Zandra

As she quickly made a quick scan thru the new info that was already out there, she saw two new proffessions. Fisher and gatherer. As she looked deeper into them, she immediately understood that she needed to train up one of these, and that as soon as possible. It seemed that you had to do a similar quest to how she became an alchemist. The quest giver was unknown thou, so she would have to work herself for some information. This, she had nothing against, quite the opposite. She was kinda tired of everything being so easy and weak. Would this update give back the feeling of a game? A game where you must put in more then a tiny bit effeort. She felt her excitement rise as she headed to a lake where she knew she had seen a fisherman. Before the update there haven’t been any questgiver there, but who knows, maybe that had changed.

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Her healthbar was no longer zero, it had only been zero for a split second. To short time for the shatter animation to go in effect. Instead she saw some letters in it. ‘’Updating…’’ it said as the green bar slowly but steadily filled up to full. She let out a deep sigh of relief. She wouldn’t die today after all, and that felt good. Thou she found out a lot of weird things. Her level was much lower, her health was lower, yeah, most of her stats have lowered. It must have been, a huge revamp? An update? It was the first one Zandra have ever been experiencing in this game of death. Her brain, that before entering sword art online haven’t done much except playing games, especially mmo’s. To survive an mmo, she needed to quickly adapt. You need to know how relatively strong you are, how strong is the enemies, what do you need to do to be stronger. Yeah, there is a lot of things to think about.

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Zandra was in her bedroom at the second floor of her estate, She sat on the edge of the bed, with her elbows on her knees and leaning her head on her closed fists like she was praying. Thou when it comes to Zandra, praying was very unlikely she would do. No, at the moment, her brain was working at full speed. ‘’Hmm. But why… Yeah, maybe.’’ She mumbled to herself, her eyes staring out in the air infront of her, looking at nothing.  ‘’But if that’s. No, it cant. If thou.’’ She kept on mumbling. If someone herd her, they would probably think she is crazy or something. But to be fair, that was true, a long, long time ago. But not anymore.

That was when her thoughts got interrupted by a sound. The familiar signal that a mail have dropped down in her inbox. She glanced at the pop-up notification. At first she ignored it, there was more important things to do now. But it didn’t took many seconds before she couldn’t hold herself back. She pressed the icon and opened the mail. When she saw who it was from and what was written in it, she felt a smile on her lips. With fingers that is now used to writing in the air, she quickly sent a reply back to him. She knew that he, just like her, was very experienced when it came to skills and builds in this death game, so she had wanted to give both of them some time to think before discussing it. Or easier said, she didn’t wanted to disturb him. But it seemed that he was ready, so she rose from the bed and headed out. Usually, she would wear her casual clothes, the red skirt with suspenders, a red hood and dark t-shirt. Both because she knew a mob-less road to town, as well as a few hours ago, no normal mob on this floor would be able to take her on, even with standard axe and no armor. But after this, she couldn’t be sure, so she had equipped her trusty Inferno armor and Teselths fury in her hand. Still, she reached the floor 22 plaza without any encounter.

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Tears started to roll down Zandras cheeks as the health kept dropping. Went down two five health points. Four. Three. Two. One. Zero. So, this was the end Zandra thougth to herself. All years she had fought. All countless hours she had spent in those dungeons, leveling up her strength. All time and materials and money she had spent in her alchemy store, all this she had worked for. So she would be able to protect everyone here. Protect those that cant protect themselves. But now, when she was in danger, she wasn’t able to protect herself. So, this was the end. She looked down on her hands. She raised her eyebrows, her hands was just like normal, no blue or white pixels had started to turn them into dust. No part of them had started to fade into nothingness. She turned her head back up. When she saw the healthbar once again, her eyes grew of surprise and she couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

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Her eyes got struck by confusion, but she wasn’t attacked. Why did her health dropped? She hadn’t eaten anything recently that could be poisionous nor did she had any status marks below her healthbar. Still her muscle memory took out and antidote potion, just in case. Or rather, tried to take out an antidote potion. But no, her inventory was unaccesible. Her eyebrows rose as she tried again. But no, couldn’t open her inventory. What about her battle ready inventory? She tried but got same result there as well. ‘’Damnit, what is going on.’’ She started to get despearate, so she tried to activate her purify mod, as a healer she must be able to stop this. But no surprise, she couldn’t activate any of her skills or mods. She grit her teeths as her health got into the red. She started to get some real panic. WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!

