[SP-F9] The Flame Within, Reignited <<Guardian of Fire>>

[Vale 1]

[Yui's Grace 0 Remaining]

The long deep purple velvety haired neko martial-artist had arrived to the heat wastes of the ninth floor, immediately the girl became overtaken by the sheer heat of the ninth floor. A plethora of things to learn and do here on the ninth floor, her first time traversing it's overbearingly zone heat climate. Stretching her back and hand to pop a few bones, finishing it off with a neck pop in both directions the girl was ready to start embarking toward the Infernal Caverns. One of the least explored floors due to it's natural heat levels, and the number of different locations where ones faulty movement could lead to instant death by the heat of the lava. There could exist a number of different un-explored caves and even un-discovered bosses in the vast maze like cavern systems. She was here for a purpose though, it was time to eliminate the Guardian of Fire, the incarnate of Cerberus here upon the lower level floors. One of the first big challenges one would normally face when traversing their way up to Front Lines.

Current Stats:
720 HP
72 EN
8(13) DMG
3 ACC
3 EVA
6 LD

Edited September 27, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

ID: 88770 | LD 5+6=11 (No Material Found)

Vale had her eyes peeled for her surroundings, the long road to the Infernal Caverns would surely be ripe with materials to gain in the masses. But with her search and detect skill activated, looking for quality plant-life or compatible rock mineral from the outlying area from the town. But, it looked like it had been picked ripe and clean. Vale shrugged being unable to find anything of value to her. Continuing forward, she felt the cold chill run down her spine despite it being in such a highly temperate zone. It was as though she were being watched from somewhere, the paranoia sank into her mind for a minute, the possibility of player killers could be upon her struck her mind. She remembered a faint rumor from way back when that there was a town on the ninth floor which would actually shelter those who took another players life. The thought of it chill Vale to her bones, "Who would want to live there?" She asked herself.

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88771 | LD 6+6=12 (No Material Found)

The area lying a good distance away from the town, leading to the first major bridge on the level. Still had anything to yield as useful to the neko woman. There were definitely materials about, but none that suited the qualities she was after for a potion idea she was dabbling with. Flicking her eyes around, she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched. Her normal instincts would usually warn her as to where, but to her the feeling was beaming down on her from all angles. As though a much greater and vastly more powerful being was watching the Martial Artist. Everything seemed to be changing drastically around her back when she faced the Gemini. She doesn't remember the time when she heard about monsters being stronger during quest times, in no bingo book was this ever confirmed.

Edited September 27, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

ID: 88772 | LD 15+6=21 (Material Found)

As the Panther woman reached the first bridge that stretched over a large valley of churning lava. Vale was curious what this presence she was constantly feeling was wanting. Whether it was a player who was trying to learn about her, keep their tabs on her, contemplate killing her, or something else. Vale couldn't let the idea of fear get into her heart, she had broken once to the fear she gained from the Gemini. This was not going to be another trial on her being. Vale slowly took in a deep breath, exhaling very patiently. During this breath Vale peered around the area around her, and noticed a flametalon feather sitting in the grass. She walked over to the feather picking it up, and setting it into her inventory as though it were completely routine, "I need to improve my search and detect skill more. I haven't shown Hikoru how powerful my eyes are yet. I'll wait to show him." She told herself with the strive to improve rising.

Materials Gathered: 1

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88773 | LD 12+6=18 (Material Found)

Quickly she dashed and darted across the bridge, being on top of it despite it being made of stone designed to have the heat be so close did not make Vale feel any more comfortable. As she strode using all four paws to increase her movement speed without activating her charge skill, she flicked her eyes along the path. She noticed a small rocked that had a chemical property she needed. Front flipping over random broken degree, she drifted in air and into her ground slide to swoop the material in her hand. One cartwheel and inventorying the material in a mid-air summersault, she quickly returned to full stride she was originally in. Her movements so precise and elegant it seemed she almost did not lose her momentum in that slight detour.

