Manis''tae moved slowly toward him, her staff held out before her, they both stopped when they were within five meters. "Greetings Fmina. Perhaps you would introduce me to your friend."
/Inferno: Nix: If she summons her creatures, use yours to defend us.
/Inferno: Mina: Kill her Nix! She''s a viper that poisons everything with words!
[shde]
Nix struck with all of his strength, the impact of his sword on her armor pushed them both back.
/Inferno: Nix: High fire immunity... try this one on for size.
[Aura Ignition: Ice mes]
Nix raised a hand and a half dozen Ice me strands encircled Manis''tae''s waist. Her eyes went wide in shock and then she shrieked in pain.
You have been stunned
Mina has been stunned.
Manis''tae shed toward Mina, the end of her staffing off to expose a deadly looking de. Before she could make contact, Soup mmed into her, sending Manis''tae flying backward.
Manis''tae has been stunned.
[Swapped Out]
Jun Li has changed ces with you and scored a critical hit on Manis''tae.
[Critical Chain]
Nix has followed up Jun Li''s attack with a critical hit.
[Critical Chain]
Jun Li has followed up Nix''s attack with a Critical hit.
"ENOUGH!"
Manis''tae has cast [Ice Maw]
[Ghost Step]
Jun Li has evaded.
Nix felt several ice spears impact his armor.
You are immune to Ice Damage.
[Balefire Burst: Ice me]
Several balls of bluish me mmed into Manis''tae driving her into the arena floor.
Nix raised a hand and a half dozen strands of Ice me wrapped around the ricoli artifact on her right arm. Manis''tae swung her ded staff at the strands only to have her left arm wrapped up by a half dozen more Ice me Strands.
Five shots rang out simultaneously.
[Snipe]
Ronnie hasnded a critical hit on Manis''tae
[Snipe]
Chael hasnded a critical hit on Manis''tae
[Snipe]
Dalton hasnded a critical hit on Manis''tae
[Snipe]
Darsi hasnded a critical hit on Manis''tae
[Snipe]
Moki hasnded a critical hit on Manis''tae
[Execution: Advanced]
Nix''s swung a wrist-thick strand of razor-sharp Ice me at Manis''tae''s neck, at thest moment she managed to throw up an arm and block the killing blow. The me de sliced through her arm and deep into her side. Nix kicked the floating limb away from the Water Nemesis.
[Manis''tae has activated her bloodline]
[Battering Ram]
Soup mmed into the changing Water Nemesis, knocking her backward.
Manis''tae has been stunned.
[Unbnced Chain]
Nix has followed up Soup''s strike with a powerful attack.
Manis''tae has been stunned.
[Three Round Burst]
Chael has scored a critical hit on Manis''tae
/Inferno: Jun Li: Pour it on her!
[Unbnced Chain]
Jun Li has followed up Nix''s strike with a powerful attack.
Manis''tae is stunned.
[Three Round Burst]
Ronnie has scored a critical hit on Manis''tae.
Manis''tae has been in.
The Water Nemesis floated slowly to the arena floor, the lower half of her body had been reced with long tentacles. Nix examined the corpse and then looted her remains.
An Ivory Key has been added to your inventory.
/Inferno: Jun Li: The hell was she changing into?
/Inferno: Mt: Looks like a Cranksai Demon.
/Inferno: Mina: The key dropped?
/Inferno: Nix: Yep, it dropped.
/Inferno: Jun Li: Why would she have it if she wasn''t part of the stage?
/Inferno: Mina: My guess is she came here to take it and saw an opportunity to take us out.
/Inferno: Chael: What was that Unbnced Chain skill?
/Inferno: Jun Li: Simr to Critical chain, Unbnced Chain lets Gemini sses stack stuns together.
/Inferno: Mt: She was stunned for nearly 10 seconds.
Nix picked Manis''tae''s severed arm and pulled the Ricoli artifact off it. He let the arm drift to the floor before handing the bracer to Mina. "Train another Sea-Beast master."
Mina nodded, she already had three Aquarion Sea-Beast Masters training, not counting her. This bracer would bring their total to five and Manis''tae was bound to have great beasts.
"You asked me to strike her even though she wanted to talk," Nix said it as a statement, he wasn''t concerned about Mina''s motives.
"She is a powerful charmer Nix, you''ll see when we pull out her beasts. I''ve seen her CC dozens of attackers at once." Mina watched him for a moment, "those Ice mes, what are they?"
"Just something I picked up. Her armor had a high fire resistance. Too bad the Ice me isn''t really fire." Nix checked on Soup who was floating nearby, normally her ''battering ram'' was a one and done skill. She was badly hurt, but nothing critical." Nix rubbed her head fondly and unsummoned her. "Go get some rest.
/Inferno: Nix: Let''s head to 11.2.
A ck chest sat on their exit tform, Nix looted it while the rest of Inferno scavenged the remaining corpses.
[Shield of mes]
[Fire Bolt Ring]
[Inferno Cloak]
/Inferno: Nix: Looks like three fire items, I''ll link them in Guild Chat.
Shield of mes
+2000 AC
Perfect Reflection: Any attack blocked is partially
reflected back in Fire-based damage.
Chin Strike: m your shield into your enemy
to stun them for 3 seconds.
/Inferno: Nix: Tank shield, send me a whisper if you want it.
FIre Bolt Ring
Jewelry: Unique
A Fire Bolt spell strikes your
enemy. Damage is based on your
agility rating.
