[SP - F9] Sword Arts and mat hunt<<EaL-repeat>> - Completed

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

Floor 9, the hottest place that was cleared, until now at least. Why was she here again? Training of course and material hunting. Of all the floors, this one served the blonde perfect for her crafting material hunt. She was on a above mentioned quest right now, trying to find a mob to fight or a certain flower to pick. By her side, as always Ariel's faithful companion was looking around too... probably for a place where she would wander off by herself. In any case, as soon as they stepped out of the teleportation area the two dashed out towards the outside of the safe area. The blonde stopped for a second before exiting the town, after summoning her HUD inventory she unequipped her enhanced boots 'Lion's Rage'(+1 Savvy,+2 LM) and replaced them with a pair of normal ones that were made for this kind of hot place. Next she equipped a item she had used often despite being a recently made one, the 'Guardian's Cloak'(+2 Loot Die). The moment she finished her preparations, a light gray cloak covered her body, on the back it had the proud symbol of her guild, the blue bird outline as well as her own crowned lion head logo.

ID# 31960  LD:6 (No Loot)

Ariel's stats for this thread:

basically the same but without Savvy or Light Momentum, those being replaced by Loot Die: +2

Edited September 26, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

 

As the two stepped out the safety of the main settlement, a sudden hot gust of wind send the newly equipped cloak backwards as the blonde brings her right forearms forth to shield her eyes: "A 'warm' greeting as usual." she muttered as Kimba had a similar reaction to the sudden change of air current. After another second, she straighten her cloak and they began walking forwards. It didn't took long for them to reach a plant that appeared to be on fire but didn't shattered into pixels as any other thing being destroyed. 

The blonde carefully bent over and bravely plucked the flower out of its earth bed. In the next instant, she didn't feel a rush of pain resulted from direct contact with fire but saw as the flower gained a name and random flavor text. 'I'll have to use this somehow in my crafting... I wonder if that fire effect can be replicated in items?' she asked herself as she stored it in her inventory.

ID# 31961  LD: 21 (19+2) 

Loot: 1 Material

Total Loot: 1 Material

Edited September 18, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

After making sure that the new crafting material was stored, the blonde prepares to raise and continue her search but with the corner of her eyes, she sees a similar form. She turns around and after a couple of dwarf steps she discovers yet another fiery plant  which, this time, she plucks it without hesitation knowing well what will happen. And so she got herself a couple of new items for crafting. This was a good bump in her comeback as a tailor....well continuation of being Aincrad's top tailor. She would start crafting once again even if players wouldn't come to her for orders. She wanted to maintain her status. Besides being one of the top DPS player, she wanted to accumulate as many 'achievements' as she could. Vanity, you say? maybe that was what motivated her but still, as it produced high quality items, people wouldn't have the wright to complain. And even if they did so, she wouldn't listen. 

ID# 31963  LD: 15 (13+2) 

Loot: 1 Material

Total Loot: 2 Material

Edited September 18, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

With a satisfied nod the gild rises only to hear that her companion has begun growling. She knew instant that type of growl was meant as a intimidation or a warning towards something or someone she saw as hostile. Quickly turning towards the target of that growl, Ariel skillfully unsheathes her rapier and enters her battle-mode in a blink of an eye. What she would see was some sort of small spirit like thing that was ablaze, it even had a pair of fiery wings as well. The name next to its health bar wrote 'Fire Imp' as it let a small shriek, most likely targeting the two. 

Ariel let out a relieved sigh as she relaxed her stance a bit. "Only a small fry." she muttered as a mischievous smile appeared on her face. In the next instant she charged towards the mob and entered the <<Pre-Move>> for a high ranking, extreme speed sword art, she saw in the update description. She closes the gap between them in a instant and once in front of it she delivers a series of several blows to what she assumed it was the mob's abdomen, with the final one sending it backwards.

ID# 31963  BD: 7  MD: 4 (7-3eva)

Ariel: 134/134 HP (26/31 Energy)

Sword Art: <<(5)Neutron>> [5X (9+2<<Charge>>)]

Fire Imp: 12/67 HP (-55) 

Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

 

Edited September 18, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

'Good!' she thought as she saw that the mob didn't make any attempt to counter attack. As soon as she could, the blonde did a back step and used the according <<pre-move>> to initiate yet another sword art. This time, instead of thrusting forwards, she raised her rapier up in the air and brought it down aslant starting from the mob's right wing down to the center of its belly, then brought it in the same manner upwards, ending in the opposite shoulder. The mob didn't stand a chance as it exploded in a instant in millions of polygon shards. It left behind only a similar fiery material with a small pouch of col. "Ah, it's so good to be back!" said the blonde as picked up the loot.

