Tôi Không Thích Bị Đau Nên Muốn Dồn Hết Điểm Vào Phòng Thủ. - Chương 3: Chuyên thủ và lâu đài trên mây 3.

"Fu~, Sally isn't here, huh..."

Splish-splash, the sound of rainwater covering the floor as Maple walked through the flooded area.

She descended several flights of stairs, going quite far down, but found no trace of Sally.

As she moved, Maple's movements optimized, and now she was moving forward while flooding the entire path with poison using [Toxic Split Body]'s độc khối phóng ra. Splish-splash. The sound wasn't just from stepping in puddles from the rain, but also from the pouring độc.

Unlike [ độc long ], [Toxic Split Body] could continuously emit poison indefinitely without consuming MP once summoned. With water pooling at her feet, the kịch độc dissolved and spread across the entire floor.

Maple, who had soaked the entire floor in instantly-lethal độc thủy using the floor's design as a combo, could simply stroll leisurely through the rainy floor with her umbrella open.

Every monster born was instantly infected with đến chết độc and vanished before they could even harm Maple.

"Fufu~n fu~n... hm?"

While enjoying the rain and humming, Maple spotted another staircase going down and paused.

Taking this as an opportunity, she closed her favorite umbrella, and with a light thump-thump, descended the stairs. Before her appeared a large door.

"Huh...?"

It was unmistakably the grand door indicating the Boss room, one she'd seen many times.

Finding the Boss room door before meeting up with Sally, Maple wondered what to do.

"We entered the dungeon together... I could probably beat it alone, but... mmhmm..."

Without Sally, her mobility and adaptability would drop significantly. There would also be many situations, like facing high-defense enemies, where going alone would backfire.

Instead of exploring every floor thoroughly, Maple had been descending whenever she found stairs. She now pulled up the map panel to check, wondering if she might have missed a chance to meet Sally somewhere.

"Ah!"

What she noticed for the first time was that she could now send messages. Guessing the unlock condition, she concluded it was probably reaching the Boss room. Anyway, with communication now possible, she messaged Sally to explain the situation.

"It sent!...But, if Sally still has a debuff, can she reply?"

Sally's condition was unknown, but if messages could be sent, she would surely reply. Maple decided to wait a while, pulling out a chair and table from her inventory to eat some sweets while waiting.

"Everyone, sit down?"

Her inventory had multiple chairs so the entire guild could relax. Maple seated [Toxic Split Body] and laid [Predator] on a mat, spending time that way.

After waiting leisurely for a while, Maple reacted to the sound of an incoming message and immediately checked it.

"Yay! From Sally... fufufu"

Reading the contents, it said Sally's location only had stairs going up. She had also reached the Boss door. It was likely impossible to meet up, meaning the dungeon was designed to split the party and have each tackle a Boss separately.

Sally would go defeat the Boss alone. Similarly, Maple would have to defeat the threat before her alone.

If they couldn't meet, there was only one thing to do now: defeat the Boss smoothly and reunite with Sally with smiles outside the dungeon.

Maple replied that she would definitely win, then put away the chair and table and stood up.

"Alright, let's go!"

Gathering her resolve, Maple opened the grand door leading to the Boss room and entered.

Inside was dim, with visibility limited to the front, but it was undoubtedly a spacious space. As she took a step forward in the silent room, the door behind her slammed shut with a clank.

As if on cue, thunder rumbled, lightning flashed along both walls, illuminating the depths of the room.

Seated on a throne at the back was a regal being with a pristine white body, a crown, and a magnificent beard, looking almost like a sculpture.

Even seated, its physique, several times Maple's size, exuded a powerful presence despite the distance.

Maple understood this was undoubtedly the Boss. As she raised her weapon, the Boss opened its eyes.

The crimson light in those eyes contrasted beautifully with the pure white body, appearing even more ominous.

"...Intruder, be eliminated!"

A low voice echoed. In response, the floor before the Boss turned into soft clouds, from which a large armored warrior emerged, crawling out.

"!"

The air grew tense with the signs of battle.

Amidst this, Maple focused on the weapon she held.

Among the large warriors, some wielded axes, others swords or spears. For Maple, all combat boiled down to recognizing whether an attack would deal damage or not, and reacting accordingly.

Blocking damaging attacks was a basic exchange anyone could perform, but Maple's high defense made it incredibly simple.

While waiting for Sally, Maple wasn't just rela xing. The waiting time had been perfect for thinking through various counteractions—what enemies might appear and how to respond.

"[Rebirth of Darkness]!"

Black against white. Before the approaching pure-white soldiers, dark shadows like mud spread from Maple's feet. With four white feathers extending from her back, Maple reshaped all her creations—[Ancient Sea]'s fish, [Predator], and [Toxic Split Body]—into monsters.

"Over here!"

Maple summoned some of her newly-born abominations, which wrapped around her, trapping her inside a sphere made of the creatures.

The abominations intertwined with a grating sound, physically blocking attacks toward the master inside.

Without the protection of [Devoted Love], the high performance from her rare skill and the recovery and damage reduction from [Salvation's Afterglow] pushed forward the front line with power rivaling the Boss 's summoned soldiers.

"[Encouragement]! Hang in there!"

From within the monsters, a guardian angel cheered. Slicing through the soldiers, clinging to the Boss, the blackness filled the pure white room.

