Rebekah

Now that there were no nests so found so far, Rebekah knew that she was thinking too simplistic. An idea nest would not be too low or too high from the ground. That would be too simplistic, and easy to find. Rebekah knew that this may become a challenge however, she was never the best at finding something that was hidden. She knew that she would have to try a lot harder. She decided to walk further into this clearing and knew that she would need to go up onto the next hill, so she could see better. Currently, her view as quite obstructed so she was having trouble trying to find things.

As she walked forward, Rebekah continued to keep her eyes on alert looking for anything that could resemble a nest. She knew these nest would be made with a lot of wood or smaller branches, so she needed to find somewhere to she could find a lot of branch building materials such as smaller twigs. This would meant smaller trees however, those trees would not be able to hold up a nest. That was the problem that Rebekah had found herself in.

ID 209206 | LD = 1 | (failed) | 3/5 Search for Dragon's Nest

Rebekah knew that she had to try a lot harder. Her last attempt at searching was very simplistic and she had hoped the dragon's nest could be found as easy as since it should be very big in order to keep a lot of eggs inside. At first, she had though that the nest would be found low to the ground given that the eggs were very prone to being broken if it fell from such a high height. In order to mitigate that problem, a nest on the ground would be a good idea. However, there was nothing that could be found on the ground. Therefore, Rebekah would have to try another strategy.

Rebekah thought about where she could find more nests. She thought about the tops of the trees, however the trees were not that strong to allow for a giant nest to balance perfectly without falling off. However, after searching low, Rebekah knew that she needed to try something else such as searching a lot higher in the air. Hopefully, this would work and she would find the nest soon.

ID 209205 | LD = 10 | (failed) | 2/5 Search for Dragon's Nest

Now, Rebekah saw her quest log icon update and she began to read it. It had told her to begin searching for the dragon's nest. It did not tell her specifically where it was but it had told her the general location. This meant she was going to have to search for it. Immediately, Rebekah open her map in her settings and compared it with the map she had found. It had turned out the dragon's nest would not be too far away from here.

That was a good thing as Rebekah knew that she would not have to walk to far to arrive at the location. She knew that she wanted to go now since it was still early in the morning. She did not know how long this quest would take but there was no point in returning to the city then coming back all this distance. That would have been a waste of time, and Rebekah knew she needed to be efficient with her time. As she continued to walk following the map, Rebekah knew that she would soon arrive at her destination. Once she was there, Rebekah would now have to begin searching for the hidden nest. She looked under the first tree she could see, nothing was there.

ID 209204 | LD = 2 | (failed) | 1/5 Search for Dragon's Nest

Therefore, the next thing Rebekah did was to read what she had just collected out in the wild. She looked around and saw that there was nobody nearby. She was safe enough to let her guard down to read what she had found. There were two pieces of paper, one with a half translated note, and a map. Rebekah decided to read the note first, knowing that it would explain more information about the map.

As Rebekah began to read and understand the translated note, it had asked her if she was interested in going on a quest today. Rebekah decided that it was time to accept this challenge and go on this quest. She knew that was not what she had planned today but knew that it this would be an opportunity to do something different today. She was looking for things to change up her routine and provide her with a challenge. Rebekah was slowly gaining a lot of experience, and she reckon it would not be long until she would feel comfortable with the top players in this game. All she needed to do now, was to ensure that she was strong enough and the fastest way to gain that was through these quests that she was taking.

As Rebekah kept walking, she noticed an object out in the distance in the wilderness. Rebekah knew that she would approach it. She was feeling adventurous today, and was willing to take a risk. She was also on floor one and knew that the level of difficulty would be scaled down for a new player. If this had occurred on floor twenty seven, Rebekah would think twice and may not approach the mysterious object as it could represent a lot of danger. She had managed to survive seven years in this game, and had naturally learned how to stay safe. It was an important skill to have in a game such as Sword Art Online.

As she approached the object, she could see that it was a scroll. Rebekah walked over to it and finally made the decision to pick it up. She had been looking for some treasure or rare items so she was slightly disappointed with it being just a piece of paper. She had successfully managed to pick up the object which had meant that it was now hers. The system would automatically recognize the ownership of this item as Rebekah so she did not have to worry that she will lose it.

Rebekah was woken up by a notification on her user interface. It was time to wake up. She had set an alarm this morning as she had plans to go visit the town of beginnings to walk around to explore. The girl knew that she needed to do this more often. It was important to go on random trips when she have time off especially in an attempt to try to explore and find some good food. As a chef, Rebekah knew that she should always try to eat different foods so she could gain some much needed inspiration and ideas in the future.

