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The great pirate era. (Sanquin/Sarpedon)

Will be gone for 3 days on a LARP again. Though considering my current posting speed I don't think much would be missed. ^^;;

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

Finally the spider dropped. Though Alakai kept swinging. Once, then twice, both missing since the spider was already on the ground. Then finally he realized he had won, and finally let his arms drop. Though together with that his body fell backwards as well. Physically he was okay enough. Pretty damn beaten up, but okay enough. It reminded him of a few recesses during school. He was more hurt now, but it hurt about the same. "We did it...we actually did it." He muttered to himself, realizing that they had basically beaten a boss that was probably meant for 3 people for a 'normal' challenge. As this definitely wasn't a 2 people fight any more. He had an idea about why, though wasn't entirely sure. When Kali healed him, Alakai got his strength back as well. So he sat up-right, looking around the boss. "A staff huh... Well, that's definitely yours then. It's a normal green, but the +2 bonus intellect and +10 spellpower is still better than no stats." He looked at the rest of the items that had dropped. 20 silk thread, 101 gold, a green named buckler giving +10 physical defense, +3 stamina, 5 spider ichor, and 3 spider legs. "I guess we can sell the rest. Especially the silk, spider ichor and legs." He grinned slightly. "We could go with three times the vendor price. Since right now materials will still be rare." Making money was important too, after all. The more they had now, the better gear they could buy, the faster they could level up, and the more money they could make. And Alakai had a very good idea of what items would sell well for crafting as he had tried all of the professions out during the beta. "There's one more thing left to do though." He spoke as he stood, moving to collect the items and divide the gold. He decided to give Kali the extra gold, as she could probably use it more right now. Heck, if they stuck together there was no real need to divide profits. But everything was still too unsure for that. "We came here for a quest. So...I guess we should start looking around. I vote for the entrances that look like they go to rooms first. I really don't want to go into those caves if I don't have to..." More spiders could be inside of them. And Alakai had seen enough spiders for one day by now. Especially after the boss.

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

While Alakai did hear Kali's words, they didn't register any more. Alakai was too caught up in his fight with the spider to pay attention to things around him. The spider, luckily, seemed to also be getting more damage now. Even though Alakai's attacks and skills weren't any different compared to before. This was not a time to think though. This was a race to the finish. Which would run out first? The spider's hp bar, or Kali's mana? Another AoE attack, webs spraying in every direction after the spider had leapt onto the ceiling just like before. And just like before, both him and her were captured in them. However this time the outcome was different. Since Kali had distanced herself, she wasn't pulled in as far, and only received 10% of the damage. Alakai though, took the full blow. 493 damage this time, bringing him down to 282 hp. There was no poison on him, so he wouldn't die immediately. But he would need a few quick heals. Now the spider only had 437 hp left. So Alakai went in for the final blow. "Die you fucking creep!" He screamed as he charged in head-first, to finish it with a few more powerful blows.

The great pirate era. (Sanquin/Sarpedon)

"We're ramming it huh?" Ceres mused with a slight grin. "Feels like a bit of a waste to damage this ship already, but ah well." The crew was quick to agree as well. They had the Shotgun Preacher with demon powers, an Albatross with magic water powers, and the master swordsman Ace on their side after all. Not to mention all the booze they could drink the evening before, and their ship was a bit larger than the other one. How could they not have high morale? So with a unanimous cheer the crew all got to work on fastening the cannons, turning the ship, and preparing to ram the other ship. AS they got closer, everyone could soon see it with the naked eye. A small trade cog. They were usually used to transport spices, fish, or cloth. And rarely gunpowder, cannon balls, or weapons. Though this one didn't look like a ship from the navy. So the latter two were unlikely. "Say captain." Ceres spoke as they were quickly approaching the Cog. "Having me steer the ship is great and all, but I'm a cook. And I thought you always steered your own ships. Or were the rumours wrong?" Not that she had planned to do anything different. She would also have let her first mate take care of steering. Would probably be a funny sight, thinking about it. The captain that's cooking for the crew and the first mate steering the ship.

