[F2] Proving Selfworth <<Breaking the Unbreakable>>

[Vale 1]

Vale stood infront of the Teleportation gate, in the Town of Beginnings. She had a paper in her hand that read about the Unbreakable stone that resided high in the mountain tops. There were a lot of notes put about on where exactly to go from the town of Urbus. So there wasn't much confusion to be had, now it was just about getting to the place in a single shot. Vale took the paper and returned it to her inventory, just as her guantlets came into her view she smiled sweetly, "These will help bridge the gap to break that rock Mr. Tealeaf. Thank you." She whispered to herself, clinched her fist and looked up at the Teleportation gate it was officially time to go forth with it.

She had been desiring the Martial Arts skill, she coveted the idea of having it in this game since she was in love with Martial Arts in the real world too. She would need to practice fighting more mobs with these gauntlets once she was ready. But determination was sinking in deep within her, she wanted to get to it and unlock the skill. She noticed her skill points saved up specifically to be held for the Martial Arts skill. She wanted to get it as high level as she possibly could literally as fast as she could. Vale took a deep breath then continued forward to take the teleportation gate to the town of Urbus.

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale could feel her entire body illuminate and shine blue, it was an insanely strange feeling for the first time. It started from her feet and built upward, enveloping every portion of her. It was intense to say the least. A moment later her vision completely became blue, then a moment after that she was in a completely different environment from before. It literally had transported her to a completely different place, Vale was absolutely astonished at how this worked. Teleportation gates were absolutely magnificent, and it was relatively quick and easy to boot.

After a few seconds of getting her composure back, Vale dropped her right hand to bring up her map. She also brought back out the paper that had a sketched map of the land to draw out her path on the game's system map. After she drew the map she could see through the opaque screen that a small blue line appeared on the ground showing her the exact path that she would take. Without hesitation she put away both the map and the system map and started running the path.

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

The forests that resided on the mountain's were absolutely marvelous to look at, she often caught her gaze coming off the path she was running to see the birds and bee's. She'd sometimes begin to stumble on her run and readjust her focus back on the path. It took a lot of concentration to prevent from taking her eyes away from the path, but whenever she'd see a cute little bunny or squirrel she'd immedaitely look. Sometimes she would even slow her pace during her run.

Quickly though Vale would shake her head and focus on the winding path. After an hour straight of pure sprint running it was beginning to dawn on Vale that her stamina for running was vastly increased in this world, by this point she would have slowed to a jog. But in Aincrad she could keep going without even thinking about it. Grinning she upped her tempo trying her damnedest to reach the building where the NPC resided so she could start working on her Martial Arts skill.

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

After another hour of pushing herself to the limit she could see the house in view up the very tall mountain path. She was too excited now, her breathing was starting to reach the point in the real world where she would slow her tempo to a jog. But since she was so close she decided to push herself to the limit for just a little while longer. As she reached the top of the mountain with the house but mere steps away, she dropped her hands to her knees and breathed heavily, "Time for a water break before I get started."

Vale dropped her right hand to withdraw the inventory, and thusly pulled out another cup of water. She sat down upon her knees and took her time breathing and drinking inbetween breaths to maximize the recovery time of her physical stamina. She sat for roughly ten minutes to calming her mind and preparing herself for the task at hand to come. Once she felt comfortable enough, she get up off of her knee's dusted them off, then proceeded to enter the building.

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale entered to see an old man meditating. The creaking door allowed the man to be aware of the presence of the dark skinned girl, without opening his eyes he spoke to her, "Ah young lass. You're here to learn the ways of the fist." It sounded as though it was a statement that should be a question, but both Vale and the man knew this wasn't the case, "You already know how to use your fists... Without opening an eye, I know you can use your knee's and elbows efficiently aswell." His clairvoyance was simply astounding to Vale. Not a word was spoken by her, not a motion made, and even with his eyes closed he knew she was already a Martial Artist at heart.

Vale wanted to speak but the man interrupted her as she opened her mouth, "You need not share a word. Follow me and I'll show you what you must do to achieve what your heart desires most." He stood up without opening his eyes yet still, and promptly exited the back door. Without a word shared, she followed him through the back door. After a few minutes walk they arrived at a rock that stood in the pathway of going deeper into the mountain, "Destroy this you must. But you can only harm it with this." He swiftly darted past her at nearly blinding speed and with a paint brush drew whiskers on her face, "Now you may begin." He turned around to a meditating position once again. Vale took a potion out of her invetory and thought about Mr. Zakariah as she drank it.

