[SP-F1] Cave Diving <<The Third Lesson is Just as Free>> (Complete)

[Damien 0]

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"I don't always speak softly; But when I do, I carry a big stick."

             Damien held the parcel in one hand and held his sword in the other as he walked through the Town of Beginnings. He was now on the third part of the quest, according to Info Brokers. On his heads up display was a map, leading to the location of the artisan, Hannah. Damien was to deliver the parcel to her, and, with all the past quests, Damien assumed she would have him do something else as well. And then maybe deliver something else to someone of another profession. But I'm fine with that, more skill points. 

             He eventually made it to the said location of Hannah, but looking around he saw nothing. Only when he eventually looked up, inside a tree, didn't he finally see her. "Hello, umm, Hannah! I brought you something from Lyle Tealeaf!" "Oh really?" Damien heard from the top of the tree right before seeing the artisan fall from the tree right by him, in which Damien had moved out of the way to avoid being landed on.

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Edited February 6, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

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"I don't always speak softly; But when I do, I carry a big stick."

             "Ummm... Yeah. I was told to deliver it to you." Damien held a shocked look from the artisan coming down so swiftly and sticking the landing so well. Damien took the parcel, and handed it to Hannah. "Here it is." Hannah opened it swiftly to find a gold band, probably used for ring making. Or so Damien assumed. Hannah examined it with an excited look but then turned to a frown, looking back at Damien. "Thank you so much for delivering this to me! But would you mind if I had to ask of you another favor?" Damien smiled a bit, Oh here we go. "Sure." "To finish making this very special ring, I need a jewel found from a cave on this floor. Do be careful though, this cave is guarded by a <<Cave Guardian>>, and the cave itself lowers your accuracy by one point!" Damien made a frown at the sound of the accuracy de-buff.

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[Damien 0]

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"I don't always speak softly; But when I do, I carry a big stick."

             ARE YOU KIDDING ME! With my luck that is going to mean that the battle with this cave guardian is going to take forever, just as the past few quest objectives had without a DEBUFF. "Alrighty. I can do that." Damien gave a smile that wasn't exactly fake, because he still knew he was getting an amazing amount of skill points for what the quest was, and watched as a new map appeared on his heads up display. "That is the map that will take you to the jewel in the cave. Just, as I said, please watch out for that cave guardian. Oh, one last thing I forgot to say! The <<Cave Guardian>>'s first attack is a very strong one, watch out for it. " Damien remembered the Safeguard potion Lyle had gotten him. "Heh, no problem. I'm not worried about it." Damien smirked. "Well, I'll be back in a bit with the jewlel then. Enjoy your painting." 

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[Damien 0]

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"I don't always speak softly; But when I do, I carry a big stick."

             Damien began to jog out of the Town of Beginnings, following the guidance of the map. The day was still just as beautiful as it had been, and Damien felt like it was going to continue to be. Although, the cave was going to be dark and that wasn't going to be fun. Damien knew that for a fact. Otherwise the accuracy debuff wouldn't be in place.

            While walking, Damien whistled to a little tune from a song he used to listen to in the real world before eventually making it to the cave. Looking around it and at the cave, it was not at first obvious how dark the cave was going to be, as there were lights outside of the cave. Probably put there to drive players to go into the cave, trick them into going in. The weak ones that was. The cave was made in brilliant, beautiful rock formations and looked like it would be kinda long on the inside. 

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[Damien 0]

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"I don't always speak softly; But when I do, I carry a big stick."

             Damien grabbed one of the torches from the outside of the cave, meant for players to bring in with them it appeared, as he walked in. The cave, of course, had no natural lighting as Hannah had warned him of. Sadly, though, Damien didn't think the <<Cave Guardian>> would have a debuff from the dark as it probably lived in the cave. So be it. If I lived here, I probably wouldn't have a debuff. But of course, why would I live here? Damien continued to walk, whistling to the same tune. He couldn't quite remember the lyrics nor the name of the song, simply just the beat/melody that was simple enough for him to whistle to. The cave itself was starting to scare Damien a bit, though, as what other scary creatures could be found in the cave Damien did not know. Hopefully nothing too much stronger than that Cave Guardian, as Damien remembered the small <<Dire Wolf>> pack from the other day that almost ended him. 

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[Damien 0]

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"I don't always speak softly; But when I do, I carry a big stick."

             Damien continued to walk through the cave, not stopping to look at anything. He knew he had to get this quest done as swiftly and quickly as possible so he could get to the front-lines faster, and he knew that was where he needed to be. I need to make sure I get through this fast... Need the skill points. And, don't want to get stuck/die in this cave. Damien definitely did not want that. Being locked in a cave with nothing but a torch for light in this death game would probably be the worst way to die, as a creature that could actually kill Damien would probably eventually come around if he sat there long enough. Or not, how could he know. Eventually, his torch finally helped him to find the diamond mineral that Hannah had told him to find. Upon looking at it's beauty, Damien thought it was the most beautiful diamond in Sword Art Online. Definitely gonna make an amazing ring.

