Vorpal Rabbit and Fortress Uncle

Episode 217: Protective Arts

The three of us, Lacto and Amy, who broke up with Letty at the White Deer Anne, quickly visited Wade's baseline art chip shop.

First of all, we need to assemble a preliminary chip for Amy, who is the first time to use Art itself.

"I see offensive and supportive arts, so I understand their general character, but I don't know much about defensive arts."

Tilt your neck as you gaze at the various chips displayed in the store.

"Offensive Arts" is an axial skill for an attack-type mechanic like Lacto, and "Supportive Arts" becomes a supportive skill.

However, "Defensive Arts" has the nature of basically granting itself, and I didn't have much memory of seeing the players around me using it.

"Defensive Arts is like the Arts version of the Shield skill. It's not about attacking enemies or supporting allies, it's about reducing damage to yourself."

When it comes to art, Lacto gives you a simple explanation.

"Take damage, cut some of the damage taken, reject certain attributes, etc. If you're in a high level zone, you can use" heat-resistant art that rejects heat. ”

Quite a wide range of applications.

Amy is impressed by her words.

Arts is highly customizable due to the basic system of freely combining chips, and impressions vary greatly from user to user.

Some say it's too complicated to handle, while others say it's convenient because it's highly flexible and ad hoc.

I don't know which Amy is at this stage, but seeing the piles of chips lined up in this shop doesn't scare me, I think I can expect it.

"At first, the Shield chip is the basic object chip. It feels like layering element chips like" floating (flow) "or" following (follow). "

I see. I have plenty of money to spare, so can I buy everything I have here? "

"I'm not going to rot anyway, I think it's good."

Amy, whose purse strings are usually tight, is also gorgeous this time around.

From here to here, I actually bought all the parts chips of the "Defensive Arts" sold in the store.

In the meantime, let's practice at Armored Fish Falls.

"Are you sure?

"I have time. I wish I had Ledge."

"I'm free anyway. We're going out together."

That's why we're leaving Wade for the first time in a long time.

Use your drone to catch one of the Long Tang Iguanas lurking in the bushes of the forest and lead them to the easy to fight square.

Amy, let's go.

"Yes - 'Floating Shield'!"

The drone raises altitude and Iguana changes her target to Amy.

When the momentum head thrust toward Amy's dovetail,

Hmm!

Something like a semi-transparent round plate appears a little further from Amy's body.

It stands still in the air and prevents Long Taniguana from attacking.

But Iguana smashes her shield, dampening her momentum while poking Amy in the stomach.

After all, the damage was also absorbed by Amy's defenses, but the shields from the arts broke.

"Mhh...."

"Success! Congratulations!"

Lacto applauds Amy, whose first art was a subtle result.

"Skill 0, and I can't help it. It's amazing enough that we could just activate it to match the attack."

"I guess so...."

Amy nodded slightly illuminated at Lacto, who smiled without mercy and spoke of praise without lies.

The Floating Shield is probably the most basic Defensive Arts. I can only get it straight ahead right now, but I'm sure I'll be free to get it when my skill level goes up. "

"I see. If we can use it, we'll be able to prevent attacks from the blind spot."

Amy nods to Lacto's explanation and seeks quick application.

I only use the shield regularly, and I wonder if some things can be understood by the sensation of the skin.

"You can put out multiple shields, right? Maybe."

"I can cum. 'Double' and 'triple' are standard chips that are often used in other arts skills."

"Where does Lacto collect chips?

Basically, it's a mission. A mission with skill requirements can reward rare chips. "

Speaking of which, Lacto spends most of his time alone collecting parts chips.

I'm sure she's got a lot of chips now, but the art she uses hasn't changed much in the past or the present.

"Well, my chip collection is like a hobby. Most niche chips have limited use."

So Lacto takes out an example of a chip.

The "Strip Scale" chip seems to reward Arts with the task of massively crushing the scalefish in the "Armored Fish Falls", but it says that it “imparts scale-prone effects to native creatures with scales."

To be honest, the meaning of putting that attribute on is thin, and it is simply the lack of a place to use such as a romantic chip.

"But this is going to fit Reggie's demolition skills."

"If the corpse gets hit by someone else, the rating will drop, but I wonder what's going on around here."

"It's a waste of intermediate chips, so it's too costly."

I'm a little interested in Amy pointing it out, but Lacto kicks me.

The procedure will certainly change compared to the scale, and it is likely that it will be difficult to proceed with extra work.

"I should be on a mission from now on to increase the number of chips."

"That's right. The basic combination is also on the wiki, so first you can make it and arrange it while using it."

"Hmm, I'll study."

When Amy listens with a serious face, Lacto twists herself.

