Be Prepared

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## **Main Background**

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> *"If you decide to go to Abytorius to rescue those abducted people, you must prove yourself to Leoric. People who are not strong enough will die easily. Yet being strong is not enough to guarantee your survival."*
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**Be Prepared** is the 68th Standard Ultimate Wizard quest for the Taiwanese version of Crash Fever, albeit at Gospel difficulty.

## Summary

* The adapter decides to go through with Leoric's trial in order to make sure they are prepared to go to Abytorius.
* The adapter first fights against Nimeow Ashera, eventually managing to defeat her.
* Ophelia chooses to not fight the adapter at first, and instead uses a poisonous mist to force the adapter to confront hallucinations of the past instead.
* The adapter has to fight illusions of ascended Lovecraft and Demon Emperor Armor Taowu, eventually prevailing against them.
* Ophelia fights the adapter to kill time, while emphasizing that mere brute strength is not enough to survive.
* After defeating Ophelia, the adapter faces Leoric, who guides and advises the adapter while still presenting a brutal challenge.
* The adapter eventually completes the trial.

## Full Story

After the events of Careless Behavior, the adapter decides to go through with the plans to go to Abytorius to rescue those captured by the Sacred Kingdom as well as returning Leoric, Nimeow Ashera, Ophelia, and many Waste NPCs so they may finally be where they belong. As such, they go to Leoric to do the test that he has prepared, though it ends up being far more brutal than they originally imagined.

The adapter first has to fight against the relentless attacks from Nimeow. After managing to hold their ground and get the upper hand against her, she renews her motivation and attacks even harder. The adapter eventually manages to pull through, and defeats her.

Ophelia, disappointed with the adapter's actions thus far, remarks that she has little interest in this, and tells the adapter to play with their memories instead. She releases a poisonous mist, causing the adapter to see hallucinations of the past. The adapter first sees Lovecraft in his ascended form, but manages to overcome the illusion. Afterwards, they see Taowu in her Demon Emperor Armor from the events of Buzhou Battlefield -Countdown to the World's Revival-. The adapter manages to survive against her attacks and dispel the illusion.

Ophelia, seeing as the adapter has managed to pass that test, decides to fight them personally, as she is just wanting to pass the time while her tea brews. Ophelia attacks with devastating force and power, which the adapter struggles to fight against. She asks if this is really the best that the savior of ALICE can do. During one part of it, if the adapter tries to use too much brute strength, she just remarks that the adapter stopped thinking once they obtained their power, and easily withstands their attacks. When the adapter does a much more controlled attack without going all in, she remarks that she is surprised to see a maggot like them finally learn.

Ophelia keeps up the attacks, telling the adapter to give it all they have. The adapter keeps going, and Ophelia says that they ought to know the difference between bravery and recklessness. The adapter still does not give in, prompting Ophelia to wonder what motivates the adapter to go this far. She then dismisses the thought, and declares that she will crush the adapter like the bug they are. Eventually, after a long and difficult battle, the adapter manages to prevail against Ophelia.

The adapter then confronts Leoric as the final part of the challenge. He asks the adapter to show him their determination. After the first round of combat, Leoric reminds the adapter that they aren't quite done yet, and that they could've done a better job. He advises the adapter to keep steady breathing and to focus on the battle at hand. He also reminds the adapter that strength alone is not what's important, but also having a strong enough will to wield it effectively.

The adapter manages to stand their ground against Leoric's attacks, and as he continues he reminds them that they need to keep their focus in mind at all times, and that their power doesn't cloud that. While his attacks are rough, he assures the adapter that he is there to help them survive. He reminds the adapter to not rush, and to be patient. He states that, once the adapter figures out what it is that they lack, then even when they lose what they rely on, nothing will be able to stop them.

Finally, the adapter manages to complete Leoric's trial.

The story is continued in A Team.

## Trivia

* While the first part of the fight against Ophelia has the adapter fight against hallucinations of the past, one of them hasn't actually occurred in any quest by the time this quest was released. So far, Lovecraft has only been fought in Apotheosis, where the adapter wasn't present, and instead was fought by many users from Unknown Skies before he disappeared elsewhere.
* This is the first quest to feature extensive voice acting from the enemies in the quest; Nimeow Ashera, Ophelia, and Leoric have several of their lines voiced, and Taowu has her entry line voiced.

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