Crozeph

"Strange..."
"I'm pretty sure I'm somewhere on the upper floors..."
"Why am I..."

Distant clanging could be heard somewhere, sometime it was rattlling, and if you listen closely you can even hear a grating sound as if something heavy is being dragged. Light was scarced, the air smells really bad with how rust and the dampness of the walls combine its scent. It was familiar to him, he spent a lot of his time in this place, he would venture with little to no preparation here.

"Tartarus" he uttered under his breath. Crozeph was lying down on the floor, his eyes fixated on the ceiling as voices of ghosts emanated from the dark jail cells. He wasn't sure how long it has been but if he was still alive then it hadn't been that long. 

"Weird, I don't remember wearing a shirt like this, did Cardinal intrude our inventories again?" he was confused as to why he was lightly dressed. He was sure that he wore A coat and a shirt but now It was just a coat and some kind of shirt he would wear back then when he was studying in college. "Definitely tampered, but it feels like there's been huge changes-" he stood up and looked around him. The weaker mobs seem to keep their distance with him while the stronger once stood their guard, a weird situation and Crozeph was confused "aw come on guys! are you seriously afraid of a mid-tier player holding a kata-" as he lifted his hand, he saw it. A katana so close to pitch black yet still recognizable "what in the fuck?" he said as he looked closer at it.

~ Chapter 10: Peerless Swordsmanship - Rewrite ~

The battle ends but war is far from over
What seemed like a fierce clash of survival, supremacy, and longing for freedom became a dream
A fever dream
Everything feels blank yet I know everything is just where it was before we fought him
A reset? but I am back to how I was when it started
perhaps this is a chance to rewrite
All while keeping the cherished parts intact

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"Oh shit-"

Crozeph darted off as soon as he saw Hidden's reaction to her being called Medea again. He probably got carried away with their barrage of attacks to Hel that he called her by the taboo nickname he gave her.

"Final boss, fucking finally" he thought. It would be nice if they could finish the journey now, Crozeph wasn't sure if it would keep Yomi safe but he can only hope, his safe house (shop) is located in it and he really liked it being in there. 

He saw Night land a blow after Baldur did his and it was his chance now. The sound of Night's sword burying to Fenrir was satisfying, perhaps he could try that. Red-colored wounds appeared at Fenrir's fur, it didn't do much but Crozeph made sure he landed every attack, make the most out of the multiplier.

ID: 195399 BD: 6+4-3=7 success CD: 3
Crozeph dealt 21 x 15 = 315 - 125 = 190 damage to Fenrir

[2] Baldur-san | HP: 1485/1560 | EN: 71/144 | MIT: 49 | DMG: 24 | Absolute ACC: 8 | EVA: 2 | BH: 78 | Conc (3/3) | Parry (2/2) | QChange (3/3) | Zanshin Equipped
[1] Hidden-hikoku | HP:1330/1405 | EN:87/124 | DMG:23 | MIT:79 | EVA:4 | ACC:6 | VAMP OFF:140 | HLY:8 | BH:70
[1] Crozeph-Kun | HP: 1180/1180 | EN: 47/106 | ACC: 4[+2] | DMG: 18[+3] | EVA: 2[+2] | MIT: 45[+30] | FRZ: 1 | BRN: 1 I REC: 1 | BH: 30 | LD: 1
[1] NIGHT | HP: 1475/1550 | EN: 125/167 | ACC: 6 | DMG: 25 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 7 | BH: 77 | BRN: 36 | BLI: 72 | BLD: 36 | TXV: 24 | VV: 10 | LD: 5
[0] Calrex-kun | HP: 1805/1805 | EN: 126/176 | DMG: 18 | MIT: 116 | ACC: 4 |  EVA: 3 | ACH: 0.5 | TNT 1 | Stonewall
[0] Zajcica-chan | HP: 1312/1570 | EN: 110/136 | DMG 2 | MIT 232 | EVA -1 | BH 78 | THRNS: 135
[99] Odin | HP: 10000/10000 | DMG: 500 | MIT: 250 | ACC: 4 | EVA: 2
 

Fenrir: HP 2890/4,000 | DMG 300 | ACC 2 | EVA 1 | MIT 125 | THORNS 75 | INCARCERATED | 72 BURN [2/2]
 | Hati&Skoll | Additional 300 DMG * 2 to Fenrir's target. Vanishes at Ragnarok, returns after health halved after.
 | Ragnarok | Upon being reduced to half health, Fenrir will restore his HP to full. Stat block as follows:
 | Fenrir: HP: 4000/4000 | DMG: 750 | ACC: 4 | EVA: 3 | MIT: 150

