Domarus

As he expected the two wanted to turn in for the day.  When Hestia had and told him that she was set col wise for the moment, he chuckled and said in a friendly and joking manner:
     "If you'd like you could come along for the experience and I could keep the col,"  If she gave any facial reaction or sound that showed she either took it seriously or was annoyed he'd laugh lightly.  Not the kind of evil or devious laugh, but more like a genuine, jolly laugh.  As if he were having a laugh with a friend like any other person.  Of course he was groaning inwardly.  He didn't care about Hestia, he was trying to sway Pinball.  Not all at once of course, but over time.  He was delicate and thus had to be handled accordingly.  What Domarus hadn't realized, nor could he, was that he would soon be given an offer.  An offer that would quite possibly merge their guilds into one larger, stronger one in the days to come.  Hestia then found a treasure chest, which Domarus knew didn't have much but could have some col she might be willing to give him.  Then again she could be her usual self and prevent him from getting anything, or at least enough to be considered useful and he'd have to act like he was fine with that.  Either way he'd get col fast soon enough.

Hestia's sour appearance was bliss to Domarus, as he enjoyed giving her grief for all the frustrations she caused him.  However he couldn't afford to linger on it and would need to calm her down soon so that she would be less likely to foil his plans.  Rhozarth flies over to Domarus and lands on his shoulder while Keres walks over as well, albeit at a slower and more stable pace. The two players agreed to head back home now and Domarus nodded in agreement.
     "Agreed, though I'll probably just move to a higher floor and grind some monsters if possible.  Two or one at a time unfortunately, due to my lack of energy when using AoE attacks.  If either of you would be interested in joining me I'll split the col reward with you.  If not, then Keres and I will part ways with you once we reach the town teleporting pad."  It was completely tedious but he had no choice.  He needed a guild hall and he needed to get stronger.  So he'd need to fight monsters and gather as much col as he could.  It wouldn't hurt to craft some items and sell them all to a merchant either of course.  At any rate it was one step at a time, and the journey was long since his guild members had yet to show dedication to the guild itself.  Soon though.  Soon enough he'd gain members who would help him grow his empire.

He listened as Eatos explained to him that Stryder was the one who founded the guild, and how they shared power but this was more of her area rather than his.  Domarus however could see what she was referring to.  Stryder may be dressed up all nice and fancy, and kept a straight face, but when he looked into his eyes he saw the eyes of a warrior.  Not a negotiator.  He was good with acting in battle, not everywhere else.  One could say he was the face of the guild while she was the mastermind behind it.  It was indeed Eatos he needed to focus on more than Stryder, as he predicted.  He turned back to Eatos and nodded with a smile.
     "I understand, thank you."  He saw Eatos' eyebrow raise when he explained Keres, but he was used to seeing that.  If she tried to investigate him the same story would be found everywhere she went, with confirmation on how Keres was strangely servant like, but very sweet and considerate.  He mentally grinned as he thought this, because even high level players would say the same exact thing.  She would only ever get the odd ball story of how she was a bit mischievous, trying to get reactions out of people from time to time but overall remained calm and focused.  She seemed equally as surprised that Stryder was wearing a full suit rather than something casual and Domarus couldn't help but chuckle at seeing this burst of shock being displayed so openly.  She then moved to the topic of guilds and explained where her guild was.  She first mentioned how she had no questions since much of his guild's goals was still a theory.  Not theory he thought, just delayed but she wouldn't understand it without him sharing his plans.  And that of course was not going to happen.  She explained how they had members but were lacking strong players save for Stryder and one other who were planning to join the front lines.  If he could merge the guilds, then he could form a front line squadron and make himself that much more known.  When she described herself as lower leveled Domarus smiled internally.  Lower leveled yes, but your powers of negotiation and persuasion are enough to impress me which already separates you from the pathetic worms I find myself with most of the time he thought.  She then asked him what he wanted from her guild.  He already knew what he wanted but pretended to think for a moment as if all of this wasn't actually planned out from the moment she sent the message.
     "Well, first of all we offer our services in any way you require or request, so long as it's lawful.  That is something our guild strives to do.  However if we are building a partnership..  Then why don't we help one another?  We are aiming to get a guild hall ourselves, large enough to hold not just our guild, but players who have no col to own a place they call their home, or players who need protection from certain individuals.  This is my proposal:  If you help us collect enough col for the guild hall, we can and will let you use it.  In return, once it's purchased I and those who are willing in my guild, will save up col for the purpose of purchasing a guildhall for you.  Either way it speeds up the process with more hands helping, and since I have an AoE skill, and with the most recent hot fix cardinal sent out.  I should be able to grind mobs a decent amount and gather the col we'd need.
     "How do you feel about this?"

