Hirru

The water's edge would send shivers down Hirru's spine. There was something about it that would make him want to drown himself within it, though there was a missing factor that kept him from that. A hint of purple.. There would be no turning back once the water bulged and moved aside for a knight that seemed rather different from the other knights that they just fought against. This one had a proper form to it, rather than the shifting glass like beings that they destroyed. A black knight of some form, it was oddly ill fitting for this area. What was the story of this creature that

Guild Activity Guild Name: Jacob's Ladder Guild Rank: 0 -> 1 Guild Member Count: 7 Guild Tokens Submitted: 7 (Hirru Guild Activity Check Type: Rank Advancement Date of Report/Last Update: 7/7/2025 Guild Territory Guild Name: Jacob's Ladder Guild Territory Name: Dreamer's Temple Guild Territory Floor: Floor 24 - Island Location: (Floor/Settlement) Description: Built around the Dojo that Baldur had founded, the guild hall takes on the form of a traditional Japanese temple, complete with high, slanted roofs and ornate gardens. Buildings: Guild Hall (free), Guild Vaul

"It's almost done! We'll be back to base in no time!" He would shout out as the art would finally end, allowing the hunter to move once more. Though it is a rough art, it does help him sit by and concentrate on what needs to be done next, without having to wonder how he will get by. It just meant that he would have to take any damage that would come to him, as the hound was trying for him several times now. Thankfully, Baldur's last action took the creatures attention away from him while he was stuck in place, and Jomei had the bosses attention all to him. The rough part was watching

Right behind his guild leader, the hunter made healer of the front lines would join him. He wasn't as cautious as his heavy metal armor would clink and clang as he trudged through the sand. They would not be long for the fight, and this was the first time that their tank would be fighting along side them. He remembered the issues that a certain member of their group had the last raid, and was going to put the pressure on them to not do so again. Though, as Baldur spoke, Hirru reconsidered. "I'll prefer a floor that doesn't make this helmet drown out everything else around me." He

"It's alright, Jomei. Thank you." Baldur would reassure him and correct him on his own message. There really was no reason for someone else to look into his past, so there was no need to tell either. "Yeah, that would be right. I shouldn't need to." He would say as he watched as Baldur took the final head to below the requirement. They wouldn't have to wait long now, but it wouldn't hurt to speed things along. He would start raising his shield towards the ceiling, and as he did so, the shield would start to glow a faint incandescent color. Though he had used the art severa

"At least those memories I do have. Jomei was there with us. There were so many of us there, and I'm sure that they all have mostly forgotten by now. I fell off the map, or so afterwards. Being told that the front got so divisive over my actions, and what happened after.." That day was still just as vivid. Destroying the first two of the Dark Elf Council, while constantly having conversations and talking back and forth between them. The emotions that were being displayed. For those that could see them as only bosses, it was simple. For Hirru, it was fighting a group of living peop

They were having to be careful with each attack that they chose for the creature. They needed that special event to happen, or so the information that was given to them stated. Hirru figured that they were doing well for something that required players that were fairly stronger than the quest to lessen their opportunities. Were they lower leveled, they may not have much issue in keeping their damage in check, but the burns that the creature kept producing against Jomei were not something one could easily work around. Though, maybe a few prepared dotes and such may help. "To find it al

A simple look of appreciation helped Hirru out as Baldur went on to attack the boss. Hirru trusted Baldur and he would trust Jomei all the same. There would be no turning back now, as Jomei's expression said it all. Hirru would have some explaining to do, and that was what he want. He wanted to express his side of things, and how the world looks from his point of view. There would be ways that he had already expressed the situation to people, and a few have been stories. Some have been more straight forward. He figured that he didn't have to really make it a big thing.. any more than he

As he watched on through their efforts, as the light from his skill slowly but surely faded away. It had done it's job well to set them up. The shifting mass of what looked like glass and light was starting to add shifts of orange and red to its color scheme. Odd how it was keeping these, when most other mobs would have them slowly 'heal' over. Though, the hunter just thought it was part of the world, as the game they were in would probably revert the mobs to a state that it didn't have to constantly track. Though that much of it was roughly where Hirru's understanding from Shield's expla

They had defeated the rough looking creature, or was that an abstract art piece? What the heck is abstract mean? Was there a reason that the hunter was even here? Did he really need to be here? These thoughts were really there in the hunter's mind as he raced back to the group. Ariel had taken the final hit on the creatures, which was good for him. It only meant that his NPCs would be able to leave quickly and without resistance. That is, as long as it kept going when it didn't feel the issue of the mobs ever encroaching upon them. A quick look towards the teleportation temple would gi

An iridescent glow would envelop his shield while Jomei was taking care of the boss. It was stunned for now, so he would not need to worry about healing for now. He would do what was needed right now and make this as quick as possible. There was no need to hesitate now. If he did, then they.. No, he would not think of it. Hirru would raise his shield high to where the art would initiate. The glow would then disappear like the art before, and would transfer to the blades of his allies. They now held the power to make this battle that much faster. "Press the Attack has been initiate

