Defense Specialization and Inside the Mouth

  Now that the preliminary was almost over, Maple was starting to get bored of using the red flower in order to lure in monsters . As she had already used up ‘Hydra,’ ‘Oozing Chaos,’ ‘Pandemonium,’ and ‘Invitation to the Ocean Floor,’ she wasn’t able to kill monsters as quickly as before . So now she had to wait for Predator to kill the monsters as they bit into her .

  “Ah, now that I think about it……I haven’t really explored the field at all . ”


  The field for the preliminary was very big . She doubted that a map this big would be used this one time . But still, who knew when she would get another chance to look around?

  “Let’s explore a little before it ends! I already killed a lot of monsters, so it should be enough!”


  In that case, she needed a method of transportation . There was not much time left . So she would have to be able to move very quickly .

  “Hmm…… What should I do? Huh!?”


  While Maple put a hand to her chin and thought with her eyes closed, she was still being attacked by monsters . She felt her body being raised into the air, and she frantically opened her eyes again . That’s when she realized that she was being held in the mouth of a crocodile that was over 10 meters long .

  Normally, Maple would have been thrust deep into its mouth and been crushed . However, Maple’s defenses were stronger than the crocodile’s ability to bite . There was no way that she would take any damage . Since the crocodile had been rude enough to interrupt her thoughts, Maple looked into its mouth in order to get her revenge .

  “Ah, I can’t go inside of its stomach . Ohh……”


  Maple started slapping the insides of its mouth . A monster of this size might be even faster than Savagery . The thought entered her mind .

  “If only there was a way for me to control it . ”


  In Article

  Maple moved forward, even as she was being chewed, she poked her head out from between its teeth . And then the crocodile seemed to react to her . Its mouth began to open and close as it ran in that direction .

  “Yes! Wait, that’s the wrong way? Heey! This way!”


  In that case, it would be necessary to secure her body so that she wouldn’t move when it chewed . Maple took out some of Izu’s adhesive from her inventory and then activated Hair Growth . Then she added the adhesive to the wool and the crocodile’s mouth .

  “Then I can deactivate Predator so I don’t kill it…… And use a laser to deal with players…… Now I’m all set!”


  Maple chose the crocodile as a temporary method of transportation and her own body as bait in order to control it while rushing through the field . However, once it started running, she realized her fatal error .

  “Ah!! Oh, no! Now I can’t see the scenery!”


  She solved one problem but another one appeared . But Maple had no way to stop the crocodile, so she decided to let it run . And instead, she took out some crystals from her inventory . She had bought these some time before, and they were able to record footage .

  “Just a little……ggggrr……stretch out and……got it!”


  Maple stuck a few of the crystals on the crocodile’s snout . This way, she would be able to record the footage while it ran . She nodded inside of the crocodile’s mouth as if it was a brilliant plan .

  “Mi is on the map! Alright, I should go!”


  During this time, many players were shocked that Maple had suddenly started to move, and they were desperately trying to get out of the way . However, Maple had no way of knowing this .

  “Ah, but I can’t stop…… That’s too bad . It’s fast and can take me anywhere, but……”


  Of course, it had not been designed as a mode of transportation to begin with, so it was rather unreasonable for her to complain about it .

  And just like that, Maple trampled over the players who could not get out of the way in time . The crocodile’s attack power was much too high for the average player, and they were crushed to death as it rushed through the field .

  “Oh, it should be ending soon . ”


  Maple thought about how fast it seemed as she waited to be teleported back . She felt like she was forgetting something, but try as she might, she could not remember what it was . But just when her body started to be covered in light, her expression changed .

  “I was just running with the crocodile in the end……ah! The footage! Wait! Wait!”


  But she had remembered too late . Maple was teleported away before she could recover the crystal’s on the crocodile’s snout .