[SP-F2] «Breaking the Unbreakable»

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"Teleport: Urbus."

Those were the last words Mitsuki had uttered before finding herself glowing and dissipating from the teleport gate in Starting City. Her body tingled everywhere as she traveled through an endless white space for a couple of seconds, before materializing through Urbus' town portal. Her vision was filled with a rocky, mountainous area that the town was built around. There were occasional patches of grass, giving the area a bit of color, but they were few and far between. Not exactly the nicest place to vacation. Regardless, she was still grateful that she could see it at all.

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After stepping down from the steps leading up to the teleport gate, Mitsuki stopped for a moment and gestured her menu open. Alright, let's double check the objective. She tapped 'Quests' on her menu, and tapped '«Breaking the Unbreakable»,' which happened to be the sole quest on the list following. A relatively large screen popped up in front of her, and her eyes carefully read over every detail given.

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Upon finishing her swift inspection of the quest, Mitsuki closed the information window and replaced it with her map. As the boss of the floor had already been defeated, the dungeon's location was marked by a white skull with a red 'X' cutting through it, signifying its defeat. So, I just have to follow this path east of the town, hike up until I reach this point, and then follow the slope down. This shouldn't be too much of a challenge. She took a mental photograph of the map before closing it. Her body turned towards the eastern exit and she began making her way towards the seemingly unbreakable rock.

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Passing through the eastern gate, Mitsuki found herself on the trail she needed to be on. For a moment, she paused and followed it with her eyes. As the map had revealed, it led to a mountain which had to be about three-thousand meters away from her; she estimated it would take her about twenty minutes to reach it if she simply walked. Further along the path, it eventually winded around the mountain, which was where she imagined the descent would begin, and at the end of that descent, the entrance to the dungeon would be. I wonder how long it took for the front-liners to find this place.

Ignoring that thought, she entered a quick jog along the path.

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With her jogging pace, it took Mitsuki about half the time she had estimated to arrive at the mountain trail. However, there were a few weaker creatures guarding the way. Two rather large «Bees» patrolled the slope she needed to climb. Oh, what the hell. She scanned her surroundings. The space between her was relatively clear; it would be a challenge to avoid getting flanked by one while distracted by the other. Her eyes moved followed the path a little longer. There was a ledge she might be able to reach using her «Acrobatics» skill, but she wasn't entirely sure it was within reach. What to do, oh, what to do?

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As she planned out her action, her right-hand found itself gripping the hilt of her blade, going as far as unsheathing it. Well, it's this or nothing. With her dagger drawn, she made a mad dash towards one of the bees. Immediately, they were alerted to her presence and made their way to her as well. About ten meters away from her first target, Mitsuki activated her «Acrobatics» skill and kicked off the ground with her right-foot. The system aided in this movement, and while she front-flipped forward, she sliced up the abdomen of the bee in a single swift slash.

PLAYER

Mitsuki: 7/7

BD: 9

DMG: 1 (Hit) + 1 (Critical) = 2

ENEMIES

Bee #1: 2/4

Bee #2: 4/4

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After her attack, the bee furiously flapped its wings in an attempt to regain balance. The other bee, unhindered as of yet, flew towards her, its stinger pointed directly at Mitsuki's face. Oh, no you don't! She flipped the blade in her hand so the blade was passing her pinky in a stabbing grip. It was risky, but just as the stinger was about to puncture her face, she side-stepped away and stabbed the insect just above its enormous stinger, causing it to strangely buzz for a moment, as if it was simulating some sort of pain.

PLAYER

Mitsuki: 7/7

BD: 8

DMG: 1 (Hit) = 1

ENEMIES

Bee #1: 2/4

Bee #2: 3/4

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Mitsuki's risky action went punished, however. Her first target had long recovered by the time she struck the second, and in a mad dash of speed, it flew at her and managed to sting her in her shoulder. "Gah!" She cried as her left-hand placed pressure on the area, attempting to soothe the simulated pain. Keep a better eye on both of your targets and you'll prevail.

PLAYER

Mitsuki: 6/7

BD: 5

DMG: 0 (Miss)

ENEMIES

Bee #1: 2/4

Bee #2: 3/4

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Just as the girl had turned around to make sure the other flying creature hadn't come to close to her, she was struck in the chest by its massive stinger. "Damn it!" She cursed as she slid back on the ground. There was some good that came out of it, however, as it pushed both of the «Bees» into her line of sight. Let's try to keep it this way. Her grip further clenched around the hilt of her blade as she watched the two insects approach her once again.

PLAYER

Mitsuki: 5/7

BD: 1

DMG: (Critical Fail)

ENEMIES

Bee: 2/4

Bee: 3/4

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Mitsuki's eyes shifted between the two bees; one from her ten-o-clock, the other from her two-o-clock. Both were approximately the same distance away. She continued waiting for them to get closer, her left-arm up as if to balance her strikes. Wait for it. She stared the two down. When one was close enough, she spun around the bee on the left, in the process, her right-arm extending and stabbing into its gut. By the time her attack was completed, both of the bees had passed her, and she was positioned in a manner that kept both of them in her sight.

