Zandra

Zandra focused on Shield, trying to spot anything that showed that he was trying to smooth things over. That he had come up with this to bring as an excuse just because, well, just because. There was no need for pretended excuses today. Open cards was what Zandra would be playing with. ‘’I see…’’ she started carefully with a voice sounding like it didn’t really believed what was said. She did believed it, but decided to be careful and not go in blindly. ‘’So you saying when you came there, you was just saying that as a joke? Either I haven’t watched the same series, or have forgotten that part. Would you mind telling me what serie? Im just curious, you don’t have to say if you don’t want to.’’ It wasn’t really top secret infromtation, but it would show pretty quick if it was a made up excuse or if it was true. Unless he was a veteran lier, which she doubted. ‘’I need to say thou that I am happy to hear that it was a joke and you didn’t meant what you said in the way it sounded to me.’’

 She had sen Shield beend down, so she took a look as well and spotted some eggs under her chair as well. More eggs for her she thought to herself.

Roll: 
ID: 139614
LD: 8+8=16
CD: 10

Eggs: +6
Total: 15

‘’Oh really? Grandmastering it in a week? That is really impressive. I am happy that our services gave you such a nice boost. When we get our guild rolling and starting alliances, you maybe will give us your support with fixing food.’’ She said to the pinkette as she herd her impressive cooking skills. She saw she got an invite as well. Not only party invite, but also a friend request. She accepted both, the party invite because the pinkette was going to do the same thing as her anyway. And the friend request because not only was it good to have a friendly relation with your guild members, it is also good to get more friendly connections incase you would need help or be in trouble. After the quest she would see who this person was, maybe she would remove her from her friend list, maybe not. Only the future could tell.

‘’So, I am actually no my way to do Nature’s treasure as well. I haven’t really been in need for currencies since Ive done other farms, so hv never tried it. Have you done that? If yes, mind tell me some tips or trix about it?’’ she had already red a bit about it, but there is always best to know as much as possible.

Zandra listened to the tank as he explained to her that she was just a small part in this. He was even sorry that she got bringed into the chaos that had been the frontlines back then. Shield looked at her with dark eyes, they was serious, but she couldn’t spot any anger in them. Was he really serious? She wasn’t that big of a part in this like others. This made her feel relieved as well as a bit angry. One part of her felt like what he was meaning was that she wasn’t as important in that current state to make a different so she was halfly ignored or something. One part was happy since it sounded like Shield as well wanted to get on good terms with the berserk healer. And one part just enjoyed the blueberry pie that was, indeed, delicious. As well as the tea. She took a quick glance to a shelf and spotted some more eggs that she quickly took and added to her inventory.

‘’I do hear what you are saying Shield.’’ She started. She thougth thru what to say next, since that could effect where this talk would go. But what she felt was most important was to be honest, tell the truth and not try to exaggerate stuff. ‘’I will keep an eye out for those eggs then, and I think I did the right decision to answer the request to come here. I don’t know how I feel from hearing I was not… nevermind. Since you bring the labyrinth guardian boss up. What was you thinking when you said that you was darn heroes or something? Im curious because it felt like you thought you came in and to save us because we where incapable of doing it ourself, which thanks to the games programming and stupid party size decisions, we was.’’

Roll: 
ID: 139612
LD: 4+8=12
CD: 6

Eggs: +3
Total: 9

It didn’t took long for the tea and pie to arrive. She looked down on it for a bit. It didn’t looked as tasty as the one she had eaten so many times down at the golden horseshoe. But don’t judge the book by the cover. She thought to herself before she grabbed the spoon and took a bite of the pie as she listened to what Shield had to say. She nodded as to show she was agreeing with what her said. Yes, the situation on the frontlines between the player have been at least chaotic, if not worse. It was thanks to luck that they succeded thru the boss battle without any casualties at all. When he seemed to be done, she waited around ten more seconds to make sure he was ready to listen to what she said and dint had anything to add.

‘’To start with, things have been quite terrible for me for a long time. Even before that meeting. I have got a lot of relationships broken because reason. Thou Ive decided to repair them.’’ She took a sip of the teas. ‘’And the relation with you is one of the ones I value a lot. Don’t want it to be like, yeah you know.’’ She took a deep breath, thinking back on the meeting that was a devestation to the frontline players. Some sadness was shown in her ruby eyes. ‘’Yes, you wasn’t blameless. Same goes for me. I hope we can make sure…’’ she just saw something on her plate. ‘’Wait, did you ordered these?’’ she asked and pointed at 6 choclate eggs.

