CHAPTER 28: DEFENSE SPECIALIZED AND MIDNIGHT EXPLORATION

The twos appearance emerged from the magic circle.

Even though she had noAkujiki, Maple was making a stance with her large shield for surprise attacks.

It looks okayhuh?

The two confirmed the surroundings.

Surrounding them were ruins that had spread. There was plenty of marks of buildings being destroyed.

Guessing from the mountainous areas position, it looks like their location is on the opposite location of their starting point.

For the mean time, we got to a good direction huh?

But, somebody mightve already explored it

Its only the second day the hidden ones shouldnt be found yet here, theres probably nothing. Its right in front of the magic circle after all

Nevertheless, theres no way that the management would place a medal right in front of the destination point.

While searching for a safe place, the two walked around the ruins, they decided to at least search too.

theres three players. What do think?

If possible, I dont want to fighttheres noAkujikitoo its bad if we lost

I got it. The, lets go here

The two passed through the ruins, and entered inside the forest quietly.

The monsters that were coming out were spiders and owls.

If you look at them after the monster bird, whatever monster it is, it looks like a small fry.

Their movements are slow, they also have no attack powers, and their HP is low too.

Easy win, easy win

They moved forward inside the forest. What they are searching for is a place that they can spend the night. They took plenty of time climbing, so the sun is already setting.

The two continued to explore the forest while defeating monsters.

Muutheres nothing

As Maple had said, surrounding them was only a forest that was spreading, and there seems to be no special buildings or caves.

For the meantime, lets climb on top of a higher tree. I think its better than being on the ground

Sally chose a tree that only had branches in high places and jumped usingLeap.

Cover Move!

Maple followed her and reached the top of the tree.

There would probably no players that would prefer climbing one without branches on the lower places appearing.

The two rested their backs on the trunk of the tree and took a breath.

After doing that, the fatigue from the battle against the monster birds suddenly came.

Sally after 12, Akujikiwould recover though. What do you think?

It means, what Maple wants to say is, after taking a break for a while until 12, if she would like to explore in the middle of the night or not.

There was also the thing with the jungle in the other day, so there should be and event that is set to appear by during time periods.

The twos goal is 20 medals.

For that, they need to test many things, and there is a need for them to explore the places that they can explore.

On top of that, they need to find it before other players.

Rushing to explore during the last stage of the event is not good.

If its good with Maple

Un, then lets continue exploring after 12 had passed!

The two decided to use the status point that they gained from leveling up.

Let me see AGI and STR huh?

One vote for VIT!

Maple

HP 40/40160

MP 12/12 10

STR 0

VIT 175141

AGI 0

DEX 0

INT 0

Equipments

Head

BodyArmor of Black Roses

Right handShingetsu : Hydra(Poison Dragon)

Left HandMirror of the Dark Night : Bizarre Eater(Akujiki)

LegsArmor of Black Roses

ShoesArmor of Black Roses

AccessoriesRing of the Forest Queen Bee

Toughness Ring

Ring of Life

Skill

Absolute DefenseGiant Killing (OomonoKurai)Hydra Eater (DokuryuuKurai)Bomb Eater (BakudanKurai)MeditationProvokeAbominable (Gokuaku HidKnowledge of Large Shield IVBody ManipulationAttack Diversion Shield Attack

HP Strengthening (Small)MP Strengthening (Small)

Cover Move ICover

Unyielding Guardian

Sally

Lv21

HP 32/32

MP 25/2535

STR 3020

VIT 0

AGI 8568

DEX 2520

INT 2520

Equipments

HeadMuffler of the Surface Water (Minamo no Mafura) : Mirage(Shinkir)

BodyCoat of the Ocean (Taikai no Kto) : Ocean(Taikai)

Right HandDagger of the Deep Sea (Shinkai no Dag)

Left HandDagger of the Bottom of the Water (Minasoko no Dag)

LegsLeggings of the Ocean

ShoesBlack Boots

Accessories

Skill

Status Debuff Attack IIISlashDouble SlashGale Slash (HayateGiri)Muscle Strengthening (Small)

Consecutive Attack Strengthening (Small)Double AttackPowered AttackSwitch AttackBody Arts I

Knowledge of Short Swords IIJack of All TradesDivine BreakSuper Acceleration

Fire Magic IWater Magic IIWind Magic II

Earth Magic IDark Magic ILight Magic II

Fire BallWater Ball

Water Wall

Wind CutterWind Wall

Sand Cutter

Dark Ball

RefreshHeal

MP Strengthening (Small)MP Cut (Small)

MP Recovery Speed Strengthening (Small)Knowledge of Magic II

FishingSwimming XDiving XCooking I

Mining Speed Strengthening (Small)Sensory Blocking II

Sensory Awareness IIStealth Move ILeap I

Poison Resistance (Small)

In Maples statusVIT+5andDestruction Growth, with both of those its VIT +60.

Unyielding Guardian is added in her skills.

In Sallys status its AGI +5andSTR +5

Maple ate the food that she received from Sally.

They needed to rest their body before 12.

In the middle of the night where even the sounds of the monsters moving got quiet, the to climbed down from the tree.

SinceAkujikihad also recovered, their battle preparations are perfect.

And with that, Maple changed her shield to Snow White. Its to avoid wasting them.

The forest, or the ruins. Which one?

Un the forest! There were also players in the ruins earlier so it probably got explored

Un. The forest then

The two advanced deeper and deeper into the forest.

From time to time, owls were charging without sounds, but Sally easily dodged with her own dodging skills, and Maple was ignoring them since there would be no damage after all.

And, after an hour and a half walking around the forest.

Ne, Sally? There isnt it shining?

Being told by Maple, Sally looked at it carefully.

As Maple had said, far ahead of them, she saw a faint light.

It might be a player, so cautiously

I got it

The two hold their breaths and approached.

In Sallys case, she even made sure and usedSensory Blocking.

This is

bamboo?

What was there, was a bamboo forest.

And one part of one of them was shining faintly.

W-What do you think? Should we split it into two

Maple asked Sally.

If there was a person inside, it would be very troublesome though

Bamboo that shines in the middle.

Whoever it is, they should imagine Kaguya-Hime. In fact, Sally was also like that.

But there might be a medal there is also medals that can be gained from exploring right?

After the two talked for a while, in the end, they decided to split it into two.

Sally swung her dagger.

*Supa*, the bamboo got cut and increased its shine.

Nothing that they feared of had happened.

Whats inside, was one medal that was shining with a silver color

Yay! Nothing troublesome happened, and we also get a medal!

Yosh! With this, only 12 pieces left!

The two got happy, but it was wrong that there wasnt a troublesome thing.

*GasaGasa*, after the bushes around sounded, rabbits that had long horns jumped out one next to the other.

Is it the moons Usagi-san?

Maybethat horn, it might be piercing damage. Be careful

Understood!

The two prepared for battle.

Maple, compared to the time when she just started the game, she really became like a normal player.

Even that is said, it is only about the things other than her status.

Comparing something like a rabbit to the monster bird, its only very cute.

The two started the battle against the rabbits that had jumped towards them.

After a while when the battle had finished, the place where the bamboo forest was changed to a sea of poison, and the bamboos that grew straight upwards were cut in the middle, it was that kind of a terrible situation.

Each one of the rabbits wasnt that much, but their numbers were tremendous.

T-Theres too many

A hundred? two hundred? Im tired

Defeating all the rabbits that were jumping within the bamboo forest as if it was their own garden took them plenty of difficulties.

Lets rest on the top of some tree

Un I agree

In exchange for one medal, they got really exhausted.

The third day of the event, it had just started