[F6-SP] <<Dragon Hunter Anthology - Dragon Hunt 6: the Jade Hatching>> Why you so jaded?

[Beat 0]

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<<Dragon Hunter Anthology - Dragon Hunt 6: the Jade Hatchling>>

This quest takes place on Floor 6.

This quest CANNOT be repeated.

You must defeat “Tabaluga the Topaz Hatchling” before attempting this quest.

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After the sandstorm, you receive a message from the Information Broker about the next dragon hatchling on the list, it was found on floor 6 and is said to have harder scales making it immune to paralysis, bleed, and even decreases damage.

 

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Enywas - the Jade Hatchling

HP: 350 - MIT: 60 - ACC: 2 - EVA: 2 - DMG: 95

 

Abilities:

<<Hardened Skin>> : Immune to Paralysis and Bleed effects. -30 Damage done to this boss, this does not count as Mitigation.

 

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Recommended Level: 30

Post Limit: 1 Page (20+)

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Rewards:

2 SP - 800 Col

<Enywas’ Jade> [Vanity Quest Item] : 1 of 9, collect all 9 and meet whom that waits before you, only then will you get the grand prize.

Beat laid in his bed roll, next to the fireplace, enjoying the warmth of his bed, knowing that, from the light pouring in from the window, that it was time to hunt another dragon. They had successfully slain five of the nine dragons in the quest line, though for what purpose, he nor Shield had surmised the purpose so far. All they had to go off of were the small gems that each of the hunts had dropped. The gems themselves were worthless, but the pair of players had deduced that they likely came together for some purpose. 

"Alright, guess I'll be awake now..." Beat said lazily as he squirmed out of his bedroom and changed into his adventuring gear. He walked into his kitchen and pulled out a pan and some eggs along with some sliced bread. He toasted the bread and scrambled the eggs as he called out into the house, "Yo Shield! Breakfast!" Beat had found that he enjoyed providing food for others, which was good because a profession was not simple to change and starting over was simply not a reasonable option for how far he was. 

Beat divided the eggs and toast to two plates and set out orange juice and milk. Jam and butter also sat on the bar where they usually ate.

 

[Shield 0]

Shield had already been awake for a matter of several hours, poring over items in his shop in hopes of finding equipment that could be useful in the upcoming boss battle. At the signaling of breakfast, he set down the lensed instrument that he used to do his appraisals, the Red Wyvern Loupe that Birdie had crafted for him once upon a time, and stood up straight. He stretched, although without having muscles in the traditional sense, it made stretching less of a necessity and more of a habit.

He joined Beat, lifting his plate towards his housemate and, technically, spouse in a gesture of acknowledgement and appreciation before tucking in. The younger player had already trekked a significant length of the road to accomplishing for his chef trade what Shield had strove to accomplish in his role of merchant, and the meal reflected it. He almost wondered whether similar foods actually tasted this good in real life, or if it was just a trick of the brain that correlated to the number of the stat check necessary in order to craft the food in the first place.

"Ready for number six?" he asked through a mouthful of eggs, picking up his empty plate and tossing it behind him to have it shatter and disappear, the food's durability having depleted to zero.

@Beat

[Beat 0]

Beat smiled in acknowledgement of Shield's appreciation of his food. Beat had used the older gentleman as a guinea pig for his concoctions ever since he had been a mere level one cook, so if anyone had earned the right to be his critic, it was Shield. He let out a long sigh as he pulled up the sixth portion of the quest chain, his face one of mild displeasure. 

"I suppose...though a challenge would kind of nice you know?" He said in a sort of bored tone until his eyes perked up, a though suddenly occurred to him, "Ooo maybe we get to fight the mother dragon! We're hunting all of these young dragonling...it would stand to reason..." He finished before digging into the remainder of his eggs and simply allowing the durability on the dish fade along with the scraps. 

"Alright, let's do this!" Beat said, his enthusiasm somewhat restored. 

Edited April 23, 2017 by Beat

[Shield 0]

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ID# 83011 results: Loot: 13 + 3 item + 1 skill + 1 skill item = 18 - +1 Material (0/1 total)

Swapping gear:
- Finder's Keeper (- 1 skill rank: search & detect), -Seeking Aura (- 3 LD), + Pain Drinker (+ 54 Regen), + 1 Bloody Hell (+ 2 dmg, + 24 bleed)

"Perhaps," Shield said in regard to Beat's peculation. "Although, if there's a singular mother, why are all of the offspring different and why are they spread over different floors?"

