Gryas

Gryas walked over to where Vigilon was inspecting the chest, it was exciting finding such a treasure in a place like this. "Of course I am happy for you to open it, Good luck!" Gryas cheered Vigilon with a friendly slap on the back. He then crouched down and accessed his inventory, retrieving the crafting tools that he had purchased the week before and laying them on the ground in front of him. He then took out one of the materials he had found earlier and placed it inside the mortar and pestle. "I am going to have a crack at this while you look into our chest situation." Gryas said with a bit of earnest to give alchemy a go. He was not too sure what he was doing but he began to grind the material up with his tools. The item began to glow and then change shape, forming into a slender glass bottle with gold twisted trim on the neck and a deep blood red liquid inside. It looked magnificent and he knew that his first attempt had produced an incredible result. Tapping the potion a description popped up on from of him, called the Life Potion. "Hey Vigilon, I think I did it! Hopefully you have as much luck!" Gryas said triumphantly.

ID# 85767 results:   Battle: 4   Craft: 11+1 (Perfect Item)   Loot: 7   MOB: 7

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85733:  Battle: 9 (crit)   Craft: 11   Loot: 14    MOB: 9+4 (Pack Tactics) = 13 (crit)

To join a guild... Gryas was not against the idea, and their purpose to help other players was one that Gryas supported as well. There was a few questions that he first wanted to ask about it but he was definitely interested. "That's a very tempting offer Stryder. First though I would like to know a bit more about it though, I have not looked into guilds too much and would like to know what your guild rules are? And what are you called?" Gryas asked as he un equipped his weapon and began to relax a bit more after the combat. He was also curious about this Atzo that Stryder kept talking about. It was odd that the head of a guild would just up and disappear without its members knowledge or ability to find or contact him and it also raised a few questions about the guild itself. Gryas felt it best not to ask about that at this point though as it seemed to be a sensitive subject and even asking it with good intentions he would probably mess the delivery up and not come out as he intended.

Gryas kept searching around the group of bushes that he had found the first material in and agreed with Vigilon. "That's probably a good idea, if I botch the potion up I don't think it will count." It didn't take too long before he managed to find another material, it helped that he now knew what to look for so hopefully two of them would be enough to complete the quest. He figured that he would have a crack at making a potion now, he had all the equipment he needed so nothing was stopping him from giving it a go while Vigilon kept looking around. "Did you want to keep searching Vigilon? I might try making a potion, and hey if I manage to make a second one you can have it as thanks for your help!" Gryas said, he was grateful now for the company as it made this task go by a little quicker and with a bit of friendly conversation.

ID# 85732 results:  Loot: 16

OOC: Hey do you want to search for a chest now and split the goodies? The new rules allow for a chest search every 20 posts.

Gryas was relaxing in the town center of the second floor watching the players move around on what ever business they had. He had been on the second floor for a little while now but had not really done anything on this floor yet, he basically had just wanted to get off the first floor and try and progress a bit as he had done most of the quests available on the first floor already. Looking at most of the people in the square it seemed that most of them were walking around in small groups already, looks like most have already made parties to get through the trials on this floor which was smart as it was dangerous to go alone. It made Gryas think that he should probably do the same, his usual partner had disappeared on some quest or another a couple of days ago and he hadn't seen her since so this was a good opportunity to maybe reach out and make some new companions. Only problem was Gryas had never really been good at that sort of thing, he tended to come off as a bit standoffish. As he was mid thought he heard someone just off to the side asking people if they wanted to join up for a quest, Gryas took this as a happy coincidence as it saved him from going out of his comfort zone asking people to join him and instead he could just offer his assistance. "Hello there, I hear you are looking for some help killing a boss? I find that I have no  plans for today myself so I would be happy to give some assistance. The names Gryas."  He said as he reached out a armor plated hand in greeting.

