Raven Hunters (FP)- The Raid Unit
Back in the Iron Bastion, Bjorn respawned with a horrified look on his face as he dropped to his knees and clutched his neck. Despite knowing he was going to survive the altercation the feeling of dying once shook the man to his core, It was something he never wanted to experience again, at least that was what he thought for the first few seconds. Once the initial shock passed he suddenly found the sensation becoming very dull and faint until he couldn't for the life of him remember what it felt like, just that it was something unpleasant that he didn't want to feel again.
The very next emotion he had was a wave of intense panic, just how much influence over his brain did these pods have if they could remove memories of something as traumatising as literally dying from your memory as though it was some passing thought? The very idea that death would change a person fundamentally was a universal rule of thumb, yet because his brain was hooked up to some machine, he suddenly wasn't affected by it anymore. Such a thought terrified Bjorn, so much so that he had almost forgotten about his anger at Darius. Almost.
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3 Hours had passed since Soldier had called the rest of his party in, and Darius' group had already powered levelled themselves to level 4 by killing the level 5 Dire wolves that were traversing their immediate area, killing up to 150 as each kill barely got them 2 exp at level 3, now it gave them 1 exp no matter what they did. As Such the group now collectively looked like this:
ID: Basilisk Age: 30 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 4 Exp: 97/500 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Riot, Bone Shard, Basic Armour Set [7/8] & Belt Sheath HP: 220/220 MP: 40/40 Sta: 50/50 Atk: 50(+35) M.atk: 90 Def: 60(+60)(+20) M.def: 100 Str: 30 Spd: 20 Agi: 10 Int: 10 End: 40(+10) Luck: 10 Stp: 0 Skp: 125
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Focus
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: None
Resistances: None
Special effects: None.
ID: Enemy Soldier Age: 22 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 4 Exp: 97/500 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Iron Bow, Pristine Arrows (*20), Chipped Arrows (*60), Basic Bowman Set & Worn Quill HP: 184/184 MP: 34/34 Sta: 30/30 Atk: 48 M.atk: 82 Def: 44 M.def: 78 Str: 24 Spd: 24(+6) Agi: 24(+6) Int: 10 End: 20 Luck: 22 (+3) Stp: 0 Skp: 125.
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Quick Draw
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: None
Resistances: None
Special effects: None.
ID: Stellar Blade Age: 20 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 4 Exp: 97/500 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Sword Apprentice Set & Argent HP: 220/220 MP: 60/60 Sta: 60/60 Atk: 50(+5)(+20) M.atk: 110(+5) Def: 60 M.def: 120 Str: 30 Spd: 20(+5) Agi: 5(+5) Int: 30 End: 30 Luck: 10 Stp: 0 Skp: 110
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Ignite & Dash
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: None
Resistances: None
Special effects: 1% chance to trigger a Magic Attack.
ID: Cruel Silence Age: 28 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 4 Exp: 97/500 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Deus, Cloak & Basic Adventurer set HP: 200/200 {260/260} MP: 35/35 Sta: 20/20 Atk: 75 {85}(+25) M.atk: 110 {120} Def: 35 {45} M.def: 70 {80} Str: 25(+5) Spd: 50(+5) Agi: 20(+10) Int: 10 End: 10(+5) Luck: 10 Stp: 0 Skp: 110
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Critical strike & Stealth
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: None
Resistances: None
Special effects: 5% chance of invisibility outside of combat.
ID: Guerrilla Queen Age: 25 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 4 Exp: 97/500 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Basic Adventurer Set, Rusted Tomahawk & Cleaver HP: 220/220 {260/260} MP: 40/40 Sta: 30/30 Atk: 60 {70}(+25)(+30) M.atk: 100 {110} Def: 50 {60} M.def: 90 {100} Str: 30(+5) Spd: 30(+5) Agi: 25 Int: 10 End: 20(+5) Luck: 10 Stp: 0 Skp: 125
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Sprint
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: None
Resistances: None
Special effects: None.
ID: Immortal Lancer Age: 29 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 4 Exp: 97/500 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Halberd, Basic Adventurer set & Spear Holder HP: 220/220 {260/260} MP: 40/40 Sta: 35/35 Atk: 55 {65}(+25) M.atk: 95 Def: 55 {65} M.def: 95 Str: 30(+5) Spd: 25(+5) Agi: 20 Int: 10 End: 25(+5) Luck: 15 Stp: 0 Skp: 125
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Feather Walk
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: None
Resistances: None
Special effects: None.
The Party had just about found a way to adapt Queen into the strategy after her switch in class, instead of her needing cover to use her arrows where she wished she was now covering Soldier, and as an ex-ranged fighter herself, she understood what Soldier needed as a ranger and was quick to adapt to his decisions. With one less person needing protection Silence was free to move around and pick off low-health enemies that weren't being killed instantly by Darius.
The Raven-Killer Party had just about finished cleaning up the battlefield of drops and arrows when they saw 4 players approaching from the lower-level field zone, across the bridge. Darius already recognised three of them being; the brown-haired plain swordsman, the Egyptian Bow Staff wielder, and the blonde mage.
