[SP - F16] Field trip? <<EaL retry>> [Scouting Floor 16]

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

The blonde finally managed to break free of its silky bindings, she let out a huge sigh to see that just then the giant spider has been defeated and the fun was over. "Thanks guys!" she said to the ones that helped her be free from the spiderlings. Then she charged towards the stairs ascending towards the new floor. She saw Takao rush there too, just a bit before her and she was determined to not let him have this next boss planning. Competitive spirit fuelled her action and pumped adrenaline through her veins as she leaped over steps, after 48 of them, reaching the hatch towards the undiscovered territory. "AAAhhhhhhhh" she took a breath of fresh air once she was out in the open again. Only then did she notice webbing still sticking to her and moved her hands to remove it while taking a look at her surroundings. She had double goals, she would go search for the boss room and if she fails, she would gather all the materials she could. A redo of the earning a living quest of something like that.

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

"Great...." enthusiastically claimed the blonde as she could smell sulfur in the air. She'd been through this once... on the frickin 9th floor that was vulcanic themed. It seems 'originality' was a word that the content creators of this 'game' needed to search in the dictionary. With a sigh she opened her menu and after navigating through it she made a couple of swaps on her inventory mannequin. The omamori at the end of her sword vanished while being replaced with a small golden ball, the only unique in her possession... she had yet to use it so why not give it a chance here? Then her shoulder pads and vambraces lit up but nothing apparently changed, except her stats. She dumped her evasion in return for Thorns damage and prosperity. The bloodclot enhancement interested her little as she didn't expect to bleeded.

Swapped Apoyo del Leon, +38 dmg mit, +1 LM for Lion's protection, +28 thorns, +1 LM.
Swapped Omamori: Feline Eyes, +2 Evasion +1 Accuracy for «Holy Sovereign Orb of Antioch», +4 Prosperity, Bloodclot [Trinket].

Used Malum crystallus, 3^rd grade 2^nd edition (+2 Dmg) and Sand Armor [Potion] (+27 Mitigation).

Spoiler

Stats:

• Health: 193 / Energy: 47 / Basic Damage: 15 (13+2) / Damage Mitigation: 47 (20+27)
• Accuracy: 2 / Evasion: 0 / Light Momentum: 1

Skills & Mods:

• One Handed Rapier: Grandmaster -> Precision & Rank 5 Ferocity
• Light Armor: Master ->Athletics
• Charge: Grandmaster ->Bullrush (not using it this time as I want to get hit)
• Fighting Spirit
• Concentration
• Survival

Equipped Items:

1. Broken Dream, +6 Damage
2. «Holy Sovereign Orb of Antioch», +4 Prosperity, Bloodclot [Trinket]
3. Lion's protection, +28 Thorns, +1 Light Momentum
4. Kimba, +1 Accuracy [Familiar]

Active Buffs:

• +2 Damage
• +27 Damage Mitigation

Battle Ready Inventory:

1. 5x Medella crystallus, 2nd grade, 2nd edition (+40 HP Recovery) [Crystal]
2. 1x Malum crystallus, 3^rd grade 2^nd edition (+2 Dmg) Used
3. 3x Medella crystallus, 3nd grade, 2nd edition (+20 HP Recovery) [Crystal]
4. Basic Teleport [Crystal]
5. 1x Sand Armor [Potion] Used
6. Omamori: Feline Eyes, +2 Evasion +1 Accuracy [Dimensional Backpack Extra Slot]

 

It was time she got back to some dungeoneering ...

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

It didn't take long after she started exploring that she encountered the first of what would be many opponents, judging from past experience. Something similar to a caveman crossed her path. "Ugh?" it tilted its head as it looked at the blonde. In return Ariel frowned as she pinched her nose to the repulsive smell. "How about taking a bath once in awhile?" she asked as she unsheathed her rapier.With the island themed floor, with that much water around..... With a sigh she activated a charge sword art and attacked before the mob had a chance to do any more movements that would disperse his innate odor.

