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[BR-F26] Paving the Way to Floor 27 [Gabrandr-The Broken King]


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As she saw Raidou, with his hand on his weapon ready to slay the king, she too walked behind him ready to assist him as she shared the same feeling. Unfortunately, he didn't get a chance to act and decided to spare? in the same time guilt tripping the others.

She let out a long sigh as she slightly shook her head. Her blade, even though worn out throughout this boss fight and still yearning for more action, syncing once more with its owner's desires. Was now taking a momentary rest in its saya.

She drew closer to Raidou, his was one of the few opinions she bothered mulling over, alongside Baldur and Cal's. It was at this precise moment that she missed her hiding skill, her gut feeling told her to finish the boss like they always did and start scouting the next floor. However now the king... gained a couple of bodyguards, one in particular she knew she had no chance to get past before getting herself taken cared of by the rest.
"You people are making me start to regret coming back... can't even follow a simple plan." she muttered as she reached Raidou's side, now looking down on the still living floor boss.

"And you want us to vote for you now?" she addressed the king mockingly.

"Since floor 11 I and a few here..." a small pause, to survey the surroundings and eye the players around her before resuming: "Followed the same simple formula: kill the floor boss, go to the next floor and prepare to kill the 'new' boss. Rinse and repeat!" she opened her hands magnanimously as she was now slowly pacing in circles against the convict and his blue themed guard. Locking her eyes with @Calrex as she next spoke with great familiarity. "Worked fine for us until now, wouldn't you agree, Cal-kun?" her attention then shifting to @Baldur and his disciples, as she raised a skeptical eyebrow: "Sōke-dono?"

She then turned around to face the rest: "We made this choice before even stepping in this room. Never have we even planned for the possibility of sparing a floor boss during the meeting before a raid. For 25 floors, a quarter of this flying castle's length and many years, we've done the same thing and it worked. There shouldn't be any doubt in what we must do now! Because that is what this 'Cardinal-controlled NON-PLAYER CHARACTER('slow paced sentence') is doing right now, making us doubt our next course of action. We cannot afford to improvise like this when we know we have a sure-way of reaching the next floor." she took a moment to breath in as she got a little heated up during her rant.

"This NPC is the same code as Orgoth which helped us in the previous floor, same code as Shadow who we fought against with the minotaur. Orgoth survived because we managed to 'defeat' Shadow fast enough in the last phase of the fight. But let me remind you all that we previously decided, during the meeting, to kill Orgoth too if he couldn't be rid of his controlled state and continued to be against us."

One scornful glance at the king as she continued: "This.. king... attacked us and continued to do so despite trying to reason with it, probably ready to wipe us all up to the last player. Our morality and what we feel or assume will happen shouldn't be in the way of finishing off this floor boss and getting to the next floor, as discussed in the meting before the fight. If u 'feel' differently (here she made a mocking tone and facial expression), don't participate in the next boss fight if the conclusion of the beforehand meeting isn't to your liking. If I knew we were going to start experimenting with different options, I wouldn't have been here." she voted then crossed her arms and stood next to the Firm Anima guild members.

"You all need to get your act together. I won't accept sparing him based on hunches, feelings or the nonsense he's been spouting throughout the fight and just now. Unlike Orgoth, he didn't do anything to deserve our trust or clemency, quite the opposite in fact. There's too much at stake." her words would probably fall on deaf ears but she could not bear to just go with the flow. Even if she were to be the odd one out in the end, she would still keep vigilant and act as soon as the opportunity would present itself, in any form. That would b the only reason why she hasn't used her crystal yet.
 

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( @Raidou ) His eyes closed, a familiar voice would be the first to speak to him. It was the voice of the one that had been willing to promise the well-being of his people and to raze the Grand Impe

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"If you're not satisfied with how the front line conducts itself and cannot make peace with it, the reasonable option is not to expect large groups of them to depart at your whim, it is for you to take your leave. The front line is constantly in flux, and if you're not prepared to deal with that," Shield said calmly, summoning a blue crystal into his hand and tossing it at Ariel's feet, "nobody is forcing you to stay." His dark eyes were stern, but they were composed and still despite his sharp gesture. "I have tried drawing lines in the sand in the past, and the results were bad for the front lines. They were values I believed in too, but in the end, me trying to force the front lines to be what I thought it should be did far more harm than good. We have our strength from relying on each other, not trying to send others packing."

He glanced for a brief moment over at Baldur, who he was sure would remember the idealistic squabbling that had divided the lines so drastically only a few floors ago. "Learn from my mistakes. Be flexible. Well designed video games have multiple paths forward. Aincrad isn't a choose-your-own-adventure book. This choice isn't going to lead to glorious victory on one hand and shattering defeat on the other. This game is many things, including cruel, but it is not unfair. It doesn't offer you death on a silver platter, even if death is always at your elbow."

With a steady breath, he continued, his eyes held on Ariel. She and Shield had been divided many times in the past. At one point, he had even considered her an enemy. Now, he was at least sure they were on the same side, if not idealistically opposed in very glaring ways. "Yes, we have followed the same formula for the last 25 floors. Almost. We have spared an NPC in the past, during the fight with the dark elf council. And do you know what happened to us as a result? Nothing." He cracked that word like a whip. "We escaped unharmed, we advanced to the next floor, and with one fewer enemy to kill.  It *also* worked. And what did we gain?" Rising to his feet, he squared his shoulder with the self-crowned lioness. "We learned something about how this game works and thinks. And we can't say that about every fight. There is a reason that people say that knowledge is power. The more we understand about our enemy and how he operates, the more ammunition we have at our disposal when we step into the boss chamber seventy floors from now."

