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Itai no Wa 193

Defense Specialization and A Helping Hand

While routinely learning how to use the broad shield from Chrome, Maple walked around the town on the sixth layer when she got some free time .

“Mmm, well I did get the item Sally wanted too . What should I do next~?”

After loitering around for a while, Maple came to the conclusion that she didn’t really have to do anything till the next event .

“It might be good to just relax for a while . After all, fighting against ghosts is a pain . ”

While Maple was seating on a bench in the city and was gazing at a white figure flying through the sky, a message popped up .

“Mm? I wonder who it is… Ah, it’s Mi!”

Maple read through the text .

Mi texted asking whether Maple would like to go and hunt some monsters now if she had some time on her hands .

“’I was free anyway, so let’s go’… there we go . The east entrance is the meeting point, alright . ”

Maple stood up and started walking towards the east gate .

When Maple reached the east gate, Mi was already there .

“Sorry! Did you wait?”

In response, Mi quickly looked around to confirm something and then replied to Maple .

“It’s fine . Rather, I am sorry for inviting you so suddenly . ”

“It’s OK . I didn’t have anything else to do anyway . ”

“I see . But really, thanks . Shall we go?”

“Yep!”

Maple followed Mi out of the city .

After leaving the city, the amount of people around them also decreased quite a lot, and Mi’s expression grew much more relaxed .

“Is it fine if I don’t use ‘atrocity’? The pace will be really slow but… I don’t really mind, what about you, Mi?”

“It’s fine . I would like to relax and talk as we go . ”

They went towards their destination while chatting about their recent activities .

About how the last event went to how the enemies in the sixth floor are .

About how Mi was bad at handling the city’s mood and how she would get along well with Sally .

While they were talking about such topics, they arrived at their destination .

“Hmm, it’s a tomb . ”

“Right . Human souls come out around here but… they have a skill which increases their fire resistance . And their attacks are quite strong and have an area of effect . ”

“Leave it to me then! ‘Dedicated affection’! ‘Heavenly King’s Throne’ . ”

Angel-like wings grew from Maple’s back . Her hair turned blonde and her eyes turned blue .

And just as the halo appeared above her head, a white throne materialized behind her .

Maple sat straight down and smiled at Mi .

“Ready whenever you are . Ah, but don’t go too far, alright?”

“Uh? Ah, uh, yeah . Got it . ”

Mi had to force herself to look away from Maple and towards the blue human souls .

“’Flame empress’!”

Two big fiery spheres appeared around Mi and engulfed the human souls one after the other .

However, because of the resistance skill, even Mi’s fire couldn’t bring them down at once .

“As I thought, it’s impossible, eh… I did strengthen it a bit, though!”

Mi swung her arms and threw the fire spheres again and this time a large amount of human souls were engulfed and taken down .

“… . . ! Ah, that’s right . ”

Mi turned around amidst the bursting flames .

And there, inside the flame, Maple sat with full HP even while taking all the attacks herself .

As long as the impregnable fort is protecting Mi, there’s no way these tiny human souls can beat her .

“I could take some time then . ”

It didn’t take long until Mi took all the human souls down with her hell fire .

After defeating a few dozen of those souls, Mi got close to Maple, who was still seating on her throne .

“Thanks, Maple . You saved me . ”

“You fine now? That was amazing~! I was in the flames all along~… It was glistening and very pretty . ”

“That is… good? Is it good? Well, I do think it’s a sight only you are able to see . ”

“Really? Then I guess I am lucky!”

“That might be . Hmm… it would be great if I could thank you somehow… ah! Right . ”

Mi looked like she had just remembered something . And then, she started telling Maple about what she remembered .

“I heard there’s a skill called ’Iron Body’ and ‘Heavy Body’ at the information dealer in the city . It seems it is related to the vitality stat . I paid a hefty amount but they didn’t tell me anything other than the fact that it is available in the south so it must be a great skill but . . ”

“You can buy information about skills…?”

As Maple asked that in wonder, Mi couldn’t help but look amazed as well .

“You… didn’t know? Well, it does cost a lot . But you can learn about good skills too . ”

Saying that, Mi told Maple about the information dealer’s location .

After writing it down on a memo, Maple properly thanked Mi .

“Thank you as well . Tell me if something’s up . I will definitely come to your aid!”

“Yep, see you later!”

After parting with Mi, Maple headed south to find the skill Mi was talking about .