I hate being in pain, so I think I'll make a full defense build

Bofuri

Chapter 479 – Defense Specialization and Daily Life – part ten

If the eight of them work together, no matter how troublesome a monster might be, they won’t be defeated.

As long as they have a good plan, they can handle any number of enemies.

And so, Maple and her friends smoothly progressed through the castle, until they eventually arrived at a large, luxuriously decorated, door.

They conquered all the side roads already, so the boss must be waiting behind this door.

“I guess we’ve arrived?” Maple commented.

“No monsters seem to be spawning...” Sally said.

“Then, it’s business as usual.” Maple told her friends.

“Got it. Let’s get everything ready.” Kasumi nodded.

If one is given time to prepare themselves before the boss fight, then one should make full use of that opportunity.

So, everyone surrounded Mai and Yui, then gave them potions, crushed some crystals, sprinkled powder and burned incense.

Mai and Yui were strengthened by as many buffs as they could stack, so as to become strong enough to turn a boss into dust after a single swing.

Everyone had a lot of trust on the twins, especially because of their brilliant track record of quickly killing bosses.

“Is this all?” Mai asked.

“I’m tired of waiting! Let’s go!” Yui complemented.

All that’s left, is getting the two of them in range.

In order to confront the boss with as much time left on the buffs as possible, Maple signaled everyone to rush inside.

Everyone responded by raising their weapons, so Maple, with a single push, opened the large door in front of them.

Sitting on top of the large throne, that resided deep within the incredibly tall room, was the black dragon that they were searching for.

“You’ve come. I believe I don’t need any introduction, do I?” The boss stretched out its black wings and tail, then snapped its fingers.

A strange sound echoed throughout the room and its walls crumbled apart, further expanding the room’s size.

However, walls of flames erupted where the stone walls used to be, creating a new division inside the room.

Just like how the castle’s entrance was hidden, space was manipulated here too, this time to make the throne room be much wider than it was supposed to be.

Now, the vast battlefield that the boss desired was completed.

“Let’s start. Try to not die too quickly!” The boss roared as it soared high above.

A black shockwave was generated with its movement, and it quickly approached Maple and the others.

Naturally, Maple reacted to that and strengthened her defense, “[Dedicated Affection]!”

The defensive field quickly enveloped everyone, protecting them from the shockwave just before said shockwave arrived.

And then, [Dedicated Affection] disappeared.

“Eh!?” Maple exclaimed.

Chrome’s [Multi-Cover] was saved for a later situation, as the twins were already protected by an impregnable defense.

“[Water Wall]! [Magic Barrier]!” Kanade created a wall to protect Iz and himself.

But the output isn’t strong enough without the use of a spellbook, so several flaming spears were passing through the barrier.

“Iz, now!” Kanade exclaimed.

“On it! Fay, [Item Enhancement]!” Iz exclaimed.

The barricade was made stronger with Fay’s power. It took out a thick wall out of Iz’s inventory and immediately placed it in front of them.

The new wall was able to receive the flaming spears just as the water wall had been shattered.

“Necro, [Weight of Death]!” Chrome exclaimed.

“Syrup, [Awaken]! [Mother Nature]!” Maple followed suit.

Necro used its debuff to significantly reduce the boss’ movement speed.

Maple then made use of this opportunity to borrow Syrup’s power and obstruct the boss’ path with giant vines.

“[Flash Flood]! [Frost Domain]!” Sally exclaimed.

She produced a large amount of water, then instantly froze it with the subsequent skill. Creating an ice bridge that opened a path towards the boss.

“[Leap]! [First of the Swords: Heat Haze]!” Kasumi exclaimed.

She jumped onto the bridge, then teleported to put herself right in front of the boss.

The constant flames that the boss emanated damaged her, but she was able to deliver a blow that destroyed its barrier.

Now that she was this close to it though, the boss focused its attacks fully on Kasumi.

With its sharp claws that were covered in flames, the dragon thrusted its arm at a high speed, trying to pierce Kasumi.

However...

“[Third of the Swords: Lonely Moon]!” Kasumi exclaimed.

She used this skill to quickly avoid it, making full use of her unique mobility.

It was different from how Sally moved around though, as Sally had to keep her distance.

And now, with Kasumi holding the boss’ attention, their main plan was set in motion.

Kanade and Iz used a movement speed buff on the twins, and so their strongest weapon moved forward while being protected by Chrome and Maple.

Mai and Yui crossed the ice bridge, then swung their sledgehammers.

“Let’s go!” Mai exclaimed.

“Take this!” Yui exclaimed.

“[Flying Attack]!” They said in unison.

Then, sixteen shockwaves were released all at once.

The boss had just lost its barrier, so the attacks reached it without anything stopping them.

Moreover, the boss had its movement speed lowered, so it was unable to dodge it.

And thus, the boss’ body was sent flying onto the faraway wall.