Job Name: Ash Trails
Job Rank: B-Tier
Job Location: Ju Hua Lake
Job Reward: 200xp / 15000 Huang
Job Prerequisites: N/A
Job Overview: During his well deserved break at a famous lake in Kou, a band of black hooded men were to ride past the boy whom had been getting some sleep by the lake at night. The dark men of wary on horses, with nothing but lanterns, Trently could not help but be curious as to what they were up to at this time of night. It was hard to say what they could have been doing but upon close inspection of the paved road they were taking, one of the men had drop a bag of drugs that looked like ash. To be courteous, the boy makes an attempt to return the bag but when he is attacked by them for trying to give them their ashes back, a midnight fight breaks out. After the defeat of the hooded men, they hastily retreat on horseback afraid of turned into the authorities. But not finished with them, Trently knocks them out before they can leave the immediate area. Tying the men up, the hero brings them to justice in suspicion of them being involved in illegal drug activity. Upon bring brought to officials, it is unveiled to Trently that the men he captured are indeed criminals transporting illegal drugs who are only a small part of a larger network of criminals that were thought to be mostly snuffed out. This leads Trently to learn more regarding the organization in question that are stirring up trouble in Kou once again.
- Brotherhood of Ash:
Enemy Name: Drug Transporters x3
Enemy Tier: B-Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: B-Tier
Description: Men in black on horses who lead small drug delivery within the region of the Ju Hua lake. The trio wield daggers and throwing knives capable of B-Tier basic cuts and stabs.
Abilities:- Sharp Throw [B-Tier] : A rapid but precise fling of a knife that turns into a blur after it departs the hand of the user. It travels 10m far and deals a bloody B-Tier wound to the targeted area.
- Ripping Slice [B-Tier] : The user puts two hands on his dagger and turns his hip viciously as he tries to cut through a limb of a target. When this attack is used, the user is a blur for a moment.
- Ash Cloud [B-Tier] : Using this ability, they cover a 30m diameter of land in a black ashy smog that restricts all from seeing beyond two meters in front of them.
- Quick Getaway [B-Tier] : With their horses, the men speed up and split up, all trying to reduce the chances of them being caught by riding headfirst into brush. The horses flee with B-Tier speed.
- Sharp Throw [B-Tier] : A rapid but precise fling of a knife that turns into a blur after it departs the hand of the user. It travels 10m far and deals a bloody B-Tier wound to the targeted area.
Job Name: Ash Trails II
Job Rank: B-Tier
Job Location: Ju Hua Lake
Job Reward: 200xp / 15000 Huang
Job Prerequisites: Ash Trails
Job Overview: Upon learning of the news that a criminal network is disrupting the peace of the eastern lands of Kou, the boy decides to pursue the organization. He confronts a tavern keeper in the region of Ju Hua for info on where the bulk of crime occurs. The man tells the snooping boy to not stick his head into business that is not his and that he will just get hurt. In the following days, he does not achieve any lead on the organization but as he is leaving a blacksmith one night, he takes quick notice of the face of the man who he talked to days before, the tavern owner. The familiar face was lurking within a dark alley in talks with a man in a black coat. In pursuit of the organization, he eavesdropped on their late night conversation. Yet to his dismay after hearing their talk, there was nothing of suspicion that came from their mouths. In fact, the men were simply conversing about the civil war and the conquered dungeon. When the men were done talking, they went their own separate paths.
He followed the man in the black coat for half an hour until then giving up after the man enters a house that Trently presumed was his. About to leave, a feminine voice would call out for help; queing the brave heroic boy to react. Dashing toward the house, he lept and crashed his head into an upper floor window. Was the assassin carrying out a hit on the woman? Anyway, he saves the woman. He grabs her and flees the scene, with her in his care after he defeats the man and turns him in. He questions her about why the man was trying to kill her. She explains her former fiance, a tavern keeper, wanted her dead for not sharing her family inherited wealth with him. With the woman by his side, he confronts the tavern owner.
