Hakai

Her boots squelched as she maneuvered her way on the bank of the river, being careful not to slip. The footing wasn't terrible, but it was eating away at her stamina little by little. Still better than hacking and slashing her way through branches an leaves. She could see tiny fish swimming through the crystal clear water, seemingly unaffected by the fast current. They dipped behind rocks and circled small pools of still water where the stream was blocked by small rocks. This game's ability to emulate real life was remarkable sometimes. She took a deep breath, the cool breeze refreshing after

There it was, right up ahead. Hakai pushed her way through the final barrier of bushes and branches, coming out into a clear section right in front of a stream. The banks of the brook were clear, the muddy banks overrun with various animal tracks. There were no animals in sight, the clumsy way she had maneuvered through the forest had likely alerted them long before she even got close. That was fine though, she wasn't here to hunt rabbits and deer. This was a treasure hunt, not an animal hunt. And her next destination was downstream. She wanted to follow the creek, avoiding the annoyance of th

She fumbled her way through the branches, being careful not to get her clothes caught on anything. The trail seemed to be fading as she followed it, making her question whether she had gone the right direction or not. She focused on her hearing instead of her sight, listening for any splashing or rushing sound of water. At times like this when vision was obscured, she had to rely on her other senses to navigate. There. Ever so faintly she could make out the burbling of a creek, and in the direction she had been going too. She had been beginning to feel as though she was losing her touch. She p

Hakai crossed her arms, kicking up dirt as she made her way deeper into the forest, following a game trail that she had stumbled on earlier. She would assume that it would likely lead to a body of water, some kind of stream or river where animals got drinking water. She didn't know if there was a correlation between more wildlife and a higher likelyhood of a dungeon, but she had a feeling that it would lead to something. Hopefully not to the monkey king though. She might be able to handle it herself, but she'd rather not risk it, not by herself. She ducked under an overhanging branch, pushing

ID: 242969 | CD: 10 Success! Unidentified weapons and armor, just what she liked to see. She had been thinking about opening her shop back up but didnt have any stock or anything to practice on to rank up. It seemed like some of her prayers had been answered for once. Then again that was giving a lot of credit to some higher power when she was the one doing all the work. It only made sense that she would be rewarded for her efforts. Her snake slithered up her arm and across her shoulder, draping itself over the back of her neck. She gave it a little boop. "Dungeons and treasures, go

Hakai rolled over, clambering to her feet as fast as she could to face her enemies. Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. The filth had actually touched her. Unforgivable. She scowled, her legs propelling her forwards as she gripped the handle of her katana tighter. She twisted, putting her whole body into the slash, wind whistling as the sharp blade sliced through the air. One, two, three, the katana ripped through the three gorillas, decapitating them all cleanly. She whirled towards the remaining one, intending to give it the same treatment, only to see it collapse and burst into red crystals

+ 4 EN, -19 EN Hakai leaped back to gain some distance, activating the start of her sword art using the distance she created. She slashed at the group, her swing wild and messy. She had been paying too much attention to avoiding the Gorilla's nasty extremities, and not enough to maintaining her balance. Her sword cleaved through one enemy and then a second before she found herself stumbling forward directly into the rotten fist of another gorilla. Before she could even process the pain from the squelchy awful strike she was hit with a kick to her side, knocking her away and onto the groun

-2 EN Her foot caught on an upraised root, and she stumbled out of the brush and into what she was fairly certain was the same clearing she had fought in last time. Only this time there was an entirely different group of enemies. It seemed the enemies in this game liked to travel in groups of four. They were gorillas this time, each of them nearly two times the size of the previous monkeys. There was a horrible stench, and on further inspection they seem to have rotten extremities. Zombie gorillas? No, everything else about the was fine. They must just be suffering from some kind of medic

ID: 242950 | LD: 6 + (6 +2 [Searching]))= 14 Failed search. No dungeon found It only took a few more feet before Hakai started to realize that she had made a mistake somewhere along the line. The tree line had started to thin, and it was becoming more and more apparent that she was getting very close to the main settlement, Ellesmera. She wasn't quite sure where she had gotten turned around, but this was very obviously the opposite direction of where she had intended to head. Hakai grumbled to herself as she backtracked, attempting to find her way back to the clearing where she had found

ID: 242949 | CD: 3| Training failed (i see how it is) CD req now: 3 A dungeon was a hidden area with monsters and a big treasure at the end. The key was that it was hidden. With one last pet of her serpent she trudged deeper into the surrounding forest. She was looking for a place that others hadn't found yet, so the deeper she went the higher her odds of finding one were. She had invested rather heavily in her own scouting abilities and her intention with her familiar was to double down on that specialty. There were riches in her future if she could manage to figure this out. It wasn't g

ID: 242939 | LD: 10 +6 = 16 | Material Found! Her fingers trailed gently over the snakes diamond shaped head as it coiled back around her arm. The pet had failed it's duty, but she couldn't bring herself to be too upset with it. It was an animal, it followed its instincts. It did what it was designed to do, and training it to do more was bound to be difficult. It seemed to like finding shiny things, she just needed to teach it to find the right ones. The snake's tongue flickered out as it wiggled happily from the pets. Did this seem like encouragement? She didn't want to encourage it to d

