Ruler

"Good day to the both of you." Ruler smiled as the both of them came around. Freyd's comment got a chuckle out of the holy knight. Her gimmick was obviously being jabbed at but it was all in good fun. "'Righteous is quite the word to use, I guess. Not the one I would have chosen but it works nonetheless."

Once all the greeting were out of the way, Ruler took a deep breath and looked back over the quest that she was looking to finish on her menu. "Case of Wurms. Seems like a rather easy boss to go against as a group. Freyd is a rather high level, so I imagine that he has already finished the quest himself, but I'm willing to guess that you have yet to complete it Vie. Of course, taking it on alone would be so difficult if I just gained a few more levels, but where's the fun in questing without some friends, right?"

Floor Seven was next on Ruler's list. There was a boss up here that gave some good experience compared to others, but her, Hisa and Katoka wouldn't be able to take it on alone. Instead, she would be using this time to meet some newer faces in the guild that she hadn't much time to speak with before hand. The other two players she had met during the sand shark quest was a man named Freyd, and then there was another girl named Vie. She didn't want to feel completely exclusive to Katoka and Hisa, so she would make sure to meet others.

She would send them both a quick message. 'Dear Guildmates, I am currently looking at doing a quest on the seventh floor. With my level, I will have a difficult time beating the field boss without help. Any drops related to this quest are irrelevant, I only want the experience. Please join me in Nimbus and we will continue from there. -Ruler, of Firm Anima.'

"As much as I have been annoyed with the fact that this game is now literally my life, the world is absolutely gorgeous. I think I would have spent years playing this game in my free time if not for the death aspect." She replied, continuing towards the city gate and keeping an eye out for any monster ambushes.

Once they made it back, she handed the vial of venom over to the other girl and opened the door to the tavern. "Here, you can turn in the quest. I already did it with Katoka, so I have no reason to talk with the NPC again. You can keep the drop, obviously. I done need anything like it and it will be much more helpful to you than I. I will wait out here for you to come back with it then perhaps we can meet up with Katoka and do a quest a group. That would be fun."

Ruler sat down at the table and got comfortable, letting the other blonde order first before she spoke up. "I will take the same thing, that sound pretty good. Cook my steak medium well, though please." Ruler agreed and smiled to the other girl.

Leaning back in her seat, she relaxed quietly with a smile on her face. "This has felt good to do since I started leveling up. Everything was so quiet and boring just sitting around the Town of Beginnings, but now I feel like my life is much for meaningful."

Once they got their food, Ruler partook in the food given to them. It wasn't as good as a player run store, but she would be able to deal with it. It was steak and she loved steak. "The next quests that we do will be even tougher than this. I hope you are ready for that. It will only get harder and harder, but I will protect you, every step of the way."

The Ruler rose to her feet, standing tall against her shorter companion. The girl gave her a smile and returned her claymore to the sheath on her back. "I ran completely out of energy there at the end. That was one of the most draining battles that I've had to date. It was definitely fun." Ruler lead the way back to the city gate, taking the lead over her companion to make sure nothing ambushed them on their way there.

"You did amazing." Ruler complimented in response. She was never one to fault people for their flaws. She was human as well, everyone made mistakes. "Keep doing what you are doing and you'll be great at the game."

Then she asked about Ruler herself. Odd to be questioning so generically, but she could see why she wanted to know more about her. "I have experience in these games enough to know how they work in general. Me and some friends really liked playing MMOs together so that's how I got interested in this game in particular. I know the release was something close to Japan exclusive, but I paid a lot of money to get one in the States. Not really sure what else I should say about myself."

The merchant still had that worried look on his face, until he noticed Katoka coming up and explaining that the wolves had been dealt with. He bounced from his seat and gave the both of them a big smile. "Yes! You two have saved my business! I can't thank you both enough. I was worried that you wouldn't return and then I would have to deal with the death of two people on my conscious, along with my halted work. Here is some Col for you troubles. Thank you again."

The man then stepped out of his seat and walked out of the tavern. Ruler simply watched him leave, then took a seat at his table. She offered a seat to Katoka with a gesture. "Well, now that we are done, want something to eat?" She asked, elbows resting on the wood of the table. "Hey! Can we get a waiter over here?"