@Eatos @Stryder

Domarus had recently acquired an uncommon item with the bloodclot enhancement on it.  A unique enhancement that nullified the bleed effect entirely, preventing it from landing on him. The goal of doing this quest, again was to get his hands on the essence of steel.  This material was going to turn his item from an uncommon to a rare, and then after another round of this quest, a rare into a perfect.  The idea was to add the recovery enhancement to the item, allowing him to use it with his silver armor.  It was a fur cape at the moment, but he knew of an item called a name tag which he intended to use on the blood clot armor, turning the name, description, and appearance of the item into whatever he wanted it to be.  When that happened it would match his armor perfectly, allowing him to walk in public without looking like a fool, and retain the power of the enhancements at the same time.  He was currently standing on the fourth floor waiting for Embers to hurry and join him.  The reason he called for her wasn't because he needed her help, far from it.  It was to help him pass the time and the boredom of after he finished it.  Maybe they'd head to a higher floor and take on a few loot monsters, Lord knew he needed the col.

@Embers

He was going to have to figure out what Hestia's deal was.  He really didn't want to, but he was going to have to talk with her at some point soon.  Preferably with Raven, and they wouldn't be able to lie to him.  He was skilled at reading people.  That would have to wait of course, so he would need to focus on them here and now.  When the creature struck Hestia the battle had ended and rewards were sent out for finishing the quest.  The last attack item popped up for Domarus and he grinned under the helmet.  He didn't expect to get it since there was health left, but thanks to Hestia and her thorns, he got the item with the unique enhancement.  All he needed now were essences of steel.  When Hestia started reacting the way she did, he looked up and talked as if he was like any other person.
     "It's different than a last hit Hestia.  Look at the last hit again and it will read last 'attack'.  To be honest I expected you or Pinball to get it in case one of you decided to make the final strike.  And yes Pinball.  An uncommon item with the blood clot enhancement.  Two essence of steel and this will be an item I can most certainly use," he said as he inserted it into his inventory.

Domarus heard Hestia's response and replied as such, only loud enough for her to hear of course:
     "If someone offers you help don't refuse it.  Especially if it's a last resort.  You mock and insult the consideration, compassion and friendship with them."  He then turned around and smirked under the helmet.
     "Then again if you want to burn bridges be my guest, makes it easier to contain you,"  he said quietly to her.  He watched as Pinball attempted, and failed, to hit the monster.  Domarus ran at the enemy, passing Pinball as he did so.
     "Don't worry friend, happens to the best of us.  Just get stronger, stay focused, and move forward."  Domarus grinned under his helmet.  Not only was being a leader going to help raise his reputation and make things a hell of a lot easier, but it was fun ordering people around.  Even if it was sugar coated.  The only thing he needed to worry about was if Pinball was planning to disobey orders.  Domarus started by punching the creature, knocking it back.  When he did so he released Screw dimension, slashing it in multiple angles, knocking horizontally, diagonally, vertically.  And finished by slashing down at it, pinning the creature into the ground.
     "If you two don't finish this guy off may I have the honors?"

ID#  100333  BD:  6

15x13-82=113 dmg

Rhozarth, the red dragon always on flames, turned to notice the husky run into the room, it's eyes narrowing at the creature.  Rhozarth was a proud creature and preferred disciplined individuals, though not nearly as much as he respected strength.  With the husky running into the room like that, Rhozarth wasn't sure the creature had either of them.  Domarus would have thought the same, however he was focused on Eatos at the moment.  He could see through the fake smile, though it was a well done facade.  He wasn't facing a master of deception but, neither was she a novice he thought.  She had certainly trained her eyes not to betray too much.  If she were the right personality, she would make an excellent follower, possibly even general.  However he very much doubted that.  Domarus nodded when she mentioned Stryder.
     "Yes, Stryder.  Might I ask why you are leading this discussion and he is not?  I only ask because he is the guild leader."  Although after seeing this I wonder if that's just a stage name.  If Stryder is the 'leader', Eatos could be the real one pulling the strings.  Who knows how much control she had over the guild?  Something told him it would be more fruitful to gain ground on her rather than Stryder, though he'd do both of course.  He saw her look at Keres a few times and spoke up about it, wanting to get that distraction out of the way.
     "Oh!  Forgive me I forgot that you two haven't actually talked only interacted at the shop.  This is Keres.  She's a good friend of mine and, for reasons beyond my comprehension, insists on being a servant.  I've tried to talk her out of it, and sometimes still do.  Though I'd prefer she'd be my servant then the servant of some shady individual."  While she may have some thoughts towards Keres, hopefully that would disperse any doubts she had.  Keres bowed, and when she sat up straight again she tilted her head to the side, eyes closed with a cute smile.  Domarus stared at her a moment.  
     "She, can be strange, but she won't interfere on our conversation unless you ask her for her opinion on something."  When she mentioned moving up to the seventeenth floor Domarus chuckled and nodded.
     "Yes it's certainly interesting up there.  You're actually the second person I've met to have such a fascination with Greek Mythology, other than myself.  Though it's less of a fascination and more of appreciation of their skills, their culture, their language."  She then told him how she'd done research into his guild but wanted to hear what he had to day about it.  He smiled and nodded.
     "Keeping an eye on other guilds then?  Well, I'll admit I've done something like that as well."  And took it seven steps further he thought to himself.  He had individuals infiltrate a guild or two, and keep an eye from his shadow network, reporting any dark guild discovered and any new information on existing guilds.  He was about to continue when the door opened again, revealing Stryder.  The player seemed surprised that Domarus was here but seemed to get over it quickly.  And for some reason he too was wearing a suit.  Domarus chuckled and leaned back in his seat.
     "Not at all Stryder not at all!  Though I do say it seems you two are taking this just a little serious.  Relax, it's not like this conversation is between three hardened businessmen after all.  We're all friends and allies in this room.  Now then,"  he said turning to Eatos.

