Zuel

Zuel would return his hand to his side. "Thank you Rithe." Zuel would rise to his feet as he would get his jacket putting it one arm at a time. "Well I am sure you want to bath, I could use one too honestly. I think there is one down the hall if you want to take one. I will go get us something to eat alright? and be right back then we can decide what to do" Zuel would set out of the room and head to the market to pick up something to eat for them. Getting to the market Zuel would pick up something and begin to head back to the inn with bag full of food. Returning to the room Rithe wan't there assuming she had went to the bath as he would place the bag on the table taking it out and setting it out as he waited for her. He would lay on the bed as he waited for her resting his eyes for a second as he began to slowly drift to sleep. He struggled to keep himself awake as he just felt so tired all the time after coming here and wasn't able to sleep well.

After taking his break Zuel would press on into the Cavern there was light above the sandy ceiling that would seeping through so he could see ahead of him. He went down a dark corridor that was leading to a larger room as there was a room for of sand veins as Zuel looked around. Am I going to need to mine these all? There has to be a way to tell which one will have it. With no other option Zuel had to just start one by one. Zuel would strike down gently on the ore vein causing sand to break apart to reveal what was inside the ore vain as it could be seen shining through the outer vein. Zuel continued to chip away at the sand to try to preserve the ore inside. After hitting it a couple of more times the vein would be completely depleted and Zuel would begin to sift through the sand hoping to find ore that he could use. The first one proved to yield nothing as Zuel looked around at the many Veins he was going to have to get through.

Venturing deeper into the sandy cavern Zuel noticed a bunch of writings on the walls almost as they were placed there by the floor designer. They were pictures of players fighting a giant snake like creature and defeating it being rewarded a crystal. It was almost like what he went through with Avalanche and the Sand Shark as well coming to this cavern. I wonder if I will find another crystal like in the ice cavern. Zuel would enter an open area seeing more sand veins as he got his axe pick ready. Walking up to one of the sand veins Zuel would strike down gently on the ore vein causing sand to break apart to reveal what was inside the ore vain as it could be seen shining through the outer vein. Zuel continued to chip away at the sand to try to preserve the ore inside. After hitting it a couple of more times the vein would be completely depleted and Zuel would begin to sift through the sand hoping to find ore that he could use. Once again he was unable to obtain the fixture he needed to press on. He decided to take a quick break drinking from his container before going deeper.

Zuel would notice as he walked that the cavern was filled with veins but there weren't like any he had seen before but the seemed a bit familiar to the ice cavern he entered on the last floor. Entering the a main room he saw a pedestal that was identical to the one in the ice cavern he visited with the same space on it allowing something to be placed there. It is just like the last caver. Are they connected? Knowing it was like last time Zuel decided he was going to need to mine for the piece as he noticed a nearby sand vein. . Walking up to one of the sand veins Zuel would strike down gently on the ore vein causing sand to break apart to reveal what was inside the ore vain as it could be seen shining through the outer vein. Zuel continued to chip away at the sand to try to preserve the ore inside. After hitting it a couple of more times the vein would be completely depleted and Zuel would begin to sift through the sand hoping to find ore that he could use. Zuel was unable to find anything that fit the description that he was looking for and decided to venture deeper hoping the vein was somewhere there.

With the Sand Shark defeated Zuel would receive a confirmation screen for the loot form the boss. Hitting accept Zuel is reward with the alchemic concoction that was promised from killing the boss as he would place it in his inventory for a later use. Zuel would dust himself off as he had gotten sand everywhere on him as he began to walk away as the earth behind him would begin to rumble causing him to sink into the sand. Zuel would struggle to stay up but it was no use it seemed there was now way to stop himself from sinking as he fell through the sand. He would dust himself off again as he was in a dim lit cavern underneath the sand that had many paths. It seemed that he was going to have to navigate through these caverns if he wanted to get out and back to the surface again. He would look at each path feeling a bit of a draft coming from one as he determined that would be the best corse of action following the path onwards into the unknown.