Roll:
ID: 139598
LD: 8+8=16
CD: 10

Eggs: +6
Total: 6

Zandra saw Mari taking a couple of steps away from her. Was she? No, that couldn’t be the reason, or could it? She made a small, barely visible shake to herself. When she looked downat the totem again, she realized one of the reasons that maybe would be why she backed away from her. She was still wearing Inferno, her armor that was anything except showing a kind and caring impression. Her hand quickly opened the menu and unequipped her armor and she was back in her little red riding hood styled outfit. She listened as the orange player started talking, and she was telling her to do two things for her. Now Mari was giving Zandra orders?

Zandra got confused at first, but then she understood that it was totally normal. After all, Zandra knew Mari’s name since before but Mari had no idea what Zandra’s name was. Back when Mari was told about, Zandra was still no one. Now, she just hoped no player had done the same thing about her as they had done about Mari. Zandra gulped before she started. ‘’Oh, I am sorry, totally forgot to introduce myself.’’ She paused before she continued. ‘’My name is Zandra, and you have my deepest apologise for believing those words about you. I understand that you don’t wanna see me so I will head down to the monument and look to confirm what you are saying. But I hope you can take a minute and look at it from my perspective too. No need to thou if you don’t want to. Have a nice day.’’ And she started to walk away, her voice have now been steady and friendly now that she had calmed down from the actions that had happened today.

 @Mari

The tank answered he was fine, but it actually didn’t mattered what he answered. Almost everyone would answer with something like ‘Im fine’ or similar. It didn’t felt good being near Shield. She didn’t knew really what it was, but she just wanted to rise and leave the café. But no, she cant do that, that would probably removed the tiny bit of respect Shield had left of her. She was here not to waste time, but rather to mend a broken relationship. So the tea was good. Well she isn’t really a tea drinker. Would she take it anyway, for good manners?

‘’Well, Im not really a tea drinker myself, but I guess I can try’’. She said to the server as well as to Shield. ‘’Would be nice a slice of blueberry pie too if that can be fixed.’’ She said to her and hoped the NPC would understand. Then she looked back on the tank. ‘’Cant say Im hungry, but have been out hunting for awhile and a slice blueberry pie is never wrong.’’ She said and a tiny bit of her grumpiness had actually left, she felt a little bit better. Still annoyed over her icebear hunt thou.

Zandra had now slayed three more of those crawling reptile. Those overgrown crawling reptiles. And now it was time to finish of the last one. But no, ofcourse even more snake will appear, just as she was on way to clean them all out. ‘’Arrgh.’’ She said to herself as she took a firm and steady grip of her axe, she went into offensive position, prepared her two handed black axe, ready to slay them all. She would make sure every single snake was cleanced out of this forest at the end of the day. She started to charge up her most powerful sword art, that also was the sword art she had used most of the times when she had attack with her axe. ‘’Hehe, now you will die, tiny lizards.’’ She said to the giant snakes before she bursted forward, activating her sword art and cleaving thru two of the snakes. She made red stripes on their bodies as her axe damaged all except one of them, even killing two.

Zandra: 

HP: 1,405/1,765 ENG: 101/172

BH: +88

Giant snake 5: 350/700 BD: 10 Crit! 225 dmg
Giant snake 6: 0/700 DEAD
Giant snake 7: 0/700 DEAD
Giant snake 8: 350/700 MD: 7-2=6 Miss!

Eggs:

Three snake was down for the count, now there was one snake left to kill. Or that was what Zandra was thinking. Before she could react, three more of those tiny reptiles had appeared around her. ‘’oh [censored], will they keep respawning until im dead or something. Or maybe it is just until a set number of them that will spawn.’’ She took a quick look around, suddenly the forest had became much thicker then before. She didn’t saw any opening between the trees. Well, no opening that was covered with bushes that was filled with thorns. She gulped and a drip of sweat rolled down her forehead. This wasn’t god, this wasn’t good at all. But, there wasn’t much to do. She charged up her axe, rushed on to the fresh snakes, and delivered a powerful blow on the newly arrived snakes. The one that already was wonded attacked back as Zandra killed it.

