Asen

Asen only spent about half an hour at the lake resting his mind and legs for a bit as he gazed at the beautiful surroundings that he is in right now. It helps him be reminded that it is worth on staying alive or else he wouldn't be able to see this magnificent sight. However, he couldn't help but also be reminded of the lives that he took with his own hands. 'How many lives have I taken to get this far?' He asked himself mentally as he can't seem to remember how many times he saw health bars go down to zero. Which is why he uses his reputation to scare off other people from facing the same fate. Most of the time it works, however there are times where it doesn't work at all. Nevertheless he shakes the sense of doubt from his mind before he makes his way towards the Dungeon that descends towards the third floor. On his way near the dungeons however, he wasn't paying attention to the fact that some creatures also use the Hiding skill as he accidentally bumps into a human sized ice cluster looking thing that shimmered into existence. It took him a minute before he realized it was alive as an ice hand bursts from one side of the cluster in an attempt to grab him. But he reacted rather quickly as he quickly lashed his sword out to it while flipping backwards in a spinning motion to get some distance from it.

BD: 6(hit)

MD: 5(miss)

Ice Golem's Health: 20/25

Asen's Health: 45/45

Asen finds no trouble on seeking the Dungeon out as he slips past all of the monsters there by activating his <<Hiding>> Skill to move past them without them noticing him. It took him a while, but he finally manages to reach the fourth floor where he is met with the familiar white sheets of snow shown before him. He decides to go to one place where he knows he can relax at, the Frostbite Lake. Its one of the main places that he goes too because its not necessarily a safe zone but it is free of monsters so that was a great place to start resting up since he's been doing nothing but fighting, running, and hiding for the past four hours now.

(ID: 8157)

BD: 1(Miss)

MD: 10(Hit)

To Asen's surprise this thing was moving a lot faster than last time he faced this insect thing as it lashes out to him chomping into the sides of his arms with its pincers as its jaw was munching away on his stomach. He could see the Bleed on his health bar as he was tackled to the ground as he blinked a little a bit dazed before his consciousness starts to slip away from him again. Then a wicked grin spreads on his face as he begins to chuckle a bit. "Honestly, this is starting to become a habit now."

Aarakian's Health: 21/21

Asen's Health: 39/45 (4 DMG + 2 Bleed (2 turns))

CD: 2 (Failed)

BD: 8(hit)

MD: 1(miss)

Though the bear did tried to get away from him as it knew it was facing its fate right before its very own eyes. But Asen brings down his sword to the bear's neck cutting half way through as it remained still. That's all it needed to watch its health go down to zero as it shatters into pieces. That was certainly a good sign for him because it means that he can now move on to the other Floor's Dungeon that descends to the sixth floor. With his speed and skills he should be able to reach around the 4th Floor in mid day or so as he quickly rushes towards that Dungeon's direction.

LD: 20 (20 x 5 = 100 Col)

Bear's Health: 0/30

(ID: 8148)

LD: 11

Asen did managed to obtain some items from the boar he just killed but it was more of an cooking ingredient since it was Boar's Meat. Not the kind that he was looking for but he'll keep it nonetheless for he just might sell it off to someone who can cook. Or possibly an alchemist of some sort can take from his hands as well and make a potion of some kind out of it. "Neither of these boars would do, I need something more... uncommon." He told to himself as he hears the sound of battle in the soft breeze that caught his attention. Curious as he was, he follows the sounds as best as he could until he was rudely interrupted by a four foot long and was green the blends in with the surroundings as it has pincers next to the jaws. Yep, it was indeed a Aarakian, an insect type that actually causes Bleeding damage. Asen has faced these things before and he heard that their vials of saliva that they sometimes drop can be worth quite a penny for those who wished to be alchemists. Not that he was into greed as of now since it is merely in the way, but he notes that fact down as he readies for it's attack now.

Aarakian's Health: 21/21

Asen's Health: 45/45

BD: 7(hit)

MD: 5(miss)

Asen lunges out to the bear once more as he slashes at the bear cutting into the thick skin of the bear's hide while it was trying to turn around but winds up falling on its side where the front leg is gone. He was going to finish this in this next attack that he has planned for this beast and hopefully it would be the end of it as he raised his sword above his head like he's about to deliver a downward arc strike. He didn't let his other side show itself nor did it manifested in his brain yet, probably because he isn't focused on really killing this creature just he's concentrated that he needs to get going so that he could reach the second floor before it gets dark.

