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

g than her own.

Dread now maintained a distance between them as he stared at her.

“Because I strongly believe that I have to defeat you here… ‘G.o.d Speed’!”

This skill’s name was also one of the names that Dread was known by, and as the name implied, it granted him the speed of a G.o.d.

This power was set with the belief that the speed of a G.o.d should not be something that a human can process, and so he became invisible for 10 seconds.

“…Huh…”

Due to her information gathering, Sally was aware of this skill.

There was one reason that Dread did not keep this skill hidden.

It was because, just knowing about a skill, did not mean you could do anything about it.

With the exception of a handful of players, no one could deal with this skill.

However, Sally was among that handful.

“‘Running Water’!”

Sally used the current of sound and wind to find the invisible Dread.
Then she purposely left openings in her defenses, inviting him to attack.

Then she shouted the name of a certain skill as she cleanly blocked his short sword.

“‘Leap’!”

She leaped back in order to gain some distance, which allowed her some time to consider the direction of her next attack.
However, Dread was still not visible to her.

“…Did he leave? Well, at least I was able to show ‘Running Water.’ That’s good.”

Sally was sure that Frederica and Dread were from the same guild, and so she was satisfied to have been able to gain some more reliable information.

“…But it looks like it will be really hard to have your attacks land on him.”

Sally thought that she would try and practice Dread’s methods of using fear and instincts as sensors in order to avoid attacks.
Then she went out to search for the next guild.

Dread chased after the other members who returned first and thought about what had happened.

“‘Running Water’… Even without it, her ability to evade was impressive… Also, that feeling I got…”

There were only two other players in this game that had made Dread feel such a chill upon seeing them.

One was Pain.
The other was Maple.

“If she was equal to those two…does that mean I barely survived?”

Sally still had hidden powers, she had not gone all out in that fight.

That was the only explanation for what he felt.

But after thinking this, Dread grew tired of it all.

“I’ll talk to Pain about it when I return.
I’m not good at thinking about such things.”

The two had met by coincidence and parted ways with something important acquired.

Dread had heard about Sally from Frederica, and now he felt something disturbing.

Sally had succeeded in making herself look stronger with the use of Running Water, but more than that…

She had found out a way to improve her evasion abilities even more.