Chapter 4 - Floor 1 -
Xandit and Sanni were back in the game. Xandit was dazzled by what had happened.
"Sanni, I woke up for a few seconds in reality."
"How did that happen? Was it because we died?"
"That would be the only logical explanation. Then we will die again."
"Teleport: Dungeon F1"
They died once again, but nothing happened this time. So they decided not to die any more. Back in the game, they thought it was impossible to kill the Cobalts, since the difference in level was too high. Once again, they had a problem. They needed to become stronger in order to defeat the enemies. So they went to Cliff for more guidance. But he refused to train them, saying, "The basics are all I will teach you. However, what I can do is de-buff the enemies."
"Your help would be appreciated."
> Quote:*Ting
> Quest change.
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> Fight for experience
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> Clear floor 1 of the dungeon
> With the help of Cliff (Will lower enemy stats)
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> Quest difficulty: D
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> Quest reward: (reduced) unknown, (reduced) increased friendship with Cliff.
Once again, they teleported to the first floor.
"I will need to infuse my AX light into one of your weapons so that that person can channel my AX."
"You can use my weapon,” Sanni said.
Cliff started transferring his AX to Agni. It took a few minutes. When it was done, her weapon felt warm and it had a light-colored aura.
> Quote:*Angi Stats
> *Ting
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> Agni (with Cliff)
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> Agni weapon level 3.00% - Cliff level 1
> Durability: 100/100
> M. Damage: 30-45
> AX: 5000/?
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> Special area effect:
> All dark element monsters within a 100 meter radius will be weakened by 20%
> Light walls(1) extra effect: Special area effect is tripled. Monsters are weakened by 60%.
This time, Xandit looked around carefully. They were in a very large dome which had a lot of obstacles, good places to hide and areas to ambush. They saw a pack of Cobalts running towards them.
Xandit said, "We need to hide in that hole behind the rubble."
After carefully scouting and sneaking around the dome for 4 hours, they knew the layout of the dome.
> Quote:*Ting
> You learned the skill Sneak & peak
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> Sneak & Peak skill level 1.29%
> 10% less chance to be detected
> 10% better at detecting monsters
"I found the exit but it's locked."
"Locked? Then how do we open it."
"Cliff?"
".........."
"Cliff’s not responding."
"Can't you hear him Xandit?"
"Hear what.....?"
"Cliff, he is talking to me."
Cliff told Sanni that Xandit could not hear him because he was infused into a weapon that could only be wielded by her.
"Xandit, you can't hear him because he is in my weapon."
"Oh well. What is he saying?"
"We need to kill every monster in here for the gate to open."
"WHAT......."
"SSSSTTTTTH.."
"...But..there...are..around.... 3000 cobalts here!"
"Don't whine, think about a way to take care of them."
"Then we need to find places to hide. Scan everywhere for a hiding spot."
They started to look around for nice spots. They found some good spots and found spots that needed some work. If took them 9 hours to find 300 potential hiding spots.
> Quote:*Ting
> Scan skill level 3.01%
> You can now Scan monsters to level 90.
> Improved chances of finding hidden spots.
A lot of the spots needed to be improved to hide them from the Cobalts. So that was what they were going to do. Five days of hard work later, the work consisting mostly of Xandit’s hard work, since he could be logged in 24/7. Sanni needed to attend to real life stuff. They made around 270 hiding places in the dome. When Sanni logged back in, they started to discuss how to take care of the Cobalts one by one.
"The best thing we can do is to make traps in their walking routes and ambush them one group at a time."
"Why don't we start with some Stragglers first, Xandit?"
"That would be safer, but their walking paths are more complex. It would take more time to figure out where their paths are."
"It's safer and I like to stay alive."
"Then we do it your way."
After observing one Cobalt sneaking from one spot to another for some time, he decided to make some traps and ambush it. Xandit tried to make some traps in the time he had before the Cobalt would come. He then remembered the time he went hunting with his father. His father made small holes in the path that the deer would run, and that would trip them up. So Xandit wanted to use the same trap.
As the Cobalt came close, Xandit said to Sanni, “Use your fireball attack at the same time I use Scan. After I have Scanned him, I will attack”. The Cobalt walked into the trap and lost its balance.
"Scan...”
“Fireball...."
> Quote:*Ting
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*Cobalt received 150 Damage
The Cobalt was confused about what had happened and didn’t notice Xandit going for its legs and head at the same time.
*Hit 250 Damage to head.
*Hit 100 Damage to the Cobalt’s legs. Movement speed reduced by 50% until legs are healed.
As the Cobalt was a monster that was made for speed, it tried to run away, even with it’s movement speed reduced, it was faster than Xandit. Luckily, Sanni casted another fireball and killed the Cobalt. The EXP they got was enormous. The loot was also not bad.
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> Quote:LEVEL UP.
> LEVEL UP.