She headed down towards the first floor, and Rebekah knew that she was going to have to be smart. She first wanted to walk around the wilderness first, so she began walking. She was not hungry just yet, and she would not mind eating later. She could hang around inside the town in the afternoon. It was nice to go out and explore. Everyday was different and she knew she would be able to find different items outside. As Rebekah kept walking, she kept a look out for any special objects. She was aiming to collect rare items.

Rebekah waited for the player to unlocked the door. As soon as it was unlocked, she had followed him into his shop. It was not particularly full of stock, but that had always meant it was a good thing. Rebekah liked to keep her inventory levels as low as possible but just enough to be able to fulfill orders at any moment. It did not take long for Kyoto to ask this question. He was likely a resident of floor twenty second, since it made a lot of sense to live on the same floor as your shop. If not, it would increase the amount of travel one needed to traverse on a regular basis.

"I was dropping stuff off inside the guild storage." Rebekah explained. Her guild headquarters was tucked away hidden in a hard to find location on this floor. "I was heading back towards the lake and Coral, and I happen to walk past your shop." Rebekah continued. It was not everyday that she had stopped but today was one of those days she was not in a rush. Normally, she would have taken the direct route but today she had a lot of extra time. "What made you decide to open your shop on this floor?" Rebekah asked.

@Kyot0

Now that Rebekah had finished taking her bath, it was time to eat once again. Rebekah was craving for some cake. She decided to bake a cake. Luckily, her room also had a small working kitchen. It was not as big as the one she had in her shop, but she did not want to go outside. Therefore, she got to work taking out the ingredients that she had stored at home, and began to measure out the ingredients.

After she had spent time measuring the ingredients, she began to pour everything into a bowl and mix them before putting it the batter in a cake pan and putting it in the oven. It was at this time Rebekah got to work on the toppings such as fresh fruits, and the whipping cream that she wanted to put on top of the cake. It did not take long for the cake to finish baking, so she took it out of the oven. Rebekah then let the cake rest, so it could cool down before she could apply the whipping cream and the fruits. Finally, after all that effort, Rebekah was finally able to take a slice to eat. It was delicious.

Thread Summary:
4,054 Words / 10 = 405

Rebekah:
405 x 5 = 2,027 EXP + 1,000 EXP (Quest) = 3,027 EXP
3,027 x 15% = 454 Col + 400 Col (page) + 8,080 Col = 8,934 Col
8 Mat
2 T4 Uncommon Consumable (209197, 209201)
1 T4 Rare Trinket (209198)
1 T4 Perfect Trinket (209203)
1 T4 Perfect Weapon (209203)
Blade of the Sands | T2 Rapier (DMG II and Keen I)
1 Mon + 2 Mon = 3 Mon

Now that Rebekah was back on the fourth floor, she made her way back to the apartment room that she had rented out. This was where she had stayed for the vast majority of the time. She wanted to crash and lie down on her bed to get some rest. However, Rebekah knew that she should take a shower first and more important get the sand out of her boots. She took off her footwear with a press of a button and made her way over to her bathtub.

Rebekah decided to turn on the taps and let the water fill up. She wanted to take a bath today. It had been a while since she was able to take a bath, so she knew this would be time that she could spend to relax. More importantly, her body had told her it wanted to recover from all the harsh and difficult situations and quests that she had done over the last few days. She needed this break. Luckily, her owl had returned with her. Rebekah had nearly forgotten her own, but she was on her shoulder the entire way home. That was how tired Rebekah was.

Rebekah walked directly to the town centre, trying to avoid anybody who may still recognize her after she had made them lose money on the bet in the arena on this floor. Luckily for Rebekah, the battles were still ongoing and the streets were not crowded. She reckon they would forget all about her battle tomorrow, so she should be fine. She just wanted to lay low for a while. She continue to briskly walk through the streets, and then she had found the teleportation gate in the town centre.

Rebekah stepped in and activated floor four.

Shiver.

That was the first thing she had felt as she had walked back home. A strong blast of the arctic wind had just blown past her as she walked back. The temperature difference had made it a lot worse as she was not prepared for the cold on her own floor. Rebekah quickly put on warm layers with a button. She was lucky to have this button on her display because she knew she had lived on this floor, and she did not want to flip through menus to equip a winter coat automatically.

