Alkor 0 Posted July 17, 2020 Author #41 Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Another swing, another miss. Alkor felt his frustration rising once more, the way it had with the first few failures during this excursion. Only this was much worse. The longer they fought, the worse things had potential to get- though, he sincerely doubted the Wasps could do much to get through Yuki's impregnable defenses. No, perhaps the worst case scenario for Alkor would be to get trapped in an infinite loop of failure to strike true and the mobs doing absolutely nothing to them. Ennui would inevitably set in. Players had lost their minds over worse. "Fuck that," Alkor hissed as he turned to face the enemy once more and took a deep breath. The next one was going to hit, and if not the next, then the one after that. He was dead set, and nothing could keep him from staying the course. "Here, let me help you!" Alkor called as he rushed toward Yuki and extended a hand. He attempted to pull her back to her feet, what with the paralysis running its full course. Hopefully, she'd appreciate the assist. [7, 10] Zajčica | HP: 1230/1230 | EN: 100/114 | DMG: 3 | MIT: 166 | EVA: -1 | ACC: 2 | BLD: 36 | H.M.: 2 | REC: 1 | THRNS: 84 | TAUNT | BH: 61 | DoT -25% | PARA [0, 1] Alkor | HP: 590/590 | EN: 34/58 | DMG: 10 | MIT: 48 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 0 | BLT: 24 Bee Minion 3: 166/250 | 125 DMG | 25 MIT Wasp Queen: 166/500 | 200 DMG | 75 MIT ID# 159614 Battle: 4 <miss> Edited July 17, 2020 by Alkor Link to post Share on other sites
Zajcica 0 Posted July 17, 2020 #42 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Yuki finally felt the motion return to her limbs, slowly allowing her to break the paralysis's hold on her. She took Alkor's hand and raised to her feet. The wasp approached behind him, looking for an opportunity to strike the paladin, but her ally in the way. Yuki brushed him to the side and decked the wasp before it's stinger reached her. The wasp slammed into the ground again, curling up in pain, obviously dazed from her attack. "Apologies for pushing you." Yuki says plainly, shooing off the remaining wasp like it was a fly buzzing around her face. "We need to finish off the Queen before she paralyzes me again. No feeling I hate more than being paralyzed. It brings up some bad memories from when I was climbing." Yuki shudders in the thought of being swallowed by the Hebishinu again. That was one experience that she refused to relive. [7, 14] Zajčica | HP: 1230/1230 | EN: 100/114 | DMG: 3 | MIT: 166 | EVA: -1 | ACC: 2 | BLD: 36 | H.M.: 2 | REC: 1 | THRNS: 84 | TAUNT | BH: 61 | DoT -25% | PARA [0, 1] Alkor | HP: 590/590 | EN: 34/58 | DMG: 10 | MIT: 48 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 0 | BLT: 24 Bee Minion 3: 166/250 | 125 DMG | 25 MIT Wasp Queen: 62/500 ((2x10)+84)| 200 DMG | 75 MIT | [Stunned!] Link to post Share on other sites
Alkor 0 Posted July 18, 2020 Author #43 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) As she pushed him aside, Alkor dropped back a step, just in time for the Queen to hit the dirt. The stun gave him the opening. All he had to do was sink his blade deep in the insect. Alkor let loose his attack, a wild flurry of strikes, and tore through the Wasp Queen with extreme prejudice. To add insult to injury, as the critical hit took, the Blight stack exacerbated the damage that he'd dealt. Seconds after he struck her, the Queen dematerialized in a pool of fetid muck, deteriorating into data pathetically. Yuki had nothing more to worry about in terms of paralysis. They just had one more bee to kill, now. "No, a push was exactly what I needed," Alkor twisted and brought his weapon back to ready. "Because now, it's over." The Queen was dead. Long live the Queen. Alkor circled with the final bee, waiting for Yuki to create the opening that would end the encounter for them once and for all. [7] Zajčica | HP: 1230/1230 | EN: 100/114 | DMG: 3 | MIT: 166 | EVA: -1 | ACC: 2 | BLD: 36 | H.M.: 2 | REC: 1 | THRNS: 84 | TAUNT | BH: 61 | DoT -25% | PARA [0] Alkor | HP: 590/590 | EN: 24/58 (-11) | DMG: 10 | MIT: 48 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 0 | BLT: 24 Bee Minion 3: 166/250 | 125 DMG | 25 MIT Wasp Queen: -9/500 (-71)| 200 DMG | 75 MIT | <SHE DEAD> ID# 159877 Battle: 9 ALKOR IS A BIG DAMN HERO Alkor activates LEGION DESTROYER! A CRITICAL HIT! 10 + 1 = 11 × 11 = 122 - 75 = 47 damage! [BLIGHT] triggers on Wasp Queen! Edited July 18, 2020 by Alkor Link to post Share on other sites
