Since I had a few days off school, I had the perfect opportunity to spend all of the game’s second day hunting.
I nocked the usual Puffster-charged, miasma-shrouded arrow and shot it at a silver wolf fifty meters away. Puffster handled the aiming, so all I had to do was pull hard on the bowstring!
“Puffster, go!”
“Curssss!”
Puffster sped off toward the wolf. He’d required careful handling when I’d met him (and no wonder, since he’d been a sharp blade), but he’d reformed into an exemplary underling once I’d broken him down with my fist. I was proud of my little rebel arrow!
“Woof, wo-wooof?!”
The stupid wolf saw Puffster coming, and now it was running away at incredible speed. But I wasn’t going to let my prey escape! “Arts activate: Speed Burst!” Puffster’s speed doubled instantaneously.
Buffing monsters was an ability exclusive to summoners. Once my art took effect on Puffster, he was able to close in on the wolf in no time and smash through the top of its skull!
“Arrrrrrrf?!”
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Skill active: Giant Killer! Damage up!
Skill active: Fatal Strike! Damage up!
Critical hit! Massive damage dealt to a weak point!
Rare monster defeated: silver wolf!
Yuri and Puffster gained experience!
Yuri reached level 10!
New achievement: Land ten consecutive critical hits or three hundred critical hits in total!
Skill acquired: Merciless Death God!
Merciless Death God: Deal an additional thirty percent damage when landing a critical hit!
Ooooooooh! That thing was rare?! Rare monsters gave good experience, and this one had pushed my level up to a nice round number.
Merciless Death God sounded like a nice new skill too. Baldy had said that critical hits only had a low chance of happening when an attack hit a vital point, but for someone with luck as high as mine, crits were a common thing—all the more so since Puffster generally went for the head or heart—so any critical hit-related skill was perfect for me.
“Cursss cursss!”
“Yeah, great work, Puffster! Nice dive bomb just now!”
Puffster came back to me with a look that said, “Weren’t nothing, boss.” I gave him a brief pet, then I took the attribute points I’d just earned from leveling up and dumped them all into luck! My build now looked like this:
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Name: Yuri
Level: 10
Class: Summoner
Weapon: Bow
Attributes: Strength: 0 / Defense: 0 / Agility: 0 / Luck: 190+19
Skills: Luck Boost, Last Stand, Fatal Strike, Up Close and Personal, Giant Killer, Merciless Death God
Equipment:
Head: Nothing
Body: Beginner’s Dress (black)
Feet: Beginner’s Boots
Weapon: Beginner’s Bow
Accessories: None
Awww yeah! Still a pure luck build! I just love looking at it! Other than Luck Boost, every skill had a random chance to trigger. It was a full set of luck-dependent skills!
But I wasn’t quite so hyped about my equipment. Ugh. So weak! “It’s all the same stuff I started with. It’s about time I went back to Starting Town to get some new gear! And I need to off-load the drops I got while farming monsters all night!”
I knew I’d make a killing selling it all. Then I’d use the money for a major gear upgrade, taking me one step closer to being a top player!
I began running toward town, my spirits lifted by fantasies of me striking back at any beta tester who’d laughed at bow-wielding summoners.
[BSO Is Out] General Discussion Thread 200 [And It’s Day 2]
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1. Impatient Adventurer
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281. Impatient Adventurer
Top players who’ve been going since the beta test are all close to level 20 now, right?
I’m still stuck on the Starting Plain trying to get to level 10.
The wall I’m hitting is the silver wolf encounters.
282. Impatient Adventurer
>> 281
Yeah, rare monsters are tough. And watch out for living weapons if you’re playing at night.
They’ve got low defense, but it’s hard to land any hits on a lone blade that’s flying around quickly. It’s pure hell if you’re using a bow.
283. Impatient Adventurer
>> 282
lmao ANY monster is pure hell with a bow
The slow ones might actually be worse. They’ve all got high defense, so you’ll be nervously watching your arrow supplies dwindle the whole time lol
290. Impatient Adventurer
>> 283
The bow’s basically the dollar store version of spell casting.
Spells only have a range of about ten meters, but you can control their trajectory with your mind.
Bows might have much better range, but hitting from a distance is impossible anyway, and arrows run out too fast. Garbage in every aspect, basically.
292. Impatient Adventurer
>> 290
Fun fact: Since arrows count as weapons, you can hold one and stab an enemy with it!
294. Impatient Adventurer
>> 292
Getting up close and stabbing things is definitely one way to hit!
What a dumb idea though. You may as well use a sword in that case lmao. Playing like that would be total nonsense lol.
310. Impatient Adventurer
Weren’t some beta testers putting fake info on the online guide saying “Bow is the best! Summoner is the best!”?
Did any of the noobs actually fall for it?
They’re both terrible choices...
315. Impatient Adventurer
>> 310
The site always got fixed pretty quick, but someone has to have been unlucky enough to see it.
Another one doing the rounds lately is “Putting all your points into luck makes you overpowered!”
333. Impatient Adventurer
>> 315
A summoner with a bow who put all their points into luck wouldn’t even be able to fight lol
That’s pure evil!
350. Impatient Adventurer
I’d love to see someone dumb enough to try playing with a build like that lmao
Back in Starting Town, I stepped off the busy roads to explore the deserted back alleys. And with good reason! I wasn’t going to find what I was looking for on a bustling main street. No, it was these dank and dingy parts of town that were sure to conceal the best craftsmen! Any minute now, I’d find some cranky old guy with no love for business but plenty of talent running a little store somewhere nearby!
You can’t hide from me, craftsmen! Get out here and show me what you’ve got!
After several minutes of marching up and down the back alleys, I heard a voice call out from behind me. “Heh heh heh. Hey there, silver-haired sweetness. How’s about you and me go have some fun?”
Ugh. Some creep’s hitting on me! I get mistaken for a girl enough in real life already! I turned around, hoping I could get rid of them quickly. But instead...
“You again?!”
...it was Baldy. We both sighed in unison at the sight of each other.