Aincrad Excerpt - Knightstar! · 1:51am Apr 17th, 2020
Excerpt From Episode Episode 38 - Coming Tuesday!
Knightstar was running other numbers through her head as they walked out to the Labyrinth. It had been nicknamed the catacombs because of how it resembled the feeling of a real catacomb under a city and its monsters where skeletons and shadows. She knew all the stats of each, even without her paper, and she was trying to pay attention to how well they could do with XP and Col as they mapped and cleared the Labyrinth over the day. Neither of the enemies dropped anything useful.
Knightstar had to refocus once they got inside. She had a party to lead. “Lessa, with me. AFCK, play forward for Diemond and Doombunny will be your damage dealer. Understood?”
They all confirmed the orders and they began to move out behind Bladescape’s party.
When they were being baited in, Knightstar had her party watching their backs, in case the shadows came out from behind. They would not be caught unaware. They had before, Floors ago, and they had learned that lesson well. It was all a part of the playing the stats to be as efficient and safe as possible.
When Bladescape led her charge into the hall, Knightstar waited a few seconds and then had her party charge. She needed to create room so that they could put the skeletons in a two front fight for any that tried to surround the other party.
The first skeleton Knightstar dispatched with Horizontal Square, a four combo Sword Skill for her One-handed Longsword. Knightstar took a swipe of a shadow’s claws on her shield and stabbed it in retaliation. It shattered as she took out its entire Hit Points in the simple, single strike. Their speed and near invisibility meant that they had no health.
The fight was standard from her view. She usually traded blows with the Skeletons. Block with her shield, respond with a one or two combo Sword Skill and repeat. It was perfect for working alone. And she had Lessa by her side who would switch out with her at times. The two of them worked well in combat since they could both work alone, yet switch out when needed. And it gave Knightstar the ability to observe what was happening.
Knightstar let out a big sigh of relief when the battle was over. She was always nervous in combat. It was the exact opposite to the stats. Her health never even dropped into the yellow. She was safe, but it still always concerned her. She overthought everything in combat at the same time as she analyzed everything. Doing both was a huge stress, but she had to do it for her friends. For their safety.
wouldn't that make her the same as heathcliff? health never dropping below a point
5243983
No. That was an observation on the day's combat. Heathcliff never drops into the yellow. She does, but the day's fighting didn't drop her that far down. She hides behind her shield a lot.
Note: I think that is the unedited version.
5244019
mmm fair. and it might be. shame he cheated. using admit priv to keep his health above a point. buuut... death game too so...
5244036
And in the end, he had no idea why he did any of it.