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Zandra was stunned. Zandra was chocked. She couldn’t believe what has just happened. She just sat there, looking into the air infront of her, didn’t knew what to say. What to do. Even what to think. The only thing she did was slowly shaking her head. Left to right, left to right. Like, how could this be possible? Suddenly, everything had changed. There had been some strange feeling in the air. As she had looked around her, it looked like trees, houses, yes even NPC’s started to glitch out or something. The homely streets that went thru town of beginning, all the shop stands. Wait, had they in some way, beated the game? Had they finally got out of this world of death. But no, the glitching kept on going, and going. What the heck was going on here? She asked herself. That was when she saw it, her health started to drop!

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Quest: Earning a Living: Fisher

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On 2/26/2018 at 1:18 PM, Zandra said:

House Name: Lovers Den
Location: Floor 22
Description:

  Reveal hidden contents

Plot Size: Estate (free because of donation)
Rooms: (8/15) +20,000 col (6 rooms free because donation): 
-Bedroom -Upgraded-
-Bathroom -Upgraded-
-Basic Workshop(Pharmacy) -Upgraded-
-Storage Closet -Zandra-
-Dining room -Upgraded-
-Attic (Storage) -Zandra-
-Slime farm -Upgraded-
-Basement -Zandra-
Room Upgrades: (5 upgrades) +75,000 col:
-Master Bedroom -Avilon and Zandra-
-Master bathroom -Avilon and Zandra-
-Extended worksgop -Zandra-
-Dining hall -Avilon and Zandra-
-Mega slime farm -Zandra-
Total Cost: 95,000 col

New house:

Plot Size: Estate (free because of donation)
Rooms: (10/15)(2/3) +30,000 col :
-Bedroom -Upgraded-
-Bathroom -Upgraded-
-Basic Workshop(Pharmacy) -Upgraded-
-Storage Closet -Zandra-
-Dining room -Upgraded-
-Attic (Storage) -Zandra-
-Slime farm -Upgraded-
-Basement -Zandra-
-Basic kitchen -Zandra- NEW
-Living room -Itzal and Zandra- NEW
-Fishing pond -Zandra- NEW
Room Upgrades: (5 upgrades) +15,000 col:
-Master Bedroom -Itzal and Zandra-
-Master bathroom -Itzal and Zandra-
-Extended workshop -Zandra-
-Dining hall -Avilon and Zandra-
-Mega slime farm -Zandra-
-Ornate fishing pond -Zandra- NEW
Total Cost(upgraded): 45,000 col

The players of Aincrad havnt had the best start against the big bear. Yes, they wasn’t even close to being in the danger zone themselves. But the beast that had charged them, that was supposed to be a easy scout to take down nice and quick, was still standing. He haven’t even lost half his health. He let out another mighty roar before striking sir John again. This time, his claws was surrounded by a red, pulsing aura. The claws easily slashed away his breastplate, making the knights health drop by two thirds. The players that was close to John could see the panic and fear that appeared in his eyes. Andrey jumped forward to protect his friend, but a hit from the beasts backhand knocked him back like he was just an annoying fly. ‘’Run! Everyone run!’’ sir John screamed from the bottom of his lungs. They could hear his voice shaking with fear, but he stood firm. The armoured man took a hard grip of his sword, took a step forward and with all his might buried it into the bears torso.

Andrey that had risen looked at John for a few seconds before turning around. ‘’You herd him everyone! Run! We will make another try tomorrow.’’ And with those words, the duelist started to head back to the town, followed by Hannah and her eagle circling high above.