@Invious Out of Character: Sorry it took so long to reply, I have been really busy with work

A wolf broke Gryas out of his train of thought as it lunged forward. Gryas turned swiftly and in one smooth motion he cut a long gash along the wolfs side. Even though he didn't do much damage he knew that he had nailed the attack and felt a bit of satisfaction from the attack. The wolves retaliated and charged at him and Gryas was able to turn and take the hits on the shield reflecting some of the damage back on them. These wolves weren't a threat, they couldn't get through his damage mitigation that his armour provided so he was able to manipulate the battle as he saw fit. Taking a few swings at the wolves as they went by Gryas moved with them and tuned in to the rhythm of the battle. Gryas began thinking of his equipment and felt that if there was any upgrade he could use then accuracy would be it. It would give him the ability to keep generating hate from enemies so he could keep his friends safe.

The wolves managed to regain some tact and attacked him in unison with deadly coordination. They managed to once again get inside his defences and hit him in a way that he was not able to activate his thorns in retaliation to their attacks. Gryas stumbled backwards as their hits crashed into him, he got his sword ready and tried to counter attack one of the wolves but was not able to connect. Gryas shook of the attack, luckily they were not able to make it all the way through his mitigation and his health did not suffer at all that time, he sighed to himself as he began to think that this is what grinding must be like. Sure most other players could probably do this much faster with actually dealing high damage themselves but Gryas was able to do it safely, he was not at any risk of these wolves killing him.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85504:  Battle: 5 (miss)   Craft: 3   Loot: 17    MOB: 9+4 (Pack Tactics) = 9 (crit)

Gryas entered The Blazing Typhoon again and welcomed the now familiar warmth of the building which was warm due to the forge in the back. There were plenty of good on display as usual but he was not here to window shop today, Gryas was here to pick up his new equipment that would help him get his alchemy store up and running. "Hey Mac!" He called out as he entered. Gryas paused a moment as he was worried he might have been too informal just then shortening Macradon with just Mac. Gryas had never been too good with people, he was getting better, was now more comfortable with speaking with them and making new acquaintances but still he paused a moment to judge Macradon's reaction to his informal greeting.

"I hope I am not coming at a bad time! Just swinging by to pick up my order. Sorry I took so long, I was caught up in a quest that took me a bit away from the safe zone." Gryas said as he approached the front counter and waited for Macradon to retrieve his new tools.

Gryas followed Vigilon to the area he was speaking off, and it seemed pretty peaceful and with an abundance of different kind of plants rather then just the basic trees that you found through the forest. It was actually pretty nice to see so much color rather then the endless green of the plains or trees. As they walked something dawned on Gryas, he had not given Vigilon his name yet and was being rude that he didn't introduce himself when Vigilon had! Gryas was not really good at this whole socializing thing, he was not really comfortable around people but figured that that would have to change if he was going to try and get strong enough to help clear this game, on the front lines you had to work with other people and he would need to get used to that idea.

"The names Gryas by the way, hope I have not come off as rude, I am just not used to introducing myself." Gryas said to Vigilon. At the same time his little Frost Dragon flew up in to the air and started circling, searching for something. That made Gryas look around him self, making sure it was not anything dangerous sneaking up on them. He did not see any threats but he did happen to notice a small bush with berries throughout it. They looked like they might have some useful properties so he went over and picked a few. "Hey Vigilon I think I found what we are after!" He called out. "Ummm... You wouldn't happen to know what  we do now?" Gryas asked as he pulled out the alchemy set and the guide book which he began flicking through again.

ID# 85449 results:  Loot: 17 (Found T1 Mat)

Gryas watched the wolf he had seen for a moment and was deciding if he should attack or not when all of a sudden that decision was no longer one that he had the freedom to make as a second and third wolf came belting towards and hit him from both sides. They caught Gryas off guard and managed to sink a bit of damage through his mitigation. "[censored]!" Gryas swore under his breath as he turned to face the two new wolves and readied his sword. That however was a mistake as he had turned his back on the first wolf he had noticed. The next thing he knew he was stumbling forward and the wolf hit him square in the back and did a small amount of damage through his armor. It was not much damage but he was already only at half health going into this fight so he needed to be more careful.