Bear's Health: 5/30

Asen's Health: 45/45

BD: 9(hit)

MD: 7(miss)

Asen lunges towards the bear in attempt to strike the bear once more with his blade as he feels another two or so strikes would be good enough to kill this bear off. However it seemed like this bear was timing itself on when to counter as it suddenly lashed its remaining front arm to claw him. Unfortunately for the bear, Asen was quick enough to jump over the swipe and drive his sword into the skull of the bear's and performs a flip over the bear to wrench his blade free from the skull as he lands on his feet. Then he quickly rolls forward using the momentum to his advantage while spinning around to face the creature with his blade in front of him.

Bear's Health: 10/30

Asen's Health: 45/45

Meanwhile off in the distance where a figure of shadow it appears to be was walking around seemingly to be evading the monsters as if they couldn't see him. Asen looks around for a suitable monster to attack since there's only a certain type of monsters that drops metals or ingredients to make a more interesting item of sorts. He's hoping to pick up his Blacksmithing skill again since he's getting pretty tired of hunting things down or rather being hunted down himself. So he winds up coming across a boar which he got too close to it as it reared to strike at him but all it tasted was his word as it was droved into the boar's skull. It shatters into pieces upon that single blow as the man was still looking at the other mobs around here.

BD: 6(hit)

MD: 2(miss)

Boar's Health: 0/4 (Dead)

BD: 4(Miss)

MD: 2(Miss)

Asen goes to try to swing at the bear once again however the bear was becoming more unstable since it lost one of its legs and was wobbling and shaking a lot as a result his blade winds up slicing nothing but air. So he quickly jumps back a few paces to get some distance so that he wouldn't accidentally get caught on the bear's unstable attack patterns. This bear was certainly a lot quicker to take down than the last one he faced when he was hiding on this floor about a month ago or so. However he isn't complaining since he needed to spend as less time with this beast as possible since he has to attend to the quest where it tells of the <<Wind Wasp Queen>> of sorts on the second floor. This was the seventh so he has to go through five more now before he reaches the second floor.

Bear's Health: 15/30

Asen's Health: 45/45

BD: 10(Hit)

MD: 1(Miss)

The bear tried to turn around in order to grab a hold at the player, but it was about as slow as a rotten zombie moving in very slow motion to his eyes as his eyes were already focused on the attack. Asen quickly ducks under the mighty swing of the claws before he quickly slashes in a upward arc actually severing the bear's arm off. Yes, Asen just legit chopped a bear's arm clean off leaving a Decapitation status on the bear's life bar. Asen had just delivered a very heavy strike on the beast as he didn't even need to unveil his other personality into this fight. It was simply too easy for him, but he supposed that he shouldn't be too surprised since he is higher leveled than last time he fought a bear.

CD: 11 (+2 Health <<Battle Healing>>)

Bear's Health: 15/30 (Dealt critical damage)

Asen's Health: 45/45 

BD: 6(Hit)

MD: 8(Miss)

The bear goes to deliver a mighty and strong swipe with its claws at Asen as it was coming down to all fours. Unfortunately for it, Asen was quicker than it was as he evaded that strike by jumping to the side a bit before jumping right for the bear and slices into the thick hide of it's body leaving a nasty gash on its side as it lets out an angry roar at him for dealing damage to it. Asen might be a little cocky, but he has power to back it up if not for his strength his speed comes into play to where it's almost impossible to land a hit on him unless its pure luck or with a lot more skill than he could ever hope to possess.

Bear's Health: 25/30

Asen's Health: 43/45

He let's out a sigh of relief as he was glad to have dealt with this situation without too much trouble. However he knew of all things that he couldn't wait around here for long or else more of those things could show up. So he hurried up and began to make his advance towards the dungeons that descends to the lower floors. Of course that is probably the most risky thing just about anyone has done since it's just easier to work up the Col and get a Teleportation Crystal to warp down through the floors. However, Asen doesn't have that luxury as Teleportation Crystals are rather useless in Asen's case since he can't enter safe zones nor can he even buy one. So naturally the only way for him to travel from floor to floor is to actually go through the dungeons to get where he needs to go. Not that it's really a big deal since Asen is more than capable on handling himself. But it is very time consuming and is also the fun part for Asen since he quite enjoys going on adventures like these especially if there's a little boss involved. He's more than willing to beat the boss into a bloody pulp and strike it down in exchange for an reward anytime of the day. Anyways, he successfully descends to the 7th floor entering the usual mountain ranges that looms before him as he exits from the entrance of the Floor Dungeon. "Oh for the love of... Did you seriously have to show up you big fat furball?" Asen complained as looming over him was also none other than one of those problematic bears that he just loves (exaggerating) to mess with them because god do they hit hard not to mention they have a lot of health to top it off. It glares down at him as it bared it's fangs while standing up on its hind legs being now really taller than Asen could ever be even if he tried without having to fetch for a ladder. He let's out a sigh as he draws his blade once more. "I guess you're not leaving me from this one eh? That's alright I suppose, I can use an extra warm up anyways."