Materials Gathered: 2

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88774 | LD 15+6=21 (Material Found)

Vale strode through the pathways that within the buildings which rested upon the bridge. Normally a one-day travel to just make it through, her many studies of the beginning areas in each zone came in handy. She knew precisely when to turn, when to ascend and descend stairs. The panther was on the prowl at full speed. The many rooms she made her way through had things that peeked her interest, but the only thing she would make a room stop was for a vial of altered lava. She saw something useful in the material and deposited it into her inventory. This little detour didn't change anything. Her movements may have been precise but the overall feeling that she was being watch was transcending a human presence after this amount of time.

Materials Gathered: 3

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88775 | LD 6+6=12 (No Material Found)

The presence that lingered giving her this strange chill, was causing her to start to worry. She looked around hurriedly there was nothing in the nearby area. All the vantage points that could see into her position was covered and checked. This worry slowly began to delve into a panic, the panther girl paced in the room she stood in. It had a hay bed in the corner, but she couldn't even consider sleeping at a time like this. This presence that was paying attention to her was the only thing she could think about. The overpowering presence had been felt a few times in the recent past. During her fight with the Gemini she felt it for the first time, this demonic like presence that has watched her every movement. During her time within the confines of the bandit hideout, the presence felt like it tried to break her heart. Now she felt as though the presence was trying to test her mind.

Materials Gathered: 3

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88776 | LD 8+6=14 (No Material Found)

There she heard the snarl of a beast. Slowly but surely there was something that was approaching. Her ears twitched, immediately switching her active defensive positioning to against a wall. With each step her ears twitched, last she remembered reading was the creatures of this floor were relatively painless. Especially for this quest, it was the introduction to the ninth floor for a reason. But something just felt incredibly different, everything known about the hellhounds was that the creatures strictly stayed to the Infernal Caverns. Then why, was there a Hellhound growling on the other side of the wall she had her back against. Immediately the heat could be felt against the wall she was defending herself with.

Materials Gathered: 3

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88777 | BD: 6+3=9 | MD: 4-3+1=2

Vale felt alarmed, utilizing her charge skill to dash to the other side of the room. Turning around and flipping her body to land safely next to the opposite wall. The Hellhound beast chomped through the wall with lava spewing out of it's mouth. The body of the beast covered in the essence of something that is eternally in motion, "You're digging too deep."  A voice escaped the beast without it's mouth having moved a single time, "W-What was that?" Vale responded. The beast began breaking the room completely to try and reach the tiny panther woman. Using the full extent of her charge power with her All Might sword art, she slammed her right fist into the beasts mouth throwing it into the plaza down on the second floor. Vale standing on the railing of the third far to see the beast thud into the ground.

Materials Gathered: 3

Vale: 720/720 | 55/72

Incarnate of Rage, Hellhound: 175/370 | 130 DMG (160/200 Lava Beam Blast on 9/10 crits)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88778 | BD: 3+3-6 | MD: 2-3+1=0

Vale looked at the creature closely. The beast hadn't moved in a moment but the essence that resided on the beast shifted it's eyes from the face to the stomach so it could at Vale. She stared back at the essence, unsure of what it was she was truly looking at. Fear was all that could be felt when looking at the essence that took over the creature. The eyes flared what felt like hateful eyes, And quickly the Beast flipped and charged at the girl. Vale jumped up to the top of the building that was being destroyed by the Hellhound. This time with a kick she knocked the giant creature away with a single powerful swing of her foot. The Hellhound smashing against multiple buildings and rocks until it landed up on the ground. Struggling trying to stand again the beast continued to show it had fight left in it.

Materials Gathered: 3

Vale: 720/720 | 39/72

Incarnate of Rage, Hellhound: 55/370 | 130 DMG (160/200 Lava Beam Blast on 9/10 crits)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88781 | BD: 7+3=10  | MD: Negated by Death | LD: 8+6=14
ID: 88782 | CD: 2: (Unidentified Rare Weapon + 1,110 Col)

Vale honed her eyes on the wolf, tracing its trajectory toward where the beast would eventually descend and plant into the ground. Vale wanted to give the beast no chance for saving itself and turning the tide of battle. Her Charge skill's active power boost was no longer available, but the passive effect on charge that Vale developed gave her enough distance to reach the beast. One final mighty attack into the stomach of the beast caused the area around her to become warped by the wind pressure behind her attack, the essence dissipated from the beast, "Good, you're finally improving." a faint voice echoed around her. After the beast was slain and slowly decayed into particles, she no longer felt the eyes of something watching over her intently.