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale walked up and punched the rock, immediately her thought was regret as she didn't put her whole heart into the punch. She was more so testing the waters with her lightly used fist. She needed to know just how hard she could punch the rock to conserve energy but at the same time deliver as many punches to the rocks surface as possible. It was a careful balancing act that Vale had to undergo, and she knew that the master would be paying attention for every single muscle movement and action that she would possibly do. She knew this was a test from the beginning and needed to take the negative thoughts out of her mind.

ID: 77793 | BD: 2 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 50/50 HP

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

A deep breath as she prepped for a right straight punch, she shifted her body to fit the stance of of right straight punch. Her left fist still up against the rocks surface, as her body fit completely in position to strike the rock another breath was taken. Her eyes opened and with that the full focused force of her right fist collided with the rock, immediately a health bar appeared just above where her fist struck and she could see the bar deplete ever so slightly. She grinned, learning that this was not a matter of how hard you could attack, but about how patient and determined she was.

ID: 77794 | BD: 9 (Crit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 46/50 (Base 1 + 1 Unarmed damage + 1 Potion + 1 Crit)

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

After the right straight connected, she decided to tone down the force of her next strike. Quickly she launched a left hook at the rock, pulling her right fist back to allow natural flow of motion to take over. Upon the left hook landing, she noticed the health bar of the rock diminish even more. She was feeling the groove already, the journey of a thousands steps or a thousand punches in this case. Had only just begun. Her eyes focused on the rock, she needed to be clear and concise with every single body movement, or so her Sensei had taught her in the real world. But, he was not here in Aincrad, she could only remember the words he said.

ID: 77795 | BD: 7 (Hit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 43/50 (Base 1 + 1 Unarmed damage + 1 Potion)

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

As she was ready to retract her left arm from the punch she delivered, Vale took her knee and slammed it into the rock. It was like it could be felt in the wind, as it was the first time the Master of the Rock opened his eyes to witness the devastating force of her knee. He grinned slightly even though she couldn't see, he was rather impressed that she was so focused and was able to inflict damage to the rock three straight times. Her determination could be felt from where he was sitting. He slowly closed his eyes again, and feel the actions of her against the rock through the wind as he had done before.

ID: 77800 | BD: 7 (Hit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 40/50 (Base 1 + 1 Unarmed damage + 1 Potion)

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

She wouldn't stop there, Vale brought her elbow down ontop of the rock for a clinching strike between her knee and elbow. Again the health of the rock reduced. Vale's focus was in full bloom, it was something about fighting with her hands and feet that brought the best out of her. She didn't feel the same rushing feeling with the curved sword that she used against the boars. Punching this rock felt more real and saitsfying at the very essence of this entire worlds experience. She pulled away from the rock as one of her attacking combos in the real world had come to a close. She reassumed her western boxing stance to start her next combo.

ID: 77801 | BD: 8 (Hit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 37/50 (Base 1 + 1 Unarmed damage + 1 Potion)

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale looked square at the rock, she took a deep breath. She was about to step forward for another before she stopped, something didn't feel right with the stance she was in, she looked down at her left foot and noticed it was out of place. Her sensei had practically trained her to be aware of her stance at every moment before fighting. Normally she would have just readjusted mid fight, but since this was about patience and efficiency rather than speed and endurance. She took a moment to recompose herself and readjust her stance to feel correct.

ID: 77803 | BD: 2 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 37/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

With her stance readjusted appropriately to what felt comfortable, she flicked her eyes back onto the rock and honed her attention on a specific spot to strike. She could see the crack caused by the first combo she used against it. One deep breath, after the Vale exhaled she launched at the rock with full force drilling her left fist into the crack squarely where she put the focus on. She could feel the rock split some more, her face showed her perserverance. The girl didn't want to let the achievement of breaking the rock some more get to her just yet until the entire thing split in two.

