Defense Specialization and the 7th Layer
After reaching the 7th layer, Maple and the others rushed to the guild home as if they could not wait to start exploring . After that, they split up and started to explore the town .
In the center, there was a huge tree that seemed to stretch to the sky . And in the town, there were waterways and intersecting roads paved with stone . If you looked up, you could see wooden bridges that connected the trees in a complex web that included tree houses .
“Alright! Let’s explore!”
Maple was full of curiosity as she dashed through the new town . And for a while, she walked down the streets and looked at everything around her . She quickly noticed something that was very different from other towns up until now . All of the NPCs that were stationed here had some kind of animal with them .
“Oh! It’s just like me and Syrup!”
And so Maple went around talking to the NPCs and gathered information in different stores before returning to the guild home . When she was back, she saw that the others were there too, after finding out their goal on this layer .
“Hey! Everyone! How was it?”
Maple was having so much fun and could not wait to share it with everyone .
And so Sally began to tell them the information she had gathered .
“Welcome back . I’m sure you know this by now, Maple, but the 7th layer is a place where you can get pet monsters like Oboro and Syrup . ”
“Yes! Yes! There are apparently all kinds of ways you can make them join you!”
The information they had gathered was not about any special event . Regardless, they had found out that there were different methods of befriending the monsters . Defeating them or giving them items etcetera .
“However, it seems like you still have to use ‘Bridge of Bonds,’ so I can’t befriend any monsters outside of Oboro . ”
“Oh, you didn’t know that yet? While implementing the 7th layer, they changed it so that the Bridge of Bonds effect can only be carried once by each person . ”
And since Maple and Sally already had the rings for Syrup and Oboro respectively, they could not acquire any more monsters .
“Oh…I see . Hmm . Well, it’s fine because I have Syrup!”
“So, I guess we can help the others on this layer?”
As Maple and Sally already had monster buddies, they decided to offer their help to the other six .
“That would be great . After all, it will be really hard if defeating a strong monster is one of the conditions for taming . ”
“Yeah . Well, I guess we should start exploring around then . This layer seems really large . ”
They could see that the field stretched out far from the town . There were snowy mountains and steep cliffs, and volcanoes in the distance .
“Maybe we can mark down the monsters we’d like to befriend and then search for them . I’m not sure what to choose yet…”
“I wonder if there’s a monster that will help me produce items…”
“Let’s do our best too! Mai!”
They all thought about what kind of monster to get . And then started to gather more detailed information about which monsters were in what areas .