Gryas turned in time to raise his shield again as he felt 2 large crashes batter into it, the wolves threw themselves at him several times but he managed to hold firm and mitigate all of the damage. They on the other hand exploded on his shield one after the other as they crashed into him, showering him in shards of crystalized light shards as their hit points reached zero. A pop up appeared in front of Gryas with his spoils from the fight.

Congratulations!

You have received the following loot!

2 x Tier 1 Crafting Materials

150 Col

Gryas took a deep breath and lowered his shield, relaxing slightly now that he had finally killed the wolves and looking around to make sure there weren't others prowling around. To his dismay he thought he saw movement through the trees ahead and raised his shield once more. Deciding whether to engage them or not Gryas waited a moment and weighed his options. He could not see the sky through the canopy so he was not sure how late it was but he knew it was not too late, probably just after noon.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85356:  Battle: 1 (miss)   Craft: 12   Loot: 15 (wolf 2)    MOB: 6+4 (Pack Tactics) = 10 (hit)

Wolf 2 Loot Roll - (ID# 85356:  Craft: 12   Loot: 15) = 2 x Tier 1 Crafting Materials

Wolf 3 Loot Roll - (ID# 85357:  Craft: 3   Loot: 18) = HP*5 Bonus Col (150)

Gryas ducked around a tree and took a swing at one of the wolves, barely missing it as it ducked under his attack and then charged in to hit him. Gryas put his shield up just in time and it crashed into it with sheer force and then exploded in another shower of sparks and light as the thorns lashed out at the wolf killing it. The other two wolves came in at him again and Gryas was able to shield himself from the wolves, hitting each one in turn with the thorns enhancement. Gryas threw the second wolf that attacked him into a tree and then moved into a battle stance and waited for their next attack. Both of the remaining wolves had very low health, if he could even land one or two more hits he could destroy both of these and then move on to the next group.

Congratulations!

You have received the following loot!

Unidentified Rare Consumable

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85355:  Battle: 4 (miss)   Craft: 5   Loot: 20 (wolf 1)   MOB: 5+4 (Pack Tactics) = 9 (hit)

Received Rare Consumable

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85354:  Battle: 3 (miss)   Craft: 3   Loot: 13   MOB: 8+4 (Pack Tactics) = 12 (hit)

The wolves organized themselves and managed to break through his defences again. That was frustrating, it seemed that these wolves were either very smart or very lucky because he had not been able to activate his thorns on any of their attacks so far. Still from 2 nasty critical attacks they had only done about ten percent of his max hit points so he wasn't too worried, it just meant the fight would take a little longer. Gryas went in for an attack himself but the blow was slightly off, cutting through the air above one of the wolves heads but nothing else. Moving faster Gryas moved through a few of the trees close to the entrance of the cave, he was interested in testing out a theory, if this cave respawned that treasure chest, and if it did was it based on number of mobs killed or based on time?

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85351:  Battle: 4 (miss)   Craft: 10   Loot: 3   MOB: 10 (Pack Tactics) = 10 (crit)

Gryas gave Vigilon a nod and a smile, extending his hand as he felt that that's the usual convention when someone introduces themselves. "Well Vigilon, continuing sounds like a solid plan." Gryas began following the direction Vigilon and he were heading before the boars attacked. "So not much further until we reach this place?" Gryas was getting the itch to dive into alchemy already, he wanted to have something to study, something to set his mind to. He decided while he walked to start examine some of the flowers and roots in the area but nothing seemed to have any alchemical properties that he could use. Hopefully once he gets his new equipment he would be able to farm enough materials to set up his alchemy store and begin selling healing potions and other useful things. True he didn't know much about how to do it yet but he figured the knowledge would come with practice and he would understand how to do it once he unlocked the actual profession itself.

Gryas walked over to Zanne and offered her a hand to help get up. "Well done!" He said with a smile, it was their first real worthwhile monster that they had both defeated and he felt a real sense or pride and accomplishment in the two of them. Stryder was walking up to them and congratulated them both on their efforts then asked a question that Gryas had spent some time thinking about. "Iv got something to ask you two, whats your position on Guilds?"