He remained where he was, standing sentry beside Calrex. "We act together. We will see where the vote falls. You don't have the authority to tell anyone to leave. We don't recognize your crown, lioness. So if you're not interested in fighting alongside us..." At Ariel's feet, he nudged the teleportation crystal an inch closer. "...then don't."

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Having given his outburst, Jon felt a lot better. After the last couple of weeks unsure of what was happening all bottled up inside, it just felt nice to get the words off of his chest. Maybe Mina didn't understand, but Raidou would know how he seen him. It didn't appear like the man had any intention of changing his view either. Oscar spoke his piece, and Jonathan would at least have to see the reason behind his words. His opinion was unchanged but he understood the frontlines was not the place to be having this. The only problem was: if the frontlines wasn't where he had it... what stopped Raidou and his guild from hacking down him, Mina, and the Arbiters?

It seemed that the frontliners had now come to their conclusion and Jonathan would sit soundly with it. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lashed out... not here. Sometimes I forget my own place. Even if we ended up deciding to kill him, I would have respected it albeit it maybe slightly upset." Turning back to Gabrandr, he would ask him one more question. "What do you have to say now?" 

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The fight had come to an halt. Or rather, the combat fight, the fight where they used their experience, their skills, their gear, and now once again, it have turned into a blah blah. Zandra didnt made any attempt whatsoever to try to interrupt the discussion, or get her opinion known to the rest. She hadnt really been active enough lately to be worthy to have anyone listen to her, right? The final boss was down to the red. THE RED! And they wanted to SPARE him? Was they stupid or something? Lessa almost died to that, thing. And it sounded on Lessa like she wanted to spare him as well. She was standing, leaning towards one of the canons, with her crimson eyes walking up towards the ceiling. She let out a deep sigh. Well, maybe they all was idiots, but she stilled loved them and would hate losing anyone of them. Well, almost anyone. While the other members of this combat was talking sparing or killing, sparing or killing, her eyes kept darting back and forth between spots on the wall. She refused to get taken by surprise. She also mumbled a few words to herself, giving a faint yellow shine on her, Lessa, Ariel, Oscar and Night. This would at least protect them a little if any surprises would appear.

She looked down for second and said to herself. ''At least I have this thou.''

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REWARDS 
Event Part 2 will take place soon. 

EXP

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Player Tier Raw EXP Mega Slime Adjusted EXP Post Count Base Col Reward Laurel Wreath Total Col
                 
Shield 10 68950 1.1 75845 8 20000 11377 31377
Baldur 9 62055 1.1 68261 8 20000 10240 30240
Calrex 10 68950 1 68950 7 20000 10343 30343
Crozeph 7 48265 1.1 53092 6 20000 7964 27964
Koga 6 41370 1.1 45507 9 20000 6827 26827
Hirru 8 55160 1 55160 9 20000 8274 28274
Raidou 11 75845 1.1 83430 8 20000 12515 32515
Eruda 7 48265 1 48265 8 20000 7240 27240
Freyd 12 82740 1 82740 8 20000 12411 32411
Freya 7 48265 1.1 53092 6 20000 7964 27964
Mina 4 27580 1 27580 6 20000 0 20000
Shiina 6 41370 1.1 45507 7 20000 6827 26827
Oscar 8 55160 1.1 60676 5 20000 9102 29102
Lessa 8 55160 1.1 60676 5 20000 9102 29102
Ariel 9 62055 1 62055 6 20000 9309 29309
Night 10 68950 1 68950 6 20000 10343 30343
Zandra 10 68950 1.1 75845 6 20000 11377 31377
Morg 8 55160 1 55160 8 20000 8274 28274
Hidden 8 55160 1.1 60676 7 20000 9102 29102
Sam 7 48265 1.1 53092 6 20000 7964 27964
Mac 10 68950 1 68950 7 20000 10343 30343
Simmone 6 41370 1.1 45507 7 20000 6827 26827
                 
Staff Reward 8.22 11508 1 11508 9      
  (Avg player tier)       (Not applied)      
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

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Total Word Count (Players): 41,358
Total Word Count (Boss): 8,383
 



Player Word Count:

 

Party 1
Shield Baldur Calrex Crozeph Koga Hirru
1983 1689 2326 1490 1771 4065

 

Party 2
Raidou Eruda Freyd Freya Mina Shiina
2349 1270 4085 1266 1752 1391

 

Party 3
Oscar Lessa Ariel Night Zandra
2008 1391 1138 1982 1331

 

Party 4
Morg Hidden Sam Mac Simmone
2177 1437 1116 1900 1441

 


All Players receive: 
x1 Fate's Armament(Vanity) : An unfinished weapon granted by Gabrandr. For now, it spins slowly around the player in the shape of the weapon they use most. It's almost as if it is waiting to be used at the right moment. 

x20,000 additional Col

x20 Materials. 

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