Baldur

Baldur hesitated, looking at where the queen would spawn again given sufficient time, but finally shook his head. "We shouldn't be greedy. If we take too long they might encounter the boss without us. If it were a normal fight in a boss room that's one thing, but this guy is out wandering around. I don't like it." Once again he hesitated. "By the way, be wary of the milestone floors. New tiers, multiples of 25 apparently, and 10s. They always throw something at you. Callisto was pretty par for the course as bosses go, in spite of what happened anyways, but this one might be tric

Gonna get one of these hounds since I have ST-B Upkeep: +55 HP Battle Healing, +4 (Tier) Energy Recovered, -56 Burning Damage (Final tick) Post Action: ST-B vs Hell Hound 1, -18 Energy ID#246843 BD: 10 (Crit)+2 Damage: 27+2=29x20=580 RAW - 50 MIT = 530 DMG Dealt +Blight, +Bleed ID#246844 CD: 4 (No Recovery Proc) -40 HP Boiling Hide Crit [2/4/2] <<Baldur>> HP: 991/1137 (+55,-40, -56) | EN: 94/132 | DMG: 23(+4=27) | MIT:138 | ACC:7+1+1 | AA | KEEN: 1 | F-SPIRIT | EVA:3 | BH:55 | REC: 8 | FLN: 8 | BLI: 32/-20 | BRN: 56 | FRZ: 64 | LD:5 | Survival | Charge 2/3 | B

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As they got close to the Queen, Baldur paused for a moment, turning to face Wulfrin and putting a hand on the man's shoulder. "I'm not saying to change your plan, but please remember this. Those of us who have been on the Assault Team for a long time... we all take breaks. We all need it. There are always people we can pull out of the back benches to fill in a spot or two. I myself was one. You guys were short a spot, so Jomei called me up to help fill in. It's something we have to do time to time for our mental health and so that we can fight longer on the Front." With a reassuring

"Thanks again for offering to help me with this." Baldur nodded to Wulfrin as they headed out to the, at this point, very well documented spawn location of the <<The Wasp Queen>>. He had been farming this boss for years, but her stinger was a useful drop, and the floor boss raid would be coming up soon. He had learned first hand from the last fight just how useful all these field boss drops were if you farmed them. Being prepared was his modus operandi after all. "How are you feeling? I know the last fight was a little... emotionally charge, you ready to get back on the horse?

Baldur looked to Hirru. The wounds over Hestia still hurt him. She had been one of only four people he had told his real name to... well, one of three living players he had told his name to. He and Hestia had been thick as thieves, but her inability to see from someone else's point of view had caused tons of problems for the raid on floor 26. The raid that Baldur had sat out as well. It was then that he had seen the fractures in the Assault Team over old guard vs new. He was pleased to see that those cracks were all but gone now. "It's not that I want you to keep the number of people who

Baldur could see the gears turning in Jomei's mind as he struggled to process the situation that Hirru was in. "Were you at the Dark Elf Council fight Jomei? I can't remember. Regardless, we were all angry at Hirru for his actions, but given this information, I think you can agree that his actions make sense. Hell, I can only hope I have that kinda bravery were the situation real like Hirru thought at the time." Baldur paused his thought we he saw an opening. The beast was about to go for Jomei again. He sheathed his katana once more, and then took the stance for his most powerful s

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"Good work everyone, let's head back to the base camp at Hirru's wagon and see if any more of these things have been sighted. Hopefully someone there has an idea if the end is in sight. We need to figure out what's going to trigger the boss fight before one of these slips through to the lower floors and starts duping itself for real." With an almost ceremonial slash of his sword, Baldur sheathed the blade at his hip once more, the water flying form the tip of his blade in lieu of blood. There was no blood here, but the rain off the blade made it feel more real. The explosion of pixels was

As Baldur saw the heads of the Cerberus monster go for Jomei and set him on fire, Baldur ran up a ledge and then jumped down from on high, hitting another head and raking his blade across its muzzle, causing it to hit the other heads right as they were about to bite at him again. The beast swayed and all three attacks went wide of both the Ginger and the Jade. "Come on, you damned thing. Go down faster!" They needed to get its HP lower faster. He had hoped he could bring it down into range in a single hit, but he was afraid of hitting it a little too hard. "A second hit should b

Baldur was pleased that instead of arguing with him, Jomei took the compliment. They could all grow, and he was looking forward to having these two at his side to do just that. As they boss loomed up behind them, Hirru took the moment to share his revelation. When he paused, Baldur knew what he was about to share with Jomei. The gaijin samurai didn't know whom Hirru had told and who it hadn't. Still, he walked over and placed a reassuring hand on Hirru's shoulder, giving it a slight squeeze of support to his old friend, and a wordless nod. Once the words were out, he saw the emotional lab

"It's in the red, let's finish this off!" Business as always, Baldur was focused on the kill. Banter was all well and good, they needed it to promote teamwork and comradery, but Baldur was locked in on the boss now that it was almost dead. He rushed forward, sticking to the rocky areas where his footing felt more sound until he was close enough to activate his sword art and the system took over his movements, carrying him through the now routine movements of his shatter sword art. It didn't always feel like much, but once it was fully stacked up, it helped a lot to keep the damage incoming. An

"I got it!" Baldur called out, racing towards the mirror clad rain slicked creature as Jomei slipped, missing his attack. Mari's weapon had swirled with its status effects, but they seemed to pass through the creature. What was going on? His Fallen had proced, but Baldur remembered last time when he thought he was going to land a critical hit and nothing happened. "Mari, your sneak attack might have a better chance of landing your DoTs if that didn't work!" Baldur didn't have a reliable way to hit it, but his sword had a wide range of effects that could land. "Shattering it once

Baldur was very proud of his team. They were doing exactly what they needed to do. It was good to have Mari back around, but he could still see that she had something she needed to get off of her shoulders. He hoped that a little friendly banter like they used to do with Mac and Cord back in the day would help, but it seemed only to confuse her. So he focused his eyes back on the creature trying to end their lives in front of them. It, too, would be frustrated. Hirru buffed his energy regen, and then focused his attack damage buff. Baldur sheathed <<Zanshin>> while they others

Baldur gave Mari a smile that was a little bit... weary? But also still somehow reassuring. The steel in his blue-gray eyes had softened since the last time she had seen him all that time ago. He seemed worn down a bit, but also like that had taken some of the sharp edges off. "I know this is diving back into the fray, but if you're going to consider going into a boss fight, you need to fight something on the front first. No pressure. We can handle this thing, just try out your build and see if it does what you want it to do. We've got a good crew, trust in Jomei to tank, and Trust in Hir