Chapter 114 - Pioneers Of Sandurk: Part 2

Dolly is one of the Pioneers of Sandurk in my past timeline so I am sure she will also be qualified in this round too. Harmless Sparrow is also one of the pioneers, which means there are at least two people capable of doing strong comeback in raids. The others are quite weaker than the usual but because they participated in the event and managed to get the spot, they also gained quite a fame and reputation after the raid.

Since I want to participate in this raid as I have not entered the game yet when this raid started before, I made sure to note things I needed for the raid. Although I didn't get better armors yet, my current armor is able to hold its fight so I don't need to worry too much on it, besides, my Versatile Weapon stat is already comparable to a level 65 rare weapon. It's not much of a problem at all for me.

The venue is the forest of Laxusio, a level 40 neutral area where Giant Sloths resides. And if you want to participate on the selection of Pioneers, you have to go into this place and kill Giant Sloths which are level 40 beast type monsters and harvest 30 Giant Sloth Claws. They are harvested in carcasses so they don't drop unless you harvest resources from the monsters you killed. This will also serve as a tutorial for skinning and harvesting resources from monster carcass since most of Sandurk's monsters will have to be gutted and skinned in order to get the specific items in some quests and harvesting resources from the carcass is a new feature.

I didn't went to use Leona this time but used my own stamina. Some of the hidden passives can now be earned right now and getting them is quite good that they also affect you in real world. If you get the passive of runner, you will get more stamina, you won't get tired so easily and in the real world, running will no longer be as exhausting as before. This is also one the passives I have been aiming to get ever since the update but since Dolly invited me to the Underground Cave of Gold, I have to do this right now.

To get this passive, I have to continue running without stopping for 30 minutes without switching to walking and even if your stamina bar is no longer filled. Using skills like [Breathless Running] is not applicable so if you used that skill while you are in the middle of trying to get the passive, your progress will reset. Players will have to give up if they can't last 30 minutes of no stamina in the game while running. This is only achievable if you keep on running in the real world and trained your lungs and the muscles on your leg. Skipping that will be resulting for you to have an impossible mission to receive the passive.

Running continuously is really troublesome in the game, even your avatar will have trouble to continue as time went on. Running without stamina will also worsen your avatar's mood and debuffs will appear on your status, causing you to be vulnerable to many things if you are not careful enough which is why this is a disregarded method by players as they are afraid to get debuffed a lot and it is too much just for something like that. But that is not a problem to me, as these debuffs can be cleansed by improving your mood.

I pulled out one item in my inventory for preparation of this run. I purchased this one in the shop for the sake of getting the passive.

[Energy Drink]

Type: Consumable

Effect: Increase your maximum stamina to 200 for 1 hour.

Info: A drink that is known for extending the limits of your body to allow to do extra work. The effects has a lasting effects which is popular to people who needs to binge watch a movie or they have to do an overnight gaming since the teammate keeps on saying "one more match". Not for infants, this is not a substitute for breast milk, please consult your doctor for more info.

Note: POOOOWWWWWEEEEERRRRR! In a Can!

A player's stamina only has 100 as maximum and will only last for 30 seconds when used for running continuously. But, this will change if you drink this item, allowing you to gain another 30 seconds worth of stamina. This is pretty useful for players who will have to rely on stamina to make sure they stay alive or for players who has the strategies that needed to use stamina. I opened the can and gulped down the contents inside. Tastes like sh*t… damn it.

[Maximum Stamina has increased to 200 for 1 hour]

Now, it is time to run!

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Around 5 minutes, as expected, things are harder to do and running is now very hard as my body seems to refuse on moving. It was also like this in the past timeline so I am not surprised by this that the fatigue accumulation is getting crazy. Debuffs already appeared on my status and I am not happy about it as the debuffs I got are few of the worst debuffs in the game, though it is not life-threathening by itself, it will be dangerous if you face a monster.

[Defense Values reduced to zero for 1 hour]

[Heat Stroke reduces your HP to 50%]

[Healing Amount is reduced to 0 from potions and healing skills]

[Stamina Degradation reduces stamina recovery to 0]

[Movement Speed reduced to 50%]

If not for the passive that I am aiming, I won't be needlessly going to suffer like this. Also, I am in quite a bad spot. If I get surrounded by enemies, one strike will kill me so before I should get killed, I have to kill the enemy to survive since my Defense value has dropped down to nonexistent already.

Luckily, fortune seems to have smiled on me. There are no enemies at all while I am on the way, which made me a little bit happy. However, my happiness is short lived as a giant web is blocking my way, alongside the big enemy on the web.

[Poison Spider Queen] [Area Boss]

Level 70

HP: 300,000/300,000

MP: 10,000/10,000

Attributes: Insect, Humanoid, Magic, Poison

For me to meet the area boss on the way, it sucks for life.