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Even if the man had been telling the truth about him ending up with the other two coincidentally, Olliver wasn't sure if he could trust him. At the end of the day, everyone was out for themselves. He was certain that if it came down to it, despite the fact that this man had thought himself above such a thing, that this man would cast the others aside to ensure that he himself had survived. Especially if they had found themselves in a situation in which they would have to choose between themselves and one other.
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As the group would begin to make their way out towards the smoke that had been off in the distance, Olliver couldn't help but regret using his ability earlier on. This was such a crucial moment to make use of it and yet it had already run its course. Even after all of the time that had passed up to this point, this damned ability still hadn't managed to make its way past the recovery stage. Truly an unfortunate fate to have befallen the man. Of course Olliver wouldn't have all that long to really dwell on it as his thoughts had been pulled back to the present via a bellowing roar that had practically shook the trees around him.
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Looking up to determine the source of this roar, Olliver would find himself becoming aware of a minotaur. A bipedal bull that often finds itself acting as a guardian to labyrinths. The beast that Theseus had to kill with various methods. Honestly, any manner of attack would work here, if all was according to legend. With that in mind, Olliver would quickly send a message on over to the two that he had been partied up with. JUST BLAST THIS THING WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GOT. Or at least he would after finding himself pushed behind a tree by Nubia. 
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Taking a moment to turn towards Adrian, Olliver would put a deeper base into his voice. "Look Adrian. You've already had to face off against this thing once and yet you chose not to reveal any information on it. You ran away when those around you had needed you. This is your only chance to right your wrong." Reaching into his inventory and producing a single feather from the skull that he had, Olliver would hand it on over to the man. "I'm going to need you to coat this thing with your poison and jab it into the minotaur's weakest point. Aim for its eyes."

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Nubia could hear her heart thumping in her chest as she closed her eyes, opening them slowly as she took a deep breath only to open them to the sight of the Minotaur finally reorienting himself. Nubia let Sebastian charge in first after his comment. Especially considering it seemed the beast now had a vendetta against the spider boy, perhaps it was because he was talking shit and the creature wasn't fond of it. [break][break]

Nubia moved around in a semi-circle rather than charging straight for it, attempting to get behind the creature as Sebastian moved forward, attacking the creature head-on, either the kid was confident or reckless, either way, Nubia was fond of it. She saw the message from Ollie then, nodding to affirm she had read it. She readied her dagger, letting Sebastian strike first, watching as the spider boy slid underneath the charging bull creature like a baseball player trying to steal a base. She smiled as Sebastian's spider legs dug into the creature's groin and her left hand elicited a large wail of pain from it. [break][break]

However, as Nubia was running to maneuver around it, the beast grabbed Sebastian by his spider leg, tossing him just as she had reached its side, if Nubia didn't know better she would've sworn the minotaur was specifically aiming toward her. She cartwheeled out of the way, using her momentum to carry her forward and to the side as she twisted her legs, using the weight of her feet and thighs to pull her to the side. Upon landing on her feet, she ducked down just in time to avoid a swipe from the creature. Another swipe, and another duck and leap back, she couldn't get close that was until a dagger, no, a feather from that bird creature they killed earlier came flying, stabbing into the creature's eye. [break][break]

Nubia ran around the Minotaur, cutting its tendons with her blade, before rolling to the side as another stomp came, the beast toppling over from its own weight. Then the creature was blinded as Adrian of people came, Nubia rushed in only to nearly get slapped back by wild swinging, the creature's hand colliding with her blade as she leaped back to minimize the force of the impact, and she felt her body lift off the ground and fly back. [break][break]

Then she was stunned, not because of anything she did, but because the Minotaur let out a deafening roar, and as it did Nubia felt her mind slip into despair, into fear. Her whole body began to shake, then a notification popped up reading something about her being stunned due to an [fear] effect. She felt her heartbeat race, she felt tears welling up in her eyes as the creature's hands wrapped around her hefting it closer to her, its eyes were blind, it took a sniff of her before lifting its hands slowly. Its energy clearly running low as it was bleeding out and poisoned but if it slammed her down Nubia was sure something would break, perhaps it would even kill her.[break][break]

Then she felt something click, something in the back of her mind telling her that she had this handle, had it covered, her ability details came funneling into her mind. The thoughts of her reading her classes skills and abilities came rushing into the forefront of her mind. Ability Activating... Sharp Mind were the words she heard as her mind quickly snapped out of the [fear] effect, that soon left her notifications. She grits her teeth, both her arms were still free, and with her mind now clear it was her turn to finish all of this. If only she could reach its neck, but it was holding her too far back, she had a dagger, not a sword, unless...[break][break]

She thought hard about the dagger being a blade, and at that moment the dagger's black blade and crimson edge began to stretch, extend and grow, black flower petals peeling off it as it did. She held the blade by her side as if she was about to unsheathe a blade attached to her waist blade. "Black Sunflower..." were the words she muttered, "Fourth Petal - Dissonant Grafting!" She yelled, swinging her blade with her right hand, the blade facing the same direction as she attacked in an Iaijutsu-style movement.[break][break]

