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Rentarou "Ren" Kusabe
Ren watched in awe at the flurry of attacks the other kids has started to throw at the Kobold Lord.
The two Asian girls lead the charge, each taking turns in landing a direct hit at the monster. The kid with weird puppets started to cast ice magic at it, encasing the Kobold Lord in a gigantic sheet of ice, making the monster unable to move. The girl with the dagger, on the other hand, started to make her way towards the Kobold Lord's back waiting for an opportunity to strike.
"At this point, it's regenerating ability should have a hard time keeping up with the damage it's taking." Ren thought, sending one arrow towards a Kobold Underling charging towards the puppet guy, the arrow connected, which immediately killed the target, "Damn, I'm not bad at this either." He thought, feeling a little proud of his skills.
"Trigger Slash!" Shouted the old Knight right beside Ren. A bluish light suddenly shot from the Knight's sword, cutting 3 Kobold Underlings in front of him. "Focus now, lad! You don't want to get bitten by any of these buggers!"
"U-um, y-yes sir!" Ren's completely forgotten about him. The old Knight looked battered. His once shiny armour, now covered in dirt and blood, he even lost his helmet.
Ren noticed all the injured Knights are now huddled together in one place, and around them are piles of dead Kobold bodies. "Did he do all this by himself?" Ren thought admiring the old Knight's work, "He's been protecting the injured ones all this time." For some reason, Ren's first opinion about the Knight is starting to change.
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The remaining Knights that can fight has flocked over to the 2 foreigners who lead the charge of the attack. The Knight with a huge shield took the vanguard while the Priestess supporting the rear.
"Shields! Divert its attention from the Casters!" Shouted the Knight, raising his shield at the ready. "Support the foreigners at all cost!" The remaining Casters fall in line behind the Knights and started to chant.
"Lesser Blessing!"
"Lesser Protection Energy!"
"Arcana Boost!"
"Mana Essence!"
"Penetrate Up!"
"Lesser Acceleration!"
"Lesser Healing!"
Each kid glowed a different colour at the mention of the spells, each raising their stats one after the other. Once the Caster's done with the support spells, they started chanting offensive spells directed at the monster. A wide volley of spells began to fill the sky — ice, fire, water, light, and more others.
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Ren felt his body respond to the spells that were casted on him. He can feel a new surge of energy welling within him, a tingling feeling right in his stomach. He can feel his strength and speed increased by a fraction, his senses heightened, everything from a mile away seems so much clearer.
"So this is a buff spell, huh? Alright, let's try this." Ren took an arrow from his quiver. He can almost feel every fiber in the bow string tighten as he pulled, and for some reason Ren can tell which way the wind is blowing, and how strong it is. He is more focused now.
"The chest. Right where the heart is." Ren breathed slowly. It almost seems like he gained binoculars with x-ray vision, he can clearly pinpoint where the monster's vital points are from the distance. "And then... Shoot."
With a loud 'ffwisssh", the arrow sailed through the air with so much force it left a streak of black line mid-air, ravaging everything it passes through. After a heart beat, the arrow connected to its target with a loud crack. It pierced right through the Kobold Lord's chest, leaving a gapping hole from where it hit.
The others started to do the same — direct hit towards the chest and the head. At this point, there was no time to regenerate its lost parts. The Kobold Lord let out a final howl of despair, shuddered and then fell face first into the ground.
The Knights all cheered in excitement, even those injured ones. Ren heard the old Knight say thanks to the gods, and then gave Ren a reapproving smile.
"It's finally over?" Ren asked out loud, the thought of them defeating a monster, much less a boss level, hasnt sinked in yet.
"Indeed, lad. Indeed." The old Knight reassured him.
Will try to post something later today or tomorrow morning (GMT +8), depending if I can get out of work early. Sorryy
@BurningDaisies that's so cool! I'm not really good at this codes tbh, they just hate me.
I was experimenting with some of the advanced bbcode hackery, and... Anyway, I'm just gonna leave this here for anyone else who wants to use it:
Nice. Been thinking about changing Ren's post layout for a while now. The current one looks kinda bland imo. orz
@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?
It's just as @ERode said, you initially get <<Weapon>> Mastery Level 1 upon learning a weapon skill. The word "Mastery" doesn't necessarily mean you've mastered the weapon, it just means you've gained the ability to use that weapon, while the level indicates how well you've mastered it.
Yes, they do evolve eventually. It can either be caused by reaching a certain level or can be triggered by other skills. External factors like exposure to a certain environment can also be considered a cause of skill evolution. This will be introduced at a later part of the story though.
Also, please tell us when you have that list of weapon types done, Travesty.
Sure, no worries. I'll post it probably later today.
Oh quick question now that you mentioned poison but I was wondering how it would affect Erika's gluttony skill
Cause if she can't suffer from adverse effects from what she consumes, does that mean that if she eats something poisonous, it wouldn't matter? But if it's injected into her, it would?
Gluttony only negates status ailment if its caused by eating/consuming. Negative status effect caused by external factors like skills or environment (toxic gas, paralysing spores, etc) would still be effective against her.
EDIT: So basically, Erika can eat tons of poisonous mushrooms without suffering from its effect. But if say she's biten by a venomous snake, she'd still get the <<poison>> effect.
EDIT EDIT: Although constantly eating things that causes negative status effect will eventually cause her to develop a resistance against that status.
Alright, so like, when we finish some milestone or big fight, you'll give us "x amount of level ups, new skills, and skill level ups" to be distributed as we see fit? To confirm, because it seems a bit ambiguous, are special attacks considered skills, or something else?
Using Ray of Frost as an example, would it be levelled up like the Kobold Lord's Twin Axe Assault and all?
1. Yes. I'll be directing the story in such a way it's easy to know when there is a level to be gained (ex. a fight, or a training). If by any chance you feel like your character is falling behind in level or stats, we can arrange a special monster encounter to give that character a lil boost, so just let me know.
2. For skills, they can gain it at any point in the story provided they can justify how they acquired it (ex. Constant exposure to poison will give you Minor Poison Resist, or constant use of sword will cause you to gain Single-handed Sword Mastery). I wont limit you on this one as this is very situational, and it would depend on how you would want to cultivate your character. I'm not gonna give you the skills, its entirely up to you what skill your character will gain, you just have to let me know.
3. I'll be introducing a skill mechanics further into the story, for now, yes, technically all skills (passive or active) has their own level. But it cannot exceed the character's current base level (so if Ren's base level is 10, all his skills would either be at level 10 or lower). Dont think too much on the math here, levels are just a way to guage the character's progress on that specific skill (unless it has a stat modifier to it, then thats a different story).
@ERodeI'll leave that up you guys. Although I'll constantly set up limits as to how much they gain in each fight. For skills, feel free to come up with your own, as long as its relevant to the character's skill set and the story, I dont mind you making it, just let me know.
@DuoyaAwwwww, no worries then. Thanks for letting us know.
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