Umichi smiled, She's so damn cute he thought, seeing Suki bite her lip worryingly. "Oh right I forgot to say it before, congratulations on another level up." Suki then talked about the profession, Tamer. "Well, I understand it is hard to do, but still, I think I will like it. But I think I will choose later. I don't even know the tamable monsters yet." Seeing as though they bought their things, he started to walk to the blacksmith of the town. "I need to repair my Anneal blade. The durability is low. After that, we can see a tanner, for some leather equipment." he told her his plans.

While walking to the blacksmith, a message from Light came up. "Good morning Team I just got to end of my XP bar almost Level 4 so I thought we should have a meeting back in town". He replied "Have you been out all night? You should get some rest, we will have a meeting when you wake." Reaching the blacksmith, it cost him another 300 col to repair his blade. The col he collected was slowly shrinking, having just over 1.5k left. He already bought potions and a couple of crystals last night, which was good, and his Anneal blade had 6 enchantments. The blacksmith told them to be back in 15 minutes, since the durability had gone to about 15%, of it's enhanced 400.

"So you have brothers, huh? I myself have a little sister I take care of. She acts a bit like Haname does." he said, as he started to make his way to the tanner. The time was 8:30, but the others had yet to wake up it seemed. While on his way to the tanner, at the distance, at the front gates of the village, he could see someone. It was Light. "Hey, Light!" He called out waving a hand.

Light saw the waving hand and knew it was Umichi and Suki he ran to them said ''I got your message and ...Umm you are right I should have some rest after that last fight Thanks Umichi''He asked''What did you guys do since I am gone and where is Haname?''and said''Uhh I am asking too many questions I feel like my brain is going to explode I should have some rest and a healing crystal and repair my bow it will be a long day''he said he looked at the time it was 8:40 he thought
Wow time passes really fast in game world I really should have some rest in order to get my strenght back. He looked at his health bar saw he was in critical state than suddenly Everything got blury all sudden and cut to black he collapse and fainted.

Suki smiled at his congratulations, she thought for a minute, before saying "I think you could do try and do it. It would be great to know a beast tamer" She said with a smile, nodding as she followed him when he started to walk. She was happy to just go along for now, having everything she needed, and not wanting to spend more col. She needed to keep what she had, just in case she needed more health potions.

Which reminded her that she should go to an alchemist NPC and ask how she could create potions herself. She would suggest that later. She too read Lights message, but let Umichi reply because he was doing so. She watched as he get his blade looked over and fixed, walking along with him to the tanners.

She nodded, "I have six older brothers" She said, "I'm the youngest" She smiled, then sighed and shrugged, "I hope they are okay" She waved to Light as well. She yelped as he fainted, kneeling down beside him, and examining him over, taking out a health potion and forcing it down his throat. She looked up to Umichi, "I don't know what to do"

"Oh, wow, that's a lot of brothers to have." He had replied, as Light made his way to them. "Well you see, I think Haname is still in her room, same as Yumi." replying to his question about Haname. Upon seeing Light faint, Umichi looked at Light's health bar. It was in critical red. Umichi didn't notice it all this time. Damn it he thought. Suki had already given him a health potion. It looked like she started to panic. "His in town, his safe now. So it's fine. Let's just take him to the inn and get a room for him." He assured her.

Picking him back on his back, Umichi started to carry Light. He was a bit heavy for him. Guess I need to get more points in strength, but I do want that agility. he silently sighed. He didn't let it show that Light was heavy for him though. Walking back to the inn. He had to pay another 100 col for the room for Light. He sighed out. Accidentally. Paying the fee he dropped Light on a bed in one of the rooms. "He will be fine if we let him sleep." he told Suki, with a smile to reassure her. He didn't get to go to the tanners yet, and had to pick up his Anneal Blade. It was almost 9:00. He wondered if the others were awake yet, walking out of the inn.

Suki watched as Umichi picked Light up, a little bit impressed that he could do that but tried not to let that show. She swallowed, and followed after him, reaching the inn and holding the door open for Umichi, doing the same for the room door. She nodded and smiled, "Okay" She said, "He should be. Lets leave him be, and continue with our shopping" She suggested.