ID# 31976  BD: 7  MD: 2  LD: 17 (15+2)

Ariel: 134/134 HP (25/31 Energy/ 1 Regen)

Sword Art: <<(2)Rip Ravine>> [2X9]

Fire Imp: -3/70 HP (-18) 

Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

Loot: 1 Material && 350 Col

Total Loot: 3 Materials && 350 Col

Edited September 18, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

"It seems that this thing are seriously dangerous" thought the blonde as she stored the rewards. Before, people would do less dmg and drag out battles like this one for a while. Now instead of 7 successful turns of attack and dodge, she was condensing all in attacking and the result was pretty evident. With only 2 sword arts, she cut short a lengthily process that exhausted most people. She didn't even wanted to think about the PKing possibilities now and how easy it would be for players to take each other's life. The damage mitigation raised as well but she wasn't sure if people would invest on it as much as in the weapon sword skill. Despite wanting to become a pure DPS, she has somehow balance armor and weapon skills, the scales inclining towards the damage dealing half.

As such thoughts crossed her mind she instinctively picked another flower and added it to her inventory.

 

ID# 31985  LD: 16 (14+2)

Loot: 1 Material

Total Loot: 4 Materials && 350 Col

Edited September 18, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

As they continued they way deeper into the unexplored are of the 9th floor, the blonde started seeing strange things....better said interesting thing that were a rare sight. She didn't knew if they were inspired from some place IRL but the sight of lava fountains and gazers was indeed spectacular to watch. Kimba on the other side, was feeling uneasy around those things, keeping her distance and growling at Ariel to do the same. The blonde simply brushed away those warnings while continuing her walk, then she saw the real motive why her companion was restless.

ID# 31976  BD: 2  MD:3(6-3eva)

Ariel: 134/134 HP (26/31 Energy/ 1 Regen)

Sword Art: None

Lava Spawn: 100/100 HP  

Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

Edited September 19, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

A creature almost as tall as the blonde was looking right at them. It looked completely different from their previous opponent, especially in the height section. She'd seen few mobs that actually would be able to surpass her in that matter. 'Even better, I still have the advantage' she knew from her IRL training that height player a major role in the art of fencing, being able to deliver powerful thrusts onto your opponent from a slightly higher position. She'd already entered the charging position, by lowering her center of gravity and dashed towards the mob, activating her currently most powerful sword art in the process. She rammed her weapon into the mob at the end of her charge, with such momentum that the blade meet a slight initial resistance as it pierced it and went all the way through, exiting from the back of the mob.

ID# 32026  BD: 9 (nat)  MD: 5

Ariel: 134/134 HP (20/31 Energy/ 1 Regen)

Sword Art: <<(7) Shooting Star>>[1X(10+2<<Charge>>)]

Lava Spawn: 116/200 HP (-84)  

Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

Edited September 19, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

Seeing as the mob let tried to grab her with its fiery arms, the blonde backed away a couple of steps and engage in a different sword art. It was a new one that had a bit of a annoying name but it was powerful nonetheless. She drew the cross shape with her sword in a rapid and fluid move, making the mob arch backwards in the next second. It was a un-fulfilling feeling, that this mob didn't fought back like the previous mob, despite at least looking more powerful. With a sigh she entered a defensive sigh and thought about how she should finish the mob.

ID# 32027  BD: 6 (nat)  MD: 3 (6-3) 

Ariel: 134/134 HP (15/31 Energy/ 1 Regen)
Sword Art: <<(6) Crucifixion>> [6x1]

Lava Spawn: 62/100 HP (-54)  
Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

Edited September 19, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

In the end, she decided that as the mob had a bit less than a 3rd she should use the same skill she used at the beginning. She makes a couple of cartwheels and puts some distance between them. Next she shows a smirk, more to herself realizing how she has become dependent of sword arts already. But they come to her as a natural thing, guess RL training really helps a lot with this new update. She darts towards the mob and once again impales it with her rapier, this time she choose the head as the target and completely obliterated it as the rest of the body turned into pixels soon after. It left behind quite a decent amount of loot, which she safely stored in her inventory.