Thank you all for joining. Because of the release of 3.0, Im ending the thread here. I will restart it in 3.0 in a few weeks or something when people have got into 3.0 a bit more and stuff. Sadly we lost sir John this time, hopefully someone will rise up to take his place next time, when we going ot push into the forest and find out what mysteries lays inside.

Rewards:

Current Level: 88
Current SP: 594
Link to SP Tracking: [link] in the spoiler under Skills
Item Upgrades:

Notes:
[any other items that are required to be converted would go here. players may also leave additional clarifications for staff to refer to regarding their application here. note that converted items do not benefit from the same upgrades provided in the field above.]

No thread rewards.

Mob loot:

-177,730col
-44 t3 mats

Reward choice: SP
Loot Reward:
-Orgoth's Legacy: t4 Demonic warhammer Blight | Burn | Bleed

ID# 187493 LD: 8

But, that day wasn’t today, today was the day to prepare for that. To get a lot of loot and booty so she one other nice day would be there. Also, what if she could even become a unique skill owner. Oh gosh, that would be wonderful. She did remember Ssendom, a warrior that used to visit her store a long time ago. It was also thanks to him that she had succeded to reach grandmaster, or else she had been way to low when it comes to materials. But so many other players had helped her. Or well, she had helped them in return with her creating potions to them so they would preform stronger in ciombat, searching or whatever they would do. She looked down on her axe again. Nowadays thou, no one seemed to want to come and visit her shop, even less buy anything from it. She let out a sad sigh.

She still remembered that day as well, when finally the bar that showed how much skill points she needed to reach next level disdapered. It was a life goal to her, she had finally reached it, but by now, it felt like meh, she had basically got used to it. What mattered now wasn’t level, now she needed money and equipment. Yes, the gear she had was pretty damn good already, but you can always get better. And money is always useful. If not to buy weapons and armor, but to buy identifications on the unidentified weapons she got from the killed mobs. So she can get items with not only normal enchantments, but with those sweet sweet uniques as well. A smile on her lips when she imagined to one day, have her full set of demonic perfect set for her combat style. That would be a lovely day.

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As Zandra saw the four recently killed swords slowly fading into fragments and shattered crystals she smiled. She looked at Zita and patted her gently on the head. ‘’It is good I have you int it? These farming runs would be very, very boring otherwise.’’ She said with a smile. ‘’Also.’’ She whispered.’’Not to be mean or anything, but if I bringed anyone else, they would probably only hold me back wouldn’t they.’’ She said as her eyes darted back and forth to see if there was any possible player around them that may have overheard. Like, it wasn’t to be mean or bragging she mentioned it, but she was one of the strongest players currently, that was a fact. Thou there was plenty newbie that had grinded their way to tier three. Not only that, some of them had actually reached level eitgyewight. Even so, she was proud to be one of the first that reached max level anyway.

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As Zandra started to charge up another attack, Zita had already engaged, scratching and pecking on the immobilized swords, shattering one of them in her fury. ‘’Way to go there Zita.’’ Zandra said encouragefully as she followed her familiars action and let the axe cleave thru the mobs and ending their lifes with three quick swungs. And with that, the lot of them was defeated and Zandra was a bit richer. She looked at the reward screen. ‘’Well Zita, we going to have enough of equipments to last for a lifetime after this. Thou I just wish we would get more on the col side. Since we not really in need of anyn more gear.’’ She said and let out a sigh. With some last eyes throwed at the reward screen she closed it and turned her focus away from the loot. She wiped off some sweat and saw her energy bar was going dangerously low.

’’That what Im talking about!!!’’ shouted Zandra as she saw the Shadow waving after Zita. ‘’Keep him distracted, we have almost taken him down.’’ She shouted out to her. ‘’Just stay safe, don’t take any too dangerous risks, use your speed to outmanvouver him and remember you can fly, he cant.’’ That last thing, she wasn’t sure of thou. It was true they haven’t seen him fly, thou that didn’t meant he couldn’t, maybe he just haven’t felt the need to show all his skills to the warriors that was slowly but steadily bringing him down.