On 6/9/2021 at 10:52 PM, Hirru said:

• Shop Post: Traveling Flame
• Transaction Date: 6/8/21
• Cost of Transaction: 80 Col (160 For Entire Order)
• Crafter's Profession: Appraiser
• Crafter's Rank: R4
• Item Name: Potion of Minor Strength
• Item Tier: T1
• Item Type: Consumable (Potion)
• Item Rarity:  Uncommon
• Item Enhancements: Damage 1
• Craft/Appraisal/Obtainment IDs & Rolls: 
  • Obtained: [ID 194532]
  • Slot 1: ID 195238 | LD 10 | Damage +1
• Item Description: A light blue liquid fills this bottle.  When consumed, it bestows user with a small amount of strength.

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• Shop Post: Traveling Flame
• Transaction Date: 6/8/21
• Cost of Transaction: 80 Col (160 For Entire Order)
• Crafter's Profession: Appraiser
• Crafter's Rank: R4
• Item Name: Potion of Minor Immunity
• Item Tier: T1
• Item Type: Consumable (Potion)
• Item Rarity:  Uncommon
• Item Enhancements: Antidote
• Craft/Appraisal/Obtainment IDs & Rolls: 
  • Obtained: [ID 194532]
  • Slot 1: ID 195237 | LD 1 | Antidote
• Item Description: A normal bottle of herbal antidote that may taste quite bitter.

Less words more action

It could end worse for him, run out of energy and rely on doing basic damage. His energy regeneration was quite low compared to his previous build but no use moping about it for now. 

Calrex and Baldur did their best to drop the health further but it seems Hel won't give up on giving them hell of a long battle. Crozeph sprinted as fast as he can, coordinating his movements with them. it would be better for him to adjust to what they do than waiting for an opportunity to cut in as if they are in a turn-based game. 

The katana was lowered and he was about to strike he- wait did Night miss? He was pretty sure the reach was enough but Hel's health went down after Calrex's blow. "A blessing from the Allfather I guess" he thought. 

Multiple lines appeared as Calrex slid back, Crozeph had moved in with his [San Ge] and proceeded to make Hel flinch as the lines finally dealt damage. "One more push-" he looked around and tried to see who can land the finishing blow "Medea! kill her quick!"

@Hidden

ID: 195268 BD: 3+6=9 [success] CD: 9 [+3 EN]
Crozeph dealt 21 x 15 [San Ge] = 315 - 50 = 265 damage to Hel

[4] Baldur-san | HP: 1560/1560 | EN: 82/144 | MIT: 49 | DMG: 24 | Absolute ACC: 8 | EVA: 2 | BH: 78 | Conc (3/3) | Parry (2/2) | QChange (3/3) | Zanshin Equipped
[2] Hidden-hikoku | HP:1405/1405 | EN:107/124 | DMG:23 | MIT:79 | EVA:4 | ACC:6 | VAMP OFF:140 | HLY:8 | BH:70
[3] Crozeph-Kun | HP: 1180/1180 | EN: 59/106 | ACC: 4[+2] | DMG: 18[+3] | EVA: 2[+2] | MIT: 45[+30] | FRZ: 1 | BRN: 1 I REC: 1 | BH: 30 | LD: 1
[3] NIGHT | HP: 1550/1550 | EN: 135/167 | ACC: 6 | DMG: 25 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 7 | BH: 77 | BRN: 36 | BLI: 72 | BLD: 36 | TXV: 24 | VV: 10 | LD: 5
[2] Calrex-kun | HP: 1805/1805 | EN: 126/176 | DMG: 18 | MIT: 116 | ACC: 4 |  EVA: 3 | ACH: 0.5 | TNT 1 | Stonewall
[8] Zajcica-chan | HP: 1234/1570 | EN: 110/136 | DMG 2 | MIT 232 | EVA -1 | BH 78 | THRNS: 135

Hel - The One that Hides | HP: 282/3,000 | DMG 400 | ACC 3 | EVA 2 | MIT 50

♪You'll never see it comin' ♪

No more involuntary simping soldiers, Hel is gonna get whooped this time. Crozeph ran, making with way for a follow up attack as Baldur tried to slice the goddess with his katana. "have a taste of Skadi's agidyne and bufudyne" he uttered. multiple gashes and marks of slices appeared on Hel's left shoulder yet Crozeph only did one motion. 

It took only a few seconds for the cuts to burst into blue flames but Hel was from the underworld or so the mythos say so Crozeph added the final touch from his attack. Flames started to harden and cover her left arm from shoulder to her fingertips. This should be enough for the others to chip in more damage.