Materials Gathered: 3

Vale: 720/720 | 23/72

Incarnate of Rage, Hellhound: 0/370 | 130 DMG (160/200 Lava Beam Blast on 9/10 crits)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88784 | LD: 1+6=7 (No Material Found)

Vale huffed and puffed, she was till expunging all her energy in order to fight these beasts. But something got answered for her, these quests were not having empowered beasts by chance. There was something truly sinister following her, something that possessed the power to make these usually weak and easily crushable beasts, into fearsome creatures with a decent amount of power. But the feeling of death was never felt, she never had the feeling her life would come to an end unlike when she faced the Gemini. More questions were getting inside the girls head, but answers were not to be found anywhere near her. Gritting her teeth she moaned in frustration, "What in heaven's name are you? And why are you following me." Her voice quickly turned to screaming out in frustration.

Materials Gathered: 3

Vale: 720/720 | 24/72

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88785 | LD: 8+6=14 (No Material Found)

With the feeling of being watched finally evaporated, Vale took this time to find a quiet little building with a lockable door. It didn't take too long as most of the buildings were here for mining npcs. All cleared out due to some scripted event long before she had ever come to the areas. Now an entire city on the bridge that stretched over a lake of fire, had endless amounts of potential treasures waiting to be found. Vale had a feeling that this wouldn't be the last time she saw an empowered beast. And to take advantage of her time to get some sleep. With a hay pile the back of the building, she pushed it around until it made a comfortable sleeping surface. Looking at the hay pile, all she could think about was laying on another bed-like surface without someone or something to hold while she slept. Something she longed for when she lost Yukino to the endless abyss that Aincrad floats over.

Materials Gathered: 3

Vale: 720/720 | 25/72

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88786 | LD: 1+6=7 (No Material Found)

It was finally time for Vale to get a move on, she had been lingering around for too long. She had set an alarm on her HUD and sat up, forgetting that during the night she became overheated and dressed down into her undergarments. Yawning with tears at her eyes from waking up abruptly, she turned off the alarm and re-equipped herself. Vale exited the building she locked herself in, utilizing her charge she lunged great distances in order to speed up her run through the bridge city. Only a few hours were spent on the move when she finally made it to the other side of the bridge. Upon exiting the zone, she felt that terrifying presence watching over her again. Like it was preparing her second trial of the journey. She looked around and didn't see anything worth mentioning or taking her attention. There wasn't even a single material of worth over the ones she scanned with her eyes.

Materials Gathered: 3

Vale: 720/720 | 72/72

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88814 | BD: 10 (Critical Strike)  | MD: 9 (Lesser Lava Beam)

The chill that ran down Vale's spine spoke in her gut, looking directly forward, she felt the movement in the earth as the next massive Hell Hound encased in a weird crimson like energy. The same creepy all red eyes perpetually gazing, unblinking at her. Vale gritted her teeth and pounded her chest with one hand, "Alright whatever it is that is watching me. Let me tell you something right here. Vale, NEVER stands down!" She shouted at the top of her lungs at the beast. And with full ferocity, the two of them charged at one another. As the dog bit forward, she dove dashed to the side around the Hound giving her a charge enhanced flip turn burst opportunity. Taking the angle Vale pummeled the beast in its gut forcing the beast to collapse and fall back. But as the beast landed, it churned a bunch of lava into its esophagus, blasting a massive beam of Lava directly into Vale. The Martial Artist shielded her face with her arms as the speed of the attack was unavoidable.

Materials Gathered: 3

Vale 560/720 | 55/72

Incarnate of Rage, Hellhound: 145/370 | 130 DMG (160/200 Lava Beam Blast on 9/10 crits)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88815 | BD: 3+3=6  | MD: 3-3+1=1

She felt the burning sensation in her skin, she looked at her damaged arms from the blast. Normally attacks didn't hold at a lot, but every now again one would truly feel the might of a powerful attack. She looked up at the hellhound churning more lava in its mouth, "Oh F-" She couldn't even finish saying her sentence as a big bolt of lava was launched at her. Quickly barrel rolling to the side, she launched off the ground. Her charge skill used up and the cooldown only reset out of fight, she could only rely on the passive uptempo portion of the skill. She effortlessly dodge lava spitball after empowered lava blast. None of it could get close to touching her, just as she got within distance, she flash stepped under the creature to deliver a mighty blast with her All Might skill. The mouth of the beast closed and lava spewed out forcibly from being suddenly shut on.

