Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu

That's what I was afraid of, Maple.

The person himself was in a hurry to go to Izz.

The quest that was forced to start was naturally about something that had been sealed in that book, and the negative impact of that something was too great.

MP is sucked from the body, so it does not heal and remains at zero all the time. Skills that declare the name of the skill and use it can no longer be used even with the equipment.

I couldn't even get a tame monster to trigger my Awakening skill.

Currently, Maple's attack ability was about Malicious Food that she didn't target because it activated on its own. There was basically no such thing as an attack skill that would trigger an effect without declaring it in the first place.

I don't want to!

When I jumped into the guild home and called Izzy's name, Izzy, who was in the workshop as usual, went out to see if anything had happened.

"Is something wrong?"... oh, that face... "

Maple's face was about half black, and it was clear that something had happened. Izz immediately understands it and asks what to do.

"Is it related to the item that you came to me?" I can give you as much as I want to get rid of the abnormality. "

Izz's inventory is packed with all kinds of consumables, as he creates them faster than he consumes them in battle or in deals with other players.

"It doesn't have to be that way... er, can you take a look at this?"

Maple says that and shows Izzy the quest she's currently taking and how far she's progressing.

"Spend gear... a quest I've never seen before." Isn't it different from delivering somewhere? "

“There's a different color frame here, and I think it's okay to put it here.”

Maple opens the inventory and asks Izz to check the location. As I said, there is a black frame below the inventory, and it can be seen from the quest description that you can increase your progress by putting items here.

"Then I'll give you one thing." There are many things that I don't use. "

Izzy's inventory also contains a large amount of his own gear. There is no shortage of equipment that does not have problems with giving up on items that did not perform as well as the design thought, or items that have been made in the past and whose performance has fallen a few steps from what is required at the front line, and which are no longer seen every day, or those that have been bought from stores for reference.

Once the equipment received from Izz is placed in the designated frames of the inventory, an indication will appear asking if it will be absorbed.

"Absorbing..."

Isn't that okay?

When Maple taps on the panel, the gear received from Izz is permanently extinguished from the inventory, and the progress of the quest increases slightly instead.

I don't think you're mistaken, but... is it going 1%?

There is a yellow bar under the quest's name to visually understand how far it went, but it doesn't stretch to the point where I think I'm mistaken.

If it's a good piece of equipment, it might stretch a little bit?

When Izz wants you to try it out next, he takes the gear out of the inventory and hands it to Maple.

Izz's predictions seemed to have been met, and his superior equipment, which was enhanced by his skill and Forge skills, improved his progression.

"It's about absorption." I would like to absorb something better than normal, right? "

Then Izz looked over the inventory for the next piece of good equipment.

"But... is it okay?" it's gone..... "

"It's okay, it was all something that was never used." Besides, Maple-chan must be in trouble by herself, right? "

I don't know how many I will have to buy with the equipment sold at the store.

Nothing would be more reassuring if Izzy could help us.

"I couldn't use my MPs and skills to go to the dungeon to find gear, so I was in trouble." I was okay with my defense.

"Really? Then we have to solve it sooner." Besides, even if it wasn't, I was going to help you to the end. "

Is that so?

"Yes, of course, because it seems like you'll be able to add another skill before the event." If Maple-chan gets stronger, I'll be saved too. "

Yes!

One of the unsophisticated abilities that Maple might acquire is worth more than even a hundred of Izz's inventory's gear. A new skill in the Doomsday Machine is far more important than a piece of equipment that has been decayed without use.

"That's why you can keep taking it with you!"

Thank you!

Izz absorbed the gear from the inventory one by one.

But it's called absorption, but where is it absorbed?

"It looks like there's some strange person inside my body... I think that person is eating it!"

I wonder if you're okay?

If you're eating as Maple describes it, it's more eclipse than eating monsters.

"Besides, you said there were people in there, but you can't use your skills, are you okay?"

Other than that, it looks like we're safe!

If you think about it carefully, it's a horrible story that something unfamiliar has entered his body, but Izzy didn't seem to care more about Maple herself than she thought.

"That would be great." Well then, let's keep absorbing it until the quest is complete. "

Yes!