So far the fight got dragged only by the soldiers healing her, it made him think if the next opponent with have this kind of tactic again, it would be troublesome. 

ID: 194280 BD: 9 [critical]
Crozeph dealt 21+1 x 15 San Ge = 330 - 50 MIT = 280 damage to Hel
[Burn?] activated
[Freeze?] activated

[3] Baldur-san | HP: 1560/1560 | EN: 93/144 | MIT: 49 | DMG: 24 | Absolute ACC: 8 | EVA: 2 | BH: 78 | Conc (3/3) | Parry (2/2) | QChange (3/3) | Zanshin Equipped
[1] Hidden-hikoku | HP:1405/1405 | EN:117/124 | DMG:23 | MIT:79 | EVA:4 | ACC:6 | VAMP OFF:140 | HLY:8 | BH:70
[4] Crozeph-Kun | HP: 1180/1180 | EN: 56/106 | ACC: 4[+2] | DMG: 18[+3] | EVA: 2[+2] | MIT: 45[+30] | FRZ: 1 | BRN: 1 I REC: 1 | BH: 30 | LD: 1
[2] NIGHT | HP: 1550/1550 | EN: 146/167 | ACC: 6 | DMG: 25 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 7 | BH: 77 | BRN: 36 | BLI: 72 | BLD: 36 | TXV: 24 | VV: 10 | LD: 5
[0] Calrex-kun | HP: 1805/1805 | EN: 158/176 | DMG: 18 | MIT: 116 | ACC: 4 |  EVA: 3 | ACH: 0.5 | TNT 1 | Stonewall
[8] Zajcica-chan | HP: 1402/1570 | EN: 110/136 | DMG 2 | MIT 232 | EVA -1 | BH 78 | THRNS: 135

Hel - The One that Hides | HP: 2061/3,000 | DMG 400 | ACC 3 | EVA 2 | MIT 50 |  STUNNED [0/3 Stun Immune]

• Character Name: Crozeph
• Character Description: Always hungry, always sleepy, but will lay waste to anyone who hurts Yuki (naturally an idiot). Crozeph is your average guy, until he decides to add more brain cells to use. The shadow of tanks, and has a weird way of talking (he's disrespectful).
• Character Journal: [link]

• Character Name: Shirogane
• Character Description: her innocent look guarantees trouble, likes to help anyone and her senpai and colleague will always protect her even though she's the tank of the Supplies Procurement Squad made by Crozeph for Jacob's Ladder.
• Character Journal: [link]

• Character Name: Plini
• Character Description: will poison your coffee or food to test how his poison and venoms taste. Lacks proper hygiene and chivalry or so he believes. Plini is a weird alchemist and the newest guy to join the Supplies Procurement Squad. He was supposed to get stronger with Shirogane but the two are taking their sweet time killing some bacons.
• Character Journal: [link]

Now that was surprising

He just saw Night fumble as if someone left a banana peeling in her track. Hel's health went up, and his guildmates are still trying to free the others. He was confused, how was she able to do that? it seems he wasn't paying enough attention to what the goddess can do or he knew... he was just being a dipshit at the moment. "We need to keep her pinned so we can seamlessly free them" he thought, trying to keep in mind the flow of battle.

He ran forward, leaving the prisoner he tried to free and dashed towards Hel "Hassou Toubi"  he read about it somewhere, a speed that enabled someone to leapt on boats so fast. Crozeph copied it, leaping at the chains despite having no acrobatics in his skill set. 

"Right between her-" he took one final leap near Hel and unleashed [Iai] effectively stunning her. Crozeph fell down with a loud thud, it was harder to regain balance with such momentum made "all right, what's next?"

ID: 192763 BD: 3+6=9 CD: 2
Crozeph dealt 21 x 11 = 231 - 50 = 181 damage to Hel
Hel is [stunned]

[3] Baldur-san | HP: 1560/1560 | EN: 104/144 | MIT: 49 | DMG: 24 | Absolute ACC: 8 | EVA: 2 | BH: 78 | Conc (3/3) | Parry (2/2) | QChange (3/3) | Zanshin Equipped
[1] Hidden-hikoku | HP:1405/1405 | EN:117/124 | DMG:23 | MIT:79 | EVA:4 | ACC:6 | VAMP OFF:140 | HLY:8 | BH:70
[2] Crozeph-Kun | HP: 1180/1180 | EN: 68/106 | ACC: 4[+2] | DMG: 18[+3] | EVA: 2[+2] | MIT: 45[+30] | FRZ: 1 | BRN: 1 I REC: 1 | BH: 30 | LD: 1
[2] NIGHT | HP: 1550/1550 | EN: 146/167 | ACC: 6 | DMG: 25 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 7 | BH: 77 | BRN: 36 | BLI: 72 | BLD: 36 | TXV: 24 | VV: 10 | LD: 5
[0] Calrex-kun | HP: 1805/1805 | EN: 158/176 | DMG: 18 | MIT: 116 | ACC: 4 |  EVA: 3 | ACH: 0.5 | TNT 1 | Stonewall
[8] Zajcica-chan | HP: 1402/1570 | EN: 110/136 | DMG 2 | MIT 232 | EVA -1 | BH 78 | THRNS: 135