Bear's Health: 30/30

Asen's Health: 43/45

BD: 6(Hit)

MD: 9(Miss)

Asen recovered from his little daze that his body and mind had put himself in as his consciousness was slowly being drained away from his body. Meaning that his other side is starting to reveal itself as a wicked grin soon spreads over his face as the hound lets out another yelp as he rams his sword through the hound's chest caused it to let go of his throat as Asen kicks the hound off his blade and onto the ground quite hard. In fact his attacks seems more impact now and even more vicious as he raised his crimson red eyes that now has an eerie glow about them as he has a wicked grin to add on top of that. "You're going to have to do so much better if you're ever going to satisfy my desires. You probably wouldn't even give me the same thrill in battle as the others do. In fact you're not worth much of anything since you're just a pathetic excuse to call yourself a beast." Yep, Asen's other personality that resembles his nickname, Terror of Death very highly as he is ruthless and even worse merciless and enjoys making others suffer in agony even though deep down he hates it too. With a single swipe of his sword as if he decides to make use of this ruthlessness that he possesses and quickly lunged at the hound once more to deliver a very quick strike straight through. Meaning he just sliced the hound in half with just a single attack as the hound started to split in two halves before it shatters to pieces. Asen only turned his crimson red eyes towards the spot where the hound was with the still wicked grin that spilled out all of the evil flowing through his veins. "As the saying goes, a good dog is a dead one, and you just had to be put down like the savage creature you were you damned mutt." Then his grin slowly faded as his wounds were already starting to heal on its own and his usual personality was starting to come back.

CD: 10 (+2 Health <<Battle Healing>>)

LD: 20 (20 x 5 = 100 Col)

Asen's Health: 43/45

(ID: 8119)

BD: 4(Missed)

MD: 10(Hit)

Of course being proned to the ground is never a good idea and is in fact a terrible disadvantage anybody should get. However, since his movements are quite limited, he knew already that he wouldn't be able to get up without getting bit on by this beast. Nonetheless he rolls to get up to his feet as quickly as he could, but not fast enough as he suddenly is snapped in a vicious bite to his neck and bit down hard on his neck. Asen was a bit dazed for a moment for the impact felt like he was restricted to breath since the canines had puncture his exterior jugular veins on both sides of his neck. If this was real life, he would've been dead right here. How lucky he is indeed that this was a game based off hit points.

Aarnz Hound's Health: 10/25

Asen's Health: 41/45 (-4 DMG)

(ID: 8118)

BD: 1(Missed)

MD: 3(Missed)

Asen was perhaps paying too much focus onto the hound as he wasn't watching where he placed his foot and winds up stepping on an awkward root and stumbles backwards a bit since he didn't want to collide against the tree. So he winds up falling on his butt which felt weird to him since he can't remember the last time he had fallen to the ground like this. But luckily that did happened as the hound was leaping towards him and probably would've snapped it's jaws on him if he hadn't fallen like this as it actually leaps over him. When his back hits the soil, the hound lands just a few feet ahead of him.

Aarnz Hound's Health: 10/25

It certainly has been a while since Asen has even picked up a hammer before to forge anything. His Xilanvale and his Anaithsol are prime examples of his handiwork and it certainly was something he was proud of. However he felt like he needs to improve his equipment and he certainly can't do that by going into a town due to his status as a Player Killer and all. So he pretty much has to craft a much better one especially if he wants to keep himself alive. Of course at the current point and skill that he has he pretty much has little to worry since he made sure that he was hard to hit to begin with. The snow falls lightly upon the fields of white sheets of snow throughout the floor. Just about everything is covered in layers of snow and ice making it harder to actually scavenge for anything at all. However that doesn't stop Asen from wanting to find something useful around here. Anything that can be smelted or used on a item when being crafted is more handy than Col would ever do. Since Col means little to him due to the fact that he never spends it on anything.

His crimson red eyes were scanning the ground around him and he even sometimes scoops open a few spots of snow here and there but finds nothing. Eventually he let's out a sigh. "It would probably be best if I just hunt something like Ice Golems or something and loot chests from them. Easier to get materials that way." That wouldn't be an understatement either, since he's capable of doing just that. However he is also aware that he might end up with nothing as well. Regardless he still looks around for anything that he can scavenge from as he is mostly in a dark attire with his hood over his head as his face is covered by a black cloth making him as dark as night. Also his cursor and even his body is a little hard to see since he has his <<Hiding>> skill active and is moving as silently as he can since he doesn't want to be discovered by either Player Killers or by monsters that roam these fields.

Stealth Rating: 16

(ID: 8117)

LD: 15

Thank you Rebekah, do you want to start up a thread and both be first official meeting and also Mat Hunting?

