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nChapter 15: Defense Specialized and Underground Lake Capture

n532 Name: Nameless Large Shield User

ndid everyone already went to second stage? I entered the second stage safely

n533 Name : Nameless Spear User

nYeah

nI just won earlier and entered second stage

n534 Name : Nameless Large Sword User

nI also safely won

n535 Name : Nameless Magic User

nI also

nI won

nI did it

n536 Name : Nameless Bow User

nsomehow, I also reached second stage

n537 Name : Nameless Spear User

na-re? aren’t we pretty strong

n538 Name : Nameless Large Sword User

nwhen I was raising my level so that I can follow Maple-chan when she goes to the second stage…

nI arrived the front lines

n539 Name : Nameless Bow User

nthe same happened to me

n539 Name: Nameless Large Shield User

nand Maple-chan though

nit looks like she’s not yet on second stage

nI mean, it shows that she’s in a party in my friend list though

n540 Name : Nameless Bow User

nI saw probably saw that

n541 Name : Nameless Magic User

n>540

ngive us more details with that

n542 Name : Nameless Bow User

nI dunno the name but she’s wearing beginner equips so I think it’s a friend irl

n543 Name : Nameless Large Sword User

nwhat’s her weapon?

n544 Name : Nameless Bow User

nit was short sword yo

n545 Name : Nameless Magic User

nthat’s surprising

nI was thinking it was a magician or an archer

n546 Name : Nameless Spear User

nsame

n547 Name: Nameless Large Shield User

nwell, that formation isn’t good fighting with a pair

nbut…it’s Maple-chan’s friend right

nwho knows if she really is a normal beginner

nmaybe she is also the same “beginner” type as Maple-chan

n548 Name : Nameless Magic User

nthat’s possible

n548 Name : Nameless Bow User

nMaple-chan「Full build is strong you know!」

nFriend「Really?! Then I’ll do that!」

nthis

n549 Name : Nameless Large Sword User

na party with two Maple-chans huh

nthere’s nothing that can be done with that

n550 Name : Nameless Spear User

nhey guys, calm down

nit’s a short sword user you know

n550 Name : Nameless Magic User

nahh that’s right

nsomehow, I instinctively imaged a large shield

n551 Name: Nameless Large Shield User

nif it’s short sword, then AGI specialized?

n552 Name : Nameless Bow User

nbut, that doesn’t seem very strong

n553 Name : Nameless Large Sword User

nwell, no defense powers so it ends with one hit right

non top of that, zero fire power

n554 Name : Nameless Spear User

nwell, she will probably show that by herself soon

nwhen’s the next event again?

n555 Name: Nameless Large Shield User

nabout a month from now, it looks like their going to accelerate game time from real life

nthen, even is for two hours, and because of the time acceleration, they said participation and leaving isn’t allowed

nit looks like the game management shortened the span time of the previous event

n556 Name : Nameless Magic User

ngame management, super competent

n557 Name : Nameless Spear User

nif it’s still a month, she probably would train

nand play style will show too

nwe can determine with that

n558 Name : Nameless Large Sword User

nah〜next event, come faster〜

nI’m so curious about that girl’s skills〜

nNot having any clues of that conversation being held.

nKaede and Risa was spending their time fishing and swimming at the underground lake. Even that is said, Kaede sometimes goes outside and lays around, and do the strange movement of using 【Provoke】 and be attacked by monsters.

nShe was thinking of taking the damage reduction skills after her new shield is made so she was looking for a new skill.

nBy the way, today, it was already two weeks since Risa had started.

nIt’s not like the two are logging in at the same time.

nRisa also plays in different times, and gains a lot of skills that are very easy to take other than 【Swimming I】 and 【Diving I】.

nWhile the two of them are steadily readying up for the event, they are staying the underground lake that might have a dungeon in the bottom of it.

n「Puhaa…! Ha〜…Ha〜…how long did I dove?」

nRisa raised up to the water surface and asked Kaede the time.

n「I-It’s amazing! 40 minutes!」

n「Having the 【Swimming X】 and 【Diving X】 means…this is my current maximum limit…so if I don’t reach one way within 20 minutes I’ll drown huh…」

n「How about I’ll send a message using the friend chat after 20 had passed? The notice sound echoes inside the head so I think you’ll notice」

n「Nice idea, Maple! Then…can I count you on it?」

n「Leave it to me! Enjoy diving〜!」

n「I’ll be going!」

nRisa dove in the water with amazing speed and entered the side hole.

