[SP-F1] Ruining A Family (The Second Lesson Is Also Free) <COMPLETE>

[Kazzy 0]

You swing your sword here and there in the open fields just near the entrance of the Town Of Beginnings, getting used to the weight of the sword and chainmail that you are now wearing. Much like a squire in training, you use your sword against a small tree which you improvised it as a discount pell. At one point you end up cutting it in half, a mistake that ended your training a bit too early. You pant as you look at the mess, but you don't grumble about it. You think you are done here since you already got used to your arsenal's weight anyway.

You doff your armor and sheathe your sword before making your way back into the city and head to Lyle's place. You remember that old blacksmith who told you to get something from him, though you don't know what kind of materials you will be getting as of yet. Soon, you arrive at his place and knock the door, calling out, "It's Kazzy!"

The door opens a few seconds later and Lyle stands there grinning at you.

"You finally up for it lad?" He asks. You nod in response, and he motions you to come inside, which you did.

Edited May 30, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

Lyle sits at the table, lighting a pipe between his lips beneath his aging white beard. He lets out a deep sigh through his nostrils, puffing out a smoke at the direction of the fireplace while gazing at the embers lit in in. You sit across him and look at him as he starts to speak without turning his head to you.

"Boar tusks...it's all I need. Specifically pups. You give me three of them and I'll forge you something good in return. Maybe a better looking sword or another chainmail but with chausses and a great helm. What do you think?"

"Chausses?" You ask.

"Chainmail leg armor. You roll them up your legs like thigh socks. Whether it's the chainmail set or a new weapon, you get the three tusks first. Remember, only pups, no adults."

You look at him while thinking of the full chainmail set. Perhaps the level of protection is barely different, but at least you probably won't have to worry about your legs or your face anymore. You give him a nod while saying, "I'll do it."

Lyle just nods absentmindedly, his eyes still gaze at the embers.

"Good...now go do your work, chop chop. I need my s**t done quick."

Without further questioning, you stand up and don your armor again before leaving his premise and head out to the fields again.

[Kazzy 0]

You stroll around the fields, sword in hand as you set out to hunt three pups. Sounds morbid, but they are just mobs...right? You shake your head and look around, noting from the clock that it is now afternoon, and it has been two days since you first met Lyle. 

Thanks to the wind you don't find yourself burned by the sun that hides among the clouds, its rays beaming parts of the land. As you move further ahead into the fields, you stumble into what appears to be grazing grounds, numerous boars can be seen munching on them.

You walk around the area, searching for any visible pup nearby. Thankfully, it doesn't take long to do so though, as you finally see one standing idly alone, staring at a distance.

You ready your sword.

ID: 117817

BD: 1

MD: 2

Kazzy: HP 60/60 -- Energy: 4/6 -- DMG 3 -- MIT 9

Boar Pup: HP 5/5 -- DMG 3 -- MIT 0

"Kuso..." you grumble after missing your swing thanks to the pup's effort to dodge the attack out of nowhere. It lets out a loud squeal, displaying its aggressiveness, then charges at you.

Edited May 26, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117827

BD: 1

MD: 2

Kazzy: HP 60/60 -- Energy 3/6

Boar Pup: HP 5/5

You rush towards the pup the same way it does to you, squealing loudly in a high pitched volume. You quickly swing your sword sideways as you are close...only to miss its height and slash the air above it instead. At the same time, you dodge its charge and soon the two of you stop and face each other.

You curse under your breath at the mistake you made, trying to keep in mind about the pup's height and that you have to slash lower. Remaining still in another battle stance, you hold your sword in a way that its tip faces forward. Slowly, you take small steps towards the pup that is charging towards you again. You hope in your heart that this fight doesn't take long otherwise it would be an embarrassment to not easily kill such easy prey. Worse case scenario, mama boar might be around and attack you out of sight if she sees this battle going on in her grounds.

Edited May 27, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117839

BD: 4

MD: 7

Kazzy: HP 59/60 -- Energy 2/6

Boar Pup: HP 5/5

You throw yourself into a thrust with your sword, anticipating the tip of the blade to make contact with the pup. Unfortunately, the pup picks up a bit of extra speed and bumps you in the hip, albeit pathetically. You quickly step aside and slash your sword wildly while backing away.