     "My guild.  Right now there are only eight members, including Keres and myself.  Two are inactive and three I doubt will reach the front lines.  They are content to just be there with the guild and support us where and how they can.  We don't have a guild hall and seeing as how I'm the only one gathering col, and how cardinal has been screwing with my sword art skill lately, that's been hampered greatly.  Despite our lack of numbers, or a lack of a set location however, we are strong.  When we gain enough members we plan to establish three segments of the guild:  The front line section.  A section for players crafting, which is essentially a marketplace.  And mercenary section.  Not the 'we take any request for the col' type of thing, but a group with morals.  With guidelines.  We don't tolerate illegal behavior.  That is the general overview of our guild as it is right now, and as we are working to become.  If you have any more specific questions I'll be happy to answer."

@Embers
@Stryder

Domarus noted that Pinball wasn't taking another action after he missed so he took initiative.  When Hestia rolled her eyes and essentially spit on his offer he whispered to her closely:
     "Do you always treat a comrade's genuine concern for your safety like it's worth s**t?  Or is it just with me?  Because I can name people who would cut ties with you for treating their friendship and concern that way."  With that he rushed at the monsters again.  While it was true that Domarus only cared about her safety for Raven's sake, as he needed her to believe he would protect Hestia rather than just let her die.  It was also true that she was acting like an arrogant a** in this moment.  He didn't know why he gave her that warning instead of just letting players learn her nature during combat and let that make her life complicated and miserable.  What he did know was she'd have something to think about, as well as a reason for her to trust and follow him more.  Domarus released Explode Catapult once again, striking the male three times before hitting it with the butt of his ax hard enough to slam into one of the females.  He even heard a rib or two crack under the force.  He then rushed over and struck the lionesses, dealing damage to them as well.

ID#  100295  BD:  10
ID#  100296  BD:  3+5-2=6
ID#  100297  BD:  9
ID#  100298  BD:  9

15+2x14-82=156 dmg
15x14-47=163 dmg
15+1x14-47=177 dmg

Domarus heard Hestia's little comment on her not dying.  Domarus said, rather seriously which she could tell wasn't a facade, more like an order:  
     "If you get too low in health stop drawing in hate.  Let me build it up.  I've got enough mitigation to take one or two hits, allowing us to get closer to finishing him off.  Understood?"  He drew his massive ax as Pinball attacked, landing a hit on the lion and dealing a good amount of damage to it.  It helped to have the world's strongest sword art as well as a damage buff he could just consume right off the bat.  Domarus waited for him to get out of the way before he himself activated charge.  His first target was the lion himself.  The brute could see past his visor and saw the vicious, primal fire that burned to consume everything in it's path.  That was enough for the lion to become still enough for his sword art to begin.  He slashed through it's body, dealing damage to the beast and activated concentrate for the upcoming lionesses.  He struck at them, the first almost escaped but he landed a hit.  The second he swung an uppercut with his ax, flinging it into the air where he would slash at it horizontally, sending it flying into the male and knocking them both back with sheer force.  He then finished the attack by swinging the blade down at the last one that leaped at him, knocking her into the ground.  He looked up.  He knew Hestia would send energize his way due to the insane cost of sword arts so he said nothing.

