Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 #1 Share Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) Manta silently exited the town of Snowfrost, leaving the safe zone. This floor was way below her level, but as she had learned from Ebony, sometimes that wasn't such a bad thing, at least in terms of collecting materials. Her AOE was pretty bad, and she didn't ever plan on upgrading her martial arts skills to the point where she could use the one available to rapier users. She needed to prepare for some PvP battles. She was going after that unique skill after all. Maybe she should get some mitigation after she finished grand mastering charge. Edited November 25, 2015 by Manta Gaul Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #2 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Ebony had loaned her a special diamond for this. Manta had unequipped her gauntlets and breastplate for this expedition, slapping the diamond onto her darkened rapier and equipping the Koumori Hitter as well. Hopefully this would be a good day for material hunting. Both her and Ebony both needed the mats and it wouldn't be long before Hikoru ran out of the ones she had given him. She quickly went over her equipment and stats. Spoiler Stats: Darkened Rapier: 4 Fallen Damage, 1 Accuracy Koumori Hitter: 2 Accuracy, 1 Recover Black Diamond: 2 LD Total: Damage: (Non crit) 7(Base) +4(Fallen)=11 +2(Charge)= 13 DMG (First Strike) Evasion: 1 Accuracy: 4 Recover: 1 Loot Dice: +2 HP: +10 (Survival+Athletics)+ 116= 126 Energy: 29 Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #3 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta smiled as she finished checking everything over. Of course, this wasn't her combat set of gear. She had a set for PvP, a set for mat gathering, and a set for the boss fight. It was a lot of equipment, but she liked to be ready for all occasions. Her skills were another story entirely. She wasn't built for PvP or Mat gathering, only boss fights. With a few small tweaks she could fix that though. Some points in mitigation and a few other things would set her right up for PvP. ID# 40068 results: Loot: 11 (+2)= 13 Fail Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #4 Share Posted November 25, 2015 The reappearance of an older member of Azure Brigade had had her on edge lately, Oikaza or something similar was his name. To tell the truth she hadn't payed much attention to the name, only the news that now she would be having even more competition in the hunt for the Duelist unique. It was just more motivation for her to become stronger. She couldn't let him beat her to the skill, because she knew what would happen if he did. People with unique skills were always extremely overpowered, and basically impossible to beat in duels, so once someone got it was pretty much theirs to keep. ID# 40070 results: Loot: 1 (+2)=3 Fail Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #5 Share Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) Manta unsheathed her sword as she entered the snowy forest. It wasn't long before she came across a group of small ice elementals. With a single horizontal slash her blade cut through all of them, causing them to burst into blue and green crystals. There were four materials. She doubted that this sort of luck would occur again, so she was happy for the moment, but didn't expect much for the future. ID# 40074 results: Battle: 5 (+4)=9 Hit! (13 DMG) Loot: 14 (+2)= 16 Success! Loot: 4 Mats Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Manta: 126/126 EN: 27/29 (-2) Edited November 25, 2015 by Manta Gaul Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #6 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta smiled to herself as she continued wandering through the woods. She pause a few minutes later. Did her eyes deceive her? It didn't look that way. Another group of ice elementals were standing around a ways away. Manta charged, sprinting through the trees and slicing through them all with one attack. Once by one they burst into pixels. It was incredible luck, the amount of materials she already had. ID# 40075 results: Battle: 9 Crit Hit (10 DMG) Loot: 19 (+2)= 21 Success! Total Loot: 8 Mats Ice Elemental: 0/10 (-10) Ice Elemental: 0/10 (-10) Ice Elemental: 0/10 (-10) Ice Elemental: 0/10 (-10) Manta: 126/126 EN: 25/29 (-2) Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #7 Share Posted November 25, 2015 This was getting a bit ridiculous, but in a good way. A few meters away from the elementals she had just killed were another group. They hadn't noticed her yet, so she let out a war cry and charged forwards, slashing through them. Unsurprisingly they all died. This was incredible luck, more luck Than Manta had had in a long time. She supposed it was just all of that bad luck she'd had with crafting equaling out with good luck in collecting materials. ID# 40076 results: Battle: 8 Hit! (13 DMG) Loot: 15 (+2)= 17 Success! Total Loot: 12 Mats Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Manta: 126/126 EN: 23/29 (-2) Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #8 Share Posted November 25, 2015 As Manta walked she found herself thinking back on the person she'd used to be, back before Sousuke had deserted her. Well, deserted her for the first time. He appeared to have done it again. She wasn't so upset this time, having been prepared for the possibility, but before she had been extremely distressed. It had changed her, both for the better and for the worse. She no longer hid behind a false smile, but she'd had a lot of trouble trusting anyone for a while after that. Luckily she had grown out of that as she became more powerful. ID# 40077 results: Loot: 7 Fail Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #9 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta nodded, thinking back. A lot of good had come from something bad. She continued to walk until she heard growling coming from the bushes on either side of her. She jumped back as four scrawny grey wolves pounced at her in tandem She easily dodged and slashed her blade across the enemies. Moments later the wolves burst into pixels. Just as she had thought, she was having an incredible lucky streak. ID# 40082 results: Battle: 9 (10 DMG) Loot: 19 (+2)= 21 Success! Total Loot: 16 Mats Rabid Wolf: 0/10 (-10) Rabid Wolf: 0/10 (-10) Rabid Wolf: 0/10 (-10) Rabid Wolf: 0/10 (-10) Manta: 126/126 EN: 22/29 (-2) Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #10 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta grinned at her fortune and continued on her way, her darkened rapier held at the ready. It wasn't long before she came across another group of elementals. She activated her sword skill, her blade glowing blue as she