Chapter 142

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 142

Defense Specialization and Sally

“Alright, here I go!”

Maple faced the snowman and showered it with bullets .

The bullets pierced its body one after another, but the HP bar above its head barely moved .

The snowman showed no signs of being bothered by Maple’s attacks and continued to approach her . Then it swung its bag at her .

“Woah!? You’re going to attack with that!?”

The attack came from the side that wasn’t shielded, and Maple’s weapons were crushed as she went flying into the air .

“Maybe only magic works on you? Let me test…”

Maple held her shield up and aimed her canons down at an angle before shooting . The explosion launched her towards the snowman .

Maple gouged out a chunk of its body with the great shield as she shot through it .

She landed in a random spot and destroyed her weapons before turning around to look at the snowman . Its HP bar had still barely even changed .

“There really are a lot of different kinds of monsters now… ‘Hydra’!”

The snowman was not particularly fast, and so it could not avoid the Hydra . The poison caught it in the chest and splattered .

“Huh…? It-it’s still not going down?”

Not only was it not poisoned, but it’s HP bar had only dropped a little .

There was no mistake that she would be able to beat it if she continued to chip away at its health like this, but that was terribly inefficient .

“But it would be a waste to let it go…such a waste . ”

Maple wondered what she should do as the snowman showered her head with icicles .

Ultimately, she decided to use Syrup and slowly chip away at its HP .

“Preparations complete!”

Maple enlarged Syrup in the air where it was safe, and have it attack with ‘Soul Canon . ’

Maple herself planned to use up ‘Hydra’ and switch to attacking with her guns .

“Alright, ‘Hydra’!”

The Hydra spat out its poison once again, and in the next instant, the Snowman’s HP went to 0 .

“Huh? …What?”

The Snowman turned into specks of light and vanished . And something fell to the ground where it had been .

“Hm? Mmm… Ah! Instant death!”

It had activated for the first time, and its effect was more than what she could have hoped for .

And so Maple would not find out during this event, that flame type attacks would have made this fight very easy .

Maple ran towards the item that had dropped onto the snow .

It was a box in red wrapping paper and a green ribbon .

Maple picked it up and checked the item name .

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website

“Present Box…I’m supposed to open it during Christmas!”

It was something that couldn’t be used now but would be usable for a few days following Christmas, whatever was in this box .

“I wonder what it is? Is it something to do with Christmas?”

Since Maple had achieved her original goal, she felt very satisfied as she returned to the town .

As a strong contrast to Maple, Sally was now zipping through the fields and gaining points by killing monsters .

Once she finished hunting, Sally put away her weapons and decided to rest .

“Phew…I can’t catch up . ”

Sally mumbled .

She was thinking about the friend who had invited her .

She was happy that for the first time, Maple was playing a game with her for an extended period, but as a player, she also didn’t want to lose to her .

However, in her head, she could not stop thinking of Maple as being unbeatable in combat .

“How did she come so strong…”

She had searched for skills and gathered information in order to catch up with Maple, but nothing was really working .

“I can’t stay losing… I better continue . ”

Sally sent power to her legs and began to run again .

Due to the power of ‘Sword Dance,’ which had been maxed out, Sally was able to kill the monsters that gave fewer points without stopping, which was very efficient .

“I should learn from Maple and raise my defense ability!”

Damage effects danced in the places Sally dashed through .

Just like how monsters without piercing attacks were unable to defeat Maple, monsters who couldn’t attack Sally head-on were unable to defeat her .

“It wouldn’t have been so hard if she only had high defenses . ”

She could fight monsters with simple move sets as she pondered . She was at the top in terms of player skill, she could not ask for anything more .

“If only there was a good skill lying around somewhere…”

She continued to kill monsters like this for 2 to 3 hours until she saw a giant snowman walking ahead .

“Oh, that’s a lot of points . Lucky, lucky . ”

Sally approached the snowman and activated her magic as she avoided its arm .

“‘Fireball’!”

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website

Even if the magic was weak, fire magic would take away a big chunk of its HP .

Maple’s hard fight looked like a joke in comparison . The Snowman died as if melting with just a few hits with ‘Fireball . ’

“Yes, delicious points!”

Sally wanted to gather enough dropped items before the end of the event, and so she immediately dashed through the field again .

One reason she was putting so much effort into finding the items, was that she was feeling something like impatience . She wanted to attain some kind of new power .

It was because they were close that she did not want to lose . That was what Sally thought with determination .