(PP-F9) The Ivory Knight <<The Iron Guardian>> COMPLETE

[Amira 0]

 

Spoiler

 

Quest Name - The Iron Guardian

Location - Floor 9

 

Requirements for completion: 

- 21 Post Count Minimum

- Players MUST defeat X amount of <<Iron Knights>> (X being 1 per player)

- Player(s) MUST defeat the <<Iron Guardian>>

- Player(s) MUST defeat the Broker

 

Recommended Level - 30

 

Background Information - Player(s) encounter a broker who claims they will tell them the location of a powerful field boss in return of an item that it drops. The field boss that the broker speaks of lies approximately two days west with a few monsters here and there to fight to actually reach the designated location. The boss is claimed to drop a consumable item that has the power to provide an entire team a healing effect that reaches up to a party of four at a time, so perfect for boss raids.

 

Quest Objective - Player(s) must head West in order to try and find this boss. They must fight <<Iron Knights>> along the way in order to prepare them for the ultimate boss fight against the <<Iron Guardian>>, or so the broker says anyways. In order to complete the quest however, players must meet a few requirements in order to end the quest. The Broker must be killed one way or another. It is up to the player if they wish to attack them first for the item, then when killed, they become a player killer, OR they can have the broker attack first. This adds a special element of variety to everybody's threads as you can choose how it goes. Either way, the broker needs to be fought as well.

 

If the player chooses to return the item, then the Broker will think that the player/party is trying to lead him into a trap, where he will be killed and stolen from, in fear, he will then retaliate by attacking the leader of the party first, and then the fight continues normal from there on.

 

Enemy Information -

 

<<Iron Knight>>

HP - 72

Damage - 30, Bleed on 9 or 10 for 2 turns dealing 1 damage.

Thorns - Deals 2 Damage To Enemy if hit.

 

<<Iron Guardian>>

HP - 225

Damage - 54, Bleed on 9 or 10 for 2 turns dealing 4 damage.

Thorns - Deals 4 Damage To Enemy if hit.

 

<<Mysterious Broker>>

HP - 150

Damage - 50, Paralyze on 9 or 10 for 1 turn.

Battle Healing - Heals 13 HP For Every 10 On Broker's Crafting Dice.

 

Rewards:

~ 1 Skill Points upon first completion.

~ (Given To Quest Party Leader) Banner of Support - This item has (3) charges and may only be refilled by asking a merchant to refill it costing 750 Col per charge. This item does not stack and may not be sold for Col, it becomes bound to the player. When used, the Banner of Support heals up to 4 players, including the user, a maximum of 20 HP. Once used, the Banner of Support changes from a red to a gray color and begins to go on it's 10 turn cooldown.

 

Once again Manta had been suckered into doing a high level quest with Ebony. She was starting to wonder if maybe Ebony was trying to take advantage of her. Well, it didn't actually matter all that much.They both got rewards for these quests, not just Ebony, so they both got something from doing this. She unsheathed her rapier and walked to the edge of the ninth floor city to wait for Ebony. It was time togo on some extremely hard quest that they had a good chance of dying on. And to tell the truth, Manta didn't really trust the information broker that Ebony had mentioned. He didn't sound all that reliable.

Edited November 17, 2015 by Manta Gaul

[Ebony 0]

Ebony hopped over a little stream of lava and made her way back into the settlement. She walked over to the teleport where she was supposed to be meeting Manta for the quest. She had successfully gotten Manta to help her out with this quest, something that she was quite proud of. Manta tended to be extremely overprotective, and this quest was not without it's risks. She walked up behind Manta and tapped her on the shoulder, a wide grin already forming on her face.

[Amira 0]

Manta turned around sharply to see Ebony there. She hadn't been scared exactly, just slightly startled. You couldn't harm someone in a safe area after all. She gave Ebony a little wave. "All right... Lets hurry up and get this over with." She said, unsheathing her weapon and starting towards the edge of town. "The quest said 2 Iron Knights to get to the Iron Guardian, right?" She asked making sure that her information was correct.

[Ebony 0]

Ebony gave Manta a nod, unsheathing her own dagger and following behind Manta. She was confident in her friends abilities, but was prepared to back her up in this quest all the same. "I agree. The sooner we finish this the sooner we can celebrate and get our rewards and all of that awesome stuff." She exclaimed, walking to the edge of the safe zone and motioning forwards with her hand to Manta.

