Blind Gunner

8.

The day I had dreaded had arrived. We gathered near the celestial tower around 8 P.M., filled with doubts, and fears. If we were brave and lucky enough to face Charmain the day before, success now seems improbable.

“We will wait for my friend!” I requested that they wait for Graf. I lied to them that Graf would be joining our team, even though Graf just wanted to know about their understanding and equipment quality.

 "Is this person just your friend in the game?" Asked Phantom.

"He's my senior. We took the same major in college,” I can't tell them in depth. One of the rules in 9 Guardians is that no accounts may be shared. It will be a problem in the future if they discover Monck is not my real account.

Finally, Graf arrived, he used an account with IGN Lucia_27. The character's appearance is very cute and honestly, that makes me jealous. 'Why isn't Monck made as cute as Lucia?!' My heart is crying. The appearance of character Monk is a masculine male between 20-25 years old, who has bright blue eyes and dark hair. 'This is so unfair, I also want to look cute too in this game!' My female soul refuses to be male even if it's only in-game. “I envy Luci's appearance. Yoga's character also looks cute, while I'm the opposite. This is not fair!” We communicate with discord. Graf laughed hard at my words.

"This is known as 'hode'!" 95% to 98%, of the 9 Guardians players are men. Don't believe a cute female character who claims to be a girl in real life. It was a trick to scam your equipment or gold!"

"Hode?" What other term is this?

"A sort of gender swap." We chose to be hode for a specific reason that only the old players are aware of. You'd be wise not to find out!" Graf is extremely deceptive. "Are you a tank or paladin?" Luci asked, without making any introductions or even greetings Phantom.

"I'm a paladin," I was surprised to hear that. "I have full vitality and strength status point."

"Did you see that?!" Phantom has lied, and I'm speechless. "The VIT status in charging status points serves to increase the number of HP, whereas strength or STR increases attack damage, and tanks do not require damage.  You said he was a tank last night, then you said he got a debuff freeze and paralysis when you guys faced Charmain. Charmian may not be the strongest boss on floors 1 until 10  of Celestial tower, but all of his attacks have a debuffs effect. All of Charmain's debuffs should not affect a tank at his current level. Even if he used cheap equipment with low defense status or block rate. A tank at level 200 can easily reach the fifth floor of the celestial tower. According to your story from last night, he was nearly killed by an ice cannon and received some debuffs such as paralysis. There are two possibilities, he could be a semi-tank or a paladin. Paladins can become a tank, but if the boss has enough debuffs he won't last long. Charmian is a boss with tier 4 skills. Has the basic element of water, but his attacks have three different elements. Water on the ice cannon deals freeze debuffs and fatal damage. A burnt or ignited debuff and magic damage will be applied to an attack from Charmain in the form of a straight shark from the harp being played. Wind element with lightning attacks that fall on the player giving paralysis debuffs and magic damage. When Charmain dances while playing the harp the area of the spikes he spawns deal fatal damage as well as poison debuff. Charmain's normal attacks are also extremely dangerous because they deal a lot of physical damage. It's clear from your story that he's not a tank!" For a brief moment, Graf can be terrifying. "What about your gear?" Graf inquired of Phantom.

"I wear armor with the following stats: 7% attack, 10% strength, and +25 full critical +S." As a substance, I added Jawzahr and Banshee."

“Weapon? Did you make it all by yourself?"

"Sure, but only for the armor. I used Luna's dark illusion sword to support 100 critical and 1000 attack speed +E without substance. While shields are concerned, I use a dark warrior shield to support 30% aggro +S. I don't have a ring, and I only used one of the three diamonds. We were extremely fortunate while fighting the crazy dragon on the second floor of the celestial tower."

“You know about the refining system?”.

"Yes," Phantom said confidently. "The lowest equipment refining value is

+E, followed by +D, +C, +B, +A, and +S are the highest."

“The refining value not only increases your defense but also your aggro!” Graf corrected Phantom's answer.  "Do you understand, Han?".

“Em…,” I didn't even know what the equipment's refining value was.

"The minimum refining value for a tank's armor and shield are +S and +B for weapons. Tanks don't need damage; instead, they should take ailment resistance status or MTL on charging status points rather than strength or STR. A tank must be fully ailment status, it will give 75% debuff immunity. If your tank is unable to withstand every monster attack, the aggro will immediately switch to the strongest DPS and your team will fail. Find a tank for your team, or turn this paladin into a tank!" Graf made one final decision for my team.

"I will change it," we turned to Phantom. “I will be a tank for my team, don't disband. It's easier to find DPS than a tank”.

“Have you joined a guild yet?” Whether Graf will really grant my wish, I'm honestly very scared.

"Not yet," they both answered in unison.

"Join our guild, and I'll give you new armor and equipment!" Graf said, motioning to Phantom. "If you dare to leave, I will report you as a scammer, and all of the 9 Guardians players will report you to the developer as well. As a result, your account will be suspended!" This is a threat; Graf has transformed into someone I don't recognize.

…

Phantom Get a new armor with a dominant black color and some abstract motifs on the front in gold. The armor was perfect for his character, matching his eyes and hair color. Phantom couldn't help himself to touch his new cool armor while expressing his admiration. "I'll never sell it!" He said of the armor that Graf gave to him, then continued to touch it while smiling. "Do you know how much this armor costs on the market?".

"How much?" Evo didn't seem interested. He also receives new armor from Graf. Silver armor with a simpler appearance, a crimson velvet hood, and black fur accents on the neck makes the armor look warm.

"About 90-130 million gold!" Evo cursed Phantom when he heard that.

“Ugh…!!” Evo hit Phantom's arm while cursing, while those who were hit just smiled. "I have Leo Nubia on the first substance and Selin on the second substance; the value is around 34 million gold. If I have to buy it myself, I might need 2 or 3 months for just the substance, not the armor!" Phantom walked towards me. "Luci also suggests never taking you there as long as we're not worthy!" We realized that we couldn't go any further than the third floor of the celestial tower, for the time being. So we decided to stop and fix our equipment and level up. “Mock, we apologize!”.

“It's ok!” 

…

We must make the most of our limited online time schedule. Evo, who is still in college while working part-time, must be very good at time management. While the Phantom who was currently finishing the final research had more free time. Every night at 9 P.M. The three of us met in the city hall to discuss what we needed to do that day to make progress and return to the celestial tower as soon as we could without tarnishing our guild name.

"I've made a schedule that we need to finish this week," Phantom handed me a note. “The first thing we have to fix is ​​our lowest level member!” They looked at me. “We have to help you first get to level 70 this week. Welcome to hell dude!” Phantom smiled at me.