ID# 32028  BD: 8 (nat)  MD: 4 (7-3)  LD: 22(20+2)

Ariel: 134/134 HP (9/31 Energy/ 1 Regen)
Sword Art: Sword Art: <<(7) Shooting Star>>[1x7]

Lava Spawn: -1/200 HP (-63)  
Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

Loot: 2 Material && 2000 Col
Total Loot: 6 Materials && 2350 Col

Edited September 19, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

She looked around one more time, only to find that her familiar went ahead. She let out a sigh and continued her walk. This recent update seemed to bring more players into the fields as she could see in the distance more figures fighting mobs. They probably were here for the same reason as her. It was a pleasant thought that people were starting to get out of the safe zones and actively participate in clearing this death game. She wondered how many will attend this floor boss fight. she knew Azure will come....herself representing the Guardians, a couple of players from the newbie guild Crimson blades....probably a couple from Lowe's guild as well.... Cal as a solo player.

 

ID# 31929  LD: 4

No Loot

Total Loot: 6 Materials && 2350 Col

Edited September 19, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

She would count that around 12 players will be attending, this was double the amount that participated on the 10th so they should clear it pretty fast, right? The problem was the Boss's name. A crusader in a church... she didn't like the sound of that, reason why she went out of her way to purchase several items that would help her go into the fight well prepared. She summoned her inventory and did a small head count of her battle supplies:

• 5 (15 HP) Potions / 1 (25 HP) Potion
• 1 Basic Teleport Crystal
• 2 Dmg Increase Crystals (3 dmg/battle)
• 1 Bloodstone crystal (+20 HP/thread)

Now all she needed was some mass healing crystals and she was set. A mitigation crystal wouldn't be bad but as a damage dealer she'll leave that at the end. Overall she was more or less prepared for managing any unexpected situation.

ID# 31930  LD: 8

No Loot

Total Loot: 6 Materials && 2350 Col

Edited September 19, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

Now, from what she'd heard there were going to be 3 different teams this time. A main team that will focus on defeating the final boss, a dreg team that will handle the extra mobs that will probably spawn during the fight and a tank team that will support both of the before mentioned teams. considering her skills and build, if she manages to grand master the rapier she would have one of the most highest dealing sword arts, well after aincrad's most arrogant guy,that is. That was the reason she needed to fight and get herself a Unique drop. Helping clear the boss is good and all that but she couldn't just let others stand take the lead and items in every fight. She was already unhappy that she didn't participate in the last fight because of Azure's shitty pride, she wasn't about to do that again.

While thinking all of that she ended up in front of yet another flower which she picked up and added to her inventory.

ID# 31932  LD: 16 (14+2)

Loot: 1 Material

Total Loot: 7 Materials && 2350 Col

Edited September 19, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

As such thoughts ran through her head, the blonde had almost bumped into another mob while daydreaming. A pretty bad mistake if you're a low level wandering this floors alone.The blonde simply let out a smirk as she entered a basic fencing stance and began slowly lowering her weight center. Her body began emitting a golden glow and as she reached the perfect pre-move, the system assistance kicked in propelling her forwards with godspeed, leaving behind a golden-blue streak. During her charge with a certain positioning of her rapier, she activated a pre-move to a sword art, thing that made her black weapon glow in a blue shade. She the stabbed the beast using the combined momentum from the <<Charge>> sword skill and the <<Shooting Star>> sword art, dealing a decent amount of damage that took at least half of the beast's HP bars.

 

ID# 32796  BD: 8 (nat)  MD: 1

Ariel: 134/134 HP (24/31 Energy)
Sword Art: <<(7) Shooting Star >> [7x1]

Lava Mob: 112/200 HP (-88)  
Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

Edited September 25, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

The mob staggered behind as it let a low growl, clutching at its stomach. it seems that at this floor resided only low lvl mobs now with the new sword arts update. Ariel thought about them being a nice breath of air, a little help from outside the game, so to say. But she couldn't stop wandering if the update brought even more difficult mobs on the higher floors as well. As if hearing her thoughts the mob launched itself at the blonde and managed to touch her before she could evade it. It left a burning mark on her vambraces. She then clenched her teeth and entered a sword art pre-move. It was a mid lvl sword art but it managed to leave the mob with about a quarter of its HP.

