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<<The Second Lesson, Is Also Free>>

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Warren
Level 11
HP 220
EN 22
DMG 8
ACC 2
MIT 18
Keen
Bleed

Battle Ready Inventory
Healing Potion(3) - Restore 50 HP
Empty Slot
Empty Slot
Empty Slot
Empty Slot

Equipment
Claymore of the Sands - T1 Perfect 2HSS [2 DMG, 1 BLD]
Vanguard’s Armor - T1 Rare HA [18 MIT]
Lucky Banana - T1 Perfect Trinket [2 ACC, 1 KEEN]

Skills
Rank 3 THSS Mastery

Housing Skills
RELAXED: Increases HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts
ADVANCED TRAINING: +2 SP to a thread. Limit one use per month.

The sun was shining, birds were chirping. Even though Warren knew that they were mere artificial facsimiles of reality, the sensations still elicited a feeling of familiarity in the young man. It inspired him to get out of his shop and enjoy the fresh air instead of the noxious fumes of whatever it was he was cooking up in his lab. There were still tutorial quests he had pending. He felt like he couldn't do anything else until those were taken care of. But, before that, he decided to swing by Oscar's place and get some training in at the slime farm the man had set up for him. After a quick extermination of the ever-smiling monsters, Warren headed down to Floor 1. Once there, he made his way to Lyle Tealeaf's shop and accepted his assignment from the smith. Apparently, he needed to go farm some tusks from some special boars. At least this wasn't another gathering quest. He would probably have retreated into his shop for the duration of his stay in Aincrad if that had been the case.

Mega Slime Farm used +2 SP to Thread - Next use 8/11/2020

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Warren HP: 220/220 | EN: 14/22 | DMG 8 | ACC 2 | 18 MIT | KEEN | 12 BLD

Blast [x2 AOE]

Boar Pup1: HP 5/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158646 | BD: 1, Miss | MD: 1, Miss
Boar Pup2: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158647 | BD: 4+2, Deal 16 DMG
Boar Pup3: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158648 | BD: 9, Deal 18 DMG
Boar Pup4: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158649 | BD: 9, Deal 18 DMG

Looting
ID: 158650 - LD5
ID: 158651 - LD3
ID: 158652 - LD6

Heading out of town, Warren following the quest marker to a location where the Boar Pups were known to spawn. Right off the bat, a group of four noticed him. Instead of regarding his presence with oblivious ambivalence like so many of the other creatures on this floor, he was barely able to get his sword out before they were upon him. Warren launched a Blast - his only AoE Sword Art. The Claymore of the Sands shot through the air like a whip, the deadly edge crashing into the boars that had assembled before him and turning three of them into glass on contact. The other had remained just out of his reach and was thus spared by his attack. It tried to attack, but Warren was able to hop out of the way. With a little breathing room, he tried to loot the fallen pups but was unable to find anything even remotely interesting. 

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Warren HP: 220/220 | EN: 5/22 | DMG 8 | ACC 2[+1] | 18 MIT | KEEN | 12 BLD

Blast [x2 AOE]

Boar Pup1: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158653 | BD: 9, Deal 18 DMG
Boar Pup5: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158654 | BD: 9, Deal 18 DMG
Boar Pup6: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158655 | BD: 3+3, Deal 16 DMG
Boar Pup7: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158656 | BD: 4+3, Deal 16 DMG

Looting
ID: 158657 - LD9
ID: 158658 - LD8
ID: 158659 - LD1
ID: 158660 - LD6

Another three boars joined the lone survivor from the last group. As he launched another Blast and watched his energy bar tank as a result of it, he couldn't help but wonder whether he was a touch over-leveled for this quest. Certainly it wasn't scaled to a level 11 player. Perhaps it was built for a level 5 or so, where they would be forced to rest after every single rotation of Boars. Ultimately, he decided that it didn't really matter. He'd gained a huge amount of experience early on so the next few quests would be naturally easier than they would have otherwise been. The boars shattered like glass and he tried to loot. Much like with the last group, Warren was a bit annoyed to find that he couldn't get his hands on even one of the tusks. With the shrug, he moved on. He had enough energy to fight a couple more boars before he needed to rest. He was determined to use that resource to the fullest.

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Warren HP: 220/220 | EN: 0/22 | DMG 8 | ACC 2[+1] | 18 MIT | KEEN | 12 BLD

Blast [x2 AOE]

Boar Pup8: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158666 | BD: 3+3, Deal 16 DMG
Boar Pup9: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158667 | BD: 10, Deal 20 DMG

Looting
ID: 158668 LD20 <<Boar Pup Tusk>> Found
ID: 158669 LD17 <<Boar Pup Tusk>> Found [Total: 2/3]

Two more boar pups, one more Blast. The creatures hadn't even aggroed onto him before they were glassed, leaving nothing but shimmering mist in their wake. Interacting with the dancing light, Warren didn't have much hope that he would find what he was looking for. To his surprise, however, two tusks were dropped into his inventory. The mist disappeared, leaving Warren rather shocked at this sudden development. He'd all but written this quest off as a repeat of the first one, but here he was making meaningful progress. Maybe he'd have time to knock out the other quest today too. That would be awesome. The sooner he could get this done, the better. Maybe afterwards, he'd get himself a familiar or something. That was definitely really high up on his list of goals. But he couldn't get too ahead of himself. Lady Luck had smiled upon him this time. But she was a capricious woman and could just as easily make him suffer.

