Thread: Sword Art Online: The Frontier Chronicles

Shinn nodded, glad she found it in her to forgive him for the misunderstanding. Obviously it was something that happened a lot in new parties, but that didn't make anything easier to the part being underestimated. He had learn that on his time as a tester. They boy heard her explanation carefully and quickly examinated the field boss, nodding at her plan. She got it right immediately, as that was the best way to drop that thing fast, which made him reconsider her being a complete newbie. The girl knew her way around. Still for his level, ARRC had an incredible ammount of HP, ehich made him a very tough opponent for low levels. Shinn was glad he knew everything the boss could throw at them. And only the Slam technique was some sort of danger, the rest being very simple to avoid and counter. A very straight forward fight, if his memory served him right. And he was sure it did. Not to mention he was some levels higher than when he faced ARRC on the test realm. Alright. I'll try and keep his attacks focused in me so you take care of the DPS - He wasn't exactly the best kind of tank, and he knew that fact better than anyone. He could dodge pretty well, and his acrobatic skills made him even harder to hit, but once he was actually hit, his armor level wouldn't be enough to absorb the massive damage and his HP would drop so fast he would be screwed in no time. He had little time to ponder the situation though, as the enemy quickly forced them to act. - Here he comes! The opening strike was exactly what Shinn thought it would be, a straight attack, fairly easy to dodge. He saw Tsuki running left, and quickly the boy took the other way, dashing to the right to avoid the blow. He did the same as Tsuki, closing in as soon as he flanked the mini boss, his polearm cleanly cutting through the unprotected torso area. But even more than his partner, Shinn was taken by surprise with the quick counter-attack that came from ARRC. He had never seen the boss counter players like that, something completely new from his time as a tester. Luckly, his AGI parameter was high enough that he had time to react, throwing his body back sideways, spinning vertically through the air, and landing still intact. Tsuki on the other hand had been thrown to the ground by the strengh of the blow. She was still alright, as shown by her HP bar, but she was on the ground, and seemed somewhat distracted, checking her health. That's when the second surprise came. With Tsuki on the ground, Shinn had just became the most threatning target for ARRC, and that way, the monster should quickly turn back to him to continue the fight, but instead, it choose to completely ignore him, and once again to strike at the girl, his humongous arms raising above his head ready to smash her against the ground. Tsuki-san! - Shinn shouted, worried, noticing he would never be able to run around the enemy in time, now that ARRC had his back facing the boy and Tsuki being directly across him on the other side. No way to help her unless he could walk through it. It seemed impossible, but as usually his instincts kicked in, and Shinn ran to the enemy launching himself to the ground and sliding right between its legs, which allowed him to reach her in time. But now he had to think of someway out of that situation. He couldn't parry its skill, it would be useless and both of them would die. He could quickly kick her out of its reach, but then he would die. He could still dodge it sideways, but that would be meaningless as she would die. He had little time to think as death rained upon them. Luckily his instincts were still sharped by the fight and a desperate plan quickly shaped into his head. He ducked as soon as his slide came to a halt right in front of Tsuki, and jumped, spinning along his polearm that built speed and strenght as it raised. RISING DRAGON! - Shouted Shinn, as blue energy in the shape of a Dragon suddenly flared in the blade of his polearm, directly hitting the enemies fists. It was a fairly simple spear technique, one of the first he learned with his polearm, effective against flying and jumping enemies, in which it caused a knockdown effect and against standing enemies, it caused a small knockback effect. It was useless against an enemy that huge, but the knockback effect was enough to at least reflect its fists and some of the damage, acting as some kind of leverage that compensated a little for Shinn's lack of STR and successufully kept them from being smashed flat. Still, the boy was the one mostly damaged by the clash, being hurled away from the stone beast, his HP dropping a good ammount. Luckly, it granted some time for Tsuki to get back on her feet and for some revision in their plan, which was in great need of changing. Shinn was still astounded with the change in the enemy's pattern. That was a completely different fight. Somewhat slowly, the boy got back to his feet. Tsuki-san. Everything I told about it... Just forget it. This guy has a completely different programing than the first time I fought it. - he said, now very concerned. And he had thought that would be a simple fight, that would end without any problem. - It's a completely different fight now, and a lot more difficult. I don't know what he did, but it seems Kayaba Akihito is dead set in having people die in here. From now on, we'll have to improvise... - He finished, raising his polearm once more, aprehension clear in his eyes. Shinn - Level 11 HP 68 100 Tsuki - Level ?? HP 80 100 ARRC - Level ?? HP 93 100