Materials Gathered: 3

Vale 560/720 | 39/72

Incarnate of Rage, Hellhound: 25/370 | 130 DMG (160/200 Lava Beam Blast on 9/10 crits)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88816 | BD: Negated for Dodge  | MD: 4-3+1=2

Vale readied her second fist with a combo chain of her All Might skill, but just as she began to charge her Fist. Her eyes flicked and she noticed the attack path showing its way toward the entire zone she was at. The girl flash stepped outside of the zone, to watch the Hellhound slam its feet into the ground and causing a massive aoe of dark energy to explode around her. The neko's eyes narrowed as the zone slowly returned to its normal natural state. The beast was showing very different attack patterns as was generally explained about in the monster manual. The fact the beast stood two times taller than the normal Hellhound was already intimidating enough. But now, the beast was attacking very different attacks. Beams, Balls, Stomps, and Bites, there was no limit to the number of different attack patterns this unique variant possessed.

Materials Gathered: 3

Vale 560/720 | 40/72

Incarnate of Rage, Hellhound: 25/370 | 130 DMG (160/200 Lava Beam Blast on 9/10 crits)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88817 | BD: 3+3=6  | MD: Negated By Death | LD: 16+6=22
ID: 88818 | CD: 4 (5 Materials + 1,110 Col)

The beast had an opening available, instantly Vale launched at the top of the cranium to the beast. With her arm still partially charged with her sword art, she finished the energy required to be pumped into her arm to activate her All Might sword art. With one straight shot into the skull of the beast, the Hellhound exploded into data fragments. The loot box popped up showed her what she had earned for the kill, after a moment of understanding what she got she looked back at the essence which was floating in the air. The two sets of eyes glared at one another before the crimson essence slowly dissipated into air, "Keep that drive.... I'll see you soon." The voice spoke, again just barely faint enough to be heard by Vale but not quite understood. It stressed her out, but again the feeling of being watched was gone now.

Materials Gathered: 8
Col Gained: 2,220

Vale 560/720 | 24/72

Incarnate of Rage, Hellhound: -95/370 | 130 DMG (160/200 Lava Beam Blast on 9/10 crits)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88819 | LD: 11+6=17 (Material Found)

With another Hellhound down, there was only one more required to defeat in order for Cerberus to spawn in the Infernal Caves. Being but a half day distance from the target location, Vale thought it was appropriate to continue moving and keep her eyes peeled for any materials that may lay around. She scanned the little amount of foliage that existed between the lakes of fire that riddled the paths leading down to the Infernal Caves. It was daunting to think for sure, but she wasn't one to let fear hold her back. She would have ran at the site of the first two Hellhounds. But after successfully defeating the mongrels, Vale had gathered quite a bit of materials and col from them. Seeing a small patch of foliage, Vale sifted her hands through it pulling out a few small flowers that had certain properties she was interested in. Inserting the material into her inventory, she pursued forward.

Materials Gathered: 9
Col Gained: 2,220

Vale 580/720 | 25/72

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88820 | LD: 19+6=25 (Material Found)

As she dug her hands through it some rocks broke off from the wall and rolled down onto her, looking them over she knew these rocks could be ground down for their finite metal shavings. An ingredient she had been planning to use for some mitigation increasing potions. This would let her test out the idea before she used larger and higher quantity materials to create the same thing in higher tier levels. With a good amount of materials, maybe even enough for one whole days work. She was pretty satisfied, not that Vale would cease looking for more materials as she continued down the winding paths that lead to the beast known as Cerberus. But, she knew she would have a full day's crafting with the materials she just earned in this venture in the deep. It was a small thing, but it brought a lot of happiness to the Neko Martial Artist.

Materials Gathered: 10
Col Gained: 2,220

Vale 600/720 | 26/72

Edited September 28, 2017 by Vale