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[Damien 0]

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"I don't always speak softly; But when I do, I carry a big stick."
 

Upon Damien actually picking up the gem, though, he was surprised to hear the sounds of rumbling rocks. Turning around, Damien was instantly greeted by a <<Cave Guardian>> that came out of seemingly nowhere. The <<Cave Guardian>> appeared like one of the big golems that you would see in Minecraft. Damien quickly took the moment to open his inventory and pull out the Safeguard potion as the <<Cave Guardian>> prepared it's attack. Damien chugged it down, looking fearlessly at the <<Cave Guardian>>. "Hit me with your best shot, you big hunk of rock!" Damien laughed as he awaited the <<Cave Guardian's>> attack. The <<Cave Guardian>> was not able to land the hit, even with Damien standing there, un-moving as if he was a real rock. "Well, I believe this safe guard potion lasts even after missed attacks, so give it your best shot, <<Cave Guardian>>. Good luck. You'll need it." Damien laughed as he continued to hold the torch in one hand and the black/white sword <<Nighthawk>> in his other. 

 

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Spoiler

ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76633	6	10	4	3	Damien		Player Ran Combat	2017-02-04 22:29:26

 

Safeguard Potion used! No damage taken on opponent's next successful attack.

Edited February 5, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

Damien prepared to run at the <<Cave Guardian>> with his Snake Bite sword skill, but was unable to land the hit as the cave guardian simply moved out of the way. Damn, this dark is going to be a lot more annoying than I even thought. Damien got up, after hitting a big pile of rocks, and smiled. How did I miss him though? It's literally a huge, slowly-moving wall of rock. How odd. The <<Cave Guardian>> once again went for another strike on Damien, but he managed to dodge out of the way again. "Heh, I may not have any points in evasion, but..... You still sure can't seem to hit me!" Damien laughed, trying to provoke it for some (who knows) reason. "This safeguard potion that I drank, eh, might last me quite a while. Damien smirked at the <<Cave Guardian>> thing again, having an absolutely grand time fooling around with it. Eh, I'll kill it pretty soon either way.

 

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ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76700	1-1=0	12	10	4	Damien		Player Ran Combat vs <<Cave Guardian>>	2017-02-05 12:26:32

 

MISS! -2 Energy

Cave Guardian: 20/20 HP 
Damien: 120/120 HP 11/12 EN [+5 HP \ +1 EN \ -2 EN]

Edited February 5, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

But the safeguard potion would hold its effects for no longer. With the swift arm of the rock wall of a <<Cave Guardian>>, it sent itself at Damien. The <<Cave Guardian's>> first successful attack would have been a very strong one, according to Hannah, but Damien was able to not feel the damage through the safeguard potion. Of course, the fear from what the damage could've inflicted was still their in Damien's gut, but there was no pain or anything. Simply the arm was deflected off of him. "Well, you broke through my safeguard potion. Good job. But there is no way that any of your other attacks will be able to deal any damage past my battle healing skill." Damien smiled, kinda glad that he had put some skill points into the battle healing skill as otherwise, if Damien had continued to miss constantly, the monster would be able to defeat him. (After a very long and drawn out effort).

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ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76702	2-1=1	12	2	9	Damien		Player Ran Combat vs <<Cave Guardian>>	2017-02-05 12:39:57

MISS! -2 Energy

Cave Guardian: 20/20 HP 
Damien: 120/120 HP 10/12 EN [+5 HP \ +1 EN \ -2 EN]

Edited February 5, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

Damien eyed the <<Cave Guardian>> in a cold, hard glare. It's time for you to die, I am going to end you now. You monsters are going to be done killing. I am not going to let you kill me, or anyone I know ever again. Damien charged at the large golem-ish thing with the torch and <<Nighthawk>> in his hands, attempting to initialize his Snake Bite sword skill once more. Upon going for the hit, though, the <<Cave Guardian>> was already out of the way and had dodged the attack. Damn. Damien quickly dodged out of the way as the monster went for another swing of the arm down at Damien. Instead of dodging the attack, Damien used his sword as a shield and simply managed to not let the monster hit him. You won't beat me. The <<Cave Guardian's>> arm was deflected off the sword and sent back. You won't beat me. Well, you can't beat me because of your low damage dealing amount but still. You won't beat me. 

