Weapon practice [Open, 2 Slots]

[Tsukuyomi]

Building Trust

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“Ok, I got this! Divine Subjugation!” Tsukiyomi Chanted. He saw that Haneroze had slashed Boar A’s health and engaged Boar B. This made things easier for him, and relaxed a little. He was ready to face Boar A. Tsukiyomi decided to use a hit and run tactic. He slashed at the boar a few times and then retreated before it had time to finish its attack. He continued to do this and whittled away at the HP of the boar. He cast “Divine Subjugation” once more, and finished Boar A. Tsukiyomi saw that Haneroze was attacking Boar B. Tsukiyomi planned to aid her in slowing its attack, he walked right next to the Boar and he cast “Holy Banishment” This made the boar stop fighting for a few moments. He forogot to explain this to Haneroze, so it’s target changed to Tsukiyomi, it should have gave her a good amount of time to deal the blow to the boar. While trying to aid Haneroze, he lowered his guard, being closer to the boar so the boar struck him in the right leg. This propelled Tsukiyomi’s face to fall to the earth. Smack!
“EW! Dirt tastes awful. Darn it, I should I paid more attention… I’m ok, just keep fighting the boar. I’ll cast Holy Banishment! It stops its attack for a bit! Now Haneroze, if we attack together we might just finish it! Divine Subjugation!”



HP: 54%
MP: 43%

Young Pittered Boar A
Level 3
HP: 0%

Young Pittered Boar B
Level 5
HP: 40%

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[Haneroze]

As Haneroze was holding off the boar, she saw that the duration of her Divine Subjugation had ended, and that the other Shaman finished the first boar. He took a little longer than expected, but it didn't really matter in the end. The boar finally backed up, and Haneroze took that opportunity to land a quick slash in its face before stepping back and getting ready to dodge the next charge.

However, the boar wasn't charging. It seemed the spell Tsukiyomi cast, Holy Banishment, was responsible for the boar's change of behavior. It wasn't a Shaman spell, that she knew, but she couldn't tell from what subclass it came from, nor what exactly that spell did. But while she was trying to figure out, she saw the boar turn toward her fighting partner, who unfortunately happened to be too close. As soon as the boar did, she started running toward the boar, but it had time to hit him before she could attack.

Slashing the boar's back without stopping running, Haneroze gained back the boar's attention. She stopped running and turned back toward the boar. She pointed the ground under her with her left hand's index, major and ring risen. "Damage Interception!". As the Boar charged, a barrier appeared around Haneroze's location. The boar hit the barrier, instantly stopping it in place, at which moment Haneroze slashed it with her best power. The attack caused just enough damage to cause its health to reach 0, and the boar disappeared.

"He doesn't seem used to battling yet. He doesn't quite use efficiently that Holy Banishment of his, and underestimates the damage a higher level can cause along with level difference..."

After sheathing her sword, Haneroze pointed Tsukiyomi with her thumb and index opened. "Prayer of Recovery!" Small blue orbs appeared around him and emitted a bell sound, before healing him of a small amount of health.

[Tsukuyomi]

Rest

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Damn! How weak am I, I couldn’t even take care of myself out there. I needed Haneroze’s help. I need to train more, after finishing partying with Haneroze, it’s some major grinding time. No time to mop over the past! Gotta keep fighting, so that one day I can unravel the mystery of this world.

After resting for a while outside the gate, Tsukiyomi called out to Haneroze, “Let’s continue, I have taken residence inside the building it is quite the sight indeed. I really like it here, it nice and peaceful. They have a gym, if you want to train, but it is late, so let's call it a night. Oh and welcome to the academy."



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[Haneroze]

Haneroze waited for Tsukiyomi to stop resting. She wanted to see what was inside the building, to see if there was really a nice place to resume her practice. But she didn't want to head inside without him, as that would be quite an impolite thing to do. She had time to throw in a second Prayer of Recovery on the other Shaman while waiting.

Then, he started speaking about the place. It sounded like a nice place, but she still wanted to see that place for herself. After he welcomed Haneroze, she nodded and headed into the place.


It was indeed a beautiful sight. Haneroze looked everywhere, in a silent amazement. She turned around with arms opened, observing every place of the entrance hall.

"Wow! This is exactly the kind of place I wanted to see when joining! The nature making one with the place, it really have a magical feeling to it! Someday, I must come back to this place and do artworks!"

Haneroze opened her map window. Because she had just walked in a straight line to it, she didn't have a clear view of the path and surrounding toward this place, but she didn't mind. She simply placed a note on the place so that she could remember to go there when she has access to better painting tools. She then closed her interface.

