[F01 - SP] Mumbling creeks and shiny rocks

[Kanaoki 0]

It was early in the morning , the sun hadn't risen high enough for the first sunlight to enter Kanas room, when he woke up, rubbed the sleep from his eyes and with a big yawn and a cracking stretch stood up from his bed in the Smashed Apple. Ha had a quick glance at the surrounding room, just to check that everything was fine, and when he noticed nothing out of the ordinary he nodded to himself, and walked over to the small table. Before he sat down, he quickly opened the menu to change into his gear, even though he omitted equipping the heavy armor and instead equipped the dark green uniform jacket he wore when he was heading into town. Once the equipment had changed, he sat down and produced a collection of rolls and hard sausages for breakfast, quickly gobbling it up.

Ready to leave the inn, he left the room and passed the huge room that was reserved for breakfast, noticing that it was still empty and not even the barkeep was anywhere to be seen. Quickly he made his way to the central area of the Town of Beginnings, and started wandering around, looking for something to do that day, and soon enough, he noticed a golden exclamation point hovering above one of the many bulletin boards that were scattered around the huge plaza. "Well, seems I might be lucky and just found me something interesting to do for today" he mumbled to himself, while he made his way over to the board. The moment he looked at it, he noticed a parchment filled with text, but before he could read it, a popup appeared in front of him, telling him the basics and asking him to accept the quest. 

<<River Stone Delivery>>

The towns artisan guild is in dire need of aquamarin river stones for their upcoming project.
Venture to the <<Stone Valley>> and retrieve five <<Aquamarin River Rocks>> from the rivers filled by the great waterfall.

Rewards: Col + Exp

Accept: Yes / No

That for sure sounded more interesting than going out for another day of hunting boars in the fields around town, so he pressed accept and the quest appeared in his quest log, the first objective to accomplish was to travel to the <<Stone Valley>> and once he opened the map, he saw the golden exclamation point noting where he had to go. Another one, still grey at the moment was located even further away marked the waterfall that was filling the valleys rivers. The last point that had gotten marked was back in the town of beginnings, marking the artisans guilds hall just a few hundred meters away from Kana.

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player stats

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Kanaoki| Lv. 2 | HP: 40/40 | EN: 22/22 | DMG: 7 | ACC: 1 | MIT: 18 | LD +3

Equipped Items:

• Monarch | Tier 1 Perfect Two-Handed Straight Sword | DAMAGE II | ACC I
• Guardians Hold | Tier 1 Perfect Heavy Armor | MIT III
• Crystal | Tier 1 Perfect Trinket | LD +3

Battle-Ready Inventory:

• (3) Starter Healing Potions (Heals 50 HP)

Skills:

• Straight Sword | RANK 2/5

 

Edited November 1, 2022 by Kanaoki

[Kanaoki 0]

With the new <<River Stone Delivery>> quest in his log, Kana had to rethink his plans for the coming days and where would be a better place for that, than in one of the street cafes that were littered around the main plaza. So quickly he walked through the increasingly gathering crowd, before to many other players would fill the place. With a thoughtful expression on his face and one hand gliding through his long black hair, he sat down at the next table and once again opened the map, using his experience with the fisher hut to find out how far it would be to reach the quests destination. The shock on his face, when he realized that it would be a trip worth one or maybe even two days, just to reach the <<Stone Valley>>, scared the young waitress, but she soon managed to regain her composure and asked him what he wanted. 

About an hour later, Kana was done running from one shop to the next to gather the adventuring gear he would take with him. His inventory now held a collection of standard items, including rope, torches and enough food for a full week besides a bedroll and a simple tent he could use to sleep out in the wilds, in case he wouldn't reach the village <<Horunka>> he had found on the map quite close to where he was going. He further had managed to find out, that there was the possibility to use transportation systems to travel to the village, but he wasn't all that sure about using a horse. Not to mention his distaste in taking the short route for one of his first adventures. 
He would not be one of those adventurers that became strong on the back of others he thought, imagining how hard travel must have been for the first players to venture out, equipped with nothing more than starter equipment. I will for sure show this silly game, that I can become strong on my own.