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ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76703	1-1=0	9	14	2	Damien		Player Ran Combat vs <<Cave Guardian>>	2017-02-05 12:51:18

MISS! -2 Energy

Cave Guardian: 20/20 HP 
Damien: 120/120 HP 9/12 EN [+5 HP \ +1 EN \ -2 EN]

Edited February 5, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

Damien was unable to evade the rock golem's next attack, though. It came down from seemingly nowhere, it's arm causing an okay amount of damage, sending Damien back a foot or so, with him struggling with his feet to keep them planted. Barely any amount of damage dealt, About exactly as much as my battle healing skill can heal. But still, I can't let my guard down just in case another monster were to appear or something of the sort. Damien looked back at the cave golem as he prepared his sword skill Snake Bite for the about millionth time, running at him swiftly with a killing intent. The blade stroke forward in thrusting motions, dealing good amounts of damage in each of the three hits, sending the golem stumbling just as Damien had on his final hit, it's health bar almost in the yellow zone. "Almost halfway there. A critical would finish you..." 

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ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76704	8-1=7	3	2	6	Damien		Player Ran Combat vs <<Cave Guardian>>	2017-02-05 13:03:45

Base Damage: 1 [Base] + 1 [Nighthawk] + 1 [Skill] = 3 DMG
Sword Art Damage: 3 [Base] * (3*1) [Snake Bite] = 9 DMG
Total Damage: 9 [DMG] - 0 [MIT] = 9 DMG

Cave Guardian: 11/20 HP (-9 health) 
Damien: 115/120 HP 7/12 EN [+5 HP \ +1 EN \ -3 EN \ -5 HP]

Edited February 5, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

Executing his sword skill Snake Bite brilliantly, it was a critical that ended him. In fact, it was a hyper critical that finished the cave guardian. "Yaaaah!" The loot from the monster was minimal, with only a small amount of experience points coming from it. Damn.  Damien looked around the cave corridor he was currently in, his torch in one hand and the <<Nighthawk>> in the other. Sheathing the <<Nighthawk>>, Damien reached into his inventory through his heads up display menu and pulled out the diamond material he had just found for the artisan Hannah. Okay, awesome. Now I just gotta get out of this cave and deliver this to her. Awesome. Damien put it back into his inventory as he began to walk out, whistling a tune as he was earlier. "That battle didn't take anywhere near as long as I thought it would take. Maybe I'm a bit stronger than I thought?"

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ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76706	10	2	12	8	Damien		Player Ran Combat vs <<Cave Guardian>>	2017-02-05 13:18:36

Hyper Critical! +2 DMG!

Base Damage: 1 [Base] + 1 [Nighthawk] + 1 [Skill] + 2 [10-CRIT] = 5 DMG
Sword Art Damage: 5 [Base] * (3*1) [Snake Bite] = 15 DMG
Total Damage: 15 [DMG] - 0 [MIT] = 9 DMG

Cave Guardian: --4/20 HP [DEAD] (-15 health) 
Damien: 120/120 HP 5/12 EN [+5 HP \ +1 EN \ -3 EN]

Edited February 6, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

Damien walked through the cave with only his torch, sitting in his right hand. This place is beautiful. All along the cave, crystals could be seen in the walls. Little lizards and tiny critters/bugs ran around. Rock formation things could be found all throughout the cave and the sound of water streaming could also be heard. If only this thing had some sort off natural lighting, it would be the most amazing place ever to be completely honest. But sadly, it requires a torch to sit it, and that diminishes some of the beautiful effects of the cave. Oh well. Damien continued to walk until he could see a light in the distance, continuing to walk towards it. The light, upon Damien getting closer, seemed to blind him a bit. "Ouch." He held his left hand above his eyes to block the sun light a bit. Damien set the torch back were he had found it and then continued on his way down the path, back to Hannah and the Town of Beginnings. 

 

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ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76736	9	6	5	9	Damien		Material Gathering	2017-02-05 21:33:22

+0 Material(s). 

Edited February 6, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

Just a bit bright out here, Damien thought to himself. Eventually, his eyes were able to get used to Aincrad's brightness setting, although he doubted it was set to auto as his phone was. There was definitely days were there were noticeable differences in the weather/temperature forecasts, but then there were more often than not days where it was simply sunny with few clouds and beautifulness on the first floor. As to make sure players enjoyed the game or something, as it was the first floor and the first place players saw. Of course, beta testers probably only saw the good parts of the game because Akihiko Kyaba probably ensured that, along with his buddies at Argus. Argus, the company that produced and maintained Sword Art Online. Or so Damien thought. He didn't really know or worry about it too much to be honest, he really was just interested in the monsters and graphics elements of the games and didn't care much at the moment who the developers were, just wanted to play the game beforehand.

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Nothing found. +0 Material(s).

ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76739	10	2	4	2	Damien		Material Gathering	2017-02-05 21:47:28

 

Edited February 6, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

Damien walked down the pathway as he stared down at his feet, thinking about the old guild he was considering joining at the start of the game. He didn't quite know what they were doing when they died, or what they were thinking about when they did in fact did die, all he knew was that they were fighting in some dungeon on floor one when they died. All five of them, one in which he had known slightly in the real world. He had worked (previously) at a coffee shop not far from where Damien lived, and Damien visited often to work on school projects on his laptop while sipping down a delicious caramel cappuccino. Always helped him focus. Occasionally, the player would talk to Damien and discuss things in the now and news and stuff. Upon getting the game, they both agreed they would talk to each other in-game and in fact they did, and discussed why Damien should join the guild.

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+1 Material(s)! 1 Total.

ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76741	8	5	16	4	Damien		Material Gathering	2017-02-05 22:01:35

 

Edited February 6, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

While on the thought about the old guild and the coffee shop worker, Damien was stopped by another one of them cotton plants he had seen several of the other day. Man does this game really want me to become a tailor or what? Damien's head turned back to the guild after collecting the material. But seriously though! I will never have any idea of what their final thoughts were, their final words were.... I'm sure whatever it was, It was meaningful. Just not given to the right audience. Like several things in this world. No one in this game, no one at all needs to die though... Why.... I mean of course the incentive to clear the game, but... Damien felt his eyes water a bit. WHY DID YOU TAKE THEM FROM ME? KYABA! WHY? THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE!!!! "KAYABAAAAAA!" Damien screamed loudly into the distance, the Town of Beginnings sitting not too far ahead but far enough that no one could here him.

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+1 Material. 2 Total.

ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76742	9	11	20	9	Damien		Material Gathering	2017-02-05 22:36:43

 

Edited February 6, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

His map stood on his heads up display as Damien slowly calmed down, walking gradually towards the Town of Beginnings. I won't let your deaths be in vain. I won't. And even though I don't make promises often, "I promise I won't let your deaths be in vain. I will aid in clearing the game and avenge your deaths, and help all the other players that don't deserve to die not die. I will go to the front-lines and make sure this game gets cleared. I will, I promise. " While talking, he came across another cotton plant. Picking it up, he continued on his way the Town of Beginnings slowly coming closer. This world won't beat me, and I'm going to stop it from beating as many people as possible. And now, it is a promise. A promise I simply cannot break at any cost. At any and all costs, even my own life if it comes to it. But for now, I need to train alone so I can actually make it up there.

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+1 Material! 3 Total.

ID	Battle	Craft	Loot	MOB	Character	Link	Purpose	Time
76743	7	12	18	9	Damien		Material Gathering	2017-02-05 22:42:22

 

Edited February 6, 2017 by Damien

[Damien 0]

At any cost. Damien eventually followed the map and the yellow trail and made it to the town of beginnings, in which he once again found another cotton material. Jesus my luck today, it is simply insane. If only it could be like this more often... Damien picked the cotton up and continued on into the safe zone, following the map to the location of Hannah. Huh, I wonder if there is another quest in the series. Just maybe... Damien walked through the town as he saw the players and the diversity of them. Weak looking, with the occasional strong looking one. dark skin, white skin. brown hair, blonde hair. Even blue hair. Swords and shields, or long two handed battleaxes. Angry faces, happy faces. The town was so unbelievably diverse in Damien's mind, and he rather enjoyed seeing it. Diversity was a very key aspect in online MMO's, and it was cool that a virtual one like this featured the same. Or so Damien thought.

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Damien walked until he eventually found the tree. Okay, here goes nothing. Please don't land on me. "Umm, hel-" Before Damien could finish saying hello, he heard a voice from above, in the tree, that was obviously Hannah's. "Heya!" Before Damien knew it, the NPC was on the ground looking at him. "Did you find the diamond gem?" "Umm... Yeah, I did. " Damien opened up his heads up display menu, went to his inventory, grabbing the diamond gem and pulled it out. He then continued to hand it forward to the NPC. She looked at it with a large smile, before finally responding a few minutes later. "Yes, yes this will do nicely for the ring! Thank you!" Damien gave an awkward smile as she continued to look over the diamond gem. "Oh yeah, and I know you've already done a lot for me, but I was wondering if you would mind doing me another favor? Oh! I almost forgot!"

[Damien 0]

"I have something to give you!" She rummaged through a little satchel she was wearing, pulling out both a ring and necklace and handing them to Damien. "Look over these, please, and then you can choose one that fits you the most to keep!" Looking them over, a ring and a necklace, Damien knew almost immediately which one he wanted. The necklace didn't really appear like something he would wear, anyways. "Oh my gosh! Thank you." Damien tried to sound as nice as possible. "I think I'll take the ring." Damien handed the necklace back to her and slipped the ring onto his finger. "So, what was this favor you had asked me to help you with?" "Oh yes, right. " She grabbed another thing from beside her, this time a parcel, and handed it to Damien. "I need this delivered to the fisherman Pete." Yipee! There is another exciting part to this quest. 

Edited February 6, 2017 by Damien