PLAYER

Mitsuki: 5/7

BD: 8

DMG: 1 (Hit) = 1

ENEMIES

Bee #1: 1/4

Bee #2: 3/4

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With the first bee entering a critical condition with its health entering the red zone, Mitsuki took its recovering opportunity to strike at the second one. Her feet quickly began rushing towards the other creature, which charged at her as well. Not today, bastard! At full-speed, Mitsuki flipped her blade in her hand so it was in slashing position, and slashed diagonally across the creature. Her recklessness cost her to find a stinger just above her abdomen, but she had managed to get the second bee into its critical health, so it was worth it in her mind.

PLAYER

Mitsuki: 4/7

BD: 9

DMG: 1 (Hit ) + 1 (Critical Hit) = 2

ENEMIES

Bee #1: 1/4

Bee #2: 1/4

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Although it was beneficial for the girl to manage to get both of the bees down to their critical health, Mitsuki had completely forgotten that most of the monsters in the game had some sort of subroutine change once they did; they became drastically more aggressive, and almost seemed to get buffs in their strength and speed. This little slip up caused her to find herself being blitzed by the bee that had just recovered from entering critical health, and she was knocked back as it headbutt her away, sending her tumbling a bit.

PLAYER

Mitsuki: 3/7

BD: 1

DMG: 0 (Critical Failure)

ENEMIES

Bee #1: 1/4

Bee #2: 1/4

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In the middle of her tumble, Mitsuki managed to plant one of her feet on the ground. With an amused smile, she used that single foot to recover her balance and enter a dash towards the bee that had struck her. "You'll pay for that!" She shouted as her right-hand raised above her head and shut sliced downward through the bee. Like a balloon, force of her blade caused the creature to explode. Unlike a balloon, however, the bee's explosion rained thousands of glimmering pixels upon the ground.

Not wanting to give up her advantage, she turned her head back towards the other bee. One more to go.

PLAYER

Mitsuki: 3/7

BD: 10

DMG: 1 (Hit) + 2 (SUPAH CRITICAL) = 3

ENEMIES

Bee #1: -2/4

Bee #2: 1/4

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Instead of using the aggression that had built up on this last insect, Mitsuki simply sat there, waiting for it to approach. Come at me. A smirk grew upon her face. She twirled her blade in her hands once again, and brought her left-hand to clasp the hilt together. She squatted a bit before leaping off the ground, and plunging her blade into the bee's skull. Like the bee before it, it exploded, leaving pixels in its wake.

PLAYER

Mitsuki: 3/7

BD: 10

DMG: 1 (Hit) + 2 (SUPAH CRITICAL) = 3

ENEMIES

Bee #1: -2/4 (DEAD)

Bee #2: -2/4 (DEAD)

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A window popped up detailing the experience and col gained by defeating the two creatures, but Mitsuki closed it without look. As of right now, it didn't really matter to her. All that was important was to finish the quest she had began, and after catching her breath, she began running up the mountainside. Almost there.

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Another ten minutes or so had passed when Mitsuki had reached the part of the mountain where she'd loop around to the other side. As she had expected, the slope leading back down was there. Her eyes followed the trail a bit further. The rock wasn't visible from here, but a second glance at her map let her realize that it couldn't be too far away. With that thought in mind, she began her descent of the mountain.

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By the time she had reached the bottom of the mountain, Mitsuki was exhausted. For about twenty minutes she had jogged towards the mountain, then she had entered combat with two oversized bees before entering a ten minute jog up the hill, and proceeded to run an extra seven minutes down the hill. The teenager leaned forward, her hands stretching past her knees as she caught her breath. Why did they have to add exhaustion to the game as well? Whatever the thought process was in that decision didn't really make too much sense to her. If it was for realism, they completely took that aspect away when they added oversized bees, elves, and undead creatures to the game.

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Her map open as she traveled towards the dungeon, Mitsuki slowly made her way through the twists and turns following the end of the trail before ending up in a small little village inhabited by only a couple of players and maybe a dozen NPCs. What a small little town. Upon her entrance into the town, an invisible wall revealed itself and rippled a bit. A few of the players that she had once seen were now gone, although the NPCs remained. Just as I thought, I'm in another instance.

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Instance was a term used to define a separate copy of the area for other groups of players. In this case, Mitsuki imagined that because she had not yet destroyed the rock for her quest, as she stepped into the town another instance was made in which the rock was still present. That way, multiple people could do the quest, despite the rock already having been destroyed and the dungeon already being cleared. In concept, it was actually quite a brilliant system, at least Mitsuki thought so, though she wasn't too much of a technology nerd; she just liked knowing random facts.

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Not long after even stepping into the town, Mitsuki had managed to find the unbreakable rock. Streams of light from within the dungeon behind it escaped into the outside's night. It was massive in size; it must have been at least five times her own height, and just as wide. How am I supposed to break this? No matter how hard she looked, it didn't seem to have any notable weak points. She drew her dagger from its sheathe and leaned her head forward, her eyes staring the rock down like it was a truly living foe.