It was making it pretty obvious that it could pierce through their defenses . And so they could not allow themselves to be hit by it .

As they thought this, the boss rolled up into a ball and then charged towards them .

“Maple, the shield!”

“Got it!”

Maple moved in front of Sally and tried to use her shield to block the attack . However, it was moving so fast that they were pushed back and blown off of their feet .

“Ahh…ouch…”

Maple stood up and brushed the snow off . A red damage effect was bursting from her shoulder .

Sally immediately healed Maple and started to think of a new plan .

“‘Heal’!”

“Wh-what should we do?”

“…Hmm? Maple, look!”

Sally was pointing at the boss’s back . Two of the ice thons had broken off .

Without those spikes, Maple wouldn’t have to be scared of any piercing attacks .

“Let’s try it out . If we can break them while attacking and still defending, we should be able to defeat it . ”

“Yes, I’ll try! ‘Deploy all Weapons’!”

The weapons expanded and Maple fired at the boss, which started to roll towards them again .

And while it did no damage to the boss’s body, it was able to break some of the ice thorns .

“It’s coming!”

“‘Cover Move’!”

Maple continued firing until the last possible second . Then she chased after the retreating Sally at a highspeed and dodged the attack .

“Ehehe . It’s been a while since I dodged something like that . ”

“If you get hit now, the damage will be doubled . So be careful, okay?”

“Ah! That’s right . I can’t get hit…”

“…It seems like there is no point in attacking while it’s rolling . ”

“You’re right! They didn’t break . ”

“In any case, let’s keep trying until we can damage it . It does seem like there’s been a change . ”

“Yes! It’s not scary if you can dodge the attack!”

“Since things are stable, I’ll leave the attacking to you . ”

“That’s fine! Then you can distract it!”

Maple would attack, then Sally would distract it so that Maple could escape from the charge . They repeated this until all of the needles on its back were gone .

And then, just as they were ready for it to come at them again, the boss hedgehog slipped on the snow and fell on its back .

It flailed its legs wildly in the air .

“That’s our chance!”

“Tsk . But it’s kind of far away!”

“Sally! Hold on!”

“Huh? Ah, okay!”

Maple directed her weapons to the ground and fired . The explosion launched her straight towards the boss .

She landed on its open stomach and then laughed happily .

“‘Fireball,’ ‘Triple Slash’! Yes, it’s getting damaged!”

“Uhh…an attack skill that I can use… Ah, ‘Pandemonium’!”

Two giant onis appeared on both sides of the struggling hedgehog, and they began to bash it with their giant clubs . It was taking damage .

“Thi-this looks weird…”

“It’s not doing as much damage as I thought… Huh!?”

“Maybe it has strong resistance . Let’s move back!”

The boss finally regained its posture and threw Maple off . Sally caught her and moved away from the boss .

As there was a damage reduction to all attacks with the exception of fire attacks, they had not delt that much damage overall .

“Hmm…ah! You two don’t need to attack anymore!”

The onis were chasing the boss as it started to dig in the snow, but they weren’t doing any damage . After a short while, the boss reappeared with a new layer of spikes on its back . And so the onis started to bash it again with their clubs .

However, before they were able to break all of the thorns, the boss charged straight into them, and they both disappeared .

“Ah!”

“Maybe its attack power went up! Maple, you better avoid being hit!”

“Uh, yes! I definitely don’t want to that…”

This would still take a lot of time . The key to winning here would be how long they could keep up their concentration .