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Deciding to find a quest with more of a challenge for Zuel to do solo he began to talk to his reliable information brokers. He talks about rumors that deep within the Forest of Wavering Mist, lays in wait a precious pendant inside the stone tomb of King Minos according to rumors. All who trek in the search for this jewel beware the denizens of this forest, the twin level 10 Minotaur's awaiting on opposite entrances of the tomb, and the maze the forest itself creates. Intrigued by the challenge of battle a minotaur Zuel makes his way to the third floor where he would look to his map where the forest was supposed to be. He would reach the edge of the forest where right in front of Zuel eyes a maze would form blocking his path from progressing any further. If Zuel wanted to get to the tomb he was going to have to get to the center of this maze first. Not wanting to turn back now Zuel would enter the maze the forest began to rearrange into an open area as the first of the twin Minotaur would appear before Zuel ready to battle. Zuel would Draw his blade and prepare to fight.

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Zuel 240/240 HP 24/24 EN

Hoya Minotaur: 45/45 HP

Damage per Attack: 30

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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Zuel would approach the Minotaur as it wouldn't attack him right away. It was able to speak as it spoke to Zuel. "You who have come to this forrest have two challenges to face. You must defeat me before you can enter the maze and attempt to find the tomb. Then you must fight my brother if you wish to enter the Tomb of King Minos. PREPARE YOURSELF!!!" The Hoya Minotaur would begin to charge at Zuel moving extremely quickly with its horse like legs. He's Fast. Zuel not backing down would also charge at the minotaur attempting to swing his blade to take out his legs. As the two clashed Zuel's blade would cut the Minotaurs leg landing a critical hit, however the Minotaur would also land a solid hit with his massive sword on Zuel as well causing massive damage to him. Zuel would follow through with his attack turning to the Minotaur after readying for the next attack.

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Zuel 210/240 HP 23/24 EN (- 30 HP) (-1 EN)

ID# 104318 results: BD: 9 (+1 Critical Hit) (base 5) + 1 = 6

Thorns 18

Hoya Minotaur: 21/45 HP (-24 HP)

ID# 104318 results: MOB: 8 (Hit) Base damage 30

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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The Minotaur would look at his leg and then back to Zuel giving him a nod. "Not bad warrior but how long will you last." The Minotaur would rub its hoof into the dirty indicating that it was ready to charge once again, but this time Zuel was ready for the assault. Like clockwork the Minotaur would begin to dash to Zuel at full speed trying to cut him down with its giant sword as he would raise his shield protecting himself at the same time. Zuel not deterred would also charge at the Minotaur as well his sword trailing behind as he prepares to swing. On the way through to attack each other again their swords would clash as bother their attacks would be redirected completely cancelling them both causing them miss. Recoiling back into their originally position as the Minotaur would scoff as he would dig his hoof into the ground as he was stationary.

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Zuel 210/240 HP 22 EN (+1 EN -2 EN)

ID# 104319 results: BD: 3 + 1 = 4 (miss)

Thorns 18

Hoya Minotaur: 21/45 HP 

ID# 104319 results: MOB: 2 (Miss)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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Zuel would stare the Minotaur down with his deep set eyes causing the Minotaur to back up slightly intimidated by Zuel's resolve and unwavering attacks. "Impressive. Not many would charge a Minotaur head on and survive. You are a very skilled swordsman but it is time for me to take this more seriously." The Minotaur would continue to circle around Zuel instead of charging immediately waiting for an opening. Zuel would wait patiently not trying to have a blind side from the Minotaur. Just out of nowhere the Minotaur would begin to charge dashing side to side in order make it more difficult predict where he would attack. Zuel prepared however for the attack would quickly dodge to the side to avoid the attack as the Minotaur would miss. Zuel would try to attack the Minotaur on the way through but it proved to be just to fast for him after dodging to the side causing him to miss completely resetting the fight.

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Zuel 210/240 HP 21 EN (+1 EN -2 EN)

ID# 104320 results: BD: 1 + 1 = 2 (Critical miss)

Thorns 18

Hoya Minotaur: 21/45 HP 

ID# 104320 results: MOB: 3 (Miss)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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The Minotaur would begin to become frustrated at the situation. "How do you keep dodging my attacks!?" It would fixate on Zuel with harden eyes ready to strike again. Zuel was calm and composed as the Minotaur stared into his deep set eyes once again fearing him just a but channelling that fear into anger causing the Minotaur to charge at Zuel at full speed once again. Zuel would charge as well sword in hand trailing behind him as he was ready to slash him down once he got in range but who would be success on this attack? This time around Zuel didn't plan on missing as the Minotaur would swing its giant sword forcing him to drop his guard for a split second as Zuel would duck the attack causing the Minotaur to miss completely as he would swing hard at the Minotaurs leg causing another critical hit and the Minotaur to fall over.