> Fur hide
This process went on for 2 weeks.
Within this time period, they had killed around 70 Cobalts and got to level 23. Their skills also improved.
> Quote:*Ting
> Sword and Shield skill level 3.42%
> You are more efficient with Sword and Shield
> Damage increased by 9%
> Can block 12% more damage
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> Counter skill level 2.93%
> You are more efficient with Counter
> When Counter is initiated, 10% of the opponent’s attack will be returned
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> Fireball skill level 2.48%
> Fireball uses 8% less MP
> Deals 14% more damage
> Casting time reduced by 20%
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> Lots of loot
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Now they were ready for the Cobalt groups. The group sizes varied from 8 to 20. They were going to ambush a group of Cobalts, so they made extra traps in preparation. They made some large holes, placed stone spikes in them and covered the holes up so that when you walked to it, you don’t see the trap hole.
"Now we need to wait for them."
[10 min later]
"Here they come."
"Okay. Attack once they walk into the trap."
Two Cobalts fell into the hole and died immediately, and twelve Cobalts remained.
Xandit ran in as fast as he could, but the Cobalts this time were much more aware of their surroundings. Two Cobalts attacked him at the same time, but he managed to block them and countered immediately.
*Critical hit 600 damage
*Critical hit 600 damage
The moment his blades pierced the throats of the two attacking Cobalts, he was attacked by another Cobalt.
*received critical hit 1241 damage
Xandit stepped back for the incoming fireball which instantly killed the Cobalt.
"Heal," Sanni recovered 800HP.
Once again, Xandit rushed at the remaining Cobalts. Angry that he had to back down so that his health could be restored, he subconsciously started to absorb AX from the Cobalt’s life force and add it to his own.
> Quote:*Ting
> Skill Killing Intent evolved with the use of Aoxtz
> Killing Intent level 4.26%
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> Effects
> Lowers opponent’s defense by 4.5%
> Absorb your opponent’s life force by 2.5 HP/sec
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> uses 10 MP/sec and 10 STA/sec
As the fight went on, Xandit was hit a few times but was healed up instantly with the use of his skill and Sanni's heals. Only 2 Cobalts remained after 3 minutes of fighting. He didn’t notice that one Cobalt had gone to get help. After killing the remaining 2 Cobalts, they wanted to rest up. But they saw around 50 Cobalts coming at them.
"Sanni, keep spamming Fireball. We have enough MP for 30 fireballs. Once your MP reaches zero, run away to a hiding place. I will do the same."
"Okay."
After taking out 25 Cobalts, they were out of MP and STA and were left with only a little Health, so they escaped to a hiding spot. The hiding spot, was nothing more than a hole in the ground covered by rubble.
They kept to this strategy until all the Cobalts were killed.
> Quote:*Ting
> Sword and Shield skill level 8.42%
> You are more efficient with Sword and Shield
> Damage increased by 15%
> Can block 22% more damage
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> Counter skill level 6.93%
> You are more efficient with Counter
> When Counter is initiated, 18% of the opponent’s attack is returned
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> Fireball skill level 9.48%
> Fireball uses 16% less MP
> Deals 34% more damage
> Casting time reduced by 40%
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> Heal skill level 6.02%
> Heal uses 16% less MP
> Heals 26% more health
> Casting time reduced by 32%
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> Killing Intent (Aoxtz) level 9.06%
> Lowers opponent’s defense by 8.5%
> Absorbs opponent’s life force at 4.5 HP/sec
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> Uses 25 MP/sec and 25 STA/sec
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> Lots of loot
> Iron key
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> Brandr
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> Brandr weapon level 51
> Durability: 100/100
> P. Damage: 74-86
> AX: 0/?
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> Agni (with Cliff)
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> Agni weapon level 51 - Cliff level 1
> Durability: 100/100
> M. Damage: 74-86
> AX: 5000/?
"Pffff.... That took a long time. About 2 weeks, 3 weeks, Sanni?"
"I think it took us 2 and a half weeks."
"We got them all, that's all that matters. But there is a little problem. All the loot that we have... How are we going to get it to the storage in the base?"
"Hmmmmm..... maybe we can teleport it to the storage? We can teleport our self, so why not items?"
"Teleport items."
> Quote:*System
> Too much to teleport all at once, estimated time to teleport all items H16:32
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> *Ting
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> Learnt skill Item Teleport
> Item Teleport skill level 0.01%
"If you’ll take care of the items, I will go look around for resources."
"Okay Xandit."
After 17 hours, Xandit came back.
"Did you find anything useful?"
"Yeah I did. I found some iron ores, wood, a little diamond stone and a big black lump...Some kind of ore."
"Nice, let’s open the door and clear this floor."
-END- V1CH4
*Teaser* Next chapter will be the boss battle of Floor 1
(1)The light from the little cystals in the walls of the dungeon