ID# 57930  BD: 7 (5+2)  MD: 2 (nat)  LD: 19
Sword Art: (7) Shooting Star - 1x7*(15+5)
Raw Damage Output: 140 SA

Ariel: 193/193 HP  40/47 EN
Raiding Ravagers: 0/112 HP 28 MIT 48 DMG

Loot: [(5+4)*112] 1008 Col & 2 Materials
Total Loot:1008 Col & 2 Materials

Kill Count: 1/ 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

After a quick dispatch of the aforementioned mob the blonde resumed her way through the volcano themed island floor. Luckily she had her summary outfit equipped. Nothing of capes or cloaks that might impede movement and make her sweat even more. She continued to make carve her way through the foliage. "Geez this is more like a jungle!" complained the blonde as she made it into a clearing. There she would see a small monkey playing in the trees. Her movements stopped as she gazed at the little creature. After realizing that it was being watched, the monkey had let out a high pitched shriek making the blonde frown while thinking 'Rude!'. Little did she knew that it would call for its friends and guardian of sorts. Tightening the grip around her blade, the blonde went for the biggest mob, namely the guardian and finished it with a 2 hit combo. The 4 little monkeys that accompanied it tried to attack Ariel but she would block them with her Vambraces. Poor things were so weak that they exploded into pixels upon contact as her armor's thorns ability activated.

ID# 57936  BD: 6 (4+2)  MD: 8 [Thorns Activated]  LD: 3
Sword Art: (8) Penetrate - 4x2 *(15+5)
Raw Damage Output: 160 SA + 28 Thorns

Ariel: 189/193 HP (-4)  33/47 EN (-8+1)
Gruesome Gorilla: 0/150 HP  37 MIT  48 DMG
Lesser Monkey#1 : -3/25 HP 
Lesser Monkey#2 : -3/25 HP 
Lesser Monkey#3 : -3/25 HP 

Loot: 1 Material
Total Loot:1008 Col & 3 Materials

Kill Count: 5 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

As she began to feel sorry for the little animals, another three almost identical attacked her with a cute warcry. She instinctively protected herself and watched as her assailants burst into polygons once again. After a sigh of grief she was about to continue her walk when she would hear a more... serious roar coming from her side. Instincts kicked in as she protected herself from the bashing that came upon her. A tall gorilla attacked her this time, even bigger than the one before. She didn't want to take any chance of being ganged on by humanity's retarded cousins so she activated her strongest sword art and send it back to the databank.

ID# 57941  BD: 10 (nat.)  MD: 6 [Thorns Activated]  LD: 12
Sword Art:  (14)Over Radiation - 14x1*(15+5+2+1)
Raw Damage Output: 345 SA + 28 Thorns

Ariel: 185/193 HP (-4)  20/47 EN (-14+1)
Gruesome Alpha Gorilla: 0/299 HP  74 MIT  48 DMG
Lesser Monkey#1 : -3/25 HP 
Lesser Monkey#2 : -3/25 HP 
Lesser Monkey#3 : -3/25 HP 

Loot: 2691 Col & 1 Material
Total Loot: 3699 Col & 4 Materials

Kill Count: 9 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

This place was beginning to lose annoy the hell out of Ariel, mobs just keeps spawning and attacking her out of the blu. Granted, they weren't the most menacing ones except for the group leader but they just appeared in the most inopportune moments. After finishing the monkeyz and gorilla, the blonde was heading towards a place she believed it was the main safe haven setlement of this floor. Though it was really damn hard to tell with all this forest/jungle. Then out of the blue, another smelly man came and took a swing at her followed by a surprise attack from three chihuahuas?. The suffered the same fate as the little monkeyz before them while the caveman was dispatch by the mark of the crossed, in form of a sword art.

ID# 57944  BD: 7 (5+2)  MD: 7 [Thorns Activated]  LD: 2
Sword Art:  (6) Crucifixion - 6x1*(15+5)
Raw Damage Output: 120 SA + 28 Thorns

Ariel: 181/193 HP (-4)  15/47 EN (-6+1)
Raiding Ravagers: -8/112 HP 28 MIT 48 DMG
Dog#1 : -8/20 HP 
Dog#2 : -8/20 HP 
Dog#3 : -8/20 HP 

Loot: 1 Material
Total Loot: 3699 Col & 5 Materials

Kill Count: 13 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

"I don't get a break do I?" asked the blonde, no one in particular as she repealed another group of savage dogs. Why were they associated with the cavemen? she couldn't answer that. Just use her vambraces to block any incoming teeth directed at her. It wasn't a difficult task as she needed to just let her trusty instincts kick in and move her body. But she couldn't help, like any other human, get tired even if it was just mental the pixelated avatar acting as a manifestation of her mind, or something like that.

