Dante

Finally, the beast collapsed and materialized as Low striked it down. "You did it!" He patted his companion on the back with approval. "Well, let's go get some more of these things then man." Dante also sweeped the area in search for more creatures to kill im hopes of finding something to drop the required materials they were going to need.

The boar was barely hanging on, it lazily stood grunting in pain. "Okay, I'm finishing this bro!" Danted lunged with a powerful jab in hopes to end it.

ID: 16771

BD:2

Miss, again. He was shocked he couldn't hit the weak and trembling boar. Dante knew he was going to need some better gear soon, this battle was making it obvious.

This boar was quick, the two seemed to have a hard time landing a blow on it. "We have to get this thing!" Dante prepared to attack the boar again. He readied up and ran with a long swing towards the animal.

ID: 16769

BD: 5

Another miss. He still hadn't been scratched by the boar, but he wasn't making steady progress. Combat was still a little difficult for Dante, he hadn't been involved with much still.

He prepared to strike again. Dante lifted his spear up and pointed it towards his foe. Planting his back foot, he boosted himself forward towards the tusked beast. He knew this one was going to hurt.

ID: 16767

BD: 10

Damage (Super Critical Success!, 2 + 2 dmg=4dmg)

He slammed into the front of the boar and knocked it back, it was in trouble. The creature was obviously hurting. Hopefully Low could finish it off!

Dante saw his friend get smashed, he refused to let him go down like that. He equipped his spear and got ready to attack. This boar seemed stronger than the ones he had encountered before with Aramail in the forest. He readied up, focused, and charged the beast.

ID: 16765

BD:3

He missed by a long shot and fell over as his over encumbering swing took him off his feet. He picked himself back up. "Dangit! I'll get you next time." He turned back and got ready to brace the unpredictable boar, not knowing who it would attack next.

With a facepalm, Dante exploded into laughter. Classic, 'picking up babes' move from Lowenthal. That had to be his favorite word, he hadn't heard it enough from his comrade. "Sounds good to me man! I'm ready whenever you are. Let's go on and get this started." he waited for his friend to decide where they were going off to in search for the required materials.

PING!

A message appeared on Dante's screen. It was from his buddy, Low. Something about helping him help open up a shop. "Well, why not; I haven't seen him in a while anyways!"

Dante went to go meet up with Low in the Merchant's section in the city. When he arrived his friend was waiting for him as expected. "Hey man! So what's the plan?" He asked as he approached in inquiry, wondering what the two were gonna' be getting into.

"After you then!" Dante said to Lowenthal and followed behind him, he then turned to Kiyoto with a nod that symbolized, after you. He began to walk with the group now, hoping that they would get into an adventure after the exploration. After all, Dante had become craving fighting in the game recently. Normally, this wasn't his nature in real life, where he refrained from confrontation unless necessary. But he knew this was different, he wanted to become stronger to save everyone, like the friends he had just made!

((OOC- No problem, nice to meet you too. Lowenthal is a pleasure and I'm sure I'll be able to say the same for you :) ))

"I have!" Dante let out, "Barely at all, only on a boar or two, but I have" It was true that Dante had little to no experience wielding his weapon in combat, but he knew with the mysterious woman by his side that he would be just fine. "Well, I'm ready for this whenever you are!" Dante shouted excitedly, almost a little too loud. He followed behind the woman and waited to be escorted to wherever the two may be going.

Dante shook his head in agreement to helping and let off a little smile, he squinted his eyes and scratched his hair in thinking what the group should do. "It wouldn't be a bad idea for you two to find your bearings," he said agreeing with Kiyoto's idea of looking around the city. He then stood up and yawned, stretching his legs.

"Anything you two want to do is fine, I'm always in the mood to help new friends." He opened his menu and sent them both friend requests.

Dante smiled as the two introduced themselves. "Hi Kiyoto!" He said with a wave. The two preceded to walk over to the cafe. Dante took a seat and waited on the two to start conversation. He felt a little left out, but he was sure they would have something planned if they were planning to meet up like this, so he twiddled his thumb's as he listened to the siblings talk.

"Uh, sorry. You just reminded me of someone." Dante told the stranger. "My name's Dante, what's yours?" He wasted no time introducing himself and sticking out his hand in greeting. The player seemed new, after all he still had pretty basic gear on, and didn't seem to know where he was going. Dante debated asking the man if he needed help or not with anything, but decided against it for the moment as he seemed a little stand-offish at first.

Rest was always necessary in the unrelenting world of SAO. After finishing some grinding and quests Dante decided it would be a good idea to take a breathe of fresh air in Starting City. He pulled up his menu and was searching through his inventory when he collided with another.

"Ah! My bad," Dante said as he picked himself up. He apprently knocked over the other man as well, offering a hand out to help him get up as well.

Strange, the other seemed to remind him of an old friend of his. Dante was still pained about the loss of his friend Aramail. But for some reason the man he just encountered gave him a similar feeling that Aramail did, it was unexplainable.

Being so shocked, Dante just stood there and stared, examining the stranger whom he just ran into.

The two were just about to head back, but Dante decided it would be a good idea to look around just a little bit longer and see if he could find anything worth looking for. He scanned out the area and couldn't seem to see anything.

ID:16597

LD: 14

Well, he didn't have any luck finding anything he was hoping to find, so he decided Aramail was right, it was time to head back. "Yeah man, let's get out of here! This place is giving me the creeps" he said to his partner as the two started making their way back to the forest exit.

