Titan

Dreams were so bizarre. It hadn't taken the man more than twenty second to fall into a quick slumber while in the avatar world, some might even say it was Titan's hidden skill to fall asleep absolutely anywhere in the shortest amount of time. Titan was himself, but the him he was back in the real world. Ren Tanaka, strikingly similar to Titan's avatar expect having brunette hair had been at his family's childhood home watching television. It seemed to be a clever game of celebrities chasing after one another, Ren simply alone watching with a bowl of popcorn in his lap. It then included his Mother, sitting so nicely in the corner on the floor until his whole family seemed to be there in a cacophonous roar of laughter with them all standing with victory poses in their hands. 

But then, they began to grow and Titan began to shrink as if he was being pulled further away from wherever his family had been. 

TITAN REGAINS ( 1 ) ENERGY.
TITAN REGAINS ( 10 ) HEALTH.

Titan knew it'd probably be for the best to rest, just in case another boar pup decided it wanted to attack and the man wouldn't have enough time to sneak away with such low energy. So, while everything seemed to be in the clear, Titan gripped onto the nearest tree branch and pulled himself onto the branch to relax for a little bit. Sure, it was a little unorthodox but as long as these damn pups couldn't climb, they would be absolutely safe.

Spreading his legs out slightly, Titan decided he would close his eyes for now, just for a moment while his health and energy regained. He hadn't been sleeping as much as he was used to from before the adventurers. Perhaps, a nap was the best thing for now. It seemed as though Titan slipped into sleep in the embrace of a low-hanging branch for now with his weapon resting in his lap as Titan did the best he could to relax and also not trying to move and throw off the balance of the tree. Whatever he was doing seemed to be working. 

TITAN REGAINS ( 1 ) ENERGY.
TITAN REGAINS ( 10 ) HEALTH.

" Sorry to do this. " Titan apologized, it was the perfect set-up. As the pup attempted to pull itself out of the tree, the player readied himself with a pierce sword art and as he did the shimmering blues returned to the tip of the man's spear. It was quick and painless, Titan thrust directly into the boar's chest and in an instant it seemed as though the pup's health dropped to zero and the animal's loot box appeared once again. This was becoming bread and butter to Titan, wiping his mouth with the back of his sleeve as he accepted the second boar pup tusk from the enemy and the six easter eggs he was also able to loot.

But now, he was at 1 energy. It'd take him a bit to recover, right? He wasn't sure if it was worth just chancing it with low energy or take the time to rest back up to full. His eyes peered around for another boar, nervous he'd get attacked while deciding what to do. 

Boar Pup Tusks Found: 2/3

Wild Boar Pup #3 Spawn

Titan's Stats

Dice Roll ( +1 to BD Roll with +1 ACC )

Loot Dice Roll

Easter Eggs

He'd be consistently showed up by these Boars and that was fine, Titan knew it'd take more than ambition and desire to climb the ladder and rise to the front lines. It'd take dedication, a little bit of luck and preservation in times of strife. The weeds were monotonous, sure, but these battles felt disjointed. His spear still hadn't been quite what he needed it to be and despite having the bonuses, it wasn't doing enough and his energy already dipped to two. What happened if it ended up at zero, would it cause the man to keel over in exhaustion? It wasn't something he wanted to see at all.

Titan readied a basic attack at the speedy boar, this time he would swing from above his head down at the enemy, a great slice against its face as a chunk of its health dipped while it missed Titan's frame and slammed into the tree trunk that Titan had been starting right in front of hoping for a moment like this. 

Boar Pup Tusks Found: 1/3

Wild Boar Pup #3 Spawn

Titan's Stats

Dice Roll ( +1 to BD Roll with +1 ACC )

It was a weird sensation to feel healthy but be so utterly exhausted that it was hard to move. He knew it was a bad idea to hold off on resting a little bit but he wanted to finish this quest and showcase his skills as a combatant. However, it was a little embarrassing how the Pups were truly making him look like a fool in battle. It was mostly luck that propelled him forward, that and enough health to be able to take a bunch of hits from the pups. 

