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William Danielson||Godot
Lv. 11||Floor 1 - Dungeons
Lv. 11||Floor 1 - Dungeons
Godot received Shiren's gift and couldn't help but smile. He found her too adorable for words, and she just seemed to be enjoying everything. He wondered if his words were lost on her, and he wondered if Shiren felt that she could live the way she did just out of youthful instinct. He wondered if maybe she was aware of all of the danger that pursued her at every step but she didn't care because it was all a game. He wondered if she was aware of these things and put up a smile to cheer the group, or maybe she found no benefits to being somber to such dismal matters. He wondered if she was afraid of death.
He looked at the present that he received and examined it. It was a lot more than he was expecting, but it was definitely worth the upgrade. The upper-armor seemed to be made out of Steel, but it fit to his figure rather than going outward. It was probably designed that for speed, though it risked higher knockback from head-on attacks. It wasn't much more defense-efficient than what he was previously wearing, but what made it rare was its side-effect: "When in critical danger, defence increases dramatically". Granted, Godot never was the type for the "near-death power boons" that games often had, but he couldn't well pass it up.
The lower-armor seemed to be leather pants with a steel coating, with the steel breaking at the kneecaps so that movement and flexibility would be possible. The pants themselves had no ability, other than providing higher defense than what Godot previously had, but the footwear had an incredible ability: "Dashing speed is increased by 15%". The tradeoff was that the shoes themselves did not offer any fortification whatsoever.
Basically, all of the garments were give and take, but they were still much better than what he previously had...for his play-style, at least. Godot out of the sight of the group and donned his new armor, since changing pants leaves a characters undergarments exposed for a few moments, something he didn't want to expose Lucina or Shiren to. Upon returning, he turned to Robin, who suggested that they go in pairs, and said, "I think that's a good idea." He looked at Shiren and Lucina and thought for a few moments. "I think it'd be best if I went with-" He was cut off by a message prompt appearing. He opened the message since it was from Princess, and it read:
From: Princess
Subject: -
Help me please! I'm outside the dungeons and am being chased by two PK'ers
His eyes grew wide as he read the message, and once he was done he turned to the direction opposite the Dungeons' depths. "I'm gonna be late...don't wait up!" He said before promptly sprinting out of the Dungeon. He was going faster than before, most definitely, but he was too preoccupied with Princess to even notice. It wasn't so much because of the situation itself as it was because he not long before failed to save Shiren, and there was no way he would let it happen again.
Before long, he saw Princess running in his direction, as well as the two PKs running after her. At this time, Godot switched out his «Mammon's Fang» for his «Meister's Soul». As he passed Princess, he raised his polearm and, with the PKer running in his direction, smashed the flat bottom of the polearm into the face of the PK, knocking him onto the ground. Due to the way he was hit, however, he ended up flying behind Godot and landing on his back. It was at that point that Godot wished he could have felt that (which he might have), otherwise he might prove a problem since there was still another PK to deal with. Of course, he wasn't thinking about the other PK at the time, but his attention turned to him when he got a dagger plunged into his arm. At this time, he grabbed the downed PK's weapon, a One-Handed Sword simply named Iron Sword +6, and ran towards the other PK.
The PK unleashed some sort of flurry Art, and unleashed around 50 daggers at Godot at once. It was an interesting Art, prioritizing Area Of Effect over anything else. It probably wasn't good for support but it would be great for attacking several monsters at once or trying to stop someone from fleeing. The steel-bearing vigilante probably could have dashed to the side of the wall of daggers or reduced the damage by deflecting as many as he could, but then a problem arose: the weaponless PK. He had no other weapon, but that wasn't the problem; the problem was that he would probably end up getting killed by the Art, even more likely thanks to the damage dealt by Godot. Godot, noticing this, said, "damn, damn...DAMN!" and stopped in his tracks, allowing the barrage of Daggers to hit him. It sounded as if a swarm of bees had whizzed by him, and it felt as if a storm of paintballs assaulted his numb body.
Godot was dead. That's what he thought to himself. There was no way he could have survived something like that. He failed Shiren, and now he failed Princess. He had nothing left to do but look at his empty life meter, despite the fact that that would only twist the not-so-proverbial knife. It didn't really matter. It was all over, anyway.
At first he thought nothing more of it, but his body immediately tensed when he noticed that the number that shown was not zero, and that there remained a sliver of red left. It seemed that it was Shiren and her gifts that saved him. Who would have thought that an ability that Godot never found useful would end up saving his life? He tightened his grip on the +6 sword as it shined a bright white color and yelled, "Dash Flurry!" The other PK was caught off guard by this, as he was expecting Godot to be dead (as did Godot himself), and he was even more unable to defend himself thanks to Godot's increase in speed. He was helpless to fend himself from Godot's attack, but Godot made sure that the attack wouldn't be fatal, causing the PK's health to tumble down as each hit struck, but intentionally missing for the final blow. Godot then took the sword he was wielding and stabbed the PK's weapon satchel. The durability of the satchel fell to zero. Godot then took out his own sword and destroyed the other PK's weapon.
With the two PKs now unconscious, Godot stumbled over to Princess and removed the knife from her, handing her his last Potion. He looked at her with a smile and, fatigued as he was, said with broken breath, "Th-they didn't hurt you too much...d-did they, your highness?
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