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nThirty minutes have passed since the battle started.

n「Well… what should we do……」

n「Sally〜! Have you thought of something〜?」

n「n〜… not yet〜」

nSally thought while standing still.

nThe reason she can do that is because the attacks have concentrated on Maple who attacked the tentacles first.

nMaple is being tickled by the giant squid’s tentacle attacks.

n「As usual… what an absurd defense……」

nThe attacks that would push normal players to either death or heavy injuries was the same as a rabbit’s tackle for Maple.

nEven now, Maple is being hit by the tentacle attacks and was being thrown around like a ball.

n「Maple〜! I’ll go and swim to take a look at the squid nearby〜!」

n「Un, be careful〜!」

nShe tried things like Wind Magic, but it was blocked by a thick layer of water and did not reach the squid’s main body.

nThere was also the idea of killing it with poison by Maple shooting【Hydra(Poison Dragon)】 into the water, but if that fails, Sally would not be able to enter the water as well, so they left that as the last resort if they cannot do anything anymore.

nSally quickly entered the water wall. She got on her guard because it might be the same water as her【Ocean】but it was normal water.

nSally swam towards the squid.

nOf course, it was not like all of the tentacles was attacking Maple.

nThere were tentacles remaining that would attack those who approach.

nOf course, it attacked Sally.

n「Ohh〜… as expected of Sally〜…」

nWhat Maple who was being thrown around by the tentacles saw when she looked up was Sally’s appearance of approaching the squid’s main body while evading the tentacles as if it was easy.

n「Oh! It’s HP Bar decreased!」

nIt was just that time when Sally’s dagger slashes the giant squid’s body while releasing effects.

nMaple was being attacked by the tentacles while that happened, but Maple also started to get leeway from being used to it.

n「n〜? It’s HP is lower than I thought…」

nAfter Sally released five consecutive skill attacks, its HP Bar has already decreased by 10%.

n「n?!!」

nMaple fell to the ground because the tentacle attacks suddenly stopped.

nThe tentacles’ attack target changed to Sally from Maple because she inflicted damage on the main body.

nSally seemed to have noticed that as well and started to quickly swim back.

nEven if Sally is great at evading, there are super wide ranged attacks that cannot be dodged.

nThere would be nothing left of her if all of the wide tentacles attacked her at once.

n「Puhha…!」

n「【Cover Move】!【Cover】!」

nMaple did not use【Akushoku】here. She received the tentacle attacks that aimed towards Sally and her armor pounded.

n「【Hydra】!」

nThe eight tentacles that were about to attack them were devoured by the poison dragon.

nThere was no need to make a plan for the poison dragon to hit the giant squid that lacks speed compared to the monster bird.

nIt did not have the speed to dodge it.

n「Well, it would regenerate though」

nThere was no effect on its HP Bar, and its tentacles would regenerate no matter it was destroyed.

nHowever, it was not like that action was completely useless.

nBy destroying all of those eight tentacles, its target changed to Maple.

nShe was thrown around like a ball again.

n「Sally, I’ll leave it to you!」

n「Thanks! I’ll count on you!」

nSally entered the waters again.

nSally attacks and Maple would receive the enemy’s attacks.

nEach time the attack target shifts to Sally, she would return to Maple and make it so that the attack target would return to Maple.

nThey decided to repeat that, at least until the pattern changes.

nIt looks very simple, but it is impossible to endure the eight tentacles’ concentrated attacks if it was not Maple.

nIf it is not someone like Sally who have【Diving】and【Swimming】, it would be difficult to approach the squid, and it would be hard to deal damage.

nIt is because the two girl’s abilities were good against the giant squid that they could be at an advantage.

nHowever, they were unable to continue that until the end.

nWhen Sally damaged it until there was 70% left, its movement pattern changed.

nMagic circles appeared around the squid and fishes came out of there one next to the other.

nThey were monsters without a doubt.

nThe fishes approached the directions that each of the two girls was in.

nThe tentacles that attacked Maple changed its target again and returned to the waters.

n「……they’re swimming in air」

nThe place where Maple was in was not underwater, but the fishes plunged out of the water without care, and swam in the air with blue effects.

nIt was a fantastic scene, but the fishes are monsters. There was no time to be moved.

nThe fishes tackled from each direction.

n「n〜…【Paralyze Shaft】!」

n*Kin*, a clear sound echoed and the fishes lost their abilities to move their bodies and fell to the ground.

nThe giant squid and the fishes in the water were outside of range so they were not paralyzed.

n「As I’ve thought, this is convenient!」

n「Haa〜……! I finally got away」

n*BashaBashaBasha*, Sally went out of the water while making sounds.

nOf course, the remaining fishes and tentacles followed after Sally.

nBut even so, the reason why Sally could declare that she had got away is because Maple is there.

nMaple is near, that means it is an absolute safe area.

n「Maple!」

n「Okay〜!」

nMaple drew out Shingetsu that she just sheathed earlier.

nA purple magic circle came out of its blade.

nIt is Maple’s strongest attack that she had activated many times, as well as her favorite.

n「【Hydra】!」

nThat melted all of the fishes that went towards them, devoured even the tentacles that followed, and.

nIt plunged into the water.

n「「Ah!」」

nThe poison dragon that jumped into the water gradually melted its body into the water.

nIt should be not their imagination that the water became slightly purple colored.

nIt is unknown what would happen if Sally entered there.

n「H-H-H-Hey, what will we do?!」

n「W-W-W-What will we do?」

n「T-That’s right! The squid! The squid’s HP Bar!」

nThey stared intently, but its HP Bar did not seem to decrease.

nThe melted tentacles started to get revived as well.

nThe paralyzed fishes also started to float up with blue effects.

nNew fishes were added as well.

n「F-For the meantime, run around, Sally!」

n「I’ll defeat the fishes while I’m at it too!」

n「I’m really sorry!」

nThe overflowing fishes.

nThe eight tentacles that attacked.

nIt looks like the fishes did not only have tackles as attacks, they started to scatter water with the same color of the blue effects.

n「Maple! It might have the same effects of my【Ocean】!」

n「I-I already got wet! …my movements gets slow……or not?」

n「I-I see, you have【AGI 0】so there’s nothing left to decrease huh! No, if so, there’s also the possibility that it’s just water… I-I don’t know anymore!」

nBecause of Maple’s simple miss, their stable cycle collapsed without a trace, and there were poison liquid and unknown fluids on the ground. The fishes flying around and the tentacles that swayed around.

nMaple who was being thrown around.

nWithin that situation, the two girls panicked screaming “wa〜, wa〜!” while they thought of their next plan.

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