Destiny Online: Halo Paladin - Chapter 32

Chapter 32: A Perfect Clear

“Settle down. Let’s just get the loot.”

“Okay.”

[Acquired: Angler’s Paradise Coin x 200, Clawcrusher, Blueprint: Mechanical Squirrel, Prescription: Elementary Agility Potion, Plans: Copper Chain Vest, Recipe: Spicy Lobster]

Similar to the previous boss, the party got one gear and several pieces of plans and blueprints.

Nocturne got the recipe, Clawcrusher, which was a two-handed hammer. The other plans and blueprints were taken by Beitang Meng since no one could use them here.

[Recipe: Spicy Lobster]

[Required Ingredients: Black-claw Lobster x 1, Cool Fountain Water, Seasoning]

[Usage: Consume it to recover 240 HP in 18 seconds. Acquired 3 points increase in Strength and Stamina. 60 minutes duration. Unavailable during combat]

[Level: 15]

[Requirement: Culinary (120)]

“Hohoho, would you look at that? A recipe for lobsters?! You must make it for us to try after we end the dungeon,” said Wind&Rum.

“Of course. I’ll cook for everyone when we finish the dungeon,” Nocturne said as he kept the recipe away.

The makrura boss was a pain to tanks, both Nocturne and Wind&Rum felt how irritating it was and they both wanted to have some lobster later.

“The mechanical squirrel is quite interesting. You can even craft display pets? It’s just a little bit ugly,” Meowmeow Tang ridiculed when she had a closer look at the preview picture.

“It’s because you don’t know anything about mechanical beauty.” For once, ILikeDPS said something to counter Meowmeow Tang.

After the loot distribution, Nocturne continued fishing.

The crabs came back after the lobsters and it seemed like there was a pattern for the boss to appear.

They had to kill a dozen of the smaller ones first before getting to the boss.

Compared to the makrura, the crab monster was a lot friendlier to tanks. It only had one AOE skill and barely used it in battle. The only downside was the tough shell that had a Counter effect.

Fortunately, the crab barely did anything before the group took it down with concentrated fire.

[Acquired: Angler’s Paradise Coin x 300, Frost Robe, Skill Book: Thorny Halo, Pattern: Moon Rag, Recipe: Steam Crab]

Frost Robe was a blue cloth armor, so it was given to ILikeDPS.

Both the skill book and the recipe were given to Nocturne again; Beitang Meng kept the rest.

[Skill Book: Thorny Halo] (Paladin)

[Thorny Halo]

[Instant Cast][

[When you and your allies receive damage from the target, reflect (1 x Skill Level + Stamina x 0.08) x (1 + Skill Level x 0.1) as holy damage. Unable to reflect continuous damage like Poison]

[Requirement: Level 15]

Another halo skill and this time, this passive Thorny Halo could ignore the target’s Defense and reflect holy damage. Nocturne was happy about it.

“Great! Finally a bag pattern! And it has 16 slots! I can finally change into a bigger bag!”

“Yeah, it’s difficult to get bags in the game. I’m still using the 12 slots and an extra 14 slots one, and I’m running out of space.”

Nocturne cried in his heart as the conversation entered his ears. As expected of someone from a big guild, every single one of them sounded rich.

He himself only had a 12 slots bag and everyone else had 12 slots plus 14 slots together.

“Okay guys, it’s getting late. Why don’t we go offline and have lunch. We will come back in an hour.”

After Nocturne came back to the real world, he went to the toilet first before preparing lunch.

Since he had to continue fishing back in the game, he had a brief lunch before he went back online.

When he got back into the game, he realized he was the last one to arrive.

“Wow, everyone’s here? Am I late?” Nocturne greeted everyone else.

“Nope. Since everyone’s here, let’s continue.”

There was still light in the sky but the campfire in the dungeon was already burning. Every tent also had a lamp in front to provide a better view at night. At least they could fight monsters at night now with the lamps.

The party rushed Nocturne to continue fishing. This time, he got a turtle instead.

The smaller turtles were not a problem but the turtle boss was a pain in the ass for them.

The turtle boss had low damage but ridiculously high Defense, it even had a regeneration skill.

The party consisted of mostly physical damage classes, everyone relied on weapons to attack. It was a pain to hit the tough turtle boss with their tiny weapons.

In the end, the one that inflicted the most damage was ILikeDPS, the healer.

It was not exactly a difficult fight but the dungeon had a time limit. The longer the party used to kill the boss, the lesser the reward.

The turtle boss’ HP was decreasing at a painfully slow pace, so painfully slow that everyone’s heart was bleeding.

Fortunately, despite the ridiculously high HP, the party was able to take it down in the end.

[Acquired: Angler’s Paradise Coin x 400, Giant Turtle Ring, Turtle Pauldrons, Skill Book: Lighting Strike, Plans: Turtle Guard, Recipe: Turtle Soup, Turtle Shell x 20]

[Skill Book: Lightning Strike] (Protection Warrior)

[Lightning Strike]

[Instant Cast]

[Inflict damage to all enemies in a 8 yards range in front of you. Inflict (20 x Skill Level + Strength x 0.5) x ( 1 + Skill level x 0.1) of physical damage. When target exceeds 15, damage will decrease gradually]

[Requirement: Level 20]

The skill book was none of Nocturne’s business but the ring and pauldrons were suitable for a tank.

Beitang Meng simply gave each of them one.

Nocturne got the ring in the end.

[Giant Turtle Ring]

[Ring]

[8 Magic Resistance]

[+16 Stamina]

[+6 HP Regeneration]

[Requirement: Level 18]

After killing the turtle, Nocturne thought there was something else to fight but he got a treasure box instead.

[Angler’s Paradise Clear Box]

[Treasure Box]

[Note: This is the prize given by the senior anglers to those who clear the dungeon. The young ones can always receive the senior’s favour as long as they perform well]

[Acquired: Angler’s Paradise Coins x 500, Arcanite Fishing Pole Fishing Chair, Night Bugs x 1,000, Small Talent Stone x 30]

He did not expect the final clear reward would be all fishing gear. Nocturne happily took everything.

[Arcanite Fishing Pole]

[Character Bind]

[Two-handed Fishing Rod]

[32 – 43 damage]

[Increase Fishing mastery by 45]

[Requirement: Fishing (200)]

[Fishing Chair]

[Character Bind]

[Toy]

[Usage: Pull out a comfortable fishing chair. Sit on it while fishing will increase your Fishing mastery by 10]

[Night Bug]

[Bait]

[Note: The fish loved this kind of bug. Use it as bait to attract a certain special fish]

“All fishing gear? Nocturne got the jackpot this time,” Wind&Rum jokingly said.

“Hahaha, I have Guild Master Beitang to thank, otherwise I wouldn’t even be here,” Nocturne said.

“It’s nothing. We are just helping each other. If you were not here fishing, we wouldn’t get all these either,” Beitang Meng replied courteously.

“So did we clear the dungeon?” Meowmeow Tang asked.

“I think it should be over but we are not in a rush, let me fish for a little bit more.”

Nocturne used his new fishing rod and tried fishing.

Then, he realized this dungeon was unlike the other normal ones. Even though they cleared the dungeon, he could still fish monsters from the water but not the bosses.

The monsters would still drop a certain amount of Angler’s Paradise Coins, so everyone enjoyed the overtime.

The drops should be this dungeon’s unique design. The faster the party cleared the dungeon, the more time they had to kill monsters for coins, hence more coins for them to exchange items with the NPC.

The party carried on until 5.30 p.m. before the dungeon officially ended.

Then, it was the most exciting time of the dungeon: prize exchange.