The lord of the 25th floor was defeated by Fang Zheng and his team without any danger. Although they still won in the end, Fang Zheng also discovered a big problem.
That is the current balance of power in the Raiders group.
If the entire Dark Moon Sword strategy team is compared to a game character, then the attack of this game character is A, the agility is A, and the defense is about C - this is entirely due to the two talents of Nanami and Aoba. If these two people are not there, the defense of the strategy team will probably be only level D.
To put it bluntly, the current problem of the entire strategy group is high attack, high agility and low defense. They don't have to worry too much when facing single attacks, but problems arise when encountering continuous AOE attacks.
But solving this problem is not easy either.
This doesn't mean that Asuna and the others can just hold a shield in their hands. They didn't hold a shield before not because they wanted to be cool, but because they could react faster. After all, holding a shield in the hand will block the vision and change the center of gravity balance, which is a very important problem for Asuna, Yuki, Kuroneko and others who rely on speed.
The only correct option right now is to increase the number of members in the strategy team, but the number of MTs is not so easy to control...
“Boom boom boom.”
Just as Fang Zheng was thinking, there was a knock on the door, interrupting his thoughts. Fang Zheng raised his head and looked towards the door.
"Come in."
Soon, the door opened, and the black cat poked its head in.
"Mr. Fang Zheng? I hope I didn't disturb you."
"No, Chat Noir, what's the matter?"
Fang Zheng didn't think that Black Cat came to thank him for what happened during the previous strategy battle. They had been in this game for nearly half a year and had experienced countless life-and-death battles. Everyone had taken a knife for each other before. They were all friends who had risked their lives for each other. It would be hypocritical to bring this up again.
"Um……"
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Black Cat hesitated for a long time, her eyes kept looking around, as if she was thinking about something. Fang Zheng did not urge her, but just sat there and stared at the girl in front of him. Finally, Black Cat made up her mind and spoke.
"Um... I want to ask you about what you said to me before, about me being a MT..."
"That?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then immediately recalled what Black Cat said. That was when Black Cat had just joined. Fang Zheng was optimistic about Black Cat's reaction and overall view, so he wanted to ask her to be MT. However, Black Cat at that time was obviously not interested in this, and there were no too difficult enemies encountered at that time, so Fang Zheng never mentioned this matter again after that. He just occasionally let Aoba and Nanami play the role of MT, which could solve the problem.
He originally thought that Black Cat had forgotten about this matter long ago, but he didn't expect that she still remembered it.
And now she is talking to me about...
"You want to change your job to MT?"
"……Um."
Facing Fang Zheng's gaze, Black Cat hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"Can I ask why?"
“…”
This time Black Cat did not answer immediately. Instead, she looked at Fang Zheng hesitantly.
"I, I can say it, but you can't laugh at me!"
"Okay, I promise not to laugh at you."
“…I’m afraid of death.”
This time, Black Cat did not act like her usual middle school idol. Instead, she lowered her head like a little kid who had done something wrong.
"To be honest, although I still remember that I am in a death game, I always feel that since I have fought all the way here, there must be no danger. However... from the previous lord battle, we can see that the enemies we will face in the future will become stronger and stronger. This time we are lucky..."
“…”
Fang Zheng didn't say anything, but nodded silently. Black Cat was indeed a game master, and he was very keenly aware of the problem. In fact, if it was just a simple improvement of the boss's attributes, Fang Zheng really wouldn't be worried. But the wave of self-explosion before the boss died was his biggest headache. According to the characteristics of the level design, this was still a 25th-floor boss, and there might be small monsters self-exploding in the higher levels in the future. Facing the self-explosion in this situation, simply reacting and blocking was obviously not enough.
"...I was really scared at the time. I really thought I was going to die. When I thought of this, I thought of my parents and my sisters. I wonder how sad they would be if they saw me dead... And there are other people. I hope everyone can leave this death game peacefully, but it won't work if we continue like this. We have to make changes."
Having said that, the black cat raised his head.
"So... I want to protect myself and everyone else."
"You said it very well."
Looking at the girl in front of him, Fang Zheng smiled slightly, then he crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair.
"Since you remember what I said at that time, you should not have forgotten that I once told you that if you choose to be an MT, it is equivalent to carrying the lives of others on your shoulders."
"Of course I thought of that."
At this time, the black cat straightened his chest, stretched out his hand and placed it in front of his chest, putting on a smug look.
"But I have also figured it out. This is my destiny. I walk in the darkness, carrying a sad destiny! If I just keep running away, I will only succumb to the curse and sink into depravity. But when I break this destiny, I will become the Holy Angel White Cat! At that time, I will recover the memories of my previous life and regain the power that truly belongs to me!"
Well, I can still be a middle school student. It seems that there is really no problem.
Seeing the black cat return to normal, Fang Zheng's lips curled up slightly, but soon he pointed out another problem.
"Have you really thought it through? You have to know that if you become a MT, your sickle will be useless."
“Woo…”
Hearing this, the black cat who had been so smug just now suddenly turned pale and staggered back a step... She really hadn't thought about this problem!
"Really... there's no way to use it?"
Facing Black Cat's helpless request for help, Fang Zheng stared at her silently - what do you think? Which MT would use a scythe?
“Uh… this…”
“…”
Seeing Black Cat's tangled expression, Fang Zheng was completely helpless. He was clearly determined to sacrifice his own life, but he hesitated over changing weapons. His second-year values were really incomprehensible...
"There's nothing I can do. It seems that for the sake of this world, I can only seal my own dark power..."
Black Cat reached out and held down his right hand tightly, in pain as if it was about to be amputated. Seeing this, Fang Zheng couldn't stand it anymore... I know you are a middle school student, but don't act so exaggerated. I feel embarrassed even if you are not embarrassed...
"Don't worry, I will make you a new weapon that suits your interests. How about that? Will you be satisfied now?"
"real!?"
Hearing this, Black Cat's expression of pain, which looked like he was about to have his limbs amputated, suddenly turned into a smile. Since Fang Zheng said so, Black Cat naturally stopped worrying!
"Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Fang Zheng!"