Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 239
Defense Specialization and the Tower’s 8th Floor
The next day, the two of them prepared, just as they said they would . It was time to finally step foot into the 8th floor .
“I wonder what it’ll be like?”
“I guess we’ll find out . ”
They stood side by side and took a step forward . Then the 7th floor’s magic circle teleported them to the 8th floor .
As the light surrounding them started to fade, the saw that they were surrounded by a thick forest .
It reminded them of the jungles of a previous event . There were no clear roads here . In front of them and behind them, it was the same forest that spread out .
“Uhh…which way should we go?”
“The direction we were facing when we teleported…maybe?”
Neither of them was very confident . But there was no point in standing around . And so they started to walk forward .
Then it happened .
“!?”
“Sally!?”
She could see the effect of ‘Empty Shell’ being activated from Sally . That was proof that Sally had been hit with an attack that would put her HP below 0 .
Sally spun around . Her two daggers were unsheathed and she looked sharply towards the trees .
“De-, ‘Dedicated Affection’!”
While a little late, Maple created the protective field around Sally .
For a while, the two of them stood back to back and watched their surroundings . But there was no follow-up attack .
Sally put away her daggers and sighed .
“Hahh… Thank you, Maple . ”
“Never mind that . Are you okay?”
“I think so… Ahh . I couldn’t even sense anything . ”
“Was it a trap?”
“I don’t know . It’s too early to say . But I don’t think I could have dodged that attack…”
“Yes, leave it to me! I’ll protect you!”
As long as Dedicated Affection was activated, Sally would be fine, even if the attack came again .
She barely thought about it as most attacks could be easily dodged, but Sally would actually die if she was hit by an attack twice .
“Still, I don’t like how one-sided this is . Let’s find out who is doing this . ”
“I’ll be on the lookout too!”
Maple said as she developed her weapons so that she could attack at a moment’s notice . As they advanced like this, monkey monsters started to throw explosive fruits at them, and roots popped out of the ground . However, they were all powerless against Maple .
“It would be a lot easier to explore without these monsters here…”
As Sally was much more cautious than usual, they were unable to relax . And since the monsters were all attacking from far away, they could not hit them back .
“The monsters keep running away . ”
“Yeah…that’s true . And I don’t get any experience . Hmm . It’s annoying that I can’t go and cut them . ”
They didn’t know what the boss was yet, and had no reason to attack for now . So they ignored the enemies and searched for the boss room .
And then, the two of them discovered an old stone monument that was covered in vines .
“Ah, Sally! There’s something here . ”
“There’s no magic circle, so it’s probably not for a boss room . But I guess we should take a look . ”
As they got closer to it, they saw that there were words written on it .
“A path shall appear before the person who defeats the cunning lord of the forest . ”
“Is that the boss?”
“Probably . ”
“Then we better defeat it…!?”
As they were talking, Maple suddenly shot forward and her face smashed into the stone monument .
Someone had attacked her from behind .
Sally quickly looked behind her and saw that there was a giant chameleon stuck to a tree . Its tongue now retracted into its mouth and then it turned invisible .
“That thing…!”
“Agh . What? Did you see something?”
“Yes . A chameleon . It’s probably the thing that first attacked me . Also, this is just a guess, but I think we’re already in the boss room . Or maybe the entire field is the boss room?”
“So, does that mean we have to chase after it?”
“Probably . But! It turned invisible . This is going to be very hard… That attack seemed like it was only an introduction . ”
With so many trees around them, the effectiveness of Maple’s ranged weapons were halved . Sally was also unable to sense the chameleon’s presence, which meant she couldn’t dodge its attacks . So she could not use her speed to scout the area as usual .
“Now, let’s go chase after it . ”
“We’ll have to test different things! …Zzz . ”
Maple said excitedly, and then immediately closed her eyes and leaned against the stone monument as she fell asleep .
“…Maple? …Ah, ‘Sleep’!”
It was a powerful status effect that was deactivated when you took damage, but made you immobile for 20 seconds .
It was probably an effect of the previous attack that they hadn’t been able to see .
And then, as if they had been waiting for this to happen, the monster monkeys started to throw the explosive fruits down on their heads .
“Cunning…huh . It’s a good thing we have Dedicated Affection…”
However, Maple wouldn’t take any damage like this . That meant ‘Sleep’ would not be deactivated .
“I guess I’ll just wait . ”
Sally watched Maple sleep comfortably and tried to think of a way to catch the chameleon .
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