She felt something beside her. Her head turned and her eyes met Itzals. As she herd his words she nodded. ‘’Yes, we can do that. How about finding a spot with some strong mobs as well, to combine two things. No matter how much I want to just stop time, we need to keep getting stronger to be able to protect those that cant protect themselves. We owe them that Itzal. But now, lets focus on the Malevolent. He may have dropped low, but don’t lose your guard, be ready for anything and nothing will take you by surprise.’’

She swung her axe with a well aimed swing, cleaved thru the shadow horror. But for the first time since they came into these hall’s, her attack against the shadow boss, missed. Zandra grit her teeths and her eyes went to the holes that she thougth was the shadows eyes.

Zandra was excited to fight a new enemy. They had never fought this thing before, so wit was a complete new experience. She saw Itzal using one of the debuff crystals on the boss. Zandra glanced on its healthbar. It would probably not be needed yet, but she kept that thougth to herself. After him the rest of the party all followed up, dealing quite a huge punch of damage together. When Zandra saw Oscar swinging Teseleths fury, the special feeling came back to her. The feeling of swinging her weapon against the enemy. And with strike after strike, steadily beringing its health down, until totally vanquishing íts health down to zero. And that was what she was gonna do with her partymembers today against this dude. And with that she attacked again, let her weapon fall on Hrym. She didn’t dealt that much damage on the bar as she usually do on wemaller weaker mobs, ofcourse. But enough for them all to finish this relatively quickly. ‘’Keep up the preeassure! We are taking him down.’’

It was with sad eyes that Zandra, the berserk healer looked at the healthbars above the floor boss. They have been drained way to fast. Zandra had hoped for a more exciting fight against him. To get revenge from the last encounter they had. But no, the only thing was the wall of shadowlings, and when they finally broke thru to engage the Shadow, Oroth had joined in to tank for them. Her eyes was aimed at the main enemy, so she didn’t spotted as the one living shadow beast was going for her. It succeded to land a hit on her. Well, she didn’t bothered to even try to dodge. She just looked at the strike, making a red stripe on her armor. Then she glanced at her health bar, close to all of the damage she just took got healed up by her passive healing. She made a halfhearted swing towards it as payback, removing a much bigger chunk of its health then it have taken on her. Thou not enough to bring it down.

‘’Now it is time for the real enemy. I am coming fo…’’ she said to herself but got interrupted as she saw a blue shade above at the same time as she herd a name she haven’t herd in a long time being called out by Calrex. ‘’Zita! We almost there, just a little bit more!’’ she herself shouted out.

An answer was immediately herd as the great kings-eagle let out a loud cry from above before it started to dive towards the Shadow boss at the same time as Zandra reached the boss and activated her sword art. As Zandra’s axe cleaved thru the darkness, Zita’s razorsharp claws scratched at the shadows face while he beak stab again and again where the eyes would have been. ‘’How do you feel that huh? Not very cocky now without your minions or immortality huh? And remember you was gonna kill me last? If you plan to kill anyone else, that plan doesn’t seem to go very good does it?’’

’’You doing great love!’’ Zandra shouted out to @Itzal. She could see on him as well as she had herd several times about how he think that he is weaker then the other ones here. It didn’t mattered what Zandra said. But it didn’t mattered, Zandra wouldn’t give up that easily, she thougth with a friendly smile to him. ‘’don’t give in, every single piece count, we are almost there.’’ And with that, she let her charged up attack land on the shadow beast, dealing some more damage, making they all one step closer to escape this world of death. She followed up he strike with a chop against the shadow horror, the beast like creature that had appeared infront of every party. ‘’On it Ari!’’ she shouted out as she finished off with shattering the shakles that had locked @Calrex to the ground. ‘’There, naptime is over mate.’’ She said to the bluenette with a wink.