Gryas considered the question for a short moment, he had always liked the idea of making a guild with the intent of bringing people that had a willingness to fight and also to help others. Being alone in this world was dangerous and a guild was an excellent way to bring people together. "I am partial to the idea for several reasons, I don't think I would go too long before I started seeking one out or made one myself as I think it is a good way to progress in this world."

He was beginning to find it easier to talk comfortably around Stryder, he probably still came off as a little stiff but old habits die hard. This was a new world, he could move on and be a better person for it, not needing to shut people out anymore.

Almost as if the wolves had put all their efforts into the last attack they seemed to put next to none in the current one, he couldn't even get hit even if he wanted to! Gryas for some reason even against enemies so week could not just let them hit him, his instincts kicked in to bring his shield up, to move in ways to deflect attacks off his armour, he just naturally avoided these attacks as they came for him. Turning as one of the wolves lunged forward Gryas took a casual swing and cut a small gash up the wolves side as it sailed past him. The wolf's hit points moved down a real pitiful amount, he barely scratched it but that didn't matter, he didn't need to remind himself anymore, he just accepted that he wasn't meant to do any damage with his weapon and in fact once they moved on from the first floor he doubted he would be doing much solo hunting like this in the future. These low level mobs were easy for his current build but monsters would quickly out damage and have too much HP for this gear to handle.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85292:  Battle: 8 (hit)   Craft: 6   Loot: 16   MOB: 1+4 (Pack Tactics) = 1 (crit miss)

He fiddled with the lock on the front for a short amount of time and then noticed that it was actually pretty shoddy. Picking up one of the larger bones in the area he gave the lock a rather loud CRACK and it snapped free. Filled with anticipation Gryas opened up the lid and then a noise chimed in his ears and a notification popped up.

Congratulations!

You have received the following loot!

75 Col

3 x Tier 1 Crafting Materials

2 x Unidentified Rare Consumables

Gryas jumped a little in the air in celebration. Checking his inventory examined all of his loot gathered so far and was pretty pleased with himself. He kind of felt that he needed a little more though so he decided to make his way back to a safe area and regenerate a bit more health before he came back and tried his luck once more. Gryas made his way out to the front of the cave and his hand went back to his One-Handed Straight Sword. There standing in front of him were 3 wolves, snarling and prowling in the trees. They clearly wanted to defend their home.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1,   HP: 36/60

ID# 85290:  Battle: 8  Craft: 9   Loot: 8 (Loot obtained)   MOB: 5

[8-11] = (Floor * 75)=75 Col, (3) mats, 2x rare consumables

While Gryas was catching his breath he noticed something off to the side, it looked like a small cave. Gryas looked at his health, he had regenerated enough to get him out of the red so he decided to go check what exactly this cave was. Gryas made his way closer, peering in he saw that it was a small hollowed out cave that did not go too far. It seemed to be a wolf den. "Well makes sense why so many wolves spawned here so quickly!" Gryas said to himself as he decided to push onwards and check the cave out. He just killed the last batch of wolves so hopefully that would give him enough time to check this out and be on his way before more spawned. Looking inside he could see a pile of bones of in one corner, something however was poking out of the side of the bones. Deciding to investigate Gryas walked up to it. The bones themselves were made to look human but Gryas knew that this was just part of the cave graphics. Brushing several bones aside Gryas saw what was hidden under them, a chest! He had never found one of these before and his excitement caught up inside himself as he tried to figure out how to open the thing.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1,   HP: 26/60

ID# 85287:  Battle: 4  Craft: 9   Loot: 15 (Chest Found!)   MOB: 5

It was done. The last wolf just exploded on Gryas's shield as they threw themselves one after another at his defence. Luckily for him their last attacks weren't even strong enough to get through his damage mitigation. He now needed to rest and recover his Hit Points. This time rather then waiting in the forest he decided to make his way out into the plains and hillside to recover a little bit. He took a moment first though to look around and make sure that there weren't any more wolves near by, and decided to catch his breath up against a tree. Gryas pulled a HP pot out of his pack, looked at it and then decided otherwise, placing it back into his pack. He only had 5 of them and as long as he rested now he should be fine so long as he didn't get into any more combats.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85284:  Battle: 8 (hit)   Craft: 7   Loot: 9 (wolf 2)   MOB: 4+4 (Pack Tactics) = 8 (hit)

