Chapter 147

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 147

Defense Specialization the Strongest 3

The two opposing monsters came close and traded blows .

Until now it had been about skill, but now it was sheer physical power .

There was no dodging here . Both sides merely returned one attack for another .

“I won’t lose!”

Maple spat out a torrent of flame at the Oni .

The Oni’s red glowing fist slammed into Maple’s body .

And just as the Oni’s HP bar went below 20% .

“Uh…!”

The outer layer that covered Maple crumbled, and she fell to the ground .

While Maple’s attack power had gone up, it was still no match for the Oni .

And so it was no surprise that her shell was the first to break after she had received so many piercing attacks .

“‘Hydra’! Syrup ‘Awakening,’ ‘Enlarge’!”

Maple called out Syrup once again and contained the Oni with poison as he tried to approach .

The Oni had stopped trying to dodge now, so while he continued to take damage, he was also hitting with his fists .

“‘Oozing Chaos’! …tsk, Syrup! ‘Mother Nature’!”

She continued to hold him back with a barrage of skills . Then she jumped onto Syrup’s back and flew into the air .

“I better hurry! Woah!?”

Syrup’s body lurched to the side .

The Oni’s hand burst through the barricade of vines that Syrup had made, and wind shot out like a bullet at them .

“Syrup!”

One hit was all that was necessary to take Syrup down, and Maple plunged back to the ground .

The Oni’s fist thrust into the air under Maple as she fell .

Her great shield just happened to be positioned so as to block the blow, but she could not stay put when she was in the air .

Maple was thrown back with a force that was more than a mere knockback . And while she didn’t take any damage, she was never that good with guarding in the first place .

She might not be able to block the next one .

As she lay on the ground, she could see the Oni running towards her .

If he caught up, she would not be able to escape this time .

Right then, Maple found something on the ground and had an idea .

“‘Quick Change’!”

A blue light surrounded Maple and in a flash, her equipment turned into something that was pure white .

“This…!”

Maple picked up one of the potions that she had scattered on the ground without using and quickly healed all of her HP .

By then, the Oni’s fist was nearly upon her .

“‘Aegis’!”

A glimmering red damage effect covered the white light . Maple became covered in a white dome .

For 10 seconds, she would be completely invincible .

Every attack against Maple would be nullified .

“‘Quick Change,’ ‘Acid Rain’!”

She used all the skills that she could muster to their limits in order to deal as much damage as she could .

The Oni’s HP was now down to 10%, but Maple was frantic as she looked at the drops of poison on her shortsword .

Maple didn’t have any defense or offense skills she could use once ‘Aegis’ was over .

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website And the Oni’s counterattack would be too fast to allow her enough time to use ‘Hydra’ once again .

Maple was starting to think that she wouldn’t survive this . But just then, a skill she had forgotten suddenly appeared in the corner of her mind .

“That’s it…that!”

Just as she remembered, ‘Aegis’s’ time was up, and the Oni’s attacks started again .

“‘Frozen Earth’!”

A life extension . Invaluable three seconds .

The forgotten skill poured from Maple’s mouth .

“… ‘Break Core . ’”

A hole opened up where Maple’s heart was, and a small sphere that glowed red shot out of it .

Once it was nearly 2-meters away from Maple, it stopped .

5 seconds until completion .

She used ‘Indomitable Guardian’ to endure the last powerful piercing attack, and then she used one of the potions that were on the ground and chuckled sadly .

Immediately after, Maple and the Oni rose up into the air around the sphere as if being freed from gravity . And then they began to rotate around the sphere .

“Mr . Oni…I think this is a draw . But! I will come back so I can go to the 5th layer!”

The skill inside of the ‘Machine God . ’

The only skill that didn’t cost you your equipment .

Yes, what Maple had forgotten was that this skill was a self-destruct skill in the truest sense .

It had been written in the description . It nullified all attacks within a set range and then self-destructed . Everyone would be dealt with immense damage . The word ‘self-destruct’ in the description had been enough to make Maple forget about this skill .

“Goodbye!”

Maple closed her eyes and waited for the moment to arrive . After a brief moment, an explosion that pierced the sky shot up and incinerated both Maple and the Oni completely .

“Ahh… Hmph, I was so close . ”

Maple mumbled with closed eyes .

She was so mentally exhausted that she wanted to fall asleep right there . She had not expected to feel this depressed over losing .

“Fine…I’ll log out for today . ”

Maple put her hands on the ground and pulled herself up and opened her eyes .

“Huh? Why?”

She was still in the wilderness that she had fought the Oni in .

And the thing that lay at her feet, was the Oni himself .

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website “Hmmm? Hmm? Why?”

Maple was sure that she had self-destructed . But then she saw that she still had half of her HP bar and wondered .

“Is it because of my defense ability…? Yes…yes! Hehe! Defense really is the most important after all!”

Maple was overjoyed that her overwhelming defense ability had saved her . And then she looked at the fallen Oni .

“Are…you okay?”

She knelt down and poked the Oni until he got up and opened his mouth .