Health: 800/800
Mana: 1777/2200

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Alisea had intended to watch the frontline handle this grind. After all, with River watching over them HP was an endless resource. All the boars turned on Dirk, just as they should; however, after a single convergence the boars scattered again. And one was moving straight toward her.

Immediately the magess began to invoke Shadow Bind. She could feel the tingle of gathering magic, the nerves in her avatar feeling the ticklish buzz it created. It was a feeling she was growing accustomed to--enough so that she could tell the spell wouldn't be charged before the boar had reached her.

It would reach Kyo.

Alisea canceled the spell, pushed Kyo away and toward Reylan, and swung out with her fist to deliver a Stunning Punch at the same time the boar charged through her. The two forces connected and Alisea was thrown back. Her body hit the ground and tumbled like a rag doll. When the rolling finally stopped, she lay very still.

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"Wake up. Do you intend to be late for your vocal lessons?"
"Mom..."
"What? Did you forget to tell me something?"
"No, it's not that-"
"'That is not it.' Refined speech, Alice."
"... Yes ma'am."
"Well? What do you have to tell me?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Alice, if you have nothing-"
"Will Dad bring Evan to the next recital?"
"... I see no reason that should matter. Whether your brother is there or off performing some strange ritual, you will sing and sing well."
"... Yes, ma'am."

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Light crept back into Alisea's vision. Her mind came swimming back out of unconsciousness and feeling returned to her body. She blinked several times as she tried to recall what she was doing. She was laying down. Her arms were oddly skewed, though not in a painful way; on the contrary, a strange warmth that had filled her was just fading from her body. Where was she?

The loud squeal of a boar as Aster's blade cut into it was a swift reminder.

Alisea jumped to her feet. Kyo had been hovering over her, her face fraught with fear for her friend; now she stumbled back, relief evident in her features. Alisea glanced around quickly to get a handle on the situation around her. Dirk and the rest were still handling the frontline well; Uchaka had moved to intercept the boar charging their gunmen; and Aster was stalling the boar that had stunned her. That irksome beast seemed a good target to vent her newfound rage.

"Thank you, Kyo. You really helped me; that monster made me remember something unpleasant. Stay safe by our Mister, now!" Gathering her magic once more, Alisea rushed even closer to the boar as she cast Shadow Bind, ensuring it wouldn't move anywhere while she and Aster worked it down.

Reaching the immobile boar, Alisea hopped atop its back, planted her hands on either side of its spine, and cast Ice Lance. Two sharp blades of ice erupted from her palms and drove into the boar's body. From this perch, Alisea had no intention of letting go.

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Summary:
Alisea used Stunning Punch in reaction to Boar 4's charge
Spent a minute stunned (blacked out)
Cast Shadow Bind on Boar 4
Mounted Boar 4
Cast Ice Lance on Boar 4

Health: 800
Mana: 1,450/1,950



Things were less than optimal at the moment, but at least Uchaka has not been targeted by an onslaught of boars to charge in to her, but she would have to do something to help the already declining situation. Though, at least, they were targeting their tankish person the most, so things were not too bad for the group since the tank was doing his job after all. However, what Uchaka would not stand for was the fact that Alisea was being targeted, though as she went to cast a spell on the boar that stunned her friend, Alisea began to attack without relent and to mount the boar.

This meant that Uchaka needed to switch targets, but she did not know which one to pick out, so instead she decided to play a support role. She saw a boar running for the one known as ‘Steven’ so she decided to help by raising her staff and say ”Dark Vision.” A dark mist clouded the boar’s eyes and surely the silhouette of Uchaka become harder to distinguish from the environment. With that the mage charged at the boar and proceeded to smack it upside the head with her staff before attempting to dig her blade into the tough hide of the beast.

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Uchaka casts ‘Dark Vision’ on Boar 1
Uchaka gains Passive. Hidden in the Shadows - becomes harder to see and hit
Uchaka hits Boar 1 with her staff and stabs it with her off handed blade.

Health: 975/1300
Mana: 1482/1900
Renn: 771 Renn
STATs Tree:






Dubstepp reads the guild log multiple times. He did not realize the death of Karma would create this much disagreement or chaos in the guild. It looked like everyone had their own idea of coping or solving the problem. He gazed at the fireworks above him. They were beautiful, to say the least. It seemed that firework gazing with Chari would have to wait. He sent a message to Shiba: “I’m willing to help you find, Valentine. Let’s work together. Where are you right now?”

Shibata had been asking around looking for people that may have seen the monster, Valentine. He just finished asking someone when he heard his message. He opened it and saw what dub wanted to do. He wrote back saying "At the west edge of the city where he was last spotted."