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[Kanaoki 0]

While he made his way out the western gate, leaving the Town of Beginning on the trail that would finally lead him to <<Horunka>>, he equipped the heavy armor, completing his adventure look. The sword on his side would not see use for some time, or at least that was what he hoped for at that moment. Sure he could have started the trip with some fighting, but he already had found out, that fighting quickly drained his energy, and he was sure he would need all the energy he had for travelling. So he started walking, following the path and every once in a while he opened the map to check if he was still on the right track.

As time went by, he started getting less aware of his surroundings, as his mind wandered around the random thoughts and memories from the past. There he was as a small boy, leaving for a school  camping trip. This had been the first time he had spent more than the normal schools time away from home, being on the trip for four full days, and he had felt ill, or as he now knew, home sick. Since then, much time had passed, and he had left the small rice farming village he was raised to live in the next bigger city and make his own future. "Well, that has worked out really well, didn't it!" he said, knowing that there was no one there to hear it as regret for ever entering this death game took him. His gaze dropped to the ground in front of him, and for a short moment he stopped, unsure, if he should continue what he was doing, but shortly after, his determination came back and he continued onward in following the path.

A few more hours went by with him walking and daydreaming, not really caring about the environment he was travelling through, but when the flats slowly began rising, making place for hills covered in shrubbery and smaller trees, he stopped and looked around. Leaving the path to examine the possible lootable  areas around, he had to find that his perception wasn't that high yet, and no matter the focus he used, he was not able to find anything he or the system would lable useful, so after about half an hour he continued with following the path

Gathering Material:

Spoiler

ID: 209931
LD: 1 +3 = 4 --> nothing found

Wordcount: 395

Edited November 18, 2022 by Kanaoki

[Kanaoki 0]

The sun had crossed the highest point some time ago, and it must have been a little in the afternoon, when Kana stopped again, this time he decided, that he wouldn't give up as easy as before. The determination to make this trip worthwhile stopped him from simply continuing onward, and so he looked for the next tree and soon he was standing next to it. It was a beautifully grown apple tree, even though there were no fruits at the moment, and its branches where big enough for him to climb the tree with ease. From up there he had a good view over the surrounding hills, so he let his gaze wander about, searching for somewhere, where he had a good chance at finding some materials, but it seemed the area was devoid of anything that could be useful for him. 

The bushes he crossed afterwards had nothing that captured his attention, and besides a few boar type mobs, there was absolutely nothing of interest in the area. Kana sighted, slowly shook his head and headed on, wondering if he should stop searching for materials until he reached a creek or something, where he could use his increased fishing skill to maybe find something useful. On the other hand, fishing took time, and he had a quest to fulfill that would take him a long time even without him looking around and fishing.

Spoiler

ID: 209987
LD: 1 -> nothing found

Wordcount: 235

Edited November 18, 2022 by Kanaoki

[Kanaoki 0]

It had taken the best of the afternoon for Kana to reach the more mountainous region the village of <<Horunka>> was situated in, and he still wasn't even able to see the smaller village, so he opened the map to have a look at his position. If his reading of the map was right, he would have to travel another four to five hours to reach it, and from there it would be two or so hours to find the rivers he was looking for. "I could continue onward and might be able to reach the village not to long after dark." he mumbled, as he tried to decide, whether he would continue walking, or search for some place to rest the night. Just as he had said that, a sound caught his attention, and a few moments later, it was heard again. 

A howling echoed through the valley he was looking into, and he was able to see some mobs on the other side, quickly disappearing between some rocks and brushed. He wasn't sure, if what he had seen were wolfs, but from the howl he concluded so. The knowledge that there might be a pack of aggressive mobs wandering about made the idea of walking through the darkness less appealing, and soon he accepted his fate and said "Well, seems like using the night for some more walking is of the table. I should start looking for a defend-able  position to rest this night" to himself. He quickly left the position on top of the hill, as it gave away where he was, and moved between rocks, brushes and the crippled trees that grew around them to cover his track as much as possible. While he was crouching through some bushes, he was sure he had seen a collection of rocks that reminded him of the depiction of ore he had seen in school, but when he tried to loot it, he had to accept they were just ordinary rocks.