Zandra: 

HP: 1,542/1,765 ENG: 118/172

Giant snake 3: 0/700 DEAD
Giant snake 5: 350/700 MD. 5-2=3 Miss!
Giant snake 6: 350/700 MD: 1 Miss!
Giant snake 7: 350/700 MD: 8-2=6 Hit! 258-35=223

Eggs:

’’GAAAAHHHH!!!’’ Zandra shouted as her big, two-handed battle axe flew thru the air, cleaving into the digital fur of a big icebear down on floor four. There was a new potion recipie she wanted to try out, but one of the ingreThere was a new potion recipie she wanted to try out, but one of the ingredients was the fat from the fur of a bear. After twenty, she lost count of how many she had slain by now, but still not. She took a look at the latest reward screnn. ‘’Nope, nothing this time either.’’ She said with a sigh and started getting so annoyed she swung her axe into a nearby tree with full force. Just in last second she dodged the snow falling from the branches. Then she got a message. She thougth if she should check it now or continue. She really wanted that fat. But no, in these times it could be something important.

So she red thru the mail that, came from a person she haven’t talked with for a long while. And to be honest, she actually did wanted it to continue that way. She glanced at another group of bears that just respawned a bit away. But no, she had to, anything else would be childish. ‘’Well, I can take one more group.’’ She charged up her explode catapult and charged. ‘’DIE!’’

…

…

Zandra exited the warp entrance at the twenty second floor with a grumpy look on her face. As she cursed the bears and the fats low droprate she headed to the café. As she approached the café, she stopped outside for a few moments, took a deep breath, and entered. It didn’t took long to find the correct table so she walked up and sat down. Her face was still grumpy but at least she succeded with putting on a fake smile. ‘’Hello there Shield. Everything fine?’’ she greeted the tank.

Three of the snakes had easily been damaged, now there was three snakes that had half health left, and one snake at full. Zandra was ready to kill those that was almost dead and do a powerful reducting in the others. She smirk as she charged forwar, her deadly big awesome devastating axe risen high in the air, ready to deliver chaos and death on the repåtiles. ‘’DIE to tiny piece of scum!’’ she said as her axe cleaved thru the air, first hitting the first snake, shattering it in thousands of piece of blue and white crystals. Then it was the second snake that shattered as well. The pixels covered the thried thou and Zandras axe missed her target. She grit her teeths as she quickly adjusted the flight of the axe thru the so at least, it striked down on the last one, shattereing it dead as well.

Zandra: 

HP: 1,765/1,765 ENG: 137/172

Giant snake 1: 0/700 DEAD
Giant snake 2: 0/700 DEAD
Giant snake 3: 350/700 MD: 1 Miss!
Giant snake 4: 0/700 DEAD

Eggs:

When Zandra was done with her preperations for the day, she was grabbing her axe that was standing beside her entrance door. With a smile on her face she started to consume the different buffs she had on the table infront of her. She had gathered all buffs that would make her grining as effective as possible. Hopefully she would some day be the first millionaire in Aincrad. She hadn’t walked far when she suddenly encountered her first enemies of the day, it was just as she had left the safe zone on floor twenty two. With a smile on her face she exploded forward, her axe cleaving thru her enemy, reducing their health to only fifty percent or lower as well as stunning all of them. Zandra laughed inside, she didn’t had the Teseleths fury now, but she felt this farm could be just as good anyway, she didn’t needed the two epic slots of fallen damage.

Charge activated! Bullrush triggered! 

Zandra: 

HP: 1,765/1,765 ENG: 153/172

Giant snake 1: 350/700 STUN
Giant snake 2: 336/700 STUN
Giant snake 3: 350/700 STUN
Giant snake 4: 336/700 STUN

Zandra woke up in her double bed. She sat up and stretched her arms high in the air as she let out a long yawn. She rubbed the sleepiness off her eyes as she left the bed and headed to the window. There she leaned on the windowsill for a while, looking at the rising sun on the horizon. She felt the fresh wind in her hair. When she had stood there for a while she left and headed for the bathroom where she went into the bathroom and turned on the shower. She felt the warm water roll down her skin and soaking her long, black hair. She closed her eyes and listened to the silence where the only sound was the one from the falling water. In the mist-filled room, she started to think of her past. How long had she been here now? She doesn’t know, there was just so many people she had met and then they had disappeared. Either thru death, or just vanished. She left the shower and prepared herself for doing some farming, was a long time ago she did.