I was just saying suggestions, we can keep what we earned too or split it up once we're done.

You know, I think the easiest way to get Mats besides buying them from other players is if they go in groups and start finding Mats that way and at the end they can split it up evenly. So I was planning on doing some Mat hunting and would anyone care to join me on this hunt? Don't worry there won't really be any fighting unless you want to fight some mobs but that's about it I promise ^_^ Just a friendly Blacksmith looking for Mats

He silently nodded to the man as he followed with his eyes on the man's path to make sure that one he didn't encounter any trouble and two it was his way of saying goodbye. Then when Oikawa disappeared in the fields of snow, he turned his head and began to make his way towards a certain place where he can actually stay at and not be bothered by wandering monsters. This place was none other than the Frostbite Lake, one of the rare places in Aincard where monsters don't go to.

"Well something got you worked today. Mind leveling it with me since we're being together on this one?" Asen asked Mari as he was sitting on the darkest corner of the inn with his hood down revealing his stark white hair however his face is still covered with a dark cloth. He has been making this new armor he obtained from the guild very useful even though it is an Uncommon Item.  His crimson red eyes were look at the pink haired woman mainly towards her eyes or trying to anyways since he is more of an eye contact person. It just gives him a read of their personalities in his case. Of course Asen was surprised to see Keith, Kosan, and especially his younger brother Zelrius who seems to not have changed since the last time he saw him. In the end though a smile spread on his face under the cloth just knowing that his brother was doing alright. However he was as calm as he was always was and seemed very relaxed even though the excitement of a fight was near and it pretty much has his blood boiling metaphorically. Of course the only one he intends to pair up with is his Guild Master, Mari. Mainly because he wish to distance himself from others as much as possible. To them he is more like an invisible wall where no one recognizes him anymore when he remembers them as plain as day. He likes it that way even though it does hurt a little in the heart, since if he winds up dying no one would grief for him. You could say that he's more like an assassin of shadows, someone who does the dirty work in order to protect others. In fact Ryu and Asen used to be in that category and they taken out numerous guilds of Player Killers in their own way. He can remember that one time when they paired up to fight against a guild of Player Killers who turned out to have found out about them coming. Which Asen grows curious on what happened to the Guild Leader of that bunch, since of all the guilds Asen has taken down he has never seen the leader anywhere. But that's a question for another time.

The hound lunges at Asen with the intention to rip his throat out, intentions are good and all but this one was lacking results as Asen jumps to the side and the moment his foot touched the ground he lunges right back at the hound and delivers a heavy strike at the hound causing it to yelp again as it was pushed roughly to side redirecting its course to slide and smack into the tree. The hound seemed to dazed at first due to the impact as it slowly stood back up and shook it off.

BD: 10(Hit)

MD: 6(Miss)

Aarnz Hound's Health: 10/25

A smile spread on the man's face, though his mask covers the smile as he nods to Oikawa. "That is understandable, as a friend i'll give you some advice that i'm sure you are well aware of now. When you see a Player Killer roaming around, i'm not saying anything against your confrontation but do bear in mind that they are crafty and can easily have an item on them to paralyze you on the spot. I'm also not saying that all of them are bad, but always assume that they are more likely to end you unless they do something selfless to protect someone and such." Asen didn't mind making friends, in fact he preferred to make friends over enemies. But he felt that in order to protect others from going through the same stuff he went through he had to isolate himself from everybody and make sure that no one can pose any harm to him or anyone around him.

Asen was on his toes and was making sure that this battle didn't take longer than it should as he charged at the Hound once more which it prepares a more frontal attack by trying to swipe at him with its claws while trying to chomp down on Asen's body. Unfortunately that didn't happen as Asen was quick to react this type of situation and quickly jumps over the hound and winds up stabbing into the hound's back with his sword as he was in mid air. Then he wrenches his blade free and lands on his feet as he rolls forward to quickly get some distance and spins around to face the creature as it's eyes were glowing with fury at Asen's skull now.

BD: 7 (Hit)

MD: 4 (Miss)

Aarnz Hound's Health: 15/25

The hound bared its fangs at Asen while he was waiting for the hound to make its first move. He knew that he can take these hounds on one by one, however it can easily become problematic if two or more shows up. Which means he'll just have to make this as quick as possible. So he charges at the creature in a sprinting motion closing the gap rather fast since it was small to begin with. It surprised the hound a little but eventually it catches on and attempts to strike at him as he was coming up at it. However Asen stepped to the side to minimize the chance of getting hit as Asen drives his blade into the hound's side. Letting out a yelp upon being struck, Asen quickly backs up as the hound swipes at him with its claws but misses because of that.

Aarnz Hound's Health: 20/25