Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 84
Defense Specialization and Succession
Because of the power of Maple’s great shield, the bullets were temporarily sucked into it . However, she lost Bizzare Eater in the process, and so was thrown into the wall right after .
“Ahh…! Was I knocked back!?”
The bluish-white bullets had a powerful knockback ability, and as Maple was not fast enough to dodge them, she was pushed into the pile of rubble .
However, it was not powerful enough to puncture her armor, and she was only pushed back .
The sensation of being hit by the bullets was no more than a minor irritation, but the knockback ability prevented her from moving .
First, Maple tried unleashing Hydra on the machine god, but venom was not effective on machines . The only damage it did was from the Hydra directly, and there was no additional damage from the poison .
She had already lost Bizarre Eater, and she had used Savagery when she fell down here .
Syrup was not included with Maple’s other skills and had not been hurt when falling down here . It was now inside of her ring .
But it would only become a victim to the bullets if she took it out carelessly .
The only options for an attack that she had left, were Hydra, the result of Bizzare Eater and Predator and Oozing Chaos .
Maple had incredibly strong defense and instant firepower, but she had one clear weakness that could not be changed .
Maple’s skills depended on the 0 MP consumption of her equipment, and that had its limits .
Maple’s power was not something that could be maintained for long . With every skill that she used, her attacks would grow weaker .
Once she had used all of her skills, Maple would not be able to defeat the monster . However, the monster would not be able to defeat Maple either .
And Predator would not work here as it did against the Hydra .
A rusted machine could not be eaten .
She knew this very well .
She wasn’t too sure about piercing attacks, but Maple decided to rely on Predator and Syrups attacks .
As Hydra’s effects were minimal, Maple decided to change her equipment .
The tiara appeared on her head, and the pure white short sword in her hand . Then she used a potion to replenish her HP .
While her defense capabilities were now lowered, the bullets still felt like she was being massaged .
Maple called out the twin monsters and Syrup, then took in a deep breath and concentrated .
Hearing Maple’s voice, Syrup caused vines to jump out of the ground and push up the terrain .
The obstacle that had suddenly appeared now blocked the bullets from reaching Maple .
In that instant, Maple rushed towards the machine god with all of the speed that she could muster .
Now that Syrup had fulfilled its purpose, it was returned to its original size .
However, before Maple was able to arrive at her target, more bullets attacked her .
Being immune to poison wasn’t the only reason for Maple changing her equipment .
One of the skills of ‘Dedicated Affection . ’
A great skill that used 600 HP .
A dome of light surrounded Maple and the monsters, and for a few dozen seconds, all attacks would become ineffective on them .
She was able to get close with ‘Mother Nature’ and closer again with this skill, and yet she was still too far to reach her target .
The closer she got, the harder the attacks became . The attacks were what she needed to stop first .
The twin monsters bought Maple some time by eating the projectiles that came towards her .
These projectiles were supplied by the mountains of garbage around them, but nevertheless, there would be a delay in restocking them .
As the projectiles were destroyed in front of her, Maple only had to chase after Syrup, which had been returned to its original size as it flew in front of her .
Then Maple dismissed the monsters and thrust her hand into the hole in the machine gods chest, which was full with a blue light .
“It’s this light that is bad!”
As if hugging the machine god, Maple thrust her hand deep inside of it .
It was in order to return it to sanity while leaving as much of its body intact as possible .
The monster that shot from Maple’s hand pierced through the chest and came out the other side .
In a way, this was the right move . In another way, it was the wrong one .
It would not be possible to return him to sanity by attacking him there . However, as it was his ‘weakness,’ it was possible to deal immense damage there . And as a result, a change came over the machine god .
“GG…KAHA…… . I WILL BE GONE…BUT…”
Maple perked up her ears so she would not miss a single word that the machine god said .
“…NOW THAT MY CONSCIOUS HAS RETURNED FOR A MOMENT…I ENTRUST TO YOU…BRAVE ONE…”
So saying, the machine god began to collect the blue light in its chest once again .
“…WITH…MY…POWER…KILL…WHAT WAS…ONCE…ME…”
And with this, the machine god threw the old gear at Maple .
It was absorbed into her body and disappeared .
And then the machine god changed again .
Its body was enveloped in a pale light as it gathered equipment from the ‘second one’ towards itself and rose into the sky . Then it shot down blue bullets towards Maple .
Maple had no choice but to block them like before .
“GIVE AWAY YOUR POWER…WHAT A WASTE…”
She heard the machine’s voice from above .
From the words, she realized that it must be the voice of the ‘second one . ’
The machine had been hijacked and was now moving against its will .
The skill that Maple had received . The power of the former god . It was a simple power, there was nothing mysterious about it at all .
Maple changed her equipment .
Just in case, she removed the tiara and Bridge of Bonds and returned her short sword as well .
As Maple shouted this, a certain image appeared in her head .
Maple selected the armor, great shield, and short sword .
While the second god could make machines out of nothing, the first needed the materials .
It was a power that destroyed equipment and gave birth to weapons .
Of course, the stronger the materials, the more powerful the weapons that could be created .
Maple said quietly . And a black set of armor began to form around her .
After that, numerous armaments that were as black as the night continued to be developed .
A gun noisily expanded from her shield arm, a giant canon grew out from her back like the branch of a tree as it pointed to the sky .
Black blades came out of her sword arm, and even her legs and thighs were strengthened by machines .
There were small gears that spun along her torso, and there were intricate gears and wires covering the right side of her face that went down to her neck .
“Wa-wah!? What, what is this!?”
Maple looked at the weapons on her in surprise . But then she remembered what she had to do .
“I need to defeat it…Provoke!”
Maple put Bridge of Bonds back on and called Syrup . The vines and boulders that came out of the ground swallowed up both Maple and the floating second god and covered them with several layers .
As Maple was attacking it, the second god was surrounded by the vines, which pushed it even closer to Maple .
“…Now…you cannot escape me . ”
Maple had inherited the powers of the first, so in other words, she was the third .
The newly born machine god positioned all of her weapons at the second .
With an explosion, all of the weapons spouted fire at once .
While all of them may have looked like equipment, they were not .
They were skills whose power had been enhanced for a price .
In other words, this had nothing to do with Maple’s STR numbers .
Each individual attack was not that powerful, and so this attack relied on the rapidity of the successive attacks .
Just as the cage of vines were blown away, the blue light that surrounded the first god disappeared .
The first god was carried by the machine that was Maple and slowly laid to rest .
Once Maple landed on the ground, she quietly leaned him against his other machines .
Now that she had confirmed that the blue light was completely gone, she looked back at him a few times as she left the scene .
While Maple mournfully made her way back up .
Four players were having a discussion in a room of a certain guild .
One was ‘Holy Sword’ Pain .
One was ‘God Speed’ Dread .
One was the fifth in the first event .
They were all talking together .
About the others in the top 10 that they could not convince to join them .
And also about a certain guild that they were concerned by, Maple Tree .