Over the course of half an hour, Kana had made his way to the valleys grounds, and towards a formation of rocks, that would allow him to get some rest, while protected from three sides. He just had to keep an eye out for enemies that would enter through the fallen rocks that looked like a doorway. With this place secured for him, he opened the inventory and pulled put the tent he had bought on his way out of town and placed it among the stony ground, getting ready for an interesting night.

Spoiler

ID: 209988
LD: 2 + 3 -> nothing found

Wordcount: 426

Edited November 18, 2022 by Kanaoki

[Kanaoki 0]

Once the light started fading, Kana started to feel uncomfortable. It was his first night outside of a save zone, and he wasn't sure, what awaited him. Sure, there were mobs roaming around, he had seen some wolves just this afternoon, but what made him even more worried was the fact, that he had heard of players killing other players, and outside the savezone, nothing would protect him from a high level player deciding it would be fun to kill him. With the ever increasing darkness, Kanas thoughts started spiraling downwards towards a point where he wasn't sure if he could handle them anymore. He began shaking, and it wasn't from the cold, as the temperature was still quite warm, and it felt like he was turning around. 

Then a sound pulled him from his thoughts, his whole body twitched, and he stared into the darkness, that slowly faded into a silvery twilight as the artificial imagery of a moon appeared behind some clouds. There was movement just a few yards away from his tent, and it came closer. Soon he saw the shapes of three dark grey wolves  that circled his camping area, and Kanas hands wandered to the hilt of his sword. He gripped it so had, his knuckles became white, and in a swift movement, he charged out of the tent, using this surprising movement to strike at one of the wolves, but his swing went wide, when the monster reacted faster than anticipated. 

To Kana it seemed as if the wolf sidestepped him with a single movement, and followed this by landing a barrage of attacks with his claws, that luckily just scraped his armor and dealt next to no damage. As the fight had started, the other two wolves didn't wait for him to react and quickly rushed in, trying to bit and claw at him, but he was able to protect against one of them, using the sword and his armor tanking most of the others attack, so he was alive with minimum damage, circled by the three.

Spoiler

Kanaokis Attack (ST-I)
ID: 209990
BD: 4 + 1 --> Miss | -2 EN

Wolf 1 Attack
ID: 209991
MD: 9 -> crit --> 8 + 1 - 18 = 1 DMG

Wolf 2 Attack
ID: 209992
MD: 4 --> Miss

Wolf 3 Attack
ID: 209993
MD: 8 --> Hit --> 8 - 18 = 1 DMG

Battlestats:

Kanaoki| Lv. 2 | HP: 38/40 | EN: 20/22 | DMG: 7 | ACC: 1 | MIT: 18 | LD +3

Wolf 1 | HP: 24/24 | DMG: 8

Wolf 2 | HP: 24/24 | DMG: 8

Wolf 3 | HP: 24/24 | DMG: 8

Wordcounter: 344

Edited November 22, 2022 by Kanaoki

[Kanaoki 0]

As the three wolves had attacked him, and he had more or less stood his ground without getting damaged to badly, Kana took a moment to scout his fighting grounds. He was in the valley and the area he was rushing through, while the wolves followed him, flanking him from both sides, was stony and had little else to use. Just as one of the wolves reached him again, Kana made a big step for one of the stones and using as much power as possible, used it to jump back into the other direction. The wolf that had not been ready for this rammed into the stone, whimpering a little. But Kana was far from done, as the other two wolves turned to jump him. He turned on his heel, spinning around himself, as they attacked. His sword started glowing and just as the first one reached him, he released the sword art. The glowing sword cut through air, as it did through the first of the wolves, that instantly exploded into colorful pixels.

The other wolf that had jumped somehow managed to evade the blade, and as Kana was still turning around himself, Monarch extended to cover as much area with cutting force, the monster tackled him from underneath and sent him flying. The glow of the attack dissipated, and he landed hardly, hitting one of the many stones that lay sprinkled around the valley . With a growl in his throat, the wolf closed in, and the second one that had hit the rock joined in. Their glowing eyes sparkled with the joy of the hunt, and Kana hissed at them "Don't you dare! I won't die by some silly dogs!"