Even thought it was a really beautiful-looking place, she still wanted to continue her practice. She turned toward Tsukiyomi, then took out an arrow out of her quiver before tilting her head with a questioning look. She wanted to know where the gym was.

[Tsukuyomi]

"Right now? Fine."

Tsukiyomi looked in his bag. He was searching for a map he drew of this place.

Ah here it is! Found it, lets see, ok its on the right side.

"OK, follow me!"

Tsukyomi walked up the stairs, this place was huge so he followed the map closely. He was bored so he started to talk to Haneroze. 

"Hey what are your sub-classes, I'm an excorsist and a scribe. I was arguing with myself about if I should be a Exorcist or Priest.  Ah here we are I cleaned this place out so take a look."

Tsukiyomi opened the door.




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[Haneroze]

She stared at Tsukiyomi. He seemed to have understood her request, but instead of leading her to the place, he looked for something in his bag.

"What is he searching? He didn't misunderstand again, did he? Ah, maybe it's locked and he's getting the key?" Then he took out what looked like a map. "Or he's just not as familiarized with the place as he made it look like."

Haneroze followed the man. While they were walking, he asked for her subclasses. A question she couldn't answer without writing it. She hesistated about taking her drawing tools out, but before she could decide, it appeared they were arrived at the gym. Haneroze entered the place and looked around. It was indeed very spacious. There was no monster, also hidden from wandering players, and because it was an interior, there was no chance of an arrow missing target and hitting something or someone behind. It was indeed perfect.

Haneroze hopped in front of Tsukiyomi and bowed as a thank for leading her to this place. She then ran for the wall on her right, and immediately resumed her weapon switching training, taking her sword out and, after a small wait, switching the fastest possible to her bow and fired an arrow on the wall.

[Tsukuyomi]

Tsukiyomi, saw that Haneroze was excited about this place. He saw her bow as a sign of thanks, then run into the gym and start practicing. He just gained a skill to use that was perfect for this situation! He first was waiting on Haneroze, she seemed pretty engrossed in fighting. He sat there meditating and observing Haneroze's fighting. He wanted to engrave it into his mind so she would get the most out of their training. He just gained the skill summon shikgami. It was perfect for target practice. It also helped Tsukiyomi raise some experience in his shikigamis. He observed her every moment, then he suddenly remembered, this place had an archery club. He used "SUMMON SHIKIGAMI!"
"I'll be right back, if you have anything you need just inform my Shikigami! Alright see you in a bit!"

Tsukiyomi looked at his map. It seemed that the Archery club room was on the other side of the school. He walked back through all the way back to the entrance of the academy, and went to the left side this time. He walked for a long time, so he sent a Shiki to Haneroze, because of the time limit. He finally arrived after a long walk. He was out side the building, and he noticed a nest that fell out of the tree. He felt sorry for it. The wing of the hatchling was torn and bleeding. Tsukiyomi decided to use one of the new skills he learned "Heal!" The bird's wing was magically bonded back together, Tsukyomi was satisfied, so he walked into the archery club room. He scanned for some targets, and found some still pretty intact. The bow however, were all sacked by raider already. He summoned a few more Shikigamis, to help him carry them. He quickly ran back with them to Haneroze. He was able to observe Haneroze through the Shikigami, so he now was able to tell how she fought. None the less, she was still quite the skilled fighter. He opened the door and call. "Haneroze I found some targets you can use for practice, I'll also lend you some Shikigami to fight, so lets begin, Shikigami, put them down over by the far end please, and get ready to fight Haneroze"

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[Haneroze]

Haneroze continued her training, switching the fastest as possible between her three weapons. The fastest she could do it, the more likely she'll be able to switch weapons in the middle of a battle.

"Currently, I'm losing a lot of time searching for the sheathe. It does not help that the sheaths move around due to being attached on my ribbons. I need to determine its position with my touch senses, the weight it pulls on me."

As she was thinking that, she was holding her sword. She tried to feel the weight of the sheath. She moved a bit to feel it better. Then in a swift movement, she tried to sheath her sword. But it was a bit off and hit the side of the sheath. She regained her stance, continueing to feel the weight, but then she heard Tsukiyomi summon a Shikigami. Haneroze turned toward the spectator, who asked to inform the Shikigami if there was anything. She nodded before he left, then came back to her training.

She tried a few more times her quick sheath. It was hard, but when she succeeded it 3 times in a row, she tried switching to her staff. She had to feel the two weights this time. After focusing a moment, she successfully quick-sheathed her sword and took out her staff, getting ready for an attack.

"That was a bit over 2 seconds. I think that's my current limit, but the accuracy isn't very good."

