Defense Specialization and After the Preliminaries

  851 Name: Anonymous Great Sword Wielder

  Well, the preliminary is over .

  852 Name: Anonymous Great Shield Wielder

  It will take a while for the results to come out, but no one died in my guild, so I have high hopes .

  853 Name: Anonymous Spear Wielder

  You sure are strong .

  854 Name: Anonymous Magic User

  I was reminded of just how useful tamed monsters are .

  855 Name: Anonymous Great Sword Wielder

  They really are strong . There were a few times that I would have died without my monster .

  856 Name: Anonymous Archer

  Well, strong players are strong with or without monsters .

  857 Name: Anonymous Spear Wielder

  There were a few places where no one would go .

  Places that people purposely avoided .

  858 Name: Anonymous Great Shield Wielder

  That sounds like it might involve one of our members .

  859 Name: Anonymous Great Sword Wielder

  Of course .

  Maple’s position was displayed on the map the whole time, and everyone ignored it .

  That’s no surprise .

  860 Name: Anonymous Spear Wielder

  I went and saw for myself . Only a chosen few could get close to that .

  Most would get caught in it and die .

  861 Name: Anonymous Great Shield Wielder

  I heard explosions regularly and thought that something crazy was happening .

  I can’t do stuff like that .

  862 Name: Anonymous Magic User

  And I hope you stay that way .

  Don’t turn the field into a land of death as if it’s the normal thing to do .

  863 Name: Anonymous Archer

  Yes, stay as you are .

  Don’t change .

  864 Name: Anonymous Great Sword Wielder

  So, anyone who got close to Maple ended up dying, right? What was she doing?

  865 Name: Anonymous Spear Wielder

  It seemed like she was luring in monsters by using herself as bait .

  I saw the monsters rushing out of the forest and being slaughtered one after another . It was like a horror movie .

  866 Name: Anonymous Great Shield Wielder

  So, Maple was using herself as bait for the whole event……

  867 Name: Anonymous Magic User

  What do you mean?

  868 Name: Anonymous Great Shield Wielder

  Near the end, she got inside a ridiculously large crocodile and ran a lap around the field .

  She was pretty sad that she couldn’t get the footage of it .

  869 Name: Anonymous Great Sword Wielder

  How the hell did that even happen?

  870 Name: Anonymous Spear Wielder

  I doubt there is any point in asking .

  Is it within the realm of reason?

  871 Name: Anonymous Archer

  Is she even playing the same game as everyone else? I feel like her goal isn’t the same .

  872 Name: Anonymous Magic User

  So that’s what I was trampled by…… I was wondering what the hell that laser shooting crocodile was .

  No wonder . Crocodiles don’t even need to use lasers .

  872 Name: Anonymous Great Sword Wielder

  I wonder if she’s going to get even stronger .

  She’s always with her tamed monster . I wouldn’t be surprised if she learned all of the skills .

  873 Name: Anonymous Great Shield Wielder

  Syrup has gotten a lot stronger .

  I’m sure you’ll be able to see just how much in the main event .

  874 Name: Anonymous Great Sword Wielder

  So it is getting stronger……

  It’s crazy that there isn’t a limit .

  875 Name: Anonymous Magic User

  I guess I’m looking forward to it, even though I’m scared .

  876 Name: Anonymous Archer

  I never stop being scared .

  877 Name: Anonymous Great Shield Wielder

  It’s not easy to get used to .

  I thought I was used to Maple, and then she whipped out those tentacles .

  Like that, the preliminary ended, and everyone waited for the results to be announced .

  The management room had calmed down now, and they were working on confirming the rankings . It was filled with names that they all recognized .

  “It seems like there were no surprises this time . ”


  “Well, stronger players get stronger monsters . It can’t be helped . Perhaps we should have put more emphasis on PvP . ”


  “Yes . We will do that next time . ”


  They went over their mistakes while they worked . Once they were done, they moved to observing the movements of players, as they always did .

  “.……Hey, did we add any area bosses?”


  “No……not exactly . ”


  “Some players might think that we did . ”


  “A lot of people seem to have gotten caught in them . ”


  Mi’s flames, Payne’s torrent of light, Izu’s explosions, Kasumi’s forest of mist, and Maple’s……indescribable thing .

  All of them had the atmosphere of an area boss .

  “You could say that the terrain and rules matched their combat style . Interesting……”


  “This is serious . ”


  “I guess we have to look at each one . We’ll leave the good points and change the bad . ”


  And like that, they played Maples footage first, as if to get the most shocking thing out of the way . They saw that the prairie had changed greatly due to the effect of several skills . It was the place that Maple had stayed in .

  “That flower……ah……I see . ”


  “Even if her location is exposed, there are no players that would go to where Maple is . That thing is a monster luring machine . ”


  “This is not it . This is not what you’re supposed to……”


  “I know how you feel . ”


  “It was our mistake for letting her learn about it in the jungle last time……”


  However, they continued to watch the footage . And when they saw Maple in the crocodile’s mouth, they became very excited .

  “How does she fit in so snugly?”


  “It was a good thing that we erased its stomach . She would have exploded it from the inside . ”


  “Yes, we can’t have monsters with insides . ”


  They nodded in relief . The incident with the octopus had made them change it . However, a few seconds later, the crocodile that they had praised so much was being used as a car .

  “Why doesn’t she get out!”


  “I just don’t understand it at all . But I suppose it does move fast . ”


  “We should have made the fangs use piercing attacks……”


  After that, they looked through the other scenes and threw out ideas on adjustments they could make .

  “Now I’m worried for the monsters in the main event……”


  “I hope they won’t turn into toys…… After all, they will be attacking as a party this time . ”


  “It’s the boss that is supposed to be doing the attacking . ”


  “They’re already acting like area bosses . There is basically no difference now . ”


  “Well, that’s true . ”


  They were especially strong with their tamed monsters . However, that just meant they needed to send out monsters that could deal with that . And so they looked at the data for the monsters they had prepared . Their eyes were full of hope and anxiety .