Chapter 458

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Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 458

Defense Specialization and Omission

“Gaah! Payne can’t reach that far!?”

“It can’t be helped, Payne shines when the enemy is in range. Still, well done.”

In the spectator area, the fierce battles that started almost at the same time would be settled in order, while the fallen players would be teleported there.

The frustrated voice belonged to Drag.

The torrent of light unleashed by Payne was barely enough to capture Lily and Wilbert.

Drag and Dred, along with Misery and Shin, were watching the battle. At that time, Mai and Kasumi, along with Marx and Hinata approached them.

“I’m sorry, you two. I had to protect Mii.”

“No, no, it’s fine! I didn’t even see it coming!”

“Right...”

“I think it’s amazing that you jumped to Mii’s defense.”

They were left with no choice but to entrust the rest to others. Surely, Marx protected Mii because he trusted her.

“Yui, I’m glad it went well...”

Seeing Marx there without Yui, Mai, who got teleported there, breathed in relief. After all, it proved that the strategy devised by the two went well.

Although they couldn’t achieve their prime goal—which was to take out Mii, they were still able to defeat Marx. As such, they were proud of their achievements.

“The two of you were splendid back then! You outsmarted them with such a bold move!”

“Well, I’m certain no one else can imitate that.”

“T-thank you very much!”

Only Mai and Yui could shoot players up into the sky and deflect attacks.

“In any case, that sure sounds like something Maple would do. Did they inherit her reckless courage? If it’s her, she’d probably be excited with the fireworks or something.”

“She’ll probably come up with something else.”

Dred agreed with Drag’s reasonable conclusion.

“If possible, I want to avoid that scenario...”

“Me, too...”

“Still, I didn’t expect that from Kanade.”

While the members of both camps were discussing, Hinata stared nervously at the monitor.

“Are you worried about Velvet?”

“Kasumi... Yes, that’s right.”

After the battle was over, the monitors displayed small-scale battles which happened here and there, and it was unclear what happened to the follow-up battles.

“I want to hope for the best, but looking at this situation...”

“I hope she’s safely regrouped with Mii...”

“Eh, no way... right?”

Hearing Misery’s words, Marx asked Dred, but the latter only shrugged as if he had no idea.

“If it wasn’t for that, I’d have the option to flee, but...”

Instead, Hinata had allowed her to speed up and disappear.

She assumed that Sally didn’t actually possess that skill, which in turn delayed her decision.

“If you don’t pay more attention, you’d be dead. Also, how did she transform her weapon? Her skills are too strange!”

“Eeh...?”

Marx showed a disgusted expression. It was the same reaction as when he saw Maple’s monstrous transformation.

Paying close attention to Sally’s attention, they tried to bring back even one piece of information to the Kingdom of the Flame Emperor. Thus, the three people, led by Shin, stared at the monitor.

Hinata also decided to watch over the activities of the guild members of [Thunder Storm], and sat down on the nearby chair.

“...”

In the midst of that, Dred let out a sigh, saying that he managed to return the favor to [Thunder Storm].

Dred didn’t know how to reproduce other skills, but [Godspeed] was genuine.

A letter Dred sent before he died. It had something to do with Frederica’s skill [Homing Pigeon]. That skill didn’t only deliver buffs, but also skills.

However, due to its strength, only one person’s skills could be transferred.

Therefore, it was decided that Dred, who had several highly effective skills, would send them.

“For the time being, it seems to be useful?”

“You did a good job. Oh, and Knots, too.”

“Frederica will get carried away again.”

“Haha, she definitely would! Although, she works better that way.”

“That’s true.”

The two continued to watch the game. Despite how the number of influential players had dropped, the event itself wasn’t over yet.

Kasumi and Mai decided to stay in their places.

From now on, they’d cheer while praying that the next players who got transferred there weren’t the members of [Maple Tree].

“As expected of Sally. She performed better than during the warm-up.”

“She was also amazing when she fought alongside Kasumi.”

“Sally is the type to perform better when she can’t afford to lose. But even so...”

Although Kasumi and Mai had heard about the effect of the skill and what it could do in advance, they were blown away when she put it into practice.

After all, it was difficult to gauge the strength of Sally’s new skills without actually seeing them in action.

However, they were still highly dependent on Sally’s ability in the first place. Even if the two had the same set of skills, they doubted they’d be able to use it like her.

“Maple is still there. I believe in her.”

“Me, too...! I believe that Yui will do her best for my sake!”

The remaining members of [Maple Tree] were also elite. The players with whom they could entrust the rest.

While hoping for a victory for the guild, the two of them also shifted their eyes to the monitor.