Concentration Activated +1 ACC

ID#  100286  BD:  4+5+1-2=8
ID#  100287  BD:  2+5+1-2=6
ID#  100288  BD:  9
ID#  100289  BD:  4+5+1-2=8

15+5x14-82=198 dmg
15+5x14-47=233 dmg
15+6x14-47=267 dmg

Hestia invited Pinball to do any other quests he needed to accomplish but not Domarus, which of course was expected.  He planned to do training one way or another of course, so it mattered little.  Perhaps he'd do a quest with just Pinball and convince him that he was a powerful, just, and noble hero/leader he was planning for people to see him as.  When he heard Pinball's comment and joke he chuckled and turned to him.
     "Ha ha ha!  No worries I got the joke.  More of thinking of the possibilities.  I was unaware that this consumable could stack with the permanent enhancements, so this will come in handy in quests, dungeons and boss raids once I reach that point.  Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention.  As I've said, it's helpful in multiple ways."  Of course he wouldn't tell him about his plans to use it against player killers, as well as his enemies in general.  At any rate he planned on taking on enemies with six points of accuracy thanks to precision.  All he'd need at that point is an item with absolute accuracy enhancement.  When Pinball called Domarus hot he laughed under the helmet.
     "Now that's a first.  I've been called many things from both enemies and allies and strangers, but never did anyone say a thing as that.  Keep being yourself Pinball.  Keep making others laugh."  Keep being naive and open wide for my plans.  Right into my hands.  When Pinball mentioned getting some quests done the next day Domarus nodded.
     "I'll probably work on some training after this, get some quests done later on as well."

@Hestia

He waited patiently as the player came to the door and opened it up.  To his surprise the blue haired girl was dressed in a business suit but it was also to his pleasure.  It meant she was serious about this sort of thing and was perhaps good with negotiations.  If anything his evening would be entertaining.  At any rate she seemed more mature than the last time they had met.  She looked at him curiously about his attire, possibly expecting him to take this very seriously as well, while she looked at Keres with the same interest and curiosity everyone did.  There were the few individuals who mocked her for her choice of outfit, or made dirty comments.  Though those players quickly learned to respect her choices...  And respect her skills.  Domarus nodded to Eatos when she spoke up, giving a friendly smile as he offered to shake her hand.
     "Not a problem at all Eatos.  And yes it has been a while now and I'm doing alright.  Wish I was up there helping the front lines by now but you know how it goes.  Other issues arise that need taking care of."  As she lead them inside, Rhozarth flew off from Domarus' shoulder.  The red, flaming dragon found a place to mount that wouldn't catch fire and rested there, watching them all.  Domarus sat down on one of the couches by the fire, breathing in slowly as he sat down.  Fire.  An excellent choice in decoration in his opinion.
     "You have a nice place here Eatos.  Far better than my own I have to say.  I wasn't able to spend too much col when I got my own.  It's impressive.  So then!  I can see you're one who'd want to jump straight into business correct?  Where should we start?"

@Eatos @Stryder

Domarus nodded as Hestia agreed with him.  The two of them despised, hated, and wanted to kill each other, but at least she could understand a good strategy when she heard one.  Then Pinball piped up, mentioning how he had some consumables for them.  Domarus turned to look at the boy as he opened up his inventory and pulled two items out.  He offered a treat to Domarus and he took the item, tapping on it to check it's stats:  Two accuracy?  Domarus realized that consumables could stack with his base items, meaning this would give him plus five accuracy.  He grinned under the mask as he recognized the sheer power this would grant him.  He nodded to Pinball.
      "Thank you very much my friend.  This will definitely help..  In many ways."  He took off his helmet for the first time around Pinball and began to eat the slice of cake while he talked about his sword art's specialty.  He nodded as he finished the item, putting the helmet back on.
     "I understand.  I'm fairly certain this boost will give me what I need for a fair fight against these creatures.  I'll go ahead and use the AoE attack method, though if that still fails I may resort to single attacks.  Specifically to avoid losing all my energy and all that."  He needed to find a player who could manufacture this quickly and easily.

@Hestia

Domarus worked hard trying to craft all the items he owed players.  He was seriously behind with everything going on and needed to catch up.  Domarus went into his crafting room and pulled out his materials.  He began to start crafting.  Most of the items weren't worth noting, as they rarely were without a proper item to give him a little boost to his crafting roll.  While it was unfortunate, there truly wasn't much Domarus could do otherwise.  He soon managed to craft the frontliner Calrex' item, and went to message him.  When he did he would have Keres present it to him.  As always she made the choice to wear a maid outfit when giving it to him and would smile as she did so.  She was a weird one for certain..

@Calrex

ID#  100104  CD:  12  - Perfect Item

Name : Golden Spectacles

Profession : Artisan

Rank : 7

ID : 99821

Roll : 11

Item Type : Trinket

Quality : Perfect

Enhancements : 2+ Accuracy 1 Keen

Description : A spectacle made from copper and painted over with gold. It has multiple lenses, switching them changes your view in range, whether it be closer or far away. It has small and thin silvery lines swirling on the rims of the spectacles.