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

Alakai wasn't expecting an attack like that, and he stood there a bit puzzled as the spider jumped into the air. Though it wasn't soon until he realized what was going on. "Shit, this wasn't in the beta!" He exclaimed, bracing for what was sure to be quite a bit of damage. This was the first time Kali actually had her health drop so low. Which was made clear when she cried from the pain. Indeed...wounds still hurt. Maybe it was because he had experienced worse pain in real life, but it didn't bother him as much. This was bound to happen sooner or later though. So it was better to experience it early on, rather than later. Still, 500 damage in a single hit. They had clearly buffed this boss to make him very difficult if you were alone. So was it a group quest now? Either way, they could definitely make it. "Guess I have no choice but to keep going full out then!" Alakai replied to Kali's warning. The longer the fight too, the more of those heavy hits they would take and thus the more chance that they would die. "This is starting to get fun..." He then mused, his serious expression slowly turning into an excited grin. Throwing defence to the wind, the man rushed in with a killing intent you'd normally only read about in manga's. Together with his love for the theory behind games, there was one more thing that had made him such a skilled player in the past. His love for battle. In real life, Alakai was too weak a man to put up any kind of fight. But now it was different. And without realizing it, his thirst for battle came to the surface, spurred on by years of pent up anger from being bullied in school.

The great pirate era. (Sanquin/Sarpedon)

Ceres smirked at her captain's reply. Her old self would have been scared, but as she was now he had no way to hurt her, or even grab her if she didn't allow him. That being said, being splattered into a million tiny droplets would be a pain too. "Heh, learn to take a joke. I decided to be on someone else's crew on my own so I know my position perfectly well. However, if you want to unload that shotgun at me, go ahead. It can't hit me. Heck, if you have any pent up rage swing away if that makes you feel better. Just don't double-cross me. I'll keep my end of the deal if you do too." They had shaken hands on it, after all. Something that was apparently oh so important to the man. The first hour was uneventful, but then finally at least something happened. The man in the crow's nest called down to the captain, pointing to the ship's left side. "Cap'n, ship ahoy! Small cargo ship! 'Bout a mile!" Several of the crew members looked into the direction, and then turned to their captain. They were all feeling a little excited. This was the first chance to truly start making a name for themselves, in their minds. If they raided the ship and didn't kill all of the crew rumours were sure to quickly spread that the Shotgun Preacher had returned. Though Octavius would have to be the one making such decisions. "Go on or get 'em, captain?"

The great pirate era. (Sanquin/Sarpedon)

It didn't take long for Ceres to figure out what was going on, when Octavius kept coming up with orders she had to pass to the rest of the crew. He was probably testing her or something. Or trying to make her life hard. But he was greatly underestimating her. Even before she had eaten the devil fruit she could already have been counted as a top sailor. Having been on two previous ships, a marine and a pirate one, she had plenty of experience to deal with these kinds of things. And, determined to show her capabilities, she relayed all orders without problems. Though she was smart enough to not go at full volume any more, instead keeping it to a level where the ones closest to her could hear, and adding that everyone was to relay orders to the ones further away. Everything had gone smoothly, the ship soon sailing out of the harbour at half speed, and going full speed in East-North East direction once they hit the open ocean. Ceres felt confident about her abilities to direct a ship's crew. It wasn't really that different from directing the staff in a kitchen. The tasks were just different. But she knew full well that this crew was currently only here because of the captain. First impressions were important when you didn't have a name, and her appearance made that one quite hard. Though then again, maybe it was reasoning like that that once again got her into a situation where she was part of someone else's crew. Life had always been funny like that. Now that it was easy sailing for a bit Ceres decided to tease Octavius once again. It was funny how easy it was to get to him, so it was hard to resist. So the next time he came to give her another order or something similar she had something to ask. "Captain, question. Are you sure this is okay? You've spent close to a year in prison, then during our escape I was the one steering the ship. And now once again, when you have your own ship to command, you tell me to do so for you. If you want I can just take over as captain, you know~"