With those words another pup appeared, this time it seemed like the runt but moved with a quicker speed than the other two. It began to feel a bit more comfortable for the man, hand on the spear as he prepared a basic lunge attack against the pup. Until the damn boar sneaked behind one of the trees and charged forward with its tusks out, aimed for Titan's leg as he yelled as the ivory tooth sliced against Titan and chipped away slowly but surely from his health.

Boar Pup Tusks Found: 1/3

Wild Boar Pup #3 Spawn

Titan's Stats

Dice Roll ( +1 to BD Roll with +1 ACC )

It'd been about a week that Titan had reinvented himself from the terrorized man who was paralyzed by his own fear into someone filled with a motivation to do whatever he needed to help beat the game. Was this two year in the making? Perhaps, but it was quite the mighty fall for a man who seemingly had everything he could ever want. To be stuck, for who knows how long, petrified him into a status that he couldn’t break without the realization that perhaps those who tried would never succeed if the others simply waited for them to finish. Another hand meant another player and another number to successfully finish what they needed to, one floor at a time.

So, it felt quite kismet for Titan to be passing the bulletin board in the Town of Beginning and read the message that literally had been what he was asking for. Perhaps Cordelia was right, the front liners who seemed so scary could be like a family. Copying down the coordinates, Titan only wished he would’ve bought the fishing skill. Oh well, at least there would potentially be easter eggs for him to collect.

It took a few minutes, Titan brought his weapon and his vanity armor, it didn’t seem to do much but would show this person that he was serious about wanting to help.

The fishing hole seemed glorious as it opened to a beautiful lake and had a person sitting there casually with a fishing pole in hand.

“Hi,  I take it you’re Shield? ” His words were grounded, curious and interested as he continued forward to close the gap between the two of them. “ I’m Titan. I saw your message on the bulletin board. ” He gave the other a nod, not wanting to be too distracting from the man and his pole.  

TITAN'S INVENTORY

EASTER EGG

“ What peculiar coding. ” An off-handed comment as he nodded though at the other’s words, his mind still wasn’t even certain on the stats and what they did exactly. It had been all so overwhelming.

“ Yeah, we added each other on our friends list. It should be pretty easy to do, in my opinion. ” Titan wanted to have just a little more time with his information. Not that a misstep could kill but, there had been so much already figured out for a majority of them, why not just use what they had in front of them to help bolster and finetune the newbies even quicker.

“ Sure, this weekend sounds perfect. We can go around and pick up a bit more eggs. I wanted the time so maybe I can ask a couple of higher levels too. ” Eyes on the prize, Titan picked up another cluster of eggs. It seemed like Hinatao was truly a good luck charm. 

“ I’m level 4, so. I would say yes, you sound much more knowledgeable than I am. ” Perhaps she hadn’t been an expert in the grand scale of many of the other players in the game but, she was certainly leaps and bounds ahead of Titan’s understandings of things. Regardless of what she thought, he very grateful to have met her.

“ Ahh alright, got it. ” He was a bit surprised that they hadn’t had shields, it made the most sense. “ That’s really interesting, you’d think a shield would be what you needed to use the most. Perhaps I did this all wrong with the one-handed weapon and still should use two then. ” What was typically the most conventional way things happened, didn’t seem to be the same as what other people would do. He’d think about it, his next goal would be to find a damn tank who could help point him to the right area. “ I guess that would be enough too, huh. Yeah, if you could kinda just get some info on them, I’d appreciate it. ” His mind started to hurt with the start of a migraine, the game wasn’t as black and white as he once thought.

“ Well, in the case, seems like this is the place to be and that the frontline is where things feel more cohesive. I hope one day, whenever it is, I end up tanking whatever it is that’s in front of us trying to kill us. ” He nodded, a fist raising as he clenched it in support of his statement.

