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Chapter 520: Defense Focus and Re-Entry 3
Chapter 520: Defense Focus and Re-Entry 3
Chapter 520: Defense Focus and Re-Entry 3
Chapter 520: Defense Focus and Re-Entry 3
After their break, the two of them returned to the rain, holding umbrellas and walking for thirty minutes.
“Ah!”
“Oh, we’re through!”
They pushed aside the clouds and found themselves in a wide open space where the rain had stopped. There were a few puddles on the ground, reflecting the light and shining brightly.
“Maple”
“Yeah. It’s the boss, right?”
“Probably. Be careful, we don’t know where it’s coming from.”
Despite the unusually wide space, there were no monsters in sight. Maple had learned that this usually meant a boss was about to appear. Although ?Self-Offering Love? was there, they cautiously stepped into the wide area.
They felt a significant tremor in the ground right after.
Water suddenly gushed out from the clouds forming the floor. The rainwater that had soaked in surged back, splashing and forming shapes in the air.
“A frog!”
“Yeah, a frog.”
A transparent frog made entirely of water, at least five meters tall, appeared. As soon as the HP bar showed up above its head, its mouth opened wide, and a transparent tongue shot out with incredible speed.
Sally calmly dodged the sweeping tongue and closed the distance to the frog.
Maple, taking advantage of the distance, firmly held her large shield in its path and blocked the tongue.
“Ah!”
The tongue collided with the shield with a loud slap, wrapping around Maple and lifting her up swiftly. It was not just a water attack; it was an actual tongue.
Maple was swallowed whole and floated inside the transparent body.
“Maple! Can you attack from inside?”
“…..”
Maple moved her mouth silently and shook her head vigorously.
“You can’t use skills or the inventory? Right?”
Sally guessed the situation from Maple’s gestures, and Maple nodded clearly.
“Hold on! I’ll try some things quickly!”
Avoiding the boss’s attacks nimbly, Sally moved closer while swimming with ?Path of Water?.
“…..”
The boss shivered, and sharp water spikes emerged from the ground, targeting the swimming Sally. Sally instantly activated her flying machine, avoiding the spikes and closing in on the boss.
“?Frozen Domain?!”
Intense cold air burst out from Sally, freezing not only the incoming water but also the boss itself.
“If it’s made of water, this should work! ?Quintuple Slash?!”
Sally’s rapid attacks pierced the frozen boss. Cracks formed, and with a sharp sound, the boss shattered, releasing Maple who floated out.
Sally quickly retrieved Maple with a thread and increased the flying machine’s power to put some distance between them.
“Are you okay?”
“Thank you, Sally! I was almost digested.”
“Wow. That’s scary.”
“But I think we defeated it, right?”
“No, look!”
Sally noticed the boss’s HP gauge was not decreasing. The shattered boss’s body was absorbed back into the clouds, and small frogs made of water began to emerge and hop around.
“Maple! Use area attacks!”
“Got it! ?Barrel Expansion??Commence Attack?! ?Ancient Weapon?! ?Seeping Chaos?!”
Maple’s attack covered the entire room without aiming precisely, filling the air with a loud croak.
“Ah!”
“Hit! HP is going down!”
Sally confirmed how to defeat the boss. First, damage the giant form and break it apart, then attack the smaller individual ones. Watching the boss reassemble its large body with summoned water, Sally quickly explained the strategy to Maple.
“Maple, ride on. I’ll dodge everything for you.”
“Leave it to me!”
“Got it!”
Maple put away her shield, deactivated the weapons, and climbed onto Sally’s back.
Sally expertly dodged the boss’s swinging tongue while Maple attacked to split the boss again. However, they couldn’t use ?Machine God? or skills that generate poison, and summoning skills could disrupt ?Self-Offering Love?.
The best option was ?Ancient Weapon?, but it needed to gather energy from attacks or defense.
There was a problem.
“Hehe!”
“Anything can be made…”
“Iz-san!”
Maple took out a belt with a drill and strapped it around herself.
“Switch on!”
The drill began spinning, making a grating sound as it tried to drill into Maple, rapidly gathering energy.
“?Ancient Weapon?!”
The transformed cube became multiple long barrels spinning above Maple’s head. Blue energy bullets fired rapidly, piercing the boss’s body, causing it to collapse.
“?Reversal and Rebirth??Annihilation Field?!”
Black wings appeared on her back. The newly formed water frogs were incinerated by red-black sparks.
With the boss reassembling, Maple’s energy was fully charged.
“Energy is full!”
“Alright, fire!”
“?Ancient Weapon?!”
With a powerful attack, they destroyed the boss. The boss, without demonic power, couldn’t withstand the overwhelming force.
Having defeated the rain frog boss, the two proceeded a bit further and reached the second town in the clouds.
“We’re making progress!”
“Yeah. The journey was easy and we took breaks, so we managed quite well.”
They could continue through the maze, but first, they decided to check the Equipment Shop and Item Shop. They overheard other players talking.
“Was your frog small?”
“Yeah, it was about 1.7 meters, same as me. Still big though.”
“Maybe it gets bigger if you get lost… mine was like a house.”
“Too big. Scary…”
“It seemed related to the rain, so maybe ignoring that isn’t good.”
They understood it was about the same boss they fought.
“So that’s what it was…”
“Probably the biggest. We got lost and chatted leisurely.”
“Maybe we should hurry next time?”
“But we managed well and can take our time. Getting swallowed was surprising though…”
“Maybe…?”
“Yeah, you’re strong, Maple. Take it easy. Rushing might backfire.”
“It’s a mind game.”
“If everyone rushes after hearing this, next time they’ll want to hurry.”
“Hard… but you’re right! If we rush, it won’t be fun.”
“Exactly. I’ll handle any slight increases in difficulty.”
“Counting on you!”
“That’s why I train. Rely on me.”
“Okay!”
“Let’s go to the Equipment Shop.”
“Sure! I wonder if they have interesting gear?”
“Hope so!”
Excited about finding unique items, they walked through the town.