slashed through them, killing them. It certainly seemed like when you were lucky you were lucky a lot. Luck seemed to work in extremes. You were either really lucky or really unlucky. ID# 40085 results: Battle: 6 (+4)= 10 Hit! (13 DMG) Loot: 17 (+2)= 19 Success! Total Loot: 20 Mats Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Manta: 126/126 EN: 20/29 (-2) Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #11 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta continued walking, stepping over a fallen tree before coming face to face with yet another group of elementals. She raised her rapier and slashed, her blade slicing through the group and causing them all to burst into pixels. This was more loot than she had expected to get when she'd set out on this little material hunt. She sheathed her rapier, continuing to walk through the forest. ID# 40110 results: Battle: 10 Hit! (11 DMG) Loot: 20 Success! Total Loot: 24 Mats Ice Elemental: 0/11 (-11) Ice Elemental: 0/11 (-11) Ice Elemental: 0/11 (-11) Ice Elemental: 0/11 (-11) Manta: 126/126 EN: 18/29 (-2) Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #12 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta took a turn a ways into the forest, randomly heading to the right. She had almost the entire floor mapped out, so she wouldn't have any trouble getting back to Snowfrost Town. She walked slowly, almost strolling. She wasn't in any sort of rush, as she already had more materials than she ever expected to get on this single hunt. She smiled, looking around and enjoying the calm of the forest. ID# 40116 results: Loot: 9 Fail Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #13 Share Posted November 25, 2015 She let out a long sigh, enjoying the sight of her breath condensing like smoke in front of her. She remembered back when Sousuke and her had done things like this. Speaking of Sousuke... She hadn't seen him for so long. This was the second time this had happened, and she wanted it to be the last. She couldn't keep doing this. She glanced down at the engagement ring on her finger sadly. Maybe it was time to call the whole thing off. ID# 40118 results: Loot: 4 Fail Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #14 Share Posted November 25, 2015 She wasnt just going to send him a message to tell him though. Granted he was extremely hard to find, so it might actually come to that. If she didn't hear from him within a month she was getting one of those mailbox items and sending him the ring back. She unsheathed her rapier, hearing the familiar growling sounds. She twirled around, slashing out in the same motion and cutting through the four wolves that had been sneaking up behind her, one hit killing each of them. ID# 40119 results: Battle: 9 Hit! (10 DMG) Loot: 19 Success! Total Loot: 28 Mats Rabid Wolf: 0/10 (-10) Rabid Wolf: 0/10 (-10) Rabid Wolf: 0/10 (-10) Rabid Wolf: 0/10 (-10) Manta: 126/126 EN: 18/29 (-2) Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #15 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta continued to walk around a bit aimlessly. If she came across any mobs she would fight them, but until then she would enjoy the peace and quiet of the forest. It was strange to think that all of this wasn't real. It was just an environment set up by a videogame. She smiled to herself. There really wasn't all that much that was different about this game from real life. ID# 40134 results: Loot: 4 Fail Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #16 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta's boots crunched in the fresh snow as she walked, breaking the silence. She continued her stroll right up until she reached another group of ice elementals. She activated her sword art again, and slashed through the group, garnering herself another four materials. This was definitely a good day for material hunting. She would have to share some of these materials with Ebony. ID# 40136 results: Battle: 3 (+4)= 7 Success! Loot: 15 (+2)= 17 Success! Total Loot: 32 Mats Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Manta: 126/126 EN: 17/29 (-2) Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #17 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta took a turn to the left, continuing to walk. The forest was quite large, and hopefully would have a lot more ice elementals and wolves that she could fight for materials. The other members of the clearing party needed safeguard potions, and once she got these materials she would finally have enough to do her crafting for the day. She was eagerly anticipating the upcoming boss fight, and it couldn't happen until they had enough safeguards. ID# 40138 results: Loot: 9 Fail Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #18 Share Posted November 25, 2015 She would have been determined to get a unique item in the next fight, but she knew that that wouldn't happen. The unique items were given to those who were the best. SHe believed there was healing, damage taking, and damage dealing. She could already say who would get the damage dealing and damage taking ones. Healing... Well, that was a bit more ambiguous. It could be Ebony, if she even attended the boss fight, or Shizuka or Zandra. ID# 40140 results: Loot: 11 Fail Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #19 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Manta pulled up her HUD for a moment, checking her map. She was pretty far out, and had more mats than she needed. It was probably time to head back. She swiped her hud away and turned towards Snowfrost town. On th way back she ran across another group of ice elementals. Her blade glowed red, and she slashed through the group, collecting the materials and continuing on back towards the town. ID# 40143 results: Battle: 10 Hit! (11 DMG) Craft: 7 Loot: 13 (+2)= 15 Success! Total Loot: 36 Mats Ice Elemental: 0/11 (-11) Ice Elemental: 0/11 (-11) Ice Elemental: 0/11 (-11) Ice Elemental: 0/11 (-11) Manta: 126/126 EN: 17/29 (-2) Link to post Share on other sites
Amira 0 Posted November 25, 2015 Author #20 Share Posted November 25, 2015 She finally exited the forest about a half hour later, only to find another group of ice elementals hanging around. She activated her sword art and slashed through them before continuing on back towards the town. She needed to get back and do some crafting now that she had the materials she needed to do so. The sooner they did the boss fight the better, at least in her opinion. ID# 40146 results: Battle: 3 (+3)= 6 Hit! (13 DMG) Craft: 4 Loot: 18 Success! Total Loot: 40 Mats Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Ice Elemental: 0/13 (-13) Manta: 126/126 EN: 15/29 (-2) Link to post Share on other sites
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