“ Just don’t tell me a time limit, might be a while from now. ” Scratching the back of his head as he shifted into his more joking and casual usual way of speaking. " Were you serious about helping me out with that familiar quest? " He wanted to do it but, he didn't want to force the girl to do something that she wasn't serious about. He wouldn't take the assistance if it wasn't genuine. 

Solei sounded a lot like Titan did in certain regards. He didn’t like handouts either, the man was used to working (what he assumed was hard) to get what he wanted but never truly realized that being who he was with his father and mother, already catapulted him leaps and bounds ahead of other people. Regardless, no matter where he started, Titan did put in his dues to prove that he deserved whatever it is that he received. “ I guess I’m so far behind too in knowing what exactly a boss raid is too. I heard murmurs but, what does that even look like. Do you know? ” His eyes took in the other’s radiance, the hard curves of his jaw but the softness in his eyes. He seemed incredibly calm and genuinely like a good person. “ Well, then it sounds like we’re gonna be best buddies throughout this then. We can do it together. Tank and Healer, what can go wrong, right? ” If they could find one other person as their DPS, the triangle would be completed.

He caught it, his gaze saw as Solei’s cheeks burned with flames, even if they were only for a single minute. “ So you’re an alchemist? I’ve been debating what I wanted to do for professions. It’s either Alchemist or Cook. If you make potions, I make have to be stuck in the kitchen. I had a knack for it back at home, maybe it translated over? ”

Titan nodded in understanding. “ I sold hotel rooms to groups. I don’t think any one of us is really ready for this? But, after you get over the shock of what’s going on. I genuinely don’t think we have a choice if we’re serious about getting back to our lives. Whatever they look like now… ” His voice trailed, cutting himself off from spiraling into the what ifs of reality.

“ Wait, you knew where the gypsy had been this whole time and you decided you didn’t want to do the quest? ” This girl sure was interesting. Titan winced slightly as he looked her over once again, curious if she was everything that she said that she was.

Titan gripped onto his one-handed assault spear, posturing himself and moving slightly to meet the mysterious voice that seemed to simply turn the corner of the forest corridor. “ I’m sorry, who are you? ” He was suspicious, the timing was too eerie for it to be accurate.

“ Honestly, I actually still have a few more things to do. I think, if you’ll be around, we’ll come and find you later, alright? ” He needed some distance still, time to process and think. She did seem like an NPC, she hadn’t had a cursor over her head.

“ Very well, I will see you as soon as you decide it’s time to tackle the challenge. ” Like the smoke, the gypsy simply took a few steps behind a tree and disappeared once again.

“ Sorry, kinda weird, don’t you think? Like she was waiting for us. ” Titan wanted to keep figuring out what to do with the familiars, but for now he eagerly looked for eggs as they continued.

“ Do you even know what kind of familiar you want? That in itself feels like it’d take some time to figure out. ” After discussing with Cordelia, he knew he needed to first talk with a tank to help figure out what he even should focus on in terms of stats.
 

The sweat on his brow beaded together, his free hand wiping it away out of reaction. This was hard, combat was not easy at all and his Regon's Tooth just didn't quite have the damage it needed to for these boar pups. He'd have to do more, figure out how to do enough to finish them. Luckily, his health still looked great as he continued forward. " That's it, I think it's time we pierce the boar. " Taking to his blade, Titan activated Pierce as the combat art as the blade was close to his chest, his elbow bent to give him enough momentum to slice deep into the pup.

The Wild Boar Pup seemed to have slow down slighty from the damage. Still quick, but a bit slower and what looked like a sore hoof as he compensated with his other legs. Titan bounced off with his knees, pushing himself forward and stabbing right into the pup with a pierce which immediately brought the beast from green health to dead. The pixels dispersing into the air as Titan glanced at the loot box that appeared and said the word nothing.

He blinked a few times, focusing himself to not feel defeated. This is what it meant to farm for materials and quest drops. 