It is then discovered that the tavern keeper, Jiang, is in cahoots with the same organization which Trently is looking to put a final stop to. An even larger brawl breaks out and the situation begins to escalate. The fight ends though once Jiang has been defeated. The hitman and Jiang are reported to authorities in the area and are taken into custody of the officials.
- Brotherhood of Ash Assassin:
Enemy Name: Assassin x1
Enemy Tier: B-Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: B-Tier
Description: A man in black clothing. He conceals throwing knives in his sleeves and uses a dagger with a poisoned tipped blade.
Abilities:- Sharp Throw [B-Tier] : A rapid but precise fling of a knife that turns into a blur after it departs the hand of the user. It travels 10m far and deals a bloody B-Tier wound to the targeted area.
- Poison Cut [B-Tier] : The user puts both his hands on his dagger and swipes viciously at a target up close. When this attack is used, the user is a blur for a moment. This can deal a B-Tier cut and poison that will make the target disoriented.
- Black Vision [B-Tier] : With a bag of an ashy dust in hand, the user will launch it at the target. It bursts open upon impact and blinds the target for a brief time.
- Sharp Throw [B-Tier] : A rapid but precise fling of a knife that turns into a blur after it departs the hand of the user. It travels 10m far and deals a bloody B-Tier wound to the targeted area.
- Jiang:
Enemy Name: Jiang, Tavern Keeper
Enemy Tier: B-Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: B-Tier
Description: An older man in his early thirties of a large muscular frame. He uses two heavy swords to fight and wears heavy armor under his clothes.
Abilities:- Swinging Death [B-Tier] : Jiang raises his right blade, strikes his target, them does the same with his left blade. He uses his momentum to blur his attacks and speed up, striking far quicker the second time to deal C-Tier damage per strike.
- Bladed Impact [B-Tier] : With his lower body strength, he pounces above his target 5m in the air and reigns his blades down upon the selected target as he falls with tremendous weight and power. If not careful, the victim of this attack can very well be critically wounded. The ability deals B-Tier damage.
- Swinging Death [B-Tier] : Jiang raises his right blade, strikes his target, them does the same with his left blade. He uses his momentum to blur his attacks and speed up, striking far quicker the second time to deal C-Tier damage per strike.
Job Name: Ash Trails III
Job Rank: B-Tier
Job Location: Ju Hua Lake
Job Reward: 200xp / 15000 Huang
Job Prerequisites: Ash Trails II
Job Overview: He needed a lead. Perhaps he should stake out of the tavern of the man that he busted last night? It was no longer able to be ran with its owner in custody of officials but the organization may just not be fully aware yet of his capture, so they may drop by the tavern to check up on him. Staking out the tavern, a man in regular clothing will be seen trying to enter via the backdoor with a key. The officials had yet to investigate the tavern but it was better this way for the detective.
He now found himself a lead that may or may not provide him with further information on the organization. Trailing behind the man into the empty tavern, the suspicious man quickly would learn of the inactivity of the establishment, making him rush out in haste. What is it that is going on here? He followed the man and soon enough he would come to find the new hideout of the organization. This is when the true fight to put a stop to the Brotherhood began.
- Brotherhood of Ash Assassins:
Enemy Name: Assassins x3
Enemy Tier: B-Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: B-Tier
Description: Men in black coats with typical Kou clothing underneath. They hide throwing knives in their sleeves and use twin daggers with poisoned tipped blades.
Abilities:- Sharp Throw [B-Tier] : A rapid but precise fling of a knife that turns into a blur after it departs the hand of the user. It travels 10m far and deals a bloody B-Tier wound to the targeted area.
- Poison Cut [B-Tier] : The user puts one hand on each twin dagger and swipes at a target up close. When this attack is used, the user is a blur for a moment. This can deal two C-Tier cuts and poison that will make the target disoriented.
