As Aura walked through Gilmer's Tower, she had her left hand resting on the hilt of her sword that was sheathed at her side. As she walked, it gently brushed the red armor that protected her left leg, making the faintest of sounds, but she heard it clearly as if it was right next to her ear. She was practicing her Straining skill as she listened to the sounds that surrounded her. She could hear mobs that were far away, and the footsteps of a few people who seemed to be behind her, but nothing was more interesting than hearing a faint girls voice talking. 

[b]"Can't wait to see the looks on all your pretty little faces when you see no boss and me with all the loot, sweat hearts!"[/b] was what it sounded like she said. This made Aura raise her brow as she began her ascent of the steps to the next floor. [i]So another solo player is going for the boss loot? Hm... should i be nice and allow her to get it herself then?"[/i] she asked herself as she continued walking up the long stairwell. When she reached the entrance to the next floor of the tower, she hid in the shadows for a moment and listened. This time, for mobs. She was only 5,000 exp away from leveling up and that was mainly her goal for coming to this tower.... that and to get a bunch of useless items to sell or trade. After a few moments of listening, her ears picked up on what sounded like flapping wings. At her skill level she couldn't yet tell how many there were, but she was sure she could take them by surprise, no matter how many there were. Slowly with her left hand she drew her sword and started to walk towards the sound. She tried not to get distracted by anything else but it was quite a challenge so far. Aura made a mental note to continue practicing on her skills so she could get better at them. Finally she spotted two winged monsters lurking a few meters ahead of her and she gripped her sword tightly in preparation to attack.

When they turned and she escaped their line of sight she charged, taking full advantage of her Sprint skill, and Aura was upon them in seconds. They heard the sound of her steps coming closer and as they turned she lept into the air and cartwheeled over them. Activating Sonic Leap, her sword glowed and as she fell to the ground, she brought her sword down and hit one of them right in the head. It burst into a mass of blue glitter to which she smirked as she knelt to avoid the attack of the other one. Aura activated Horizontal Square as the creature came around and tried to swing at her with its wing. With a curse she sliced the wing in two with the first strike. The second hit its body, the third she aimed to its other wing, and the forth came down on its head. When she was done, it too erupted into the blue glitter and her award screen popped up. Sheathing her sword and kneeling down on one knee, she noticed she was feeling weaker for some reason. [b]"Perhaps I should consider increasing my stamina once i level up."[/b] she spoke to herself as she relaxed and healed herself with an HP Crystal.

Faintly she heard the sound of wings again and she looked in the direction of the sound. Soon it got louder and louder to a point she stood and covered her ears. What looked like a swarm of those winged creatures were heading in her direction, straight at her. Aura's eyes widened and for the first time in a while, she was actually afraid for her life. [b]"Shit!"[/b] she yelled as she turned the opposite direction and started running as fast as she could. [b]Help! Is anyone there!? Help me!"[/b] she called out to no one in particular. She could hear anything over the loud sound of flapping wings, so how could anyone else? This was bad.... very bad. She didn't want ot have to be some sort of damsel in distress but there was no way she could take on that big of a mob on her own. So, setting her pride aside, she did what she thought was the best thing to do if she was going to get someone to notice her.

She screamed at the top of her lungs.