The face he hadn't seen before was that of the Egyptian woman who stood at 5 ft 11 with an athletic build beside the bow staff wielder wearing a basic adventurer's set and a pair of black leather gloves on her hands. She had light brown skin, emerald green eyes, and flowing dark brown hair that she kept in a tight crown bun- She had angular features that made her look more beautiful than cute along with respectable physical gifts she possessed. Soldier sent them all invites to the Raven Killer Party, so Darius could finally see the I.Ds and current stats of everyone from Enemy Soldier's Original Party- And they were as follows:
ID: Void Sword Age: 35 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 3 Exp: 205/400 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Knight Apprentice Set & Silver Longsword HP: 230/230 MP: 40/40 Sta: 25/25 Atk: 60(+5)(+25) M.atk: 100 Def: 55(+5) M.def: 105 Str: 35 Spd: 25(+5) Agi: 10 Int: 5 End: 20(+5) Luck: 10 Stp: 0 Skp: 80
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Sword Aura Projection, Warrior's Spirit & Valiant Roar
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: None
Resistances: None
Special effects: None.
ID: Mensah Age: 32 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 3 Exp: 220/400 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Steel Halberd, Steel Dagger, Belt Sheath, Vest Sheath & Basic Adventurer Set HP: 180/180 {220/220} MP: 30/30 Sta: 25/25 Atk: 45 {55} M.atk: 75 {85} Def: 45 {55} M.def: 75 {85} Str: 25(+5) Spd: 20(+5) Agi: 25 Int: 5 End: 20(+5) Luck: 10 Stp: 0 Skp: 105
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Control
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: None
Resistances: None
Special effects: None.
ID: Miss Ambrosius Age: 29 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 3 Exp: 250/400 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Sphere of Appraisal, Magic Apprentice Set & Combat Robe. HP: 80/80 MP: 65/65 [80/80] Sta: 65/65 [80/80] Atk: 20 M.atk: 85 [100] (+17) Def: 20 M.def: 85(+17) Str: 10 Spd: 10 Agi: 10(+10) Int: 55(+15) End: 10 Luck: 10(+5) Stp: 0 Skp: 50
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Soul of Magic, Basic Mana Manipulation, Mana Reinforcement, Mana Bullet & Basic Energy Conversion.
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: Appraisal
Resistances: None
Special effects: +10% Mana Recovery & stamina recovery.
ID: Daiya Age: 25 Race: Human Class: None Subclass: None Rank: 0 Lvl: 3 Exp: 199/400 Titles: Adventurer. Status: Normal. Items: Basic Adventurer set & Grappler's Mits HP: 160/160 {200/200} MP: 30/30 Sta: 30/30 Atk: 40 {50}{+5} M.atk: 70 {80} Def: 40 {50}(+5) M.def: 70 {80} Str: 20(+5) Spd: 20(+5) Agi: 20 Int: 10 End: 20(+5) Luck: 15 Stp: 0 Skp: 60
Race Skills: None
General Skills: Basic Health Recovery, Basic Mana Recovery, Skill Projection & Basic Mana Manipulation.
Subclass Skills: None
Trade Skills: None
Item Skills: None
Resistances: None
Special effects: None.
"Skill Projection??", Darius asked with a raised eyebrow, he was expecting a magic user with a speciality in healing not a close-ranged fighter with something like skill projection. "Yes... Not long before you met up with our party we found this skill book being pawned off for cheap in the Iron Bastion since no one had any skills worth pairing with this, but our Party member naturally awakened the Health recovery skill, we saved this for her so she could act as a combat healer", Soldier summarised as best he could.
"I get that... I'm just surprised you could even get something like this in a starter zone, even more so now that I know it was being pawned off", Darius lamented. He was concerned about the actual rarity of some other potential skills this game could have if something like skill projection was common enough to be found in a starter zone. "Introduce yourselves", Darius ordered after turning to the newcomers. They shared a look before turning to Soldier, who nodded at them before they started. This was a detail that made Darius frown, but he wouldn't comment on it yet.
"I am Void Sword, I am a technique developer who is shifting from a swordsman class focus to a knight-warrior focus as a way to develop a 2nd technique", The average-looking bloke among the group summarised well before passing the floor. "Mensah, I am a stage 2 technique generator but I am going for the Spear Knight Build", The Male Egyptian also summarised aptly.
"Miss Ambrosius but feel free to call me Merlin Mr Fake Captain, I am not a technique generator but I doubt I need to tell you how valuable I am to your team as the only pure magic user", The blonde English woman summarised with a playful smirk reinforcing Darius' belief that he was right not to let her come along earlier, already not willing to deal with her even now. "Daiya, I am a Stage 2 technique generator with a background in MMA who is going for a bruiser and Combat-Healer build", the female Egyptian finished off with a neutral look on her face.
"Void, Mensah, Merlin, and Daiya", Darius called out more to himself than addressing anyone as he pondered how to reallocate team roles without harming the team chemistry that had already been built.
"Alright... this is a 9-man party so we are going to break up into three teams", Darius said as he started reorganisation, "The Flanking unit will consist of Queen, Soldier, and Daiya whose primary role will be to pick off Straggler mobs and help the rotation unit manage their workload... The rotation unit in question will include Merlin, Blade, and Mensah whose primary role will be to pull mob aggro off of the main force and rotate to either allow someone from the main force to join you in pulling aggro, or release some aggro and have someone join the main force at my order", Darius continued.
"Finally we have the main force which will include Void, Silence, Lancer, and Myself... Our job will be to initiate combat and take on the initial brunt of mobs but in the case of a boss battle our numbers will adjust according to the situation and our group's main task will be to eliminate the boss before going on to assist the other units".
Darius finished up with a thoughtful look on his face, "I will be the one to command the changes within the Main force and Rotation units, but I will trust Soldiers judgement in the actions of the Flanking Unit as their job doubles up as our scouting force", Darius finished up his rotation before scanning the new Raven-Killer Party. "Any Problems??", Darius asked plainly and yet despite that fact everyone within the part suddenly felt an ever so slight ominous feeling that their response would make or break their standing in this party.