She thought for a minute, and shrugged, "Six brothers isn't that much, really. I think my parents were hoping for a girl, and its just...my mother had a difficult pregnancy with me, and my birth was difficult. My brothers, and my father say I look like her" She said, giving a shy, almost sad smile. She shrugged after a minute, "they protect me. So I guess you're filling in for them, my hero" She chuckled, gave him a smile.

She looked down at her hands, realising she had just embarrassed herself once again. This time she didn't blush, but she didn't look back up. Did she really just say My Hero? It went with the quest, but still. She shifted, took a deep breath.

The blacksmith turned to YaShi, and replied "you need to undertake the earning a living quest first, and then I can assist you with learning"

“I accept this quest and want to be a blacksmith” YaShi said to the NPC. "Very well, sir. You have successfully completed this quest. You can now be a blacksmith".

After he finished the quest he went to the pub for some dinner and some sleep.

"282 players have died during the night. Congratulations to surviving one night."

YaShi woke up from this message and shivered, “Glad I’m not one of them!”. He stood up from his bed and equipped his armor and weapon again. “Time to train some more and find out how to get some metals for my Blacksmithing skill!”

YaShi walked out of the pub and walked back the grounds he came from yesterday, ready to fight some more boars and look for some other kind of mobs. When he just walked into the field he already saw some boars and even a dire wolf just on his right side. He grabbed his weapon, swinged it over his shoulder and called out “Sonic Leap” YaShi then dashes forward and hit the dire wolf full under the chin, bringing it back to half health already, he quickly turned around to block one of the incoming boars and jumped up to hit another from above with his Rage Spike ability. He now had 2 enemy’s down to half health and 3 more boars trying to surround him.

Seeing that it would be hard to win this fight while he was getting surrounded Yashi made an opening in their lines by running towards the wolf and hitting it 2 times, one in the side and the second hit shortly after on the back of the wolf finishing it off. He ran straight on until he reached a rock in the field and he put his back against it to assure he couldn’t be attacked from the back. Looking at his health bar he saw he already dropped back to the low green part and with one or maybe 2 hits he would be in the yellow. When he looked up again he saw 4 boars running to him with quite some speed. When the first one came close to him YaShi jumped up, grabbing the edge of the rock, and he saw the boar running into the stone. YaShi quickly let go and while he was falling he pointed his sword down, it fell straight into the boar and then the boar vanished. “2 down 3 to go”. He stepped back against the rock and knew he couldn’t do the same trick another time, so this time he looked at the boars and started running to the one on the right, just before YaShi and the boar would collapse he stepped to the right, while sticking his sword out the left, and cut the boar in half.

The other two boars saw how he leveled up and now that Yashi was level 4 he was to high of a lvl for them and they turned around looking for another victim. “Let’s check my inventory to see what I got” YaShi saw some of the same items he sold to the Bartender yesterday but he also saw some odd looking stones. While he pulled them out and examined them he found out that it where metals “Only to be looted and used properly by blacksmiths” stood in the description.

YaShi walked back to the blacksmith and asked him for some help to learn him to repair his weapons and make some armor/weapons wich he could then sell. They laid down the pieces of metal and his sword on top. He hit them a few times and his weapon was back to full durability, also he saw a small indicator in his screen that showed that his blacksmithing xp was going up. Next he just laid down some metal pieces and hit them again, now 4 small throwing knives came out. “hmm they could come in handy, let’s see what I can make of my last 3 pieces of metal”. He laid the pieces down, clicking on them he scrolled trough a menu and saw he could make a simple one handed weapon. He made the weapon and swung it a few times trough the air. “Hmm not bad, but its not better then the one I bought from the blacksmith himself”. He went to the blacksmith and sold his freshly made weapon for 150col. Then he went back to the Inn to sell his other stuff, another 400 col wich made his total a small 2600col.

After having sort of disappeared after accepting the group invite and arriving at the town. She had decided to take after Lights initiative and get in some extra training as she was also behind. Spending most of the night out killing Nepents and Dire wolves she had gained two levels, having reached level four. Before heading to bed for the night she stopped at the blacksmith npc, sold her useless drops and repaired her gear. She found a cheap inn and got a few hours sleep.

By the time she woke up from her elongated nap. Stepping out from her room she noticed Suki and Umichi with Light over his shoulder down the hall, carrying him into a room. She softly laughed, it was a strange sight to see first thing in the morning. She then left the Inn, stopping outside and awaiting for Umichi and Suki to come back outside. She smiled as she saw the two exit. "Hey guys! Strange morning?" She asked a bit playfully.