[Amira 0]

Manta sighed at Ebony's enthusiasm. She seemed like she wanted to get killed. Still, the only thing she could do at this point was to finish this up and keep her from getting hurt. She walked out into the field, walking for quite a while before Manta saw an Iron Knight. She walked up to it and activated Crucifixion, sending six stabs into the knights chest. He burst into pixels, but apparently had some weak thorn enhancements as her health bar went down a bit. She'd leave that to Ebony to heal.

ID# 39066 results:

Battle: 10 Crit Hit 12DMG x6 (Crucifixion)=72 DMG

<<Iron Knight>> 0/72 (-72)

Damage - 30, Bleed on 9 or 10 for 2 turns dealing 1 damage.

Thorns - Deals 2 Damage To Enemy if hit.

Manta: 90/92 (-2 Thorns) EN:

Ebony: 76/76

[Ebony 0]

Ebony clapped as Manta easily killed the knight with one attack. This was certainly going to be an easy quest. Manta was doing the same amount of damage that she normally did, causing Ebony to wonder when she was going to get stronger. All of this training they were doing together had to have an effect sometime. Or was that just how it was for higher levels? Ebony motioned with her dagger. "Onwards!" She called out, not addressing her question.

 ID# 39067 results:

 Craft: 11 Heal Successful +15 HP

Manta: 92/92 (+15)EN:18/23

Ebony: 76/76 

[Amira 0]

Manta followed the direction that Ebony directed with her dagger, taking it as some sort of omen. It was only a short amount of time before she came across another Iron Knight. She flourished with her ivory blade in air before moving forwards and sending four extra strong stabs into the Iron Knight's chest. It burst into pixels a moment later and Manta was dealt the thorn damage. She smiled over to Ebony. "I have a bit of energy, but I think we should wait for it to regenerate." She explained, sheathing her rapier for the moment. 

ID# 39068 results:

Battle: 8 (9x8=72 DMG)

Loot: 17 (360 col)

<<Iron Knight>> 0/72 (-72)

Damage - 30, Bleed on 9 or 10 for 2 turns dealing 1 damage.

Thorns - Deals 2 Damage To Enemy if hit.

Manta: 90/92 (-2 Thorns) EN: 11/23 (-7

Ebony: 76/76

[Ebony 0]

Ebony nodded to Manta and sheathed her won dagger. As a healer, energy wasnt really one of her problems, but she understood that it was a major part of a DPS players role. They would likely be waiting for a while, so Ebony took a seat on the ground, getting comfortable while she waited. "So, do anythign cool since last I saw you?" She aaked Manta, trying to start a conversation.

 ID# 39069 results:

 Craft: 1 (+3)=4 Fail

[Amira 0]

Manta sat down next to Ebony. If there was one thing that she hated about the DPS build it was waiting for the energy to regenerate. It took forever. Sure there were items that could help, but they didn't help much out of combat. She looked over ay Ebony who had asked a question. "Oh, nothing much. I fought a skeleton boss and got a thousand col from him." She said, leaving out the part where she grandmastered the rapier.

[Ebony 0]

By now Manta's health had already regenerated to full. Ebony wondered how much longer it would take for her energy to restore. Manta mentioned besting a skeleton boss and getting a thousand col from him. She felt like something was missing from the story, but didn't ask for details. One thousand col was certainly impressive, but she'd seen Zelrius get over five thousand col and some materials in a battle with some hell hounds.  

[Amira 0]

Sadly, Energy didn't regenerate as fast as health, so it looked like they were going to be sitting there for a while longer. She looked over at Ebony who seemed to be thinking about something, probably in relation to the thousand col she had just bragged about getting from that skeleton boss. In another attempt to start a conversation she spoke up again. "What about you Ebony? Made any new friends in the last few days?"

[Ebony 0]

Ebony looked over at Manta who had spoken up again. "I met another support named Zandra. She just walked into my shop and started talking." She said, pausing before continuing on. "The we went on <<The Search For Hoya>> where I took out one of the Minotaurs and she took out the other." She explained, staring at Manta's energy bar and willing it to fill just a little bit faster.