nAs expected that hole goes through its back, and it stretches deeper and deeper, and Risa was swimming there as if she was a mermaid.

nBut, seeing that the roads are branching, Risa stopped her movements. It was because she was thinking that it was a one way path to its deepest part.

nRisa was thinking that it was going to be hard, but going left and right, she was mapping on her head.

nAfter moving forward for a while, the notice from Kaede reached her head.

nBecause monsters didn’t appear on the way, without irregularities, she was able to go back to where Kaede was.

n「Ha〜…Ha〜…」

n「How was it?」

n「There were a lot of branching paths…so I’ll end it for today after last one. Since I don’t know how deep it is」

n「Then, I’ll notify you again okay」

nRisa once again went to the bottom. Last time, she was able to go to the maze up to the middle, so she was moved there in the fastest way.

nOne more time, she checks every possibility and went deeper and deeper.

nAnd just like that, at the same time the notification from Kaede came.

nRisa saw a large pure-white door ahead of the passage.

nYosh, she made a small guts pose, and returned the way she came from. Risa needed to be fully prepared so that she wouldn’t let away the unique series.

n「The boss room! I found it!…ha〜…ha〜…」

nAs soon as she emerges, she said that and did a high-touch with Kaede. The only thing left is whether she could win safely.

n「I will charge to the boss room after taking a small break! Since, I had found it. What will Kaede do?」

n「I think, I should logout soon for today」

n「I see…I’m sorry making you go with me」

n「I don’t mind at all! Do your best and win」

n「Un!」

nAfter saying that, Kaede was enveloped with light, logged out and disappeared.

nThe silence made Risa’s concentration higher.

n「What should I do with the status…」

nSally

nLv12

nHP 32

/32

nMP 25

/25〈＋10〉

n【STR 10〈＋11〉】

n【VIT 0】

n【AGI 55〈＋5〉】

n【DEX 25】

n【INT 10】

nEquipments

nHead【ーーー】

nBody【ーーー】

nRight hand【Beginners Short Sword】

nLeft Hand【ーーー】

nLegs【ーーー】

nShoes【Beginner’s Magic Shoes】

nAccessories【ーーー】

n【ーーー】

n【ーーー】

nSkill

n【Status Debuff Attack II】【Slash】【Double Slash】【Gale Slash (HayateGiri)】【Muscle Strengthening (Small)】

n【Consecutive Attack Strengthening (Small)】【Double Attack】【Powered Attack】【Switch Attack】【Body Arts I】

n【Knowledge of Short Swords II】

n【Fire Magic I】【Water Magic I】【Wind Magic I】

n【Earth Magic I】【Dark Magic I】【Light Magic I】

n【Fire Ball】【Water Ball】

n【Wind Cutter】【Thunder Cutter】

n【Dark Ball】【Refresh】

n【MP Strengthening (Small)】【MP Cut (Small)】

n【MP Recovery Speed Strengthening (Small)】【Knowledge of Magic II】

n【Fishing】【Swimming X】【Diving X】【Cooking I】

n【Mining Speed Strengthening (Small)】【Sensory Blocking II】

n【Sensory Awareness II】【Stealth Move I】【Leap I】

n【Poison Resistance (Small)】

n「The 35 status points, I won’t place them yet……I’ll win by dodging」

nThe ridiculous skill set was what Risa collected by cutting off her sleep.

nAbout MP, there was 7 MP consume cut.

nRecovery speed 50%. MP 10

nIn strength

nSTR 50%

nWhen consecutive attacks, the power increase is maximum STR 100%.

n「Yosh! Let’s go!」

nAfter Risa made her strategic plan, she returned quickly to the large pure-white door.

nThe door opened slowly. Inside was a spherical room, and half of it was submerged in water.

nThe most happy thing for Risa, was there was oxygen. With this, she didn’t need to prepare for a quick fight to end.

n「Puha…well then〜…Come!」

nRisa’s eyes were dyed with serious color. And as if to answer that, a light concentrated and made a shape, and a giant pure-white fish appeared.

nThe giant fish uses its giant body for a charge attack.

nRisa completely saw through that with its movements, twisted her body to dodge it in a fine line, and while passing through she used her red shining short sword to cut through the scales and meat a little.