You are relieved when you notice that your health barely chips away, but now you find the pup more of a nuisance than a threat. Like swatting a mosquito or something. The pup lets out a loud squeal, as if it is calling for help. S**t. A few other pups might not be a problem, but if the mother comes in...

You step a bit closer to the pup who is now ready to charge at you again, perhaps to buy its reinforcements enough time to appear while you are distracted. So be it. "Bring it on!" You exclaim, gritting your teeth.

Edited May 27, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117840

BD: 1

MD: 4

Kazzy: HP 59/60 -- Energy 1/6

Boar Pup: HP 5/5

At this point this fight becomes a swatting competition where each time you miss, your time is wasted. The only way to win this thing is to kill, and that your enemy is a god damn pup. Sounds easy on paper, but you swear that the administrator might mess with players like this just for s**ts and giggles.

"Stay still!" You shout as you attempt another swing at the charging pup, only to miss yet again, the same goes to itself. You wish in your heart that you bought something that would replenish your energy for the sake of Sword Arts, and now you regret that. 

"Just my so called luck..." you murmur as you look around briefly. No other boars are still nearby, as the grazing group had left to another spot. At least you won't have to worry about that, but now you still have to confront the task you find tedious to complete.

Edited May 27, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117841

BD: 1

MD: 5

Kazzy: HP 59/60 -- Energy 0/6

Boar Pup: HP 5/5

Another minutes passed as both you and pup avoid and try to hit each other, only to miss. Rinse and repeat. You feel slightly exhausted and just stood there, knees slightly bend. It takes seconds for you to recover a bit by taking a deep breath and standing straight again. Adjusting your coif, you look at the pup that is now as still as a statue, as if it is waiting for something.

And indeed it does, for you hear more steps trotting towards your back. You turn around to see two more pups preparing to circle you along with its comrade that requested for help. This is going to be fun. You grin slightly, as least three versus one is a bit more intense than only a singular foe. You just stand still, gripping your sword tightly as you turn around looking at all the circling boars. Their eyes glow red as they prepare to launch themselves towards you.

Edited May 27, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117842

MD : 6

ID: 117843

BD: 9 MD: 4

ID: 117844

MD: 10

Kazzy: HP 57/60

Boar Pup 1: HP 5/5

Boar Pup 2: HP 1/5

Boar Pup 3: HP 5/5

The three pups charge towards you in unison. One is a little bit too fast as you immediately take a wild swing to hit any of them, and by luck, you manage to slash one of them in the snout, which causes it to retreat a bit and squeal in pain. You didn't have time to jump away from the other two that bash their skulls against your hip. Thanks to your chainmail, you still don't feel much pain, though you still find yourself being pathetically smashed obnoxious as hell. You swing your sword in the air towards their direction, and unlike their injured brother, they manage to trot away for a distance before your blade can reach their flesh. 

You turn around and look at the injured one. It's still determine to stop you, just like an adult boar you. Persistent b@stards these creatures are, pup or adult. You could almost call this determination, although not in a way people usually perceive it.

Edited May 27, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117845

MD : 1

ID: 117846

BD: 8

ID: 117847

MD: 1

Kazzy: HP 57/60

Boar Pup 1: HP 5/5

Boar Pup 3: HP 5/5

The two pups charge again in unison, but you manage to find the energy to dodge by jumping away from them at the side. Naturally, both miss and happen to pass their injured kin that is still charging towards you. You let out an "ORYAH!" as you run towards it and from a good distance, you plunge the blade to its snout, stabbing through one of the nostrils. The pup doesn't let out a squeal as it immediately dies, exploding into pixels of data.

ID: 117848

LD: 15 (Obtained 1/3 Boar Pup Tusk)

A loot window pops up telling you that you successfully have its tusk added into your inventory. With this newfound determination, you turn around and face the other two, slowly swinging your sword left to write as you calmly walk to them. They look hesitate for a bit, although judging from their stance, they seem to be preparing for yet another charge. All they have to do is to wait for you to get close enough to them. You don't mind.