Wolf 2 Loot Roll - (ID# 85284:  Craft: 7   Loot: 9) = 1 x Tier 1 Crafting Material

Wolf 3 Loot Roll - (ID# 85285:  Craft: 2   Loot: 5) = Nothing

Wolf 4 Loot Roll - (ID# 85286:  Craft: 1   Loot: 10) = 60 Col (HP 30 x 2 Bonus)

The wolves began to pull back a bit and gave Gryas some breathing room. He composed himself and readied his shield once more for the next wave of attacks. He didn't want to give them the opportunity to hit him again like they had before. Focusing on defence a little more now he wanted just a bit of time to assess how he should proceed. Gryas kept them all at bay using both his shield and his sword to parry attacks that came through, this however did not give him much of a chance to turn his focus to the attack as the wolves just didn't stop attacking him. One thing that Gryas was reassured with in this game was that it was all programmed. These monsters could only do so much damage to him in each attack and he figured that so long as they didn't critical strike again his armour should hold.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85283:  Battle: 2 (miss)   Craft: 12   Loot: 15   MOB: 1+4 (Pack Tactics) = 1 (miss)

Gryas got hit again but this time to his relief one of the wolves, the one that he had scored a critical hit on earlier in the fight, exploded as it crashed into his shield and showered him in sparks of light. The other 3 however darted around him and kept attacking. So long as there were only 3 of them he could manage that he felt. His armour seemed to protect him from most of the damage that the 4 of them could do so with one less hopefully he could mitigate all of it. A pop up appeared in his screen that he ignored for now, mindlessly clicking accept on the notification and dismissing it. He caught what it said, 1 x Tier 1 Material. That was just fine with him, he would need plenty of them. Gryas readied himself for the next wave of attacks, he tried to not pay attention to his health bar as it was now in the red and he was in true danger. So long as he finished this combat now he was fine, if it dragged on though.. It could take a turn for the worst.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85282:  Battle: 4 (miss)   Craft: 5   Loot: 8 (Wolf 1)   MOB: 6+4 (Pack Tactics) = 10 (hit)

Wolf (1) Loot = 1 x T1 Crafting Material

These wolves seemed a lot more aggressive then the ones he had just fought. They attacked relentlessly one after another, it got to the point where he couldn't ever raise his shield in time to defend from the multiple angles. They began to tear at his armour but luckily it held together. He couldn't say the same for his HP bar as he saw it begin to drop to a dangerous level. He needed to heal, and he needed to do it before he dropped any lower. This was the lowest Gryas had ever seen his health drop before and he began to worry that this was a bad idea. He just hoped that the wolves would stop critical striking him, they weren't even taking damage during these attacks so it was becoming very dangerous as they were no closer to death then he was to safety. The next few moments meant life and death for him so he decided to fight and fight hard, he wouldn't die here.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85281:  Battle: 6 (hit)   Craft: 2   Loot: 4   MOB: 9+4 (Pack Tactics) = 9 (crit)

This time when the wolves charged in Gryas was ready, he crouched low and swung at the legs of one of the attacking wolves, cutting them from beneath it. It crashed to the side but managed to get back up on its feet, circled and then came in a second time. Gryas could see the other wolves attacking so he adopted a defensive position and held his shield ready. He felt them bash into it one after another as he turned his shield to face each of the attacks. Some damage was able to go through but he was able to dish out more damage with his thorns. Each of the wolves HP bars dropped to about half as they retreated briefly and began to circle once more. The past of this combat was a lot faster then the last one, hell they dropped him by a heap of HP just on their first attack but Gryas now had his prey on the ropes.

1 Base Damage,   30 Damage Mitigation,  Thorns 2 (14 dam on attack),  Taunt +1

ID# 85279:  Battle: 9 (crit)   Craft: 7   Loot: 9   MOB: 6+4 (Pack Tactics) = 10 (hit)