Defense Specialization and Contact

  Misery, Marx, and Shin were members of ‘Kingdom of the Flame Emperor’, and they had all managed to reunite and hunt together . As they all had maps, they just needed to contact each other and move . So it would have been possible for them to meet Mii . But they decided not to .

  “We’re not a party, after all . ”


  “Yes . I won’t survive if I’m caught in Mi’s area attacks……”


  “She……isn’t able to control the amount of fire……”


  Mi had a powerful attack that burned everything that was around her, but if she did that around them, the trio would turn into fireballs .

  “Well, I’m sure she’ll be fine without us . In any case, we need to hunt as many monsters as possible . I’ll take down their HP, so you finish them off . ”


  Up until they teamed up, Shin had killed a lot of monsters with ‘Destructor’ and his tamed monster, ‘Wen’ the hawk .

  Compared to him, Misery and Marx specialized in healing and traps, which was not very efficient . Just then, a monster appeared in front of him .

  “Yes, leave it to me . ”


  “I can support…… But don’t step on any of the traps by accident, okay……?”


  “Well, I can fight while standing in one place . It will be fine as long as you don’t place them right at my feet . Here I go! ‘Destructor’!”


  Shin unleashed swords into the charging tiger, and shredded its flesh .

  “Wen! ‘Wind God’!”


  A powerful wind began to blow around the hawk, it then turned into numerous blades of wind, which shot towards the tiger .

  Just by approaching the trio, the tiger was cut by blades multiple times until its HP was nearly empty . Even though individual hits were not heavy, with a tamed monster and enough successive attacks, the outcome was very different .

  “‘Holy Lance’!”


  As promised, Misery dealt the finishing blow . And then they moved on to their next target .

  “I’ve always been amazed……at how many swords it can shoot out like that……”


  “It’s just experience . One day, it was just able to do it . ”


  “It’s that simple, huh?”


  “What about your monsters? Has there been any changes since we last talked about it?”


  “Me? ……Clear can’t really do anything too amazing yet . It can disappear like a chameleon…… Ah, but recently, it can make me invisible as well……”


  “My Bell is the same as always . But I do think it’s rare . ”


  In Article

  “So it hasn’t learned anything outside of passive skills? Well, that is rare . ”


  Misery had a white cat with a long coat that she called Bell . It was learning a lot of passive skills that offered buffs within a small area . They were things like enhanced healing and dealing extra damage .

  However, as the area of effect was small, it wasn’t very practical .

  “It must be a late-bloomer . So I’m going to take good care of it . ”


  “Alright, we’re entering the area with the ruins now . It’s usually quite populated with other players . ”


  “I’ll set up some traps……so they don’t follow us from behind . ”


  “Ah, good idea! Thanks . ”


  And with that, the trio hunted down monsters while moving into the ruins . As Shin predicted, there were quite a few players here . But none were a match for the three of them .

  However, after they had hunted for some time, they heard a familiar voice .

  “Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm-hm…… Gah! ‘Kingdom of the Flame Emperor’.……!”


  “Oh, Frederica . ”


  The voice was Frederica’s . Currently, she seemed to be alone . She was holding up her staff defensively while slowly backing away from them . Clearly, a single rear-guard did not stand a chance against three enemies .

  “Ahaha . You know, Payne will be really angry if I die . Won’t you just let me go?”


  “Get her!”


  “Yes!”


  “Yeah……”


  “What? But why!? Fine . Knots, ‘Awakening’!”


  A small yellow bird landed on Frederica’s head . She had wanted to get out while using the least amount of skills as possible, but now she was desperate .

  “Wen! ‘Wind God’!”


  “Knots, ‘Singing Round’! Phew, ‘Multi-obstacle . ’”


  Frederica’s barriers blocked the numerous flying wind blades and Shin’s Destructor . And while they shattered upon impact, she realized that there were much more of them than before .

  “I won’t lose in terms of moves, okay? ‘Multi-fire bullets,’ ‘Multi-light bullets . ’”


  A magic circle appeared, and immediately after, she heard Knots cry, and then the magic circle doubled in size .

  “How’s this? Of course, I’m sure that you won’t die . ”


  Countless bullets of light and fire that Frederica and Knots had made began to shoot towards the trio .

  “Leave this to me . ”


  “Yes……I’ll stop it . ”


  Misery made a magical barrier just like Frederica . Marx created one out of stone . It was enough to block the magic that flew towards them . However, Frederica never meant to take them on seriously . And by the time the dust had settled, she was nowhere to be seen .

  “She got away . ”


  “I had no idea that she had as many attacks as you, Shin . ”


  “Yes . We’ll have to be cautious around her…… Ah . ”


  “Hmm? What is it, Marx?”


  “She got caught . ”


  Traps had been set up all around the ruins . And Marx had positioned them so that it would be especially easy to catch anyone who was trying to get away . And his instincts had been right, and there was no way that Frederica wouldn’t get caught in them .

  As she fell, Frederica somehow managed to create a foothold and so she was able to climb out and escape from the pit .

  “Ugh! Tsk . And I had managed to look so cool when escaping . This is the worst…… I have to get out of here……”


  The area around her was covered in traps . She was at a disadvantage . And so Frederica quickly ran away and left the ruins behind her in order to team up with any of the reliable members of the Congregation of the Holy Swords .