Dante

"Phew, I was nervous for a minute there!" Dante said as he scratched his head, blushing with a little bit of an awkward smile surfacing. He reached out his hand in companionship to the man. "Hi, I'm Dante, what's that you got there?" he inquired pointing to the paper locked between the big man's giant claws.

Being a smith would be so cool, Dante thought to himself as he looked around and continued to admire all the incredible displays laid out inside the store, as he appreciated the work and hoped to be able to make stuff like this one day.

As smith:

The big man scratched his beard with a snarl on his face. He raised his hand to take something out, then reached into his oversized apron that seemed to be holding a variety of items for the art of smithing.

His hand pulled out a folded piece of paper as he crossed his arms.

Suddenly the mood changed, the big man smiled and laughed. "Oh don't worry m'lad. Twas' but an honest mistake, Am not the hardest target to miss, I am!" the giant said jokingly to the young boy as he uncrossed his arms and began messing with the paper between his gigantic fingers.

"They're little guys, not too troublesome. However, once enraged they can become a bit of a problem." Dante explained to his curious comrade in carefulness not to miss any attention to detail. He was making absolutely sure he wouldn't be losing another friend anytime soon.

"After getting them down to around half their hit points, they should grow larger and become a bit more of an issue, but I think we should be able to handle it!" He said with a smile. Then beckoned to Lowenthal as they traveled even deeper into the forest. "Just be careful, you'll be fine."

He pulled back his spear and danced towards the ever growingly weak beast, he cocked back and bolted for the mob with a fire in his stomach. Ending this sooner, rather than later would be a good idea for Dante as he was also taking quite a few hits himself.

ID: 16977

BD:7

With a strong swing he connected, the boar was barely breathing.

Dante 8/15

Boar 2/18

*Ring*

A bell went off as Dante stepped into the appealing looking smith-shop that had caught his eye while walking through Starting City. The store seemed empty however, but there were many fine weapons and armors that lay about in glass cases and hanging from the walls on display, each with neatly marked price tags dwindling from them.

"Oh cool.." Dante whispered as he examined the incredible craftsmanship of the smithy.

He turned around and began to walk towards the other side of the shop as his face collided with something. Hm, squishy, big, seems heavy Dante though to himself as he pulled his face out what appeared to be a stomach. Dante nervously showed teeth as his face blushed and looked up, up, and kept looking up.

A chubby somewhat-elderly bearded man stood looking down on him with a not so happy facial expression. The man stood about 6'8 and undoubtedly weighed two-hundred and a half pounds.

Just my luck, Dante thought.

"I'm so sorry sir, I'll watch where I'm going!"

Dante turned around when they reached the entrance, tilted his head a little a gave a slight smile as he addressed Lowenthal. "Yeah, I'm fine, thanks for the concern though; I just have a few bad memories about this place." he said as he turned again to the entrance of the forest. "Well we aren't getting any younger!" he said as his cheerful mood slowly returned, taking steady steps into the canopy of dark growth and trees. The sunlight began to fade away as the two made their way into the overgrown area.

Little Nepents, Dante remembered that was the name of the creatures him and his friend Aramail had encountered in the F1 forest while completing their first quest together. He shrugged down as his face grew grim, silent. He didn't say a word. It had been some time since his friend had died, but he still couldn't get over it for the obvious reasons. Dante knew where to find them, so he figured he should lead the way, but the place in which they dwell just brought back bad memories. A gloomy shadow lurked behind him as he began walking to that very forest without saying a word, assuming Lowenthal would follow.

As Lowenthal was attacked by the boar, Dante jumped in front of him now to shield off further attacks. "You good bro?" He asked Low as he got his feet beneath him. After checking up, he moved in to slam into the beast, he extended his spear with one hand aiming for the thick torso of the tusked monster that was causing them so much of a problem now.

ID: 16969

BD:7

2Dmg

Another hit, the mob was becoming very faint now.

Dante 15/15

Boar 2/8

Azazel missed the boar as he charged with an enraged fury towards Dante yet again. There was nothing he could do as it slammed into him and knocked him back once more. He sprang up and began to leap towards it once again though, determined to kill it.

ID:16967

BD:7

He hit it furiously as the Boar could barely stand now, grunting in pain.

Dante 10/15

Boar 4/18

As the Boar collided into Dante's rib cage, he held it there for a moment grasping it's tusks. He slung the creature to the side as a few red pixels leaked out of his pixelated avatar. The boar fell over as it stumbled to get back up, but it was too late for the beast.

ID:16965

BD:8

2Dmg

Dante reared back his spear and hurdled into the side of the monster.

Dante 11/15

Boar 6/18

Dante went to help his friend over on the ground preparing to strike as he ran towards it. He leaped and swang his assault spear aiming to knock the beast's head off.

ID:16963

BD:1

Apparently he swung too hard as he tripped and fell to the ground as well. He picked himself back up and turned around to focus on the angrily enraged boar as it circled preparing to attack one of the two.

Dante 15/15

Boar 4/8

Dante waited for his turn to strike, the boar was off balance after receiving that bloodcurdling blow from Lowenthal. He stepped towards it, then again, each time picking up his speed.