Zandra held her axe in a firm and steady grip, breathing of excitement. There was this special feeling that always flowed into her mind after a good fight. After the killing blow, the flames had calmed down and her armor was just a normal armour. Well, a normal black armor, with huge dragon like shoulderguards and dragon claws looking gloves. She looked around after more mobs to slay, her axe still wanted to do that. Then she herd a voice and her eyes went to Mari.

The last few hours she had been thru a real rollercoaster after she met Mari. Fear, sadness, confusion, a lot of different feelings. And after hearing Mari’s words, anger was added to those feelings. She gritted her teeths behind her mouthguard as her eyes darkened for a few seconds. Where the two rubies mett the clear pair of sapphires. But before she said something to Mari, she rembered what her new quest was.

She stretched out and grabbed the totem that Mari gave her. ‘’Thanks.’’ She started as a thank you for the small but kind gesture to pick it up for her. ‘’Yes, you are right, I guess.’’ She thought off how to continue. ‘’But you know, what I said about you back then…’’ the bear fight had totally vanished from her memory and she blushed as she felt emberressed about her words she had sent to Mari. ‘’I just wanted to start with to apologies. I know you cant change in like one second, but what if we try to restart?’

 @Mari

Zandra woke up in her double bed. She sat up and stretched her arms high in the air as she let out a long yawn. She rubbed the sleepiness off her eyes as she left the bed and headed to the window. There she leaned on the windowsill for a while, looking at the rising sun on the horizon. She felt the fresh wind in her hair. When she had stood there for a while she left and headed for the bathroom where she went into the bathroom and turned on the shower. She felt the warm water roll down her skin and soaking her long, black hair. She closed her eyes and listened to the silence where the only sound was the one from the falling water. In the mist-filled room, she started to think of her past. How long had she been here now? She doesn’t know, there was just so many people she had met and then they had disappeared. Either thru death, or just vanished.

She stood there for an hour or so before she felt she was done. She turned of the water and with a few clicks on the menu she was dry when leaving the bathroom. A few more clicks and she had her casual clothing equipped. As she felt she was ready, she headed out.

This day she would go down and do some nature’s treasure. It was a quest she haven’t tried before so it would be fun to see how effective it was. As she was in the outside of the safe zone, she herd a voice. She turned around and spotted a pink haired girl. Zandra putted on a friendly smile and the girl started talking about that she helped to defend ATP and then also joined. ‘’Hello there Yuki.’’ She said and streatched forth her hand for a handshake. ‘’It is a pleasure to meet you in less chaotic circumstances. It makes me really happy that you wanted to join us. Are you satisfied with our services so far?’’

Zandra stood there, not a word leaving her lips. She just looked at Mari’s red eyes. She was broken down it looks like. Had Zandras word striked her that hard? She felt like a terrible human beeing. Maybe she should just leave Mari alone. She didnt really seem to enjoy Zandra’s company.

Then, suddenly Mari took her by surprise. She took a steady grip of her dagger and charged towards. Zandras eyes went wide open for half a second before her hand moved thanks to muscle memory. Zandra body shined as her armor Inferno pixelated around her. She was ready for the dagger to pierce her body. But instead Mari’s hand just threw her to the side. As Zandra quickly regained her balance and equipped her axe at the same time, she did a 180 turn.

Mari wasnt trying to run away from her, she charged the bear that had in some way sneaked up on Zandra from behind. This made her angry. How the f*** could a BEAR! sneak up on her. Then she watched as the bear slammed its migthy paw on Mari, sent her flying into a tree. This didnt made Zandra calm down. The opposite. Flames surronded her beeing as well as her black two handed axe. ‘’AAAAHHHH!!!’’ she screamed as she exploded forward with red yes, burning with fury. She went first in with her shoulder with full power from her bullrush mod, leaving the bear stunned. ‘’DIE!’’ she let out and cleaved thru him with her weapon as Zita flew down and scratched and bit the bears eyes. Zandra stepped back and breathed heavy as she saw the bear explode in a sea of blue and white crystals.