ID# 57948  BD: 1 (nat.)  MD: 6 [Thorns Activated]  LD: 19
Sword Art: None
Raw Damage Output: 28 Thorns

Ariel: 177/193 HP (-4)  14/47 EN (-2+1)
Dog#1 : -8/20 HP 
Dog#2 : -8/20 HP 
Dog#3 : -8/20 HP 
Dog#4 : -8/20 HP 

Loot: 1 Material
Total Loot: 3699 Col & 6 Materials

Kill Count: 17 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

"Almost there!" claimed the blonde as she started better seeing poles and huts in the horizont. She could finally get to town and activate the massive teleport gate so that players from the lower levels could come to the new front line and do.... whatever they do. She didn't really care, all she wanted now was to get there do the job and await for the new dungeon and boss to be discovered by somebody more quicker than her. She would suspect Takao of doing just that as he proved to be a much better scout than her. Just when she was about to step into the open area marked as a 'Safe Haven' her way had been blocked by yet another one of those monkey creatures. Not even wasting her breath to protest, she activated her charge skill and used a small attack on it before preparing for run into the village.

ID# 57949 BD: 8 (nat.)  MD: 5  LD: 19
Sword Art: (1) Linear - 1x1*(15+5)
Raw Damage Output: 20 SA

Ariel: 177/193 HP  14/47 EN (-1+1)
Lesser Monkey#1 : 0/20 HP 

Loot: 1 Material
Total Loot: 3699 Col & 7 Materials

Kill Count: 18 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

Again some monkey god was making fun of her, sending yet another one of its followers to block her path. This time it wasn't the usual cute fuzzy little furball but a rather large gorilla that released a howl while dashing towards Ariel. The blonde looked on the upper left side and saw that she had just enough energy for 1 last powerful sword art. Activating charge she meet the gorilla midway and performed the pre motion for her most powerful attack, deleting the mob from its physical/virtual existence.

ID# 57950 BD: 10 (nat.)  MD: 3  LD: 20
Sword Art: (14)Over Radiation - 14x1*(15+5+2+1)
Raw Damage Output: 330 SA

Ariel: 177/193 HP  1/47 EN (-14+1)
Gruesome Alpha Gorilla: 0/264 HP  66 MIT  48 DMG

Loot: 2376 Col & 2 Materials
Total Loot: 6075 Col & 9 Materials

Kill Count: 19 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

Only after she entered the setlement and the notification window saying 'SAFE HEAVEN' appeared in front of her telling her that now the anti-crime code was active, did the blonde stop to rest. Panting hardly in a attempt to catch her breath, she supported herself by placing her hands on her knees as she calmed herself trying to regulate her breathing. She looked around her while doing that and found her surrounding.... primitive. Or at least that was the word that first pop-up in her mind at the sigh. NPCs dressed in animal hides, their 'houses' that were something similar to a permanent camping tent adorned both on the exterior and interior with similar hides. 

ID# 57950  LD: 7

Ariel: 180/193 HP(+3)  2/47 EN (+1)
1/3 out of battle Posts

Loot: None
Total Loot: 6075 Col & 9 Materials

Kill Count: 19 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

Of course on a normal day such display of crude taming would've sparked her interest as it was basically the primitive form of her trade. But after being engaged in battle with cavemen and gorillas/monkeys, playing the tourist part wasn't really her desire. Instead she would go to the local 'drinking establishment' as she couldn't call it a Tavern or Inn even if the system categorized it as one. She looked at the menu written on a thin layer of tamed animal skin and frowned as they didn't have much there. "I'll take one of these." she said as she flipped the menu and pointed out the beverage she wanted, she didn't recognized the name but would only guess what it was from the ingredients list.

