[SP-F5,6,7] Just for Kicks <<COMPLETE>>

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Zelrius went on ahead, climbing the stairs into the great unknown. Ahead of him were Zauis, and Asen, Shark had already left after saying goodbyes. Zelrius wondered how long it would be until he saw Shark again. For all he knew, probably until Floor 20+, or atleast that's what Shark made it sounds like. For all anyone knew, that was most likely the case, Which kinda left an empty feeling.

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Zelrius had that empty feeling. And it lingered with him. No more Shark. The full wieght of that hadn't struck him, but the little bit that did made an Impact. That meant no more commands during Floor clearing. It also meant that since Shark wasn't organizing the Parties anymore, no one would be together for floor Clearing. We'd have to make our own Parties, or even, go solo to get stuff done.

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Zelrius forgot about all that. If that's what it meant to get out of the game, then so be it. If he had to go solo, He would. He wouldn't enjoy it, but he would. Of course to go Solo, you had to have something called "Level" and all though he was stronger then most, The Floors were catching up to him and he wasn't strong enough now. People like Rage, Zauis and Asen were high enough, but not Zelrius, even with Miles, Zelrius was never strong or fast enough to amount up to a whole lot by himself.

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Another thing that took a huge toll on Zelrius' stats, was Withdrawl. He was suffering from it. He had stopped drinking that strange drink on Floor 5 after he had the little run in with Garou and his gang. That fight made him realize what the drink was doing to him (And How much it cost: 300 Kol a Bottle, That was expensive!). So he stopped buying it. And Now he pays the 2nd price for drinking so much of it.

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The first price being Insanity. He lost sight of rationality. He asked people frequently if they'd pay him to go kill people. Of course, he almost always knew the right people to ask, He didn't just go around asking everyone he met. No, the people he did ask almost always said yes. And with this his wealth grew to enormous heights. Eventually targets began to suspect something and refused to let their guard drop, which made it hard for Zelrius to kill High leveled players.

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What surprised him the most about all that? Hardly any PKKers came after him, and the ones that did became targets and he was paid to dispatch of. Moving on, Under the drink, Zelrius enjoyed the agony of others. Basically, it was like being paid to do what you already do anyways. Under the drink he would've killed people no matter what, Mindlessly or not. But since people were paying him to do it? Well that just made his life a little bit easier.

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One of the main reasons no PKKer came after him was because he was untraceable. He never stayed in one spot too long. Sure maybe he'd be on a Floor for maybe a week at a time, but it was never at the same City or town. No, Though Zelrius didn't know it, His constantly looking for new work made him unfindable, which lead to many problems for many PKKers.

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What made it even harder for PKKer's now is they couldn't send out Public Bounty Orders. Now Pkers were learning ways to dodge appearance checks and Areas of location. Basically, Bounty orders only made it harder for people to find the PKers, rather then just looking for a Yellow crystal, now they are thinking of an Exact appearance and that didn't help at all. Not to mention, A teleport crystal could always be handy and ready to use, easily switching locations, rendering the whole search useless.

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Beside all that, Zelrius trudged on, up to the massive door. When it opened to let in the on comers, Zelrius instinctively covered his eyes, expecting sunlight to peak through. None was forthcoming. The whole view from the door was dark except the Lit up later every now and then. Other then that, The whole floor was dark. Well, The actual Ground was completely black, but the elevated City that they all now stood on was lit up scarcely.

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Zelrius walked into the the dark city. The others spread about. Just like when Floor 5 opened up, Zelrius enjoyed the peacefulness of the place. No people yelling. No one bustling back and forth. No killing of monsters off in the distance. Nothing. All that is here is the peaceful sounds of NPC steps and conversation along with chimes rustling to no wind. Zelrius walked over to a shop stall, and was surprised to find them opened.

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Zelrius inquired

"Why are you still open, isn't it like Midnight?"

to which the shop keeper replied

"No it isnt, player, It is early morning, Can't you tell?