Name:  Surging Power
Profession: Artisan
Rank: 7
ID:  99825
Roll: 11
Item Type: Lucky Charm
Tier: 1
Quality:  Rare
Enhancements: 2 Recovery
Description: A silver ring with a sapphire that glows when activated

Name: Pride
Profession: Artisan
Rank: 7
ID:  99817
Roll:  7
Item Type: Trinket
Tier: 1
Quality:  Uncommon
Enhancements: 1 Taunt
Description: A good item for beginner tanks to start off with

Name: Prosperous
Profession: Artisan
Rank: 7
ID:  99819
Roll: 6
Item Type: Trinket
Tier: 1
Quality:  Uncommon
Enhancements: 1 Prosperity
Description: A silver ring

Name: Prosperous
Profession: Artisan
Rank: 7
ID:  99823
Roll: 6
Item Type: Lucky Charm
Tier: 1
Quality:  Uncommon
Enhancements: 1 Prosperity
Description: A silver ring

Only the sharpest eyes would have noticed the shadow in his helmet's eye slots darken when Pinball joked about bending a knee.  Whether it was a joke or not, Domarus didn't care.  HE would be the ultimate authority, and everyone would bow out of respect, fear or both.  This player was annoying him more and more, and now he just wanted to break his smug pride and face with swift action.  However he couldn't.  He was bound to his good reputation and thus would silently breath to calk his emotions enough to where he could act how he needed to be seen.  He'd release his wrath later where it wouldn't injure his reputation.  Domarus laughed at Pinball's comment.
     "Only in your dreams Ice Queen!"  he said in a seemingly joking manner.  Pinball would assume he was accepting the joke and was fun to fight alongside.  Hestia would know the truth of course but she wouldn't speak it.  Not to Pinball.  Soon enough he'd have her silenced for good, one way or the other.  Preferably by talking with Raven which he intended to do very, very soon.  He turned to the two of them.
     "Alright then, perhaps we should rest for a while.  From what I gather we all need energy, and I'd also like to re strategize.  I can't use AoE skills at this point because the cardinal system is working against me, and with their evasion it makes it useless to use.  So I'll be using a single attack sword art from this point on.  Pinball let's focus on the male first and handle the females second.  Sound good?"

Domarus rolled his eyes at the joke and wanted to knock him into a wall for that, but he kept his mouth shut.  He watched as the opponent was frozen solid, the first lioness leaping back and hissing at the move.  Domarus turned to Pinball, interested in how he got such a weapon..  Probably from that merchant.  It seemed luck would never be fortunate with Domarus.  He may have to take to get what he wanted.  He nodded to the boy and rushed at the monster, activating his sword art and ending it's existence quickly and efficiently.  He gestured to Rhozarth who tried to pin the remaining lioness down long enough for them to kill.  Domarus looked at them.  
     "I can use a weak sword art if you send me energy Hestia.  Either way we end this fight here and now if at all possible.  Pinball take the shot, see if you can get the final hit in!"  He was hoping to end this soon.  He needed the experience but he'd need to save up his col as well.  He needed to change his weapon skill from two handed battle ax to something that wouldn't prove more of a problem than anything else.  And quickly too.

ID#  100038  BD:  9

15+1x13-47=161

[H: 3/3] @Hestia: 1115/1265 |  101/122 | DMG:  5 | MIT:151 | ACC: 1 | EVA:-1 | TRNS: 54 | PARA: 2 | BLD:2 | REC: 1 | RGN: 1  (0/3 30DMG)

[H: 1/1] Pinball: 620/620 HP | 29/62 EN | DMG: 20 (+5) | 3 ACC | 3 EVA 

[H: 1/2] @Domarus:  800/800 | 0/80 | 15-20 DMG | 3 ACC | 59 MIT | 24 THRN

- ENEMIES - 

Nemeon Lioness 1: 99/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three times

[FROZEN] Nemeon Lioness 3: 0/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three time

Domarus chuckled aloud for Hestia, while rolling his eyes inwardly at the manner in which she said it.
     "No worries, I wasn't trying to tell you what to do.  Just keeping you informed of what I'm in need of.  It is important for a party to keep each other informed and up to date during combat.  You can never be too careful after all."  He watched as Pinball attacked all three of the mobs and missed each of them due to their evasive skills.  Well at least he was able to retain most of his energy during that attack Domarus thought.  It was now his turn to rush the monsters and ran towards them whilst activating his sword art.  The lions saw him coming and tried to evade.  He landed a hit on the second one...  And that was all.  The others had managed to evade his attack and once again he was left with near no energy.  D**n these chances!  D**n this absurd energy cost!  D**n the sword arts!  And D**n cardinal!  When he got this skill it was one of the most powerful and feared weapons.  Now with the change in the cardinal system, it was a joke.  All it did was exhaust his energy while his opponents were still halfway strong.  He swore there and then that if Cardinal didn't put it's act together he was going to break it with his bare hands.  However none of this seething rage showed.  He leaped backwards besides Hestia.
     "With the amount of energy I have I won't be able to use my strongest sword art when you give me more energy.  I have a grudge against the cardinal for this unfair bull but there's nothing I can do about it.  @Pinball!  If you can paralyze even one of them then I'll attempt an AoE!  If not I'll just focus on one target with what little energy I have left.  I won't be able to attack again afterwards without more energy."