n「【Slash】!」

nUnder the red light, what dyed the blade with a poisonous violet was 【Status Debuff Attack II】

nThat will fill the body of the giant fish with poison.

nIt was only a little damage, but the giant fish’s HP was surely being shaved slowly.

nThe giant fish turned around, and charged again.

nRisa dodged that the same way, and shaved its body.

n「【Wind Cutter】!」

nA few red damage effects shone in the water. The magic that has the strongest power Risa had, has enough powers to slightly damage its scales.

nWith the charge that was done repeatedly, Risa couldn’t be injured.

nAnd the giant fish’s HP bar had been reduced to 80%.

nIn this time, Risa heightened her concentration, and focused on the giant fish’s movements.

nThe charge that was repeated the same might’ve looked the same for normal players looked very different to Risa. It was clearly, slower.

nThe giant fish stopped the charge in the middle of it, and released a AOE attack to its front using its tail.

nBut, that also didn’t reached Risa.

nRisa had predicted the timing of the movement pattern changing by looking at the reduction of the enemy’s HP bar on the top of its head.

nShe saw through the AOE attack precisely from its body length, and by stepping back once, the tail fin passes by in front of her. And she cuts through that tail fin with a skill.

n「【Double Slash】!」

nRisa who didn’t receive an attack from the giant fish until now has her consecutive attack damage up on its maximum.

nDeeper until now, the red effect entered the giant fish’s tail fin twice.

nAnd at the same time. It’s movement were slowed by the paralyze poison poured to the enemy by the 【Status Debuff Attack II】.

n「【Power Attack】!」

nTo the giant fish that dulled its movements, the short sword was stabbed to its hilt. Risa quickly pulled it away and took distance. The giant fish’s HP was cut to 50%.

nIt was the time its movement pattern changes.

nIn the both sides of the giant fish’s body, a white magic circle emerges and bubbles emerges from that.

n「【Water Ball】!」

nWhen Risa hit the bubbles with magic, the bubbles exploded with loud sounds. That bubble couldn’t be touched.

nWhile running away from the giant fish, Risa made the bubble explode with water magic and made an escape path.

nRisa who was running around noticed that the giant fish’s movement pattern was to run after her where she had gone through just like a tracking type.

nIf it was like that, she thought.

nWhile running away she turned back and made the bubbles explode using water magic. Risa adjusted her body through that instant opening.

n「【Power Attack】!」

nThe red effect remained one a one straight line on the giant fish’s back.

nThe giant fish that was deeply cut from its head to its tail lost 20% of its HP bar. And turning back just like that she cut the tail fin with blade a few more times.

nIn that instant when it turned back to run after Risa. The barrage of bubbles that couldn’t follow the speed of its body became thin.

nAnd Risa wouldn’t let that go away.

n「【Wind Cutter】!」

nThe blades of winds that passed through the bubbles made a deep wound on the giant fish’s head. And finally, the giant fish’s HP Bar was cut to and was dyed red.

nAnd at the same time. The magic circle on the side of the giant fish disappeared, and the room was submerged in water.

nA magic circle that spawns exploding bubbles appeared on the walls in all sides.

n*Kapa* the giant fish opened its large mouth. From inside of its mouth a magic circle that shines stronger than the bubble magic circle.

nRisa’s sensor from all the games that she played made her body move instinctively.

nSoon after, a high-speed water laser was shot straight where Risa was before.

nRisa got anxious. To dodge that the next time, luck will be needed.

nAnd the bubbles were catching up.

nThis is bad. This is bad.

nThe anxiety stops her thinking.

nIt should be calm at times like these.

nRisa said to herself. Calming her anxious heart and focused deeply.

nJust as if time had stopped.

nThe bubbles, the laser, and even the giant fish’s movement.

nSlow, it had become slower.

nThe dangerous place, the safe place, she knew it as if they were in the palm of her hands.

nThe subtle movement of the enemy’s body, its sight.

nShe predicted where will be the laser shot.

nShe predicted where the barrage of bubbles would go next where it would be dangerous with the position of the bubbles right now, and she went earlier to make an escape route. Comparing it with her experience before, create the next, next move for the most efficient path to survive.

nThat can already be called future prediction.

nOverwhelming player skill that was almost a cheat.

n「【Wind Cutter】」

nThe magic that was silently shot, got through the bubble curtain beautifully and hit the giant fish every time.

nAnd finally.

nThe giant fish’s HP bar became empty.

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