Zajcica 0 Posted July 20, 2020 #44 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Another one down and thank god. Paralysis was a status effect that Yuki absolutely hated. She was sure just about any tank who has experienced the effect at some point completely despises it, as they subject themselves to it on a daily basis. Just the thought of being unable to move gives her chills. "Alright, let's finish you off as well then." Yuki says to the remaining bee minion. She takes a slash at the bee's center only barely hitting it with tip of her blade. It retaliated quickly on her, closing the game nearly instantly and stabbing her directly in the chest with a critical attack. She groaned, grabbed the bee and threw it back into the air. "Of course you would hit me with a critical attack." Critical attacks were just about the most annoying thing to a tank. There was nothing you could do about them and your only form of damage gets completely negated. [7] Zajčica | HP: 1230/1230 | EN: 100/114 | DMG: 3 | MIT: 166 | EVA: -1 | ACC: 2 | BLD: 36 | H.M.: 2 | REC: 1 | THRNS: 84 | TAUNT | BH: 61 | DoT -25% | PARA [0] Alkor | HP: 590/590 | EN: 24/58 (-11) | DMG: 10 | MIT: 48 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 0 | BLT: 24 Bee Minion 3: 165/250 -(1) | 125 DMG | 25 MIT Link to post Share on other sites
Alkor 0 Posted July 23, 2020 Author #45 Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) He exhaled sharply when he hit the dirt, his blade slicing only through air. It was as if his critical hit doomed him to fail in his next venture; or at least, that was how Alkor felt as he unleashed a storm of curses beneath his breath that could make a sailor blush. He hated this feeling, the thought that he was all but useless and that the tank alone was able to cut down more enemies than he could. Alkor still remembered a time when he stood alongside Daeron and Zelrius, paragons of damage dealing among the Frontline Players. It was so distant now, and if he saw what had come in the time since his disappearance, it might even be disheartening. Hell, even the Blight enchant gave him some insight into what he had missed. Things were different. Numbers began to compound. Enemies became more complex. There were more than Hydras and Phoenixes ahead for him to worry about. It was good that he had decided to take things seriously moving forward. "Okay," he muttered to his sword, "next time, you hit the damn bee, got it?" [7] Zajčica | HP: 1230/1230 | EN: 100/114 | DMG: 3 | MIT: 166 | EVA: -1 | ACC: 2 | BLD: 36 | H.M.: 2 | REC: 1 | THRNS: 84 | TAUNT | BH: 61 | DoT -25% | PARA [0] Alkor | HP: 590/590 | EN: 23/58 (-2) | DMG: 10 | MIT: 48 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 0 | BLT: 24 Bee Minion 3: 165/250 | 125 DMG | 25 MIT ID# 160921 Battle: 4 <miss> Edited July 23, 2020 by Alkor Link to post Share on other sites