He pushed himself away from the bar in Beat's little chef's corner before standing and making his way to the door. If Aincrad and its environments behaved anything like the real world, they would have worn a new set of paths along the eleventh floor by now. They had wandered the various landmarks, along the canyon floors, as well as the plains, and the trips to and from Taft were basically muscle memory by now. He took an extra little swing along the wooded edges of one of the cliffs by the canyon that led to the fastest route, grabbing one of the eggs that always seemed to spawn there, storing it for later use.

"Odd little quirk of the floor," he thought aloud, turning back to the trail

As they neared the floor's settlement, he swapped out his equipment, equipping his Pain Drinker shield and his Manticore Mask on top of his Razor Ire armor and a mundane axe.

@Beat

Edited April 23, 2017 by Shield

[Beat 0]

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ID#83012: LD: nope

"Indeed." Beat said as he kept his eyes peeled for a material find of his own, but as they made their way through the wooded area that stood between them and the settlement on the eleventh floor, his ring signaled for him to look around and he never saw anything himself. It wasn't that he was hurting particularly badly for materials, but he was of the belief that a slow and steady income was better than hoping for the occasional large drop of loot. 

"I'm just glad that the worst thing we have to deal with is a dense forest on the sixth floor, but it's not sandy, too hot or freezing cold! All good!" He said as they stepped onto the teleportation pad in the middle of the settlement, "Sixth floor!" 

The duo were whisked away to the lush jungles of the sixth floor. They stood in the middle of the amazonian encampment as Beat opened up the quest log and looked to Shield, "Alright sturdy, lead the way."

Edited April 23, 2017 by Beat

[Shield 0]

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ID# 83028 results:

 Battle: 7 - Hit! - 1 dmg - 90 mit - 30 = 1 dmg

 MOB: 1 - Miss

[H:2] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:0] @Beat

Enywas - HP: 349/350 - MIT: 60 - ACC: 2 - EVA: 2 - DMG: 95
<<Hardened Skin>> : Immune to Paralysis and Bleed effects. -30 DMG received, (Not Mitigation).

Shield nodded, leading them out of the settlement of Krycim. They had each spent a fair amount of time on this floor, tackling giant flaming cats as well as their own inner demons. Today, they would be adding 'dragons' to that list. The information from brokers, however, was becoming more sparse the further they advanced in the quest line. Shield was beginning to wonder how many other players had made it this far.

As they closed in on the location where the beast was said to frequent, Shield heard a screech from overhead, looking up just in time to see and leap out of the way of the ball of talons and scales and teeth that had dropped onto him from the limb it had apparently been slumbering on. He came up from his roll and swung with the axe in his hand, though even as he hit, the game seemed to register 0 damage. If its health bar moved, it wasn't noticeable.

"Umm... either it has unlimited hit points, or it has properties that supersede the usual rules for mitigation!"

Edited April 23, 2017 by Shield

[Beat 0]

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ID# 83030: BD: 6 (3+3) 

All MIght + Charge (3) = 17 * 15 = 255 - 30= 225 - 60 = 165

[H:2] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:0] Beat - HP: 740/740 EP: 57/74 | DMG: 14 | MIT: 12

Enywas - HP: 185/350 - MIT: 60 - ACC: 2 - EVA: 2 - DMG: 95
<<Hardened Skin>> : Immune to Paralysis and Bleed effects. -30 DMG received, (Not Mitigation)

Beat's brow quirked at the unique discovery, "Well then, I suppose we should perform some trials to see shouldn't we?" he said as he made to motions to roll up his sleeves despite having no sleeves to speak of. KIcking up some vegetation, Beat took off towards the dragon, who was using a decent amount of weaving to make itself a harder target. Despite its efforts, intentional or not, Beat's attack hit home as his sword art infused sent the tiny dragon spiraling through the air several feet before it could correct its course. 

"How was that? Not so tough now are you?" BEat said, satisfied that his raw power had managed to overcome whatever damage reduction the dragon possessed. He looked to Shield, "Not infinite life, just a tough exterior I suppose. That attack should have done a little more damage considering how hard I hit him, but he's not invulnerable."

