Episode 13

**Maxing Defense and Christmas** is the first episode of the second season of the BOFURI anime series.

## Summary

Risa informs Kaede of the news announcement of the Level 4 just released. Kaede logs into NewWorld Online without wasting any time.

Upon reading the area for the Level 3 boss, Maple transforms into her **Atrocity** form, and Kanade duplicates her with **Phantom World**. The Maple Tree guild members then watch as the multiple Maples beat down the boss.

Once they reach Level 4, they discover a traditional Japanese-themed city permanently set at nighttime. They decide to split up and explore the level and gather information.

During Sally's exploration, Frederica launches a failed surprise attack against her and then challenges Sally to a PvP duel.

Meanwhile, Maple spots Mii and, after following her, witnesses her change into an incognito form where she teleports somewhere. Feeling awful that she caught Mii in a compromised position, Maple followed where Mii headed, leading her to a Fluffy Friends Room. There, Maple watches Mii play with all the fluffy feline-like creatures and displays her cuter side. After realizing that Maple was there too, a brief pause between them occurs, and then some time passes, and they're seen happily playing with the creatures there. Maple also promises not to reveal her fluffy anime secret to anyone, and upon exiting the room, they're met by Marx and Misery, accompanied by two mob guild members. With the Flame Emperorer guildmates needing to discuss guild-related matters with her, Mii says goodbye to Maple and leaves with her guildmates.

Switching back to Sally's side, she defeats Frederica, using her new **Empty Shell** skill to survive a fatal attack.

Afterward, the Maple Tree guild members disclose their findings involving Level 4 to each other.

Eventually, Kasumi finds a shop with a red shogun armor set for sale and decides to finish a quest she picked up not too long ago. The quest involved defeating a phantom sword monster, which changes into the bewitched purple sword Yukari after defeating it. Wanting to try the sword out, Kasumi finds a monster to use it on and, upon drawing it out, is embarrassed at how it made her appearance more revealing. Although Kasumi managed to defeat the monster, a major drawback to the sword is that its ability curses her to be a kid for 10 minutes.

Dorazou announces the Sixth Event, which is a Christmas event where all players are sent to the jungle to find the presents. During the event, Maple fought against a bunch of monsters using her Machine Lord form and then used her **Atrosity** form and soon ran into Payne. After a brief talk with him, they decided to team up. The Admins witness their alliance, and their secretary recommends debuffing Maple; however, the admins decide against it. It's considered that if they debuff Maple, the whole game structure balance would collapse.

Soon, a swarm of bees and their leader, the Queen Bee, attack Maple and Payne. Through their combined efforts, they defeat the swarm. After the event, the Maple Tree guild holds a party in their base with the Flame Emperors and Holy Swords Guild. When all of the guild members open the presents that they got from the event, it's revealed to be Christmas-themed gear, and Maple got the rare Rudolph outfit.

## Characters

* Kaede Honjou
* Risa Shiramine
* Maple
* Sally
* Kanade
* Kasumi
* Chrome
* Mai
* Yui
* Iz
* Frederica
* Mii
* Marx
* Misery
* Dorazou
* Payne
* Dred
* Drag
* Shin

## Monsters

### Mobs

* Sakurapillar
* Cactorpion
* Suspider
* Catunny

### Bosses

* Four-Armed Robot
* Phantom Sword
* Queen Bee