The wind began to collect around her blade swing as she swung her blade connecting against the minotaur's neck, arching it from across to the right, then as the blade went free half a foot from its neck, she twisted her arm turning the edge of the blade to the left, grabbing near the bottom of the hilt of the blade with her left hand, Nubia struck again moving the sword along the same path she had before but in reverse. All within an instant, this technique had been one created to originally disarm by attacking a joint, but Nubia had more strength now, more speed, and now it could be used to outright kill.[break][break]

Wind spread from her blade this time as it arched from the blade, just as sharp as the black katana she now wielded, it carved through the creature's neck, lopping off its hard as it slashed through, cutting into the ground behind it and bringing up a cloud of dust. The grip loosened on her and she fell to the ground, bending her knees as she landed to reduce the impact. She rolled away, as the rest of the creature's body flopped hard on the ground. Picking up the head of the creature she tossed it into her inventory. Perhaps the horns could come in handy. Looking toward the headless corpse, Nubia kicked it a couple of times to make sure it was dead, though she had yet to find a creature that could live without its head. [break][break]

Moving toward Sebastian she went to check if he was okay, offering a hand to help him up from the tree before moving toward the others. "Well, that was an ordeal, let's get the hell out of here," Nubia said, before turning back to the forest and running toward the smoke they had seen earlier.[break][break]

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As his body flew through the air, Sebastian noted that he had been thrown toward Nubia, leaving him to wonder if the minotaur had done so on purpose to try to take them both out. He didn't get much time to think about that though as he felt his back collide with the tree, knocking the breath out of him and sending him sprawling to the forest floor in pain.

Upon seeing one of its prey temporarily incapacitated, Sebastian watched as the minotaur began to move forward, no doubt to finish him off only for it to be intercepted by Nubia who danced around the minotaur's failing limbs, trying to get a strike in with her blade. "I'll just have to create an opening for her then"[ Sebastian thought as he reached into his pocket and threw one of the feathers, landing a direct hit in the bull's eye. This shot allowed Nubia to finally get in close, slashing the beast's tendons and sending it toppling from its own weight only for Adrian of all people to swoop in and blind it in its other eye with another feather before backing off, heading toward Sebastian. "Well that's unexpected. Where did he get that feather from?" he thought as the Canadian reached down and helped him up.

Sebastian glanced back over to the battle just in time to see Nubia be sent flying back through the air before a guttural roar echoed out once again through the clearing, this one being different than the previous one. Sebastian could feel both his and Adrian's muscles locking up in terror as his heart began to race before Adrian dropped him as the Canadian crouched down in terror, rocking back and forth along the floor. "What is this? I don't remember reading about this in any of the stories about the minotaur!"

Just when it felt like his heart was about to burst right out of his chest like a certain creature from a space-themed horror movie, the feeling disappeared along with the sound of something heavy falling to the forest floor. Glancing over, Sebastian saw that Nubia had beheaded the minotaur with Nubia picking up the head to add to her inventory slot before she walked over to help him up.

"Thanks. And you're right. I don't want to run into anything else in here." he stated, taking her hand and beginning to walk in the direction of the smoke when he noticed the tutorial screen popping up in his face.

Staring at the message, Sebastian's face went blank before he took a deep breath and decided not to waste his energy responding back. There was no point anyway and he didn't want to attract the attention of anything else out there.

Soon the group of four arrived outside the rather generic-looking cabin and Sebastian moved to open the door and step inside, receiving a message congratulating him for completing the tutorial and informing him that he was the 10th person to arrive. "Thank god that's over." he said before going to sit down, wondering where things would go from here.

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As Nubia would place a single hand upon Olliver's shoulder, the fear effect would dissipate from his body. Whether this was due to her class, her reassuring presence, or simply due to the fact that the timer on the skill had run out, Olliver didn't care. All that he had known was that he had felt relieved to have escaped the effects of such a skill. This.. This was something that he was never going to wish to experience again. If he could find a way around it then he would eventually have to invest into it. For the time being though? He would just have to accept everything that was happening. Even with how downright horrifying it all was. 
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Trying to push away those thoughts as Nubia would lead him towards the cabin, Olliver would remain silent. He had felt dejected and quite honestly was rather disappointed in himself. Throwing someone away? That was easy. Thinking of throwing away someone that he had placed his trust in? Now that was hard. Hopefully such thoughts would never find their way to him again. Whether it be through an item or via a skill that he would have to earn, Olliver was certain that he would go out of his way to ensure that he would obtain such a thing. Never again would he find himself like this.. So weak. Disgraceful. At the mercy of others.
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For the majority of the wait, after Olliver had found himself within the cabin, the man would simply remain quiet. After having some time to gather his thoughts though, a resolve would settle over the man. FUCK the system. From this point onward, Olliver was going to do everything that he could to manipulate the system to his whims. He wasn't sure how he was going to do it but.. One way or another, at the very least, the system was going to rely on him at some point. How would he begin this? Simple. Through manipulating the market so that the player base would have to come to him.
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"...a mercenary, huh? Expect me to frequent your services. I.. shall rely on you." Or at least rely in the sense that he would place his trust in himself to keep her as equipped as possible. If she was capable of protecting him through his outfitting her? Well that was all that he would need. Either way, Olliver would take the time to accept the friend request that had been sent to him. If nothing else, this would serve as a proper form of communication between the two. As for Sebastian? Well he was sure that he could add him in the future. For now, he would simply lean back against the wooden wall of the cabin and allow for his eyes to rest. Until the light would descend upon him once more that is.
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