The maiden threw the wolves to the ground the moment Hisa finished off the the snapper. She would be clear to throw the sand into their faces like that. Leaving them be so that her partner could rush in and get her damage in, Ruler ran and slid to grab her own sword, still lodged into the ground where the snapper had died and dissipated back into the cardinal.

Once Hisa's attacks came through, the wolves fell over dead without much of a problem. She hadn't even been gauging their health very well since the fight got hectic. Making a mental note to insure that doesn't happen again, she let out a sigh of relief and returned her blade to it's scabbard. "Phew! That was a quite the work out! You are an excellent fighter! Katoka has some really good friends." The golden blonde gave her ally a big smile followed by a thumbs up.

Ruler nodded to the smaller girl and gripped her palm against the others. With a spin, she tossed Hisa into the boss monster as hard as she could, following right behind her trajectory. She was fast for someone in heels. "Jump off my shoulder!" She yells out behind her her duo as she follows. The moment Hisa comes in contact with the wolf, Alicia positions herself to let the girl vault off her shoulder with her foot to get away from damage.

The snapper tries to bite off Hisa's leg, but thanks to Ruler's quick sword arm, she dives on the creature and pins it into the ground with her sword leaving it there. "Quick, finish it off while its down!" Alicia calls out, wrestling the other three wolves with her bare hands. Although she was taking scratches and bites gallor, her health bar never seemed to wane. She was still above 80%.

[6, 2, 2, 2] Ruler | HP: 222/260 -(52-36) | EN: 7/26 -(9) | DMG: 8 | MIT: 18 | EVA: 1 | ACC: 3
[2, 0, 0, 0] Hisa | HP 180/180 | EN: 10/18 | DMG: 8 | MIT: 0 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 3

Wolf 1: 28/40 | DMG: 25
Wolf 2: 28/40 | DMG: 25
Wolf 3: 28/40 | DMG: 25
Venom Snapper: 14/150 -(8*6) | DMG: 35/50 | EVA: 1 | [STUN]

"Do what now-?" Ruler was cut off as she turned to see what her ally was up to. She caught a short glimpse of her sliding on the ground heading through the gap between her legs. Ruler planted her feet firm so that her skirt would not trip her up. Suddenly, sand was flying through the battlfield. Alicia was quick to act. Instead of covering her eyes like instructed, she whipped her blade in a quick arc before her blasting all of the sand into the faces of the enemies instead of into her and Hisa. Her swipe tore through the lines of her enemies.

"I didn't look!" Her damage partner insisted, not that she wasn't wearing short underneath such a short skirt anyway.

"It is fine! Do not let your guard wane, however." Ruler said as Hisa made her dynamic exit back through her legs and the wolves descended upon her.

[4, 2, 2, 2] Ruler | HP: 238/260 -(51-36) | EN: 25/26 | DMG: 8 | MIT: 18 | EVA: 1 | ACC: 3
[1, 0, 0, 0] Hisa | HP 180/180 | EN: 14/18 | DMG: 8 | MIT: 0 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 3

Wolf 1: 24/40 -(8*2) | DMG: 25
Wolf 2: 24/40 -(8*2) | DMG: 25
Wolf 3: 24/40 -(8*2) | DMG: 25
Venom Snapper: 98/150 -(10*2) | DMG: 35/50 | EVA: 1

Ruler nodded to her ally with a smile. "Allow me to take the damage for you. Stay behind me and I will keep you safe." Rising to her full height, the blonde readied her massive weapon in her right hand alone. At first glance, it might seem like the weapon was a one-handed sword, though based on the size, there was no way that it would be anything other than a two-hander. Even so, the maiden rushed forward into the group of wolves. Growl escaped her mouth as she brought the heavy blade down over the head of the ring leader. It hopped out of the way just as she made her attack, leaving a crack in the earth at her feet.

The mobs of wolves jumped her, not giving her any time to relax. The main one, and two of the lackey's were deflected to the side and rendered null. The last one jumped past her defense and clawed her arm, leaving a very shallow red mark on her bicep.

[0, 0, 0, 1]Ruler | HP: 253/260 -(25-18) | EN: 24/26 -(2) | DMG: 8 | MIT: 18 | EVA: 1 | ACC: 3
[0, 0, 0, 0]Hisa | 

Wolf 1: 40/40 | DMG: 25
Wolf 2: 40/40 | DMG: 25
Wolf 3: 40/40 | DMG: 25
Venom Snapper: 150/150 | DMG: 35/50 | EVA: 1

"Katoka is quite the charming lady, yes. Reminds me of a friend of mine. A spunky go-getter, ready to improve herself through her experiences." Ruler mentions keeping her eyes forward. From the moment that the duo leaves the safe zone, Ruler draws her blade and rests the steel on her shoulder. One could never be too careful when venturing out of the safe zone.

