Chapter 339
Defense Specialization and Lightning
As the conquest of the floating castle had taken them quite a lot of ti, they decided to call it a day, and continue the rest of their sightseeing another ti.
Maple decided to look up information on different tourist areas while she waited for the next day where she would have plenty of ti. This was because she enjoyed exploration while moving towards a goal, and also being able to explore without any purpose and accidentally finding sothing interesting. And she wanted to be able to do both when the day arrived.
Since Maple had already gathered enough information for the day, she had co to the highest point on the fifth layer that was above the clouds. Here, she wore a white one piece dress and lay on the ground as if sunbathing.
As you could raise your level and gather materials without coming all the way up to such a place, there was no one else around. It was a good place that not many knew about.
“The floating castle sure was fun.”
While she thought about their next destination, images of that scenery still floated in her mind. Even though this place wasn’t as high as the top of the tower, she still had a good view of the field.
“Huh? Was there always a lightning area over there?”
As she often took her ti looking at the scenery, Maple would occasionally notice such small differences. And so she put a hand over her forehead and squinted her eyes. Perhaps she had just thought that she’d seen the flash of lightning.
“I don’t think it was that...alright! Let’s go and find out!”
It wasn’t as if she had anything in particular to do, and so Maple decided to go to the area where she saw the light.
“I’m pretty sure it was around here...”
Maple’s eyes scanned the area. There were high walls made of clouds everywhere. Now that she had co down, it was hard to see if lightning was striking anywhere.
As she considered flying on Syrup in order to find it, an earth shattering crash echoed around her. It was unmistakably the sound of lightning.
“Over there!”
Maple relied on the occasional sounds to lead her as she walked closer to where the lightning struck. As her thod of flying was not standard, searching from the air was likely to lead to her missing entry routes into events and dungeons.
“Yes, I’ve never seen lightning in this area before, so there must be sothing!”
Maple continued to walk for so ti before stopping and waiting for the next sound.
“Hmm... It’s hard to tell when you can’t hear anything...wah!?”
The cloud wall that Maple had leaned against in order to rest. Instead of supporting her, she went right through it and was swallowed up. It was an invisible entrance, much like the one to the floating castle.
Maple went rolling down the slope made of clouds until she tore through another wall that was the exit. She landed right on her face as she ca out the other side. When Maple raised her head in surprise, she saw that a female player was looking at her with a shocked expression.
“A-are you alright...?”
“...? Ahaha. I’m sorry. Yes, I’m fine!”
Maple adjusted her dress and since she still felt dizzy, she closed her eyes and cald down a little. When she felt better, she opened them again and looked at the female player. She had blonde hair that was tied in a bun in the back, and her eyes were red. Perhaps she was also sightseeing like Maple, because she wore a white blouse and a long skirt and was holding a parasol. She didn’t have anything equipped that seed like a weapon. There was sothing about her that was very lady-like, and Maple instinctively stood up straight as she talked.
“I heard the sounds of lightning coming from here. And since it’s usually quiet, I thought that it must be an event...”
She looked at Maple after hearing this, and sighed before replying with a smile.
“Hmm... I see. So that’s why. Well, I don’t think that there...is anything like that here. It might sound strange coming from , but are you quite alright with having nothing equipped?”
After all, if there really was an event here, it would likely an monsters, which would be quite dangerous.
“I’m fine! In spite of appearances, I put all my points into defense, so I’m quite confident in that regard!”
“...Do you an...”
The woman seed to be thinking about sothing. In the anti, Maple scanned the surrounding area, but there really wasn’t anything of note.
“Hmm. Maybe it wasn’t here then.”
“Um, I co here often, so I can assure you. That lightning was not a rare event.”
“Huh!? Is that so!”
“Yes, it is. But it’s up to you to believe or not...”
“I understand. I will believe you!”
“Re-really?”
“Yes!”
Maple wasn’t lying, and the woman looked at her with surprise.
“...I know. Maybe it was fate that we t here like this. Would you care to talk for a short while?”
“...? Yes! Of course!”
“Well, there is no point in staying here. Will you take a walk with , Maple?”
“Sure! Wait, what!?”
Maple was shocked that this person knew her na, even though she hadn’t introduced herself. But the woman just smiled at her with amusent.
“Judging by your reaction, I was right.”
“Huh? Ah, ahhh!? I see...you surprised .”
It wasn’t that her mind was read or so other strange skill. Maple realized that it was rely a guess.
“While you do look different from usual, if you look closely, I can still see the resemblance.”
Even though she changed her hair, clothes and color sche, her height and overall air remained the sa. And with the added information about her defense ability, well, most players who participated in the fourth event would be able to connect the dots.
“I was going through different tourist spots and...um...”
“Hmm? Oh, my na is Velvet.”
“Miss Velvet! Are you sightseeing too?”
She also wasn’t carrying any weapons and had no armor or shields equipped. Perhaps she was on the field for the sa purpose.
“Well, you could say that. I was planning on eting up with my friends after this so we could level grind. But our shield-bearer had other business to attend to.”
“I see.”
“Do you think that you could co with us?”
Apparently, that was one of the things she wanted to talk about. Velvet then waited for Maple’s answer.
“Yes! I don’t mind!”
It wasn’t as if she had anything important to do now. And so Maple nodded eagerly, with expectations of new friendships welling up in her chest.
“It’s...decided then. Well, we are to et up on the seventh layer.”
“Got it!”
And like this, Maple suddenly found herself helping people level grind. And so she and Velvet headed to the seventh layer.
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