If you want to end it, you should do it until the end without leaving a strange period. Depending on what you get after clearing, it will affect your strategy at the event first, and Maple's technique may take some time to master if you're skilled, so you'll need to make time to get used to it.

At this point in time, Izzy is going to watch Maple's quest end.

I just said there's still a lot of gear out of the inventory that's far more powerful than what you sell in the store, even though you didn't find it.

However, everything that entered Maple's body seemed to eat as well as Maple, and as a result, more than a hundred pieces of equipment were swallowed into it. However, it was coming to a proper end, and the progression was finally about to reach 100%.

"You really needed a lot." I'm surprised. "

"I'm sorry..."

"I always get the material. When we're in trouble, we're each other."

When Maple absorbs her final gear, she sees a quest complete and a whole new quest.

"Huh!?"

It looks like it's still going on.

When the two of them checked the contents of the quest, there was a very difficult word for Maple to say that the monster crusade in the solo.

"I can't even help you with the solo..."

The first quest was also a time-consuming construction, but thanks to Izzy, I was able to proceed at the fastest possible speed. This quest should be easier for regular players, but not for Maple.

Maple is just a basic body that can't fight without wielding a weapon to deal damage.

If you're a monster that doesn't have any defense at all, you won't be able to do as much damage as a hundred times against a nine-layer monster with increased basic abilities and minimal defense.

”I can't even call a syrup... and I can't even use [Rage]...”

Until now, it was not normal to be able to attack, but if this happens, it will definitely be troublesome.

Until now, there have been cases where skills have been sealed, but I have never heard of such a large-scale one. Iz also heard that the wizard suffered in the area where the magic was sealed, but his skills were more than that.

"I'll give you the item for now." It's okay! I'm always fighting with this, too. "

That said, Ize now took out various attack items from her inventory, including her handmade bombs.

It was like Izz was a damaging dealer.

This way we can defeat our enemies without any attack. Of course, compared to Ize, who can correct the effects of items, the effects of Maple's use will fall, but that amount can be solved by using more items in the time gained by letting her boastful defense.

"Fufu, I'm looking forward to this many good skills!" It looks like the quest will continue for that amount of time. "

Yes! I'll finish by the end of the event!

Yeah, that's the spirit!

When Izzy finally ran out of items, she told him to come and refill them and watched Maple jump out of the guildhome.

Maple walks through the field as she leaves town. I couldn't get on the syrup, and I couldn't use Rage , so it took me a long time to get around, but I had no choice. So Maple went to a flatland with a lot of monsters. This is an area with a high density of some monsters, and it is a favorite place for players to level up and use.

Sulley's research revealed that there were no particularly powerful monsters, with quick monsters centered around animal types, but none with Armor Piercing attacks.

No Armor Piercing Attacks. This is important to Maple. Now I can't use [Pierce Guard], and I'm in an int state that says I don't have the ability to counterattack, so I can't fight an opponent that doesn't have the advantage of high defense.

Of course, there are other players who use it to level up, so if Maple walks to the side, it's unusual to walk today, it's in human mode, and there are some reactions today. However, the players soon noticed the change in the maple and giggled.

"There's something on my face..."

"Until now, the color of my eyes and hair have changed... but what is that cursed look like?"

Players who focus on what will happen to that change, which is only seemingly unimaginable, do not experience any of the horrific events that they imagine, and Maple creeps up on the edge of the player-free space to open a sneak-peek Medium Inventory.

"This, this..."

Maple first removes the vial containing the pink liquid, opens the lid, and shakes it around.

The monsters nearby suddenly jumped to Maple.

Wow! It works great!

This is an item made by Izz that attracts the monsters around it. As in the eighth event, if it is too much trouble to get close to yourself, it is best to have the other party come. There were many large monsters, such as bears and wolves, so if they jumped, they could not stand and fell to the ground. However, as I checked, there was no Piercing Attack, so it didn't take any damage.

And this is it!

The last item that Maple took out was a large pot while it was being tampered with. While the monsters were rampaging around, they would quickly crack, but that was what I was aiming for.

The liquid that was cracked inside is sprinkled flashily.

It was slimy to the touch to improve the effect of the item, and it was just oil.

When ready, Maple shatters each of the crystals in her hands after she takes them out.

The flames burst from the left hand, the thunder burst from the right hand, and the flames spread at once while burning oil, and the thunder ran around like a spider's web.