10/10 Charges.
Cool Down=5 seconds.
/Inferno: Nix: Damage is agility based, so anyone with high agility can bid. Let me know.
Inferno Cloak
Fire Immunity.
Surrounds the wearer
in an aura of mes. Anyone striking
the aura receives me damage.
/Inferno: Nix: Basically a me shield, melee types only. Send me a whisper if you want it.
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[1000 hrs. 11th Floor Staging Area]
Colonial System Message: Congrattions to Inferno for being the first guild to clear Stage 1 on the 11th floor. All Inferno members receive the Poseidon Badge.
/Inferno: Jun Li: A permanent badge that you don''t have to wear. Gives a nice 10 percent reduction in all Water-based damage.
/Inferno: Semmi: Good job guys! I wish I was there too.
/Inferno: Pon: Me too, keep it up! Thanks for the free badge!
Nix lead the group to the next tform and immediately stepped in. The entrance was in the middle of a curved corridor that went off in both directions.
/Inferno: Jun Li: Mt scout east, Zhava scout west. We''ll wait here.
Nix stealthed and moved off the tform, he felt Mina''s familiar presence beside him. "What''s a Cranksai Demon?"
"It''s like an octopus and humanoid hybrid. Their upper half is housed in a very strong shell-like armor. They are capable of both Ice and Water magic. We are lucky we were able to stop her from changing."
/Inferno: Mt: First room in the east hall,pletely empty. Continuing eastward.
/Inferno: Zhava: The first room in the west hall is also empty, moving forward.
/Inferno: Mt: Second room in east hall, there''s no one here.
/Inferno: Zhava: Another empty room in the west hall. Where is everyone?
/Inferno: Nix: Could they be stealthed and waiting?
/Inferno: Mina: Doubtful, Aquarions have very limited stealth capabilities.
/Inferno: Mt: This stage is empty guys,e to our location, take either hall, it''s aplete circle.
Nix swam west down the hall, he passed the first two empty rooms then another hallway that took a sharp left into the circle and opened up in arge round room. The exit tform was sitting against the far wall.
/Inferno: Nix: Suggestions?
/Inferno: Jun Li: Just caution.
Nix swam toward the tform, as soon as he was within a few meters a chest rose up from the floor.
/Inferno: Mina: They''re gone? Why would they be gone?
Nix opened the chest and quickly looted it.
[Water Stone] x3
[Crown of Perception]
/Inferno: Nix: Same as before, I''ll link them and you can tell me if you want it.
Water Stone [Water Alignment Only]
Description: A small stone
that carries an abundant amount
of banked experience.
Nix handed the stone to Mina, "I''ll let you distribute them among your people since they are the only water alignments we have.
Crown of Perception
Silver Tiara: Unique
+10 Perception.
+ 20 percent chance of critical
hit.
Description: A fashionable
silver crown that may be worn over
headgear.
/Inferno: Ronnie: Mine!! Can I have that Nix?
/Inferno: Nix: Female Ranged damage, please roll if you want it.
/Random 100: Ronnie has rolled a 79
/Random 100: Darsi has rolled a 33
/Inferno: Ronnie: Mine! Bad luck Darsi...
/Inferno: Jun Li: Let''s get out of here. What if this instance can''t be finished?
Nix exited through the tform and a momentter was back in the staging area.
Colonial System Message: Congrattions to Inferno for being the first guild to clear Stage 2 on the 11th floor.
/Inferno: Nix: Let''s go, right into the 3rd stage, I want to see what''s going on.
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[1010 hours:11th floor, stage 3]
Nix stood on the tform, immediately felt his weight pushing on the stone floor.
/Inferno: Nix: No water?
/Inferno: Jun Li: Holy shit, stay on the tform.
Nix looked down and saw a vast expanse of air, a few hundred feet below them was a nasty looking pit filled with a green liquid. Dozens ofrge metallic discs zipped through the air on random paths, each of these discs carried a number of Aquarions.
/Inferno: Jun Li: There must be a hundred of them, did they empty out thest zone to fill up this one?
/Inferno: Mina: The Elder Matriarchs are capable of interfering in the stages of Mermaid City, but now without limitation.
/Inferno: Jun Li: The discs are too small for more than a few of us. Teams of three. Ranged damage can set up here and pick-off whoeveres close enough. Give me a moment and I''ll bring up a second raid sheet.
[Raid Sheet: Adjusted]
Team 1: Banz, S, Gypsy.
Team 2: Sharl, Nix, Tess
Team 3: Jun Lie, Rhy, Pinky
Team 4: Mt, Wylie, Nez.
/Infernal: Jun Li: Questions? Take the discs and knock them off. Those not on a team, protect the ranged fighters that are staying here.
/Inferno: Rhylia: Sub me out of group three.
/Inferno: Jun Li: Everything okay Rhy?
Rhyliaughed loudly and took to the air. "I don''t need discs!"
/Inferno: Jun Li: Right, Zhava, please take Rhy''s spot on my team.
/Inferno: Nix: Team 2, on me.
Nix peeked over over the side of the tform and spotted a disc that was moving about 20 feet beneath them, it had five Aquarion''s on it.
/Inferno: Nix: That''s our ride!
/Inferno: Tess: Let''s wait for a closer one.
Nix shared a smile with Sharl and they both jumped for it. "Prey Waits!"