Edited April 23, 2017 by Beat

[Shield 0]

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ID# 83031 results:

 Battle: 1 - Miss

 MOB: 7 + 1 = 8 - Hit! - 95 dmg - 134 mit = 1 dmg [Insignificant after Regen and Battle Healing], Thorns - 14 dmg, Flame Aura - 16 dmg

[H:3] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:1] @Beat - HP: 740/740 EP: 57/74 | DMG: 14 | MIT: 12

Enywas - HP: 154/350 - MIT: 60 - ACC: 2 - EVA: 2 - DMG: 95
<<Hardened Skin>> : Immune to Paralysis and Bleed effects. -30 DMG received, (Not Mitigation)

It was a relief to see that it still took damage, despite a little extra cushion. With the unknowns limited, Shield felt less trepidation with at least trying to chip off another pixel or two of its health gauge. He chased after the hatchling, closing the distance that Beat had created with his strike, but as it recovered from the blow, it dodged deftly to the side, avoiding the attack altogether.

It whipped its tail around in self defense, dragging the spiked ridge along the spine of the tail across Shield's body with surprising force for its size, but the damage was no different from any of its brethren and sistren. On top of the ineffective damage, Shield was relieved to see that its health took a plunge upon landing the hit, just like any other foe had done before it. Scrapes and cuts trailed along the section of tail that had contacted his body, not to mention a fair amount of smoke where the aura from his mask had burned the creature.

"Not quite as invulnerable as you seem, are you?" he said, challenging the dragon by weaving back and forth with his taunt. The dragon followed his face like a cobra, bristling at the challenge that the masks silently issued simply by being worn.

Edited April 23, 2017 by Shield

[Beat 0]

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ID# 83032: BD: 1 

miss

[H:3] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:1] @Beat - HP: 740/740 EP: 56/74 | DMG: 14 | MIT: 12

Enywas - HP: 154/350 - MIT: 60 - ACC: 2 - EVA: 2 - DMG: 95
<<Hardened Skin>> : Immune to Paralysis and Bleed effects. -30 DMG received, (Not Mitigation)

"Alright, that should put him within kill range, even if he is that tough." Beat said as he ran toward the dueling pair, the dragon eyeing Beat with caution as it tried to inflict any sort of damage on the tank. As Beat went in for the kill, the dragon changed priorities and flew straight towards the martial artist with perfect timing, crashing into Beat's chest as he was in mid punch, sending him flying backwards as the dragon followed through with a mighty flap of its wings. 

"Woooooah!" 

Beat yelled as he flew through a dense bush-like piece of greenery and into a tree that was four times wide as he was. Beat lost his breath and began coughing as he fell to his hands and knees, gasping for air. It took him several moments before he could rise to his feet, walking back through the Beat-shaped hole in the vegetation to return to the fight. 

"Little bastard..."

Edited April 23, 2017 by Beat

[Shield 0]

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+54 HP - Regen, +30 HP - BH

ID# 83033 results:

 Battle: 3 - Miss

 MOB: 6 + 1 = 7 - Hit! - 95 dmg - 134 mit = 1 dmg [Insignificant after Regen and Battle Healing], Thorns - 14 dmg, Flame Aura - 16 dmg

[H:3] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:1] @Beat - HP: 740/740 EP: 56/74 | DMG: 14 | MIT: 12

Enywas - HP: 124/350 - MIT: 60 - ACC: 2 - EVA: 2 - DMG: 95
<<Hardened Skin>> : Immune to Paralysis and Bleed effects. -30 DMG received, (Not Mitigation)

Shield watched as Beat was knocked away, his eyes flickering down to his party HUD. Neither health nor status were effected. He let out the breath that he was unaware he had been holding. Although it had caught Beat off guard, he was not hurt. He turned his focus back onto the dragonling just in time to see the tail once again whip hard at him. It struck with an impact that reverberated through the air around them, and while the strike would have normally sent him backward, the Stonewall skill mod seemed to be aptly named.

This was one of his first fights with the mod active, and although it did make him easier to hit, any strike that had its majority reduced seemed to be unable to budge him regardless of the size of the opponent. The same had been true of his most recent toe-to-toe with the Snow Beast of the Essence of Steel quest.

The dragon let out a shrill screech of anger and pain, writhing as it flapped away through the air, circling around to regroup after its continued failure to leave lasting damage on the tank.

"I'm really liking this Stonewall mod," he said aloud, looking down at his various limbs and body, none of which having moved in spite of the powerful attack. "And I can see why it's called what it's called."

