02x10 - Maxing Defense and New Teams

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Let's also work hard today!

We have two medals now, so...

Let's definitely get three others.

What?

It's morning now, right?

Yes.

I wonder what happened.

The map... is not showing.

Same for me.

Same here...

It seems that the messaging feature
can't be used either.

We don't know what'll happen next.
Let's act together today.

Yes, that sounds better...

Be careful, everyone!

Where is... this place?

Sally! Everyone!

Right. The map is...

I just have to do what I can.

Do your best to stay alive, everyone.

To think they'd suddenly split up
our team.

The management is so mean...

Maple should be fine,
but I'm worried about May and Yui...

What?

Was that unnecessary?

Frederica?

I knew it was you.

For now, just focus on the enemies!

Oboro! Fire Child!

Multi-Firebolt!

Knots, Singing Round!

Oboro, Cross Fire, Shadow Clone!

Your defense...

Guess you don't need any?

Then, Multi-Waterbolt!

We have to finish off this side too.

Multi-Firebolt!

Knots, Amplification!

We somehow managed to defeat them.

Payne and the others are far away,

so I was wondering what I should do alone.

You know where your allies are?

There's such a skill.

So, I'd like to discuss something...

"Let's team up and fight together"?

Correct.
It only benefits us to do that, right?

We're both alone.

All right then. Let's do it.

-Yes, let's do it.
-Yeah.

Do you have ways to contact each other?

Just follow me for now.

Yeah, well...

Fireworks...?

Is there an event?

That's actually our signal,
for when something happens.

You could bring in fireworks?

No, that's just Maple attaching bombs
to herself and blowing them up.

What did you say...?

Hey, wa...

Wait for me!

Hey, hey.
If you don't hurry, I'll leave you behind.

Jeez, you're just so pushy!

Turtle?

I'm totally fine.

I have to make someone find me soon.

Okay, Syrup, please.

Turtle!

Syrup, Spirit Cannon!

Alright, and here...

You can't! It's dangerous to be th...

Turtle?

You're doing weird things again, Maple.

Mii!

-Run...
-Run faster!

You'll get swallowed!

This is bad! This is so bad.

Are you okay? Can you stand?

I'm done for.

Everyone's going to die.

Get hold of yourself!

You're a strong man, aren't you?

We'll run to the other side.
You can run, right?

Run... Keep running...

Big Bro, there's no time for that.

Damn!

What? The map is...?

It's apparently being swallowed
into darkness, starting from the edge.

Some of my party died too.

I got it. I'll be careful.

I'll have to return the favor sometime.

Then, I'll ask for a favor in return.

Take this.

It'll disappear when this event ends.

A Mark Tag?

That's enough to repay you?

Yes, take it.

Markus made this item.

We'll know your location
when you have this on you.

I see. That's so convenient.

Turtle!

I hope we're not enemies
the next time we meet.

See you.

Yes, thank you.

See you!

Okay!

All right, I have to keep going
with the fireworks too, Syrup.

Turtle!

His abilities are so amazing.

Ribbit-ribbit.

We specialize in rear support.

Why were we sent to a dungeon?

Depending on the boss, we could die.

That's not good...

It's okay, Trapper Markus.

I'm counting on you.

Flattery won't get you anything from me...

-Okay.
-Ribbit.

There's so many of them.
What should we do?

We already have advantageous attributes,
but...

Bell, please!

I'm so lucky to have met
a supporting player like you!

Same for me.
I'm glad I met a shield player like you.

Thanks for that!

Necro! Burst Flame!

Holy Spear!

Revitalize!

Necro! Strong Armor!

We can still dodge them...

Please bear with it.

I'm sure soon enough...

She's here!

That's amazing...

Mii, thank you so much.

I'm glad you're okay.

So Kuromu is here too?

Yeah.

Have you seen anyone from our guild?

I just met Maple.

She was doing weird things as always...

Was it the fireworks?

Fireworks?

Well, we'll talk later.

Shin and Markus seem to be alive too.

Let's go meet them.

Okay, I understand.

Can I follow you guys too?