Hel - The One that Hides | HP: 2651/3,000 | DMG 400 | ACC 3 | EVA 2 | MIT 50 | 

If there are spectral soldiers, Hel heals herself to full when she hits 50%. 
Hel must be stunned or have healed during the last turn to attempt freeing a soldier.

Spectral Soldier 1 - 47/40 LD 
Spectral Soldier 2 - 39/40 LD
Spectral Soldier 3 - 38/40 LD

Current Level: 58
Current SP: 
Link to SP Tracking: [link]
Item Upgrades:

Notes:

Just a few more strike and all the soldiers will be free of Hel's chains. The party seems to take their sweet time doing it but some things are to be considered... the essentials that Night stated. 

He dashed forward, katana hidden from the sight of the goddess "this isn't even a challenge, we're just not in a hurry" he told her. Three of them had already struck the chains and Crozeph added one more, things can get pretty tedious if Hel's HP went up again. "You're not gonna be able to free them that way" he told Hidden. "This is how you do it" he raised his katana and a quick downward swing met the chains. A groan was heard after the attack landed and it seems he didn't do much also except making one of them react with disappointed 

"Was that a groan of disappointment or pain?"

ID: 190321 LD: 9+1=10

[3] Baldur-san | HP: 1560/1560 | EN: 103/144 | MIT: 49 | DMG: 24 | Absolute ACC: 8 | EVA: 2 | BH: 78 | Conc (3/3) | Parry (2/2) | QChange (3/3) | Zanshin Equipped
[1] Hidden-hikoku | HP:1405/1405 | EN:117/124 | DMG:23 | MIT:79 | EVA:4 | ACC:6 | VAMP OFF:140 | HLY:8 | BH:70
[1] Crozeph-Kun | HP: 1180/1180 | EN: 76/106 | ACC: 4[+2] | DMG: 18[+3] | EVA: 2[+2] | MIT: 45[+30] | FRZ: 1 | BRN: 1 I REC: 1 | BH: 30 | LD: 1
[2] NIGHT | HP: 1550/1550 | EN: 147/167 (+1) | ACC: 6 | DMG: 25 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 7 | BH: 77 | BRN: 36 | BLI: 72 | BLD: 36 | TXV: 24 | VV: 10 | LD: 5
[0] Calrex-kun | HP: 1805/1805 | EN: 158/176 | DMG: 18 | MIT: 116 | ACC: 4 |  EVA: 3 | ACH: 0.5 | TNT 1 | Stonewall
[8] Zajcica-chan | HP: 1570/1570 | EN: 110/136 | DMG 2 | MIT 232 | EVA -1 | BH 78 | THRNS: 135

Hel - The One that Hides | HP: 2786/3,000 | DMG 400 | ACC 3 | EVA 2 | MIT 50 | [STUN IMMUNITY] (2/3)

If there are spectral soldiers, Hel heals herself to full when she hits 50%. 
Hel must be stunned or have healed during the last turn to attempt freeing a soldier.

Spectral Soldier 1 - 47/40 LD 
Spectral Soldier 2 - 39/40 LD
Spectral Soldier 3 - 0/40 LD

48 minutes ago, Vigilon said:

Name: Tempered Steel Armor
Your Profession: Blacksmith
Your Rank: 5
Roll ID: 188106
Roll Result: 10+1=11
Item Type: Heavy Armor
Tier: 4
Quality: Rare
Enhancements: Mitigation(2)
Description: A set of Plate armor made from tempered steel. It is fairly difficult to break through.
Post Link: https://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/15721-f7r5-blacksmith/?do=findComment&comment=638906

 

 

Name: Empress Armor
Your Profession: Blacksmith
Your Rank: 5
Roll ID: 188108
Roll Result: 12
Item Type: Heavy Armor
Tier: 4
Quality: Perfect
Enhancements: Heavy Momentum(2), Thorns
Description: A pristine set of armor, forged from Star Silver, an empowered variant of Silver that shines like starlight. Its design is powerful yet elegant, with accents of Celtic blue. The wearer will not miss a single attack in vain, and retribution is brought upon all who strike the wearer.
Post Link: https://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/15721-f7r5-blacksmith/?do=findComment&comment=638906