Mari
HP 1108/1140 | EN: 110/110 | DAM: 11 | EVA: 3 | MIT: 43 | ACC 4
Zandra
HP 1765/1765 | EN: 154/172 | DAM: 19 | EVA: 0 | MIT: 99 | ACC 3+1(con)
ID:139260  BD:4+3+1=8-2=6 Hit! Charge activated! Bullrush triggered!
Explode catapult - 19+5=24x14=336-50=286 DMG

Kumetsu
HP: 0/300 | DMG: 75 | MIT: 50 | ACC: 1 | EVA: 2   -DEAD-

Zandra started to move deeper into the forest, the same way that the player killer had headed of to. She had to catch up to her. A quick glance at Zita made the eagle understand. She spread her mighty wings and flapped as she lifted from her shoulder with a loud cry. If the situation was different, this could have been a beautiful picture. A mighty eagle, flying thru a forest with sun beams lighting it up. Thou it gave Zandra a bit of courage, and made her heart beat faster. She could do this, yes, she can definitely do this. The eagle let out another cry and Zandra picked up her speed.

After a few minutes, she spotted and spot of orange, that was Mari’s hair. She slowed down. She had thougth thru dozens of different lines to say to her. ‘’Hey Mari, wait!’’ she shouted towards her. So she had started with a simple starting line. Now for the next.

But her mind was empty, everything she had planned to say was gone with the wind. ‘’Ehm, I…’’ she started with a nervous tone in her voice. ‘F**k, f**k, f**k. Just say something!’ she thought to herself. But nothing came out.

 @Mari

The wolfie was close to death now. It had only enough health left to not survive one attack from Zandra or Macradon. And now Macradons bleed was gone, so he wouldnt get any insane healing from that. The two players was pretty close to victory now. So since the only option now basically was to attack, Zandra charged up her explode catapult, looked the doggie into the eyes. ‘’Explode… Catapult!’’ she said and the axe flew thru the air, cleaving the boss mob, creating red stripes on his fur and starting to drain his healthbar. At the same time, a shadow darted down from above. It was Zita, she started pekking on their enemy and helping, removing even more health points. Then it shattered and the reward screen appeared. The potion they was here for. Zandra did some quick presses and a few moments later, she held the potion in her hand between herself and Macradon. ‘’Well, that went much easier then I expected actually.’’ she said with a smile.

- Health List -
[7]< Macradon > 1654/1665 HP ||  21 DMG || 131 MIT || 4 ACC || 1 EVA || 144/175 NRG
[3]< Zandra >   1685/1685 HP ||  19 DMG ||  98 MIT || 3 ACC ||          99/164 NRG

< Blood Bane  >  0/1250 HP || 225 DMG ||  50 MIT || 3 ACC || 0 EVA                -216

The white haired warrior had made another strike on the beast, reducing its health even more. But in return, the wolf had taking a shew on him and applied the bleed effect. When she saw the bleed status icon appear at Macradon, she rembered what she had red about this quest. The bos was healing from its attacks, and got a huge buff to the healing if the target was bleeding. And it looks like he did had his full attention now, the mob almost ignoring Zandra. This was the perfect opportunity to land a hit on it, and hopefully end its life. Hopefully. But if she missed and the dog landed a hit, that wouldn’t be fun. So for the second time this fight, Zandra let her axe rest and picked up her amphibian war rally. She inhaled, placed her lips on the mouthpiece and blowed with all her might. The horn let out a sound way louder then a horn that size should be able to. The burning wolf suddnely stopped in its movements as a paralyze icon appeared beside the burn one. ‘’Now Mac, kill it!’’ she let out.

- Health List -
[5]< Macradon > 1607/1665 HP ||  21 DMG || 131 MIT || 4 ACC || 1 EVA || 153/175 NRG -36BLD 1/2
[3]< Zandra >   1685/1685 HP ||  19 DMG ||  98 MIT || 3 ACC ||          114/164 NRG

< Blood Bane  >  335/1250 HP || 225 DMG ||  50 MIT || 3 ACC || 0 EVA                 -36BRN 0/2

Zandra just crossed her arms and looked at the man. As she had used her amphibian war rally, the whole group of player killers had became paralyzed and Itzal had throwed them into a portal. Zandra had no idea where that portals exit was. Was it at the top of a cliff? Right infront of a boss mob? The central plaza in a settlement? Or anywhere else. She didn’t knew, but honestly she also didn’t cared. All she cared about now was Itzal and what he had been doing. And how he greeted her. ‘’Yeah that is true, it have been awhile.’’ She said with a plain voice, stating the fact Itzal just mentioned.

She thought for awhile how she would continue. She didn’t wanted to sound like a mother scolding her kid or something like that. ‘’I have actually been looking for you. Where have you been this awhile?’’ she asked with a wondering voice.

