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nCHAPTER 33 – DEFENSE SPECIALIZED AND IMITATION BATTLE

n「【Hydra】!」

nHydra was shot from Shingetsu.

nHowever, that is not something aimed towards Fake Sally.

nThe poison dragon that flew out from the blade pointing towards the ground splashes, and scatters around Maple.

nIf she step on even one of those, the original Sally should die with one hit.

nTo approach Maple who was currently standing on the middle of the sea of poison, it would need give her a huge opportunity.

nFake Sally who took distance to evade the poison dragon runs.

nMaple observed that intently.

nAnd she noticed.

nThat in fact, it was approaching while avoiding the poison.

n「You don’t have【Poison Nullification】huh」

nWhen Fake Sally used【Leap】to jump, she collides using her large shield.

nThat, it clearly hit her body, however, there was no feeling from it.

n「【Mirage】?!!」

n「【Defense Break】」

nFake Sally slashes through Maple’s torso that was full of openings, kicked Maple’s body while using【Leap】, and went out of the range of the sea of poison.

n「【Venom Cutter】!!」

nFake Sally easily dodged Maple’s attack. However, from how it dodges, Maple felt something strange.

n「I see… it’s not like it is like Sally herself」

nMost probably, Fake Sally is faster that Sally.

nHer ability to dodge is also high.

nHowever, that is only because it is fast.

nThe dodging with skin’s length then counter attack like Sally does, doesn’t exist.

nIf it’s Sally, she should’ve been able to approach while dodging all attacks.

nFake Sally, it is only dodging by relying on its speed, but doesn’t have the combination of attacking and defending while dodging.

n「Even so, it wouldn’t hit in the end〜……【Meditation】」

nAs if it didn’t care about Maple who whispered that, the ground surrounding Maple raises.

nA few pillars of earth raises making her vision bad.

nAnd that became Fake Sally’s stepping stone.

n「U〜n, its magic is better than Sally huh」

n「【Defense Break】」

nShe turns her large shield from where the voice came from.

nShe didn’t care even if it was a【Mirage】.

nShe still have a lot of HP.

nAs she expected, that was an illusion made by【Mirage】. Maple’s back was slashed.

nShe swings her large shield while turning around but she only hits air.

n「It can’t be helped……let’s go with an attrition war」

nA magic circle comes out from Shingetsu.

nFake Sally saw that and took distance.

nIf it takes distance, it wouldn’t receive any attacks.

n「It’s okay. Let’s test our endurance」

nMaple whispers silently.

n「【Venom Capsule】」

nA purple-colored sphere that has a diameter of two meters. Maple soaks into there.

n「【Meditation】」

nThe HP Fake Sally took off started to regenerate.

nHowever, Fake Sally’s weapon are daggers.

nIf it attacks Maple, slashing through the poisonous sphere, it would be also poisoned.

nOn top of that, a sea of poison is spreading on the ground.

nMaple’s surrounding is a top-class dangerous place.

nIt’s an area of hell that poisons all of those who approach.

nEven if Fake Sally has【Poison Resistance(Large)】, it doesn’t have【Poison Nullification】

nIt can’t completely nullify the poison of【Poison Dragon】.

n「【Cyclone Cuter】」

n【Wind Magic】that has a higher level than what Sally has.

nSwirling winds appeared around Maple and tries to break that poison barrier.

nHowever, the level of【Poison Dragon】and【Wind Magic】is too different.

nSome of it falls and splashes to the ground, but it couldn’t reach Maple.

n「【Venom Capsule】」

nAnswering to that voice, the capsule that envelopes Maple increased to a diameter of four meters.

nThe thickness of the poison wall increases.

nFor Sally who has a lot of tricks but has low power, it’s a poisonous wall of despair.

n「I’ll patiently wait until Fake-san’s MP is completely lost」

nIf Fake Sally loses all of her MP, her proud tricks would also decrease.

nWith that, it would be more difficult to get through the poison barrier.

nThe MP cost of【Venom Capsule】is 20.

nShe has nothing to change into MP from【Akujiki】.

nBecause of that, she doesn’t have stocks for MP.

nThere is also no more five times zero MP activation per day.

nMaple silently waits for the automatic regeneration of her MP.

nFake Sally shots magic to the poison barrier.

nThat scene continuous for a long time.

n「【Poison Capsule】」

nMaple strengthens the barrier without mercy.

nThe capsule increases its thickness to six meters.

nMaple has only one aim.

n「If I can’t hit it normally……I will sink this whole room with the capsule, and defeat it」

nIt was an attrition war.

nTo grab victory, Maple pushes off Fake Sally to the corner of the roo.

nIf there’s no place she could run to, the speed it was proud of does not have any meaning.

nOn the other hand, Sally was taking a hard time attacking.

nAfter all, it was an overwhelming defense.

nOn top of that, attack powers that any careless movements would lead to death.

n「The only silver lining, is that it’s more stupid than the original Maple huh……」

nFake Maple’s attacks is completely ‘defeat using【Poison Dragon】’.

nOn top of that, it doesn’t choose not to use the large shield with weak attacks unlike Maple.

nBecause of that, Fake Maple had already lost all of its【Akujiki】.

nThe problem is, that【Poison Dragon】.

nFake Maple has skills that Maple doesn’t have.

nIf it activates that skill, all of the remaining poison after shooting out【Poison Dragon】would gather to where Fake Maple is, and would be able to immediately shoot【Poison Dragon】again.

nIt can continuously attack without cooldowns.

nFor Sally to win against Fake Maple, she thought she needed to make it use all of the skill it has that have limitations, so it was outside of her expectations that it wouldn’t not be able to use【Poison Dragon】.

n「Well, it wouldn’t use something like【Paralyze Shout】, so it might be for the better」

nRight now, Sally is thinking of a way to defeat Fake Maple while dodging the three-headed poison dragon.

n「Ah〜……what should I do. I don’t have a decisive blow……」

nFor Sally, dodging【Poison Dragon】is very easy so there’s no problem thinking about it.

nSally tried using【Defense Break】to attack, but her attacks were regenerated by the skill that was probably【Meditation】.

n「It has a troublesome skill that’s left〜…」

nAnd while she is saying that, the poison dragon attacks again.

nWhile dodging nimbly, she thought about Maple.

n「I wonder if Maple is also fighting against my imitation? Has she already won?」

nSally thought that if it’s Maple, she should be able to do something about it.

nRight now, Sally herself doesn’t have an attack that can be a decisive blow against Fake Maple, so there’s no way that her fake would be able to defeat the original Maple.

nBecause it’s Sally who had been saved a lot of times by Maple’s ability, she strongly believed that.

n「Well then… let’s try a lot of things. I might be able to at least find one right」

nSally got resolute, and makes a plan while remembering her skills.

nRight now, Sally can’t win.

nBut, what if she grows.

nWhat if she gains a new skill.

nSince Sally can’t bring down Fake Maple’s HP, Fake Maple’s movement pattern doesn’t change.

nAs stupid as it is, it’s an easy enemy that is just continuously shooting【Poison Dragon】.

nFake Maple that does not have any change, and.

nSally who have the possibility to change.

nSally decided to bet on that possibility.

n「Losing to Fake Maple, I’d hate it ’cause it would be frustrating! Let’s go with this skill first」

nWhile wearing shining effects, Sally attacks Fake Maple.

nOn this side too, a very long attrition war starts.

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