ID#  99963  BD:  2+1=3
ID#  99964  BD:  7+1=8
ID#  99965  BD:  3+1=4

Curse the dice for all eternity

15x14-47=163 dmg

[H: 3/3/3] @Hestia: 1168/1265 |  110/122 | DMG:  5 | MIT:151 | ACC: 1 | EVA:-1 | TRNS: 54 | PARA: 2 | BLD:2 | REC: 1 | RGN: 1  (0/3 30DMG)

[H: 1/1/0] Pinball : 620/620 HP | 46/62 EN | DMG: 20 (+5) | 3 ACC | 3 EVA 

[H: 1/3/2] @Domarus:  800/800 | 4/80 | 15-20 DMG | 3 ACC | 59 MIT | 24 THRN

- ENEMIES - 

Nemeon Lioness: 153/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three times

Nemeon Lioness: 0/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three times

Nemeon Lioness: 281/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three time

Domarus watched as the fight continued.  Hestia chose to take an offensive attack rather than play support and lashed out at the monsters.  Some of them hit her, activating thorns, as well as received her strike.  It wasn't too much damage but at this point he wanted to move things along.  She gave an order to Pinball to focus his attack on the monster with the highest amount of health, which was the evasive third target.  However when he rushed at the monster and activated his sword art, the monster evaded him once more.  Domarus knew it was his turn.
     "Hestia, I'll need an energy boost after this attack.  Cardinal has worked against me ever since monsters fought individually rather than in a group."  He ran at his foes, Rhozarth still lashing out viciously at the lioness' to keep the monsters moving towards them.  One of them ended up running directly into Domarus, receiving the highest of his damage as a critical hit.  The second ducked just in time while the last one received a normal hit.  He watched his energy drop fast and grit his teeth at that.  At this point he needed a serious change in skill, preferably one that didn't drain all his energy without having been able to strike more than three targets in two wide swept attacks.

ID#  99898  BD:  4+1+1=6 (Concentration)
ID#  99899  BD:  2+1+1=5
ID#  99900  BD:  9

15x14-47=163 dmg

15+1x14-47=177 dmg

[H: 3/3/3] @Hestia: 1231/1265 |  116/122 | DMG:  5 | MIT:151 | ACC: 1 | EVA:-1 | TRNS: 54 | PARA: 2 | BLD:2 | REC: 1 | RGN: 1  (1/3 30DMG)

[H: 1/1/0] Pinball : 620/620 HP | 47/62 EN | DMG: 20 (+5) | 3 ACC | 3 EVA 

[H: 1/2/2] Domarus:  800/800 | 24/80 | 15-20 DMG | 3 ACC | 59 MIT | 24 THRN

- ENEMIES - 

Nemeon Lioness: 207/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three times

Nemeon Lioness: 69/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three times

Nemeon Lioness: 281/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three time

Domarus could smack the player so hard he'd crash into a tree.  He could give the kid a lecture that would snap him out of this annoying state.  He could make the player strong for real.  Of course he'd have to actually care about the player's well being to some extent for that to happen.  And as far as he knew or cared, this seemed to be a one time event.  No long term investment other than show a good attitude and a strategic mindset when it came to battle.  Domarus noted that not only was the player blatantly lying to the two of them, and very poorly done at that (though it could be just that Domarus was a master, and thus to his eyes this was novice practice).  He also noted that the player was staying behind them, as if preparing for an ambush, or preparing the ambush himself.  However from what he got out of Adrian, albeit only a little bit, the player was more so being prepared for the worst.  Which was a good thing, but there was a difference between prepared and paranoid.  Hestia had chosen to take no action so he rolled his eyes under his helmet.  He'd need to resolve this himself and talk to him about Adrian.  He was guessing that what Adrian had talked about got to his head.  Before that could happen however, the bosses had appeared.  Or rather, not the boss but three lionesses.  Wonderful, a detail they failed to mention in their report.  Hestia activated howl while Pinball used an AoE attack.  Domarus waited for him to retreat before he took his turn, drawing his two handed ax as he activated charge.

