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ALFheim Online: Stuck in Limbo

As the boss started to unleash his attack Arina had an arrow drawn back and ready to go. Just before she went to release it Shishirou came out of nowhere and grabbed onto her arm, effectively knocking her out of her concentration which sent her arrow flying in some random direction. Missing its target. "Ack-what are you doing?!" She called out at first. The initial jolt from the sudden grab made Arina forget about the coming magic pulse. Time seemed to slow down again as she looked over to the Boss when he unleashed the magic blast. Arina wrapped her arms around Shishirou as well as she tried to cover both of them from the blast. Shishirou was holding on for dear life it felt like, it must have felt the same for her. She didn't even realize she was holding on that tight. Once the dark magic faded and they were safe and neither her nor Shishirou took much or any damage. Arina let out a soft sigh as she watched Shishirou prepare for another charge at the beast. She also looked past her and saw all of the tanks and DPS players who couldn't block the blast effectively stand back up. She didn't see any more dead players so that was a good sign. "Give it hell too, Arina-chan!" That comment made Arina's ear twitch slightly and she sent a smile to the back of Shishirou's head as she ran off to attack the boss. "You bet." She said to herself as she drew another arrow back and took aim to let it hit her mark. As she was doing this she noticed something else. Now, she was sure she wasn't the only player that noticed this either...but one player appeared to be wielding the boss weapon and using it against him? Either that or Arina was just dreaming. Seeing that sight made Arina stop and just watch as the player took the cleaver and carved out a rather large chunk of damage from its health. Wait a minute...that player was a part of the same party as she was! She couldn't help but smile at his creativity. She was sure that weapon was a drop from the boss, but he wasn't dead yet so whatever worked. Now that the mass of decaying bodies was weaponless he was now on a different attack pattern. While the tanks continued to attack the boss and cause small damage something happened. The boss slowly lifted his giant caged head from looked at the tanks and DPS players directly below him and he looked off towards the back of the dungeon. He was looking right their healers. As if his AI knew what was going on. The boss let out another angry bellow which stagger another few players before he used his chained left arm to sweep players away in an arc. If one was caught in that arc they were effectively knocked back. But he wasn't finished. Next one of the tanks he hit with that arc for some reason drew his aggro and he moved over to where he lay on the ground and brought his left arm down in one massive punch. The player died of course, the boss still had no aggro on the tanks near him and instead he swept his arm in another arc, sending those who were trying to recover flying back even more. This time three players were killed as their bodies were thrown back into the dungeon wall. The mage leader from before entering the boss room watched in horror as this was happening. She was angry now. Obviously she was going to take her anger out on the tanks. "What are you doing?!" She screamed in anger at the tanks by the boss. "Hold his aggro! This boss isn't hard at all!" While it was true this boss was rather easy, something was wrong. His AI was...not wanting him to die. That might sound odd, as all boss and enemy AI would be like that. But it was as if the Boss knew what was at stake if he died. But if what just happened wasn't bad enough, the Boss was still not finished. He then shifted a rather quick glance back at the small group of healers who weren't paying attention to the boss but instead the various red and yellow health bars they had to get into the green. The boss raised his left arm and that same dark magic started to form on his body fingers. After a few seconds he slammed his hand into the ground and a small portal of dark magic just big enough for his hand to fit through was carved into the dungeon floor. Even though the boss was still taking damage he was just simply ignoring the tanks trying to hold his aggro. Which was something he wasn't supposed to do. The tank leader knew what was going on. He was baffled at this whole thing. He had fought numerous bosses but nothing like this had ever happened. He heard the comments made by the other leader and simply put an agitated look on his face. "Something's wrong!" he shouted loud enough for any player to hear him. He hoped the mage who called his fellow tanks out would hear that and see what he was talking about. Now then, the attack. Just as one could guess that same dark portal formed right under where the healers were standing and not but seconds later the large grotesque hand burst from the portal with such force, knocking the majority of the healers flying. Only about two of them were killed by the initial blast, but that's two healers down. After the portal closed the remaining healers kept trying to stand but they couldn't. Now the boss shifted his aggro back to the various tanks at his numerous feet. Only about three healers were able to contribute to the team the others were stuck on the ground, holding their eyes in pain. They had that same dark energy seeping from their eyes and it was blinding them. A status ailment notice popped above the affected healers' heads as well as by their names. "We can't see!" Or "I can't see! Purify me!" Or simply "Purify me!" Were all that the healers were saying. The boss seemed to let out a low chuckle as his job was done well. The surviving mages now had to make a choice. They could either continue healing the tanks and DPS players or they could purify their fellow healers so they could get back into the battle. But purifying would take some time...and what if another..thing happened! The boss reached his arms back and let out another low bellow but this time his bellow was interrupted by a sort of..glitch sound. As if someone had taken his sound and skipped a segment of the audio. He repeated the bellow and it was fine that time. His moveset was unaffected however. Next he brought his hands down in front of him on whoever was holding his aggro. He seemed to be back on his regular AI pattern. Slow and stupid. His health was very low. They needed to end this quickly due to their low amount of healers. The three or four healers who were still up and running were all tirelessly spouting spell names over and over again as they tried their best to keep HP bars up. It was a noticeable difference in healing. Arina had no idea what just happened. She was near the back at this point with a few other archers and mages as well as the healers. She decided to move up somewhat, all the while she was shooting arrows into the boss. She had never fought this boss before but she had a feeling something was up. Either that or this boss was had a super peculiar AI. The archer activated another skill and drew back her arrowless string and then three bright pink arrows with very broad tips appeared. Her adrenaline was pumping as this was way more action packed than she was expecting. She was able to calm herself enough to focus her shot and let her arrows fly. These broad bolts penetrated deep into the flesh of the Boss, causing slight bleeding. His HP was very close to be depleted. They had to end this.

