The Mercenary's Log: Week 1 - Lionel and Ludin, and Lucky Streaks

A very tiring but productive week has passed, and finally we, the Schwarzburg family re-acquired Lionel from a very good ally of the family, the Revancher family, in turn being able to finish Ludin's recruitment quest. Lionel was Master Lv.1 when Revancher used a Mercenary Contract, went down to Expert Lv.8 after "mercing." Lionel is now Expert Lv.10 after feeding him Expert "Food" from the Alliance Wars and Pioneering Quests. Ludin was also created, after much anticipation for the cute loli, rising the used barrack slots to 72. Valeria was also boosted to Expert Lv.1, after feeding her the family's collection of Veteran "Food". The Family Level was raised to 45, thanks to all these acquisitions and boosting.

This week finally, the family made it to Silent Maze Sanctuary, after 2 weeks of failures (1st week was a failure after getting lost in the maze due to Asoka's poor sense of direction, 2nd week was plagued by Ciel having frequent cramps on the way to Einwind's room, with the gates closing down before he can make it, Kurarin itching to shoot him in the head with her crossbow). Nothing very nice came out of this week's session though, unlike last week's Recipe - Elite Le Noir Wizard, with a faction mate only getting Cumolonimbus (Lightning Shield). The family also went to Lava Leaf once this week, getting an Infernal Hearts Shield, which the family decided to keep as collection.

Favor on this week's Bounty Hunter Raids is neutral, at best, with the family acquiring 3 e92 Pistols, Le Noir Wizard, and various e92s, most of which are sold for upkeep. Daily Team Arena runs gave the family Aries, Pisces, Gemini, Scorpio, and 2x Cancers, which means that the family's (mainly Kurarin's) lucky streak is back again. The family also opened 2x Constellation Boxes this week, from World Cross PvP. Scarily, the boxes both gave the family Scorpios, to which Ciel commented on about getting 5 Virgos in a row in the future. The faction only went for Fury Farm and Rafflesia this week, due to time constraints. The family didn't get anything shiny this week from them.

Alliance Wars was the usual this week, with the entire faction getting shipped to Esmero by Gerard Loren for the umpteenth time. Viki was enthusiastic to join this week, but his overenthusiasm had him summon his giants in crowded places, causing inconvenience to ally families. Nevertheless, even though the Souverans won this war (again) the family gained around 12000 points for the wars, plus a medal for not dying in Alliance Wars twice in a row. Viki happily accepted this medal with his dog Tary.

This week, the family decided to take a trip to Ancient Castilla, Temple for much-needed Expert stance training. Michael in particular was excited about this, can't blame him, he has 2 stances needed to train. Valeria however, was reluctant to join, thinking the mobs inside the place are fiercer than her "bodyguards" in Prison de Joaquin. However, "oneechan" Romina convinced her to join, stating that her Enhanced Tactics stance is much needed for the main team's stability.

Here's hoping to a great week ahead of us!

Regards,
Sebastian Schwarzburg