Zandra listened to the player killer infront of her. What was she talking about, she had killed that Lisona girl and still pretended she didnt knew who she is. Does she care that little of her target. Just picking them out on random? But there was something else that she have seen in the woman. Her voice was shaking, her eyes was shining and as she held up her hand, they was everything else then steady. Something was definitely not right. What was going on here? Zandra had just told Mari that she knows about her kills, even how they was done. Why did she keep denying she enjoyed it? Was she, could she really be right? Have the other just told her stories for entertainment to make Mari look bader then she was. Also, if she had friends that was ready to ambush her, why havent they done so already? Zandra putted away the horn while she was counting all her victims, her 8 victims. When she herd she had killed her own daughter, she felt like she wanted to throw up. Her daugther? ‘’You… it is just… Killing… But… Ari.’’ Zandra said quitly to herself as she saw the back of the other player walk away and disapear in the forest.

Zandra just stood there in silence, staring at the point where Mari had disapeared. After awhile, Zita flew up to her shoulder and rubbed her beak on her cheek. This woke her out of her trance and she patted the feathered pr6edator. ‘’Could she be telling the truth? Is it all the other stories we have herd that was the lies?’’ she walked up to a rock and sat down, leaning her forehead in her hands. ‘’Have I just told her terrible rumors about her that noone would want to here?’’ the eagle looked up at her with her wise eyes. ‘’Oh Zita, what shall I do? I have to fix this right?’’ was it just in her mind, or did Zita just nodded? Anyway, she knew what she had to do. She rose up again, brushed her hair away from her eye that just fell down again. ‘’Zita, our quest have just been changed.’’ she said as she satrted to walk towards where she had seen Mari disapear.

 @Mari

The big bad wolf was standing infront of them. Zandras axe had landed a blow on it but when she had backed off to give room for Macradon, his strike had missed the target compeltly. Thou, that happens to everyone now and then, so she didnt mentioned it when he had let out a powerword. Instead she quickly raised her own weapon, the wolf had reflected Macradons attack, leaving himself wide open for a follow up from Zandra. She charged up her Expldoe catapult and activated it as quick as she could. The two handed fury flied thru the air, striking the blood bane on his neck and contiue its way thru, leaving a red stripe on the furcovered body. But not only that, his flammable skin got set ablaze as the burn effect triggered from her weapon. Zandra backed off and prepared for a counter attack. And it came, but not on her, it focused Macradon, again.

- Health List -
[3]< Macradon > 1560/1665 HP ||  21 DMG || 131 MIT || 4 ACC || 1 EVA || 156/175 NRG || -36BLD 1/2
[3]< Zandra >   1673/1685 HP ||  19 DMG ||  98 MIT || 3 ACC || 113/164 NRG

< Blood Bane  > 612/1250 HP || 225 DMG ||  50 MIT || 3 ACC || 0 EVA || -36BRN 1/2 ||

Zandra watched as the young man kept fighting the player killers. He had no problem keeping the fight onesided. Zandra almost felt sad of the player killers, almost. Thou when someone was begging him to stop but as reply Itzal cut of his tongue, she felt like something was wrong. Something was definitely not right. Zandra equipped her armor Inferno with her big shoulderguards that was pulsating with a fiery glow, the black mouthguard that covered her mouth, and the two devilish horns on top together making a feel of a dragon. The claw like glows just added to that feeling. The players was to busy with the fight so they didn’t saw the approaching woman. When she was a dozen meters away she stopped. She planted the bottom of her axe in the ground and stared at the scene with her only visible eye. She stood there with straight back. ‘’STOP IT!’’ she shouted with a loud and clear voice, increased in strength by her howl skill. Two of the player killers that had realized Itzal was too hard of a challenge, decided to go for the easier prey, a girl. Zandra just removed the mouthguard and showed them a sinister smile. ‘’Hehe, wrong move.’’ She said to them as she took up a horn, inhaled, moved it to her lips and exhaled in the unique item. The sound was eardeffing and echoed across the area. Without any warning, the red players stopped in their movements as they fell to the ground from the paralyzing effect of the horn. The only players standing was Zandra and Itzal. She just stood there, staring at him as she started to move slowly towards him.

