Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu Chapter 60

Defense Specialization and Production Materials

Maple was flying across the field on Syrup’s back.

It was much faster than walking, so no wonder she was doing that.

「Kanade! Take care of me today!」

「Leave it to me!」

The reason why Kanade was also riding was to collect materials.

The day after the guild was formed, Iz became a new member.

Today, they were going to the mines to gather materials for the workshop in the 【Guild Home】.

Sally, Chrome, and Kasumi went elsewhere to collect lumber and cloth drops.

Iz had focused all of her energy on her production skills, so she was not very good at fighting.

She was never good at moving around and couldn’t fight properly.

Instead, her production skills were at a remarkable level.

Weapons, cloth items, accessories, furniture.

She could make anything.

「I’ll protect you, you take care of 【mining】!」

Since Kanade had 【Mining V】, they were going to the mines.

He was going to use his ice axe to dig for ore.

Since golems also appeared in the mines, it was Maple’s job to collect the materials from them.

「This time, 【Akashic Records】 helped a lot.」

Kanade had explained this skill to all the guild members.

【Akashic Records】
TL note: 【神界書庫】 (lit. “god realm library stack”) with “Akashic Records” in furigana

Acquire a total of nine skills at random, three each from production skills, combat skills, and other skills.

The skill levels are set to medium or V.

The acquired skills will disappear after one day of use.

Skills that have already been acquired will not be included in the selection.

「I can’t use any weapon skills except for the staff, so it depends on luck if I’ll be able to do any fighting.」

Once Kanade’s level increased and he became powerful enough to fight even without this skill, it would then show its true value.

It would be the key to creating new strategies.

Kanade could use different skills every day.

Sometimes, they would miraculously combine to terrifying effect.

「I can see it!」

「All right! Let’s go!」

Although they were mistaken for a rare monster, and magic and arrows flew at them several times along the way, each time Maple jumped down in front of the players to warn them, and they managed somehow.

The attacks stopped not because of Maple’s warnings, but because the players were surprised and confused by Maple’s sudden descent, but that was something Maple did not know.

「You should stay close to me since we’re going deeper inside.」

「Understood!」

The two walked through the cave that led into the mine.

There were no beautiful crystals like in the snail cave, but there were ores exposed in places, and Kanade used 【Mining】 with his ice axe as soon as he spotted them.

「Let’s keep going!」

「Yep, let’s do that!」

Syrup had been put back in the ring, so Maple only had Kanade to protect.

She didn’t need to use her great shield or 【Hydra】 to defeat golems, as weak poison attacks could take them down.

She also collected the items dropped by the golems.

There were various kinds of ores in this mine, but not many of them were of high rarity.

「Iron ore, ash crystals, pebbles…」

The sound of Kanade’s ice axe echoed in the air.

Each time they got some ore, but nothing worth mentioning.

The two went deeper and deeper down the forks in the path, stopping mining when they reached the furthest mining point.

「Well… it’s quantity over quality!」

Maple said.

「No… after all, this is…」

Of course, Kanade could not agree.

When it came to ore, quality was better than quantity.

「Ah, what about the way back? …Can we get out if we walk around randomly?」

「I remember all the roads at least, so it’ll be fine, okay?」

「Oh! Good stu-uff. Then… please lead the way.」

Kanade proceeded without hesitation through the many forks in the cave, and they were able to get out without taking a single wrong turn.

Sally’s group was in the forest.

Over on this side, they were mainly fighting and collecting drop items.

「Sally-chan is crazy too…」

Chrome muttered absent-mindedly.

In front of Chrome’s eyes, Sally nimbly dodged attacks.

It looked like she was about to get hit, but she didn’t get hit even once.

「Oh… great… aura…」

It was Sally who muttered this.

Sally’s body radiated a pale aura.

Sally had prepared a lot of gold for Maple by killing monsters and selling the drop items.

That was when her level had increased.

Back then, she had acquired a certain skill.

【Sword Dance】

Every time you dodge an attack, your STR increases by 1%.

Up to 100%.

If you take damage, the increase disappears.

The acquisition condition of this skill was taking no damage until you reached level 25.

The pale aura was from this skill.

When facing Sally.

To defeat her, you had to attack her, but the more you attacked her, the more you were at a disadvantage.

「Even with this, I can’t really break through Maple’s defense.」

「Eh… how high is Maple’s VIT?」

「Why don’t you ask Maple? I think (?) she’ll tell you.」

Sally said, glancing at Chrome.

If you had to describe Chrome’s fighting style in one word, it would be “sure-fire”.

He used his great shield to block attacks firmly, and his dagger to slash and damage.

He used his great shield well, deflecting attacks with precision.

In addition, he monitored the battle situation to make sure he would not be surrounded.

「That’s how you use a great shield.」

「Yeah…」

He wasn’t as flashy as Maple, but in terms of player skill, he definitely surpassed her.

Maple wasn’t as good with the great shield because she didn’t have to use it to block attacks like Chrome did.

Her body was harder than her great shield.

Rather, she often put down her great shield to preserve the uses of her Eating Inedibles.

「In this guild, 【normal】 people are in the minority…」

Maple, Sally, and Kanade were in the abnormal category.

Kasumi and Chrome were on the normal side.

Iz was one foot in the abnormal category when it came to production.

Chrome finished his battle safely, and the three headed back together.

「Will I also… stop being normal, being in this guild?」

「Guess I will too, huh?」

「Maybe we’ll all be tainted by Maple’s influence.」

Whether to be honestly happy about that was a delicate matter.

Now it would be Iz’s turn to show off her skills with the materials they had all brought.

The two groups met outside the town and entered it.

They were a conspicuous group of five.

Maple went without saying.

Chrome and Kasumi were the winners of the first event. Their equipment was gorgeous and eye-catching.

Seeing Sally, several people reflexively tried to pull out their weapons.

Kanade was killing time with a Rubik’s Cube, noisily assembling and disassembling it at high speed over and over again.

It was probably inevitable that some people would follow the five of them as they made their way to the edge of town.