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Kairelith: Waking Up To Another World (Isekai Themed)

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Li Zhao 「李昭」
Li Zhao 「李昭」
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Lv. 2

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STR 4500  |  END 4500  |  INT 1600  |  AGL 1000  |  DEX 400  |  LCK 1000  

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Kairelith: Waking Up To Another World (Isekai Themed)

Li Zhao 「李昭」
Li Zhao 「李昭」
_{_____________________
_____________________}

Location: Unknown, Froviel Empire
Interacting With: Everyone

Status

Lv. 2

❤ ┅┅┅┅┅ ┅┅┅┅┅ ┅┅┅┅┅ ┅┅┅┅┅_45000

✦ ┅┅┅┅┅ ┅┅┅┅┅ ┅┅┅┅┅ ┅┅┅┅┅___800

STR 4500__|__END 4500__|__INT 1600__|__AGL 1000__|__DEX 400__|__LCK 1000__

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Zhao waded through the rising tide of kobolds, but no matter how many she slashed to pieces it felt like she was fighting the sea. She was so engrossed in hacking away at the relentless beasts, she almost didn't hear Ren announce his plans.

Your level increased!
Sword Mastery Level 1 acquired!

There was that voice again, distracting her. She had no idea what it was, but there was no time to think about it. Her eyes flared with mana as she cast a glance in Ren's direction, and watched as his arrow nailed the Kobold Lord's foot to the ground. It seemed to move in slow motion as her eyes traced its path through the air.

Meanwhile, the kobolds around her didn't miss the opening. They had given up trying to wound her, and instead clung to her legs and feet in a desperate attempt to slow her down. Realizing she had an opportunity to take on the monster directly, she tried jumping out of their grasp. The moment she kicked off the ground, she soared several meters into air and let out a panicked yelp. Her heart hammered in her chest as the ground fell away. She may have trained relentlessly to overcome her fear of battle, but she was still terrified of heights. She sailed over the kobold lord missing her mark, and the ground swelled toward her with increasing speed. Another helpless cry escaped her as she fell hard against the ground.

Zhao reminded herself that she was much sturdier than before, and quickly leaped to her feet. At least she hadn't let go of her sword. When she looked back at the kobold lord, she noticed he was completely encased in ice. "One more try..."

She looked across the battlefield at the other girl (@ERode) who had been fighting alongside her. "Aim for its head! We may not get another chance!" She shouted desperately.

Zhao on the other hand had even more distance to cover than before. She wound herself into a tight stance, power building in her legs. The earth heaved beneath her feet as she kicked off the ground, and flew overhead once more. Twisting mid-air, she pointed her blade downward, aiming to strike its heart even as her own tried to leap out of her chest.

Kairelith: Waking Up To Another World (Isekai Themed)

@Travesty

So is "<Weapon> Mastery" the first skill you would pick up when practicing with a weapon? Is there an early stage skill like "Sword Novice?"

Can skills evolve into other skills, like what you see in some isekai/vrmmo
mangas?

Kairelith: Waking Up To Another World (Isekai Themed)

@Travesty That helps.
Narrative level-up scenes I prefer more anyway. Despite my earlier enthusiasm for googling stuff research, I'm not super interested in number-crunching everything.

Kairelith: Waking Up To Another World (Isekai Themed)

...I wonder how many levels we would gain from killing a Lv60 boss at Lv1?

Food for thought

Also, I hope the head knight survives, despite him being a stubborn curmudgeon.

Kairelith: Waking Up To Another World (Isekai Themed)

@Travesty How big is the Kobold Lord?

Kairelith: Waking Up To Another World (Isekai Themed)

Li Zhao

Location: Unknown, Froviel Empire
Interacting With: Everyone

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The sound and fury of blades and shields clashing was all too familiar. Surveying the battle, Zhao could plainly see that the knights were being overwhelmed. The monsters seemed weak enough, in fact, dozens had been dispatched by the others that arrived with her. Her mistake was in overestimating the knights' strength. She knew her knowledge of this world was lacking, but watching the chaos made the shame burrow even deeper. She couldn't stand idle any longer, regardless of how much she wanted to protect the child next to her. @Sedjwick

Fwish~

A twinge of pressure and a sharp, but mild pain throbbed at her thigh. Looking down, she noticed a small tear in her ceremonial dress and a stray arrow settling in the dirt at her feet. She stretched the fabric of her dress to inspect for wounds, but found none. There was only a small, red blemish on her skin where the arrow had struck her. Bewildered, she retrieved the arrow and held it before her.
"It can't be..." She pressed her thumb against the sharpened tip of the arrowhead, but barely felt any pain at all. She pressed harder, wondering how much it would take for the arrow to break her skin, but the arrowhead broke off instead. The tip didn't cut her at all.

Then she realized it. This was her blessing.

A terrible howl sundered the air, ripping at Zhao's ears. Her eyes searched for the source, cutting through the dust in the air and found it: a grotesque creature, more mongrel than man, standing head and shoulders taller than any of the other kobolds. The morale of the knights seemed to hit rock bottom at the mention of a "Kobold Lord."

She turned to Milo. "I'm sorry, but we won't make it out of this alive, if I don't help them. I promise I'll come back."

Zhao sprinted towards the frontline, scavenging a sword from one of the fallen knights along the way. A two kobolds lunged at her as she drew near. They both fell to the ground in two bloody chunks as she cut them apart with her blade. She felt no resistance at all, it was like the kobold were made of air.
Another one tried to ambush her, but she jabbed at it with a snapkick. It was like crushing eggshells as her foot connected with its chest. The kobold's body caved inward, and it let out a deathly wail as it flew several meters into the air and landed far out of sight. Interesting.

Finding a gap in the front line, she charged through and overrunning any kobold that got in her way. She used the bare skin of her arm to block the rending claws and crushing bites, but all they did was tear at her clothes. Even if she could cut through them effortlessly, it did little to control their numbers. Dozens more were still flooding in.

She shouted at the archer (Ren, @Travesty) she was watching earlier. "Hey you! Aim at the Kobold Lord! If we can kill their leader, these beasts may retreat." She turned to the knights on either side of her. "Close in the ranks behind me, I'm going to try drawing their attention away from you all."

Zhao was no master swordswoman but no matter how imperfect her technique, her blade cleaved through any creature it cut. The sword felt so light in her hands, like holding a feather. Making wide swings, she began carving a path into the enemy vanguard while shouting and cursing them to draw their attention.

Kairelith: Waking Up To Another World (Isekai Themed)

I have a love-hate relationship with these stats. </3
It's cool to a degree, but I constantly find myself asking questions like "How much abuse can someone with 100 endurance take? What about 1000? 10,000?". Eventually, I just shrug and move on.

As usual, it seems like improv is the way to go, since neither I nor my character has any idea what they're doing. xD

Discord DnD 5e New players Welcome

Same.

It's been forever since I've had a chance to play D&D, but I'd be fine with PbP or voice.

Kairelith: Waking Up To Another World (Isekai Themed)

FYI,
I know I'm going to have a busy few days at work this week (Wed/Thu especially), so if I don't seem that active, it's 100% because of that.