Chapter 123

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri s . h . i . tai to Omoimasu 123

Defense Specialization and a Feast

The large guilds showed themselves one after another as they surrounded ‘Ifrit’s Kingdom . ’

“…It’ll be extinction either way . We might as well take as many of them with us as we can!”

Mi decided as she activated ‘Flame Empress . ’

“…Yes, let’s do it . ”

Marx looked forlorn as he stood up, but he slapped his cheeks to bring back his zeal .

“Now…here we go! ‘Flare Accel’!”

With a deafening sound and an explosion of flames, the battle began . A barrage of magic was fired towards the group at Ifrit’s Kingdom all at once . It was an attack from several of the large guilds . And things would not end there .

“Prayer of the Saintess’!”

Misery’s magic caused light to rain from the sky .

In exchange for all of your MP, and preventing it from recovering for 3 minutes, this skill gave a high-speed auto-heal effect for a limited time in a super wide area .

The damage they all took began to heal, which meant that they would not die unless they were hit by every shot .

Of course, she could not use this in succession even if her MP recovered .

But she still had to use it .

“Do your best!”

Misery was no longer any use here, and so she had to rely on her comrades .

“Yeah!”

Shin and Marx went in the opposite direction of Mi . Even if it would make things more difficult, they had to split up .

“‘Explosive Flames’!” Mi extravagantly blew away the oncoming magic, then rushed towards one enemy group at a speed no one would have expected from a magic user .

She slammed fireb . a . l . l . s into faces and had explosions of fire tearing out of the ground as she trampled through them .

However, her MP was also dropping at a ridiculous rate . Even using all of her potions would not be enough to kill all of them .

“But still…!”

She needed to kill as many as she could . It would be to their advantage later on .

After all, the reality was that they could not escape this, and so they had to fight to as close to their limits as possible .

And in that reality, the thing they were most afraid of, showed itself .

In the open plains, a giant monster came running from behind the large guild .

If they weren’t in the middle of a fight, she would have probably been lying on the ground and looking at the sky with her hand on her forehead .

“This is…no use…”

Mi thought, but she was surprised .

When the monster reached the flanks of the large guild, it began to tear up the rear guard and attack the players .

She wouldn’t exactly call it reinforcements, but this action did help her in the current situation .

“We can still do this…!”

Mi’s spirits rose once again as she recommenced her attack on the large guild .

Maple Tree’s aim was to destroy the large guild that surrounded Ifrit’s Kingdom .

And they were careful to keep the strongest players in Ifrit’s Kingdom alive as they went about this .

In other words, Mi, Marx, Misery, and Shin would be kept alive .

This was because those four would deal a lot of damage to the large guilds .

Mi did not even try to hinder Maple as she attacked the enemy .

And Maple did not intervene in Mi’s fight .

But in a way, they were fighting side-by-side .

“Now, go to the next!”

“Okay!”

The players on her back dealt damage by throwing bombs . Maple crushed the enemy players under her feet as she rushed through the large guild .

“Maple! Over there! They’re in trouble!”

“Okay!”

She was already quite ominous in the dark, but Maple in a brightly lit area was also fearsome to see .

She had such a strong presence that all of the eyes of the large guilds were directed towards her .

The result of this was that the large guilds did not even stop to talk to one another . They obeyed their instincts and attacked Maple at once .

This was something that they had to kill now, even if it meant postponing the attack on Ifrit’s Kingdom .

“Woah…they’re all coming!”

“Really…!? Maple! Protect!”

Sally’s nervous voice reached Maple .

Maple activated ‘Dedicated Affection’ just as a light surrounded them and the large guild they were next to .

“They got ‘Savagery’!”

“But everyone is safe! …But…”

What Sally had just seen a moment ago was Pain, as he unsheathed his sword in the shadow of a tree .

In other words, he had heard of this uproar from the large guilds and was watching to see if they could deal a heavy attack .

He had aimed for a time when many players were focused on Maple and had been momentarily shocked .

“Maple! They’re coming! So…”

“Yes! ‘Savagery’!”

Even if yesterday’s Savagery was broken, she still had today’s .

It was the second coming of despair .

And furthermore .

“‘Phantom World!’”

“‘Phantom World!’”

Kanade and Sally shouted .

It was a magic that created three clones for 3 minutes .

This magic was sucked into Maple .

And there were now 7 monster Maples in all .

Aside from Pain, Drag and Frederica and Dread had also started to approach them .

They had stepped out thinking that this was their chance, now that Maple had returned to her normal form .

“Things get crazier every time I look! ‘Earth Breaker’!”

Drag was more resigned than surprised at this point, as he shattered the ground .

Regardless of the form she was in, Maple was dangerous at close-range, and so they had to stop her .

The holy sword lit up the sky, the earth was broken, fire blew, and the monster ran .

Plants and vines stretched out, and magic covered the sky . Swords danced, illusions confused the people .

The destruction was repeated, and the dying lights of the players looked somehow beautiful on the battlefield .