The players of the frontlines was figting the shadowboss, hearts filled with prie. Zandra could sse that evertihing was starting to change thou. On their side, there was Orgot and the players of Aincrad. And now something else happened. The boss didn’t like beeinig alove, so w few quick chops in the air to warm up her shoulder. ‘’Shadow my friend, Im coming for ya.’’ Zandra said to the floor boss. Not to her surprise, the beast that was giving them all a roiuhg tim, suddenly decided that he didn’t wanted to be alone either. So easily as any npc, he summoned four big hoiunds. But no, they wasn’t hounds. Was they spiders? No not that either. They was just weird. ‘’I guess that give me an additional target then. And she charged up the explode catapult, entered combat stance, and bursted forward, axe raised. When she got in range, she activated the sword art, being seung in a large arcg, the axe cleaved thru both of the enemies, hurting them quite a bit actually.

So, the final shadowling was defeated, the party was everyone at full health, Zandra had buffed up her energy regeneration to be able to keep fighting for longer. Still there was no vistory sign. That was when the big minotaur rose again. Zandra raised an eye, looking at his big muscles. But only for a moment, because something else got her attention. The final boss had finally decided to appear and engage them himself. With a evil smile she ignored any kind of defence or protection. With her full focus on the enemy infront of her. ‘’Hi, we meet again Shadow dude. Do you remember me? Let’s see if you are invulnerable this time as well!’’ And with that, she released her explode catapult, the strongest sword art in her arsenal, and sent it down on the floor boss. After her attack was executed, she took a few steps back to see the result of her attack.

There, Zandra had now killed sixteen of the fantasy creatures looking like swords. But she was far from done. She stretched her arms high into the air and yawned. Her red eyes looked over the huge field where she and Zita was looking. With a smile she saw all the mobs that was soon going to get turned into col and loot and be going down into her pockets. She took another steady grip around the axe. ‘’You ready Zita?’’ she asked the feathered predator. Zita answered with a loud cry as she folded out her mighty wings. ‘’Hehe, time to shatter a few more of these swords okay!’’ Zandra said as she exploded forward, as she reached another nearby group of four sword mobs, she unleashed her explode catapult, cleaving thru the lot of them and reducing their health by over half, at the same time as she left them stunned.

The Beast crashed into John with a loud boom. You could hear some of the metal parts of his armor crackle, as well as a bone or two of the enemy to break as well. Thou both of their health was unharmed. John stood strong, keeping his attention focused on the knight, with the wall of metal protecting him. At the same time, Andrey had taken the lead and charged from the side. But his light sword seemed to only barely scratch the dark hide. He quickly disengage as the players followed up. Some landing wounding strikes, some don’t. When all the players had delivered their attacks, Andromeda, Setsuna, Plini, Ariel, Baldur and Mari could see their weapons shine with a bright red glow for a few seconds before it faded out and they saw a buff below their healthbar.

The bearlike creature realized he couldn’t harm Sir John, so he turned to one of the guys that have hurted him. He looked Nian in the eyes, letting out a loud raor and charged her head on. He lifted his big, heavy paw, and struck Nian with a powerful blow on her shoulder. He let out another roar before turning and attempting the same thing on Freyd. But Freyd succeded to avoid the attack in the last second. Then he stretched himself up, being as tall as he could stared at them all with tiny red, angry eyes.

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So now there was time for another round for the soldi9ers of Aincrad, the ones that was there to kill the shadow boss, the terrifying shadow boss that so far had only let other mobs do the fighting for him. Zandra herself had slayed a ton of the shadowlings, but what was she called again? Berserk healer right? Yeah that’s right, and now she had been a berserker. Time to fulfill the healing part. Shje quickly opened her menu and swapped to the support cloak instead of her gloves. Then she rushed forward top Calrex, she quickly took his arm and carefully putted some bandages on it. Then she turned around to Ariel, saw the wound on her forehead, gfently brushed it with some ointment to not cauz and inflammation. Then she went to Freyd, a big scratch on his legs was taken care off. Finally she went to Itzal. She looked at him with her hands on his cheeks. Then gave him a quick kiss. ‘’Good work out there love. You just had some blood on the lip.’’