ALFheim Online: Stuck in Limbo

I'm currently waiting on Lennon to post before I do :) Again, good posts everyone. I feel like I've been saying that a lot. ..Eh.

[Casual to Advanced] 1x1 Interest Check

Bump :)

ALFheim Online: Stuck in Limbo

Ah, I already changed it! >.< Next time, I'll probably add translations.

@Hebigami Shiho

Ahhh. Well alright :D

ALFheim Online: Stuck in Limbo

Gratuitous Japanese it is; I'll make sure to work it into my next post. The more confusing it is, the better.

@Lennon79

Oh, sorry! D: Should I go back and change it? I just thought it'd be cooler like that, sowwy >.<

@Hebigami Shiho

I say keep it as it is :) I like it!

ALFheim Online: Stuck in Limbo

Um, it's kinda tricky for me to post right now, I might get a post later today. (My internet is being derpy! D:)

@Hebigami Shiho

No rush! Post when you can :)

ALFheim Online: Stuck in Limbo

Posted! /Falls over

@Stella

Good post! I would have posted last night but it was rather late for me. But, I posted now so :)

ALFheim Online: Stuck in Limbo

One by one every single tank in their large group charged up to the colossal beast. All of the players in her group, except for one, told her they were not going to die. She wasn't expecting responses...but they were appreciated. Arina watched from the not so far off distance. That was another class that she highly respected. The fact that some players will just throw themselves in front of an enemy and take and block every hit to the best of their abilities just so they can hold a boss on themselves to protect their teammates. Well..now she felt selfish for player as a DPS class. They were all about damage. Arina actually lightly slapped herself across her face to get herself back into the action. She needed to take pride in her class choice. So with that newfound pride coursing through her she drew another arrow and let it fly at the beast. It struck and the arrow stuck in his huge disembodied and chained face. She let another arrow fly, and then another. With all the arrows hitting relatively the same spot: The monster's face. She saw one of her arrows fly right over his head and she cursed herself as she missed. Arina then activated a skill of hers and her bow started to glow light. She didn't pull an arrow back but instead the skill put a bright purple arrow on the drawback for her. Once she released it the skill activated and she was able to release five more arrows just like the first one in rapid succession. The arrows and streamed over the heads of the many tanks and warrior DPS builds and hit their target. The hulking mass of bodies that were each emitting their own low groans let out a loud bellow that seemed to stagger a few of the weaker classes back. Arina almost fell back but she was able to catch herself. The boss moved back a bit and focused his attention down on the various tanks that were in front of him, like he had been doing. He had tank and DPS characters all around him The boss started to swing his cleaver anywhere at the ground as he was trying to hit whichever player was drawing his aggro. After a second or two the AI shifted its focus to what appeared to be the smallest tank on the battlefield. The mass of bodies raised his cleaver and swung it in an arc to not only hit the one drawing his aggro but the players around Fuyuko. Two tanks standing near Fuyuko were not anticipating the attack and were knocked back by the sheer force of the cleaver. One of those tanks couldn't take it and his health dropped to zero and he left behind his flame for a revival when it was ready. The other tank was knocked to her feet but almost immediately she was covered with a soothing green aura and her HP bar shot back up. The healers were certainly having their work cut out