[RAIDS ONLINE @ Location - Area CC+1, Barren State.]
Right now, Luel and SilverPup are camping in the middle of nowhere waiting for any Ragnarok Beast to appear near them.
"Pfft!... So you got sucked by a colony of Bloodsuckers?... You're such a noob, Lucent!... Hahaha!..."
"I didn't call you here to laugh at me, SilverPup..."
"I'm sorry... Hahaha!..."
As SilverPup said, Luel was pathetically killed by a colony of Rank E Bloodsuckers, one of the weakest Ragnarok Beasts at RAIDS ONLINE.
If there's one silver lining to Luel's pathetic death is that it didn't trigger his anxiety and panic attack the moment that he wakes up in the middle of the night lying down on his bed.
It's not that Luel has become resistant to his anxiety and panic attacks. It's just that the way he was killed by the Bloodsuckers didn't hurt that much.
Rank E Ragnarok Beast Bloodsucker has anesthetic venom in its fangs making Luel feel less and less to nothing at every bite of Bloodsuckers.
His latest defeat made Luel's Link Force drop to 1 percent leaving him without any choice but to accept the part of his agreement with SilverPup that the Orion Guild will assist Luel in increasing his Link Force.
But still, the fact that Luel isn't comfortable around so many people hasn't changed. He was all right back at the time of the Boss Raid when the focus of all other players was on fighting Cerberus and other Ragnarok Beasts.
However, it would be different this time as all the Orion Guild's players would focus on helping him. Getting all the attention from so many people at the same time will definitely trigger Luel's insecurity. That's why Luel only ask for SilverPup's help to gain back his Link Force.
"Now that I remember... In your second Raid video, you also got chased by a swarm of Rank E Mutated Rabies before Cerberus appeared."
"Don't make me remember it. It was way more scarier than what it sounds."
Luel has a dreadful expression after remembering the horrifying look of the Mutated Rabies's movement with its extra limbs and its gruesome mouth.
In response to Luel's remark, SilverPup just keeps on laughing as she tries to explain what Luel is doing wrong as he plays RAIDS ONLINE.
"Pfft!... I guess you're one of those kinds of players, Lucent."
"The kind of want exactly?"
"The kind who doesn't even read the instructions written at the back of the game's box before you start playing, the kind who would rather start playing immediately rather than play the tutorial stuff, and the one who just keeps on playing and idiotically refuse to search the internet on how to defeat the boss who keeps on beating your sorry ass."
Contradictory to what SilverPup said, Luel indeed read the synopsis written on the back of the RAIDS ONLINE box, and he didn't skip the tutorial stuff for the reason that his newfound Idol, Selene, was with him. However, the idea that Luel can search the internet on how he should be playing RAIDS ONLINE, information that is published about the Ragnarok Beasts, how to master his Devour Class's Skills, or at least how to not die pathetically against Rank E Ragnarok Beasts didn't come to Luel's mind.
"What I'm trying to say is that Rank E Ragnarok Beasts may be weak on their own, but fighting a swarm of them is much more troublesome than fighting a Rank C Ragnarok Beast. And trust me when I say that if you encounter a Rank E Ragnarok Beast then its swarm or colony is surely nearby. If you can't kill them in a single strike, then you better be ready because it will surely call for backup."
...Of course, that should have been obvious...
That's Luel's thought as he listens to SilverPup's sermon while they sit around their campfire.
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...SCREECHHHH!...
"Come on, Lucent!... That's only a pig you're fighting, so deal with it already!"
"It's not a pig! It's a freaking wild boar with a unicorn's horn!"
[Rank E Ragnarok Beast, Codename - Uniboar.]
"Whether it's a pig or a wild boar, it's still the same. After all, their meat is still pork, right?"
"It's called a faqing Venison!"
"Liar!... I know that Venison is deer's meat."
"You're definitely not helping, SilverPup!"
...SCREECHHHH!...
At the dark barren land, which can be identified as what used to be a large state filled with forestry and wildlife, Luel is currently fighting a Rank E Ragnarok Beast called Uniboar, while SilverPup is just sitting at the top of a boulder and watching Luel fights.
Uniboar is a two-meter large board with a horn that looks like a unicorn's horn, from which it got its codename. It might be a bit larger than the usual one-meter large Rank E Ragnarok Beasts, but Uniboar only has one pattern of attack, which makes it easy to deal with.
However, Uniboar's only attack, charging straight ahead as it tries to impale players with its horn, is accompanied by the trembling of the ground as the Uniboar stumps on the ground.
...SCREECHHHH!...
The Uniboar attacks and makes the ground tremble as it dashes toward Luel.
"Charge!..."
Luel activated his Charge Skill and timed his dodge to swiftly move to the left side of the Uniboar.
"Orion's Claws!..."
Using his Orion's Claws Skill Luel tries to tear open the body of the Unihorn at its side. But before his silver light aura claws land a strike to the Uniboar's side, Luel was hit by the delayed shockwave of the Uniboar's dash.
Luel was tossed mid-air and landed stumbling on the ground tenths of meters away from where the Uniboar knocked him away.
"See?... Like what I said, you're not thinking of how to fight your opponent properly, Lucent."
"Then tell me already how to fight this wild boar, SilverPup!"
As Luel complains like a child while still sitting on the ground, SilverPup jumps from the top of the boulder she's sitting at and walks towards the direction of the Rank E Ragnarok Beast.
"You see, Lucent... You can't attack the Uniboar to its side while it's running or charging towards you. Its ability that allows it to make the ground tremble as it runs is also creating a delayed shockwave on its back that would hit the player if they dodge to close to either of its sides."
As SilverPup is giving an explanation on how to fight the Rank E Ragnarok Beast and walks towards it, the Uniboar makes its move and dashes towards SilverPup, aiming to impale her.
"The best way to fight this pig is to challenge it upfront and show who's the stronger BEAST!"
...BAMMM!!!...
The Uniboar collided with SilverPup, and its delayed shockwave caused not only the ground but also the air to tremble. However, the Rank E Ragnarok Beast failed to impale SilverPup as she dodged its horn a millisecond right before it pierced her face and grabbed the Uniboar's horn with her left hand to stop its dash.
"See how easy it's done, Lucent?"