Spoiler

Kanaokis Attack (AOE-I) VS Wolf 1
ID: 210012
BD: 5 + 1 = 6 --> Hit ->   7 * 5 = 35 DMG --> Mob killed

Loot role:
ID: 210015
LD: 4 + 3 = 7  | CD: 8 --> 1 Rare T1 Trinket | HP * 8 = 192 col

Kanaokis Attack (AOE-I) VS Wolf 2
ID: 210013
BD: 1 --> Miss
MD: 5 --> Miss

Kanaokis Attack (AOE-I) VS Wolf 3
ID: 210014
BD: 4 + 1 = 5 --> Miss
MD: 7 --> Hit --> 8 - 18 = 1 DMG

-7 EN

Battlestats:

Kanaoki| Lv. 2 | HP: 37/40 (-1) | EN: 14/22 (+1 -7 = -6) | DMG: 7 | ACC: 1 | MIT: 18 | LD +3

Wolf 1 | HP: 0/24 | DMG: 8

Wolf 2 | HP: 24/24 | DMG: 8

Wolf 3 | HP: 24/24 | DMG: 8

Wordcounter:  283

Edited December 5, 2022 by Kanaoki

[Kanaoki 0]

It seemed his hissing at the mobs had the expected effect, which was none at all, so Kana gritted his teeth and pushed himself up again, making sure he had an eye on the two wolves, while he did so. He had just reached the state of standing again, as the first wolf jumped at him with a threatening growl leaving its fanged yaws. For a short moment, it seemed time had frozen, while Kana looked into the glowing eyes of the beast and felt his heart beating faster, then everything got back to normal, and he used the stone he had stumbled into before, to push away from and briefly avoid the mobs attack. 

The second one had waited for an opportunity like this, and swiftly rushed in, as Kanas back was turned towards it, but the cruel fangs got blocked by the heavy armor, saving Kanas HP from dropping any further. The wolf let go of the arm it had bitten into, and Kana kicked it with the heavy leather boots, that had been part of his adventuring outfit. It yelped out, before turning again, snarling as slobber dripped down from it's face. Once again, Kana had an eye on both of them, and made sure he wouldn't let them make an attack again. So before the wolves would have any time to coordinate further attacks, he released a sword art, that made him weave a multitude of swinging attacks into a wide area attack, that landed multiple blows on both mobs and reduced their HP to Zero.

With them exploding into pixels, he took a deep breath, happy to have handled the nightly attack so well, and accepted the loot, once the popup appeared. The loot was not to shabby, as he had gained more than halve a thousand col, some materials and collection of wolf tooth trinkets he had to identify to find out, what they did.

Spoiler

Kanaokis Attack (AOE-I) VS Wolf 2
ID: 210068
BD: 10 --> Crit -> (7+2) * 5 = 45 DMG --> Mob killed

Loot Role:
ID: 210070
LD: 4+3 = 7 CD: 11 -->  24 * (3 + 2 + 1 ) = 144 Col  | 2 Material | 1 Rare T1 Trinket
 

Kanaokis Attack (AOE-I) VS Wolf 3
ID: 210069
BD: 6 + 1 =7 --> 7 * 5 = 35 DMG --> Mob Killed

Loot Role:
ID: 210071
LD: 6 + 3 = 9 CD: 10 --> 24 * (3 + 2 + 2 + 1) = 192 Col | 1 Rare T1 Trinket

Battlestats:

Kanaoki| Lv. 2 | HP: 37/40  | EN: 6/22 (+1 -9 = -8) | DMG: 7 | ACC: 1 | MIT: 18 | LD +3

Wolf 1 | HP: 0/24 | DMG: 8

Wolf 2 | HP: 0/24 | DMG: 8

Wolf 3 | HP: 0/24 | DMG: 8

Wordcounter:  321
Total Loot: 528 Col | 2 Materials | 3x (Unidentified T1 Rare Trinket)

Edited December 5, 2022 by Kanaoki