Edited May 27, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117872

BD: 7 MD: 1

ID: 117873

MD: 10

Kazzy: HP 56/60

Boar Pup 1: HP 2/5

Boar Pup 3: HP 5/5

You are close to the pups when they abruptly take off with a new charge. One of them barely makes it as its head feel metal plunged through the skull. The other hits your leg, though it barely registers as a legit hit. You kick the first one in the face to draw your blade out of its head. You see its health depleting to a quarter full as you hear the third snorting while circling you and its mate.

The first is notably weak thanks to its new injuries, limping while moving around, unable to run in circles like its buddy did. You turn around to glance at the third briefly and slash the air to flick out some of the blood on the blade. The pace of the battle changes as you suddenly run along the healthy pup that circles you to confuse it. You think that you should finish the first pup as soon as possible.

Edited May 28, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117883

BD: 3 MD: 8

ID: 117884

MD: 6

Kazzy: HP 54/60

Boar Pup 1: HP 2/5

Boar Pup 3: HP 5/5

You somehow lost concentration as you accidentally get too close to the injured pup. At the same time, the healthier one is already sprinting towards you, charging its skull to your direction. Time does not spare you from their little attacks as you are hit on both sides of your body, the injured somewhat have the energy to still support its kin. You stumble onto the ground as you lost balance and quickly get up, looking at your health.

Still very okay, though you feel more annoyed that you didn't pay much attention to the distance between yourself and the first pup. You swing your sword in the air while running towards them, only for them to retreat for a bit before you stop, intending to conserve your energy. You pant heavily as you look at your own chainmail. If your body aren't as strong as it is today, you wouldn't even be able to withstand the weight of this armor, even for a bit without proper training on wearing one proficiently.

You glare at the pups as the only sounds present are the wind, your breath and their snorts.

Edited May 28, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117886

MD: 10

ID: 117887

BD: 8 MD: 4

Kazzy: HP 53/60

Boar Pup 1: HP 2/5

Boar Pup 3: HP 2/5

If there is one thing you remember hating about RPGs in general, it's the grinding and fetch quests. Grinding without anything interesting to spice it up is enough to bore you out, the same goes to fetch quests. And now you realize that this is more or less the same thing you despised, except there won't be any systems to make yourself automatically land on hits against enemies. 

...you really should try to get some help someday to make these quests faster to finish.

Back to the battle, you finally have enough of trying to be strategic, so off you run to the pups, going berserk much to their surprise. The third pup takes a charge, but it is too late to dodge a wild overhead slash that almost cuts its snout in half. It squeals in pain as blood leaks out onto the grass, coating them.

You are about to take another swing close to the third when you feel your side being bumped by the first. You quickly back away and face your blade towards its direction.

You hope to end this quickly.

Edited May 28, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117888

MD: 1

ID: 117889

BD: 10

Kazzy: HP 53/60

Boar Pup 1: HP 2/5

You let out a roar and charge towards the pups that do the same to you, squealing loudly as they make their final stand. Your eyes widen as you dodge the first from hitting the left half of your front. At the same time you eye the third and grunt while taking one big step and thrusting your sword to its direction. It worked! You stab its eye and it immediately dies, exploding into pixels. 

"YOSH!" You cried out loud as you turn your head abruptly to the first, scowling even further as your grip around your sword tightens.

ID: 117890

LD: 4

You grit your teeth and let out a 'tch' as you realize that no loot window appear before you after the third die. Just f**king great. Your temper flares up as you calmly walk to the pup that is now idle, probably still hurt from its slashed snout. It seems to be panting of some sort as it has trouble breathing from its bloodied nostrils.

Edited May 28, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117891

BD: 10

Kazzy: HP 53/60

"ORYAH!" You cry out as you swing your sword once you are within reach towards the pup that shows no resistance against your attack. The overhead swing is so strong that its skull splits into two, brain matter spill briefly before it disintegrates. You pant heavily once more, muttering "Yare yare..." while starting to slightly regret starting upon Lyle's errand, and doing this alone too. You close your eyes, facing the sky while it darkens a bit and rain starts to drizzle.