Dubstepp noticed a notification in his inbox. Opening it through realizing before who the sender was. He was glad to see that Shibata was compliant and answered him back. Dubstepp chose not to waste his words and headed straight to the area. The musician took some time trying to pick out the crew member several individuals. He thought back to the faces of guild members back from the first dungeon and also looked for the gamer tag. “How’s it going?” Dubstepp asked Shiba, finally discovering his location.

Shiba waited to know that from the guild chat that he wasn't allowed to leave the city or go on a chase for Valentine. Still, he couldn't stand someone just getting away with murder like this. He turned around as he saw him come over and ask how it's going. He signed a bit and said "I'm alright but I haven't found any clues to where he went. All I know is that he left the city through this gate. It infuriates me that someone got away with murdering one of our family.”

“I feel you,” Dubstepp lied. Joining the guild was a major decision. Stepping into a group of people, he wasn’t influenced by Karma’s murder by the likes of vengeance or sorrow. He instead was worried about becoming a target and dying early. “Well, you want to look outside the gate then?”

He looked over at him as he asked if they could look outside the walls and he said "I would but the Rey decided that I wasn't allowed to look for him outside the city. Unless you feel like doing it despite what he said.”

Dubstepp scratched his chin. He drew a smug smile. “I ain’t ever been in a guild before, but is there a way he could actually find out?” He picked up his shoulders and dropped them down. “We could step outside and look around the perimeters. I’m willing not to say anything.” Dubstepp crosses his arms.

Shiba couldn't help but smirk at his response. He then nodded and said "I don't think he will mind if we just check the area for secret tunnels or things like that" he said making an excuse as he moved forward and got past the gate looking around to find any kind of trail.

Dubstepp clapped his hands. “Alright, though give me a second.” Using his trainer magic, he summoned his mighty pet Totoro. The giant gorilla-rabbit pounded its chest and gave out a small roar. “I wanted to say some boundaries. I’m all for engaging battle with whomever we find. Though if I see any difficulties or that we have no chance of victory, then I ask that we retreat and fight another day.” Dubstepp followed behind while asking Totoro to stay ten steps back.

He looked around and turned to him when he summoned his pet the hulk rabbit. He was always off-putting to him since he always thought rabbits were just cute. When he decided them running if the fight seemed to difficult he said "don't worry I don't plan on starting a fight I can't finish. An assassin only attacks when he can kill his target" he said letting him know he was only planning to find them. Maybe get a clear picture of the killer so they could be found later.

Dubstepp followed Shiba’s lead. He drew a smirk when realizing that the assassin player was playing with a leveled head...sort of. Just for safety measures, he withdrew his darts. There was no telling what might appear. “What are the chances we actually see him?” Dubstepp questioned.

Shiba kept searching nearby looking for traces. When he asked what their chances were he sighed and said "little too none. If nothing else though searching for him will ease my anger if only by a little" he said his hand on his hand ready to grab his katana and fight at a moment's notice.

Dubstepp adjusted his neck, he listened to Shiba’s words. It probably became a good thing that he tagged along. Most likely, Shiba was needing to vent. “Frankly, I would be content if we found him. I feel as though this puts a target on us, and I would be more relieved if we managed to finish him off.” Looking behind, he did see his giant rabbit follow ten paces. “I wish Reylan gave us more information. We really don’t know what we are dealing with.” The trainer complained. Rubbing the back of his neck, he opened up the message again. “All we have to go by is his name. Which kind to think of it, isn’t that a bit ballsy? I believe we only have his name because he is confident enough that we won’t pursue him or we’ll lose.”

He looked at him as he started to talk about Valentine and how he or she was pretty ballsy by giving them a name. Shiba grits his teeth before saying "he is probably an assassin class, even if karma was attacked by a player much stronger it would take an assassin to kill before they could type help in a message. I swear to God if I catch him I'll slit his fucking throat!" Shiba growled kicking a nearby tree in anger at how cocky this bastard was.

Dubstepp placed his hands in his pocket. He watched the floor and then looked at the sky as Shiba’s anger was making him slightly uncomfortable. The trainer could hear chips of the tree’s bark break from the impact. Totoro put both of his ears up in reaction; the animal seemed more confused than concerned. “I’m guessing you were pretty close to Karma, huh?” Dubstepp asked, giving Shiba eye contact back.

He gave a loud sigh as he calmed down after he kicked the tree. He turned to him when he asked if he and karma were close. He couldn't help but laugh a bit "the funny thing, we weren't close at all. I rarely spoke to him. I'm not pissed off because a friend got killed, I'm angry because he got away with it. Once he figured out how to pull it off he will do it again, and again, and again. I want to kill him before he becomes he becomes a bigger monster down the line" he admitted not angry at the murder itself. He was angry because he knew that if he wasn't stopped more and more people would share karma fate. It only takes one kill for someone to get the taste for it.