"You're mine!" he said as he hurdled his body towards the boar.

ID: 16960

BD:8

2Dmg

He connected on the hit making the boar stumble back.

Dante 15/15

Boar 2/8

As Zaz skewered the pig, it gave Dante a perfect opportunity to lunge into action and hit it with a combo. He lunged and his spear came crashing down ready to impale the boar.

ID: 16958

BD:9 (Crit)

3Dmg

The spear made collision with the creature's side and it hurdled back slightly, in pain from the obvious blow.

Dante 12/15

Boar 8/18

Dante followed behind his partner preparing himself yet again. They were more then halfway done with their list and Dante was getting excited to finish on helping his friend with this task. The two stepped out into the fields.

"Hey, there's a boar over there.. let's go get it!" Dante said to his partner as he knew they still needed a tusk to make a needle

He began walking towards it as he waited for Lowenthal to follow and make an action on it.

With a spring in his step he rebounded once again and charged for the tusked animal after seeing Azazel miss the creature once more. This boar seemed stronger than Dante in truth, and he knew it would be a good idea to take it out before vice versa. He circled around the boar then jumped to the creature with a furious jab.

ID:16892

BD: 8

2Dmg

The blow connected, he was starting to make some progress. If he could keep this pace victory shouldn't be a problem.

Dante 15/15

Boar 14/18

Seeing his chance to strike he wasted no time. He picked up his spear, shifted his feet into a powerful attack stance, and began to charge at the boar screaming. "You're mine!" he let out as he moved closer and closer. He let a powerful sweep of his spear with a force hoping it would connect

ID: 16885

BD: 8

2dmg

It crashed down on the boar and damaged him slightly. This thing was a lot bigger than the ones Dante had encountered before.

Dante 15/15

Boar 16/18

Dante had so much excitement building up in the pit of his stomach. Having someone mentor him like this was awesome, his luck was coming around. He followed the woman out of town as he anxiously awaited their encounters with the creatures she would be testing him with. He prepared himself mentally as he began to equip his combat gear and got ready, thinking he couldn't disappoint the woman or let her down. The boy was determined to prove himself and his worth, and now would be the perfect opportunity to do so.

"Okay! Let's go!"

After they had rested well up, Dante was ready for action.

"You ready to keep this going?" Dante asked Low as he prepared himself to go back into the field to gather the final materials they were going to need for Lowenthal's shop. He began to equip all his gear and get ready for combat once again after receiving such a good rest. He felt great, and he was definitely ready to tackle any amount of enemies that might come their way.

Dante smiled as the girl turned to him. He put his hands over his head and just enjoyed the relaxation that came along with this little tour. He looked up into the bright sky and drifted off a little as the wind swept through his roughly tussled hair. With squinted eyes towards the sky Dante let out a long breathe of air, and preceded to lower his hands then address the other two.

"Teleportation in SAO is crazy, and incredibly convenient, walking all that way would sure be a problem sometimes." he said as he pointed to the pad. "Alright, where to next Low?"

"I'm getting him now! Let's finish this!" Dante exclaimed towards his partner with extreme motivation. He raised his spear one final time as he knew this would be the last blow. "You're mine!" He charged the boar holding his spear over his head.

ID: 16787

BD: 7

2dmg

It materialized, "Gotcha!"

LD: 5

He picked up the final boar hide they needed. "Let's get on to the next area and finish this up, oh and take this" he said as he handed over the material.

Lowenthal got hit by the boar as he laid down his own hit. "Don't worry bro, I got your back!" Dante jumped towards the already damaged boar and prepared to jab it through the middle. This was going to hit, and it was going to hit hard.

ID: 16785

BD:7

2dmg

He hit the boar, it was weak now. Low and Dante were almost through with the boar now. They readied to attack again.

"Thanks for the encouragement!" Dante said. He now knew he had to hit this thing and not let his friend down. Readying his spear he began to charge once more and this time he knew he was going to collide.

ID: 16783

BD:10

Super Crit. 2+2=4dmg

The boar tipped over and shatter into a million pixels. "Finally, calming down seemed to work."

LD:6

1 Material

He handed over the material to his buddy, "Only a few more left!"

"Hey, save some for me!" Dante said laughingly as his friend dug into the side of the boar. "My turn now!" He ran towards the boar and leaned into his swing.

ID: 16781

BD:1

Whiff! "Come on!" Dante knew he had to be more of a help, he seemed to just be getting in the way.

Adrenaline flowed through Dante's entire body, they were crushing these beasts so easily. He was starting to get excited. Also, seeing his partner get so pumped up was awesome. "Alright, let's get him!" Dante prepared to strike yet again as they leaped from boar to boar.

ID:16779

BD:4

He missed and stumbled. It was fine though, they were still shredding through these enemies without a mark. Things were still strongly in their favor.

"Alright, I'm on it!" Dante said as he saw Low swing and whiff. He gripped his spear firmly and moved in. "I got you now, this is gonna hurt!"

ID:16776

BD: 9

Crit! 2+1 dmg=3dmg

He hit the boar hard. Finally, he got in a good hit. Dante planned on keeping this combat pace from now on.