The first 2017 post! Road to Mirage, Week 7!

Welp, it is now 2017, we have a racist multi-millionare mogul in the President's office, nuclear war is inevitable because some idiot did a prank story... but before we all become irradiated zombies, I want to complete Kingdom Hearts 2.8 and hopefully get to Mirage, and we've come so far from Unicorn Way, so let's get this log under wraps!

EDIT: My dad told me that it was a false alarm, said Pakistani defense minister got laughed at for falling for the prank and he can't do jackalope about it as he's just on the bottom of the ladder for pushing the Doomsday Button. Phew! Still, it scared me! :(

First off, I love Avalon, I really do... but the longer it takes to do it, the less time I get on Wiz, and I really wanted to complete all of the bundle gauntlets but thanks to Destiny being close to Archmage status now, I don't see that happening anytime soon as I'm not spending money on the Cuckoo Clock or Jousting bundles (especially this month since I was an idiot and not only spent all my personal funds on pre-ordering Kingdom Hearts 2.8 digitally but was super-late with my rent check, so I had to play $70 for a late fee, which means I have to go back to free-to-play after the 15th because I won't have enough money to buy another month of Wiz! *facepalm*) and you cannot enter them in Castle Tours, you have to actually be at the house. Same with Spiral Cup Gauntlet, but at least Sierra has it.

The only human in Avalon. Poor thing can't get laid. :p

So I just bumrushed it. Outer Yard, Lake Shore, the works in one day. I almost died at Black Annie because I didn't know how her vampire stun cheat worked and thought it was similar to Belloq's Ra cheat, so I had Destiny use the deck of weak attacks. Turns out the cheat activates for Black Annie if you place a trap on her or attack her with ANY single-target attack. Oops. We managed to make it out alive, though, but I spent 100 Crowns to get the Life Gorilla to heal us.

Wait... I'm getting ahead of myself.

Destiny: "I WASTED 60000 GOLD ON YOU?!?!?" X(

First off, we completed the Tomb of the Nameless Knight, met Sir Malory, and helped him absolve some of his sins. Then we got into Dun Dara and helped Queen Gwendolyn out a bit, having to fight a few million things. I also bought the spell recipe for Queen Calypso and Catalan, spells I'll probably never craft as they're not so great and require a s***ton of Amber and Sunstones. Sierra also got Athena Battlesight's spell, again rotting in the recipe list for eternity. It's not that great of an attack.

Had no idea why this Level 110 guy was here, maybe he was farming Deer Knights for the badge?

After that it was Lake Shore, Black Annie(who nearly killed Destiny because I misunderstood the cheat) and releasing the Lady of the Lake and restoring the second-to-last shrine of virtue. We dove into Deepwater, took out all four bosses, rebuilt the teleporter into the Catacombs, and made our way through. Finally got all of the Crows and Tapestries and completed those quests after completing Avalon, and Destiny reached the Night Garden in the Crystal Caves. (Sadly, nobody had any Stone Keys, but it doesn't matter as Takaboshi is the only key boss I am fighting right now. I am not confident to taking on the other key bosses, especially the one in Azteca... WHY THE F*** DID THEY PUT HIM IN A PLACE YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THREE FIGHTS TO GET TOO, INCLUDING A BOSS? ARGH! X(  )

Luckily, I found a group of fellow wizards(a Theurgist, a Sorcerer and a Necromancer) who were completing the quests as I was, and we managed to work together to clear Ghost Avalon. I had bladed up to the max to one-shot Young Morgie, but someone activated the "ENOUGH OF THAT!" cheat which quaked off all the blades. (That guy is on my s*** list. J/K!)

Also, as you can see in the screenshot above, there is a name glitch - the names over our characters were wrong and they disappeared from our icons on the battle screen. It's unnerving. I hope enough people report this problem to KI because even though it's not game-affecting, it's disturbing. (Zenmaster Blue got the name Amber while in Ghost Avalon and make jokes about it.)

 

Regardless, Destiny paid her dues, became a true Knight of the Silver Rose, and led the charge to defeat the Pendragon and restore King Artorius to full health. As a bonus, Destiny is now the proud owner of the Sword of Kings. (Which she promptly ditched halfway through Azteca and is now decorating her Island Hut. Sorry, King Arty. No disrespect.)

With that out of the way, it was time for Destiny to explore the even more sweltering heat of Azteca. It didn't help the mood that a giant freaking comet was about to crash into the place! :(

Even though I took off time from the game to celebrate the coming of 2017, and got back into Maplestory and bumrushed a Mercedes to Level 150 so I could get her link skill to my main, I was still able to get enough time in the Spiral to advance significantly.

And now Destiny witnessed the glory of the 10-pip spells... sadly, the first experience was on her body as she was assaulted by a Sun Serpent. Ouch.

 

And then Belloq returned... and promptly kicked Destiny's @$$. Welcome to Azteca, everyone! :p

Past Me: "Idiot, that screenshot was something else!"

Oops, sorry, I've sort of erased most of the boss fights from my mind, they're mostly forgettable. :(

I spent some time cleaning up all the side-quests in Wintertusk to get Wintertusk's badge, and also to clean up my backlog. Once I get my time back, I'll take a week to completely clear out the remainder of my side-quest backlog. I just wanted to get through the worlds fast and see how much backlog I could accrue. (Result: 15 pages! Yikes! O_O)

By the end of the week, Sierra helped Destiny get to Zultun Docks, and through the uses of 4000 Crowns worth of Level 120 Henches, Destiny was able to survive the battles that netted her Galvanic Field(tossing Berserk for good) and the Sharpened Blade and Potent Trap spells... now if only I could make a Treasure Card out of Potent Trap so I could craft that Eagle War Shield for the crafting quest!

(Yep, that TC hasn't dropped from any boss Destiny has fought! WHAT THE HECK RNG?!?!? X( )

Sierra: "I need hazard pay for this." :(

Welcome to Azteca, everyone! :p