"I'm Dante," he said with a smile. The group had thinned out now to just a few players. He reached out and shook Axios' hand. "Well, I'm tired of standing around, so if anyone has any plans as to what we can do, I'm all ears." Dante said to the others. The group had been standing for a while, and Dante was getting rather bored just standing around although he loved the present company. He was hoping that the others would come along in getting something productive done to help him get even closer to his goal of clearing SAO.

Dante listened carefully to the lady who seemed to know just so much more about the game than he did. It was kind of crazy, after all, everybody had been playing for the same amount of time, but some players seemed just so much more advanced. At least Dante found one that seemed to be willing to help him, even if she was drunker than a skunk, it is better than NO mentor.

"Alright cool! Where are we going?" Dante inquired. He could tell that Zaz probably wasn't in the best mood to be bombarded by questions, but he was so excited he just couldn't contain his joy. Dante got up and waited to follow in her lead, finally ready for some action.

The Nepent was very weak by this point, one more hit should do the trick. Dante focused in on the weak spot of the plant and began to run towards it. He could feel the power coursing through his veins. With a spring and a leap he jumped up preparing to hammer his opponent's head into the ground.

HP:10/13

ID: 16553

Dante rolled 10 (Crit success, 2dmg+2)

His spear came crashing into the weak body of the Little Nepent. It split into two right down the center, paused, and then materialized. Blue pixels went everywhere.

"Alright! We did it!" Dante said congratulating his comrade.

"You okay?!" Dante yelled out to Aramail as he saw the two collide. "Ah, looks like just a scratch, you'll be fine!" he yelled out and let off a smile. Quickly his smile faded away, he had to finish this thing quickly. It was growing getting bigger and bigger, and that could be nothing but trouble. He raised his spear, spun it around, and charged towards the Nepent.

ID: 16543

Dante rolled 1

Mob:9 (Crit +1=3dmg)

Swinging violently he missed the Nepent as it swung around a vine and drilled him in the stomach. Dante took a hard blow, and he was in pain now. All the more reason to get back at this thing even quicker.

Dante lunged back as he saw the plantlike creature spring towards Aramail, "Awh hell man, watch out!" As the creature missed an attack on his comrade, Dante preceded to aim his spear and charge the grotesque little growth with a strong and forceful reach behind his spear.

ID:16531

Dante rolled 8

2 dmg(1+1)

Mob:1

His spear connected.

He slammed into the leafy monster and shoved it back a little bit. Him and Aramail could tell that it wasn't that strong, but they also had to stay on their guards.

"I'm almost fully rested" Dante said as he took out his spear for a walking stick. "That doesn't sound too tough anyways, let's get to work looking for it." He was surprisingly growing impatient of not being able to fight anything, even after he had that somewhat dangerous encounter with the pack of boars from earlier in the day. As he started searching around for this 'Little Nepent' he began to think about how much he had become immersed into this game. It was crazy how he was starting to think more and more about the game then ever caring to even return to reality. At least he had friends by his side, no matter what form they came in, they were friends.

Dante preceded to walk further into the foliage as the light from above slowly faded more and more with every stride he took into the heart of the forest. "Hey Aramail, what exactly are we looking for in here again?" he inquired with a puzzled look. Oh well, Althought they weren't making much progress Dante didn't mind that he was getting to rest from that harsh encounter with the wild boars that happened just a while ago.

As his hands hovered out infront of his eyes, he got a miraculous sensation that Dante knew could be none other than pure excitement. "We did it bro!" He exclaimed as he bound into the air with his fists raised and laughter filling the air around him. "But those were just low level mobs, you're right; we need a breathe of fresh air before moving on just yet."

Dante couldn't realize how such a low level battle could be exhausting, but he was determined. He knew that with the right amount of training and a mass of effort, he would be able to make it far in SAO. Especially with the help of his newfound comrade, Aramail.

The Boar burried its head into Dante's stomach. Spit flew from his mouth as the forceful impact left him breathless. "That hurt man!" Dante yelled out in pain trying to catch his breath. "Let's see how you like this then.." Dante hurled all the power in his legs towards the boar with anger in his eyes and fire in his stomach. He pulled his spear all the way back and stepped into his jab with all the strength in his bones.

*Attacking Boar B*

ID: 16334

Dante rolled 9 (Crit)

The boar grunted and disappeared. Dante spit where it once stood and turned around to help out Aramail with the final boar, which was already preoccupied with him.

"I'm gonna finish this now!" Dante planted his feat firmly into the earth and charged up his energy preparing for a blow to finish this pest. He leaned back slightly, then quickly bolted forward towards the slow and confused Boar ( B ). As he charged he let out hollering and grunting as his determination to kill the beast was shining brightly.

*Attacking Boar B*

ID:16329

Dante rolled 4

Barely missing the ugly pig, he settled down and pulled his spear out of the ground which it had landed in.

"This is ridiculous!" he shouted as anger filled him, a rare sight to see. "Come on Aramail, let's get these guys already!"

The Boar ( B ) had just missed Dante with a powerful charge. After it passed, with no time to waste he turned and charged at it. He extended his arm with a mass of force haltering the blow as he leaped with ferocity towards the beast.

*Attacking Boar B*

ID: 16325

Dante rolled 3

"Damnit!" Another miss. He would have to get used to the shifty fighting style that was in SAO. "Get him Aramail! We gotta' get rid of these guys before they get too mad." Dante shouted out to his comrade. Then shifted his feet and prepared to defend himself.