 

 

Name: Agnir's Ward
Your Profession: Blacksmith
Your Rank: 5
Roll ID: 188109
Roll Result: 11+1=12
Item Type: Heavy Armor
Tier: 4
Quality: Perfect
Enhancements: Thorns(2), Recovery
Description: A set of plate armor that seems to damage attackers, and revitalize the wearer, keeping them in the fight.
Post Link: https://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/15721-f7r5-blacksmith/?do=findComment&comment=638906

 

"Do I like her? no."
"Do I admire her? yes."
"Is she beautiful? yes."

Crozeph answered Dazia's question after her short growl at him about her methods. "It's hard to deny her looks and skills, also why would I lie?" he added. Ariel was quite capable back when they went on their first quest together. Now she's a well-known person in the ranks of the Frontlines and Crozeph may not be family to her, he is proud of what the lioness has achieved.

He gave her a reassuring smile "I'm sure you'll find new ways for that Dewy, maybe now is not the time for you to know about it" he told her "you also need to work on that wrath growing inside you, maybe mowing down monsters around who aren't players would help." As people began to appear with them drawing nearer the settlement, Crozeph tried to think of a way to pass the time before returning to his wife in one piece "Do you know a place where I can eat something different? I've been to the same tavern many times their roasted duck already got me wanting a different dish."
 

Quite a clusterfuck, it's starting to really get messy around with the soldiersput into the equation for real this time. Crozeph wasn't feeling like he can add more to what current strategy they have and with that he decided to free a soldier, if his strength was enough to actually do the job.

Crozeph moved as Hidden talked about another strategy. Baldur said they need to free the soldiers and Yuki already told them to do it while she tanks, just like clockwork. he took a leap and aimed his katana on one chain, slipping the blade inside it and tries to break them free. The force wasn't enough but it showed a sign of breaking. Crozeph tried to pry it off a few more times, hoping to seal a successful freedom but it seems it will be denied at this moment "all right soulja you'll soon be free from being a bottom."

ID: 187728 LD: 9+1=10
Crozeph tries to free a Spectral Soldier

[3] Baldur-san | HP: 1560/1560 | EN: 102/144 | MIT: 49 | DMG: 24 | Absolute ACC: 8 | EVA: 2 | BH: 78 | Conc (3/3) | Parry (2/2) | QChange (3/3) | Zanshin Equipped
[1] Hidden-hikoku | HP:1405/1405 | EN:117/124 | DMG:23 | MIT:79 | EVA:4 | ACC:6 | VAMP OFF:140 | HLY:8 | BH:70
[1] Crozeph-Kun | HP: 1180/1180 | EN: 76/106 | ACC: 4[+2] | DMG: 18[+3] | EVA: 2[+2] | MIT: 45[+30] | FRZ: 1 | BRN: 1 I REC: 1 | BH: 30 | LD: 1
[2] NIGHT | HP: 1550/1550 | EN: 146/167 | ACC: 6 | DMG: 25 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 7 | BH: 77 | BRN: 36 | BLI: 72 | BLD: 36 | TXV: 24 | VV: 10 | LD: 5
[0] Calrex-kun | HP: 1805/1805 | EN: 158/176 | DMG: 18 | MIT: 116 | ACC: 4 |  EVA: 3 | ACH: 0.5 | TNT 1 | Stonewall
[8] Zajcica-chan | HP: 1570/1570 | EN: 110/136 | DMG 2 | MIT 232 | EVA -1 | BH 78 | THRNS: 135

Hel - The One that Hides | HP: 1,067/3,000 | DMG 400 | ACC 3 | EVA 2 | MIT 50 | [DoT: 178 DMG] (1/2) [Burn-Timer(36)] (0/1) | [STUN IMMUNITY] (1/3) [FROZEN (+36 DMG to next attack)]

Hel is unable to act while Frozen.

If there are spectral soldiers, Hel heals herself to full when she hits 50%. Hel must be stunned or have healed during the last turn to attempt freeing a soldier.
Spectral Soldier 1 - 35/40 LD 
Spectral Soldier 2 - 0/40 LD
Spectral Soldier 3 - 0/40 LD

Raid Loot roll

ID: 187507 LD: 20
Reward Choice: SP

Shadow’s Malevolence | Tier 4 Demonic Katana
FALLEN | FALLEN | PHASE | ABS. ACC
The final traces of Shadow, the Malevolent upon Aincrad. All of his horrific power lies at your fingertips.

