Task Name: The Collector
Tier: 4
NPC or PC: NPC
Location: Ohara (Off shore)
Crew, Team, or Personal: Team
Description: You'll go after the Collector to claim your treasure. After tracking him down, you'll sail to an island where he - The former pirate Raziel - lives in his mansion, prowl through his minions, and eventually find him with the treasure he got from the temple. He will open it in front of you, revealing a devil fruit. Though he seems unwilling to eat it at first, he wishes to keep the fruit in his posession, and eventually eats it when pressured in battle (<30% Health).
Enemy Details: 20 T0 Grunts; 10 T1 Grunts, 3 T3 Underbosses
Boss: The Collector (Appears at Turn 3)

boss:

Finally, a breakthrough...! It had taken a long while, plenty of scouting and paying off pirates and other unsavory characters, but Linnea had finally acquired enough information to take the fight to the Collector.

She didn't want to bring her crew along on this dangerous mission, at least not those who didn't volunteer... She was their Captain and, and Raziel had one sidedly wiped the floor with her all those months back. So she took the opportunity when most of them were off in their own adventures, taking the ship after dropping each of them off on their desired islands. Each had their goals, their own things to see, half of those who travelled with her weren't even in her crew, at least not yet. So, she didn't find anything wrong with settling this feud herself. The island Raziel was currently holed up in was located in Ohara, a tiny islet off shore. He all but owned that little island, so it would defenitely be crawling with his minions. Yet as she approached that island, she couldn't help but notice a ship anchored off Ohara... It looked old and rugged, adorned with an unmistakable named "The Flying Dutchman". Linnea gasped, she had never seen this ship, but she knew of it, and knew who owned it: Her friend Melissa. This fortunate coincidence was exactly what she needed to surprise Raziel and his grunts. Without wasting a single minute, she scribbled a message on a piece of paper and gave it to Sengoku: "Melissa, i have a proposition for you. There's an island nearby with plenty of treasure ripe for plunder, more than I could ever carry on my own. I'm only interested in a specific chest however, so if you help me get rid of its inhabitants, you'll be more than welcome to everything else. Signed: Naga D. Linnea... PS: Here is Den den Mushi number, contact me if you feel up for this."

"Take this to a dark haired girl with pigtails. If she agrees, lead her back to my ship.", she said. And with a squak, the Southbird grabbed the paper with his beak and took to the skies and headed for the Flying dutchman. Crying its odd call, he was hoping to draw the recipient's attention. When he found a girl matching Melissa's description, he would then hand over Linnea's message.

Meanwhile, Linnea would anchor her ship just outside Raziel's island, hidden under a reef while she awaited her response... In the meantime, she looked through her scope to the far off Island, noticing Raziel's ship and some of his men walking around the beach. Between their Mercenary crew manning the cannons and Spook's help, it shouldn't be too hard to clear a path. Even if Melissa didn't see her message, she already had a decent plan in mind....

Stuff: Black Den Den Mushi; Baby Den Den Mushi; T4 Bow, Concetta; T3 arrows; T1 arrows; Ranger Dress

The young woman would be lounging around in Ohara, pocketing a few jewels here and there, nothing of major excitement to be perfectly honest. Melissa Devaroux would continue such endeavours until she had made her way through out the bazaar, now donning a beautiful gypsy like outfit. The female would grin as she placed her satchel filled with stolen goods upon her hip. The dripping weather would be somewhat annoying but Melissa would brave it in small parts. Using shop doors and alley ways to keep herself dry. She didn't mind the rain, but this outfit was silk and she did not wish to have it ruined. Alas though, she may not have a choice for while diving in and out of door ways. The young girl would become the flavour of the month in some birds eyes.

What was strange was its call and the way it cocked its head to look at her. A scroll within its mouth. Melissa reached up and it dropped into her palm. Reading it, Melissa would grin. So Naga was in need of her assistance, well of course the Yuki Yuki No Mi User would reply...if she had a den den mushi. Instead she would scribble her own words upon the parchment before placing it back in the birds mouth. "Back to Naga birdy" she would say prior to the bird taking off. Melissa would follow it, climibing in her trust row boat and paddleing out to sea....you see...she couldnt use her own ship cuz well she didn't know how to drive it.

If Naga were to read the message it would state "ON MY WAY".