Now that all the monsters have died, Rebekah decided to turn around and make her way back towards the town. It would not take long but she moved as swiftly as she could, trying to make sure she avoided lingering in the desert for much longer than she wanted. She needed to get safely back into town as quick as possible because she would expect more scorpions or other monsters to try to attack her if she stayed out for a lot longer.

As she had kept walking in the sand, Rebekah could start feel uncomfortable. There was sand everywhere including in her boot. She would like to shake the sand out but knew that she would have to shake it out later. This can safely be done in the city but not out here in the desert. As Rebekah continued to walk, it was not long until she managed to step on something that was not sand. There was a small piece of gravel path extending just into the immediately surrounding area of the town's gates. Finally, Rebekah had stepped away from sand and she was back into the city once again.

With only the single monster left alive, Rebekah knew that it would be time to finally defeat the monster so that she could return back into the town behind her. She had spent a short period of time in the desert and had immediately regretted this idea. She wanted to leave and returned home to floor four. She was not feeling well today, and did not enjoy her time on this floor as much as the other ones.

As Rebekah activated her sword skill, she had hoped that this will strike the remaining scorpion. She wanted to get out of here as fast as possible before more scorpions would start to approach her, then leaving her with no option but to fight to get out. She knew that the scorpions she had killed would respawn rather quickly, so she needed to hurry. However, Rebekah did not want to rush her attack because she knew that she also needed to focus on her accuracy. Therefore, she decided to stab the scorpion immediately once her sword art was available for use.

Looting Scorpion 1
ID 209203 | LD = 17+6=23 | CD = 2
Base = (400 x 3) + (400 x 5%) = 1,220 Col
LD = 2 Mat
CD = (400 x 2) = 800 Col
1 T4 Perfect Trinket
1 T4 Perfect Weapon

With half of the scorpions already dead in this group, Rebekah can finally relax and loosen up a little. She no longer had to contend with four monsters trying to defeat her. She knew that dealing with two made everything a lot safer and a lot easier to manage. She knew that she still had a job to do and knew that she still need to land her attacks as accurately as possible to prevent any problems.

Rebekah began to walk closer and began to channel another attack at the remaining two scorpions left. She knew that she could potentially kill one of them this turn as the other one still had nearly perfect health. She had uncharacteristically missed both of her strikes on that first scorpion. Therefore, Rebekah was still trying to learn and find out what she should do in order to succeed against these monsters on a different floor. She knew scorpions were a different breed of monsters and that defeating them would be paramount to her ability to stay alive in this game. Rebekah ran forward and launched another attack, hoping it would hit both at the same time.

Looting Scorpion 4
ID 209201 | LD = 4+6=10 | CD = 2
Base = (400 x 3) + (400 x 5%) = 1,220 Col
LD = (400 x 2) = 800 Col
CD = (400 x 2) = 800 Col
1 T4 Uncommon Consumable

As this was the first time Rebekah was attacking the faster moving scorpions, her opening strike had missed two out of the four targets. Rebekah could not recall the last time she had failed so bad at landing her opening attack. Perhaps it was the combination of fighting in a hostile environment, and fighting a different foe for the first time. She knew that was why she was out here. She wanted practice to get better and the only way to do this is to gain additional experience. This would be a very important learning opportunity for her as she knew she had not been here in years.

At least Rebekah managed to dodge both scorpions that was not stunned due to her miss on the last turn. Therefore, she knew this was going to be serious. Rebekah knew that any missteps will result in more damage against her. She did not want this to happen so she knew she would have to be a lot more accurate and precise with every move and every strike. Rebekah knew that this was the time to aim for a more difficult attack against multiple monsters. She had hated scorpions with their sharp claws.

(Looting is +6) = +5 Search +1 Paragon Bonus

Looting Scorpion 2
ID = 209197 | LD = 4+6=10 | CD = 3
Base = (400 x 3) + (400 x 5%) = 1,220 Col
LD = (400 x 2) = 800 Col
CD = 2 Mat
1 T4 Uncommon Consumable

Looting Scorpion 3
ID 209198 | LD = 5+6=11 | CD = 3
Base = (400 x 3) + (400 x 5%) = 1,220 Col
LD = 2 Mat
CD = 2 Mat
1 T4 Rare Trinket

Rebekah could now see that there were four scorpions up ahead in the group on top of the hill. She took one turn back and could see the relatively safety of the town Fortaleza in the background. This meant she had not traveled to far to hunt for these monsters. She needed to make her way closer towards these animals before she could attack. Unlike some of the other monsters found on the other floors, these scorpions were aggressive.