ID: 117892

LD: 16 (Obtained 2/3 Boar Pup Tusk)

You hear the familiar notification sound of the loot window that says about yourself earning another tusk. You let out a deep, long sigh and sit your ass onto the grass, letting yourself soaked by the incoming rain. Ah. Fresh, cold rain. You even open your mouth to drink it for a bit to hydrate yourself.

Just one more to go and you are done...and indeed, you are so done with this and wish for a more exciting adventure. You slightly open your eyes as you face the horizon, wondering how mom is doing. The sounds of rain is your only audio companion.

Edited May 28, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

Just when you are about to relax for a while in the rain, you turn around to see ANOTHER new boar pup appearing out of nowhere, looking at you for some reason. How it is there suddenly is a mystery. Either you don't hear it coming due to the rain, or the game just spawns a new one as soon as the fight ended. You close your eyes and let out a soft sigh, thinking about whether you should wait for your energy to heal itself or just get over it straight away. 

On second thought....maybe you should rest for now. The pup doesn't go aggro when it sees you, as of typical of other adult boars unless provoked...or being called. You still don't get how the whole aggro thing works. 

You lie down on the grass while hoping that the pup isn't out of your sight. Eyes closed, you begin to reminiscent about your previous life in reality.

Edited May 28, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

You remember your boxing days.

People often call you the Dragon Boxer due to a pair of custom boxing shorts that you wear. The shorts itself is white in color, with its thigh sleeve bearing the logo of a Japanese dragon holding a pearl. The pearl resembles everything epic like immortality, prosperity or whatever. Simply grasping it is the equivalent to being a god incarnate. Heh.

You remember your boxing styles too, which you still stick to the brawler and rush fighting styles like you employed in the streets, albeit a bit less extreme thanks to boxing rules. You always aim for the vital parts, especially around the body since mommy said that it is quicker to make the opponent stagger if such points are being attacked. You even dodge frequently and may not attack at all if you feel like it, just to tire the enemy while occasionally throwing jabs to the face. The head is only your target when you have the chance to beat the s**t out of your foes until they are knocked out.

You smile as you remember the victors you achieved, your mom's proud expression on her face, and even the few losses you went through as you took them as lessons to boxing to victory. Oh, how you miss those days.

[Kazzy 0]

You also remember yourself saving some people and beating up any goons looking for trouble, as if you are playing hero. You even defended yourself from being mugged at one point. Culprits were some sort of gang that wanted you dead after you gave your lesson to one of their gang members that almost assaulted a girl he stripped. Like Bruce Lee you beat them to a pulp, even the leader wasn't spared as he begged for mercy upon seeing his buddies down.

You realize that this kind of thing won't be very easy in Aincrad. One, criminals aren't as abundant as in the real world. Second, even when they exist as players with orange diamonds, which indicated that they committed a crime such as killing outside an authorized duel, you find your fists useless to deplete their health...unless they are probably weakened with your weapon. Maybe. The important thing to note is that you prefer to stay away from playing hero against criminals whose levels and equipment are better than yours. It's time to play safe now.

The rain shows no signs of stopping as you stand up and turn around to see the pup still wandering around nearby. You take a deep breath and feel your energy restored. Time to take down the final prey. Hopefully you can manage to get its tusk this time.

[Kazzy 0]

ID: 117914

BD: 8

Kazzy: HP 60/60 -- Energy 3/6 (Used Snake Bite!) -- DMG 3 -- MIT 9

Your sword glows blue in color as you charge towards the pup, which notice you and caught itself off guard as you finally unleash your Sword Art upon it. Snake Bite to be exact. The pup has no time at all to defend itself as you slash its body in three different angles, all cut deep into its flesh severing its organs. The pup explodes into pixels and you grin, baring your teeth as you glad that you rested beforehand. 

And now for the loot....