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Zuel 210/240 HP 21 EN (+1 EN - EN)

ID# 104321 results: BD: 9 (+1 Critical Hit) (base 5) + 1 = 6

Thorns 18

Hoya Minotaur: 15/45 HP (-6 HP)

ID# 104319 results: MOB: 5 (Miss)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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The Minotaur would fall to the ground tumbling over and quickly try to rise to his feet as he looked over to Zuel. His eyes meeting his as Zuel had a look of intent to kill in them as he slowly walked over to the Minotaur since he was wounded and could not run very fast anymore. "Stay back mortal! I will kill you!" The Minotaur would scream in anguish as it forced himself to raise to his feet and charge at Zuel trying to attack him once again with not strategy just pure rage. Zuel didn't move as he continue to walk to the Minotaur his gaze fixated onto him. Zuel would raise his sword up and purposely miss the Minotaur leaving himself wide open for an attack as the Minotaur foolishly attacks Zuel unaware that he had been damaging himself from Zuel's armor. As the thorns damage applied to the Minotaur it would be finished as it would glow bright white before shattering into pieces and the path to the maze would open up for Zuel to be able to travers it.

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Zuel 179/240 HP 20/24 EN (- 30 HP) (+1 EN -2 EN)

ID# 104323 results: BD: 4 + 1 = 5 (Miss)

Thorns 18

Hoya Minotaur: 0/45 HP (-18 HP)

ID# 104318 results: MOB: 9 (+1 Critical Hit) Base damage 30 + 1 = 31

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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After finishing off the Minotaur Zuel would sheath his sword and enter the maze. There were rumors that maze would change the more you walked through it making it almost impossible to find the tomb but Zuel was careful making sure to search every possible route before making a decision. Once he chose to go down a direction he would memorize the layout in order to determine if the maze had really change or not. Using this method he never had to look at his map because it would have been useless to anyway since it wouldn't show any of the surrounding area because of the changing layout and how the quest was designed. After some time Zuel would see an open clearing having to be the exit of the maze and entrance of the tomb. That has to be it. After entering the clearing the tomb would just be up ahead and as he approached the second of the Hoya Minotaur twins would stand in his way, blocking his path from continuing until he was defeated.

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Zuel 179/240 HP 21/24 EN (+1 EN)

Hoya Minotaur: 45/45 HP

Damage: 30

 

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Zuel having already taken down one of these beat before was ready to expect a similar aspect of battle from his Minotaur and after learning of her brothers death the Minotaur would attack in rage charging at Zuel. Zuel would retaliate as well charging at him ready to swing his sword as it trailed behind him. The Minotaur would approach Zuel as he was ready to swing his giant sword at Zuel. Zuel would dodge to the side causing the Minotaur to completely miss Zuel as he would take the chance to swing his blade on the now wide open Minotaur. Zuel would slash at the side of the Minotaurs leg causing it to fall to the ground and slide across as well picking up a lot of dust as he would. The Minotaur would quickly regain it balance trying to frantically fine Zuel location through the dust but couldn't see anything. Zuel would take this opportunity to get behind the Minotaur ready to attack again. The Minotaur would look in fear. "Impossible!"

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Zuel 179/240 HP 21/24 EN (+1 EN)(-1 EN)

ID# 104328 results: BD: 5 + 1 = 6 (Hit) (Base Damage 5)

Hoya Minotaur: 40/45 HP (-5 HP)

ID# 104328 results: MOB: 4 (Miss)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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Zuel usually taking the advantage for strategy would often use the most effective method of dealing with the enemy without taking as much damage as possible. However with such a large health pool now and thorns on his armor it made him much more threatening being at the front lines of battle. The dust began to clear as the Minotaur could only see the silhouette of Zuel's outline through the dust causing him to charge not wanting to lose sight of Zuel. However when he would see Zuel's face he would become incredibly intimidated like his brother before as Zuel would just be slowly walking sword in hand through the clearing dust ready to strike once the Minotaur would come near. Still the Minotaur would continue to charge ready to attack as he drew near. The Minotaur would swing his mighty sword across Zuel's chest for a successful hit dealing massive damage but Zuel didn't move and inch as the Minotaur was stopped dead in its tracks. Zuel eyes would be hidden by his hair before looking up at the Minotaur with his deep set eyes. The Minotaur would take the damage from the Thorns but Zuel wasn't finished there driving his sword right across the chest of the beast causing a critical hit sending the Minotaur flying back.

