Episode 09

Defense and Fourth Event is the ninth episode of BOFURI anime series.

Summary
In a barren and open field, Maple showcases the newest powerup she received from the Machine Lord to her Maple Tree guild mates.

Meanwhile, Payne, Dred, and Dred of the Congregation of the Holy Swords Guild, go monster hunting in preparation for the Guild Competition. Dred curiously asks where Frederica is, and Payne answers that she's out spying on the Maple Tree Guild.

Elsewhere, Maple, Sally, Mai, and Yui, enjoyed themselves at a patch of shore area in swimwear that Iz made for them. At a canyon area, Kasumi and Chrome were leveling up by fighting off a pack of wolves. Kanade was preparing his Magical Cube, and Iz did material hunting and received a new outfit with the Unbreakable, and allowed her to craft anything anywhere from a treasure chest.

Returning to Maple's side, Sally calls out Fredrica from hiding, who instantly figures out that Fredrica is scouting them concerning the upcoming Guild Competition. Fredrica tacitly admits it, and Sally challenges her to a duel where the loser gives up information on a guild of their choice, which she accepts.

After Fredrica accepts the duel, Sally sets up the duel conditions that teleport them to a colosseum location. There, Sally manages to evade all of her magic attacks. Sally also uses a couple of fake skills called, Coax Attack and Cascade and in the end, Frederica surrenders. As promised, Frederica then gives Sally the information she has on the Kingdom of the Flame Emperor guild.

Afterward, Sally explains to her guildmates how she duped Frederica into believing the fake skills she used against her were actual ones.

An announcement from Dorazou is given as he explains the upcoming Guild Competition involving stealing orbs from other guilds while defending their own. Sally evaluates their Guild's current manpower and deems it heavily inadequate, but assigns everyone tasks that'd be optimal for the upcoming event. In the meantime, Sally suggests they use what time they have to level up, and they do so until the day of the event.

Sally, Chrome, and Kasumi act as Guild attackers, and they briskly and tactfully retrieve their first orb that is delivered back to the Guild by Kasumi and Chrome. On the other hand, Sally continues hunting other guilds, using her stealth and cunning to gain a few orbs. However, she eventually has a brief brush-in with the Holy Swords' Dread before stealing an orb from the Flame Emperors in front of their guild leader Mii. Using Vanish, Sally can narrowly escape from Mii's line of fire, showing her tsundere side.

With several orbs under their control, the Maple Tree members use Maple's angelic defense to guard their base against invaders.

Characters

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

Notes & Trivia

 * In a humorous moment, Frederica is almost mistaken for a pervert when she admits to spying on Maple, Sally, Yui and Mai the entire time they were swimming; while Sally understood why, the other three covered themselves with their arms in embarrassment
 * Attentive viewers can tell Sally faked moves by noticing the absence of an echo when she calls them out.