Zuel noticed and watched as she seemed to be acting a bit more normal I mean she was a teenage girl after all so maybe it was normal. She suddenly would appear next to him as she attempted to button his shirt. Zuel hadn't even noticed from all the excitement from waking up but he didn't see anything wrong with it as he would give her a nod allowing her to button his shirt for him. She was close, very close to him Zuel was able to smell her girly sent while she was near him it was something he never really had a chance to experience missing out a lot on making friends with girls like this while he was serving in the military in the real world. He would pat her head as a thank you. "You would be the perfect daughter if I ever wanted kids" He would chuckle lightly at the thought as he would lay back on the bed once she was finished as he hadn't really been sleeping well so he still seemed pretty tired especially from what has been happening. "So have you decided what you want to do today?" He would ask looking over to her as she was still sitting on the edge of the bed.

Zuel would smile lightly laughing at the situation as he was not able to move. “It’s alright Rithe I understand.” He would get up giving her a hand to her feet as he would lightly stretch his arms after being so stiff before sitting back on the bed in front of her. “You seem pretty well rested... uh how are you feeling? Any... different?” He would inspect her a bit to see if maybe her personality went back to normal after a good nights sleep. Zuel was trying to make some understanding of what had happen. Maybe going through so many different experiences so quickly effected her personality. Whatever the case Zuel was just relieved she wasn’t trying to hit him anymore. “So what would you like to do today? I think we could still use a good break before heading back to the field.” Zuel wasn’t really sure what to do in this situation so he just thought he would go with what ever Rithe wanted to do. Zuel shirt was a mess as it had become unbuttoned a bit from the top exposing most of his chest. His hair was a bit messy as some of his strands would cover part of his face. He would run his hand through his hair to fix it but it would fall back into the front of his face a bit. “We can do what ever you want today. Just  tell me.” Zuel would give her a warm smile as he was being genuine with her. 

Zuel would sigh in relief as he would watch as she would head back to her bed. Finally able to close his eyes and start dozing off now that things had calmed down a bit. He would place his hands behind his head for support as he would end up falling asleep. Having heard a noise he would sleepishly open his eyes as he would see Rithe up and about but she would say something that he didn't really hear because he had been so tired from the ordeal. Falling back to sleep Zuel wouldn't evennotice Rithe at all coming onto his bed pretty knocked out himself. As morning drew near he would slowly open his eyes as the sun would shine in through their inn room waking Zuel up to find RIthe latched onto him as it made it impossible for him to move himself. He would lean up as much as he could looking down as the sleeping girl. Why is she clingy on to me like this? Did she sleep here like that all night? Zuel would attempt to wake RIthe up by shaking her a bit as he couldn't move otherwise. "Rithe wake up! What are you doing in my bed?" Zuel was very confused about the situation as he thought after the night things would return to normal but it would appear that it had only escalated even further. "Rithe!" He would try to wake her up again with another shake.

Zuel would notice that she had been staring at him for a very long time and in a way that she hadn't before. He was a bit confused but still relieved at the same time and sat there as he waited for her to return to her bed. Even after she had agreed that they should go to sleep Rithe would still sit next to him on his bed as he wasn't sure what to do in this situation. "Well if we are going to sleep you should probably head back to your bed so you can be comfortable." Zuel would motion to her bed but I don't think she even noticed as she was still looking at him. He would rub the back of his head looking away for a second before looking back to her. "Well, I am pretty tired from today so I think I am going to sleep and get some rest. Goodnight Rithe." Zuel would lay down onto his back laying a bit away from where they had been sitting hoping that him laying down would give Rithe the hint that she should go lay down on her bed and get some rest as he would turn on his side away from her. He would glance over his shoulder to still see her sitting there as he would turn onto his back looking at her. What is going on? "Is something wrong Rithe? How come you won't go back to your bed?" He thought maybe being direct with her would give him some sort of answer of what was happening with her.