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Zuel 149/240 HP 21/24 EN (+1 EN)(-1 EN) (-30 HP)

ID# 104329 results: BD: 10 (+2 Critical Hit) (Base Damage 5) + 2 = 7

Thorns: 18

Hoya Minotaur: 15/45 HP (-25 HP)

ID# 104328 results: MOB: 6 (Hit) Damage: 30

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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After being flown across the opening the Minotaur looked to Zuel in fear as his devastating cause massive damage to the Minotaur. However Zuel was not finished there as he slowly began to walk toward the Minotaur with a serious look as a few more hits would finish off the beast. The Minotaur would raise to it feet and cry out in anger and rage not wishing to die. He would begin to flail its sword wildly as Zuel approached backing up more and more until the beasts back was against the tomb's wall. With no other option the Minotaur would move forward to Zuel swing its massive sword wildly hoping to land a hit unaware what that would mean for the creature. Zuel would continue to walk ready to attack as well. This was the end for the Minotaur as Zuel allowed it to hit him causing his armor to apply the thorn damage finishing him off but Zuel wasn't going to let it end like that as the Minotaur began to glow Zuel would drive his sword through it slashing the Minotaur and shattering him into pieces before disappearing. The doors to the tomb would open with the death of the second Minotaur.

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Zuel 119/240 HP 21/24 EN (+1 EN)(-1 EN) (-30 HP)

ID# 104331 results: BD: 7 + 1 = 8 (Hit) (Base Damage 5)

Thorns: 18

Hoya Minotaur: 0/45 HP (-23 HP)

ID# 104331 results: MOB: 6 (Hit) Damage: 30

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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With both Minotaurs defeated the doors to the Tomb of King Minos would open as Zuel would go inside. Inside he would find a dim lit room with torches surrounding a pedestal with a beautiful red jewel on it. It must of been the reward for completing the trial as Zuel would inspect the object he would find that it had zero combat stats and was only a cosmetic item. Zuel usually doesn't reveal much emotions but even he was a bit disappointed to learn that it wouldn't be something that could help him become stronger. Finishing the quest he decided to head back out and make his way back through the maze. This time though the maze was just a straight away to the exit since Zuel had already completed the trial and didn't need to go through the maze again. After having a lot of spare time from finishing the quest so quickly he decided to head to a nearby cave to mine for a bit. Finding a vein right away and being to hit it with his pickaxe hoping to find some materials inside. Unfortunately there was nothing inside and had to search elsewhere for another vein. 

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ID# 104332 results: LD: 10 (Failure)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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Zuel went deeper into the cave and found another ore vein and start mining it once again. Each hit would break off a piece of the vein as sparks would also fly as he made impact with the rock, lighting the area a little more. After a couple hits it would break down the vein going for one final hit hoping to find an ore inside. Zuel used the pick to move the rubble out of the way to check if there was anything inside. However after searching through the rubble he was unable to find anything that could be used as Tier 1 materials. It seemed here it was a bit more difficult to find materials for profession but a broken once told him of a quest where it was much easier to find ore. However Zuel was already here and had some time to kill before handing the quest in completely so he continued down the path to find another vein to mine from.

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ID# 104335 results: LD: 2 (Failure)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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The cave began to get a bit darker since it was getting later outside but he still had time to finish the quest before his vision would be completely impaired. Deeper in the cave he found a cluster of small veins that were exactly what he was looking for to mine. They were smaller so it wouldn't take that much time to completely mine all together so he decided to get to work. Walking up to the ore cluster Zuel would clenched his mining pic tight as he began to mine away at the cluster. Each strike would break off another piece of rock hoping to find materials inside. As he continued more and more rocks would begin to crumble away until Zuel had completely exhausted the entire cluster. Even though it didn't take that much time to mine there was nothing in the cluster for him to use as materials but he wasn't to deterred since it didn't waste that much time at all. He looked around to see if he could find something similar to quickly mine so he didn't waste any time.

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ID# 104335 results: LD: 13 (Failure) 

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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Although this was a lot of work the atmosphere made it a very peaceful experience. The cave was dimly lit as the sound of the wild outside echoed lightly through the cave. There were no enemies in the cave which made it a stress free experience. Zuel didn't need to worry about being attacked and he wasn't pressured for time at all since he would keep collecting until he had the five materials needed. He would search the immediate area again and fine another clusters of ore for him to mine. Walking up to the ore cluster Zuel would clenched his mining pic tight as he began to mine away at the cluster. Each strike would break off another piece of rock hoping to find materials inside. As he continued more and more rocks would begin to crumble away until Zuel had completely exhausted the entire cluster. After it crumbled to the ground Zuel was able to see something shinning in the rubble as he bent down to pick it up. It was just another useless one of those rock materials he needed, adding it to his inventory. 

