Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri s . h . i . tai to Omoimasu 118
Defense Specialization and Visitors
There were only 10 minutes left of the second day . Maple and the others were just about to decide the order for the midnight defenses, when their last visitors of the day arrived .
Maple and the others stopped talking and took out their weapons .
The people who had arrived were not the kind of people that you could let your guard down with .
They were 15 players .
Not only that, but Pain, Dread, Frederica and Drag were among them .
There was no reason that they had to attack Maple Tree .
This attack could be seen as an attempt to get rid of a guild who might threaten their position in the rankings, but still, there was a large gap between the a . s . sembly of Holy Blades and Maple Tree .
The reason that they had all come here, with Pain as the leader, was for the simple reason of wanting to fight and be victorious against Maple Tree .
They wanted to fight with guilds that were equal to them or had the potential to exceed them .
And so they had waited for all the members to return before attacking .
However, much to their displeasure, they had to choose a time when Maple was at her weakest, otherwise, the other members of the guild would not have agreed to this almost meaningless attack .
And that is why they came now, near the end of the day .
When Maple’s angel wings stretched up into the air, and the beasts were summoned, the battle began .
“‘Multi-Acceleration’!”
Frederica’s magic raised the speed of all of the members of ‘a . s . sembly of Holy Blades . ’
Dread, Pain, and Drag all came forward .
“‘Flying Attack’!”
“‘Flying Attack’!”
“Not this time . ”
Yui and Mai’s attacks did not hit Dread .
There was no one less fitting than them to fight Dread head-on .
In exchange for death, Dread had experienced the abnormalities of Yui and Mai . And he had taken that information back with him to his guild .
In other words, Yui and Mai’s biggest weapon, which was that they were ‘unknown,’ was now gone .
No one was stupid enough to try and block their attacks with a shield now .
And now Yui and Mai were attacked by Drag who was in the front .
“‘Earth Wave’!”
His axe slammed into the ground, sending waves that broke up the floor in ripples that crashed into Yui and Mai .
They did not take any damage thanks to Maple, but the ‘Added Knockback’ that was Drag’s unique ability, was a different matter .
Maple was pushed back, and Yui and Mai were now out of the area of effect for Dedicated Affection .
And this was no coincidence . As if to prove it, Drag and Dread charged towards Yui and Mai .
Maple and the others had wreaked havoc during the last two days . Especially in their fight against Ifrit’s Kingdom, Maple, Yui, and Mai had been able to make the most of their abnormal qualities .
But Maple had not known that a . s . sembly of Holy Blades was quietly watching that fight from afar .
And so they knew .
The weakness of ‘Dedicated Affection . ’
Of Maple’s weapons .
That there was a limit to Maple’s great shield .
And with this information, they had devised a plan to take Maple’s head .
“‘Cover Move’!”
“Like h . e . l . l, you will!”
“‘Magic Wall’!”
Kasumi stopped Dread, and Chrome stopped Drag . Kanade supported them with magic .
Even if Maple had been pushed back, Chrome and Kasumi were top-level players .
They were used to parrying attacks .
“Maple! You should deactivate it!”
“O-okay! Got it!”
Maple heard Sally’s voice, and deactivated ‘Dedicated Affection . ’
Since they knew how to deal with her, it was obvious that piercing attacks would come at her nonstop .
In fact, most of the magic that Frederica was using in the back had the ability to pierce through her defenses .
Those attacks were coming straight at Maple, and while she could block them with her great shield, it would make it difficult for her to move .
Just as the other four were distracted by Drag and Dread, Pain moved forward in a flash . He immediately targeted Maple and charged at her with his sword and shield .
“I won’t let you go . ”
Sally moved in between them, and she focused, intent on not missing what his next action would be .
“Dread!”
Pain shouted . It was Dread, Drag, and Frederica who responded .
“‘G . o . d Speed’!”
“‘Berserk’!”
With those skills, Dread disappeared, and Drag did not become rigid after using the skill .
The two had used their powerful trump cards, and now Frederica’s voice rang .
“‘Multi-Full Transfer’!”
The magic that was Frederica’s trump card caused all of the effects that were on Dread and Drag to transfer over to Pain . Pain now disappeared, and he was much faster than before .
“‘Super Acceleration . ‘”
He was even faster now as he dashed pa . s . sed Sally .
Even if Sally could see where Pain was, she was unable to catch up with him .
There was too much of a difference in level .
Pain was twice as high compared to Sally, to begin with, and his original stats were much better .
If they were actually fighting, she could react and dodge his movements, but there was nothing she could do if he was avoiding her .
“Where…where!?”
Maple held her great shield up as she tried to look for Pain .
She was sure that the shield which was taller than her would protect her from the front .
And so it was completely to her surprise when she heard a voice coming from the other side of the shield .
“‘Holy Blade of Conviction’!”
Pain suddenly appeared with his shining sword, and after a short pause, swung .
He had four trump cards gathered together within him, and he was determined to take her head .
“Uhh . . ahh…”
It was a sensation that was so rare to Maple, and for a moment, she could not think .
Pain’s sword split the oncoming monsters and Maple’s great shield into pieces . It even destroyed her armor and cut deep into her body . Maple was thrown into the wall, and her HP dropped to 1 .