 

ID# 32803  BD: 7 (nat)  MD: 10

Ariel: 129/134 HP (24/31 Energy)
Sword Art: <<5) Neutron>> [5x1]

Lava Mob: 67/200 HP (-45)  
Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

Edited September 25, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

Again she made a step back, then entered another sword art pre-move. Her black blade glowed a Orange shade this time as she went and attack the mob. She would use the same sword art as at the beginning because it was the most rapid way to end the mob. The blonde gave little damn about repeating herself. All she wanted was to get some mats and some money while training and testing sword arts. It was only natural that she would practice the most powerful arts first. Soon after she landed her hit, the mob exploded into pixels and left behind a pretty decent stash of loot, which she immediately picked and after storing it in her inventory she continued with her journey. Making a mental calculation of what she'd gathered 'till now.

ID# 32805  BD: 9 (nat)  MD: 4 (7-3) LD: 20 (18+2)

Ariel: 129/134 HP (24/31 Energy)
Sword Art: <<(7) Shooting Star>> [7x1]

Lava Mob: -3/200 HP (-70)  
Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

Loot: 2 Materials && 1000 Col

Total Loot: 9 Materials && 3350 Col

 

Edited September 25, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

'Well this is a drag' this whole, one person hunt for materials was getting a bit ridiculous. without anything else on he mind, Ariel's thoughts reverted to the boss fight. This time she would act as a part of her initial guild, the guardians of Aincrad. Even if she was pretty much the only active member... some sort of remnant loyalty and pride stopped her from leaving. Hopefully Azure, the ones that took charge of this clearing expedition, would make some decent teams and she would fight alongside people she could trust. 

Yet again her thoughts were interrupted by a random mob. With a quick sword art, she killed it and went her way.

 

ID# 32816  BD: 9 (nat)  MD: 10 LD: 12 (10+2)

Ariel: 124/134 HP (18/31 Energy)
Sword Art: <<(7) Shooting Star>> [7x1]

Lava Mob#2: 0/84 HP (-84)  
Mob Dmg: 27 (9*3)

Loot: 1 Materials && 350 Col

Total Loot: 10 Materials && 3700 Col

Edited September 26, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

In any case she was excited to participate in a boss fight. After all she only did a long time ago, go to the Cupid hunt on the 2nd floor. but that fancy parrot wasn't merely at the strength of a floor boss. especially one at the floor 11 after the sword arts update got released. She was a bit afraid that this update might apply to the boss as well, making him more dangerous than any before. the previous ones had AoE attacks but it acted like a minor bug, slowly leeching the life by a few HP points at a time. Now with the new AoE skills that would hit/kill up to 4 mobs at a time, she wondered what would happen if the mob had sword skills with similar effect. Yet again she stumbled onto a perfectly collectible plant that she stored with the rest.

 

ID# 32819    LD:  19

Loot: 1 Materials

Total Loot: 11 Materials && 3700 Col

Edited September 26, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

She was starting to see the end of this little journey as the outskirts of Phoenix Town could be seen in the distance. She had walked quite a bit from the central settlement of this floor. Her thoughts reverted back to the boss fight... She knew the blue clad elitists had undergone a restructure. Only the blood buccaneer and the red tank remaining from their previous format. She'd know that they were starting to get more active... and more welcoming to the outer public. 'Maybe they'll do a decent job.' she thought, trying to push away the sadness she felt when she and other lower members suddenly got kicked out of the guild. They apparently brought new players and started it once again, a bit after she formed the AP guild.

 

ID# 32896    LD: 17 (15+2) 

Loot: 1 Material

Total Loot: 12 Materials && 3700 Col

Edited September 26, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

'Well I'll have to w8 and see' she though as she looked around. This place was awful, she disliked it entirely, as she was used to the 'warm' environment of the 4th floor. IRL she hated snow but here, there was something about the 4th floor that was appealing to her. She wasn't sure if it was the solitude or what but that place calmed her. Initially she set up shop there to be near her guilmaster but moved it out of town shortly in hope for a more diverse clientele that included orange players. In the end that prove to be a bust but she diligently went on with her crafting. Now standing above all other tailors in skill... funny enough, that gave her even less clients.

ID# 32900    LD: 13 

Loot: None

Total Loot: 12 Materials && 3700 Col

Edited September 26, 2015 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion