Chapter 241

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 241

Defense Specialization and the Tower’s 8th Floor 3

“Let’s bring their number down first . ”

“Okay! Let’s try that . ”

Both of them bit into the fruits that allowed them to see the invisible monsters . And then Maple unleashed a barrage of bullets towards the closest chameleons .

However, the chameleons quickly moved behind the trees and dodged the attack, as if they had been expecting this .

“Hmph . It’s no good then . ”

“So they can avoid attacks like that . We might have to use area attacks then . ”

As soon as the firing stopped, the chameleons crawled back into view and started to attack them from afar .

“Woah! They’re spitting poison now . ”

“While we’re immune as long as you’re protecting us…this stuff is dangerous because it remains on the ground . ”

“Do we have to kill them one at a time like the first one?”

“That’s going to be hard . But I guess we have no choice . It will probably take longer to search for the real one . ”

“Yes… Area attacks…ah!”

“What’s wrong?”

“What about ‘Paralyze Shout’?”

This was a powerful skill of Maple’s that paralyzed enemies within a wide perimeter .

“But they might be immune to it… Hmm, but it’s worth a try!”

“Alright . Let’s move to where there are more of them… Sally, hang on!”

Maple held Sally tightly . And then, just like before, she blasted off into the sky .

And when they arrived in a place where there were three chameleons, she activated the skill .

“‘Paralyze Shout’!”

There was an effect that looked like an explosion of electricity, and then two of the three chameleons fell to the ground .

Maple and Sally did not miss the opportunity, and they finished them off with magic and bullets .

But instead of turning into light and disappearing like most monsters, they swayed and faded away .

“Yes, there must be a real one among them after all . ”

“Hmm . But it seems the attack doesn’t always work . ”

“It works well enough . Things will be a lot easier now . ”

“Ehehe . I’m happy to be of use!”

“Haha, of course, you are . ”

While they had taken down two chameleons, it seemed like nothing had changed within the forest . As Sally had predicted, it seemed like they would have to take down the main one .

“Alright! Onto the next one! Whaa!?”

“Maple?!”

Just as Maple was getting excited, something that was invisible slammed into her, and she went flying into the air .

As they were connected by a web, Sally got pulled off of her feet as well . Since they had both bitten into the fruit, neither were able to see the monsters that they could usually see .

“Ugghh… Argh! I hate being taken by surprise…”

“I-I want to get off this floor as soon as possible…”

You could never get used to being attacked by invisible monsters . However, it was clear what they needed to do . They just needed to kill every chameleon that appeared before them .

“I think we can use the paralysis items that Izu gave us . I’ll scatter them around . You concentrate on flying, Maple . ”

Paralysis Shout could not be activated with Maple’s usual MP . She had depleted one of the effects of her skills in exchange for the MP .

It would affect the number of times she could use Hydra .

“Yes, I want to get to the top of the tower today! I have to save it . ”

“Yes . But…depending on how things go, we may have to prepare before getting to the 10th floor . ”

“Oh, right . The 10th floor is supposed to be really hard . ”

“And I don’t want to lose . ”

“Okay . Well, let’s hurry up and get through this floor then!”

Maple accelerated while Sally was in charge of steering them away from the trees . Sally would also bite into fruits regularly and guide Maple to where the chameleons were . As they moved so quickly, it was hard for the enemy to land any attacks once they were flying .

And like that, the number of chameleons dwindled . At the same time, the icon for the fruits showed that they only had 10 left .

“Th-the real one still hasn’t appeared yet . ”

“Where can it be… Maple! On both sides!”

“Huh? Where-where!?”

As Sally was currently under the effect of the fruit that let you know the location of the chameleons for 10 seconds, she saw the icons appear where there was nothing .

And so she took out two fruits that would undo the effect and shoved one into Maple’s mouth .

And then, one chameleon that was not invisible appeared before Maple .

“It’s definitely this one!”

“But, it-it’s running away!”

“Leave it to me . We’ll catch up!”

As she was unable to stop suddenly, Maple slammed into a tree in order to forcefully land .

Sally then disconnected the web and then charged towards the chameleon .

“Super Acceleration! I won’t let you go! Leap!”

The chameleon tried to use its tongue to move to another tree, but Sally jumped on it and stabbed her daggers into its back . It let out a single cry before becoming very still . Then there was a pop as it disappeared .

“Sa-Sally! Are you okay?”

The bushes rustled loudly as Maple made her way towards Sally . At the same time, the trees began to sway, then, as if they had a will of their own, they began to move apart . A path had now been made in the forest .

At the far end, there was a pillar of light . There would no doubt be a magic circle at the bottom of it .

“I…was able to take it down . ”

“I knew you would! It surprised me…but it wasn’t too hard after all . ”

“Yeah . It’s because of your defense, Maple . Also, it was pretty straightforward . ”

“Okay, let’s go to the next one then!”

“Yes, let’s do that . ”

And so the two of them walked to the magic circle and stepped on it at the same time .

They wondered about the next boss and what they would see on the way .

The sight that greeted them was a sky full of stars .

However, there was one thing that was bad about all of this . They were both up in the sky, and they were currently falling .

“Uh…?”

“Huh…?”

They looked at each other .

“AHHHH!?”

“AHHHH!?”