From inside the mass of abominations, Maple observed the battle, confirming that the abominations sent to the front line, even as their HP was whittled down by the Boss 's attacks, were still trading effective blows.

"A little more... everyone, advance!"

The abominations, formed into a sphere, extended legs and shakily moved forward toward the Boss.

Just as the Boss changed its pattern, lightning scorched the abominations, and they began falling from the front line. At that moment, the bud of abominations enveloping Maple at the very back bloomed.

"[Attack Start]!"

In a straight line toward the Boss, trailing a bạo viêm tail, she lunged at the Boss with the same output as when she jumped over the wall. The self-destruct flight she'd repeated many times was now a flight more beautiful and smooth than any aircraft.

"[Earth's Cradle]!"

Amidst the pouring lightning, Maple's attack landed right before the Boss 's throne, and she was absorbed into the ground.

This was the preparation to deliver burst damage that was impossible to defend against or hinder.

The turret, the shell, was herself.

"Here goes!"

As Maple burst from the ground, an immense amount of effects filled her vision. [Extinction Domain], [Seeping Chaos], [ độc long ], [Machine God], [Ancient Weapon]. Using [Lure to the Abyss], she slammed into [Gluttony], and in the instant the Boss flinched, she exposed the sparking core in its chest.

"[Break Core]!"

Though she couldn't perform another attack action, Maple had already delivered her burst damage. The explosion that engulfed the entire field, with the Boss firmly caught within it, created an artificial sun in the room illuminated only by lightning.

The roar faded, and the crimson glow in the king's eyes dimmed. The throne now held a figure looking down at Maple with calm eyes.

"It seems you've purged the evil power festering within me... I thank you."

Lời nói đó khiến Maple có thể kết thúc trận chiến nhanh chóng như kỳ vọng, cô cảm thấy an tâm và thẳng thắn ngồi thẳng người.

"À! Không không, không sao đâu..."

"Xin hãy làm thế với hoàng hậu của ta, hãy cứu cô ấy..."

Nghe vua nói vậy, Maple nhận ra hình dạng của một Boss khác mà Sally đang chiến đấu.

"Hiểu rồi!"

"Giao cho ta..."

Nói xong, vua nhắm mắt lại như để nghỉ ngơi. Ngay lúc đó, một khối đen từ từ rơi xuống trước mắt Maple và dừng lại tại chỗ.

Maple giơ tay ra, nó trở thành một vật phẩm trong tay cô, được đặt tên là "Mảnh Sức Mạnh Quỷ Vương", khi kết hợp hai mảnh sẽ thành "Sức Mạnh Quỷ Vương".

Đây chính là vật phẩm Maple đang tìm kiếm.

"Một mảnh nữa là của Sally... À, cũng có ma trận rồi!"

Ma trận chuyển về hiện lên, đây là phương tiện để về. Maple Uses it directly, nhảy lên ma trận, bị bao quanh bởi ánh sáng rực rỡ như khi bị chia cắt, và bắt đầu dịch chuyển.

Maple nhắm mắt vì ánh sáng chói mắt, sau đó dần mở ra. Nơi đây là lối đi mà hai người đã bị chia cắt. Phía trước là lối vào thành phố, có thể đây là lối về sau khi hoàn thành dungeon.

"Phù, phải đợi Sally..."

"Xì, ai mà đợi vậy?"

"Gì? Gì vậy?"

"À, Maple, mệt rồi phải không? Looks like you won"

Tiếng nói quen thuộc từ bên cạnh, Maple quay đầu lại, thấy Sally vẫy tay nhẹ nhàng.

"Thật quá hay! Dĩ nhiên là Sally rồi! Tôi cũng nghĩ mình làm tốt và kết thúc sớm nhưng..."

Maple có thể nói rằng cô đã sử dụng mọi kỹ năng để khởi động một trận chiến siêu ngắn. Cô thấy Sally có kỹ năng và sát thương cao, nhưng vẫn bất ngờ vì nó nhanh hơn dự kiến, mắt tròn xoe.

"Chỉ là may mắn. Đối thủ có phòng thủ mạnh nhưng cũng vì vậy nên tôi có thể làm theo ý mình"

"Uầy, nếu vậy thì có thể nguy hiểm đó"

Loại đối thủ có phòng thủ mạnh hơn là loại có thể gây sát thương cao và liên tục lại dễ dàng cho Maple.

"È, Maple cũng đã hoàn thành rồi, có phải không?"

"Ừ, đó là mảnh... ờm, đúng rồi!"

Mảnh "Sức Mạnh Quỷ Vương" mà Maple lấy ra và mảnh mà Sally đang cầm, khi lại gần sẽ tự động kết hợp, tan khỏi tay và bay lên trên không thành một.

"Già rồi! "Sức Mạnh Quỷ Vương IV!""

"Ý, với thứ này thì long lỗ clouds maze cũng đã được hoàn thành rồi"

"Tiếp theo là... à..."

"Ừ... may mà là tầng sáu area..."

"Để tôi lo! Tôi sẽ hoàn thành nó!"

"Ừ..."

Lần tiếp theo là khu vực tầng sáu với những linh hồn đã khuynh đảo. Tính chất của nó không thực sự là một bước khởi đầu tốt cho hai người, nhưng trước khi ra khỏi thành phố, họ vui vẻ về việc đã hoàn thành toàn bộ khu vực tầng năm.