Zajcica 0 Posted July 24, 2020 #46 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Only one thing remained to complete this quest: A stupid little bee needed to be put out of it's misery. All it would take is one decent hit, but with Alkor missing, she would need to rely on her own thorns to make up for the undealt damage. As the bee continued it's assault against the tank, she readied her blade with it's shining aura. The attack came in and with a swift movement, the bee paid for the stupid idea of trying to attack her. Not only did it's attack get nullified and returned to it, it also suffered the ever present thorns damage of her armor, leaving it worse for wear from this point on. All it would take now is a little nudge and they would be finished. Next in her rotation would be a shield bash. Even if both Alkor and her managed to miss, at least there was her thorns to rely on. [Activates Parry!] [7] Zajčica | HP: 1229/1230 | EN: 100/114 | DMG: 3 | MIT: 166 | EVA: -1 | ACC: 2 | BLD: 36 | H.M.: 2 | REC: 1 | THRNS: 84 | TAUNT | BH: 61 | DoT -25% [0] Alkor | HP: 590/590 | EN: 23/58 (-2) | DMG: 10 | MIT: 48 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 0 | BLT: 24 Bee Minion 3: 31/250 -(84+50) | 125 DMG | 25 MIT Link to post Share on other sites
Alkor 0 Posted July 24, 2020 Author #47 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) Of course not. Alkor let out a roar of frustration as another series of attacks flew wide of their target. The sheer anger continued to build as he raged across the battlefield in fluid time with an enemy who simply would not fall. Yuki had given him this opportunity to glimpse what strength looked like, and it left a bitter aftertaste. He was not equal to the task of leading the way. Not yet, at least. Alkor continued to move and to swing even unto ragged breaths. His body grew more sluggish and he slumped forward, off balance. When he hit his knees, Alkor slammed a fist into the dirt and his body shivered. Was he stuck? Was he going to be this weak forever. No. "Go!" he screamed out suddenly, "show this world that it isn't going to keep us down!" Even dragged down by his anger, he had resolved to work together with his friends and the rest of the people in Aincrad to see things through to the end. He had to put his faith in other Players, especially when he fell short himself. [7] Zajčica | HP: 1229/1230 | EN: 100/114 | DMG: 3 | MIT: 166 | EVA: -1 | ACC: 2 | BLD: 36 | H.M.: 2 | REC: 1 | THRNS: 84 | TAUNT | BH: 61 | DoT -25% [0] Alkor | HP: 590/590 | EN: 22/58 (-2) | DMG: 10 | MIT: 48 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 0 | BLT: 24 Bee Minion 3: 31/250 | 125 DMG | 25 MIT ID# 161061 Battle: 2 <miss> Edited July 24, 2020 by Alkor Link to post Share on other sites
Zajcica 0 Posted July 25, 2020 #48 Share Posted July 25, 2020 This was the end. Alkor had missed another attack, but she wasn't worried about that at all. She had originally come to do this quest all alone, so his damage was simply a supplement to her tanking. The bee came back around for more. Whether the bee hits her, or she hits the bee, it's going to die. Her gauntlet glowed with a beautiful sheen as it collected power. The charging attack from the bee missed completely. Yuki whipped around before it could fly away and connected a punch in an instant. The bee collided with a tree, breaking some of the bark and dissolving into data. Yuki took a deep breath and loosened her stance. Her eyes went back to Alkor. "Owari. Good work. This quest was somewhat over-leveled for you, but I'm glad I could come along and help you get back into the motion without fear of being attacked." [7] Zajčica | HP: 1229/1230 | EN: 100/114 | DMG: 3 | MIT: 166 | EVA: -1 | ACC: 2 | BLD: 36 | H.M.: 2 | REC: 1 | THRNS: 84 | TAUNT | BH: 61 | DoT -25% [0] Alkor | HP: 590/590 | EN: 22/58 | DMG: 10 | MIT: 48 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 0 | BLT: 24 Bee Minion 3: 31/250 | 125 DMG | 25 MIT Link to post Share on other sites
Alkor 0 Posted July 25, 2020 Author #49 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Thread Complete! Alkor gains 5 SP, 3400 Col, and Queen’s Honey: [Perfect Potion: +3 Damage for one thread] [2 pages, 1 bonus, 2 quest reward, 1 Yui's Grace] = SP Yuki gains 3 SP, 400 Col and Queen’s Honey: [Perfect Potion: +3 Damage for one thread] Matriarch’s Holy Stinger (Consumable): [Unique Item: Grants the Wielder double the Bleed Damage for one thread]. [2 pages, 1 bonus] = SP Link to post Share on other sites
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