Zuel felt his hand be pushed against as Rithe would suddenly lean into him as he would look at her curiously. What has gotten into her all of a sudden? Zuel's heartbeat was normal as he was trying to figure out what was going through her head. "Listen Rithe I am fine really I am more worried about you." He would put his hands on her shoulders trying to pry her off a bit so he could look at her properly as it took some force to get her a couple of inches off him. "I think maybe you should try and get some rest, I am sure you will feel better in the morning." Zuel was just guessing not really knowing what was truly going on with Rithe. He would look at her face as she was smiling and seemed genuinely happy about something as he would smile back at her. "What is it? How come you are smiling at me like that?" Zuel hadn't noticed that this young girl had gotten so close to him on his bed over all that has happen and didn't see Rithe like that until she started acting like this. Maybe she is affected by some sort of debuff? Still partied with her to check her status she was perfectly fine not giving him any answers unless she would tell him what was going on. "How about we try to sleep?"

Zuel would look at her a bit suspiciously as she was giving him a much different look than she had before, although it was much better than when she had been staring at him with intent to kill him. He gave a slight laugh at her remarks about being worried about his side. "Its fine Rithe I am alrigh..." Before he could finish his sentence Rithe had already gotten closer to her trying to bandage the wounds. "Rithe I am okay really you know I am not actually hurt since we are in a city." She could hear her saying something but couldn't make out what she was saying as he leaned in to try to hear her. "What are you saying? Your face is red are you feeling alright?" He would place his hand on her head and give her a slight pat to try and calm her down. "You don't have to worry about me try and get some sleep alright Rithe?" She was acting strange again like before but was closer to how she usually was so maybe she just needed to sleep.

Zuel would loosen his grip on her as he would catch her and use a little strength to keep her up as he held her. He would give her a light smile as it seemed that she had came to her senses a bit. He would pat her head relieved that she wasn't trying to attack him anymore. "Sorry if that was ...inappropriate, but I wasn't sure what else to do." Zuel would look to her and then to her legs as it didn't seem like she could walk. "Can you walk?" Zuel with little options would pick her as he would begin to carry her back to the inn as they did still have the room. Wanting her to get some rest to calm down he would lay her down on the bed. As he would take his jacket off placing it on the chair turning back to her. "You should try to get some rest and we can talk about it tomorrow alright?" Zuel would hold his side a bit as he could still feel the kick she had given him before. "You really gained the martial arts trait haven't you. You really gave me quite a hit there." Zuel would sit on his bed as he would give her a smile.

Completely caught off guard by Rithe's sudden attack Zuel would stumble back from her kick feeling the pain but taking no damage from the safe zone as he would hold his side watching as Rithe began to walk away. Zuel would straighten himself out as he would continue to try to snap her out of it. "Listen to me Rithe, I don't know what happened to you but you have to snap out of it." Zuel would block Rithe's path so she couldn't get around him. "Are you honestly planning on fighting me? After all we have been through?" I don't know how to get through to her. "You have become important to me and I don't want to lose you like this." Zuel would take another step closer to her trying to reason with her. Not really knowing what else to do he walks over to her hugging her and embracing himself for any punches and kicks she may try to inflict on him while he holds onto her. 

Zuel was close to victory, having already cut the Sand Sharks health to red health. The boss would continue to swim under the sand trying to stay hidden to protect itself knowing it is close to death but Zuel wasn't going to give it the chance as he began to rush toward him again his sword in his hand. It was difficult to run in the sand but Zuel had run on much more dangerous terrain in his days of service. The sand shark was quicker than he was but Zuel studied it patterns and began to cut it off as he began to attack. The boss now within attack range of Zuel had no choice to launch an attack of its own. Zuel would launch into the air as he would drive his sword into the mouth of the shark as its tooth would scrape Zuel's armor causing it be effected by the thorns as the Boss health bar would reach 0 causing it to glow bright before shattering into white pieces and disappearing into nothing. Zuel had once again solo'd a floor boss, although this one may have been a bit tougher he was still able to handle it with ease. 

Zuel considering his options again thinks about Rithe's saftey first and grits his teeth entering the building. Once inside he would watch as Rithe would completely lost control and attempt to interrogate Dez even going as far as threatening him. He would step in her path blocking the door so she couldn't leave. "Rithe look at yourself, what has gotten into you?" Zuel's face would be stern and serious not moving an inch. "If you plan on leaving leave the kid behind." Seeing the frustration in Rithe's eyes she immediately slams Dez into wall as it knocked him out. Zuel would shake his head as he would give her room to get passed him but followed her out. "Rithe can you just wait a second and talk to me. What is going on with you?" Zuel would be tired of being ignored by her as he would reach out grabbing her wrist and forcing her to look at him.  His deep - set piecing eyes looking right into hers as he had a serious tone.

Zuel's eyes would widen again from being surprised at Rithe's sudden change in personality. It is like she had become a completely different person and Zuel wasn't sure how he should handle the situation. Did the experience at the lake traumatize her or did it maybe it brought out something that she was hiding. Regardless of what has happened Zuel couldn't just let her go after such a dangerous player alone when he would probably be with other players like him as well. Zuel would quickly chase after her after collecting his thoughts but she had already had a decent head start on him. Zuel would begin to check around the town to see if anyone had seen her getting the information that she had headed down to the more run down part of the town of beginnings. Zuel would run down a series of allys until reaching a hideout that fit the description that he got from the players in town. It could be dangerous to go in, Even if Rithe is in there, there is a chance we won't make it out alive. Is this girl really worth it? Zuel was conflicted with his new friendship with the young girl as he decided that he needed to follow her.

After sending the Sand Shark flying it became clear to Zuel that he was greatly above the recommended level for this quest as the Boss' HP would instantly drop less than half and appear yellow to him. I wasn't expecting that sword skill to do so much damage. The Sand Shark would continue to hide behind the sand only allowing its fin to be shown above it as if it was a shark in water. It would circle the area a bit more weary of Zuel now after taking massive damage from him. However it was still a boss mob and decided to jump from dune to dune until it was within range of Zuel. Zuel would prepare himself for the sharks attack as it leaped out of the sand right for him. Zuel would jump into the air as well as they would both pass each other, Zuel slashing through with his sword to the side of the boss and the Sand Shark giant tooth would cut Zuel's shoulder with a powerful attack but hurting itself in the process. Zuel would land holding his arm as he held his sword in the other, the Sand Shark land painfully onto the sand, being forced back underground as its health bar was now in the red. 

As the sandstorm would pick up you could feel the tension in the air as all was calm despite the fact there was a monstrous sand shark lurking around while a storm was around. Zuel waited for his moment as the shark was going through its determined path, right until he was close enough for him to attack. Zuel would rush forward his sword in hand as the Sand Shark would notice him immediately as it decided to rush at Zuel as well. Zuel didn't back down as he knew that if he was going to land an attack it was going to have to be while the Shark was attacking as well. Zuel would prepare his most powerful sword skill Astral Hell as the Sand Shark would jump out ready to bite down hard on Zuel. Zuel's Astral Hell sword skill would go off hitting the Sand Shark with a powerful multi-hit sword art that chains three sweeping strokes with four deft thrusts at varying points. The Sand Shark would be sent flying backwards completely cancelling its attack as it would take massive damage. The Sand Shark hit the ground hard sliding across the sand causing dust to pick up as it did causing the boss to retreat back into the sand. 

Zuel become a bit relieved for a second as her hand would touch his before throwing it aside. Zuel eyes would widen a bit as she would become a bit hostile toward him for seemingly no reason. Zuel could immediately tell the difference in Rithe's personality as something has definitely changed from the attack. "Rithe I know you are angry but you can't think rashly, we have to think carefully. Even I almost lost my temper back there as well so I know how you feel." Zuel tried to get through to her as she gave him a cold look not recognizing the person that was looking back at him. The day already became night as the moon and the lights from the outside would seem through the window barely illuminating the room. Zuel would sit staring at her for some time before giving her a weak smile. He attempted to pat her head as he always did to try and calm her down, reaching his hand out. "Everything is okay now Rithe."

Trying to be a bit cautious, Zuel would inch closer and closer not knowing entirely where its aggro range would be and engage the boss. The sand shark was staying in a fixed location jumping from dune to dune to travel around the sand occasionally swimming in it almost like it was water. It seems it follows a fixed path, It probably won't engage unless I get any closer than this. Zuel would study the Sand Shark for a bit to formulate a strategy before engaging it. There was no one around the immediate area, npc or player. They must be avoiding the Sand Shark, It must be pretty tough. Having had easily deal with the Avalanche boss on the previous floor he should be able to handle this fight perfectly fine especially with his knew crafted glove that he made in his workshop. Zuel had managed to craft three perfect pieces of equipment for himself so he should be as strong as possible until reaching the level needed to tier 2. Decided it was best to hit it with a frontal attack so it didn't hide in the sand would be his best option as he drew his blade, ready for battle.