"As for my experiences, I do not have any real world experience with sword play, but I have played more virtual reality games than just this one. Not quiet the same as this, since your consciousness was still in your real world body, but still. I have practice form enough now in the game that the system is enough to guide me while I fight. You should be able to do the same with more practice." Ruler mentions, turning the tree that her and Katoka had hid behind just yesterday. Sure enough the wolves were back.

"There they are. I will move in first and draw their attention. Don't worry about me, I will it quick."

Ruler, took the vial in her hand and took a swig of it out right. The antidote affect would be applied to her health bar shortly after finishing it off. Hisa, on the other hand was looking somewhat confused on the matter at hand. Ruler gave her a smile and rested a hand at her hip.

"Very easy quest, all we have to do is eliminate a group of wolves terrorizing people who are trying to leave town for trades. They can inflict some fast acting poison with just a bite and spew venomous fog from their mouths. You should have a potion in your inventory now called antidote. Drink that, and it will keep you safe from the poisonous effects. It is quite weak, but it helps nonetheless." Ruler explained making her way to the door and allowing Hisa to walk out just like the last time.

On their way to the quest area, Ruler would speak up again. "I have the ability to attract targets to me, but I can't get all of them to pay attention to me. If we kill the boss first, the weaker mobs won't be as effective. I'll keep the venomous wolf's attention while you do damage without being pressured by the poison."

"Good day." Ruler says, offering a wave to the shorter girl of the two. A smile came across her face as they made eye contact. "You are Hisa from what I remembered when we met. That was quite the chaotic adventure and we hardly had time to speak one on one in the middle of a sandstorm."

Observing the player for a moment, it looked like she had taken some time to improve her equipment, so that set her heart at ease. She had gone into this fight expecting for her to carry the girl through it, if she could handle doing some damage herself, then that would be even better. Opening the door to the inn, the regal looking woman allowed her to step in before her. "After you. The quest giver is just in here."

Once Hisa made her way through the door, Ruler would follow suit. She would point over to the man sitting at a table of his own, looking really worried for his current situation.

Back to doing this boring quest. This time she would finally get the chance to meet Katoka's real life friend who goes by the name of Hisa. She had sent the woman a message with instructions to meet her on the second floor near the inn. After taking a good look at herself in the mirror, she realized just how unkempt she had kept herself lately. If she had known just how awful she had looked the past few weeks leveling up with Katoka, she would have fixed her hair and appearance much sooner.

Well, now she would probably get a few more turn of the heads but she looked much better than she did before. Leaning against the side of the building near the door, she hefts her new weapon to her side and adjusts it's holster to better fit her build. Hopefully Hisa got here soon so she wouldn't be standing around looking weird for long.

Skill(s) Being Dropped: THAS
Mod(s) Being Dropped: N/a
SP Refunded: 23
Cost: 23,000

Day 1

EXP: 0+13=13
Result: +13XP (7, +2+4), -1 Tier 1 Materials, Rare Crafted Weapon (1)

In the lions den lays a smithing shop run by a queen. There, she forges weapons for those in need. Within the safe zone of the seventeenth floor, one can come across a regal looking building that looks something similar to a small castle. Smoke is constantly emitting from the chimney, the forge is always working. Upon entering the building, the temperature shoots up and you are greeted with the blonde owner of the establishment. She stops what she is doing and approaches you.

"Good day, sir/ma'am. I am Ruler and I shall be your smith today. Feel free to browse my selection or order something more custom to suit your build. Whatever you need, we have it. We even have a special price for custom orders for people below level 15. Half-price."

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Ruler gave the shorter blonde a slight conk on the head in response. "Hey, you did fine. You're still learning things. Blaming yourself for being inexperienced is hardly fair. I have maximized my build to ensure that I never miss attacks. Of course I'm going to hit more than often." Ruler gave her a soft smile and fixed the strands of hair that she messed up with her light bonk. She turned on her heel and started to make her way back to town. "Let's go ahead and make our way back to town. We've gotten all the beginner quests done now, so now we can go do other quests that don't restrict our experience gain!"