She continued like that with her two other weapons. Then, once she felt she had gotten used, she wanted to try in the middle of an attack sequence. Staff in hand, she tried a few attack, then jumped back while trying to switch to her bow, but she didn't succeed her sheathing.

"The rubans are being pushed against my back when jumping away. I need to readjust..."

She needed to do it two more times before succeeding, but the shot she did with her bow lacked accuracy. She didn't mind for now, as this would come with experience fighting with her bow. Then, as Haneroze went to pick back her shot arrows, she saw Tsukiyami come back with targets and more Shikigamis. She listened to him while placing her arrows back in her quiver.

"Hmmm, that's actually well-thought. But that many Shikigami at low level, isn't it draining on his mana reserve? I don't know how long he'll be able to keep up all of them. Better not waste any time."

She walked closer, bow and arrow in hand, waiting for the Shikigami to be ready for the battle to begin.

[Tsukuyomi]

Tsukiyomi thought up a plan to take Haneroze down. He didn't know if this would work, but he had to try. He leveled and gained the skill summon shiki from the last fight. He had practiced bit, so he was pretty sure he could at least hold his own against Haneroze. He made the shikis he had summoned charge at her. This was to distract Haneroze. They suddenly dispersed. The shikis formed a circle around Haneroze. They slowly closed in on her, while running in circles to dodge her attacks. If she didn't destroy all of them, before they would all attack, and that would deal quite the damage. Tsukiyomi stood in the back, watching them move. He used mental commands, so Haneroze couldn't tell what they were being told to do. Tsukiyomi was an tactician, planning was his strong point. He had his thoughts all planed out. If a shiki would die, he would just replace them with another. The were now, 5 feet away from Haneroze.

Shikigami 1
HP:100%
Shikigami 2
HP:100%
Shikigami 3
HP:100%
Shikigami 4
HP:100%
Shikigami 5
HP:100%

Tsukuyomi
HP:100%
MP: 50%

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[Haneroze]

Haneroze quickly looked around and counted 5 Shikigami. She also looked at her skill list, seeing that her Leaping Apricot Technique's cooldown won't be soon over, she could forget it for this training battle. She also pointed one of the Shikigami with her Index and Major finger. "Evaluate!" She saw every information about the Shikigami. She already knew them thought, since she had read about them before creating her character.

"Shikigamis are not made for direct battle, their damage and health are low. Two hits or a critical hit and it should be enough for any of them. However, I don't know how exactly they fight."

Seeing them charge at her, she immediately readied her arrow and fired it, immediately walking sideways and ready to change weapon. But then, they dodged it as they dispersed. She observed their new pattern.

"Their movements are similar? Maybe he has difficulty ordering them separately? If my hunch is right, then I must break the symetry."

She stopped the movement she wanted to do and immediately picked another arrow. With experience from previous games, she quickly calculated the distance needed before shooting, then shot her arrow with perfect timing. But without waiting for the result, she ran to 90 degrees to the right, swapping her bow for her staff and attacking in an horizontal swing whichever Shikigami was close, without stopping her run.

[Tsukuyomi]

Tsukiyomi knew than Haneroze was going to be a hard battle. He had never really fought with intelligent mobs before. As he was a beginner and Haneroze had experience. He didn't know really well how to fight with humans. Humans were a lot smarted than most monsters. He thought carefully. She attacked 1 and 2. 1 is in critical condition, and 2 was half-way dead. He had them retreat for a few moments, they were running circles around Haneroze. He had them speed up, this allowed them to avoid Haneroze and confuse her. This concept was similar to double team, seen in the Pokemon anime. He planned that if Haneroze were to approach any of them, they would move in unison away and closer to her. For example, If Haneroze were to approach Shiki 1, all the Shikis would move closer to attack while she was fighting one shiki. He cast Heal on the first Shiki and healed it a little. Heal had a huge heal rate, but a long cool down, so he decided to use it now. This was the plan for now.


Shkikgami 1
HP:60%
Shikigami 2
HP:50%
Shikigami 3
HP:100%
Shikigami 4
HP:100%
Shikigami 5
HP:100%

Tsukuyomi
HP:100%
MP: 43%

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[Haneroze]

Right after she had attacked, she saw that all of the Shikigami moved away, circling Haneroze again.

"So he does seem to have trouble controlling them individually. Two of them are one hit away from death. What will he do next?"

She rose her left hand in the air with her index, major and ring fingers opened. "Damage Interception!" At the same time she was casting it, she carefully sheathed her staff. Then a barrier appeared around Haneroze.

