Chapter 386

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 386

Defense Specialization and the Cube

Although it had been a terribly bright light, what happened had been nothing more than an usual teleport, and the two of them were thrown into a place so dark that they couldnt see anything at all in there.

Phew, Im glad it was just a teleport. It certainly felt like it was going to be something else

Yeah. Maybe thats the usual animation for that ruined town?

It made my eyes hurt, though.

Its so dark that I cant see anything, but it looks like theres no water here.

Ah, youre right!

As she moved her limbs, she didnt feel the usual resistance of water. And when she tried jumping, she felt the ground below her feet.

Lets take off our diving suits then.

Yeah, mine does restrict my field of vision a little. Lets do that.

After taking off their diving suits, they tried checking the surroundings once again with their headlights.

Its a floor. It seems to be made of the same stones as before.

Are we inside some kind of building? I cant see the sky.

Though there was air there, they couldnt see any stars when looking up. Since the floor was artificial, it was more likely that they were inside a building than in a cave.

Why dont we walk until we hit a wall? If we do that, we might know how big this place is!

Thats a good idea. Lets do that. Things seem to be pretty quiet for now, so we should try to learn our surroundings before something comes out.

Both of them turned around and started walking in a straight line. Since this kind of teleport would usually take them to a place where they would need to walk forward to face a boss monster, they were planning to go in the opposite direction in order to get as much information as possible before an eventual battle.

They found themselves before a wall shortly after they had started walking. It was a sturdy wall, made with black stones, and lacked any doors or any way to get to their other side.

Looks like weve been moved to the edge of a room. So if we turn around and walk towards the center

There might be something there?

Yeah, it feels like a boss might be up ahead.

Right! We have to be careful

It hadnt attacked them as soon as they appeared in that room, but it was still entirely possible that something was waiting for them to approach. This place, which seemed to be quite large, had a similar shape to the boss rooms they had rushed into many times.

Maple and Sally wanted to be as ready as possible to face whatever that boss could throw at them.

They walked along the walls to check how big the room was. Eventually, the two of them reached an adjacent wall as their footsteps echoed in the silent darkness, as if it was a completely empty room.

Seems to be quite big.

Umm, if the room is big, then

Then the boss could be quite large as well.

Basically, the size of the room usually depended on the size of the boss. If the room were to be too small for a bigger boss, it would hinder its movements, so naturally a big room would mean that the boss itself would be big as well.

Furthermore, since they were no longer underwater, the boss could be literally anything, so it would be quite difficult for Maple and Sally to predict the boss patterns this time around.

Because of that, their upcoming battle would be more like a performance done without any prior rehearsal.

I think its time to turn around!

Lets be ready for whatever comes at us!

Yeah!

The two walked to the opposite wall, and after seeing that there was nothing on that side either, they went back halfway along the wall and faced to the front.

Shall we?

Yeah! Im good to go!

Both of them moved forward while being extremely vigilant. Then, the room started to gradually become brighter as if it had reacted to their advance, and the whole picture became clear.

As expected, they had been walking at the edge of a room with walls that were tens of meters long.

After crossing halfway to the center, they could see a large amount of things that looked like materials close to the walls, such as crystals, rocks, and plants that they had never seen in the 8th Layer before.

Is this some kind of storehouse?

It would be a very messy one, but still That thing over there seems to be the most conspicuous of it all, dont you think?

Yeah!

At the point where Maple pointed, there was a huge black cube. Each of its sides were about 2 square meters.

It was floating in the air due to an unknown force, and felt oddly different from the other materials that were scattered about the area.

It seems a bit similar to that thing we saw underwater earlier, right?

If its a monster of the same type as that, our means of attack will be rather limited. It does look a lot like that other cube monster.

That other cube had been underwater, and it used the water around it to attack, but this room was not submerged. As they took another step towards the black cube, wondering what kinds of attacks it would use, there was a reaction from it. An intricate blue line appeared on its surface, and its body split in half just like that sphere that had brought Maple and Sally to this room.

Here it comes!

Yeah!

As they readied themselves, wondering what kind of magic it would use, several stone pillars made of the same material as the cube suddenly appeared from the space generated between the cubes two halves.

The pillars started to rotate slowly, making a crackling noise and storing energy before releasing it as a large amount of light bullets all at once.

Are those g-gatling guns!?

Cover!

Maple stood in front of Sally with her shield behind her back, and blocked the light bullets with her body. She took no damage from it, but the visual effect of the bullets colliding against her body was so intense that it didnt let her see anything past her own nose. It had a much higher rate of fire than any of Maples weapons, so taking them head on without any means to block damage would have normally turned its target into Swiss cheese.

Its a bit different from what weve expected, Sally!

And here I was thinking it was going to be something more mystical!

It was unclear whether those light bullets would ever run out since they were different from those fired from an ordinary firearm.

I need to look at his shooting pattern a little longer!

Sure! Im not taking any damage