This startled Zelrius a bit. He walked away from the Shopkeeper, unsure what to do in a floor he can hardly see in. Zelrius just marched on. Moving from platform to platform, looking for a way, to tell time. Also looking for a way down, so that he could explore.

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Zelrius went forth, finding a smaller platform off the side that moves. When he stepped on it, the platform moved him down. Not incredibly fast, but not so slow as to make people lose patience. When it reached the bottom, Zelrius stepped off, ready for battle. When he began walking he noticed there were no roads or even lamps on on the ground. To this he sighed, turned around, and went back up.

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Some were surprised to see him back up so early. Most of the time, If you saw Zelrius walk off into the Wilderness, it wasn't until days later that he came back. And he never looked so bored before. He walked to a shop, bought 5 canisters of oil and a Lantern and went back down. Without saying a word, The lift just went on and on back down. When he landed, Zelrius took off, Like a bolt of lighting in the dark dank Jungle. The unknown was about to be explored for the Sixith time.

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Zelrius didn't run on for too long until running into trouble. He was about Fifty meters from the landing point, and then the place became dangerous. Within 5 minutes of being here, He was caught in a vine trap. It ensnared his entire left leg, unwilling to let go. With it came a Gecko. Moving fast on its hind legs and then leaping to get a bite out Zelrius, it was a terrifying sight. Zelrius didn't hesitate, He leaned to the left slightly to catch the Gecko in the same trap he was in, Then cut the Gecko down, one attack at a time.

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The gecko dispersed into a million blue particles. With that Zelrius let out a sigh. The thing that bothered him the most was the fact that it took a little too many hits to kill the Gecko. The floors were finally starting to catch up with his levels just a little bit, and He couldn't let that go on any longer. So with that, He opened the glass in his lantern and set the vine on his leg on fire. It shriveled up and was easily kicked away. Now that it was gone, Zelrius went on to explore the unknown some more.

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Eventually, Zelrius learned how to detect signs of the vines and dodge. He also learned the patterns of the Gecko. Up to that point, he ran or hid from every other Monster he encountered as to save time and learn the gecko for good information and measures. Within time he understood their patterns, Their attacks (Which some he named himself, not sure if they already had a name or not), and found nests where they would spawn if left alone. All this and more, Would make great income.

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Zelrius continued on with normal buisness. Not entirely sure whether to trudge on for the night, Or turn around to the village. Of course he was a good ways off from the village, and It wouldn't be until late at night that he returned. So late in fact that it might not even be worth the trip. Then again, He had suffered from Fatigue before, I grueling motion that made him a very evil character. Just the last time he was on Floor 1, He attacked a little girl without any real reason to do so.

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Zelrius concluded it was actually only like 8 PM, of course, he couldn't tell, The enormous jungle didn't let you know whether there was a such thing as a sun at all. So he turned around and headed back. This time, on his way back, Not dodging or evading any monsters as he now understood some of them followed similar patterns, Most likely to avoid their own traps and such. On this floor, His levels increased fast with every kill, Therefore reaching Level 10 shouldn't be a problem at all.

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He smiled as now he dispatched most of the monsters with ease. He could run up and down trees and use vines for extra speed and even hop off fallen logs and sticks in order to gain more ground. When it came down to it, Zelrius could use the Jungle, That orginally slowed you down, to better his agility to a far extent of that of a higher level Like Zauis. Now using the terrain to even forget the Lift and just climb or jump from tree to tree to reach the top of the village.

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When he finally reached the village, The first thing he did was run over to a stand to ask the time. With great relief, He knew right away that it was still early in the night, Otherwise the man wouldn't be at the stand at all. When he did ask the time, The NPC man told Zelrius that it was early Nine'o'clock and that he should stay at an inn for the night if he wants to get an early start on the next day. So that is what Zelrius did, He found the inn the NPC spoke of, and bought a room, Ready for the next day.