I saw lots of players before I met Misery.

If it's that easy to meet other players
in this spacious field,

The locations of teleportation
must have been decided to some extent.

I see. You mean members of Maple Tree
might be near members of our guild.

It's just a theory, but it's better than
just looking for them.

What about Maple?

Our boss should be fine
on her own for now.

That's true.

It's reassuring for us
to have a shield player.

So we'll cooperate a bit longer.

I look forward to working with you.

Yeah, me too.

Remote Location, Wind Blade!

-Now!
-Change!

If we're so close,
it's easy for me to aim!

All cannons, fire!

What's that?

That's probably our producer,
whom you should never annoy.

Izu. You seem to be fine.

Kuromu?

It's Mii. Thank goodness...

So you're fine, Markus.

I was worried when you stopped responding.

Yeah, well...

A lot happened,
but it turned out okay, I think.

We just defeated the boss
and both got a medal.

I got the notification.

Good work.

You beat it just two of you?

We're very compatible in battle. Right?

You definitely have enough firepower
to fight on your own though...

That's not true.

I'm just a producer after all.

You were a great help, Markus.

They double in number
every time we slay them...

How many are coming next?

We're not getting anywhere with this.

Let me handle it.

Okay. I'm counting on you, Shin!

Wen! Wind God!

Split-Sword!

You can't beat me when it comes to num...

Purple Phantom Blade!

My bad, you saved me.

Speaking of which...

You're as cute as always.

Shut up.
I'll k*ll you if you keep watching!

We somehow got out of it.

But how do I meet up with Mii?
Our base is already gone...

Hey! Hey! We're here!

Stop that, they'll find us.

I'm doing it so they find us.

You should do it too.

Hey! Hey!

Hey...

You're a great help!

I probably couldn't survive by myself.

Listen to yourself.

Having a supporting player like you
made it easy for me. Thanks.

You two should hide a bit more.

We can't protect you
as well as Maple does.

I'm sorry.

Thank you so much!

Frederica is coming this way, but...

Let's talk about that later.

Right. Fireball!

Get this. Earth Wave!

Amazing!

If only we could do that,
we'd be able to fight back...

Everyone has different things
they're good.

You just have to wait
for the right time to use your power.

Okay.

Whoa!

Protective Barrier!

Nice guard!

You're even as good as Frederica!

If you're going to say that,
I won't help you again, you know?

You're here already?
You're earlier than I thought.

I see that Sally was with you too.

Kanade, May and Yui, you were here.

Yes. We were so close
to meeting up with Maple...

but we walk too slowly.

Yui, we're still in a battle.

It's not time to relax and talk...

Well, it's probably going to be fine.

What?

Sword of Judgment!

Whirlwind Flurry!

I'm glad you're fine.

I didn't expect you guys to come together.

Payne! Dread!

You're much stronger than before.

I'm glad the final round isn't PvP.

What about other players?

Most of them didn't survive.

Our base was already swallowed.

So we're looking for a base again?

Jeez, so troublesome.

We put so much effort into making it.

It can't be helped.

Continuous exploration is difficult
without a base.

I'd like to negotiate something...

Is that okay?

What's going on?

In other words,
we're lending our base to everyone,

and they will all be coming here.

I was thinking about the same thing.

What do you say, guild master?

That's nice!

With everyone here,
we can defeat more monsters.

-And it sounds fun to have lots of people.
-Turtle!

All right then.
Thanks for inviting me here.

Make yourself at home.

Maple's base...

Are there any weird traps?

No, it's probably mostly okay.

Probably...?

But isn't it too perfect that your base
is almost in the center of the map?

It's just a coincidence.
I guess it's Maple's luck again.

Maple is amazing!

Sorry that there's so many of us.

No problem. I'm sure it'll be more fun
to have lots of friends with us.

I'm sorry. Our guild members
should be here soon too, but...

Big Bro!

They somehow managed to survive.

They've really got nothing
but the luck to escape trouble.

Okay then, we'll be guiding
you to our base!

We have enough space,

but we need
to make it comfortable for every guild...

We have to make lots of stuff.

