Episode 11

Defense and Mighty Foe is the eleventh of the BOFURI anime series.

Summary
The 4th event continues at Maple, and the twins, Mai and Yui, engage in battle with the Kingdom of the Flame Emperor guild. Mii, Marx, and Misery fight hard to separate Maple from the twins. To overcome the situation, Maple sends the twins out of reach with Syrup and fights alone.

After being knocked around for a while with magic and defense penetration skills, the battle turns south. Maple gets locked in a cage of physical flames. To overcome the situation, Maple unleashes Machine God. The once-close battle becomes a one-sided slaughter. Although Mii survives, her desire to avenge Markus and Misery led to using a self-destruct spell that Maple brushed off as a passing breeze. However, despite their efforts, the Flame Emperor's orb was taken, presumably by Shin and a couple of mob guild characters.

Overall, it's decided that instead of chasing after Shin for the stolen orb, they'd hunt the orbs around the surrounding area.

Respawning at a separate location, Mii nearly showed her tsundere side in front of Marx and Misery, who informed her that Maple survived Mii's sacrificial attack. Although their orb was secured, Mii was flabbergasted that Maple survived her attack and tearfully ran away while vowing to get her next time.

Eventually, the members of Maple Tree reconvene somewhere far from their base, where Chrome reveals they're having difficulty staying in the 10th place. Hence, Sally suggests that Iz and Kanade watch over the base while everyone else goes orb hunting. They separate into two groups, Maple, Kasumi, and Chrome goes into group one, while Sally, Mai, and Yui are group two. In their endeavors, they manage to collect more orbs while Iz and Kanade protect the base by themselves.

Soon after, the guild members returned to their base, and Sally suspected that the Congregation of the Holy Swords had plans to launch an attack against them. Although the Maple Tree Guild planned to rest before they fled with their orb, the Holy Swords Guild launched an assault on Maple Tree, intending to slay Maple.

The Holy Sword Guild members were comprised of Payne, Frederica, Dred, and Drag. All of whom used their combined skills to get the upper hand on Maple, who was forced to use her Unyielding Guardian skill.

Characters

 * Kaede Honjou/Maple
 * Mai
 * Yui
 * Syrup
 * Mii
 * Marx
 * Misery
 * Shin
 * Risa Shiramine/Sally
 * Oboro
 * Chrome
 * Kasumi
 * Kanade
 * Iz
 * Christmas Rose
 * Payne
 * Frederica
 * Dred
 * Drag

Trivia & Notes

 * Having Iz and Kanade be the guards was a bad strategy. Iz has to rely on pre-made tools since Crafters are not a fighting class. Kanade is a Mage who needs time to cast magic.
 * Payne seems to have started as a Great Shielder like Maple, but chose a more balanced skill set to use swordsmanship, allowing him the element of surprise with his defensive skills.
 * Maple only has one trump card left to play at this point: Atrocity.