Crozeph burst out a short laughter and tried to hold it in only to fail and let out a laugh like he was some kind of puppy. "Ice? clear? pierces?"  he laughed again that some people in the settlement began looking at them. "That was a good one Daza but..." Crozeph lifted his index finger and pointed it at Dazia "ice melts and shatters, it's only strong at extreme temperature so in the end if the place isn't favorable to your ice spear..." he poked her forehead lightly "you'll still lose."

"Calm yourself and that will enable you to see your weakness and your enemy's weakness, even shady duels" he told her as he scratched his cheek. "The woman? yeah it was Ariel who scolded me, a woman born form a really nice family and trained in both eastern and western style of swordsmanship. With that I mean fencing and kendo, she's also a champion and made her family proud of her. You should take a few notes from her, Ariel's grace and boldness adds up to her beauty."

It seems that there was no way he can explain his point more clearly, Dazia got tricked and for that she needs to learn to smell something wrong a mile away.

"I can convince myself that I'm tired or sleepy too but that doesn't last long." Crozeph began taking steps with the intent of getting back at the settlement while at the same time protect Dazia from any danger "well Dozy, meikyo shisui is simply a state of being so calm like a still water, still enough to see your reflection clearly" he told her "and in that way you know where you're lacking and from there you can work out something good for yourself..." he thought hard for a second. "Well that was all I could learn from it after being scolded by a certain woman."

 He wanted things to be better for the girl now that she has her item, maybe he could visit Mari after this and thoughts like that kept him preoccupied throughout their walk back to the settlement. Before they could enter, Crozeph turned around and reminded Dazia of something "I hope you take good care of what we got, I'll smack your head if you lost it again. Don't let other people talk you into agreements that makes you end up losing something."

♪Breathe, breathe in the air...♪

Crozeph was singing when Dazia struck the skull and the beast appeared. "I don't know who Galen is but he sounds like a bucket" he told her. Crozeph watched as Dazia tried to attack the Frost Beas with her weapon. A clear miss, no amount of snowfall can cover that blunder and Crozeph shook his head while his arms are crossed.

"You gotta learn meikyo shisui, you hot-blooded shojo"

Crozeph told her, the japanese influence resurfacing as he looks at the Frost Beast who is about to attack them. "A clear and calm mind will not fail, especially when-" the Frost Beast lifted its arms and that was the cue for the samurai. Crozeph grabbed the hilt of of his katana, took one step forward. A slight tap of his right thumb to the tsuka of the weapon and quickly drew out is blade "Kenjutsu Muzou..." he uttered.

Multiple red lines appeared before him and pierced through the body of the Frost Beast as it also converged at the same second. A quick draw technique, it was clear enough that he landed the attack successfully and the beast shattered before him "...Kenzen Ichinyo."

As the fragments of data was swept away by the cold wind, an item dropped from it and landed on Crozeph's hand. The samurai quickly tossed it to Dazia "well, looks like you have your item now."

ID: 187082 BD: 8 + 4 = success | CD: 4
Fallen proc [+6 base damage]
Crozeph dealt 25 x 15 San Ge = 375 damage to Frost Beast

Dazia: HP: 640/640 | EN: 60/62 | DMG: 12 | MIT: 48 | ACC: 2 | EVA: 2
Crozeph | HP: 1150/1150 | EN: 94/106 | ACC: 4 | DMG: 19 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 45 I REC: 1 | BH: 30 | LD: 1 | FLN: 1

                   Enemies:

Frost Beast: HP 0/250, 160 DMG, [Partial Phase]: <<Frost Beast>>'s attacks always deal a minimum of 24 DMG instead of a minimum of 1 DMG when calculating Mitigation. 

Soot, lots of it and it's an inconvenience

Crozeph was back here again, Floor Nine, a floor where he tried farming the phoenix feather like it can be puked out. It was also the place where he spent time with Yuki for the first time as party member for a quest. Reminiscing this memories was quite fun, he wasn't expecting to have a lot of fun times now. Ever since his guild hopping days ended, Crozeph spent his time being part of a guild, with Yuki, and even duel with Night. Now he's back to where a new chapter in his life started, not expecting anything, just the usual free roaming he's doing.

Oh let's not forget this is where Hidden got clapped by the evolved Cerberus but lived to tell the tale, he even saw the bad blood slowly forming between her and NIGHT.

His usual garb was quite good as camouflage for the floor. A black cape over his shoulder, his Meiji-era aesthetics clearly seen on his clothes, and on his side a katana strapped and is ready to be unsheathed for danger. "Now I wonder what this place has for me today, I have a lot of time to kill. Maybe I could try something like teaming up again with random players."