My time to shine as the producer!

-Izu is...
-Fired up!

Now, it's finally time to release
the monsters of the second day.

Yeah. The forced teleportation
has defeated plenty of players.

And here, we'll continue
to give them challenges!

And players are still scattered all over.

Are you sure we won't
get complaints again?

Yes! We've split them
into different difficulty levels.

It'd be boring if the highest level
could be easily conquered!

Hey, look at this.

More than two parties are gathering?

What's this place?

It's Maple Tree,
the player's hazardous dungeon.

SECRETARY

The surviving members of the Holy Sword
and the Flame Emperors joined them.

Why? Just why?

The number is increasing? Increasing...

It would be cruel
to send tonight's monsters there...

For the monsters, I mean.

But we can't stop, right?

We've considered and adjusted a lot,

and did our best to minimize
the number of players who can survive...

Yes. Attacks from strong monsters,

destroying their bases,
disabling their maps...

And we also prepared rewards for those
who can conquer the high-difficulty level.

To think the top three guilds
are working together...

At this rate, there'll be more people
conquering it than expected!

What'll happen if more people do?

You don't know?

We'll continue adjusting...

What is this?

Well, this is...

Amazing!

If they're visible, we'll know the types
of traps we need to redeploy

and how strong the monsters are...

Waiting is so boring!

You're getting comfortable...

Well, I've visited Maple Tree
lots of times.

That means Sally has got back at you
lots of times, right?

What?

Looks like something got in.

That thing will reach us here.

They seem stronger than yesterday.

Payne! Time to work!

Okay.

I'll repay them for letting us
borrow this base.

I'll come too.

And everyone else should stay back.

Don't you hold back, Payne.

Yeah, of course.

All right. I'll just put buffs on you.

Good luck!

Be careful, you two!

Ignis! Holy Phoenix Flame!

Turn me into fire!

Ray, Torrent of Light!

Release All Mana!

k*lling Flame!

Light Sword of Holy Dragon!

Hey, you two!

You blew up Markus' camera too!

I also had a range increase buff on...

I'm sorry.

Yeah, my bad.

That was quite a rare item...

That was a pity, Markus.

This will take me a lot of time
to redeploy too...

What should we do?

It'd be inefficient to redeploy the traps
and a camera every time.

Then, what should we do?

It would be good
to intercept them all at once.

Tonight's monsters
don't seem too powerful.

Yeah.

So, to ensure our medals, we probably
should conquer the dungeon now.

We're going out?

Considering that we got
forcibly teleported today,

something else may happen
tomorrow morning.

The third morning will obviously be
even more dangerous than the second.

You agree with me.

We've lost most of our guild members,
but we should launch an attack.

In that case, we'll help you too!

Wa... Maple?

It'll be easier that way, right?

Well, our guild master agrees.
What do you say?

I couldn't ask for more.

All right. The east unit will be
May, Yui, Markus and Dread.

The west unit will be
Payne, Misery, Izu and Kanade.

The south unit will be
Drag, Shin, Kuromu and Kasumi.

Finally, the north unit will be
Maple, Mii, Frederica and me.

-Under the name of base defense!
-We will be...

staying here!

No matter what strong enemies may come,
we'll strike them down.

Our goal is to get medals!

Let's obtain as many as we can tonight!

Yeah!

-TELEPORTATION WAS UNEXPECTED.
-SO HARD TO FIGHT ALONE EVEN NORMAL LEVEL.

-I COULDN'T FIND MY GUILD.
-HOW WAS THE HIGHEST DIFFICULTY LEVEL?

-IT WAS HELL. STRONG MONSTERS EVERYWHERE
-DAMN. STRONG MONSTERS LIKE MAPLE?

KIND OF. I THOUGHT I COULD SURVIVE
BUT TELEPORTED LOCATION WAS AWFUL.

-DARN. GLAD I DIDN'T JOIN
-I AGREE. GOOD TRY ANYWAY.

I WANTED TO JOIN. I WANT TO GET ROMPED
BY MASS-PRODUCED MAPLES. DON'T YOU?