"Oh hey Yumi." Umichi replied to Yumi. "What do you mean strange morning? Well besides the fact that we woke up in a game." He jested a little. "I am about to get my Anneal Blade before I get some new armor to wear. Maybe head out to train a little while waiting for Light and Haname to get up so we can discuss our plans. Wanna join us?" He asked Yumi. As they started to walk out the door, Suki started to speak.

Suki said
"Six brothers isn't that much, really. I think my parents were hoping for a girl, and its just...my mother had a difficult pregnancy with me, and my birth was difficult. My brothers, and my father say I look like her" She said, giving a shy, almost sad smile. She shrugged after a minute, "they protect me. So I guess you're filling in for them, my hero" She chuckled, gave him a smile.

Chuckling with her, Umichi smiled at the thought. Hero, huh? I have to live up to that now he thought. With her getting embarrassed and looking into her hands, Umichi decided to play upon her words of calling him her hero. Forgetting that Yumi was there.

He knelt by her side, grabbing her right hand gently. "If I am your hero, you are my princess. I shall be there to protect you." Kissing gently on her right hand, wanting to have some fun teasing her. Suddenly, remembering Yumi was there. He jumped up onto his feet. "Uh...." Umichi was speechless in front of Yumi. His face completely turned red, turning away from facing both Suki and Yumi. "Ok, off to they blacksmith!" he called out, walking hastily to the blacksmith NPC repairing the durability of his Anneal Blade.

Upon entering, the blacksmith called out, "Ah!, There you are. Because of the damage dealt to the Anneal Blade, I figured you would need more durability. I have enhanced it for you as a service. However, could you do me a favor?" A quest box appeared, that did not have many details. It was titled, "Sasamaru's daughter". Umichi had a fairly good idea what this would lead to.

Suki smiled at Yumi, "Hey" She said, "Light just passed out on us" She said, "We could have woken up in a worse place. Like a dumpster" She smiled, following after Umichi, right up until he stopped, and knelt in front of her, kissing her hand gently. She blushed, but laughed as he jumped up onto his feet. She grinned at Yumi, and followed as Umichi started to virtually run to the blacksmith. He was adorable.

She waited for Umichi to get his blade back, but seemed to be help up, as the blacksmith asked for a favor. She hesitated, "What's it about?" She asked Umichi, curious about it, as she thought about getting her own blade enhanced. She shook her head, to focus on the here and now. "A quest? do you need help on it?" She realised she was probably sounding like an excited squiral, and blushed, stepping back slightly, and took a few deep breaths to calm herself.

The day was bright but that didn't help his mood. Adrian walked through the streets of the city with a dark shadow hanging over his eyes, he was angry and depressed over his inability to find the one he was searching for. walking through the street he saw parties of people who would be hunting together and it annoyed him more than anything else. Adrian stalks out of the town leaving the gate behind him and continues out into the field. a dire wolf rushed through the grass but enemies of this magnitude were nothing to him anymore and he simply kicked the wolf away. He knew where he was going and soon he had found it the entrance to the dungeon he had checked everywhere else he could so his only guess is that she was stuck somewhere inside and he was going to tear down every brick until he found her.

taking one last look at the sunlight and the fields of green he sighed drew his sword and walked into the dungeon. As he walked he came upon an enemy that actually had weapons and armor.....this was inevitably going to be stronger. Adrian drew the knife from the folds of his kimono then reared back and threw it at the beast as hard as he could.

the blade bounced off the things armor with a metallic ring and Adrian scowled. figures nothing can ever be easy his scowl deepened as he got into a guard stance. the creature rushed him with a polearm of some sort and Adrian sidestepped and parried it with his katana. Next the creature arced the weapon in a circular motion and spun using whirlwind. Adrian turned as he jumped using acrobatics as he leaped over the weapon and pivoted in mid air. Now he was behind the creature and he used avalanche to bring down his blade upon the creatures head this had much more effect than the knife and made the thing stumble as it attempted to turn swinging the halberd in its hand as it did cutting in an arc. rolling under the strike Adrian was back to back with the creature and activated back rush as he thrust the sword behind him this pierced the creature making it roar as it moved away and readied itself. So that's what its weakness is...piercing......very wel then now to aim the one strike I need as he thought this Adrian ran at the creature and leapt into the air coming down on the creature with his feet and pinning it to the ground raising his sword above his head he activated tsujikaze and brought the point of his blade down through creatures head as it exploded in a shower of data he smirked. "so that's how it is" he said sheathing his blade he picked up his knife again and hid it in the folds of his katana. "im going to find you" he muttered as he continued into the dungeon.