[Amira 0]

Manta was impressed that they had managed to do that quest, being supports. Supports weren't usually known for their high damage. She looked over at her health bar which was now full. "All righty then, time to head out and finish up this quest." She got to her feet and unsheathed her sword, looking around for the Iron Guardian that was supposed to show up.

[Ebony 0]

Ebony stood up as well and unsheathed her dagger. "I'm all set for the iron guardian. I heard he's a bit difficult, so please be careful." She asked as she started walking. If they walked enough they were bound to walk across the mob they were looking for. She walked for a minute before catching sight of a rather large mob in heavy iron armor. "I suppose that's it. Good luck Manta." She said, making sure to stay behind her friend.

Ebony: 80/80 EN: 20

Manta: 92/92 EN: 23

Iron Guardian: 225/225

[Amira 0]

Manta walked alongside Ebony, keeping an eye out for the mob. Ebony spotted it first though, pointing it out to her. Manta looked it up and down, preparing to impress Ebony. She flicked the tip of her rapier in the air before charging the mob, activating <<Over Radiation>> and starting her thirteen hit combo. She twirled stabbed and slashed at the mob, reducing it's health to a good deal below halfway. And this was supposed to be hard. The bosses thorn enhancement  did a little bit of damage, but not enough to faze her.

 ID# 39101 results:

Battle: 6 Hit! (9+1 (Charge)=10x13= 130 DMG)

Ebony: 80/80 EN: 20

Manta: 88/92 (-4) EN: 11/23 (-12)

Iron Guardian: 95/225 (-130)

Turn Order: Manta> Ebony>Iron Guardian

 

[Ebony 0]

Ebony watched in awe as Manta charged forwards and used a skill that she had never seen before. Granted, she wasn't too familiar with the rapier sword arts, so it might be nothing all that special. About ten high speed stabs and slashes into the combo, Ebony realized that this was in fact something special. While not as strong as a unique skill, this combo was something else, likely a sword skill only available to grandmasters of the Rapier. So that was what had been taking Manta so long to upgrade. Ebony was preparing to grandmaster her first aid, but she still had another fifteen skill points before she could do that, and it took a long time to get fifteen skill points under normal circumstances. The guardian swung it's sword at Manta, but she easily dodged it. Ebony hung back, enjoying the show.

 ID# 39102 results:

 MOB: 3 (-4) Miss

[Amira 0]

Manta noticed that Ebony didn't appear to be doing anyting, but that was all right with her. The boss was just about dead now. She ducked under the Iron Guardian's sword strike and came back up, activating another high rank sword art, <<Flashing Penetrator>>. Within the space of two seconds her glowing black rapier stabbed into the guardian eleven times, finishing him off and causing it to burst into crystals. Hit the accept button on the loot and was rewarded with an item called Banner of Support. This looked like the sort of thing that would work well with Ebony's healing abilities.

ID# 39103 results:

Battle: 7 Hit: 9x11= 99 DMG

Ebony: 80/80 EN: 20

Manta: 88/92 (-4) EN: 1/23 (-10)

Iron Guardian: -4/225 (-99) DEADED

Edited November 17, 2015 by Manta Gaul

[Ebony 0]

Ebony raised an eyebrow. That had been surprisingly easy. Now that they had the item they could hand it over to the information broker in return for the reward they had been promised. She brought up her HUD and sent him a message, setting up a meeting away from the safe area where no one could listen in on them. 

Edited November 17, 2015 by Ebony

[Amira 0]

Manta sheathed her sword and sighed. She wanted to be at full energy when they reached the meeting place, just in case. She wasn't worried though, it would likely all be restored by the time they got there. "Lets go Ebony." She called out, already walking. In the meantime her out of combat skill kicked in, bringing her health back up to full. At least there was one thing that didn't require a long time to restore.

[Ebony 0]

Ebony remembered what had occurred in the fight a few moments earlier as they started to walk. She had been momentarily distracted by a fountain of lava that had popped up, but now she was thinking about it again. She caught up to Manta and walked beside her. "I see you grandmastered the rapier. Why didn't you tell me earlier! You were amazing!" She said excitedly.

Edited November 17, 2015 by Ebony