Boar Pup Tusks Found: 1/3

Wild Boar Pup #2 Spawn

Titan's Stats

Dice Roll ( +1 to BD Roll with +1 ACC )

Loot Dice Roll

Easter Eggs

This time he would hit the damn wild boar pup, it was his destiny and he would manifest that this would not stop the momentum he was trying to build. Titan gripped even tighter on his one-handed spear, waiting to observe the boar pup's movements as Titan then decided to use the trees to his own benefit. Sneaking  behind one, rushing to a similar one next and poking his head out on occasion, it seemed as though his little silly maneuver seemed to have worked for,  a moment. He charged up a basic attack with the spear's hilt in his left hand while the tip of the spear began to glow with a brilliant azure light. It was quick but Titan stepped out of his cover in haste, nimble as he aimed the spear at the pup and it seemed as though Titan went flying as he slashed at the boar causing it to groan in great pain.

He just needed one more attack and he'd be able to defeat the pup, the slice bringing him lower but the health pool still in the green. 

Wild Boar Pup #2 Spawn

Titan's Stats

Dice Roll ( +1 to BD Roll with +1 ACC )

This time he was certain he would not fail, why? Mostly because the man was absurdly confident on his own abilities despite this being his very second wild encounter against a beast in the forests. The first seemed to happen so easy, that had to mean this would work well too, right?

Wrong! Titan decided to rush the boar this round, his feet moved him fairly quick and with haste but as he charged for another basic attack, the Wild Boar Pup turned its head at the last minute and ended up spinning its head to tear at Titan’s armor again, the hue of his sword disappearing by the attack. The boar ended up adapting and the adventure was a bit skewered anyways and wouldn’t be she’s doing it.

 “ What the hell! ” He yelled in protest, pissed off that perhaps it seemed as though what was simply supposed to be an easy quest was not ending up being so. Titan hunkered down, his energy might have been low but his health was still high and sturdy. It was far too early to give up quite yet. He would get this boar if it was the last thing he'd do. 

Wild Boar Pup #2 Spawn

Titan's Stats

Dice Roll ( +1 to BD Roll with +1 ACC )

A few breaths were taken, methodical and calming as Titan could feel the heartbeat pulsing through his neck finally settling back into its chest as his first rush of battle had been victorious. “ Good job, Regon’s Tooth. ” The name somehow came to him out of the ether of his mind as the adventurer settled into the seconds of calm that came after a battle knowing that there was still more combat to face.

And there the beast had been, fifteen feet away with its tusk curled and girthy wanting to make Titan a trophy mangled against its mighty tusks. He lunged in haste, the boar’s quick feet surprised Titan as he activated a basic attack, the sword glowed before he was struck once again in the chest and his own concentration disappeared in the process. Eyes quickly looked at his energy, it was fine but dipped by one every single snafu he had. “ Shoot. ” He spat out the irritation that bubbled within, reentering his focus for another attack on the pup that honestly, looked more adult than child.

Wild Boar Pup #2 Spawn

Titan's Stats

Dice Roll ( +1 to BD Roll with +1 ACC )

This was somewhat information overload, but Titan tried to do his best to understand and connect the pieces with terminology and phrasing that made his eyes cross. He hadn’t been too dull to understand but the tweaking of what he needed to do wasn’t something he had considered and perhaps it was something he should. He might’ve taken a misstep otherwise and, in this game, that just meant one step closer to death. “ S^&%, you really know your stuff. ” He took what he could consider and did so by thinking of how he needed mitigation. What Titan did know was that Mitigation removed damage being taken from an enemy. No-brainer, right? " I kinda took the one-handed weapon thinking I could get a shield to use as well, later on? Is that wrong? " He simply assumed shields existed in the game and could be used. He sat there a little dumb-founded and defeated. " Perhaps I should go talk to a tank, they could at least point me in the right direction. " Maybe Cordelia knew a tank that he could message for a brief lesson since he only knew her and that girl he met that was a blacksmith.

" Yeah, I don't want you to feel like you're my information broker. I just, this is really overwhelming. " Titan stumbled backwards toward a large stone, a thump as his avatar sat against it as he tried to really understand how complex everything seemed to be. " I value friendship and loyalty. You saving my life, everything really, means a lot to me. " With that, he was finished with thanking her over and over again.

" So tell me about yourself and your experience, did you have a kind front liner come barging in to save your life too? Is that cycle just cyclical. " It seemed like most people were nice and wanted to get out of the game as soon as possible. Perhaps after becoming high enough to help clear floors, this was the next best thing to bolster their crews and the potential for stronger and larger raids to take down these floor bosses. 

" Did he just equate me to Hitler? I don't know if you get an answer after that, Eito. I thought we were pals. " He gave the kid a somewhat stern look, deciding not to engage too much further with the clever kid with a mouth like fire. " I like you though, you're a spitfire. " That boy would grow up to be something incredible, he was absolutely certain.

" Please, don't apologize for him. A little inappropriate but man, I would've ended up laughing if I knew it wouldn't just goad him to continue teasing me. Funny little guy, Dad. " He prodded back too, the word Dad had been a bit surprising but he figured in due time would he learn more about what that meant exactly. 

" Twenty-One still sound impressive. Wrong idea already gotten, Solei. " His lips turned into a devilish smile, curious to learn more about this enigma that seemed to stand in front of him all flesh and bones. " I played World of Warcraft, tons of healers and tanks. In a game like this, I can't imagine not having any healers, but i'm sure it's hard to commit to considering what it means if you simply don't do enough damage. " Without a strong leader assuring people to do what was needed, he was certain they would all go dps or tank to ensure they had the best chances of surviving. 

" That's pretty admirable. Someone endlessly and positively devoted to taking care of other people. " Titan gazed towards Eito and then back at Solei, a wide-brim closed smile growing at the parallels. 

Titan couldn’t help but curse. He hadn’t realized that there were people out there who were in fact, bullying low levels and harassing them just because they could. Perhaps, he had just been too wrapped up in his own world to realize such injustices were happening. The tiny girl felt small, as if she wanted and needed assistance from these people. It also could mean that she had been training and manifesting herself to be a blazing queen in her own right, a mighty wielder of a dagger with dazzling onyx hair with every stab. They'd need to watch out because Hinatao could be the very person who took them all the way to the end. The world loved a good underdog story. " I'm so sorry, Hinatao. Please, message me if those jerks bother you again. I'm still fairly new and weak too but, people like that it's not worth paying them any mind. " The kicker was that Titan had been those bully on occasions, the world wasn't simply black and white. The grays exist in a story, everyone their own protagonist as they moved through life. 

" Huh, interesting. " He tapped his finger against his chin. " I've looked up a couple of the quests. I'm about to go finish the second introductory one soon. " He knew Cordelia had offered to help him find a familiar but, it'd probably be best to do it with someone a bit lower in level. " If you wanna collect a few more easter eggs here? We could always finish that up and then start looking for that gypsy woman. "

“ Thanks. ” He tossed his friends list box to the side once Cordelia added him to his list. Despite wanting to be proud of himself, he still couldn’t do literally anything to help the high levels he added. He would continue to climb on his own pace.

“Oh, sorry. I thought I heard him blurt something out… ” Was Titan losing his mind? He honestly might have been but the more he learned about familiars, the more he was very, very interested in an companion for this entire journey. He probably would have a better mental health space just by an animal companion being nearby. “ Ahhh. That’s pretty awesome. ” He racked his brain for a moment. “ I don’t look like much now but I want to be a tank for the front line, some day. I like birds too, a hawk or an eagle who could help with tanking would be what I’m looking for. Is there a specific familiar best for tanks? Mitigation is probably what I’d want to go with. ” He was surprised she was so open with information, it made Titan begin to trust her a lot more than he probably should’ve.

‘ Oh wow, a frontliner. ’ he thought. “ Sorry, I’m really a newb but, what level is frontliner? ” It meant he could focus on something, a goal of sorts to visualize. “ I’m super appreciative of you killing the boar and just sharing what you did. It helps me kinda figure out what to do next. I’ll make sure to pay back the kindness whenever I’m able to. ” Titan was fairly loyal and wouldn’t forget the favor Coredelia did by saving his life.

“ Haha. I mean, if you say so. ” He tosses the book into the forest as well, it seemed as though it probably wasn’t being as updated after all this time anyway.

“ That makes a lot of sense, honestly. ” He took the time to consider the pain, the naivety lost in climbing the floors and who they had turned into since beginning newbies in the Town of Beginning. He hadn’t seen too many player-owned shops but he also hadn’t been too eager in trying to find them since he had very little col to his name. Perhaps, if he had been just a smidge more perceptive, a lot more information would become easily accessible to the man who often considered himself to be observant. He hadn’t wanted to stare too much but her armor and weapons looked way too ornate and beautiful for her to be someone who wasn’t highly invested in finishing this game.

“ That’s pretty impressive, Lessa. Probably highly sought after for your armors. ” The more he surveyed the scene and understood a little more on who Lessa was, it was fairly evident that she was simply one of the elites and Titan was a pleb who was truly lucky to have accidentally bumped into her. “ The sword’s cool too. Seems like there’s a lot to this game than just slicing monsters. ” Titan was barely scratching the surface of the reality of actively playing Sword Art Online.

“ Yeah, I’ve asked a couple of people though but no one seems to know where the turn in for these quests are though. Do you happen to know? ” If he could get that information, he’d be so much closer to understanding what he could potentially do with the eggs he kept trying to pick up.

“ A stall, huh? ” Titan committed the information to memory and would continue to collect eggs until everything was said and done, hopefully he’d be able to get high enough to comfortably explore some of the higher floors later on. “ Here, let me add you. If I somehow find it, I’ll let you know where it is. ” The man opened up his system interface and brought up his friends list, inviting Cordelia to be his friend so that they could chat at any time.

“ Damn, that’s really intense. I never thought this game would have a feature like that. ” From now on, he’d have to keep an eye out for a gypsy NPC, he wasn’t even quite sure what he even wanted or what had been available. “ Damn a Cerberus and a boar? Can they all talk or just the birds? ” He knew that he wanted to be a tank, he felt like he hid too much during his time in Aincrad not to go out there and take damage for those who certainly had been fighting tooth and nail since arriving.

“ Are you serious? ” He was a little surprised by her generosity. “ I don’t want to make you feel like you have to. I’m not looking for a handout. You giving me the information is honestly half the battle. ” He opened his inventory to pull out the player handbook. “ This is useful but doesn’t quite have all the nuances like familiars and stuff. ”

“ Sounds good. ” He nodded, finishing the shake before meeting Eito’s gaze and his incredibly invasive questions. He cocked his head up to meet the kid’s gaze deciding to let the child’s mind wander for a little bit. “ Do I look like someone who does bad illegal things? ” A child’s candor was truly a gem and could tell someone quite a bit about themselves. “ No, I mostly pulled pranks and things. Nothing too serious. ” He did make sure to put the child’s mind at ease before his imagination took him to Titan being the supreme boss of some underworld mafia.

“ No worries. You seem like a good kid, Eito. But you should be nicer to Solei over here, not too many people would let kids yank their hair for fun. ” Returning his gaze back to the adventurer, his eyes following Soleil’s to the gate that was simply too daunting for Titan to want to tackle.

“ I’m only going to trust you because you have a nice green cursor. But yeah, I have a couple of other quests still to finish up here. Maybe I’ll head up when I’ve exhausted all the resources on this floor. ” His words were soothing, despite how it still made him nervous to think that everything above was simply unknown.

“ What’s the furthest you’ve climbed so far? ” Titan was nosy, Soleil didn't seem too geared or much higher than Titan but he just couldn't really tell. 

“ Yeah, I met a couple of easter egg hunters so far too. ” Something about her felt familiar to him, his gaze lingered a bit longer than it needed to on her features before Titan remembered something very important. “ You know what though, I realized that the Eggs appeared but I don’t know where the turn in for them are? Do you happen to? ” If he never figured it out, he’d be stuck with a horde of damn eggs without anything to turn them in for. He at least hoped Cordelia could point him in the right direction.