The attracted monsters tried to defeat the Maple while taking damage from them, but the Maple began to relax in a waiting position, lying still.

Maple could not see from a distance if she had used items that would cause flames and electricity, so the player was confused all at once.

"Hey, I've done something!"

"Eek, hey..."

"It's a venomous picture..."

Since no player knows exactly what Maple says, this phenomenon is linked to the fact that Maple's face is dyed black, which incidentally is recognized as a new skill.

The common recognition that Maple's skills might be strange even if she was growing, the fact that the area was bounded by flames and thunder, and the fact that it was at a time when she was sensitive to the skills of others, also encouraged it.

"Isn't that powerful...?"

It might even have an extra effect.

In fact, it was uncertain whether it would be incorporated into the strategy as a maple as well as a mere item. However, when I stepped in and received a painful counter that could not be avoided, I was able to make an impression without trying to do so because it was the only way to protect the Maple from Piercing Attacks.

After that, Maple lay down and burned down the approaching monsters with the power of the item. Only a part of the plain is constantly on fire, and although it is invisible to the flames, many players observe and bring back information when they hear that it is a maple.

Maple, who didn't know that, simply waited for the quest to be completed.

Mmm, this is the only way to do it.

Every now and then, bombs are woven together to earn the number of bombs destroyed. Maple has only one means of attack, making it difficult to increase her damage, so she has no choice but to relax. Still, the strength of the items Izz made greatly reduced the amount of time it would have taken Maple to accomplish it alone.

"Today, I'll work a little harder with you!"

As Izzy said, I want to complete the quest by the end of the event, but I don't know how much work is left. If you're in a hurry, you'd better hurry.

When Maple was defeating a single monster, Chrome and Kasumi came into the guildhouse to replace her.

Oh, Izu, are you off to make things today?

Chrome, I was just talking to Maple.

"Maple. No, I heard a rumor." Was there anything on Maple's face like a facepaint? "

"Oh, did you know? I was just getting a consultation about that."

“Is something wrong? I haven't heard that kind of story yet."

"I can't read the skill or the equipment... I can't read what I'll get in the end... but it looks like I got a quest to go step by step."

"Oh! I knew it!" That's what I expected! "

"It feels strange to expect it to be what you expect... but I didn't expect you to really find it"

"But this is going to be pretty tough." From what Maple-chan told me, it looks like something got into her body and she can't use anything but her passive skills anymore. "

"Huh, it's like a curse?" That's so tough. "

"Can't you do anything with Maple status?" It's a painful tie for a type with a large skill weight. "

"I helped, and the first step is over."

Oh, it wasn't a fight, was it?

"Yes, I think the type of quest that delivers the equipment is close." I ate a hundred pieces of equipment to make them absorb the presence inside my body. Moreover, it seemed like we were distinguishing between the strong and the weak, and it was gourmet. "

“Hundreds of them, and I think I can expect what I can get.”

"I see. It's hard to feel because Izzy can pimp out, so I'm allocating a lot of resources." Do you want to keep it that way? "

"Next time, I gave you only the items because it was a solo monster crusade." The means of attack are gone. "

It's hard to help me when I'm solo… How about collecting the materials that will be the source of the items?

"That would be helpful." I think we'll need quite a lot of it at that rate. I want to make sure I don't run out of events right away. ”

"Then I'll help you with that, too." If anything happens to Maple, I'll tell her she can count on me. "

I see. Can I ask you a favor, then?

Oh! If the Maple is strengthened one last time, it will be a stone!

"I have some understanding of the map." The priority will be higher when completing Maple Quests. "

"I'll tell the other four about the current situation." It's best to be able to rely on the right one. "

Knowing the situation beforehand will make it easier for Maple to move, and it is now that Maple has been forced to fight solo that she will issue those circulars.

Maple has finally succeeded in finding something, as per policy, so it's time to back it up.

Well, I'll be right there.

"Let me go, too." It would be more efficient if you could ride the haku. "

"Good luck. I don't care what kind it is, so you can collect whatever you want." Anything can be reconverted into money. "

"You've got that kind of skill, too... okay, I'll get it together."

Nice to meet you.

So the two of them went out to the field to support Izz and thus Maple.