ID: 117915

LD: 14 (Obtained 3/3 Boar Pup Tusk)

"YOSH!" You cry out in joy as the loot window tells you the good news: you have successfully obtained the final tusk. You sheath your sword and suddenly break into a rap number derived from "Like A Butterfly", imagining the song playing and the female singer singing alongside you. Your rap game lasts all while you make your way back to the starting city.

"This world doesn’t even have any light,
Can’t stop it’s going to destroy my mind!"

Your rap vocals get louder whenever the chorus mentally kicks in, indicating your passion for going hard in this favorite song of yours. The rain somehow fits your musical moment, almost as if it belongs in some movie

Edited May 29, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

You finally arrive at the Town Of Beginnings and eventually at Lyle's door, knocking it loudly due to the rain. You are greeted quickly by his presence as the door opens. Lyle takes one look at you and grin, "Hard at work eh? You finally got them?"

You nod in response, adding with, "Can I dry myself inside?"

"Sure! Come on in and hand me those tusks."

You oblige and enter his home, the door closed behind you. You doff your armor and now standing in drenched shirt and pants, you take a chair with you and go to the furnace, sitting near his workplace. You look at the anvil briefly, feeling the warmth of the burning furnace. You then swipe your finger down and bring out the three tusks from your inventory, showing them to Lyle in your hands when he approaches you with a drink. He nods with thanks.

"Put them on the table," he says.

You stand up and do so, then sit down as he gives you your refreshment. A simple hot chocolate. Damn. You sip the warm drink and close your eyes as you enjoy its taste and warmth. You smile at Lyle and nod with thanks.

"And now with my tusks finally available, I shall give you something I recently forged as a gift. Here."

He takes something out from a nearby personal chest and shows the item to you, making small rattling noises. You look the thing he is holding out in awe.

A long sleeved chainmail, aka a haubergeon, covering the entire body and arms with mail mittens included.

Edited May 30, 2019 by Kazzy

[Kazzy 0]

You stand up and walk to Lyle, examining the chainmail closely. It reminds you of such armor worn by knights in the 12th century, where chainmail is the norm and great helmets serving as the icon of knights in that same period. The same goes to the Crusaders.

"Take it, there's more," Lyle says as he shakes the haubergeon, which you take gently and admire it before putting it into your inventory. You consider discarding your starting armor. 

Lyle pulls out a pair of mail chausses from the chest and show it to you. "For the legs," he says, in case you can't recognize the pieces. You nod knowingly and receive it too.

More pieces of armor are given to you to complete the set. Another coif, a gambeson, and finally, much to your delight, a great helm. Wonderful. This helm is the early incarnation since it doesn't entirely enclose your head like a barrel much like the archetypal later great helms. The 'pot' however does enclose the entirety of your skull's top half, with the metal 'mask' protecting your entire face. You feel satisfied with its appealing design.

"Thank you so much, sir," you say and bow to Lyle after storing your gifts. The old man chuckles and pats you on the shoulder.

"Two more things, one which I need you to deliver something for me," he says as he continues fishing out stuff from the chest. A potion and a package wrapped in brown paper.

"This potion is called Safeguard, made by our alchemist friend Zackariah. It can protect you from...say an initial attack that catches you off guard. A strong one too. One more before you go, take this package and give it to Hannah, an artisan. You can find her drawing in a grove of trees in this city. You won't miss it, otherwise just follow the signs."

You gladly take both of them to your inventory and delete your old chainmail armor. You are surprised when it appears briefly in front of you only to disintegrate in pixels like enemies would. 

"Again, thank you for the armor," you say again with a bow, seeing that you are finally done here and wanting to rest. "I will take my leave."

Lyle nods with a smile. "Go on. Say hi to Hannah for me mate. Good day."

And with that, you leave his workshop and head back to the inn for a hot meal and maybe sleeping through the evening before being nocturnal at night.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU COMPLETED YOUR ADVENTURE!

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Obtained 3 SP (+2 from Quest)

Obtained 400 COL

Obtained new chainmail Tier 1 armor with +1 MIT

Obtained Safeguard potion

Edited May 30, 2019 by Kazzy