“ That makes sense. ” So she must’ve not been too much higher than he was in level, just beautifully adorned with gear that made Titan look even more like a newb than he already was.

Sinking into a defensive position, his dominant hand gripped at his spear aimed at the blur of a creature headed over to them until the familiar landed on Coredelia’s shoulder. “ Nope, no worries. I didn’t realize we could have familiars here. ” He loosened his grip, surprised and in awe that they could have beasts on their time. " Is that a quest line or something? I'd love a big ass lion or some s^*&. "

Once Titan took a moment to breathe and the damn Wild Boar Pup had distanced himself as he looped around the forest to head in for another charge, the adventurer noticed that the charge into his belly wasn't painful at all but he still reacted as he normally would in that type of situation. " Huh. " He mused to himself, making a mental note to explore that phenomenon a little bit more later on. For now? He had a boar to take on. 

Titan lifted his spear once again, this time charging over at full speed to the pup who had been rushing over to Titan as well, guaranteed to try and slam the new player back and show who really had dominance in this forest. Tilting his spear, the man finally knew the feeling of a sword art being fully charged up as his spear radiated with a pulsing white energy and lunged Titan forward with a mind of it's own into the Pup's chest.

It was instantaneous but the pup seemed to disintegrate into tiny azure and ivory pixel boxes while a pop-up appeared with the loot he could collect. Two Easter Eggs and one of the three tusks he needed. " Not so bad, two more. " Twisting one hand into the hilt of his spear, his eyes peeled for his next target allowing his mind to clear to see or hear where the next pup would potentially be coming from. 

Boar Pup Tusks Found: 1/3

Wild Boar Pup #1 Spawn

Titan's Stats

Combat Dice Roll ( +1 to BD Roll with +1 ACC ) 

Loot Dice Roll

Easter Eggs

It took a little bit of time for Titan to finally arrive to the outskirts of the forest but mostly because it took an extra thirty minutes for Titan to bolster up the courage he needed to do this. It was simple, it was supposed to be easy too. All he needed to do was collect tusks from weak wild boar pups. Titan felt overwhelmed but he could do it, this was a baby quest that everyone had to do. It shouldn't feel so heavy, like it was simply life or death.

A noise boar pup squealed as it rolled around in a mud pit that seemed to appear in the forest fairly inconspicuously, the pup had been belly up and rubbing it's back into the puddle until Titan's eye contact made the hairs against its frame spike up. Quickly, squirming to its feet, the pup had been close enough to be aggroed by Titan.

" Alright, here we go. " He exclaimed, widening his stance and bracing with the balls of his feet while his basic attack charged up inside of the spear. Titan held onto it a little too long as the boar seemed to slam it's snout right into Titan's stomach as the man curled over slightly and groaned in pain, the shine of his weapon disappearing from the hit.

" Focus. " Titan yelled to himself, steeling his resolve once more as he readied himself for another round of combat against what he would embarrassingly have to say was a worthy foe. 

Wild Boar Pup #1 Spawn

Titan's Stats

Dice Roll ( +1 to BD Roll with +1 ACC ) 

He exhaled a breath and nodded. “ Yeah, I have the potions right here. If I end up getting too beat up, you owe me old man. ” Titan couldn’t help but chuckle a little at his joke, gesturing a finger over to Lyle in jest as if he had been scolding the man.

Titan glanced over at the map that Lyle had that showcased exactly where the Boar Pups would be in relation to the Town of Beginnings. “ Alright, I’ll head out. I’ll see you later, hopefully.”  Winking at the old man as he shut the door behind him and released a sharp exhale, wielding his one-handed spear and headed his way north to the forests on the outskirts of town, where the pesky boars were known to live.

Casually, Titan walked past the inn that had been home for the past few years, a pang of regret ringing throughout as he passed, realizing how much time he wasted simply in his waiting for others to play the game. Now, it was scary but all he could do was persist – one step at a time.