[I do apologize for the somewhat rubbish post]

The sails were promptly switched for the Lateen ones, they would need the manouverability a lot more than raw speed. She had ample time to do so as she awaited for her Southbird, and her Grunts were also getting ready below deck, preparing all the cannons. But eventually, the wait was over:

"Jyooo!!", she heard Sengoku approaching from not that fire away, his beak with a new pessage. He had completed his goal, but nobody had called her Den Den Mushi yet. Still, Melissa did say she was on her way, which more than enough for Linnea to get a move on

Her message had been relayed, together with a rather accurate description of how to reach Raziel's island: Melissa would get here when she got here, but right now Linnea's first priority was ensuring she didnt' give her nemesis any chance to see her coming in advance. For that purpose, every idle moment spent here was a chance for them to detect her; and thus she quickly commanded the mercenary crew to move all the artillery to Starboard side. Her plan was simple, sail around the island with the side facing it at all times, raining cannonfire hell all over the place. And that was exactly what they did. The first target of her surprise attack was the large ship docked there. Six ball and chain shots loaded onto the cannons and initiating the fight; though not all of them hit their mark, the ship's sails were an easy target and ripping them apart enough so they couldn't move was relatively easy. The main mast fell soon after, and unguarded, static ship was a sitting duck when a trained Sharpshooter like Linnea set out to man one of the cannons herself.

With this done, the enemies immediately started scurrying around the beach, returning fire with their measly rifles. The Melusine displayed its impressive feats of manouverability with the lateen sails and shallow keel, sailing dangerously close to the beach to the point even Linnea was impressed it didn't run aground. She has never pushed her ship's maouverability to this limit after all. She took cover behind the board of the ship, making full use of the Kairouseki hull to serve as a form of unbreakable cover, and activated her longest range Kenbunshoku Haki, seeking out the strongest enemies present there: It was really easy, just pick out the ones not being blown away by cannon fire.

As pain filled screams and explosions filled their ears Lin's Haki gave her an edge as she promptly picked out the first of many strong defenders: One man wielding two swords jumped in the path of a cannonball, ready to intercept it. But Linnea would have a surprise ready for him... Already having a steel tipped arrow ready, she infused it with Haki and took aim, letting it fly right after the cannonball. As the big projectile was cut apart like simple cheese, she could feel the man's surprise as he was caught wide open - in mid air - by a menacing jet black arrow. His pain filled cry filled her ears followed by a loud thump as he fell down, defeated, with an arrow stuck to his chest. But this feat, while it scared the enemy grunts, rallies their leaders, and soon Linnea was forced to contend to another attacker no bit weaker than the first one, "Rankyaku!!"

She barely had time to duck her head down as a wind blade came soaring over her, nipping of a lock of her platinum hair and leaving a cut in her cheek. If not for her Haki she would have been decapitated, completely unable to see that attack coming. She scowled, turning her cold hunting eyes to the new enemy, a Martial artist who could walk on air! This wasn't the first time she'd seen this style, and she knew how dangerous it could be. The wind blade went on and left a large cut in the Melusine's main sail, significantly hindering its speed. Tch... This was gonna be troublesome... She had to clear the shore a bit more before she'd dare trying to take the rowboat and storm it...

"Geppou!!", announced the guy as he closed the gap towards the Melusine. Linnea let loose three arrows in quick succession, trying to shoot him out of the sky, yet the guy just side stepped them... So annoying... But now that she was paying full attention to his aura, she saw the  the oncoming wind blade, "Rankyaku!!"; No way she was gonna let him tear up any more of her sails. With quick reflexes, she loaded an arrow and shot it at it into its path, destroying both projectiles. Yet this was only a feint, "Soru!!"

So persistent... So annoying... Linnea actually had to struggle to react to this man's speed, even with her Haki, but fortunately he had a gap to close, allowing the archer to draw an arrow once the guy was close enough, as they shouted the name of their techniques in tandem:

"Viper Bite!"

"Shigan!!"

Only a mere inch away from her heart... He was so close, but unfortunately for him: Close doesn't count. Linnea's cold expression drew into a cold faint smile as she won the skirmish, stopping the guy in his tracks with a straggering, quickly drawn arrow, she pierced him right through his neck, letting him fall limp onto the deck of her ship, life slowly fading from his bleeding body...

Spoiler:

Defeated two T3 Underbooses, roughly 13 T0 grunts and 2 T1 defeated by cannon fire

Spoiler:

Defeated two T3 Underbooses, roughly 17 T0 grunts and 4 T1 defeated by cannon fire.

[Requesting Staff NPC for Raziel!]