Chapter 290


    Defense Specialization and Contact<hr>


    Misery, Marx, and Shin were members of ‘Kingdom of the me 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 ident, okay…?”


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


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


    “Wen! ‘Wind God’!”


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


    Just by approaching the trio, the tiger was cut by des multiple times until its HP was nearly empty . Even though individual hits were not heavy, with a tamed monster and enough sessive attacks, the oue 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 west 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 . ”


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    “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 ate-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 popted with other yers . ”


    “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 yers 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 me 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 birdnded 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 des 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 .