ID# 57965  LD: 6

Ariel: 183/193 HP(+3)  3/47 EN (+1)
2/3 out of battle Posts

Loot: None
Total Loot: 6075 Col & 9 Materials

Kill Count: 19 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

Still it wasn't a bad place to be in, calm and .... somehow welcoming if you get past the decorative bone effigies and dead animal hides. Yeah not welcoming at all but that still didn't scare the blonde as she gulped the handed drink without hesitation. Death was a reality in this game but luckily being poisoned by a NPC in a safe zone wasn't a option of death. Nah, they would have to risk their lives in boss fights and quests for that. The bad thing was that friends could kill you without much warning, the most recent boss fight.. the same one she had walked out of all covered in webbings proved it. "Idiots!" was a shout that came from the blonde. Personally, the deaths didn't affect her much but the lost of a small demonic gear treasury along with two of the top players did set them back quite a bit. Still they finished the job with little received damage for the clearing team. She was hit among the hardest and merely lost 10 HP and that not even her focusing on a tank build except for the 'Fighting Spirit' mod.

ID# 57967  LD: 3

Ariel: 186/193 HP(+3)  4/47 EN (+1)
3/3 out of battle Posts

Loot: None
Total Loot: 6075 Col & 9 Materials

Kill Count: 19 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

But such things were beyond her control. She picked up the golden ball that hanged from her rapier's hilt and looked at it. A demonic item, second she had in her hands considering her initial last hit drop. That one was in the hands of someone who would use it better than her while this one she decided to selfishly keep for herself. Frowning at the strong taste of the drink, the blonde made the payment then headed towards the center of the town.Quiet place, most likely the last time she will see it like that. She went and touched the bluish semi-transparent event horizon inside the gate, thus activating it. It made a brilliant flash before becoming full blue, momentarily blinding the blonde who didn't expect that. After she recovered her sight, Ariel turned around and headed towards the exit of the town. She rested enough for now and even if she was certain somebody already discovered the boss room, her competitive spirit and pride kicked in and now she wanted to do so too, have her own input in the planning.

ID# 57969  LD: 9

Ariel: 189/193 HP(+3)  47/47 EN (+43)
3/3 out of battle Posts. Energy Fully restored!

Loot: None
Total Loot: 6075 Col & 9 Materials

Kill Count: 19 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

"Of course this happens!" claimed the blonde as she used her vambrace to block several incoming pair of teeth. Four pairs of jaws bit on her vambraces and shoulderpads. Did little to no damage to her but she couldn't help but be angry. Since when did she become so slow? she started having more of a tank build lately than that of a damage dealer. As the little dog mobs vanished upon impact with her armor pieces, she directed her gaze towards their 'owner' a smelly caveman like the ones before it. It seemed angry that its little babies had vanished. Ariel made sure to reunite it with them after performing the sign of the cross on his chest with the help of a rank 4 sword art.

ID# 57970  BD: 6  MD: 6 [Thorns Activated]  LD: 7
Sword Art:  (6) Crucifixion - 6x1*(15+5)
Raw Damage Output: 120 SA + 28 Thorns

Ariel: 185/193(-4) HP  42/47 EN (-6+1)
Raiding Ravagers: -8/112 HP 28 MIT 48 DMG
Dog#1 : -8/20 HP 
Dog#2 : -8/20 HP 
Dog#3 : -8/20 HP 

Loot: 1 Material
Total Loot: 6075 Col & 10 Materials

Kill Count: 23 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

She didn't have much time to recover as she started walking again. Finally she had entered the floor labyrinth its entrance was a large arch made out of vines with mango... why mango? after the many things Ariel saw during her time in SAO.... fruit was of little importance. She sighted and entered the dungeon where she was greeted by the same smelly caveman type mob she had just finished dispatching. With this one it was no different as it came with the bonus of not having dog companions.

ID# 57985  BD: 8  MD: 2
Sword Art: (7) Shooting Star - 1x7*(15+5)
Raw Damage Output: 140 SA

Ariel: 185/193 HP  35/47 EN (-7+1)
Raiding Ravagers: -0/112 HP 28 MIT 48 DMG

Loot: 1 Material
Total Loot: 6075 Col & 11 Materials

Kill Count: 24 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

"That's a big monkey!" claimed the blonde as she had to raise her gaze to see the end of the tall and bulky ape. But until she could attack the creature, she had to yet again defend against inferior mobs that simply crashed against her armor parts. With a sigh, after the 3 assailants disappeared she focused on the tall one. First activating her charge skill she was merely grazed by its huge fist as she evaded it during her sprint, leaving a blue streak behind her. Still it was enough to inflict thorns damage from her armor then she activated her most powerful sword art stabbing and slashing at the mob with all her might and a loud lioness roar-like warcry.