''Ohh I am allright '' Light yelled while walking out of the inn.''I am allright I just had a little issue now I am okay but first I need to visit blacksmith'' said Light saw Yumi she was all up now the only member not here was Haname ''Good Morning Yumi''
Light was embarrassed by all means he fainted in front of all of his teammates.He did not faint because he didnt sleep last night he allready had some sleeping issues back in real world but he didn t know why he faint that was the real mystery

After that she thought about Haname she reminds his brother to him she is cute and all but she can be annoying at times.but after he is his brother Light feels same feelings that he felt about his brother he felt that he needs to look after Haname until they got out of this place.

Anyways he needs to focus on his objectives now

Hm... I don't know anything about these Large Nepents, this quest doesn't give me the details of their levels. If I decline, there is a chance something will happen to the weapon. Better not risk it. he thought, clicking the accept button. He got his Anneal Blade <<2S2Q3D>>. The durability was ridiculous, the third enhancement made it go up to 600. Suki then asked about what was happening excitedly, "Do you need help?". Umichi was happy she would help him, and the adorableness of her blush. Watching her step back and take some breaths to calm down, he turned to his allies. "I think I will need some help with this, I haven't killed any Large Nepents before, and it would be too dangerous to take on too many at once by myself. Please do help me with the quest." He requested. This was not a party quest, so only he would get the rewards. But this would help them approach how to take on newer enemies, and formations.

"Oh right, but I need to go and get some leather armor for now." He said, walking to the tanners. He quickly bought some leather armor, that didn't seem to change his appearance much. He had gotten some nice stats, although it was light. He had a vest and leggings, giving a total 10 armor bonus. They costed him 250 col a piece. Leaving him with just over 900 col left. "Hey Light, mind compensating me for the room at the inn?" he asked Light, equipping his gear. He wanted to get a few extra health potions first before setting out.

"So, here's the plan when we see the Large Nepents. First, I will pull aggro on ONE Large Nepent. Do not get the others. We will use that one Large Nepent to study any attack patterns, and formulate how we will deal with the other ones. Okay? I will take one clean hit from it, to get a good idea of how much damage they do. After we deal with the one Large Nepent, we will deal with the rest swiftly." Umichi had turned to the party, telling them how they will deal with the quest, indicating that they will head to the forest. "Is everyone ok with this strategy?" He asked.

Suki had already offered her help so she just nodded. Large Nepents, she thought back to the little Nepents that had fought the night before and grimaced slightly. She was sure the larger ones would be more of a pain, but she wanted to help Umichi, even if it was just supporting him. She stayed back at the blacksmith, getting her own Anneal blade enhanced slightly, getting it enhanced with 1D1S1P, grimacing at the thought of the cost, but shouldering it, before going to find Umichi at the tanners, meeting him just as he came out the tanners and started to speak about what they would do.

She now had 750 col left, but she did have a good stock of health potions and a teleport crystal if things got bad. She nodded, listening to his plan. it was reasonable, and smart in surviving right now. She smiled, because Umichi seemed to easily slip into a leadership role. Which was great, it meant that she had confident in actually surviving. "Its great" She said, equipping her Anneal blade. It was slightly heavier then her other blade, but it had better stats.

She started out to the forst when Umichi indicated it. She was hoping to get some good drops to sell and get her col back up, without dying, and getting more experience to hopefully get closer to leveling up again, as well as helping out Umichi. It would be nice to help him out, especially after giving her the quest item to get her blade. She made sure her hair was tied up tight, so it wouldn't fall out and over her face and maybe get her killed.