It didn't take them long to make it back to town, given that the wolves were set up just outside the safe zone. She ushered Katoka to the inn and beckoned her in. "Go ahead and tell the man that you single-handedly destroyed all those wolves." She smiled.

Hearing that Freyd had a shop, Ruler didn't waste any time after her Earning a Living quest coming to him for a necessary item to level up in her craft faster. If she wanted to catch up to others that were already max rank crafters, then she would need everything to help her get there faster. She walked in to the shop and looked around for the item in question, a custom ambition tool. When she finally found it, she approached her guildmate behind the counter and placed there. "Good day, Freyd. This is all I will be needing for today. I just unlocked the Blacksmithing Skill and I need to level it up."

Item Name: Royal Claymore
Profession: Blacksmith
Item Type: Two-Handed Straight Sword
Rank: 1 | Rare
Craft IDs: 163820
Slots: DMG II
Description: A beautifully crafted blade that looks like it was made for transparency more than practicality. It hilt is hinted in gold and the blade is made with solid, sharp steel. The crest of a Queen is etched into the hilt.
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Cedric ushered her over to the anvil where her journey will begin. "Let's start with something simple here. A sword is a fairly easy weapon to start with. Armor could be a tad difficult for a new smith, but you'll get it down. Just place a material down there on the anvil and give it a few smacks wit' yer hammer."

Alicia picked up the hammer that he mentioned and started working. It took about four attempts before she actually got something decent to come out of it. Three dented swords later, she had a huge straight sword with a lovely design, just as she had imagined it in her head. That was actually much more easy than she expected it to be. "Wow, I did it almost no problem."

"Natural born for the job, ye' are. Great job." Cedric nodded and offered her the materials to begin her own shop.

Crafted T1 Rare Claymore

Thankfully, on her way back to the Town of Beginnings, she was able to find another material on her way. At the base of a tree again, how nice. Not that material gathering had to be anything special, but she had hoped that it would be a little different as it went on. It was kind of boring to do alone. Next time she would probably bring someone along to keep it lively.

Finally she was back in town and at the blacksmith's shop. She stepped inside and smiled at the old man. "Good day, I have returned with the materials you requested, and some extra for myself." Alicia said as she walked up to him and the anvil.

"Ah, welcome back. You were a lot faster than other people who try to learn the craft, and you collected extra materials? Well done. Let's get started right away." He replied.

Regular Materials found: 5

After a few more minutes of looking around, there was nothing in sight. If she didn't find anything within the next ten minutes than she wouldn't get that one last material that she wanted. It wouldn't be that much of a problem for her, but it was still a personal goal.

She was glad that this quest would be wrapping up for her soon though. She was ready to go back home and relax after putting in a day of work. Once she crafted and maybe got lucky enough to get a new piece of perfect gear, she might incorporate it into her build.

Now would be a good time turn around and start heading back to town so that she could get to the safe zone right when the buff ended. She made a 180 and started walking down the path back to town. On her way, she would look for materials.

Regular Materials found: 4

After a much longer time of searching, Ruler was able to finally find some usable materials worth putting towards crafting. It was hiding among the grass that was almost too tall to see. She was sure that she had looked in this direction for materials just a moment ago, but it must have slipped past her vision until now. Bending down, she picked up the material and moved it into her inventory almost as naturally as she could. It was becoming second nature at this point.

Finally she had found another before her buff ended. She would be pretty content with the amount of materials she had pulled in if she could just find one more before the buff ran out. Five more materials aside the quest one that she had found would make this a pretty fruitful experience. She would have a store filled with weapons before she knew it.

Regular Materials found: 4

Even with this new scenery, Alicia was unable to find anything usable. She huffed slightly in annoyance, beginning to feel a little more glad that she had gotten lucky enough to find the quest specific materials with relative ease compared to the extras. Since she did not even really need the ones she was collecting now, it would not bother her as much as if she hadn't found the quest materials first.

Thankfully with that in mind, she would push her frustration off to the side and continue walking for a while longer. The timer on the buff was slowly starting to shrink and soon she wouldn't have anymore active buffs. Once it was gone, she would start making her way back to town so that she could craft the weapon like the old coot at the blacksmith promised her would teach her. She would make something amazing, she could just feel it.

Regular Materials found: 3