"Don't worry about it, and just keep its pointy bits away from me. I'll do as much as I can, and more to keep you all safe." The fully armored healer would call out as the fight would begin. It was funny still that their guild tank was lightly armored and was more there to cause aggression and evade, like a dps would do. While their healer had more armor and mitigation than all of them, but was obviously not the one they wanted to be hit. Though that was how things had gone. They were definitely an odd bunch, but that was alright. "Baldur! Here's for your energy consumption! K

The knights were slowly being dwindled to nothing, but they were still not out of the ball park yet. There will be time to rest once this was all over. At least, the hunter hoped so. Though as the others were scattering to cover more ground, the hunter would group up with his guild. He would keep them going better than what happened before. Even more so now that they all mostly knew his secret. He would keep them all from going down. Following Baldur's orders, he would immediately prep his buffs. There weren't much to them, but they were all he had. He really needed to get in touc

Hirru knew well what the other two were talking about. He had done well to get to where he was. So much has happened that he could hardly believe that time had really passed in such a short order. From the .. start of his memories to now, he had survived through so much. Learned from the best, and took on the greatest challenges this world would offer them, and still continue to do so. Though, his understanding of time was also still as shaky, but thankfully time seemed to flow the same here as the real world. At least, that's what Shield thought when Hirru broached the question to

More players had come to join them in this matter. More than he thought would come too. Wait, did he see Freyd and the others run off in another direction? Were there more of these things than he could scan? In fact, search wasn't giving him much of anything. He was roughly getting pings for everyone here, the merchant, and Liz. He figured that he should probably get those two out of there before anything unexpected happened. "Go ahead without me. I'll buff you for now, so let loose until I get back!" He would call out before raising his shield to the sky as his supporting ski

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A new quest? No, this seemed much more off. It was more in line with.. Hirru had to hold himself from losing balance for a moment. Was it.. those memories again? They were there, but still not something he could readily access. Though, that was something that he was still working on. That and letting the world know what he was. What in the world was going on up there that he had to deal with now? The hunter could have sworn that they were 'taking care of the problem' on the 29th floor, but every time he thinks that; something else comes up. Was it a certain quality of the fl

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His opponent was testing him, it seemed. Though to be fair, the hunter was testing himself as things were. This was the first time in a long time that he had tried a damage farming build like this. It really required the luck of the draw to do much of anything, but he heard that it can get pretty big, if it gets done right. That is, if Hirru could ever get it to run right. There were so many variables to the situation that he couldn't really think of a good way to guide it. If he really wanted to he could just do this the slow and methodical way. Hirru would pull out all his coins that

She wasn't playing around it seemed. His opponent had gone from conversation to planting the healing nullifier that he tried to use on Oscar a bit of time before. With that, the sole way to recover from the blazing heat of this floor, or at least that's what he would have thought. There wasn't much else he could do to combat the heat as survival wasn't doing it's part of keeping environmental damage to a minimum, but there were special rules that accompanied all of the arenas that he had gone through these past few weeks. There were so many odd things going on, and he didn't ever want to d

This floor was something, if not a mess and a half. They were fighting in a bloody crater this time around and there would be more of an issue if the floor decided that the crater needed filling soon. He really didn't know how Kindling and Minako found these places, but the areas were becoming weirder and weirder as time got on. Though, he was happy tp be away from the 29th floor any day. That being said, sweating ones arse off was not one. Thankfully, this tournament had worked in the hunter's favor and had allowed him to experiment on things that would help him out in future quests. He

The fight would start in neither of their favors, it would seem. Though his opponent would have the agility, Hirru would not let him find the right openings for his dagger to trace that art out to. The system would be there to help the players to bring out their potentials, and help them fight the ever improving artificial intelligence that their enemies. Though, when it came to the balance of two players that knew well of the system and how to work around the different opportunities that were given; one could see how much more different people were. People can react quickly, if they k

Strategy EN: +1 | REC: [ID: 243537][CD: 9] +2 | HP: +7 (BH) Swift: Null Main: First Aid | -9 en | +24+2(surv) Madness?: [ID: 243288][CD: 10] No more for me, thanks (Total: 1) [5] Acanthus | HP: 168/200 | EN: 26/38 | DMG: 10 | MIT:56 | ACC:3 | AA | FL.AURA: 4 | THORNS:18 | BH:7 | HB: 9 | LD:3 | Hype 1/3 | Sanity 2 [0] Hirru | HP: 171/200 | EN: 11/38 | DMG: 1 | MIT: 42 | ACC: 1 | BH: 7 | HLY BLS: 9 | MENDING: 2 | REC: 2 | THRNS: 18 | PARA | ENV-0 8 | LD: 3 | Hype 3/3 CD 1/3

Going from the 29th floor and having a colossal unknown entity follow your every movement; cursing you and everything you are, to having multiple unknown entities that can also curse you and everything you are. Where was this tournament going and why was he even doing this anymore? He got much more information than he really needed to have, but that just meant that there would be more to it. There would be more fights against players that he had known for quite some time, and finally get to see the small quirks that make up their being. Though, when he heard whom he was fighting, the hunte