''Oh you paid for my room on inn ok here I am sending...''said Light and sent 100 col to Umichi ''No problem Umichi I am ok with strategy but can one of you guys can come with me to Blacksmith I need buy a new bow and some armor'' he looked at the durability of his bow and his armor they were going low fast Light thought ''I really need to buy a new bow and maybe a special kind of armor if there is one for low price but I dont think so maybe I will buy a sword and ask Umichi to train me for close combat

''Umichi can you teach me how to use a sword for close combat I am thinking that sword and bow should be a decent double What do you think?''Light asked he thought ''I never saw a Large Nepent in game I only ssaw them in Game Guide they said aproaching them from long range wouldnt do that much damage so I should aproach with a sword should do a trick with armor I shouldnt take that much of a damage it will be ok but why did faint oh well I guess we will stick with Umichi s strategy I wonder him and Suki had something between them

Yumi blushed a bit awkwardly as she watched Umichi's strange, romantic display of kissing Suki on the back of the hand. Feeling so awkward she couldn't hold back the soft giggle as he nearly stormed off in embarrassment. She smiled at Suki, hurrying to catch up to her side and walk along with her. As they got to the Blacksmith she hung out in the back of the room as she had nothing to do as of yet. Though as the mention of a quest arose she perked up curiously. Hearing Umichi's request she nodded eagerly. "Sounds good, Umichi! I would love to help!" She grinned excitedly. She was waiting to get her hands on a stinky Large Nepent.

Yumi followed along as everyone finished getting their supplies, buying a few health crystals and that was all. Deciding that saving as much money as she could would be a good idea for now. She listened quietly as Umichi explained the plan, nodded in agreement. "I have a lot of range with my polearm. When we get into the bigger fight I can hold some back while I let one at a time funnel back and you all dispatch them. That and I have gotten pretty good with the dodging mechanics in the game so I should be pretty safe. What do you think, Umichi?" She asked, curious of his opinion. Seeing him as more the leader of the party than anyone else.

Upon hearing Yumi's suggestion, "We will see. It depends on what happens at the start. Also, don't get too cocky, play it safe, if you need help ask for it. I don't think they will aggro us straight away, they are supposed to be gathered around the NPC Hina. Although, I feel bad about not saving the NPC straight away, I feel that we need to play it safe anyway. If it seems like we need several people to take care of one at a time, then we will go with your idea, where you hold them off. But I am pretty sure we can divide it up, after taking care of the first one."

And then Light asked about teaching him the sword. "Hm... I would prefer it if you stay as an archer, back line support. If you really wish to learn it, could it wait for later? I don't want the possibility that we take too much time and Hina is killed. Of course she will respawn, however, that is still a fail for the quest. Let us head out!" He started to lead the way. In the forest, there were a few Little Nepents, which were dispersed with ease. The small amount of exp he needed got him to level 6. He started to actually one hit the Little Nepents, and could slash two in one swift quick motion. His reactions were getting faster it seemed.

The group found Hina. It seems she was surrounded by 5 Large Nepents. Taking out one of his throwing knives with Single shot, he attacked the Large Nepent furthest to the right. Attacking the middle one might grab more aggro than intended. "Stand down for now guys." he ordered. Bracing for a hit. He needed to know his safety zone, and how to organise the formation. If the damage was too high, he would take himself and Yumi up front, not letting Suki or Light take aggro. Taking a big hit, the damage wasn't as severe as he expected. It was about 1/5 of his health. The armor was doing good. The second attack came, he swiftly dodged, slicing through once, twice, a third time, as he came out to the side of the Large Nepent. It was good, he did just over 40% of it's health. So, about 7 hits to kill it ... I should be able to handle two at a time and let Yumi take one and Suki and Light together take the last one, to finish it quickly. he thought. He backed off it a bit. "Ok guys, here's the plan. First we defeat this one. Then we will take the others. I am confident Yumi can take care of one no problem. Probably will take about 10 hits though, from my approximations. Suki take one, just delay it as much as possible and hit when you can, Light just keep shooting at the one Suki takes. I'll handle two of them." Umichi commanded, when suddenly, the Large Nepent started to charge passed him. WHAT!? he thought. A quest box came up.


