Chapter 87

Itai no Wa

Chapter 87 Defense Specialization and Information Gathering

While Izu was fighting the frog, Maple had returned to the guild home .

“Mmm… I have returned but… there’s nothing to do so I guess I will go for a skywalk…”

As Maple was wondering what to do next, Sally came from the entrance, followeed by Yui and Mai .

“Ah! Would you three like to go on a skywalk with me? How about it?”

“Right… Yea, let’s go . ”

“”We’ll come along too!””

As all three of them agreed, they went outside together .

As Yui and Mai decided to get on Syrup’s back, Sally also did the same . It seems like Yui and Mai like Syrup more than machines .

“Did everyone get on? Alright, let’s go!”

After confirming that everyone was on, Maple lifted off the ground with Syrup .

“Where did you go, Maple?”

“Mm… At God’s place . ”

“””Ehh…?”””

As her answer had far crossed what they could possibly imagine, their thoughts froze for a moment .

And among the 3, Sally was the first to speak again .

“Hey… what did you acquire there?”

Sally muttered and Maple answered after thinking a while .

“Mmm, it would stand out too much if I use it in its whole so I will show you just a bit . [Deploy-left hand] . ”

If she destroys her equipment once, she can produce a fixed number of weapons .

Maple deployed a few guns from her left hand .

“Uwwaa… eh?”

“I can shoot it! I won’t shoot it, though . ”

“Th-that’s amazing…”

Maple put in the guns before other players saw .

“I will be counting on you during guild fights then . ”

“Leave it to me! I will also work hard during the 3rd time event! Let’s work hard, Yui and Mai!”

“”Y-yes!””

“Well, you two are working with Maple, after all . I guess you would want some [devoting affection] . ”

“Monsters burst and scatter with just a touch of their attacks, was it?”

“Yes! We are also practicing two-handed moves!”

Not using the half-baked attacks they were using up till now, their attacks now literally kill the opponent if it hits .

By just swinging around big mallet, all the monsters around get beaten up .

“Mm…… Maple, there’s a lake underneath . ”

“Oho… wanna go check it out?”

As Yui and Mai agreed, she lowered the altitude and got off beside the lake .

The four of them sat down and splashed the water . If this was real, it probably would have felt nice, touching the cool water .

“I wonder how the guild fights will be…”

“Judging from the fact that there’s time acceleration, the time period for the event will probably be more than a day…… now then . ”

Saying that, Sally slowly stood up .

“Is something the matter?”

“Something wrong?”

“Hmm . There’s just a player following us . ”

Sally went walking towards a boulder behind them and looked into its shadow . A blonde, ponytailed player was hiding there . It was Fredrica .

“Ah… so you found out…”

“Following us? For what?”

Maple asked looking puzzled .

Yui and Mai also looked like they didn’t understand .

“Well, probably to gather information for the guild fights . We have low members in our guild so much less information leaks out . ”

Naturally, if members were to increase, it would become hard to manage the information . There’s no mistake that in guilds with many members, it is very common of someone to just leak information about the guild easily .

“And so, I have something to discuss with you, as you were following us . ”

“Wh-what is it?”

“[Congregate Holy Sword], eh… If you have info on the [Flame Emperor’s Country], would you tell us?”

Sally said in a low voice after getting close .

[Congregate Holy Sword] was Pain’s guild . It is also the guild Fredrica belongs to . Fredrica slowly backed off .

“Wh-why must I tell you even if I did?”

“If you were to tell us, I will let you have a [duel] with me . You want info on me too, don’t you? You can gather all you want during the fight, and… if you can beat me, I will tell you any one thing about myself . ”

Hearing that, Fredrica started to think for a while .

[Duel] is a PvP battle with determined rules .

Just as Sally said, information about her was uncertain and vague .

And considering that, Fredrica judged that she shouldn’t let go of this opportunity if she can gather information about her in a direct fight .

Besides, if Fredrica gives them the information on [Flame Emperor’s Country], the chances of [Maple Tree] and [Flame Emperor’s Country] fighting each other rise .

If that happens, these two dangerous guilds can be weakened at once .

If she just gives them the info, she will have achieved her objective for now .

It wouldn’t be a problem even if Sally took the info and declined to [duel] .

“Yeah, I will accept! I don’t know about any other guild so I will tell you about [Flame Emperor’s Country] . ”

Fredrica told Sally everything she knew about [Flame Emperor’s Country] without lying . After all, she needs them to properly drain each other .

And among that info, something very important lied, as well .

“Hmmm… [Trapper], eh… I didn’t know about that player . ”

“Then, as promised, let’s do this . ”

Fredrica said that, thinking she wouldn’t accept either way .

She thought it would be best for Sally to just run away here .

“Yes, I sent the request . ”

“Eh?… . Ah, ahh, yes . ”

Fredrica accepted the request in confusion .

The rules were to move to a different place and fight till HP reaches zero .

Both of them disappeared as they stepped into the magic circle which appeared in front of them .

And of course, Maple, being left behind, was surprised .

“T-they went somewhere?!”

“Maple-san! T-that’s probably a duel! There’s a system like that, I think . ”

“I-is that so?”

According to Yui, they will return after the fight ends so the 3 of them decided to fish while they waited .

The two had teleported to a perfectly level arena . Fredrica, who had hardly ever been there, started talking .

“You are going to tell me anything about yourself if I win, was it?”

“Yes . I am not lying, you know?”

Fredrica looked into Sally’s eyes . It didn’t seem like she was lying .

Not being able to understand what Sally was planning with this, Fredrica just casually tried to gather info on Sally while not using her full ability .

She had thought that if she can defeat her like that, then she will .

“We will start, after 10 seconds . ”

“Understood . ”

And exactly after 10 seconds, the duel begun .