- Job Description:
Job Title: Thy Enemy has a Face
Rank: D
Player Requirements: 500 Word Requirement. Must have completed first.
Job Requirements: Kill the zombies, before reaching and fighting/killing the Robed Figure.
Job Location: Beanstalk Village (Tainted Forest nearby)
Job Description: You receive word from the scientist and come to meet him. When you see him he seems panicky. He explains to you that the growth is corrupting the land and turning it into a sort of siphon, or magical drain, pulling in life force and mana from everything and anything. He tells you that you need to find the source and put a stop to it. He is unsure how far the growth will spread.
When you reach the forest you find it overgrown with tainted plants and growth. The animals are all gone however. The closer you move to the center, which is between Beanstalk Village and Mount Hakobe, you encounter zombies. These corpses seem recent, looking to be either huntsmen or wizards who traveled into the tainted lands. After killing the monsters you soon reach a point where you see the source: It is a large pillar made of unbreakable obsidian. The robed figure approaches and seems unsurprised that a wizard is here and attacks you.
After killing the robed figure you can find multiple things on him. A coin that is identical to the shrouded stalker's coin. A marking on his arm that looks like it may be a guild mark but none that you've ever seen before, even among dark guilds. A book written in an unreadable language. However if you observe it carefully, and flip through the pages, you notice that it looks similar to a sort of religious book, sort of like scriptures.
Upon return to the group you can tell them about the undead, the robed figure, and hand in the items, also telling them that the object is indestructible. OR you can tell them that you destroyed the source and instead go to an informant for dark wizards, thieves, assassins, or others who operate outside the law, share the information and show the items. Either way you shall receive the full reward and information.
Both the wizard and the informant will tell you that they don't know about most of the items, but the language is ancient and abandoned. They can make out enough however: The title is 'Unyielding Death'. They inform you that this robed man, was probably a cultist.
Enemies:
Weak: Zombies. They appear to be recent corpses, fully intact but brain dead. They move slowly and swing their arms wildly. They deal half your rank in damage each attack. It takes three rank D attacks to kill them. x7
Normal: Funcitoning Zombies. These recent corpses have had time to adjust and are more aware of how to dodge and strike accurately. They deal your rank in damage each attack. It takes four rank D attacks to kill them. x6
Strong: Runners. These zombies are insane, charging with surprising speed at whatever appears to be alive, raking their claws at you. They deal your rank in damage each post, and it’s almost impossible to avoid attacks once they reach you. It takes six rank D attacks to kill them. x3
Boss:
Black Robed Figure. The robes are black with red designs in them and a skull on the front and hood. The figure has no visible weapon but turns out to have magic.
Spell 1: Shadow Force. Releases three black spheres that deal your rank in damage. These spheres hone in on you, but the longer they last the smaller they become before vanishing entirely.
Spell 2: Grip of the Dead. Summon’s a skeleton hand that latches onto you and immobilizes you for a single post. The figure’s next spell automatically hits you full force the next post.
Spell 3: Drain Life. Deals half your rank in damage, and restores health equivalent to half rank D damage.
Spell 4: Undead Call. Brings one or two more monsters into the battle. Strength depends on which you have faced beforehand.
It takes twelve rank D hits to kill him.
Reward: 2,500 jewel
After Johann had returned to Beanstalk Village and handed over the samples to Rose, the herbalist, she immediately began analyzing them and after a while she stormed out of her living room, that doubled as a laboratory, with a panicked voice and look on her face. "J-Johann ! You won't believe this" she ran into the kitchen area of her house, almost tripping over a stack of books on the floor, but regaining her balance at the last moment. "T-The plans ! They act as sort of a magic siphon that indefinitely spreads across the land ! They drain mana and life force from everything and anything around ! Y-you gotta put a stop to this, or ... or ..." she didn't need to finish the sentence for Johann to understand. "I just don't know where to begin ..." she continued, but Johann answered "I think I know where to go for more information, Miss Rose. If I won't be back in a while, contact authorities". Johann had an idea where to start.
With that, he stepped out of the front door and headed straight for the forest. Upon reaching the spot Johann had collected the samples at yesterday, he noticed something strange. The wolves he had defeated were gone, and in their stead there was more purple infestation. Since that wasn't exactly telling him too much about the nature of the growth, he decided to venture deeper into the forest. As he seemed to reach the other end of the forest the terrain changed from dense purple forest to infested rock and grass. Johann wanted to take a short break when suddenly he heard something behind him what seemed like a pained moan. He turned around, only to see group of people with the purple corruption all over them slowly limping over towards him, seemingly to attack, and thus he raised his hands. His "SONIC BOOM" took effect and he drew his rapier before he catapulted himself forward with "SONIC SLASH" at immense speed, striking down one after the other. These Zombies were way to slow to even land a hit on Johann. After he had dealt with these poor souls he quickly made his way to where they came from only to see a huge obsidian obelisk standing there in the middle of nowhere.
Before he could inspect it or do anything else however another robed person appeared from behind the pillar, cackling with a disturbing voice before screaming "Dieee" and sending forth an orb of what seemed like shadow magic. Johann quickly dodged to the side, but the orb seemed to follow him and so he decided to attack the robed person directly. He prepared his "PRESSURE CRUSH" spell and activated it on the cloaked individual, crushing both them and their magic entirely. He went over to the now dead person and searched him only to find the same items on him as the other masked one had. He quickly pocketed the things and hastily made his way back to Beanstalk Village where Rose had already called the local authorities. Johann told them about what happened, gave them the items and suggested that they inform the magic council about all of this so they can help deal with this infestation. A few days later, specialists of sent by the magic council successfully identified and destroyed the object, killing all the purple growth that had affected Beanstalk Village. Johann, whose help was now no longer needed, said goodbye to rose and was about to leave the village when he noticed something else.
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