for them. With a player killed the boss seemed to let out a laugh as his AI recognized it had killed a player. The boss then had another player draw his aggro. A DPS character of all things. Arina saw this from a distance. That must have been impressive damage to draw the boss's aggro away from a tank. The disguting mass of deformed bodies solely turned his attention to this DPS player. She looked so insignificant to him. His AI kept repeating the program to kill this player, so he would do. In that moment he raised his cleaver for a direct downward swipe. With his cleaver raised Arina knew exactly what was going to happen. And the member he was going to attack was part of her group. She had one idea to try, she had no idea if it would work but she was going to try it. Time seemed to freeze as she drew her bowstring back with no arrow. She activated a skill and a light green arrow with a large front appeared in the vacant place. She took a deep breath and then let it fly. The arrow penetrated deep into the monster's arm, just like she planned. Then it exploded, causing a few of monster's body parts from his cleaver holding arm to fly off and burst into the sparkles. He stopped his attack as he was staggered slightly. How she had managed to do that she had no idea... Arina was sure all of her group members had done way more impressive things. That wasn't anything. The boss's health was dropping significantly. Just a few more moments and he would fall. Arina hoped. But..now. The boss brought his arm out and in a low groan he repaired his arm with more body parts. Just at that moment a tank around his many feet struck him and caused his aggro to switch. That DPS character did not go unnoticed. This monster then threw his cleaver all the way to the other side of the room away from the players and it collided with the wall with a loud bang. "Alright!" That same tank leader yelled so everyone could hear him. "We've got him down to his changing attack pattern, that means we-.." The tank stopped talking as he watched the boss bring his arms into his center and started to charge up a burst of dark magic. His eyes went wide and he started to two hand his shield. This attack was not supposed to happen yet! His HP wasn't low enough. "Tanks raise your shields! Go! Go! Raise them! DPS! Get away!" The word for tanks to raise their shields traveled all around the boss as every tank started to scream it as loud as they could. Arina had no idea what was going on. She had an arrow ready but the boss was just..charging something. The healers all had spells ready for whatever was coming. The Boss then finished charging his attack and let it loose. A large surging pulse of dark energy came from his core and covered a wide area. Effectively knocking back any player who wasn't prepared for the attack. His attack patterns were now going to be different as he had no cleaver. The two other leaders of the group were both watching in awe as they had never witnessed that attack that early.

ALFheim Online: Stuck in Limbo

I think we're just waiting on Stella to post

@Lord Santa

Yessir

o__o Already? If there's anyone else who hasn't posted this "cycle" they should feel free to post before I do. Late classes + snow + transit delays = brain dead Stella.

@Stella

Sounds like a struggle. Actually..after you post I'm technically "next" xD Everyone has posted lol But take your time.

ALFheim Online: Stuck in Limbo

Hey Zel since you brought the boss out then its safe to say you'll be updating us on how our hits are affecting it HP wise as if it was one of your characters, right?

@GrandzHelios

Oh yeah. I'll post for the boss when I post for Arina. I'll make sure to include the damage we've done. As well as the damage he might do to the players ;)