His ax cleaved through the second lioness, dealing a critical hit on the it.  However the first and third lion leaped back just before the attack landed.  He noted that they were moving further and further away from the two dps players.  He narrowed his eyes at this and called out:
     "Epitetheíte apó píso kai travíxte tin pros emus!"  Rhozarth, the red dragon took off and almost vanished from sight.  When he reappeared, he was behind the evasive lioness and lashed out at her, rather violently too.  He breathed a heavy stream of fire onto one of them then latched onto the other with his claws, causing her to roar and leap into the air in pain.  The dragon used it's claws to scratch her in ways that would make her body react a certain way, while breathing fire at the other one on occasion, leading the lioness' back to the group and preventing her from escaping them.

ID#  99849  BD:  3+3=6
ID#  99850  BD:  9
ID#  99851  BD:  1

20x14-47=233 dmg

20+1x14-47=247 dmg

[H: 3/3/3] @Hestia: 1246/1265 |  112/122 | DMG:  5 | MIT:151 | ACC: 1 | EVA:-1 | TRNS: 54 | PARA: 2 | BLD:2 | REC: 1 | RGN: 1  (0/3 30DMG)

[H: 1/1/0] Pinball: 620/620 HP | 48/62 EN | DMG: 20 (+5) | 3 ACC | 3 EVA 

[H: 1/2/0] Domarus:  800/800 | 52/80 | 15-20 DMG | 3 ACC | 59 MIT | 24 THRN

- ENEMIES - 

Nemeon Lioness: 370/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three times

Nemeon Lioness: 123/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three times

Nemeon Lioness: 512/512  MIT:47  DMG:170  ACC:1 EVA:2

- Bleed is applied on attacks. Non crit= 20 DMG for three turns.   On Crit= 30 DMG for three times

Stats

Did he just flinch?  Domarus thought to himself.  The following words the kid said made even Domarus feel uncomfortable.  He was used to people talking on and on, or acting like they were invincible, or fighting to gain power.  This.  This turning himself into a tool, something for others to use at their own expense.  This was sad.  When Hestia spoke up she started with something that brought a grin to Domarus' face.  So even Hestia, who hated his guts made Domarus her go to man for things like this?  Intriguing.  The bit about the unique spear was interesting too, but he would get his hands on unique enhancements soon enough.  A demonic for certain one of these days.  When Keres heard the bit about Teion locking herself in her shop, she giggled from the back.  Domarus never asked her why.  It was the one thing he was legitimately afraid to do.  She then told Pinball that he wasn't a weapon and that he had a mind and his own opinions.  Domarus would add to it.
     "Agreed.  In addition to that you don't have to be so nervous.  Not only are your chances of dying reduced very greatly, but we aren't people you need to be nervous or shy around either.  Just because we're a higher level doesn't mean we're going to be hard, judging and military like.  We're normal humans just like you.  So don't be afraid to share your concerns ok?"  

@Pinball

Domarus was at his desk hard at work.  Not on homework, not on research.  Not even on his build which he'd been meaning to work on.  No, he was currently working on his spy network.  They'd been working day and night to keep his intel up to date and were doing a fantastic job at it as well.  One thing they were not able to do however was find someone who would join his guild.  Was it that nobody knew?  Was it that nobody cared?  Well soon they'd care.  His name would become too great to pass up in the coming future.  He looked at all the folders he had before him.  Guilds.  Individual players.  The front liners.  Dark guilds.  Targets and Enemies.  Prisoners.  Details on the skills and enhancements in Aincrad which was where his work on his new build was.  All of these held detailed information about all of them.  Right now his list of enemies was Hikoru and Hestia.  The woman proved to be too stubborn for her own good.  Domarus was currently going over all the details in front of him while making adjustments to his plan.  All of this information he kept on hand since he did not want another incident like the one with Hestia.  Suddenly he was interrupted by a message.  Not by his spies but from Eatos.  The player who was a part of the Guardians Dawn, as well as the player who had purchased an item or two from his shop.  

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Greeting Domarus.

I am Eatos, Co-founder of the guild Guardians of the New Dawn. Our guild has been looking at the possibility of expanding and forming alliances with other guilds. The primary goal of our guild is to offer protection for players who are weak, low level or do not wish to serve on the front lines. We do, however, have services to offer in exchange for an alliance. I look forward to hearing if you’re interested in creating a united front for those players in need.

-Eatos, Guardian of the New Dawn.

Domarus felt a grin grow on his face as he read this information.  So all they wanted was some extra protection?  This would be easily granted.  And another way to not only spread his name, but his strength.  He had taken out two player killer guilds and recently captured ten.  If these rumors reached her ears, and if she asked to confirm them, it would help the rumors spread like wildfire with truth behind it.  In addition, he could work on the players of the guild, slowly convincing them all to merge their own guild with his.  Making his guild increase in size, power, as well as increase his name.  He would be known to this world, and he would rule it.  