- Black Vision [B-Tier] : With a bag of an ashy dust in hand, the user will launch it at the target. It bursts open upon impact and blinds the target for a brief time.
- Sharp Throw [B-Tier] : A rapid but precise fling of a knife that turns into a blur after it departs the hand of the user. It travels 10m far and deals a bloody B-Tier wound to the targeted area.
- Brotherhood of Ash Narcotics Magician:
Enemy Name: Narcotics Magician x1
Enemy Tier: A-Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: A-Tier
Description: A man a in black coat with typical Kou clothing underneath. He wields an A-Tier black wood wand and deals D-Tier base damage with it.
Abilities:- Black Suffocation [B-Tier] : With his wand in hand, he taps his target and casts a spell on them that begins to suffocate them with a cloud of black ashy smoke. The cloud sticks to the user and requires B-Tier strength to forcefully remove.
- Shock [B-Tier] : The user grants an ally the ability to eject B-Tier electricity bolts from all basic attacks. It can travel as far as 15 meters from the user. If hit by the bolt, the target will be shocked and dealt burns where they were hit by the electricity attack.
- Black Suffocation [B-Tier] : With his wand in hand, he taps his target and casts a spell on them that begins to suffocate them with a cloud of black ashy smoke. The cloud sticks to the user and requires B-Tier strength to forcefully remove.
Job Name: Ash Trails IV
Job Rank: B-Tier
Job Location: Kou Empire
Job Reward: 200xp / 15000 Huang
Job Prerequisites: Ash Trails III
Job Overview: Taking out a small unit of the organization that was located in the Jua Hua Lake area, word begins to spread to the other organization units that an unknown person is trying to kick them out of the Kou Empire. This does not sit well with the higher ups and they issue men to look into who is behind these attacks on them. A sketch of what the culprit looks like is drawn by a surviving member from the unit in the Ju Hua lake area and rumor begins to spread in the Kou Empire of a boy with a demon horn who is terrorizing the country. This allows for the organization to be able to easily locate Trently and he is found in a matter of days. A unit of organization members strike at Trently in the night and the boy is forced awake to defend his life.
- Brotherhood of Ash Assassins:
Enemy Name: Assassins x10
Enemy Tier: B-Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: B-Tier
Description: Men in black coats with typical Kou clothing underneath. They hide throwing knives in their sleeves and use twin daggers with poisoned tipped blades.
Abilities:- Sharp Throw [B-Tier] : A rapid but precise fling of a knife that turns into a blur after it departs the hand of the user. It travels 10m far and deals a bloody B-Tier wound to the targeted area.
- Poison Cut [B-Tier] : The user puts one hand on each twin dagger and swipes at a target up close. When this attack is used, the user is a blur for a moment. This can deal two C-Tier cuts and poison that will make the target disoriented.
- Black Vision [B-Tier] : With a bag of an ashy dust in hand, the user will launch it at the target. It bursts open upon impact and blinds the target for a brief time.
- Sharp Throw [B-Tier] : A rapid but precise fling of a knife that turns into a blur after it departs the hand of the user. It travels 10m far and deals a bloody B-Tier wound to the targeted area.
- Brotherhood of Ash Warrior:
Enemy Name: Kina Warrior
Enemy Tier: B-Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: B-Tier
Description: A tall and thin young man of six feet stature with a lean muscular frame. He is garbed in black bandit clothes and black coat with a black ponytail. The man uses a katana like one from Kina.
Abilities:- Flash Strike [B-Tier] : The user puts his foot down onto the ground and his next step allows him to cover 5m ahead of him, striking at the torso of a target with his katana to cut them down, deals B-Tier damage.
- After Image Assault [B-Tier] : In a 5m proximity of the target, he steps insanely fast and rapidly around the target, creating flash images of himself to confuse the target where he will end up. Then the user suddenly lunges from behind the target and attempts to stab the target in the back torso for B-Tier damage.