	Crozeph [Level 56]   | HP: 1150/1150 | EN: 106/106   | ACC: 4 | DMG: 19 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 45   | FLN: 1 I REC: 1 | BH: 30 | LD: 1 | Keen: 1   Total SP: 252   Allocated: 252   Remaining: 0
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What a storm, perhaps victory is still far away

Crozeph ran as much as he can, there are only a few openings to hit Shadow and seeing the monster struggle to breath was his cue "time to end-" everything seemed to become too chaotic. The shackles are still binding Bahr, some kind of weird goo is flowing steadily to where he is, and he is to far away still to hit Shadow. "Damn it!"  he muttered in frustration. 

Such opportunity was taken and he knew only one thing to if he can't cut down the boss, deal with the minions. He jumped forward, his katana aimed at the shadow horror in front of him. "This will only tickle you" he told it before he landed. The attack was swift and soon enough he was able to deal a good amount of damage to the grotesque creature "Yuki, what is this black goo?" he told her as he tried to pick up a handful. There was a strange feeling to it like it was cold, a chill he only felt when facing powerful enemies "wait is this Shadow's sweat?" he told them.

ID: 186408 BD:5+6=11 [success]
Crozeph dealt 21x15 San Ge= 315-75=240 damage to Shadow Horror #4

Shadow Horror #4 | HP: 1260/1500 | DMG: 300 | MIT: 75 | ACC: 3
Shadow Horror #8 | HP: 1350/1500 | DMG: 300 | MIT: 75 | ACC: 3
Bloodlust Shackle (Bahr) | HP: 500/500 | MIT: 50

[H:0,0,0] Zajcica | HP: 1626/1630 | EN: 77/136 | DMG: 18 | ACC: 2 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 292 | TAUNT | THRNS: 30 | FRAURA: 15 | FLAURA:  30 | LM: 1 | LD: 3 | DoT: -50%, 1 HIT, -25% AFTER | Dote 3 | DoT: -27 | Oxidant | BH: 96 | EN REGEN: 3 |[PARRY: 0/2] | [VENGEFUL RIPOSTE: 0/3] | [CONCENTRATION: 0/3] | [Shadow's Bloodlust 1: 36 (0/2)]
[H:0,0,0] Morgenstern | HP: 1583/1645 | EN: 18/142 | DMG: 23 | ACC: 6 | EVA: 1 | MIT: 141 | Fireproof | Bloodclot | Paralytic Immune | DoT -25% | VO: 160 | BH: 97 | EN REGEN: 3 | [STUNNED: BLOODLUST SHACKLE]
[H:0,0,0] Bahr | HP: 1730/1730 | EN: 119/167 | DMG: 26 | ACC: 5 | EVA: 6 | MIT: 79 | FLN: 12 | HLY: 6 | TXV: 24 | HB: 24 | PHASE | DoT: - 27 | Oxidant | Dote: 3 | DoT: -30% | LD: 8 | BH: 101 | EN REGEN: 3 | [STUNNED: BLOODLUST SHACKLE]
[H:2,0,0] Crozeph | HP: 1330/1330 | EN: 35/112 | DMG: 21 | ACC: 6 | EVA: 4 | MIT: 97 | Dote: 3 | DoT: -27 | LD: 3 | REC: 3 | FRZ: 36 | BRN: 36 | BH: 81 | EN REGEN: 3 | [Shadow's Bloodlust 1: 36 (0/2)]
[H:0,0,0] Cordelia | HP: 1022/1390 | EN: 97/118 | DMG: 25 | ACC: 6 | EVA: 5 | MIT: 130 | HLY: 12 | FRAURA: 15 | ABS ACC | PHASE | Oxidant | Dote: 3 | DoT: -27 | LD: 3 | BH: 84 | EN REGEN: 3 | [Shadow's Bloodlust 1: 36 (0/2)]

"Retarded is slow, am I slow?" he asked her "that thing could've grazed you but you told me you can handle them soooo-" he turned his head and tried to remember where the skull was. The instructions of the quest was pretty clear to him until now, strike some skull or skull-faced thingy and a monster will show up. They kill it and Dazia will get the essence of steel she needs. Clearer than fresh water, Crozeph sheathed his katana and scratched his head "not gonna lie, I'm quite sleep-deprived this past few days, it can make someone who is used to sleeping outside restless with the comforts of a cozy home" he told her.

As Dazia brushed off some snow and glared at him "there it is, the ferocity you can always see on players of-" he turned around and uttered a phrase soft enough for her not to hear "-your height." The eerie sound of the blowing wind may or may not covered it but Crozeph was just trying to lighten up the girl's mood with how she's pissed on doing the same quest again just because someone took what was hers before "you may have regrets but I do my job quite well so fair enough."