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ID# 104338 results: LD: 14 (Failure)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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Zuel coninued looking around as he found some decently small ore veins like before and decided it would be good to mine at the smaller ones first. Getting near the ore vein in the open part of the cave he clenched his mining pic tight as he began to mine away at the vein. Each strike would break off another chunck of rock hoping to find materials inside. As he continued more and more rocks would begin to crumble away until Zuel had completely exhausted the entire vein. After it crumbled to the ground Zuel was able to see something shinning in the rubble as he bent down to pick it up. It was another one of the ore materials he needed, adding it to his inventory. Zuel just needed one more ore material to regain the materials he had lost from crafting in his shop He was incredibly lucky to get this many materials so quickly. Hopefully it wouldn't get to dark quickly and he could collect one or two more materials.

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ID# 104339 results: LD: 15 (Success)

+1 Tier 1 Material

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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The cave was quiet with no other sound than running water that was peaking through a hold in the ceiling. Light would peak through to keep the are well lit which was good for Zuel as he needed it to find the ore veins. Walking up to another vein he clenched his mining pic tight as he began to mine away at the ore. He would continuously hit the vein and would break off another chunk of rock hoping to find something inside. As he continued more and more rocks would begin to crumble away until Zuel had completely exhausted the entire vein. It seems once again he didn't find anything here. It seems like this wasn't going to be that easy after all. The chances of him finding a ore from each vein seemed to be around one and four so it was going to take some time and some patience if was going to be able to complete this quest. Luckily it didn't seem like he was going to have to fight at all during his time in this cave so it was one less thing for him to worry about.

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ID# 104342 results: LD: 13 (Failure)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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Deciding that it wouldn't be a good idea to keep switching spots Zuel stayed in the same spot and tried to identify the differences between the ore. He was hoping that maybe if there was something that could give him some information about which vein yield the materials he needed he could speed the process up a bit. But unfortunately this was only a video game and they all looked the same no matter how hard he tried. Random chance was just random chance so he saw a few more veins in the distance. Walking up to another vein he clenched his mining pic tight as he began to mine away at the ore. Each hit would break off another chunk of rock hoping to find something inside. More and more chunks of rocks would begin to dissapear away until Zuel had completely exhausted the entire vein leaving nothing behind. Once again Zuel had failed to obtain any materials from the vein. It seems like his luck wasn't on his side at all today as he thought that maybe it was the cave he was in that could be the problem. He would venture out to search for another cave to mine in.

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ID# 104344 results: LD: 13 (Failure)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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After leaving the caves Zuel would once again be faced with the decision of which cave to go into next. There was only two other ones and he didn't want to leave a cave again so he decided on the one that was closest to the mountain nearby hoping that it was possibly linked somehow and would yield better results for him. The cave was a bit darker than the last one but it wasn't that much of a problem for Zuel as when he entered he saw plenty of ore veins. approaching an ore vein in the new cave he clenched his mining pic tight as he began to mine away at the vein. Each strike would break off another piece of rock hoping to find materials inside. As he continued more and more rocks would begin to crumble away until Zuel had completely exhausted the entire vein. Just as it did Zuel was able to see something shinning in the rubble as he bent down to pick it up. Finally he had managed to find one of the materials he need on the first vein of this new cave. He would add to his inventory and look around for another Vein to mine from.

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ID# 104345 results: LD: 15 (Success)

+1 Tier 1 Materials

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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A bit more satisfied with his results Zuel decided it was best to stay in this cave as it had already shown him it was possible to mine ore here so it should be possible to get more again. Some bats would fly by and out of the cave but they didn't seem hostile, just probably put there by the game designers as atmosphere since it was a cave after all. Approaching an ore vein in the new cave he clenched his mining pic tight as he began to mine away at the vein. Each strike would break off another piece of rock hoping to find materials inside. As he continued more and more rocks would begin to crumble away until Zuel had completely exhausted the entire vein. Just as it did Zuel was able to see something shinning in the rubble as he bent down to pick it up. Once again Zuel had been successful in finding another material in the vein he had mined. His luck was turning around in this cave since gaining the ore was simply random chance and he knew it. However he didn't collect any ore this time around.

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ID# 104346 results: LD: 6 (Failure)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel

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The cave began to get a bit darker since it was getting later outside but he still had time to finish the quest before his vision would be completely impaired. Deeper in the cave he found a cluster of small veins that were exactly what he was looking for to mine. They were smaller so it wouldn't take that much time to completely mine all together so he decided to get to work. Walking up to the ore cluster Zuel would clenched his mining pic tight as he began to mine away at the cluster. Each strike would break off another piece of rock hoping to find materials inside. As he continued more and more rocks would begin to crumble away until Zuel had completely exhausted the entire cluster. Even though it didn't take that much time to mine there was nothing in the cluster for him to use as materials but he wasn't to deterred since it didn't waste that much time at all. He looked around to see if he could find something similar to quickly mine so he didn't waste any time. He decided it was getting to late and he had already finished the quest and it was time to head back.

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ID# 104347 results: LD: 3 (Failure)

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Zuel