Chapter 274

Defense Specialization and Event Information

As all of the members of Maple Leaf finally chose their buddies, they decided to test their strength next .

And so Sally carefully selected a dungeon while the others were leveling up .

“A place that requires all kinds of abilities will make the weaknesses more apparent…so maybe here . ”

As she planned their next destination, the doors of the guild home burst open loudly and Frederica stormed in .

“Ah, there you are! I finally found you!”

“Ugh…”

“Let’s fight . You know, like we always do . ”

Sally glanced at Frederica’s fingers and saw that she was wearing a ring just like ‘Bridge of Bonds . ’ Sally had been making excuses and walking around the fields, but they had finally bumped into each other again .

“Uh, well…um…”

“What? Is something bothering you?”

Frederica said with a mischievous grin . Sally had a bad feeling about it, but Frederica would not back down . As for Sally, she did not want to tell Frederica that she would be too scared to fight her if her monster happened to be an undead .

But Frederica was in too deep . She already knew where Maple Tree’s training ground was and so she excitedly dragged Sally towards it .

“Alright . Just as always, okay?”

Sally finished preparing and told Frederica how the fight would go down . It would be the same as always . They would chip away at each others’ HP until someone surrendered .

“Okay! Hehe . What should I do…”

Frederica said indecisively and then enjoyed Sally’s reaction . That’s when the countdown started .

Sally concentrated more than usual and waited silently for the right time .

When the count down went to 0, the battle began .

“‘Super Accelerate’! Oboro! ‘Quick Shadow,’ Shadow Clone’!”

Sally accelerated at an incredible rate and then disappeared . When she appeared again, there were five of her . Sally was rarely this serious, and so Frederica was so stunned that she instinctively went on the defensive .

“Multiple…aah!?”

“‘Iron Water Cannon’! Oboro ‘Binding Barrier’!”

Out of the five Sallys that were in front of her, one was a ‘Mirage . ’ As it dissipated, a voice rang from behind Frederica, and a strong blast of water shot up and launched her into the air . Frederica tried to resist it, but Oboro’s stun skill prevented her from moving .

“Hey! Wait! Waaait!”

“‘Quintuple Slash’!”

But Frederica’s requests were for nothing, she continued to plummet rapidly without being able to defend herself . And so she was subject to a barrage of attacks until her HP was down to 0 . She landed heavily on the ground . When she got up again, she puffed her cheeks angrily .

“Was it just me, or were you more murderous than usual?”

“…I think it’s just you?”

“And I came all this way just to show you my buddy… Ah, that’s right! It doesn’t have to be while we’re fighting . I’ll show you anyway . ”

“Uh, um, no…wait!”

Now it was Sally’s turn to make useless protests . Just as the ring started to glow and it was apparent that something was going to come out, Sally shut her eyes tightly and covered her ears with her hands . After a brief moment, Frederica pried Sally’s fingers opened and forced her to open her eyes .

Sally then saw Frederica smiling mischievously as a small, yellow bird sat on top of her head .

“…Huh?”

“This is my buddy, Knots . Hehe . What is it? What did you think was going to come out?”

“Ah…! Phew . Frederica!”

Sally realized that Frederica had done it on purpose from the beginning . But she was so embarrassed that that was all she could muster .

“You have a surprisingly cute side . Though, you’re almost inhuman during combat . ”

Frederica said . She was still smiling mischievously at Sally .

“Tsk… I’m going to go just as hard on you next time . ”

“I hope you do . It will be all the more satisfying when you lose . Besides, Knots is really strong . ”

Just then, there was a beep, and both of them paused in order to check their messages . It contained details of the next event .

First, there would be a preliminary battle . Points would be calculated based on the survival times of the players and the number of monsters killed .

High-ranking players would be able to enter the main battle area . Those who rank the highest would get better rewards . As the preliminary match was solo, players who had tamed a monster would have a great advantage .

“It seems like the first event of the preliminaries will be against monsters… And the main one will have time acceleration and be PVE . It will likely be a hard event…”

“It sounds like survival . But I would like to get in the top with everyone else in the preliminaries…”

After they were finished, Frederica insisted that they fight again . However, she then received another message .

“Ugh, It’s from Pain . ”

“Hmm? Did you have plans?”

“He said that I’m not supposed to show you too much . Hmph . How did he know…”

“That makes sense . We might be competing again . ”

“Still… He said that I can be the judge of that . So I’ll just do what I want!”

“Haha . Pain sure has his hands full…”

They said as they started the second round . Ultimately, they fought five times that day, and Sally won every time . However, Frederica obeyed Pain’s advice, and the little bird called Knots didn’t use any powerful skills .