Zandra held the big bad wolf in a steady grip as Macradon dealt a powerful strike on the boss. When the attack was delivered, she released the grip and jumped back a few steps. But that was only to get a new grip of her axe. This was a pretty onesided battle. There was no way for the wolf to be able to win. That Zandra realized as she saw her health refill and almost be back to full again. She was prepared for another attack, but it didn’t came. Instead it now had its focus on Macradon. ‘This opportunity I wont let slip away!’ she thought and immediately charged up her explode catapult. Silently she activated it and slammed her mighty axe into the wolf, dealing another chunk of damage to it, taking the couple one step closer to finish this quest. But the wolf himself had also made a strong attack on Macradon. When Zandra glanced at their healthbar, she saw that she was wrong. It had barely dropped.

- Health List -
[2]< Macradon > 1546/1665 HP ||  21 DMG || 131 MIT || 4 ACC || 1 EVA || 157/175 NRG
[1]< Zandra >   1589/1685 HP ||  19 DMG ||  98 MIT || 3 ACC ||          128/164 NRG

< Blood Bane  > 861/1250 HP || 225 DMG ||  50 MIT || 3 ACC || 0 EVA -Call to Hunt (2/2) +25 DMG +25 MIT-

Zandra listened as the player killer infront of her talked. She talked about the action of killing people. How hard it was, that it wasn’t fun. Thou the berserk healer have herd enough about Mari that she knew that was just more lies she threw at her. And if it was something she didn’t liked, it was lies. Didn’t mattered if it was from a friend or foe, an NPC or a real player. Lies and deceptions often made her angry. The anger was now fighting the fear.

Thou since it came from a player killer that probably lied to everyone, it wasn’t personal. But during the time, the red player had started breaking down. It almost sounded like she was going to start to cry. This was making Zandra maybe not relax, but making her calmer. But also confused. Why would she be sad from what she had said?

But in her explanations about the art of killing, she also threw accusations on her, talking about stuff she didn’t knew. With it, her heart started beating faster, pictures flashed infront of her, and as the woman turned her back to her, the fire in her eyes started to burn.

Her eyes was focused on Mari’s back. ‘’Stop!’’ she said and hoped it would make her stay and hopefully turn around as well. ‘’You may call me daft…’’ to be honest she didn’t knew what it meant, but she guessed it was something like stupid or retarded.’’…but that seems to go for you too.’’ And in that moment, her confident returned. Mari may have been a threat to her back when the player killer was active. But much have happened to Zandra since then. Now, she was almost the strongest player on the frontlines, as well as had several demonic and unique enchanted items. Even if Mari had reached max level and maxed out all her skills and was fully equipped with unique demonics, Zandra would probably have an even fight with her, probably. She still rembered the other elite dagger wielder that attacked her. That time she was unarmed and unarmoured like now, and still survived tens of stabs in the chest. ‘’First things first, what Ive herd about you. And I hope you can answer a question in return.’’ Her voice was steady now, thou you could still hear a faint tone of fear somewhere in it. She still wasn’t sure what this girl plans was. She took a few steps to a thick tree to her right and leaned on it. Her was protected and her front was within her field of view. ‘’Ive herd that you have ended over a dozen players life. One man I met talked about his sister, Lisona. You killed her, and laughed while listening to her beggings of letting her live. Another man I met saw when you tied his friend to a tree, stab him and let the dagger stay in him, draining his life until he shattered.’’ If this was a year ago, she would never have dared mention it to her. She scrolled thru her inventory and took out a small horn before she continued. ‘’Would you search for someone like that and ask them in person if its true?’’

As answer to Zandra’s question Mari started talking about the same quest that was the reason why Zandra was here. When hearing the player killer lie right infront of her. This was something she could fight. Her voice got a little bit steadier as the comment had somewhat eased the paralyze. ‘’Why, why would you do that? Wouldn’t it be easier for you to just kill someone else as they returns back after doing it themselves?’’

Zandra followed the blades flight thru the air as Mari threw it out, and asked if that helped. Followed by trying to make her believe the player killer didn’t wanted to hurt someone. ‘’Vafan?’’ she started in her main language. ‘’You kill other players, and say you don’t wanna hurt anyone? Do you think I’m stupid or something? And with the dagger, that could easily be an action make me relax and then you have your main dagger still there in the inventory, waiting for an opportunity to stab me as soon as I turn my back towards you.’’ She explained to the woman, hopefully showing she wouldn’t be tricked by her lies and deceptions.