The moment that they had spotted the girl, the group began making their way towards Rebekah. This was better, Rebekah did not have to run over to strike. She got out her rapier, and prepared a counter attack against these monsters to hit the moment they were close enough. Rebekah knew that she needed to take the initiative now, as she was the experienced player farming for additional rewards today. She wanted to buy a property and she needed a lot more col to do so. There was no easier way to earn this other than farming monsters in the wilderness.

Rebekah took a step into the desert. It was warm and there was sand everywhere. She remembered why she had disliked this place again. She had not been back in a very long time. The sun was beating down on her, however, she had a target for today. Rebekah was looking to defeat some monsters in the desert. She had heard there were too many scorpions crawling around, and these would make for a new target. After all, she had fought bears and boars, but nothing different. By now, she had already memorize the attack patterns of all of those animals, so she wanted to fight something that was a lot different.

Rebekah knew that she needed to be careful, unlike the forest, it would be hard to escape in the open desert once she started combat. Her movement speed had dropped due to the sand that was everywhere. She would just moved a lot slower. It did not take Rebekah long to spot her first group of scorpions up ahead. She would need to get closer before she could do anything.

Now that Rebekah had fully recovered all her energy by resting, she knew it would be time to head out into the desert to explore a little bit before she would have to return home. She knew that her health bar had not been fully healed, but the girl was willing to take the risk. Rebekah was slowly regaining it, at a slower pace then she had intended. However, she did not want to waste such a beautiful and amazing day just waiting for it to reach a hundred percent.

She would regain all her health at a later time. Rebekah looked around and eventually found her way out of the settlement into the desert. She did not want to stray to far as she did not have the supplies necessary in case she had to spend the night out in the wilderness. So, she made sure to keep within a small radius around the city, and made sure the city was in her sights. She also knew that if she saw a storm coming, she would start heading back to the town to make sure she remained safe. She had not been here in years, and wanted to explore and see if there were any changes from the last time she was here.

Out of Combat 3/3

As Rebekah scrolled around the streets of Fortaleza, she was looking for a place to eat. She wanted to find some hard to find restaurant, something that would normally be accessed by locals and not one of the popular and crowded restaurants that could be found on every floor. She wanted to avoid that. Luckily for her, Rebekah found a niche cafe and decided to walk into the store. She went over to the counter and began to ponder what she wanted to eat.

Rebekah settled on a matcha latte with an apple turnover. It was not the healthiest or hearty food that she could eat today, but it will be enough. She wanted to find sometime to relax inside in the ambient environment of this lovely cafe. She needed this time to continue to recover. She did not want to leave the safety of the town without at least a full energy bar. She decided to take her time eating as the food arrived. It had tasted delicious. She knew she would never go wrong picking a pastry and a drink at a cafe. Sure, it was overpriced but she did not care.

Out of Combat 2/3

Now that the monster had died, Rebekah finally looked back up at the crowd that had gather to watch today's battle. They were stunned. The undefeated Sando Satsu had been defeated for the first time. This made a lot of people upset as they had lost money on the bet that was placed. Rebekah saw the crowd become upset and began to quickly make her way out of the arena back to the rest area where she could sit down and recover.

Rebekah walked up to the NPC that she had spoken to when she began this quest. Rebekah had received her reward and gotten the quest completed notification.

This would also be a good time to check her equipment and to check if she had any problems since she had taken a lot more damage than normal. Her equipment was fine, so she got changed before she headed out of the arena and back into town. Perhaps, it was time for some food since she was hungry from expending all the energy she had earlier in that difficult and tough fight. She will need to recover a little bit as Rebekah plans to explore the desert in the afternoon. It had been years since she was here and since she was acclimatized to the warm weather. This would not be a waste of time.

Out of Combat 1/3

Three for three. This was a very tough boss. It had especially hurt since it was doing true damage against Rebekah. The monster was splicing through her armour and avoiding it. However, Rebekah was lucky that she had been able to return with four perfect strikes as well. This meant that neither of them had missed any chances to strike the other. Therefore, this was the toughest individual battle that Rebekah had considered herself to be a part of.

She knew the monster's health bar was in the red now. Rebekah knew that she finally had the opportunity to finish this battle and get some much needed rest to recover a lot of her health and energy. That was the first thing she had planned to do before she would leave this place. It was necessary for her to be able to do that as she did not want to be going anywhere by herself with two thirds health and one half energy. That would be dangerous for anyone, but especially for girls such as herself who had tended to travel alone. Rebekah knew that she first needed to take care of business by killing Sando Satsu.