Edited April 23, 2017 by Shield

[Beat 0]

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ID# 83034: BD: 7+3 = 10

All MIght: 14 * 15 = 210 - 30 = 180 - 60 = 120

[H:3] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:1] Beat  - HP: 740/740 EP: 40/74 | DMG: 14 | MIT: 12

Enywas - HP: 4/350 - MIT: 60 - ACC: 2 - EVA: 2 - DMG: 95
<<Hardened Skin>> : Immune to Paralysis and Bleed effects. -30 DMG received, (Not Mitigation)

Beat laughed at Shield's remark, "Because you weren't tough enough....I guess we'll see just how tough you need to be when we finally fight the floor boss.:" It was true that they had rarely been challenged in their adventures, but a floor boss would be a new experience for them. 

All we can do is prepare until that day comes...

Refocusing, Beat watched the dragon as it fought with Shield, making sure that his approach would not be noticed so easily. It didn't matter if he was seen as long as he could approach undetected long enough to ensure the success of his attack. As the dragon began another strike, Beat leaped into action, closing the distance between them in an instant and beating the dragon straight into the ground. 

"There all do-...are you kidding?" Beat said in disbelief and the dragon slowly picked itself back up, a sliver of its health bar still shining red. 

Edited April 23, 2017 by Beat

[Shield 0]

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+54 HP - Regen, +30 HP - BH

ID# 83035 results:

 Battle: 9 - 1 dmg + 1 = 2 - 60 mit - 30 = 1 dmg

 MOB: 3 + 2 + 1 = 6 - Hit!  - 95 dmg - 134 mit = 1 dmg, Thorns - 14 dmg, Flame Aura - 16 dmg

[H:6] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:2] @Beat - HP: 740/740 EP: 56/74 | DMG: 14 | MIT: 12

Enywas - HP: -27/350 - MIT: 60 - ACC: 2 - EVA: 2 - DMG: 95 [DEAD]
<<Hardened Skin>> : Immune to Paralysis and Bleed effects. -30 DMG received, (Not Mitigation)

With so little health left, Shield stepped in to do his part, swiping at the creature in hopes of taking it down a peg. His attack connected, but rather than a peg, he only managed to take it down a pixel. However, in its blind anger, the dragon failed to learn its lesson from its prior attacks and swatted at Shield with its whip-like tail. No sooner had its tail touched the tank than its body filled with light, shattering into countless fractals and glittering into nonexistence.

"Well, I guess you tenderized him for me then," he said with a nod, dismissing the congratulatory window that the game summoned in honor of their victory. "That's six down. Unless there's over a dozen of them, I'd say we're at least half way finished, if not more than that."

It was impossible to make guesses at this point. The were already further into this quest line than any they had encountered thus far. The most they had heard of was a tie between the Arabian Nights quests and the beginner quest chain they had encountered upon first joining the game, the latter of which were more or less tutorials.

"We're actually getting to a point where the fights are less of a breeze," he said. "We've never had a boss resist so much of our damage, and we've definitely never had one survive a double dose of All Might before."

Edited April 23, 2017 by Shield

[Beat 0]

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ID# 83036: LD: 18+4 = 22 = 1 T2 Mat found (1 Total) 

Consuming Ice Dream Cone (+6 Dmg/-3 Eva) 

"hmmm I suppose you're right. That's promising then. I'm not looking to die any time soon, but a decent fight somewhere in this questline would be welcome." Beat said, looking at his fist almost like it was broken. He had nothing to be ashamed of since, the dragon had survived two shots from his strongest sword art, but just barely. 

"Well, I suppose if I have to start drinking before fighting these things, I can. I'll never complain about a tasty drink." He said, confident in the stockpile of high level consumables he had managed to build up. If anything, he felt over prepared, but he knew that anything could happen in high level boss fights. 

The two quickly made their way back to the eleventh floor and headed home as they always had, Beat retrieved the last alcoholic ice cream cone Sey had given them and began eating it, "Wanna go hunting before we get home?" 

Edited April 24, 2017 by Beat

[Shield 0]

"Sure," Shield answered, pulling up his HUD to see how far they were from the entrance. He knew it hadn't been far, but as he retraced their steps, it seemed even closer than he had remembered. "Let's go ahead and head up to floor eleven though. Better drops up there."

They made their way back to the floor exit, hopping back up to their home floor to resume their efforts for the day. Typically, Shield liked to see to his shop, but after the rush of appraisals between Child of Rohk and the next floor boss, it was beginning to slow once again. He could afford to push a little further. He led them along the path to their favorite spawning spot, and sure enough, as they approached, the typical spawning animation played of red distortions materializing into foes, however, this time, there was only one.

