Chapter 183

Defense Specialization and the Search for Shoes

Several days had passed since Maple and Sally explored the mansion .

This was a time when Sally had not yet begun to have such stupid thoughts as taking on the 6th layer once again . As for Maple, she was currently relaxing in the 6th layer’s guild home .

“Sally’s leveling up in the 5th layer, Yui and Mai are also exploring a different layer… What should I do?”

The 6th layer was difficult for Yui and Mai for an entirely different reason then Sally .

As there were many enemies who nullified physical attacks, their special moves would be pointless even when they landed .

“Hmm, now that I think of it . One of the things that Sally had wanted was an item…”

Maple nodded enthusiastically . She decided that she would spend the day searching for that item .

“I did promise Sally that if I found any items she would like, that I would give them to her . And I haven’t given her anything yet . So it’s perfect!”

Maple had received HP boosting accessories from Sally on top of help collecting materials .

Sally had also gathered the money used in establishing the guild home .

So Maple felt like this was a good opportunity to give back to her .

“Ah, but I don’t think Sally did any research on how to acquire them . ”

Sally’s information gathering on this occasion was a little questionable to put it lightly . And so Maple decided to go and check the information board that was set up in the town square .

“Alright . Now that that’s decided, time to go!”

Maple ran excitedly out of the guild home .

She walked down the great street . There were empty houses to the right and empty houses on the left . Finally, she reached the message board .

“Woah, there are so many people…”

As it was right after the implementation of a new layer, there was a large board with many people in front of it .

Maple’s small body waded through the waves of people until she was close enough to the message board to read the information .

“Hmm…here it is! This is it!”

Maple carefully took note of the acquisition requirements and spawn location before moving away .

She waded back through the sea of people . Maple sighed when she finally reached a secluded area .

“I bet there will be so many people out in the field as well . ”

She thought such things as she rode Syrup towards the place she had looked up .

“Ahhh, I knew there would be a lot of people here . ”

She looked down from up in the sky and saw the blinking of various magic and skill effects all over the area .

The monsters they were after were a type of ghost monster . Their bodies were entirely white and their bones glimmered .

These monsters disappeared, then reappeared and attacked . And of course, they were immune to physical attacks .

“Hmmm…this will be hard for me . ”

Most of Maple’s skills were wide-range annihilation or up-close attacks . She didn’t have anything that had just the right range for this kind of distance .

“I wonder if they spawn anywhere else?”

Maple decided to leave this place and search somewhere else .

Thankfully, the monsters she was searching for were bright enough that she could see them from the sky, which would make them easier to spot .

“I’ll come back here if I don’t find any . Yes . Okay, Syrup? Let’s go . ”

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Maple had Syrup turn all the way around and they moved out and out into the huge field . They would fly further away from the town .

“I hope they are here…hmm…I’ll search some more . ”

Maple was poking her head out from Syrup’s shell and straining her eyes as she looked down .

After doing this for a while, they started to fly close to a mountain that was covered in a thick mist .

“I can’t see the ground from here… Maybe I should just check the mountain top? If there is any, it would be there!”

Maple lowered Syrup a little and then landed in a small clearing .

“Thank you, Syrup!”

Syrup returned to Maple’s ring as she started to climb the mountain .

After climbing for a while, a ghost monster that was made of clear, red bones appeared before Maple in the mist .

“That’s not the right one… But I might as well?”

As it was a different monster, she knew that this had little to do with her goal . However, Maple decided that she didn’t mind, and she would try killing it anyway .

“Alright, ‘Provoke’! Don’t run away!”

After Maple used ‘Provoke,’ several other identical looking monsters started to appear in the area .

“Yes! How lucky!”

As searching for monsters tended to take Maple a lot of time, she was very happy to see them come to her for once .

“‘Hydra’!”

The torrent of poison that she hadn’t been able to use in the haunted mansion .

The rush of poison that shot out of the magic circle swallowed up the monsters .

“What!? You’re still alive!?”

Perhaps they had high resistance to poison, because Hydra was unable to one-shot them .

Maple’s eyes widened at the surprising toughness .

Black smoke was rising from the backs of the monsters, and they started to take the shape of a skull .

The ghosts were now letting out a horrible sound, even though they had no voice box .

“Uh, ohhh…this looks dangerous… ‘Throne of the Heavenly King’!”

As if it was an emergency escape, Maple sat down on the throne that appeared behind her .

It seemed to be effective, because the dangerous-looking attacks were now canceled .

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“Hmm . But I really can’t attack while I’m sitting on this . But it’s so pretty, so I like to use it…”

The fact that many of the monsters on the 6th layer were immune to physical attacks was the reason that battles tended to be prolonged .

“If only I could do this with someone else… If only Sally were here… Hmm . ”

Maple thought again of how it would be nice to acquire this item that Sally wanted . It would help cheer her up .

And so Maple once again began the process of sticking the paper sheets on the monsters .

“I’ll need to buy some more… Oh, I think they had exorcism tags in the store as well . Maybe I should buy those too?”

Maple muttered to herself as she burned the faces of the ghosts .