Showdown
James, Jacob, Jessie, and Jennifer their lifeless body lay across the cold dark dungeon room. The deadly Lich only had 15 percent HP left. The rest of the party and guild all had a new window open watching John’s live stream.
Get a hold of yourself, John. They sacrificed their lives to give me this chance. A complete newbie but all their hope is on me now. Remember what they taught you. Keep aware of the situation, hp and mp consumption of skills. Hp at 70 percent, 1 hp pot left (instant +30 pct), MP at 30 percent, 1 MP pot left(instant +30 pct). Pots have a 1 min cooldown. I don't have to be careful of aggro anymore just go “balls to the walls!”
Loading Spirit Bullets (-12% MP)
John
HP - 70 %
MP - 18 %
Desperado Shot! (-10% MP) Aim for its joints!
Critical Hit! -5 pct HP, Crippling Effect!
Lich
HP - 10%
MP - ???
Enrage! Shit! Increase in damage and atk speed!
Lich uses Mind Break! (-30% HP), Panic Status inflicted!
Lich summons x4 Undead Cavalry
John
HP - 40
MP - 18
Ignore the adds! Go for the kill and they’d disappear!
Used Mana Potion (+30 MP)
Got to snare and trap the adds. Trick Shot! (-2% MP) Success. Undead Cavalry A stunned state 10 sec. Crippling Knee Shot (-2% MP) Success. Undead Cavalry B slowed 10 sec. Got to use my two slotted items now! Used x2 frag grenade. Undead Cavalry C and D stunned state 10 sec. Check stats!
John
HP - 40
MP - 44
Dual Pistols
10 Spirit Bullets
Desperado uses two bullets. I’m still good! Damn I hate undeads! Too much micromanagement!
Quick Draw (-10% MP)! Followed by Unload (-20% MP)! Quick draw increases damage and Unload uses all my bullets. DIE BITCH!!
Lich takes damage! ( -4% HP)
That’s it! Fuck only -1% HP for each Spirit Bullet hit! This game is fucking bull stupid Panic State made me miss six of my shots! 5 seconds left till snares and stuns are gone!
Lich
HP- 6
MP- ???
Lich uses Shackle. Shackled Status unable to move or dodge.
Lich uses Undead Breathe!
Damage taken (-10% HP), Poisoned Status -2 HP per 5 sec, Cursed Status
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John
HP - 30
MP - 14
Exactly 14 MP left. Loading Exploding Spirit Bullet -10 MP. My last shot make it count! Desperate Shot! -4 MP.
Critical Hit! (-10% HP) Lich Dies!
“HHHAAA! DIE BITCH DIE!” John screamed at the top of his lungs into his mic. His hands were shaking from excitement.
“Nice job!”
“Congrats!”
“That was epic bro!”
“It's not over Johnny! Sit the fuck down you're still in combat and the poison will kill you. Get some regen and pray your HP pot cooldown comes in time!”
“Oh FUCK!” screamed John.
“Dude you scared me…. Do a quick calculation bro before you make me piss my pants! Poison will last 1 min that’s a total of 24 damage, still have 4 HP to spare man…. You shouldn't be skipping math class, hahah!” John said casually.
***Congratulations Hungry Hungry Hippos Gang has took control of The Abandoned Mines!***
*Cheers from Guild mates*
“I can’t believe that announcement is server wide! Ha! Fear the Hungry Hungry Hippos Gang bitches! AHAHA such a stupid name!” Jacob the Gang Leader of HHH.
“Has anyone every seen a Hippo before?” asked a random guild mate.
“They went extinct in the wild a couple of years ago but I saw one at the zoo a while back.” answered a random guild mate.
John
HP - 4
MP - 0
John checked his combat log while his guild mates were chatting away.
That was too close for comfort. If I chose to use a HP pot than MP that would have been the end of it. Luck was definitely on my side. Might not have been the best choices but it still worked. I still can’t believe my Desperate Shot hit! The chance on hit is only 10% plus Panic status decreases accuracy 60%. So “0.1 * 0.6 = 0.06” critical hit too boot! Thank you RNGesus!
“Yo! Earth to Johnny! You still got a revive pack? Get Jacob back up and he’ll revive everyone so we can split loot. Don't feel like walking bro,” said James.
“Yea get the healbot up,” said Jessie.
“And that’s why you're dead Jessie. Piss of the Healer Union and you’re SOL!”
“Well... see if you can solo a boss through healing!” retorted Jessie.
“Technically the boss was undead and Jacob did do a bit of damage through heal-” said Jennifer.
“Shut up! That's why we all died. Idiot forgot to look at his MP and went nuts on damage had nothing left for heals. And I thought John here was the newbie! You're only covering for him since you're his girlfriend,” interrupted Jessie.
“If he keeps playing like that he won’t be…” said Jennifer.
“Aw come on babe. I just got a little carried away… Healers don't have much chances to deeps…” said Jacob.
“Kinda funny but they are having a conversation through guild chat when we all know they are probably sitting next to each other,” pointed out James.
John uses revive pack on Jacob.
Jacob
HP- 10
MP- 10
“John I’m too lazy to heal you drink a pot while I get these dead weights back up.” said Jacob.
“I see what you did there.” said John.
John uses HP potion
John Dies!
“What the fuck happened! Is this some stupid glitch! How the hell did I die!” screamed John.
*Guildmates burst into laughter*
“We’re all watching you on live stream. I’m so saving this video,” random guildmate.
“Great job for the distractions mates. Could haven’t done it better. Johnny check your status and you’ll find out why you died!” James.
John hurriedly checked his combat log once again and found what he was looking for.
Cursed Status - Player is cursed. Player has turned into undead.
“AW sheeeiit!” John screamed.
“Ha! Sorry kiddo I can’t revive you since you’re undead… Just revive in the graveyard as a ghoul and we’ll get a shaman to exorcise the Cursed status out of you.” said Jacob.
“But but my LOOT!” said John.
“Don't worry Johnny if any Desperado gear drops you’ll get it. The guild will compensate for repairs and I’ll give you a bonus too. Since we will control the Mines for a month we’ll give you 2 percent of the income,” said James.
“Really!? That’s way too generous James! Mines makes 100 gold per day that’s 2 gold a day for a month total of 60 gold! If I knew you’d do that I would have took the newbies place!” random guildmate
*More complaints of guildmates*
“Too bad this guild is ran in a dictatorship. Ha! That’s what you all get for not coming when I call for a raid! Feel the GM pains kiddos!!” screamed James.
*More complaints from guildmates* but no one really cared too much they all knew how crazy the battle was, John deserved every penny.
“Thanks James but dick move for not tell me about the Cursed status. Gonna log for a bit, see you at class.”
John took of his oculus VR headset. Wild Wild West was the first mmo that went VR. It wasn't a complete deep dive like light novels but as close as technology could get at the moment.
John left his dorm room took a pack of cigarettes and went outside.
That was hella fun!