Finally, the monster was finally defeated after five intense and tough rounds.

Rebekah had been struck once again. This time it had hurt more than last time as the alligator Sando Satsu had upped its damage against the girl. Rebekah knew that the alligator would not survive for much longer. However, she would have to be a lot more careful given that it had managed to hit her on both of its attempts when it had been able to strike. This was a problem but Rebekah knew that the monster's health bar have been dropping faster than hers.

Rebekah did have natural battle healing so this would make her feel a lot more safer. In addition, she was also ready because she had gain additional health knowing the dangers of this battle today. Therefore, she had nothing to be worried about. She knew that this upcoming strike would be very important for her. She just needed to make sure she could execute on this attack to ensure that she could be close to finishing off the monster in this packed arena. A lot of people had picked her to lose, she would have to do her best to prove everyone wrong.

On Sando Satsu's first chance to attack Rebekah, it had landed some damage against her. However, unlike a lot of bosses, Rebekah's mitigation was useless against this boss. It had managed to deal true damage against her. Rebekah now knew that she would have to be extra careful given that her mitigation was not working. She had taken significant damage for the first time in a while. However, Rebekah managed to activate the thorns in her armour. This at least made the alligator deplete a little bit more health.

Rebekah knew that at this point, every little bit helps. She knew that she needed to continue this momentum with another strike. Right now, Rebekah continued to pay zero attention to the crowd. She did not want to get distracted as she needed her maximum concentration in this battle. She did not want to have a lapse of it as the tide can change at any time. Rebekah ran towards the monster once again, activating a third sword art. She was trying to mix things up and keep the Sando Satsu guessing what she would use next. That way, it would be harder to predict what she was doing and dodge her attack.

After both Rebekah and Snowball had landed their first strike against the alligator, Rebekah gained a lot of confidence and began to relax a little bit more. She was no longer as worried as previously. She had thought this was a big and tough animal to take down but the opening move had showed her that this was a bigger and sturdier monster than what she would face on a regular basis. Perhaps, it was a little bit stronger but she could not tell so far given that it was stunned and prevented from attack. Rebekah knew that this was a good chance to drain a sizable portion of Sando Satsu's health bar before it could even return a single strike. She had predicted that this battle will likely end in about five turns.

However, Rebekah wanted to speed things up as possible. She did not want to give it that many chances for it to strike her, so she needed to react quickly. Rebekah waited for the right time and began to attack the monster once again. She wanted to land a critical since she knew it would deal more damage.

Her attack did not critical strike but it did a lot of damage. It pushed the Sando Satsu's damage to just over fifty percent.

After her name was announced to the crowd in attendance, the gate in front of her opened. Rebekah took the first step forward. There was no turning back now. As she continued to inch forward, she could see the massive crowd getting ready to watch the next battle. She had heard the betting lines had favoured the animal. This had meant that they had expected her to lose. She was determined not to let this happen.

It was now time for the other gate to open. Out came a giant alligator. The animal was introduced as Sando Satsu. It had slain a lot of humans before, and it was looking to make Rebekah the next one. Sando Satsu immediately making its way towards Rebekah. Since she was ready to start at anytime, Rebekah decided not to let it come to her, but rather she would go to it. She saw no reason to let it have the first strike against her. It was also at this time, Rebekah called her owl to attack at the same time. She wanted the opening few strikes to be perfect, and this would involve distractions from her owl. It would be the only way Rebekah would be able to survive. She needed to distract its attention even for a brief second.

Now that Rebekah had accepted the quest from the NPC, she nervously walked the changing rooms to await her turn. Rebekah knew that this was her time to relax and prepare for the battle before it was time for her to step out into the arena to fight. She made sure that she had prepared everything. Her equipment was ready. Rebekah turned to Snowball, her owl. He was also ready and excited to fight. In order to help her chances at success, Rebekah took this time to meditate and visualize in her head that she was winning going to win this battle.

Rebekah knew that she had to be and act confident, no matter how scared she was. She did not know what she had signed up for but she knew it would be okay. She was more than prepared to take on this challenge. She checked over her final preparations, before marching her way towards the gate that will let her in the arena.

Once inside, Rebekah knew there was no turning back. It would stay locked until either the beast died or either she would die. As she waited for the gate to open, she could see the massive crowd all waiting to watch the next battle which involved her.