The whole party had a quest box appear, turning back, Umichi could see that Light had fallen. He was "The Sick Companion". The Large Nepent charged through. Damn it! Now we have to deal with them aggroing the paralyzed Light his thoughts became a little chaotic. "Change of plans! Guard Light! We take on one Nepent at a time, we can't take all of them at once, or they will all start to attack Light." He called out. Running swiftly back towards Light. He threw another throwing knife with Single shot. The Large Nepent became distorted for a moment. He was able to get in front of Light. "I will take the front, Suki, take the left, Yumi take the right. We focus one Nepent at a time in this way. I will hit one with a knife and they will come here, I take the front, mostly guarding, and attacking from time to time. You two just keep attacking!" He commanded, as the Large Nepent charged again. He guarded it, sliding back a bit.

Suki helped to disperse the Little Nepents, managing to avoid being hit, dodging quickly the attacks, and defending with her blade. When they found Hina, she went to help, and then Umichi said to stand down, and let him prevent any attacks getting to her or Light, but did attack as well. She kept an eye on her health. When Umichi told her to take one, she did, but felt as if she was just stabbing when needed, and then there was Light simply using his arrows. It kind of made her feel as if he didn't think she could take one by herself, but she didn't argue, taking one. She flinched as the quest box came up.

She glanced to the side as Light fell, and guess he was the sick companion. She Quickly stepped in front of Light, but dodged to the side when Umichi told her to tae the left. She bit her lip, glancing about, and she began to attack the Large Nepent, using Vertical Arc. She stepped back after attacking, rising her blade to defend herself as she quickly thought what she could do.

She was the alchemist. Which meant she would be the one to make the medicine. So She just needed to be able to figure out what that was. She hurriedly trying to figure it out. "I need to figure this out. We need to get rid of these monsters, and any drops you get, tell me what they are. I need anything that could be used to make a potion. Anything I'm guessing from the Nepents, Sap, flower, leaf, dust, anything" She said. She had an empty health potion flash, so she could use that. She thought. She tried to appear confident as she attacked again, this time using sonic leap, once again pulling back after her attack finished.

After Light Suki take their point Light said ''I will cover you Suki be careful '' He took 2 shots at Large Nepent Suki attacked at it but he saw Nepent just went trough her Light hear Umichi said WHAT!? When suddenly a box appeared The Sick Companion Light only could read the title then he had that familiar feeling when he fainted then suddenly he blacked out

he had been out of the dungeon for maybe two hours Adrian had hit level seven while he slew the monsters but had not found castella and had turned back. now walking through the field he heard yelling which was unusual so he decided to check it out. A party of four had been doing battle with a large nepent and seeing as he recognized them he was content to watch they seemed to have it handled. suddenly one of the party members dropped and that's when he noticed the battle starting to shit.

he couldn't help but start to rush forward with his blade drawn rushing straight at the large nepent three of them were doing battle with from behind. sliding underneath the monster he activated the sword skill ukifune launching the monster high into the air then he pulled out his dagger and charged single shot. while the attack was charging he looked into the eyes of the one standing directly in front of him "throw a blade at it" Adrian yelled as he released single shot and launched his dagger at the nepent as it started its descent

Yumi was about to help dispatch the Large Nepent though stood down as she was told. Never the less she kept her spear held tight for whatever may happen. She cringed a bit as she saw the heavy strike cross Umichi's chest. Even though it was a game and you couldn't feel pain doesn't make it easier to watch someone get hit so powerfully. Then looking at his health she sighed, glad it didn't cause too much damage. This was a truly strange experience. Stuck in a virtual world that feels and looks real. It was almost nauseating when she though about how bad of luck she had to have to be stuck here. She shook her head to get rid of the thoughts. It wasn't the time to get distracted.

Suddenly then the Large Nepent that attacked Umich dashed quickly past the group as a quest pop up appeared. She read, eyes widening in horror as she saw Light collapsed on the ground. She quickly accepted, assuming completing the quest was the only way to keep Light, and their group, safe. She heard Umichi's plan, quickly dashing to the right of the large Nepent she struck out with a quickl skill shot that focused the strike into a weak point offering a critical strike; though the Large Nepents were much stronger than the little ones, and this one was still standing.

As the group handled the single Large Nepent she glanced over at Hina still surrounded by the group of Large Nepents.

"Umichi! We don't have enough time to take only one at a time! Look at Hina's health, it is dwindling. Suki and I can take one as you take another! Once they are all dead Suki will make the potion for Light and you go save Hina!" She suggested before sending a weak flurry of strikes into the Large nepents side for a moderate amount of damage.