They were indeed ambushed and who's fault it is? no one knows. Crozeph saw that Night was still low on energy and Yuki won't be able to just shrug them all off easily. Clamped, dark, damp, and smells like a hundred bats just pooed on them. Crozeph dashed forward while Yuki ran to Night's aid after getting attacked by the weird looking golems.

"Looks like we got blindsided for now but no biggie-"

A golem swung its arms clumsily that it almost hit him. "Gotta dodge" he muttered, the boy swung his sword and aimed for any cracks on their body. Two of the golems received a good deal of damage and that was only because he found a crack on the head of one and at the leg of the other. "No cracks on these two" he thought. He jumped up and landed a blow on the head of the third one but the impact bounced his katana back. The last one was trying to reach Yuki but Crozeph raised his weapon as a guard and tried blocking the creature "oh no, you stay right there! god these things are relentless."

ID: 186365 BD: 2+6= 8 [success]
ID: 186266 BD: 7+6= 11[success]
ID: 168267 BD: 1 [Fail]
ID: 186268 BD: 1 [Fail]

Picasso Golem #1 | HP: 266(-120)/818  | DMG: 168 | ACC: 3
Picasso Golem #2 | HP: 386(-120)/818 | DMG: 168 | ACC: 3
Picasso Golem #3 | HP: 334/818  | DMG: 168 | ACC: 3 | FROZEN (24)
Picasso Golem #4 | HP: 624/818 -(74) | DMG: 168 | ACC: 3

CD: 1-4[1, 1, 2, 0] NIGHT | HP: 1,061/1175 -(168-54) | EN: 28/112 (+1, -15) | DMG: 26 | MIT: 54 | ACC: 4 | LD: 8 | PRSOP: 6
CD: 5-8[1, 1, 1, 3] Zajcica | HP: 1040/1040 | EN: 96/98 | DMG: 9 | MIT: 161 | EVA: -1| BH: 54 | REC: 1 | HM: 2 | THORNS: 74 | BLD: 36
CD: 9-12[1, 0, 2, 1] Crozeph | HP: 680/680 | EN: 41/68 | DMG: 15 | MIT: 74 | ACC: 6 | EVA: 3 | FREEZE: 1 | REC: 2 | LD: 2

It might have taken them a few hours to reach the destination

"Sounds rough" he told her nonchalantly as the wind blew stronger "I've had a lot of PK encounters so vengeful peeps are easy to run into here in Aincrad" he added. As they reach higher altitude just to look for a skull, Crozeph just remembered the last time he was here two twin guardians attacked him. He grabbed the hilt of his katana and keeps his eyes and ears peeled "having a Morgana face sounds terrible, people look at you and think you're a schemer right away."

"Meh, if the person was a senseless husk you could've just let them rot but then I don't know a lot about the story. You would've saved a lot of time without someone like Princess breathing down your neck with her revenge tendeci-" and there it was. Crozeph heard something coming and much worse they were so near to the area too. "All right Dazzle, maybe you didn't encounter this one but I defeated twin guardians before I got to the monster, and they're strong too." He looked before him and saw a figure approaching, a tall woman holding a spear. Her features where more akin to a frozen undead yet still retaining the features of a maiden. "What no twin today?" he uttered to which the maiden quickly dashed forward aiming at Crozeph's neck.

There was a flash of crimson red and black and the Frozen Maiden went past Crozeph who already pushed Dazia out of the way. His katana was also already unsheathed. A faint malevolent aura came out of the sword and Crozeph turned his head to Dazia smiling "well she's stunned, go get a hit in" he said as he pointed at the staggering Frozen Maiden. The Frozen Maiden gave a look of rage at him and soon enough her body began crumbling, eyes full of fury "looks like your twin didn't survive" he told her before the maiden exploded into fragments. "Now let's get going, we might run into another one or the twin."

ID: 186311 BD: 7+4+1= [success] CD: 10 [+3 EN]
Keen triggered [+1 BD on next turn]
Fallen proc [+6 base damage]
Crozeph dealt 275 damage to Frozen Maiden

Crozeph | HP: 1150/1150 | EN: 106/106 | ACC: 4 | DMG: 19 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 45 I REC: 1 | BH: 30 | LD: 1 | FLN: 1
Dazia | HP: 640/640 | EN: 62/62 | DMG: 12 | MIT: 48 | ACC: 2 | EVA: 2

Frozen Maiden | HP: 0/200 | DMG: 60 [stunned]