Explorer Unit!

With a few upgrades complete, its time to scour for important things I may of miss which means a little backtracking!

Man I sure hope I don't run into any trouble.

}{}{ Sometimes foreshadowing is very

obvious }{}{

Very true. The worst that could happen is a full out assault during our exploration, but that's irrational at this point, likely though we'll meet like... Quartz or something.

So, I went to the meeting point for the small crew to escort me... it isn't the most appropriate measures, after all I have Syn with me.

Scarab will be staying here with his worker while growing in strength... they are so small, I doubt they could lift a quarter right now...

So after we explore the sites, we'll rendezvous with Arch to take out a Origin Supply chain, then back to base to meet up with Anise, Jotun, and Tungston.

I just realised... she spelt Tungsten wrong. She uses an O instead of an E.

Dumbass.

}{}{ The group is just up ahead, I'll scan their combat style for Link Strike opportunities should the need arise. }{}{

Well that sounds good, but what the fuck is a Link Strike?

}{}{ Its just when you anticipate an allies attack and supplement it with a Combo. Usually its hard to replicate outside of close friends but with my Combat Database I can just execute these for free. }{}{

That's cool, does it give like a cool bonus or something?

}{}{ So far its like... a 1.2 modifier of damage, which is a lot but not really worth it... maybe with enough practise or with multiple consecutive link strikes it will go up. }{}{

Well, that's a tidbit I surprisingly didn't catch up on at... well, Hell.

I'm just going to call it Hell for now.

Alright so, we have made contact with the group and they are ready to move out no questions asked...a large portion if them are NPCs surprisingly, only a few players... the players are a Dual Glaive user and a Barrier Master... they both have pretty good builds honestly.

The NPCs include a tower shield user, a Lance user equipped with a mount, a Banner man, an Assassin using two maces, and a Whip user.

Over all, we got some weird stuff going on... blunt assassin... well, if any things going to break someone's gear its that.

I decide to make some small talk as we start heading out.

- " Well, here we go. With Smog in the air and a pep in our step we got nothing to lose except our dignity and morals, let's head out huh? "

The man with the Tower shield responded with a small laugh and replied, " For a King of Morin you sure know how to bolster soldiers. "

I place my hands in the air in an exasperated fashion and replied, " Well I'm better then the last one, at least I didn't lose my treasury. "

The Maced Rouge grumpily scoffed, " Yeah, you lost your life. "

I Jokingly replied, " Well I am a player, give me some credit. I died many more times then that. "

" True. " The Lancer said atop... wait, that's Hyper Wolf Chimera!

Before I could comment in that, the barrier user discharged a question my way, " They say you could generate Ice with just a glare, is that true? "

I put my hands behind my back and walked backwards facing him for a moment giving him a glare... " Of course ", that's when I broke it up with an ironic posh accent, " Given enough time I'd argue I'd kill a man with my heartbeat. "

The Tower Shield leaf out a hearty bellow of laughter while the barrier user chuckled slightly, the others weren't as entertained.

The Barrier Mage tied off that thought with another question, " Its safe to assume you could at least shoot out ice with minimal effort though correct? "

- " Yeah, that statement has truth to it. Innate mana isn't to be scuffled with. Loss of levels though mean I'm out of use for a little bit though. "

The silent Whip Master replied to that with a remorseful tone, " Well that's what we are here for, your majesty. You weren't around when we were formed though right? "

Clueless, I curiously asked " I haven't heard of anything forming besides this alliance, are you from Morin? "

" Yeah, I'm a part of the ShieldBearers were supposed to be body guards for Morin Royalty... which only leaves the Princess and the Chancellors. "

- " New governing system? "

" Mhm, the Chancellors are made to keep the peace in case the Princess dies... there wasn't a suitable heir since you left in case of her death. "

The Tower shield briefly overtook the conversation, " ShieldBearers huh? You don't use a shield though... ". The Barrier master agreed, " Its a weird name, but it is related to Cobalt huh? "

- " What's wrong with the names I give? "

Everyone without fail, even the silent ones responded instantly. " You are named after a mineral. "

I...guess they are right.

Well, that's when we arrived at my awakening chamber... turns out it was completely empty now so whatever, next we got to explore Blossom Tree ruins. Just incase there is like a super big magic crystal capable of powering a weapon if mass destruction.

Turns out... I was right. Quartz is there. Along with a few other old guild members, and a few... well, if I say ' Faceless army type knights ' too many images will pop up in your head, they are all right too...

Well, looks like the haven't seen us yet... so it's the perfect place to Gank.

Raise Hell!