ID: 77804 | BD: 7 (Hit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 34/50 (Base 1 + 1 Unarmed damage + 1 Potion)

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale seemed to miscalculate just how much pressure she put in her launch off on the initial strike, she attempted an arcing kick but the misplacement cause her foot to bounce off the rock and throw her off her balance. Stumbling to recollect her compsure quickly, she had almost fell all the down onto the ground but she managed to keep herself on her feet enough to get her balance back. She turned around to look at the rock, completely putting the thought that someone was there watching her every single movement. Vale was absolutely absorbed into the zone of trying to destroy the rock, and she wasn't going to let anything distract her

ID: 77805 | BD: 1 (Critical Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 34/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale walked up to it stance regained, but the rythem she initially had was all but gone. She struck against the rock with her right fist, but this time the rock's health bar did not appear. Again like her first strike she didn't punch it hard enough, she was almost certain that she did put as much effort in as the left hook she had done. She could only assume that the rock's threshhold was in constant fluxuation, but putting full effort into every single attack would just wear her down. She had to manage her breathing and striking in tandem with each other or she would end up taking herself out before the rock would even come close to splitting in half.

ID: 77805 | BD: 5 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 34/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale followed up her right straight with a left straight afterwards, thinking that she struck it harder than her right fist. But still, the health bar didn't show up. It seemed as though the lower the health the rock had made it more fortuitous. Giving up on breaking this Rock was not on her agenda. It was a matter of when she would break this massive boulder in two, not if she would. She pulled both of her fists back, she decided it was time to change it up. Completely shifting her stance to the standard Muay Thai stance with her armored forearms bare toward the rock itself, lifting her right knee slightly to a comfortable position.

ID: 77808 | BD: 4 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 34/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Instead of striking immediately after assuming her Muay Thai stance, she held back and focused on getting into the mental zone of utilizing Muay Thai in general. She had figured out a fairly comfortable adaptation of utilizing her two mastered styles in tandem with each other. When using either stance, but whenever she did a true style change incorporating the different stance she needed to become one with herself first before she begun fighting. Vale stared deeply at that crack in the rock, it was the key to getting through this faster. Just randomly striking the rock would make this take far longer.

ID: 77809 | BD: 2 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 34/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale tested the waters with her Elbow strike, she lifted and brought it down with mild strength. She was focusing more on making sure that the attacks connected with the rock. She needed to get back into the flow of attacking the rock with appropriate strength, she was also playing around with a theory in her head. She needed to test the waters with hitting the rock first before she went full throttle and unloaded everything she had in her on the inanimate object. Every action she did, she would take a deep breath inbetween exhaling when she would actually strike the rock.

ID: 77811 | BD: 2 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 34/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

After a couple of test strikes she was finally feeling the groove again. Vale brought her elbow up once again, but unlike before, she brought her elbow down with extreme strength and precision. Hitting directly onto the cracked spot, she couldn't help but do a standard shout one would do while fighting. Upon her elbow connecting on the pinpoint spot causing the crack to spread even more so, she exhaled and closed her eyes just as the health bar appeared. She knew she had hit it hard enough to damage it, she just needed to keep this up as best as she could.

ID: 77812 | BD: 10 (Critical)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 29/50 (Base 1 + 1 Unarmed damage + 1 Potion + 2 Crit)

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale put so much effort into her elbow strike that her elbow had actually managed to get stuck inside the rock, she had split it enough that she could even wedge her arm in there. It took a couple of attempts, but she was able to pull her arm out to which she could hear a chuckle. The thought of her arm getting stuck inside the rock actually managed to break her concentration and she began to giggle as well, "I haven't done that before." She said out loud while laughing. It took a few moments before she was able to control her laughter again and take a deep breath, exhaling slowly to get mind recentered on the now gaping hole that sat in the rock.

ID: 77813 | BD: 5 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 29/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Even though Vale was able to get her laughter under control, it still didn't change the fact that her concentration on the rock was completely broken and she needed to build it back from the ground up. She stood patiently staring at the rock, keeping it in her mind that the journey of a thousands steps was about patience and longevity. As much as she wanted the Martial Arts skill now over later, she needed to be completely and one hundred percent patient with the entire process. As her Sensei had often told her, it's not about the destination it was about the journey getting there.

ID: 77814 | BD: 2 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 29/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale