Blasting and Ripping!

Validus dropped into the net, Sending sparks flying everywhere as he landed on the floor of cyberspace. The navi unconciously brushed off the sparks on his body. "I thought I told you to get rid of that..." The Navi muttered, but then noticed Tsujsa snickering.

"You're never going to take that off." The Navi growled. He sighed. "Yep. I think it's cool. So I'm not taking it off."

Validus sighed, and began to run in search of prey.
Validus encountered an odd group of viruses. A single Metool, OldStove and Powie blocked his way. There was nothing special about them or the terrain, but it was just strange seeing one of each seeing as how they normally attacked in groups.

Metool: 40 HP
OldStove: 50 HP
Powie: 60 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

Validus: 120 HP

[Battle 1 - Begin!]
"What the... this is the first time I've seen a group of different viruses..."
"Heh, makes no difference. Let's eliminate them!" Tsujsa remarked as he slotted in an Aquaneedle chip. The launcher on Validus's Launcher changed it's shape dramatically, turning into something similar like a lance but with a trigger. The weapon automatically load up a targetting system to calculate the trajectory path from his weapon to the viruses.

"That thing with the fire pot... that thing's probably weak to aqua type attacks, unless logic fails me. Prioritize your hits on it with the Aquaneedle, Validus!" Tsujsa ordered. Validus nodded and touched his fingers on the screen to set his targets: 2 shots on OldStove and one shot on the... flimsy looking things with a ":|" face on it. He pressed his trigger and the weapon launched three needles into the air, before turning around as if drawn by gravity and raining on their targets.

Tsujsa immediately slotted a shotgun chip right after the volley of aquaneedles. The Validus launcher then changed back into the familiar Shotgun configuration. Taking careful aim, the Navi fired the shotgun at the Metool, before sprinting from his position to get out of harms way.

Summary:
1. Aquaneedle (3 hits, 2 x 40 Critical damage [due to weakness] on Oldstove, 1 x 20 dmg on Powie.)
2. Shotgun (50 dmg on Metool)
3. Doj!
Two of the Aquaneedles crashed into the OldStove before it had a chance to scuttle away. The watery attacks burst into steam as they hit the fiery core of the virus deleting it outright while the Powie merely received a light smack in the head. The Shotgun deleted the Metool just as quickly as the OldStove. The surviving Powie leapt up and tried to crush Validus under its heavy frame but missed. It did manage to leave a big crack in the floor though.

Metool: DELETED
OldStove: DELETED
Powie: 40 HP

Terrain: 95% Normal, 5% Cracked

Validus: 120 HP
"Whoa!"
"It's impact was strong enough to leave a piece of the landscape unstable..." Tsujsa remarked, staring at the result of the impact in awe.

Tsujsa didn't waste time on wondering how the virus managed that spectacular feat, however. Slotting in a cannon chip, he ordered Validus to take it out, before it gets another chance to turn Validus into Cyber Pancakes.

The Navi nodded, not eager to turn into a pancake, and pulled his weapon up. The weapon morphed once more, giving shape to a large barrel and a reflex scope. Validus took aim, and fired the Cannon, before cocking the rifle to eject the spent shell. He then started to move from his position, just in case the weapon had not made contact with the virus and giving it a chance to counter attack.

Summary:
1. Cannon - 40 dmg - Powie
2. Doj!
3. Doj!
The Powie leapt into the air again but Validus took it out with his quickdraw Cannon before it landed. Scanning the field, he found some zenny and battlechip data leftover from the OldStove. Excellent.

Metool: DELETED
OldStove: DELETED
Powie: DELETED

Terrain: 95% Normal, 5% Cracked

Validus: 120 HP

[Battle 1 - Victory!]

Get: 200z + FireBurn1 battlechip
"Bagged em'"
"And I didn't break a sweat too. Amazing."
"Looks like training did increase our lethality after all." Tsujsa said smilingly. Validus couldn't help himself but grinned back.

"Let's go, we've still got more viruses to bust." Validus said as he ran in search of more viruses while slinging his weapon back.
Three Swordys appear in sight, seeming to escort a rather pompous Melody with a crown on its head. At any rate, spotting Validus made the Swordys worry for their "lord" and they proceeded to get in a defensive stance in front of the Melody.