- Flash Strike [B-Tier] : The user puts his foot down onto the ground and his next step allows him to cover 5m ahead of him, striking at the torso of a target with his katana to cut them down, deals B-Tier damage.
Job Name: Ash Trails V
Job Rank: B-Tier
Job Location: Kou Empire
Job Reward: 200xp / 15000 Huang
Job Prerequisites: Ash Trails IV
Job Overview: The very next day after being attacked, Trently is awaken by the stench of smoke coming from a nearby village that shooed him out of village for the demon rumors. He bolts to see what is going on to then find out the village is on fire and being razed by men in black and brown clothes. The people are being killed with no villagers being left alive. This enraged Trently and has him strike at the raiders, sparing none of their lives. A small unit of them flees thinking that Trently did not see them. Trently notices them and confronts them, killing them all and taking a coward that tried to run as hostage.
- Brotherhood of Ash Raiders:
Enemy Name: Warrior Raiders x12
Enemy Tier: B-Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: B-Tier
Description: A band of thieving men recently hired by the organization who are merciless and evil to the core. The men wear black cloaks with brown raggedy shirts and trousers stained in blood. It appears as if they kill and pillage often. They wield long daggers.
Abilities:- Rapid Fire [B-Tier] : All of the men gather around the target and launch a throwing dagger at him one after another aimed for vital organs. If any dagger makes contact, the target may suffer from dizziness and severe bleeding. They deal B-Tier damage if hit.
- Man Cannon [B-Tier] : In a 10m proximity of the target, three men work in unison to launch one man with great force through the air carrying a long dagger at a target. The catapulted man aims with great precision at the neck of his unlucky target and stabs into their neck dealing a lethal B-Tier damage to the neck of said target.
- Damned Shield [B-Tier] : The user grabs ahold of a nearby bystander with instaneous and blocks an incoming attack with the body of the innocent bystander, this ability defends up to B-Tier damage.
- Rapid Fire [B-Tier] : All of the men gather around the target and launch a throwing dagger at him one after another aimed for vital organs. If any dagger makes contact, the target may suffer from dizziness and severe bleeding. They deal B-Tier damage if hit.
Job Name: Ash Trails VI
Job Rank: B-Tier
Job Location: Kou Empire
Job Reward: 200xp / 15000 Huang
Job Prerequisites: Ash Trails V
Job Overview: With the cowardly hostage, Trently is told the location of a frequent meeting place of high ranking members in the organization. This leads to Trently traveling to the main city the brotherhood is based in. Along the way however, his identity is taken note of by informants for the organization and reported to the right hand man of the brotherhood. As the young hero is about to enter the main city of the criminal organization, he is ambushed in the night yet once more but by a new face. It is the second most powerful man in the eastern sector of the organization, and he truly proves to be quote a strong matchup. Upon his defeat, he kills himself to avoid being tortured by Trently to extract information from him.
Job Name: Ash Trails VI
Job Rank: B-Tier
Job Location: Kou Empire
Job Reward: 200xp / 15000 Huang
Job Prerequisites: Ash Trails V
Job Overview: No more people coming after him, Trently enters the main city with his hostage. The very first day within the city, he is noticed despite his hooded robes and he is met with hostility and soldiers and mercenaries trying to kill him and take him into custody. He is framed and blamed for the village that was burned down. Trently must escape from the city to keep his freedom but is met resistance. Once he clears a way for himself out of the city, he is confronted by a famous merchant and mercenary, a woman named Fenghuang. She will claim to vanquish the demon of the country and protect the peace of the empire by defeating Trently. (This job ends before a plot opportunity for Trently to fight a famous merchant and mercenary and gain notoriety). It is learned in this job that Fenghuang is the leader of a defected Brotherhood of Ash who call themselves the Trails of Ash, or commonly known as the Fenghuang Trading Company, having secretly worked with Gao Yuan Zu, contracting the rebel faction with mercenaries. In the west, within Reim and its neighboring lands, the Fenghuang Trading Company is referred to as the Phoenix Trading Company.