Amy usually reacts badly because of her and Letty's role as guardian.

I haven't collected any Auxiliary Arts chips either. I want to collect a lot of things. "

Well then, let's go around the field after the assignment. If they fight, they'll grow their skills. "

"I see. Long Taniguana alone is not worth taking."

Lacto's offer was quickly accepted by the two of us, and we return to the control tower.

So I pick 10 tasks that have interesting chips in their rewards, place orders, and return them almost to the field.

Reggie is a camp skill, Amy is a shield skill banner. Healing and defense must be substituted in their respective arts. "

"Okay."

"Good luck."

"Well, if it gets dangerous, I'll come out, so let's level with confidence."

Such a lact call begins the action.

The basic move is a two-person party that supports Amy as a backup (buffer) and healer and a shield (tank) in the vanguard.

Basically, Lacto doesn't do anything and occasionally gives advice on when and how to use the arts.

"Let's start with the slaughter of 10 Scalefish."

If I had a shield, I'd be spared and intact.

Climb the waterfall and move to the upper level.

Standing in a quiet water field, Amy took off her “black iron fist shield.”

"Okay, let's go. Intimidation!

She raises her voice and attracts the scalefish as she moves to slip over the water.

" Floating Shield (Flow Shield) !

A semi-transparent shield blocks the scalefish that jumps up with tough muscles and attempts to poke your head.

It sounds a little harder than when Iguana was here earlier, reducing the health of the Scalefish a bit.

"Well, there's also the concept of just guarding."

"Yeah, well timed shields can prevent attacks, they can deal counterattack damage that depends on their skill level, or they can do more than the shield allows."

Apparently, the specifications of the Shield skill also make it a just-guard, and Amy looks happy with it.

"Reggie, I won't take any damage, so please restore LP for Arts' cost."

"Ooh? Okay."

Amy punches her fist with a reliable back.

But with plenty of room, but wondering, she used the "Great Intimidation" to gather the surrounding scalefish together.

"Hey, are you okay!?

"I know when Arts is activated and delayed, and I remember what Scalefish did, so it's okay."

In contrast to me in a hurry, Amy stood tall.

And, as she said, she decided one by one to guard against the onslaught of the Scalefish.

Ah! Healing Areas (Heel Circles) !

Generate an LP Recovery Circle at Amy's feet to compensate for the LP she consumed with Arts activation.

The "healing realm" is by no means a high-performance art.

Rather, the level of Supporting Arts has remained low due to the lack of usage until now, and there is an undeniable lack of effectiveness in this deep field.

But with such a small amount of healing, Amy is able to continue the fight.

Justguard not only reflects and absorbs damage, it also seems to have a slight LP consumption reduction effect, and it helps to maintain critical equilibrium.

Wow, but this is going to take a long time to fight.

But Amy, who can't act besides giving out art, can't fight back with her pride.

The Reflective Damage of the Justguard is really minimal, and if we rely on this alone, it's not too much noise at dusk.

All right, let's clean it up once.

"Here we go!

"Ah, fang flow..."

Quickly clean up the scale fish with Wolves and listen to Dr. Lacto.

"Amy and Reggie can't attack if they can't defend themselves right now. Amy, can you destroy the S.H.I.E.L.D. by removing the skill limit?

Amy answers her questions immediately.

"Of course, using Reflect Guard doesn't take long."

The technique is something she uses a lot.

The effect is to give back to the opponent, as the name suggests, some of the damage taken.

Damage dealt while blocking attacks contributes significantly to her Per Hour Damage (DPS).

"The chip I just bought at the store is called 'Reflection'."

"I see. We should combine this."

That's how Amy opens Arts' editor screen.

Add one chip to the Floating Shield and go to the Floating Reflective Shield.

Try using one Scale Fish.

"Floating Reflective Shield Flow Reflect Shield!"

Shields against attacks that strike the tail of a good scalefish like a whip.

Bread! and a wet towel hit the water, damaging the scalefish.

"Oh, that's a lot like the S.H.I.E.L.D. skill."

"The benefits of art can be customized freely. The higher the level, the better we'll be able to build shields that automatically capture attacks and move places."

"Hmm, it's getting kind of fun!

Apparently Amy was also fit for art.

Looking totally enthusiastic, she starts a trial and error wondering if she can combine the chips she has now.

"Reggie, get out of the cabin."

"Are you sure?

I glanced at Amy and said that Lacto was sweet.

Skills should be banned, but she nodded bitterly when she leaned her neck.

"It's going to take a while, so I thought I'd wait while drinking tea."

"... is that so?"

Yeah, but I'm convinced Amy looks at the screen and points her finger at it.

While we were building the hut and resting, she was immersed in the idea of wandering around.