"The first thing that comes to mind is to charge all at once. He could also try to follow my movements. If he does, the ones moving in my direction will have trouble catching with my speed. Alright, this should be a good plan for both eventualities! I'll try to hit one of the two woundeds... Wait, I lost sight of them!

She looked around, but she could not see any visual sign of damage. But then, she saw that Tsukiyomi healed one of them. Immediately, she pointed it to see its health.

"About 60% Health. It could probably resist a staff attack, but not a sword one."

She drew away her sword while counting the Shikigami that passed in front of her.

"3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, NOW!"

She dashed forward, ready to slash. However, soon before reaching the Shikigami ahead, she quickly turned 90 degrees to the right and slashed at the Shikigami that had just been healed.


[Damage Interception: 16 seconds remaining]

[Tsukuyomi]

Tsukiyomi looked at Haneroze, she was pretty distracted by the Shikis, she was fighting two at a time. He was getting pumped by the battle. He knew he was just supposed to provide target practice, but actual fighting is so much more engaging. He called out to Haneroze, "Hey let's have an actual spar! I'm getting pumped up from watching you fight. Let's fight!" Tsukiyomi desummoned his Shikis which let him finally regain some mana, and then approached Haneroze with his sword drawn. Leaking a little blood lust. He became accustomed to letting out bloodlust when fighting. It helped make nearby monsters ignore the vicinity, if not engaged in battle. He restrained it as he didn't want to make Haneroze think he was trying to kill her. Just a small whiff of it. He liked having some while fighting, it made him enjoy fighting. He didn't know why he started liking fighting after joining this game, but still this was a fight he was looking forward too. He was finally 15 feet in front of Haneroze.

Tsukuyomi
HP:100%
MP: 45%

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[Haneroze]

The attack had succeeded and finished off the Shikigami. Without stopping her run, she hopped and turned in the middle of it to see the positions and actions of the remaining Shikigami. But they didn't seem to react, instead Tsukiyomi called out to her before unsummoning his minions. He wanted to join in the spar.

"Hmm, already? Maybe he's out of mana? Well, it should be better training, I hope that he'll be able to take a few hits thought. How much did he heal since the fight with the boars?"

She nodded to agree to the fight. Then she pointed Tsukiyomi to bring out his info, seeing he had fully healed.

"Fully healed, that's good."

She took her stance, sword ahead and pointing toward Tsukiyomi. Then, as Haneroze made sure he was ready, she dashed toward him and did a vertical slash.


[Damage Interception: 9 seconds remaining]

[Tsukuyomi]

He looked at Haneroze. She charged at him. He was ready and prepared himself for the attack. Tsukiyomi looked at Haneroze, her Damage Interception was probably still running, so he didn't want to risk and attack. When Haneroze was in range, she took the initiative and slashed down at Tsukiyomi. He parried the attack with his sword horizontally at her slash. He tried to push her back but he didn't have enough strength. He had to calculate the level difference, being a lower level meant lower stats, so he was being pushed back. He decided to sidestep to his right, lifting the hilt of the sword in his right hand higher, and slipped out of the attack. He had watched many movies that have done this, he was surprised that he actually managed to do that. Of course without the system given body, he would have died already. He couldn't let Haneroze slip out of range, he didn't have any other weapons. Haneroze on the other hand, had long range weapons. He was sure that her DI* was almost over, he charged while activating Divine Subjugation! He ran to the side of Haneroze and did a diagonal slash.
Divine Subjugation 7s 
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[Haneroze]

(Legend: [Battle log])


The swords collided together. It appeared the game considered it as a defended damage, so she saw Tsukiyomi's health lower by a tiny percentage.

"If it's that small, a full on attack shouldn't deal too much damage."

Her attack, however, was a bit stronger, and it repelled Tsukiyomi. Haneroze tried to follow with another attack, but her opponent dodged with a clever sidestep. She quickly regained her stance and examined Tsukiyomi's movements in order to determine her next action.

"Casting a skill... surely Divine Subjugation." She saw him charge, but not completely directly to her like she did on her first attack. "He's going to attack me from the side. I'll try a different stance!"

In a small time frame, she dropped her blade and retook it with reverse grip. She then walked toward Tsukiyomi and blocked the attack, letting the katana slide on the curved side of her scimitar and passing besides Tsukiyomi. This caused small defended damage blocked by her Damage Interception.

Then, as soon as she regained her balance, she stepped backwards and spinned in order to attack Tsukiyomi's back with the tip of her Scimitar.


[Stance change: Reverse grip scimitar.]
[Defended damage taken: -1 sec Damage Interception]
[Attack directed at Tsukiyomi]
[Damage Interception: 3 seconds remaining]