Dubstepp nodded, he examined the distance ahead of him to make sure there was nothing significant before speaking again. “It’s good to feel that way. Your moral compass is really healthy. Though I would suggest that you watch that anger.” Dubstepp gritted his teeth. “Valentine killed Karma. The only reason we know of his name is that Reylan might have met him or the murderer left a note. This hints at his personality that he’s the type to get under your skin. Things are going to be said. You should be cautious of that.” Dubstepp bit his thumb as he spoke. Totoro approaches Shiba and began punching the trunk of the nearby tree, breaking a few pieces of bark. “Jeez, I hope he doesn’t do that for every tree along the way.”

He smirked a bit as he said that it was healthy for him to have this kind of moral compass. Then he nodded as he explained that this was the kind of guy that will get under his skin if he lets them. Shiba nodded and said "I'm no fool, I'm just angry now because I can't do anything. I won't waste my chance if I ever get one." He promised, watching as the bunny punched his tree and he couldn't help but smile. Shiba then said "good bunny." He said as he took a deep breath to calm down as Shiva then started to go off the road and look around the walls themselves.

“You think we’ll actually be successful?” Dubstepp then asked. “I would become surprised if we actually managed to find Valentine and his thugs.” The tamer cupped his hands around his eyes. “I seem some boars up ahead. Nothing too menacing for us at our current level.” Digging into his inventory, he started balancing a dart on his finger.

Shiba shrugged at his question and said "who knows I don't think we will find them but we can always hope" he said not giving up hope on finding the killer. When he mentioned boars ahead he looked over and said "let's clean this up fast and get back to searching"

Dubstepp snapped his fingers. “Go get ‘em, Totoro.” The rabbit creature heard his commander and rushed towards the party of low-level critters. With ease, it managed to destroy several of them. “Leave some for Shiba. We got to split the experience points and rewards.” Dubstepp bellowed. The musician crossed his arms; it did not seem likely that the two would just come across their wanted murderer. Things couldn’t go so smoothly for them.



Dubstepp and Shiba had no luck finding Valentine or his group of thugs. They only managed to gain a bit of Renn and even less experience.

---

Dubstepp whistled, he witnessed Dirk managed to negate the boars’ damage throughout his aggro effect. The musician remained impressed after the fact. Totoro adopted the same role of tank, but even then, he probably couldn’t take on that much damage. The tank class was surprisingly a huge absorber of damage.

The trainer noticed Tote’s health drop by 100 hit points. He cocked an eyebrow and gritted his teeth. ”How is the boar going to do 100 damage?” He questioned unsure of why the boar was so powerful. Dubstepp commanded Totoro to keep striking the boar. Dubstepp chose to layer the damage with a hit of his own to quicken the destruction of the enemy. The faster the enemy dies, the less health Totoro is going to take. Using his inventory, he threw two darts at the boar.

Dubstepp had his eyes move around in his noggin as he tried keeping up with everyone’s movement. He widened them when he saw Alisea get knocked down with a lot of force. “Ouch,” he muttered. “Glad that wasn’t me.”



During the second rotation of attacks, Dubstepp threw two darts at Boar #3. Totoro attacked the boar again twice.

Dubstepp used two darts.
Dubstepp increased his relationship with Shiba.
Shiba: [//////////]

Health: 900 (9 points)
Mana: 2100 (21 points)

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[clor=6ecff6]"Hmm?"[/color]

Steven, as he was pouring the gunpowder through the muzzle, the battlefield flamed. People fell, creatures beginning their aggression. It begins. His first dungeon run. Like a claw grinding through his chest, he gulped inaudibly, yet the fear was extremely well-hidden, misted behind the pair of thick glasses. And very soon, that fear subsided, as the grooves of swords and bullets invited his mind to a dance.

Still keeping his attention on the battlefield, the most immediate danger to him was the boar he just shot. And for some reasons, he was the only one who first targeted it, despite the command by Reylan. His face moved sideway very slightly, just as his next shot was ready. This boar seemed to know what is the most dangerous threat on the battlefield. Sure, tinkers like him and Xenos weren't the damage dealer of the party, but they were the most annoying ones. Almost every shots would hit, and each could really hurt. But they weren't entirely the most brightest. This particular bright bulb, instead of targeting Xenos, who was closer to them, charged at the sniper of the team, which was standing way behind the formation.

