Axie Online

Chapter 24 - Forked Cave Hallway

Together with Mirage and members of the party-hers, Rudy did not face any difficulties while walking through the Lafos cave on Mount Mauren. The deeper you go, the level, status, and pattern of your opponent will increase so that it becomes more difficult to beat than before. With the help of Mirage and the others, Rudy can fight without losing a large amount of Health.

In a battle in a cave-like this, close-range weapon abilities are paramount. Lafos Cave is not as narrow as caves in the real world, this cave is large enough to be able to be entered by two cruise ships lined up horizontally at once. Because of this, the fighting abilities of Rudy, Fira, Edmund, and Kuro are not limited by the size of the room, while Mirage and Violet are watching and supporting the four of them from the backline.

Each mage's Job Class has one healing skill, but the effect also depends on the status and race of the player. For example, there are players with the Orc race who should take melee classes such as Swordsman or Warrior, their healing skills are not as strong and effective as Elf race players who are suitable for taking the Magician Job Class.

Mirage occasionally cast healing skills on Rudy because he was the only player with the lowest level among them and also the only one whose Health Bar had dropped below 20%. For Fira, Edmund, and Kuro who are above 80 mob monsters in a level 25 cave, this is no match for them. Their HP bar just hasn't touched 95% yet.

As a High Mage, Mirage has more offensive magic skills than support like Job Class Enchanter. That's why she used healing and attack skills more often with Violet who was also guarding those on the front lines using a pair of guns in both hands.

"Swings!"

Zraaak!!

With the last attack using his Swing skill, Rudy defeated a mob monster named Medium Blue Lizard. This monster is in the form of a giant blue lizard that is quite often found everywhere, even the Medium Blue Lizard is often hunted by beginners because it usually drops pretty good drop items and experience points.

Fortunately, this is only in the virtual world so no animals or species can become extinct because of the spawning system which is of course applied in almost all VRMMORPG games. In the real world, the Medium Blue Lizard might have been extinct a long time ago.

Then about an hour since they met in the cave passage, their opponent changed from a normal mob monster to a Dwarf NPC armed and quite well equipped. However, with the help of Mirage and the others, Rudy had no significant difficulties in dealing with these new enemies.

Because he was a new player and didn't have much experience, Rudy had never once faced an enemy with complex moves like NPCs. Although Rudy has a sword technique that is quite unpredictable, his status power is not enough to deal with Gnome Bandits like against hordes of Pebble Golems or Ice Golems.

But thanks to that his character's level and stats had increased.

Status

Name: Rudy

Level: 32

Job Class: Swordsman

Side Job Class: Alchemist (Apprentice II)

Fame: 206

Strength: 89

Dexterity: 123

Vitality: 109

Intelligence: 75

Luck: 57

Skills: Alchemy, Martial Arts II (Passive), Swing, Sword Arts I (Passive)

Title: The Harvester III, Another Alchemist, Bare Hand Fighter, Advance Player, Advance Swordsman, Skill Modifier, Golem Hunter

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Rudy nodded slowly seeing his status and level increase. Although he still has CP, Customize Point. Rudy didn't want to rush to increase his status all of a sudden. Rudy was thinking about how to increase the status points as high as possible without using CP.

"Sis Rudy, are you a swordsman in the real world?"

"No, I just swing my sword as fast and as actively as possible at the opponent. Why?"

"A-ah no, it's just that big brother looks great at playing the sword."

"Is that true?"

Ignoring Kuro's praise, Rudy immediately sheathed his +4 Iron Sword. Edmund as a sword-wielding player also praised Rudy's sword technique. On the other hand, Violet and Fira were simply admiring the white-haired Job Class Swordsman player from afar.

"Mira, your sister is cool too huh."

"How cool is that? My older brother is a loner you know."

"You're the little brother who's insolent with his brother, aren't you?"

"Shut up, Fira."

The three of them looked at Rudy who was talking to Kuro and Edmund from behind. Rudy was a loner and unsociable, but his face and appearance weren't too bad in the eyes of women. But he is not as handsome as Edmund and Kuro in the real world, even just average.

Actually, Mirage was also in awe of Rudy's swordplay, but there's no way she could express that feeling directly It could be said that this Mirage was a prestigious type of girl.

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After entering the cave deeper while exterminating mob monsters and NPC Gnome Bandits from the Dwarf race, Rudy and his friends found three branching cave passages which had no clues at all. They looked confused in front of the three branches of the hallway.

Even though their level was high, it didn't mean that Mirage and the company knew of this place. On the other hand, they were completely unaware of the interior of the Lafos cave.

"Brother, how about we split up? There are six of us in one hall, two people occupy one passage."

"That's fine. Fine, I'll go with Violet."

"H-huh!? Why!?"

"After all, I'm a rookie, right? In a situation like this, it's better for each group to contain one melee player and one long-range or intermediate player. Rather than you, who attacks arbitrarily and causes quite a lot of trouble, I'd rather go with Violet. ."

Mirage was silent hearing Rudy's explanation as well as criticism. Mirage was not silent because she felt inferior, but her silence, because she was annoyed with Rudy's words really, didn't hold back at all. Well, Rudy is indeed the type of man who does not hesitate to anyone, including women. If he thinks his opinion is correct, then the man will defend the argument.

"Ah, I think Mirage went with Kuro, while Fira was with Edmund. Mirage can help from behind while Kuro holds the role of holding back enemy attacks, then Edmund who has high Dexterity can quickly help Fira when she's in trouble. Isn't that obvious?"

They all nodded their heads in agreement with Rudy's opinion. The formation is indeed quite good, especially with their level and status which is far above Rudy's, it will not be difficult. While the others listened to Rudy, Mirage looked annoyed at her older brother.

Rudy added the five of them to his Friendlist so that when they were in trouble or the boss room or Quest target was seen, they could contact each other and immediately gather in the same place.

After making a strategy, they stepped into the three aisles in front with a group of two players in one aisle. Rudy and Violet took the left aisle, Edmund and Fira in the middle aisle, while Kuro and Mirage took the right aisle.