ID# 57988  BD: 6  MD: 8 [Thorns Activated]
Sword Art: (14)Over Radiation - 14x1*(15+5)
Raw Damage Output: 300 SA + 28 Thorns

Ariel: 184/193 HP (-1)  22/47 EN (-14+1)
King Kong: 187/412(-225) HP  103 MIT 48 DMG
Lesser Monkey#1: -8/20 HP
Lesser Monkey#2: -8/20 HP
Lesser Monkey#3: -8/20 HP

Total Loot: 6075 Col & 11 Materials

Kill Count: 27 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

To the blonde's surprise the ape was still going, her initial attack doing a little more than half its HP.... 'O...ow..' through the blonde as she deflected an incoming downwards blow from the mob's fists. Adrenaline pumping through her veins, making her moves more sharper than a knife's edge. She was smiling, she didn't feel like this for a while now. Even from the time she was on the 10th floor, raging all over the place after the second disbanding of the Guardians. Now she would channel that feeling constructively, by killing this King King sized ape that proved to actually be worth killing. As she saw a openning, the blonde once again unleashed her ultimate sword art,

ID# 57990  BD: 7  MD: 6 [Thorns Activated]
Sword Art: (14)Over Radiation - 14x1*(15)
Raw Damage Output: 225 SA + 28 Thorns

Ariel: 183/193 HP (-1)  9/47 EN (-14+1)
King Kong: 37/412(-150) HP  103 MIT 48 DMG

Total Loot: 6075 Col & 11 Materials

Kill Count: 27 / 25

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

This time the ape's HP was in the red zone but so was her Energy bar... well not red but almost depleted. She wanted to give it a proper ending and send it off by using her 14 hit combo SA once again but it wasn't possible. She sighted as she thought of a sword art with a little less power but still in her grandmaster portfolio. "oooh! the triangle one!" she claimed in a excited note as she tried to perfectly reproduce the proper pre motion in order to activate it.Luckily she managed to do it from her first try and slashed at the ape's chest three times, almost concurrently to the naked eye. Her own speed combined with the motion assist that the system provided made the action possible. In the next second, the monkey mini dungeon boss exploded and left behind a nice big pouch of col and 1 material, both which were oicked up by the blonde as she went further inside the cave.

ID# 57992  BD: 7  MD: 5  LD: 16
Sword Art: (9)Delta Attack - 3x3*(15)
Raw Damage Output: 150 SA

Ariel: 182/193 HP (-1)  1/47 EN (-9+1)
King Kong: -10/412 (-47) HP  103 MIT 48 DMG

Loot: 3708 & 1 Material
Total Loot: 9783 Col & 12 Materials

Kill Count: 28 / 25

 

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

Inside the cave it was rather dark as the blonde began descending a slight slope while frowning. "I certainly am not going in the right direction." protested the blonde as she descended... was she going to end back in the 15th floor boss room? this wasn't the route she took to get to this floor, nor that she backtracked her steps, as a matter of fact she even made sure to go in the opposite direction."Then why am I descending?????" shouted the blonde before realizing her action, and covered her mouth with her left hand by reflex.

ID# 57994  LD: 3

Ariel: 185/193 HP (+3)  2/47 EN (+1)
1/3 out of battle posts.

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

With a sigh she pulled out her HUD inventory and navigated towards her inventory, there she materialized, a fluorescent bottle labeled <<Firefly Essence>>  in her left hand. Then she removed her armor parts.... stupid move to do inside a dungeon, I know but she was confident enough that she didn't needed it. It was a lucky item she needed in order to find the boss room, or so she thought. She could've just invested in the system search and detect skill but that would just ruin the fun right? Just look at how much fun she has going through a dark dungeon without knowing what could jump her next.

Swapped Lion's protection, +28 thorns, +1 LM for Guardian Spirit (cloak), +2 LD.

ID# 57997  LD: 11 (9+2)

Ariel: 188/193 HP (+3)  2/47 EN (+1)
2/3 out of battle posts.