Left unguarded and unnoticed by everybody, the boar could actually be a threat if it reached. But thankfully, such worlds did not happen. The boar immediately got targeted by both his tinker friend, a paladin built guy, and the red player he noticed earlier. The initial urge to stand up on his feet and dash away vanished. With his feet planted still on the ground, he inserted another Iron Shot into the muzzle. Bringing the gun back to his shoulder, he placed the stock hard in front of his shoulder, his head leaning over the gun, his left eyes in line with the crystal scope. The boar currently was being attacked by Uchaka. He decided to take a second to wait for her to finish. A shot that came at the same time would not do anything good.

"You're not going anywhere..." He breathed, the line in perfect English, right as the boar came into full view. That moment, he pulled the trigger. He need not wait for Keen Eye. He was not in a position to. Knowing he was in more danger than the last shot, he placed his gun down to reload again, as quickly as possible. The process looped one more time. Steven proceeded to attack the same boar again. He had no intention to hit any other one while most people were concentrating on one. The less enemies there are, the better.

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Summary
Reload (from last round) completed
Fire at boar 1 (-1 Iron Shot, -1 Gunpowder)
Reload again
Fire at boar 1 (-1 Iron Shot, -1 Gunpowder)

>>Health:
(1100/1100)
>>Mana:
(2050/2050)





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Rivers hesitation would have to be put away for this fight. His eyes focused on his allies all taking hits simultaneously it seemed. Dirk's build seemed well enough equipped to take the hits, giving River a huge sigh of relief. Alisea's encounter with the Boar seemed to scare River, watching her hit points drop drastically as she was thrown across and knocked unconscious. His healing beam struck and healed well over her health total allowing her to get back into the fight. A stray boar ran towards Steven, Rivers held dug into the ground, getting ready to charge at it when suddenly Darkness seemed to take the beast, allowing Steven to slug in a few shots as Uchaka beat it with her staff.
"Alright! Nice cover Uchaka! Hows about we try to turn the tables on them a bit."

River lashed out his whip, cracking it on boar one to help with the onslaught of damage now barrageing Boar 1. Hoping his action to disobey Reylans orders wouldnt grant him too much of a scolding. River reached onto the small of his back and pulled out a small blank totem, swapping his whip for it. Holding it outstretched before him, he cast Tame. The familiar green, wispy tendrils flew out of the totem as it ensnared the Boar, dragging it into the totem.
"Alrighty, new friend coming to help in the fray!"

Summary
Whipped Boar 1
Cast Tame -75 MP

Heath: 1200/1200
Mana: 1250/1400




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MP: -

Reylan gritted his teeth in minor frustration upon seeing the lack of damage from their physical attacks. Once more they found themselves against a group of monsters with a special resistance to physical damage. That meant that this fight would only be drawn out longer than it should, unless he changed up his tactics. The 'Frontline' tactic was working for the moment, with everyone doing performing to their best ability. The amount of damage put out by these boars however was going to make this cost more than necessary. Spreading out the damage was not ideal, so he was going to what most teams in MMOs do and focus down the weakest enemies first.

He was about to announce his plan when one of the boars charge through their line, knocking Alisea off her feet and unconscious. The reality of this being a game vanished for a moment and a virulent rage spread through his entire body "Alisea!" He yelled out. Alisea had almost died once and he would not let her come so close to death a second time. She had taken the the hit for Kyo, who landed in his arms with her back hitting against his chest "Watch over her Kyo, I'll take care of the boar." His eyes sharpened and Kyo left to be by Alisea's side. Reylan walked towards the boar and extended his hand, the bow fading from his grip. His hand reached down to the rapier that had appeared on his belt and unsheathed it in one fluid motion. Using his Light Feet, he moved forward with increased speed with the rapier pointed in front of him. He had to take the aggression off of Alisea.

Once he got into range, he pushed the tip of the rapier towards the boar's chest. The attack was followed by two more quick thrusts as a vengeful look encompassed his features. He felt an rush of adrenaline all too sweet, this had been his first time up close and personal. It cemented his wish to take the ranger sub-class and delve in to sword skills. That was when he saw the shadows overtake the boar and glanced back to see that Alisea had woken up. A small smile showed his relief but it soon vanished with a look of awe as she jumped on top of the boar. He rushed at the boar one more time and usedKick Back to propel himself backwards to Kyo. The rapier was sheathed and exchanged back for his bow "Melee fights, keep up the pressure! Ranged fighters, focus on the boar fighting Chari! Bring it down first!" His command carried across the sounds of battle, giving up taking a shot to issue this order.

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Summary:
-Uses Light Feet to close in on boar 4: - 100MP
-Thrusts 3 times with rapier
-Uses Back Step on boar 4 : - 50MP
-Issues orders for ranged fighters to attack boar 5