Zuel would awake suddenly as all he saw was Rithe wildly coughing as he would be a bit relieved that she had woken up but still a bit confused as she didn't seem to notice him there as he leaned in a bit closer to take a look at her. "Rithe?" He would try to put himself in her field of vision to see if she was okay. She looked almost like she was auto pilot not really focusing on anything but where she was staring at. "Rithe are you okay?" Zuel would place his hand on her shoulder to try and snap her out of it. Zuel wasn't really sure what was going on since her HP was full he was sure that she should perfectly fine. Maybe the whole experience scared her a bit. Still getting no response Zuel would shake her a bit more trying once again to snap her out of it not sure what else to do seeing as her character had no abnormal status effects to give him any cause for worry. With little options left Zuel just waited patiently as he watched over Rithe until she recovered a bit more. 

Name: High General's Gauntlets
Your Profession: Blacksmith
Your Rank: 3
Roll ID: 107149
Roll Result: 12
Item Type: Heavy Armor (Gauntlets)
Tier: 1
Quality: Perfect
Enhancements: Thorns +2 / Heavy Momentum +1
Description: Powerful gauntlets with a slick design however it was made with Zuel's signature style of obsidian ore as well as lava forged. He temper the armor as long as he would a weapon giving it a more sturdy finish. It would have obsidian plating protecting most of his arm and hand. 

Still wanting to create a perfect tier 1 armor gloves would head back to his workshop and get everything prepared for the day. He had collected a lot more materials from his last mission so he was sure this time he would be able to get what he needed. Having reached rank 3 in blacksmithing he was pretty much set for the gear he wanted to craft for awhile.  It was time to try again to create that perfect armor gloves. Zuel would enter his workshop and begin lighting the forge to heat it up. He would heat it up quickly as Zuel prepared his first material heating it up in the forge until it was glowing bright. After turning the material he would pull it out and place it on his anvil and begin hammering away at the molten glowing ore. As he hit it with his blacksmithing hammer he would begin to shape the object as it would begin to form the more he hit it. With one final hit the object began to turn into a weapon hoping it would be a success. To Zuels surprise he would crate the Gauntlets is one try and they were perfect as well! His skills as a blacksmith really were improving as he would level up!

First Craft

After waiting quite sometime it didn't look like anyone was interested in trying to take on the field boss. It seemed like most people on the floor were scared of it and didn't want to to leave the comfort of the town. Zuel with no other option decided he was going to need to go it alone again as he gathered his things and set out for the edge of the city. There was a huge gate that was made of stone they used to protect from the harsh storms throughout the floor. Zuel would venture out immediately getting bombarded with heavy sandstorms making it a bit difficult to see what was ahead of him but continued to press on. Eventually Zuel would make it to the sand dunes where the boss was supposedly supposed to spawn as he cautiously looked around as in the distance he could see something. It was a shark like fin peeking above the sand moving at very high speeds as the Sand Shark would jump from dune to dune. This must be the boss. Zuel drew his blade and prepared for his toughest fight yet.

Zuel would wait a bit before deciding he needed to do something as Rithe's health bar was depleting quickly. Zuel would pull out a health potion and use it on her watching her health bar slowly recover but wasn't sure how it would react on her. Zuel didn't think it would safe to leave her here while that guy might still be around so he would lift her up and rush her back to the inn. Getting to the room he would lay Rithe on the bed giving her another Health potion as he health would slowly continue to recover but she still wasn't waking up. Maybe it is something else keeping her unconscious. Zuel would pull a chair by the side of the bed as he would sit there waiting for something to happen not sure what else to do as he would wait for some time as it would turn to night time. Zuel would lay his head on the bed next to her falling asleep not being able to stay up any longer from waiting and worrying about her but feeling a bit relieved that her health bar wasn't in the red anymore.