Hakai dodged and weaved, slowly growing used to the monkey's attack patterns. Now that the fight was one on one there was no reason to rush in recklessly. Before she had wanted to take control of the flow of the fight aggressively, but now she controlled it defensively. Ducking under a particularly aggressive swing, she saw her moment. The martial monkey had committed a hair too much to the attack, his center of balance shifting ever so much. Her previously passive blade sang with the sound of steel on bone as it penetrated straight through the primate's chest, nearly down to the tang. He

With the back being one of the tougher parts of the human body, the damage wasn't too severe. It looked like one of the monkeys that she had failed to kill in one shot had managed to claw into her shoulder. She continued the momentum of the spin, making a mental note not to underestimate the tenacity of enemies made up of ones and zeros. Her leg muscles tensed as she slipped into a more bladed stance, unleashing the strongest of her sword arts, slashing ferociously at the one unscathed monkey, hacking it to pieces before it shattered into red particles. She twisted to face the remaining monkey

Maneuvering her way through the brush behind her snake, she soon found herself in another clearing. This one, however, was occupied. Not by a dungeon, or materials, but by 4 strangely large monkeys. In a forest like this one that was hardly strange, but these monkeys had bandanas of different colors tied fashionably around their foreheads. Upon seeing Hakai, they all struck various martial arts poses. She recognized a few. That was the tiger stance, the next the crane. the third the praying mantis, and the last.... He just looked like a monkey. Regardless, it was apparent that they weren't jus

ID: 242915 CD: 5 Failure Requirement reduced by 2 She paused for a moment, contemplating how to resolve the obvious miscommunication. The pet obviously understood the concept that they were supposed to be searching for something. That much was clear from the two materials she now had in her inventory. Maybe she needed to stress the whole enemy thing. "No, we need to find somewhere with enemies. Somewhere to fight but that also has treasure. Preferably more than just a single material." She let her breath out in a huff. This was getting to her more than it should be. "Try to

ID: 242914 LD: 20 (+6) = 26 Material Found! The ginger booped her pet snake gently, sliding the material into her inventory with her other hand. "I'm talking hidden areas, secret enemies, treasure chests and lots of money." She glanced over at the serpent who was staring back at her with it's head cocked to the side in confusion. It seemed the creature believed that it had accomplished what had been asked of it. Hakai let out a sigh and mimed swinging her sword in the air, making a swishing noise followed up by an explosion sound effect. It didn't seem to be getting through to t

ID: 242913 LD: 18 (+6) = 24 Material Found! The snake's forked tongue flickered out, it's head raised up and slowly panning like it was attempting to sense something. Hakai had heard once that snakes could smell heat and see in infrared. Was this the moment her pet went from deadweight to mystic metal detector? After a brief moment the serpent stopped moving, it's diamond shaped head firmly fixed in one direction. Even when she moved the direction of her arm her pet continued to point in the same direction. Of course the pet of someone as extraordinary as her would succeed on th

ID: 242911 LD: 6 (+6) = 12 Nothing found Her eyes darted around the nearby environment, continuing to caress her pet gently. Her fingers gently wrapped themselves around the serpent, slowly and carefully extricating it from around her ankle. The snake let out a loud hiss of discontent, but allowed itself to be moved. With her living jewelry now safely secured around her arm like some sort of exotic bangle, the young woman slowly stood up from her crouch. "What do you say we put you to work for once? You cant come when I get out of here, but if you do a good job I at least won't expun

The wind whistled through the heavy foliage of the eight floor, the small alcove Hakai found herself nestled in providing little in the way of protection from the strong gust. She let out a little pfft of breath, the hair that had managed to find it's way into her mouth fluttering momentarily before falling back into place. This was definitely one of her favorite floors. The walls of trees in every direction lended itself to a sense of privacy, pretty much wherever you went. A rustling near her feet drew her attention, the white and black snake that she had befriended long ago slithering out o

Buying the following items: Teleport Crystal x1 T4 Blank Dungeon Map x1 Total: (400 * 1) + (800 * 1) = 1,200col

Hakai approached the tailors shop tentatively. She really needed some new equipment and she was running out of time to get it. Gently nudging the door open she peek her head in, glancing around at the wares on display. The craftsmanship was impressive; this seemed like the right place. "Hey, I'm looking to get some armor made. Its a bit of a rush order, so I was hoping to keep it simple." Hakai pulled out a sheet of paper and glanced it over before placing it on the counter in front of her and nudging it towards the shop owner. She brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, motioning with her ot

Character Name: Hakai Character Description: Hakai is a sadist who enjoys hurting others in order to feel in control of her own life. Her entire life before SAO she spent getting into brawls and getting in trouble to the point where it was causing major issues in her life. She has a lot of unaddressed emotional problems that tend to build up after a while, but despite all of this she isnt an evil person. She can come to care a lot about the few people she unwillingly grows close to. Character Journal: Hakai Character Name: Ivory Lotus Character Description:

Current Level: 37 Current SP: 130 Link to SP Tracking: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lwSqpoPGHj5fpgbBO1tk52VzB0NpmDCGT_jcbvv5AUQ/edit?usp=sharing Item Upgrades: 2.6 | PRE-CONVERSION 3.0 | UPGRADED ITEM #1 Item Name: Limbo's Claw V1 Item ID: 70743 Item Tier: 2 Item Type: Katana Item Rarity: Perfect Item Enhancements: 2 Bleed, 1 Paralyze Description: A black katana with a scarlet edge Item Name: Limbo's Claw Item Tier: 4 Item