Chapter 249

Defense Specialization and the Tower’s 10th Floor 4

Now that the boss had finished changing its form, it prepared to attack . The five swords at its back started to fly towards Maple and Sally at an incredible speed .

Sally not only dodged them easily, but she pulled Maple out of the way with her web as well .

“‘Cover Move’ is no use . Double damage now would be bad!”

“Yes, thank you!”

After they moved out of the way, the swords stopped in the air and then turned towards them again .

That was when they both realized that five new swords had appeared at the back of the boss, and their eyes widened .

“There’s more!?”

“Maple! Let’s finish this quickly!”

“Y-yes!”

They knew the situation was only going to get worse, and so they moved in on the boss .

“‘Provoke’! …I’ll stop it somehow! You attack it, Sally!”

“Okay . I’m counting on you!”

While the 10 swords flew towards Maple, Sally faced the boss alone .

“Syrup, ‘Rampart’!”

Several walls came up and surrounded Maple . While they were destroyed on impact, they managed to stop some of the swords .

She also guarded with the great shield in spite of the depletion from Bizzare Eater, but three of the swords still stabbed into Maple’s body . After being hit directly, Syrup’s HP was reduced to 0, and half of Maple’s HP was taken away .

“Agghh… Sally, you can do it!”

“Oboro, ‘Shadow Clone’! ‘Wind Cutter’!”

She used magic to force the boss to guard and then used her Shadow Clones to provoke it into attacking .

“As long as I know your movements…!”

Sally used her clones, which died with one hit, as bait, and closed in on the boss . There was a flash, and the sharpened blade cut her into half . Immediately after, her body disappeared and a damage effect appeared on the boss .

Sally had used Mirage as a second decoy, and she now cut at the boss from behind .

There were no other decoys to protect her now, and the boss’s flaming sword swung towards her .

“‘Super Acceleration’! I made it!”

Sally accelerated and moved away from the sword while rolling on the ground .

“‘Oozing Chaos’!”

Maple used a powerful move in order to stop the counterattack towards Sally . And then she started to fire her guns .

While she managed to hit the boss and its HP dropped, it was not enough to take it down .

At the same time, five new blades appeared in the air .

“So tough!”

“Arrgh, we’re so close!”

They were close, yet so far . And since Maple was taking damage, the situation was bad .

“Th-this…”

Fiery swords and the boss itself came flying towards Sally . Sally took in the situation calmly .

No matter how she tried to dodge, two of the swords would hit her .

“Minimize the damage…!”

As Sally was thinking, something shot out in front of her with the sound of an explosion .

The swords must have hit it because damage effects burst in the air . She then saw Maple standing there with three great shields .

“Sally! Heal me!”

“‘Heal’!”

While she blocked the attacks with her three great shields, the flames still burned Maple . However, thanks to Sally’s healing, she had just a little HP left .

“‘Frozen Earth’!”

The boss froze just before it could attack Maple .

Maple checked its remaining HP and saw that it was down to 20% before she activated her skill .

“‘Break Core’!”

A red sphere shot out of Maple and sparks flew .

It was a super powerful exploding attack . And it would activate in 5 seconds .

Upon seeing this, Sally used Icicle and Sand Wall to prevent the boss from escaping .

Attacks that it usually would have been able to dodge would hit it now .

“Now I can…hit you!”

Before the boss could move out of the way, Maple’s skill activated, and a pillar of light shot up to the ceiling with a roar .

The boss’s HP dropped dramatically . Maple had 1 HP left thanks to the effect of ‘Indomitable Guardian . ’

When the white light faded .

The boss remained, with just a little HP left .

“!?”

As Maple watched in shock, a magic circle that was larger then previous ones appeared on the ground .

“Wh-why…what?!”

Maple was no longer able to think . Sally had risen into the air and used her web to pull Maple up .

Sally quickly threw Maple up into the air and then used ‘Impact Fist’ to send her even higher up .

Immediately after, the flames of hell shot up from underneath them .

Sally made a platform in the air and kicked off it and plunged towards the fire .

“…!”

‘Empty Shell’ activated and nullified all damage as Sally accelerated even more .

Before the flames could reach Maple, Sally shot through it and then used her two daggers to cut open the boss’s throat .

The flames stopped at the same instant . And as they died down, the boss fell to the ground .

“Thanks to your protection…I made it . ”

Sally put away her daggers and caught the falling Maple with both arms .

“…Phew . ”

“…Ehehe . ”

“We won!!”

“We won!!”

The two of them practically fell as they sat down, exhausted . Then they looked at each other and smiled as they high fived .