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@Eatos

This does indeed intrigue me.  If @Stryder, the guild leader is also alright with this decision then I would indeed like to talk with you two about it.  I'll meet you at your shop as there's not much room in my own currently.

  -Domarus, Sovereign Union

He stood up and walked towards the door.
     "Keres!  Come with me.  We have some business on floor four."

The two of them arrived on the fourth floor, Domarus wearing his black t-shirt and black pants as per usual, while Keres wore her maid outfit.  He wasn't bothered by the sting of the cold, in fact he welcomed it.  He was fired up with this successful turn of events after all.  He soon reached Eatos' shop and knocked on the door.

Pinball nervously told him what his weapon was, and that it was a two handed spear.  That was currently one of the strongest weapons in this game, the two handed ax coming second.  Spear and martial arts were sort of hand in hand when it came to strength.  However he wondered what the boy's base damage was, as that would make all the difference when it came to his damage output.  Domarus was intending to deal the most damage in all of aincrad, or at least deal enough to where players had no choice but to respect him.  Regardless of that however the fact remained that this player had a way to deal more damage than others.  When he listened to Hestia talk it was clear she was taking everything he said seriously.  He needed to loosen her up a little bit or else she'd spread rumors and hints.  He laughed a little.
     "Take a joke Hestia.  I never had the intention of competing, but working with you two.  Otherwise I probably would have taken this quest on alone.  At any rate, let's find the bosses so we can clear this quest."  He turned to Pinball, looking at him through the visor of his helmet.
     "So Pinball, are you ready to take this boss on?  If I can be of any sort of assistance just let me know."

@Pinball

Domarus was lagging way behind.  To many things had happened outside of the shop that he had to deal with and now he was backed up like no one's business.  He decided to handle Shield first and walked over to him.
     "Apologies, but at the moment I don't think I'll be making the deal.  I've been thinking about changing my build, and this item may help me with that in the future.  I'll have to put a hold on this arrangement until I have a better understanding of where I'll be headed in terms of gear in the future, if that isn't a problem with you."  Domarus reached out to shake hands with the man if he was willing in friendship.  Once the player departed he watched others walk in with their orders.
     "Keres can you talk with them?  I need to craft the original requests as soon as possible."  Keres bowed with a smile and turned to talk with them while Domarus worked.  Keres saw the first player who had already walked in and recognized him from the description Domarus gave.  She grinned as she bowed at the counter.
     "Ah so it's you~  Domarus told me about you from that little event.  Said he was keeping tabs on you and your friends.  So what may we do for you?"  When he gave her the order she nodded.
     "Domarus is in the middle of catching up as for items, he has five items that need to be crafted, six including yours."  Then she saw an order and note someone had left and giggled when she saw it.  She was very interested to see how Domarus would react to this.  Probably have Rhozarth watching for her outside each night.  Another player walked into the shop, a girl this time.  When she asked her if she could come back tomorrow for the order Keres gave a sad smile.
     "Master Domarus has about nine crafts to make now with your orders miss, so I'm afraid you'll need to be patient with him if at all possi-"  She heard the sound of a perfect item being made.
     "Well~  Make that eight items!  We'll message you soon as the item is ready ok ma'am?"

     "Spangie, I apologize for the wait.  In return, I made your item a perfect.  Extra enhancement is compensation for the wait."

Apologies to everyone  @Benjamin Bookworm @Calrex @Spangie
@Shield @Steel @Reinholt @Blood @Arabelle 

I haven't been active but I promise I will get to everyone's crafts.  Please be patient with me and give me time to craft everyone's requests

Domarus watched as Pinball literally said nothing, confirming his guess that the boy preferred to avoid talking at all.  At this point Domarus was beginning to consider him the same level as a recruit.  Listening to experienced players and just following their lead.  He could be wrong and the player be stronger than he let others to believe, but honestly this was what he saw in him as of right now.  He had to be encouraging and uplifting of course, even though he really didn't care.  Hestia told him that she did indeed have the energize mod and Domarus nodded.
     "Excellent.  Then all we need is patience while fighting the boss, as it's damage isn't too threatening.  And so long as we don't miss consistently, this fight should be over quite quickly.  Pinball, may I ask you what your weapon style is, and your maximum damage output as of now?"  While waiting for a response Hestia continued, challenging Domarus when it came to finishing theirs before he finished his.  Domarus grinned under the helmet and said:
     "Two against one?  That's hardly fair don't you think Hestia?  However I could guarantee you that the female will be dead first.  Her health and mitigation is rather pathetic compared to the male, so it won't take very long at all."

@Pinball