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Warren HP: 220/220 | EN: 1/22 | DMG 8 | ACC 2[+1] | 18 MIT | KEEN | 12 BLD

ID: 158683 LD6

There wasn't much for Warren to do other than twiddle this thumbs while he waited for his energy to replenish. Thank the Lord for housing perks though. Apparently, they lowered the amount of time one had to wait for their energy to refill. Though the First Lesson had all but ruined his enthusiasm for Gathering, given that there wasn't anything else he could do he decided to see if he could rustle up some materials. He found a flower and stooped down to pick it. It seemed, however, that there was a certain sweet spot for breaking the stem and he missed it by a mile. The entire plant shattered like glass in his hand. He huffed in annoyance and shook his head. Gathering most definitely was not enjoyable. Well, he figured that it could be. If one enjoyed experiencing consistent failures at the whims of a system that did its utmost to make it as difficult as possible to pass the check.

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Warren HP: 220/220 | EN: 2/22 | DMG 8 | ACC 2[+1] | 18 MIT | KEEN | 12 BLD

ID: 158684 LD2

Just a little longer now until he was back at one hundred percent. All he had to do was deal with the boredom for the next few moments and he could get back in the action. While he waited, Warren made another attempt at gathering. Just like the last attempt, he failed miserably. He didn't let it get him down though. He wasn't even really here for the materials. And, even if he found himself so inclined to get some, it was a simple matter of hunting down some mobs. They were much more likely to drop materials than if one tried to gather them. For now, Warren would busy himself with finding another group of boar pups to exterminate when his energy finally ticked back up. That was far and above the most productive use of his time. Indeed, gathering was a non-issue. He just wanted to get this quest done in a timely manner so that, maybe, he could finish another one today.

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Warren HP: 218/220 | EN: 16/22 | DMG 8 | ACC 2[+1] | 18 MIT | KEEN | 12 BLD

Blast [x2 AOE]

Boar Pup10: HP 5/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158671 | BD: 1, Miss | MD: 7, Deal 1 DMG
Boar Pup11: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158672 | BD: 7, Deal 16 DMG
Boar Pup12: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158673 | BD: 7, Deal 16 DMG
Boar Pup13: HP 5/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158674 | BD: 1, Miss | MD: 8, Deal 1 DMG

Looting
ID: 158678 - LD19 <<Boar Pup Tusk>> found [Total 3/3]

Warren found another group in short order. Like a hunter on the prowl, he descended upon them with a ferocious glint in his eye. His Claymore carved through their ranks, but only actually managed to connect with two of them. In his haste to loot them, he forgot about the other two for a moment. As he was busy celebrating the acquisition of his final quest item, Warren felt two bonks on his shins in quick succession. He looked down to see the tiny boars driving their tiny tusks into his shin-guards. He took a step back and the boars followed. Apparently, these creatures were singular in their goal of applying annoying blips of damage in lieu of anything else. He let out a sigh and readied his weapon. The most efficient way out of combat was through it. These poor piglets - though cute - were standing in between him and his goal. The punishment for that, of course, was death.

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Warren HP: 218/220 | EN: 11/22 | DMG 8 | ACC 2[+1] | 18 MIT | KEEN | 12 BLD

Blast [x2 AOE]

Boar Pup10: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158681 | BD: 4+3, Deal 16 DMG
Boar Pup13: HP 0/5 | DMG 3 | ID: 158682 | BD: 10, Deal 20 DMG

Warren raised his blade over his head and sliced downward, angling his Sword Art to strike both of the boars doing their best to chip through his armor with their nubby tusks. They were dispatched in short order. Warren, now content and with his quest completed, put away his weapon and thrust his hands into his pockets. It was time to head back and report in to Lyle. He turned sharply on his heels, humming a soft melody as he trotted off down the road. He was surprised at how quickly he had managed to finish this quest. Especially in comparison to the last one. Not that he was complaining. It was rather liberating to not need to almost drown himself and be given a surprise item by Oscar in order to finish it. He owed that guy a lot at this point. It was time to earn his keep. But in order to do that, he needed to get stronger. There wasn't much he could do with such a pitiful amount of energy.

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Tusks in hand, Warren arrived at Lyle's workshop once more. The grizzled smith looked excited to see the young man. He placed the piece that he was working on down and approached Warren, wiping his soot-covered hands on an equally-sooty cloth. "That certainly didn't take you long! You seem to know what you're doing," he said, holding his hand out expectantly. Warren laid the three tusks parallel into Lyle's open palm. The man took a moment to look them over. He weighed them in his hand and held them up to the light one by one. Satisfied with what he'd been given, he placed them down on one of his many cluttered workbenches and began rummaging through another pile. He rummaged for a bit and then clicked his tongue before moving to a different pile. Warren found himself in awe of how sophisticated the system-generated NPCs were in this game. It was almost like Lyle was actually human. Almost.

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Finally, a eureka moment dawned upon the smith. He grabbed a parcel from beneath a pile of metal and gingerly dusted it off. He then held it out for Warren to take. "I need you to take this to an Artisan named Hannah. You can probably find her in one of the city groves. I promised her this item a while back and now that you're here, I can get it to her," he said. Warren took the item, not at all surprised that the quest had an extra part. The last one did too. It was almost like you were expected to do a task and then a second delivery would place you in the spot you needed for the next quest. Brilliant design to be sure. It insured that no one would miss the next quest and be stuck with no way to progress the quest line. Warren nodded in acceptance and headed off to find Hannah. With any luck he wouldn't need to turn the entire city upside down to find her. 

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