-Frontlines-
Swordy-NA: 60 HP
Swordy-NB: 60 HP
Swordy-NC: 60 HP

-Protected-
Melody: 80 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

Validus.exe: 120 HP

-BATTLE 2-
-START-
"Validus, hostiles!"
"I know, I'm going to get into a further position to snipe them. They seem to be melee attackers only.."

Tsujsa slotted in a shotgun chip as Validus unslung his Cannon and brought it up to bear. The weapon morphed into it's shotgun configuration as Validus got into position for a perfect shot. Once he had found the sweet spot, he depressed the trigger, sending a hail of bullets at the enemy.

Right after the shotgun attack, the NetOp sent data for an Aquaneedle. The cannon then morphed into a lance, a targetting screen popping out on the side. Validus set his targets by touching his fingers on the screen, locking onto all three of the swordies. He aimed it upwards 60 degrees or so, and fired the needles, each needle aimed for each individual swordy.

Summary:
1. Get into position
2. Shotgun - 50 dmg - Swordy-NA (Possible splash to Swordy-NB)
3. Aquaneedle - 3 x 20 dmg (1 on each swordy)
The combination of Shotgun and Aquaneedle made noticeable damage onto the Swordy Group, but from the sheer concentration of attacking, Validus didn't see the enemy coming in for the attack! The Lord Melody sneaked up from behind and jumped on the navi to "squash" it, but fortunately, only inflicted few damages. The Swordy moved from his position to continue protecting his Lord from further danger.

-Frontlines-
Swordy-NA: DELETED
Swordy-NB: DELETED
Swordy-NC: 40 HP

-Protected-
Melody: 80 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

Validus.exe: 105 HP
"Owww..."
"That was reckless alright. Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm still good."

Tsujsa breathed a sigh of relief before pulling out the Cannon chip. "Take out the enemy now. I think one shot should snuff it out." The Netop remarked as he slotted in the cannon chip.

Validus took aim as the his weapon morphed into the Cannon configuration. One squeeze, and a cannon shell was sent flying straight towards the enemy, before Validus started moving from his position to avoid getting hit.

Summary:
1. Cannon - 40 dmg - SwordyNC
2. Doj!
3. Doj!
POOM. The Swordy was deleted, leaving the Melody unprotected. It tried to jump on Validus but it wasn't very successful.

-Frontlines-
Swordy-NA: DELETED
Swordy-NB: DELETED
Swordy-NC: DELETED

-Protected-
Melody: 80 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

Validus.exe: 105 HP
"Validus..."
"Yes, I know what you're thinking."

"Let's burn the thing to a crisp!" Tsujsa said as he slotted in the fireburn chip into the PET. Validus's weapon began to change into a new shape. This time it was in the form of a flamethrower. Charging in, Validus laughed maniacally as he bathed the virus in flames.

Truly, the effect of gas and fire can have adverse effects on a Navi.

As soon as the Flame attack had died down, Validus shifted away, still pointing the weapon at the virus. "Activating Valor Beam." The Navi said as he flipped a switch on the side of the weapon. The Flamethrower reverted back into it's normal state as Validus pulled the trigger, building up energy at the barrel. And then...

A lance of energy streaked towards the virus as Validus released the trigger. The beam sparking a luminescent white glow as it lanced across cyberspace.

Summary:
1. Flameburn - 50 DMG - Melody
2. Valor Beam - 40 DMG - Melody
3. Freeaction
Validus activated his newly acquired Fireburn and did, in fact, "bathe the virus in flames". However, leaping free from the fire like a round chubby phoenix, the Melody landed hard on Validus's head again in a show of its skill and majesty. As it bounded off, Validus was able to catch it with his Valor Beam and delete it, leaving some zenny behind.

-Frontlines-
Swordy-NA: DELETED
Swordy-NB: DELETED
Swordy-NC: DELETED

-Protected-
Melody: DELETED

Terrain: 100% Normal

Validus.exe: 90 HP

[Battle 2 - Victory!]

Get: 400z
Validus slung his rifle as the music note-like virus was deleted from existance by a hole shredded in it by the Valor Beam.

"Last virus done. Next up?"
"Let's swing by at the Netsquare. I saw a notice where there's a netbattler wanting to meet people to fight with as comrdes."
"Really? Where?"

Tsujsa scratched his head. "He says he hangs out most often in some kind of Cafe near the ACDC portal at the Netsquare, I'm not really sure. But two netbattlers could make short work of viruses better than just one."

Validus nodded in agreement. "Well, what're we waiting for? Let's go."

[[PROCEEDING TO NETSQUARE]]