Post by blade on Dec 29, 2015 7:04:58 GMT
Blade had decided to go on a little stroll on his horse which he had named Takeo. He had decided to choose this name because it could be translated as warrior. The reason why he had called out Takeo was because Blade wanted to get used to riding on him. Takeo was still a relatively new partner to him and Blade had never ridden a horse back in the real world. While it seemed that having the subclass of Cavalier granted you the prior knowledge of how to ride a horse, it did not dispel the anxiety that Blade held towards doing something he wasn’t used to. It didn’t exactly help that the horse that was selected to be his partner had a bit of an attitude and a somewhat rude mouth. You didn’t even need the animal communication skill to figure that one out. It was rather obvious from how willful he was and how he acted. For some reason though, it seemed that Takeo was cooperating for today as he hasn’t thrown Blade off his back unlike the last few times Blade rode him. Well, not yet anyway, Blade still thinks that Takeo would do that at some point if given the chance. “Takeo, let’s increase the speed a little.” He said to the horse who had been going at walking speed as a start. Takeo showed an expression that clearly showed he didn’t like to be ordered around but still complied. Unfortunately, he also decided to change speeds at random times, something that almost made Blade fall off multiple times. “Oy, don’t you get smart with me.” Blade said in equal irritation at what appeared to be a smirk on the horse’s face, how horses could smirk like that, Blade didn’t know. In his irritation, Blade began to pull on the reins, trying to get Takeo to stop. However, it seemed that the horse wasn’t going to go without a fight and it kept trying to throw him off in spite of his reins being pulled. In the midst of their fighting, they had failed to notice a level 3 slime coming towards them. Once they saw it though, the two of them immediately stopped fighting and were already ready to fight the new enemy. While the horse and its rider didn’t always see eye to eye, they at least agreed on one thing. ‘When the enemy is in front of you, all useless squabbles must be temporarily left behind so that we can fight like warriors. This is why Blade gave the horse his name. It was because like him, Takeo had the heart of a warrior in his veins. Blade drew his sword and Takeo got into a running stance. “Charge!” Blade shouted and Takeo charged towards the slime. Right when it seemed that they were about to collide, Blade jumped off of the horse’s back and Takeo had taken a sudden turn. “Kabuto-wari!” Blade shouted as he swung his sword down with full force. Immediately after that, he had gotten into position for the next attack. “Shunsen!” He exclaimed before following up with a horizontal slash, which along with cutting the, it cut the air and formed a cutting wave vacuum which dealt even more damage to it. At this time, Takeo had turned around and come back. Blade had jumped back on him right before the slime could successfully retaliate. “Lucky the body freeze didn’t happen this time huh?” Blade said to Takeo. The horse in response gave a sound that was as if it were saying “Don’t expect yourself to be so lucky all the time” as it turned around once more to face and charge at the slime again. With a shout, Blade swung his sword at the slime from the back of his horse to deal it some more damage. Unfortunately, using a Nodachi was not the most effective while on horseback as he had to hold it in both hands, thus limiting the reach, so he was only able to deal a small amount of damage. ‘Man, I’ve really got to make myself a spear or a bow or something so I can fight more effectively on horseback.’ He thought to himself in annoyance as Takeo had turned around and charged at the slime again. This time, Blade decided to jump into the air and stab his sword into the slime from above. He kept his sword inside the monster until its health bar was depleted and burst into bubbles of light. “I’ve got to level up fast or else I’m going to be stuck having trouble with these low level monsters.” Blade said with a bit of a sigh as Takeo came to pick him up. “Well, let’s get going. We need to get some more practice in so that we can work on our coordination.” With that, the pair went off to see what other enemies they could find.
It didn’t take long for the pair to find out where more action was. Well, they didn’t see the monsters themselves but rather other players who were apparently running away from a small horde of monsters. If it was multiple monsters, then it was all the better for practice in Blade’s opinion so they went in the opposite direction of those fleeing and went in the direction of where the monsters would be. Unfortunately, what he saw when arrived made him clench his fist in anger. He saw a girl in the middle of multiple monsters all level 5. After looking at the level of the girl which was level 1 just like him, he realized what happened. The fleeing players had decided to run past another player and let their pursuers focus on that player. Blade had heard of this tactic from his friends at school and now that he’s seen it firsthand, he couldn’t help but feel that it was a despicable and cowardly tactic to use. Despite the odds and overwhelming numbers, Blade felt that he couldn’t just sit there and do nothing and let that girl meet her end even though he was well aware that players revived. He took a deep breath and gave out a shout that rang through the area. “The Samurai Blade has arrived on the battlefield!” He exclaimed before charging into the monster with his horse. To fend off some of the monsters, he swung at them with his sword. While it didn’t do much damage, it helped clear the way a little to get to where the girl was. There was already a slime about to attack her from her blind spot. In response, Blade jumped from his horse with his sword firmly in hand. “Kabuto-wari!” Blade shouted as he swung his sword down with full force, dealing it a decent amount of damage due to the skill’s secondary effect of boosting the attack of the first hit. Immediately after that, he had gotten into position for the next attack. “Shunsen!” He exclaimed before following up with a horizontal slash, which along with cutting the, it cut the air and formed a cutting wave vacuum which dealt even more damage to it. Seeing that the monster was stunned, he turned to the girl. “Are you alright?” He asked before getting hit himself as he didn’t look in front of him but he stood his ground and kept his sword up. “In this situation, we’re just going to have to retreat.” With that he got back onto Takeo and motioned for the girl to get on as well.
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It didn’t take long for the pair to find out where more action was. Well, they didn’t see the monsters themselves but rather other players who were apparently running away from a small horde of monsters. If it was multiple monsters, then it was all the better for practice in Blade’s opinion so they went in the opposite direction of those fleeing and went in the direction of where the monsters would be. Unfortunately, what he saw when arrived made him clench his fist in anger. He saw a girl in the middle of multiple monsters all level 5. After looking at the level of the girl which was level 1 just like him, he realized what happened. The fleeing players had decided to run past another player and let their pursuers focus on that player. Blade had heard of this tactic from his friends at school and now that he’s seen it firsthand, he couldn’t help but feel that it was a despicable and cowardly tactic to use. Despite the odds and overwhelming numbers, Blade felt that he couldn’t just sit there and do nothing and let that girl meet her end even though he was well aware that players revived. He took a deep breath and gave out a shout that rang through the area. “The Samurai Blade has arrived on the battlefield!” He exclaimed before charging into the monster with his horse. To fend off some of the monsters, he swung at them with his sword. While it didn’t do much damage, it helped clear the way a little to get to where the girl was. There was already a slime about to attack her from her blind spot. In response, Blade jumped from his horse with his sword firmly in hand. “Kabuto-wari!” Blade shouted as he swung his sword down with full force, dealing it a decent amount of damage due to the skill’s secondary effect of boosting the attack of the first hit. Immediately after that, he had gotten into position for the next attack. “Shunsen!” He exclaimed before following up with a horizontal slash, which along with cutting the, it cut the air and formed a cutting wave vacuum which dealt even more damage to it. Seeing that the monster was stunned, he turned to the girl. “Are you alright?” He asked before getting hit himself as he didn’t look in front of him but he stood his ground and kept his sword up. “In this situation, we’re just going to have to retreat.” With that he got back onto Takeo and motioned for the girl to get on as well.
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