A powerful looking ant stood before them Its thorax was elongated and sat parallel with the ground, suspended by four heavily armored legs. Its abdomen and head were upright, freeing up its front legs, which were elongated and hooked like a mantis. Its head bore a long, sharpened straw as a mouth, similar to the drinking mouth part of a mosquito, and at the end of its body, a long scorpion-like tail arced above the rest of it..

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ID# 83037 results:

 Battle: 1 - Miss

 MOB: 9 + 1 + 3 = 13 - Hit! - 141 dmg + 1 = 142 - 134 = 8 dmg [Insignificant after Regen and Battle Healing]

[H:1] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:0] @Beat - HP: 740/740 EP: 56/74 | DMG: 14 | MIT: 12

[Anticore]: HP: 600/600 | DMG: 141 | ACC: 3

"What the..."

Perplexed by the creature's odd appearance, as well as the unusual spawn number, Shield was taken aback. The ant creature, meanwhile, drew back one of its claws and swung at the tank, catching him across the side of the head. The strike connected, and despite Shield not moving from the impact, it actually managed to deal him a few points of damage. However, his damage was already beginning to melt away before the insect oddity had even finished withdrawing its claw.

Edited April 23, 2017 by Shield

[Beat 0]

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ID# 83039: BD: 5+3 = 8

All MIght + Charge (3) = 23 * 15 = 345

[H:1] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:0] Beat - HP: 740/740 EP: 56/74 | DMG: 20 | MIT: 12

[Anticore]: HP: 255/600 | DMG: 141 | ACC: 3

Beat gawked at the creature before them in disbelief, "Seriously...it's like they heard be complain about the ants one time and are now punishing me forever." He said swaying as the alcohol kicked in, letting him know that his attacks would pack a significantly larger punch. 

"Okay, this abomination is dead." He growled as it pulled its claw back from striking the tank, charging forward and closing the distance quickly before sinking his strongest sword art into the side of the creature's head, knocking into the ground as the sound from the impact shook the trees. Beat landed next to Shield and continued to glare at the tree the creature had knocked over during it's flight caused by Beat's strike. 

"Make fun of me will you? I'll just put your stupid creatures in the ground....hehehe..." Beat continued to mutter to himself in a drunken stupor, his fist and body moving constantly. 

Edited April 24, 2017 by Beat

[Shield 0]

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+54 HP - Regen, +30 HP - Battle Healing

ID# 83040 results:

 Battle: 9 - Hit! - 1 dmg + 1 = 2 dmg

 MOB: 8 + 3 + 1 = 12 - Hit! - 141 dmg - 134 = 7 dmg, Thorns - 14 dmg, Flame Aura - 16 dmg

[H:4] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:1] @Beat - HP: 740/740 EP: 56/74 | DMG: 20 | MIT: 12

[Anticore]: HP: 223/600 | DMG: 141 | ACC: 3

"I've heard of someone being an angry drunk, but I've never heard of someone being a dad drunk," muttered Shield to himself, shaking his head at Beat's odd and continually more frequent tendency to both criticize and partake in dad humor the more he drank.

Either way, this combat wouldn't take long. That was perhaps for the best. If time permitted, they could even potentially begin on the next dragon if they put some effort into moving quickly. That thought in mind, Shield darted ahead, pressing in after having the foe launched so far away. His axe streaked downward, cleaving cleanly through the bug beast's shoulder. It hissed through its proboscis, glaring through its red, segmented eyes.

Not willing to let even the slight damage of the attack go by unpunished from the object of its hatred, it lashed out, slashing its hooked arms in a cross pattern into Shield's body. However, true to form, the beast recoiled, hissing even more forcefully as its health took considerably more of a dive than Shield's had, and with no promise of the health being restored, unlike the tank's.

Edited April 24, 2017 by Shield

[Beat 0]

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ID# 83041: BD: 2+3+1 = 6 

All Might = 20 * 15 = 300

[H:4] Shield - HP: 1074/1074: EP: 94/94 | DMG: 3 | EVA: -1 | MIT: 134 | BH:30 | THN: 14 dmg | FLA: 16 dmg | REC: 1
[H:2] Beat - HP: 740/740 EP: 40/74 | DMG: 20 | MIT: 12

[Anticore]: HP: 0/600 | DMG: 141 | ACC: 3

 

Loot: ID# 83042 - LD: 18 + 5 = 23 CD: 9 = Perfect T2 Consumable +  2400 col

"Its ugliness give it it's strength! You have to rearrange its face!" Beat shouted, laughing at his mockery of the hideous creature. HIs state of mind was fairly slap-happy, but his focus was actually fairly intact. When he saw his opening, he rushed forward throwing his weight behind his most powerful sword art, knocking the creature's head clean off. 

