301 Settling In (1/2)

Scarlett held up her own hand next to it in comparison. ”Very big, Morti.”

”You smell nice, Mom.” Morti's big black nose sniffed her hair, making her laugh. ”Where did Poppa go?”

”He has a lot of responsibilities, Morti; he is the War Leader of Titania.”

”Am I interrupting?” Nix approached them for the first time since he summoned Morti.

Scarlett shook her head. ”Morti was telling me about Haven and the Sea-World.”

”Going to head out, Morti.”

Morti remained on his butt. ”Okay, Nix. Can I come to see the turtle house tomorrow?”

Nix moved closer and placed a metal helmet on Morti's head, he secured it carefully and stepped away. ”Whenever you like, your Mom can bring you there.”

Morti nodded. ”Thanks for bringing my helmet. Summon me if you get in trouble.”

Nix smiled at the pair and waved. ”I will.”

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”Bit early for you, isn't it Nix?” Jun Li and Alpha Team were eating breakfast at the kitchen island.

Nix stood in the doorway to his bedroom and stretched before taking leaning against the counter. ”Where's everyone else?”

Jun Li could tell his memory from the evening events were hazy. ”Mina took Ronnie and Fajii back to Haven for supplies and personel.”

After coming back to Ionova, Nix had given everyone the tour, and then they spent the rest of the night celebrating properly.

”Shae went back to pick up a fresh supply of peppers.” Semmi fished a piece of bacon off Pon's plate. ”I bet Ronnie comes back with Bali.”

Nix nodded. ”You know she will.”

They held an Officer meeting before the party started. It had been decided that Nix should limit his actions to Everspire for now. They needed a squad of rangers to patrol their territory and get rid of potential dangers.

Jun Li glanced through the front door window. ”Four Dire Wolves are running in front of your house Nix.”

”It's Una and the Trams. Those three are going to be my Wolf team.” Nix sat on the only empty bench. ”We should discuss things properly, now that only players are present.”

Semmi nodded in agreement; she had made sure that Fajii and Mina would both be gone. ”We can't move too fast, Nix. Killing Khione before the Expansion went live got us nerfed.”

”Tell me about it. My Breach Commander abilities are locked down.”

Jun Li brought up her hud and showed the map that Gil had given her. It was the most detailed map of Everspire she'd seen so far. ”They aren't going to be much happier if we take her down after a week, either.”

Nix studied the map. ”The quests, mobs, and raids increase in difficulty as your progress North. We need to do these raids and quest.”

Jun Li brought out a token and slid it across the counter to Nix. ”No more soloing high-end content Nix.”

”I wasn't soloing; there were twelve us in the Menial raid.” Nix continued to stare at the map; they had divided it into three manageable sections; North, South, and Middle.

Pon snorted loudly. ”She's talking about the Oblivion Spider, that's a Northern section boss, which means it's Everspire's high-end content.”

Jun Li adjusted her hud to bring the middle section of the map into focus. ”Since we're on the coast, it's relatively easy to hit the mid-level targets in the Great Desert.”

Nix picked up the token that Jun Li slid to him.

Nether Breaker Armor token. [King's Set]

”Give me that armor Punk Bastard! I can't believe you haven't opened that yet!” Pon's old face was wrinkled with disgust.

Nix grinned. ”I will. So... What's our timeline to take down Khione?”

Semmi was reading the forums through her hud. ”After five days, players are just now leaving the beginning area.”

Jun Li nodded in agreement. ”We moved through because we had gear. The rest of the player population is scrounging, crafting, and stealing gear. Given this rate, our timeline for finishing Everspire is one year.”

Pon nodded and stood up. ”As long as Nix doesn't kill the next Expansion boss, we'll be fine.”

”Funny.” Nix activated the armor token.

Nether Armor [King's set.]

+200 to all basic stats.

+5000 to AC

Immune to Control Effects.

Damage from Critical hits is halved.

[Special Effect: Nether Walker]

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