"Gotcha! Huuuge improvement!" Beat shouted as he made a peace sign at the fading beast, which was breaking apart into red shards the flew into the air and faded away. He turned towards Shield and gave him a light tap on his shoulder plate, "Okay, let's go eat! Always helps with the drunkeness..." he said as he looked through the spoils screen, walking towards their home in the canyon, which was significantly less gloomy than the main settlements. 

"Sweeeet! Another consumable! Those things are amazing for when I need a burst of power really quick! Also the only way to reach my maximum power."

Edited April 24, 2017 by Beat

[Shield 0]

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Swapping gear:

- Pain Drinker (-54 Regen), -1 Razor Ire (-14 Thn, -1 Recovery), + Finder's Keeper (+1 skill rank: search & detect), +Seeking Aura (+3 LD)

ID# 83043 results: Loot: 2 + 3 item + 1 skill + 1 skill item = 7 - No Material (0/1 total)

Shield sighed, taking up his usual post with his hand clamped onto Beat's shoulder as they navigated the hairpin turns along the downward trek into the base of the canyon. It was a long walk with a steep drop, but as much as he could not walk straight, Beat could still be steered while drunk without too much difficulty.

We're going to have to do something about his inability to hold his liquor. For the most part, it's a little irritating, but if I wasn't here and he went wandering off back home, he might as well be driving drunk for all of the danger he'll be putting himself in.

He made a mental note that someday soon, he might need to show Beat the proper way to drink, or at least to abuse his liver until it toughens up a little. If they had a simpler time of it on one of their later dragon missions, that might be the time to do it. If not, it might require them to set some time aside and deal with the matter man to man.

@Beat

Edited April 24, 2017 by Shield

[Beat 0]

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ID# 83044: LD: 17 + 5 = 22 = 1 T2 Mat found (2 Total) 

"Aww you really do care." Beat said coyly, laughing at his ability to still tease his best friend, "It's weird that there is even marriage in a video game isn't it? Like, I know he designed the game to be a very long prison sentence or whatever, but still, why is marriage the only way to share an inventory or at least a house with someone. Seems like plenty of people get homes together and aren't married." 

Beat's speech was normally fairly clear, despite how uncoordinated his movements sometimes became, thus it sometimes surprised people when he would simply fall on his face after speaking in long, coherent sentences. 

He looked to Shield, his face inquisitive, " So...you having to lead me around every time I drink seems stupid right? Seems like most people don't have this much difficulty when they drink..." Beat said, trailing off and lowering his gaze as he continued to think about the topic.

Edited April 24, 2017 by Beat

[Shield 0]

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ID# 83045 results: Loot: 19  + 3 item + 1 skill + 1 skill item = 24 - Advanced Dungeon

"Even when people live together for a long time, they're, in a sense, married," he replied, resisting the urge to intentionally steer Beat into the wall. "In any case, it's not relevant as to whether it's normal or not. It's the situation we're in, and one way or the other, we work with it."

They were just coming to the bottom of the canyon, but as they came out onto level ground, something had changed. There was the path that led them off towards their shops and home, but then what had once been a solid wall in the opposite direction was now a great arching overhang. On either side, there stood pillars extending easily a hundred feet to hold up the ceiling.

What had once been the rock face had now sunk back, giving way to the solid alabaster face of a great building that seemed to have been carved back into the earth.

"That... was not there before," he said aloud, pulling up his HUD and making careful note of where they stood. "We've been through here a dozen times, and yet... I guess Aincrad is always changing. We have ourselves a dungeon when we want to do one, though by the sheer scale of it, we may need to carve out a few days to attempt it."

 

[Quest Rewards]

- All -

3 SP (2 quest, 1 length)

1400 Col (2400 loot + 400 length/2)

<Enywas’ Jade> [Vanity Quest Item]

 

- Beat -

Perfect T2 consumable

2 T2 mats

 

- Shield -

1 T2 mat

F11 Adv Dungeon Map

Edited April 24, 2017 by Shield