MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

Leo consumed another MP potion, his mana reserves were low once again.

While dodging a series of acidic potions spat in his direction he barely managed to avoid the huge tail of the monster that could still reach him even though the beast itself was flying high in the air.

Launching himself backwards he took a deep breath looking at the creature's menacing frame hovering right above him.

'Just get down!'

Hissing Leo threw a Lightning Bolt at its soft abdomen, which, unfortunately, didn't do much damage, because the Basilisk suddenly turned its body upside down and blocked the projectile with its scales.

This was the third time the monster used this move to deflect Lightning Bolts. Even so Leo was collected not letting his emotions sway his judgment.

Looking at his rapidly changing Mana numbers on his Status screen he noticed that he had a little bit over a dozen of MP potions left.

Leo now had to be resourceful and be smart about the way he spent his Mana.

Stealthily moving in between the debris Leo wanted to disappear from the monster's line of sight. Moving his legs as rapidly and softly as he could Leo made sure that low to no sound would be produced as he made his way towards the giant creature's tail.

Of course, for a demon who had a two digit Agility it was rather hard, or in this case impossible.

Leo saw the Basilisk's eyes glistening in the dimly illuminated room and quickly took cover, because the beast would've frozen him in place.

'Stupid Ability!'

Cursing in between his breaths Leo frowned looking at Vampiric sword stuck in the Basilisk's scales, shining in eerie red color.

Suddenly the Basilisk dived down towards the ground and started thrashing around the area, raising a huge dust cloud as well as making the battlefield even more of a chaos than it previously was.

David was forced to retreat to the corner of the room and try to avoid the ferocious violence of the boss, while Leo hid behind a huge boulder that wouldn't be easily moved even if the snake used its hardest to push it.

Leo was struggling not to throw another Lightning Bolt at the monster destroying the battlefield behind him. He knew that his Mana was a resource he had to save and wasting it on a 'not sure to hit' situation would be useless.

Looking at the Vampiric Sword, as if glued, stuck inside the beast's body whether it went, cursed. The damn snake was too agile and had crazy reflexes that disallowed him from constantly damaging its soft abdomen with spells.

'Just stay still...'

Creating a Lightning Bolt and aiming it at the Basilisk's constantly moving figure he finally found an opening and threw the spell at the damaged eye of the beast.

Shriek...

Leo has just bought himself a few seconds to dash and grab the Vampiric sword shining in the scales of the giant snake.

'Now or never!'

Making a run for it Leo made sure to approach the snake, from the side it couldn't see him and snatch away the weapon, before it could even realize what happened.

With slightly trembling arms he finally touched the hilt of the sword and tried pulling it with all his strength he had saved throughout the battle.

Unfortunately being a mage he had invested nothing into his Strength attribute, hence couldn't even move the sword from its original spot.

"Come on!"

Leo's expression turned grim, feeling that the Basilisk shifted its head so it could see what was tickling its side.

'Fuck!'

Making a last ditch effort Leo felt his hands go numb while one of his muscles tore from overextension.

The damn sword didn't even move, as if cemented into the monster's body it stayed in its position not giving in to Leo's attempts.

Eventually Leo had to give up and retreat backwards or else his whole body would've been devoured by the Basilisk.

"David! I'll distract the fucking snake! Get the sword!"

Hoping that the guy was close enough to hear his words Leo jumped away from another tail strike approaching him at a surprisingly fast pace. This time Leo wasn't as lucky as before and was slightly grazed by the attack.

Unfortunately even the slightest graze was very powerful, sending Leo crashing into the wall on the other side of the room.

"Aghhh!"

Vomiting blood the Shadow Mage felt that the inner damage was massive, he had to consume a potion... Quickly!

Unfortunately, the Basilisk thought otherwise.

Boom...

The beast's giant jaws collided with the wall Leo was thrown against a few seconds ago. The man in question was laying on the ground a few meters to the side, trying to drink the red potion held in his trembling hands.

The gut-wrenching pain was not helping him, but finally Leo emptied the potions contents into his mouth and his body started recovering at a speed visible to an eye.

Hisss...

Unfortunately the Basilisk's shadow was hovering above him, staring directly into his eyes making Leo freeze in place.

Leo could even see a small grin plastered the monster's face as it opened its giant jaws intending to devour him.

Crack...

Suddenly the beast froze in place and blood left its mouth as it threw its head backwards aiming at something standing on top of its body.

When the eye contact was broken Leo could finally move and propelling himself on his legs he quickly noticed David clashing with the beast while holding a shining red sword.

'We have around a minute'

Recalling the time limit until the sword was out of the blood energy Leo quickly created some Lightning Bolts before throwing them towards the Basilisk who was busy, trying to repel attacks from David.

The sword devourer was wielding could even pierce through the scales of the Basilisk making it wary of David's presence, fortunately it forgot that Leo was also able to make it suffer.

Shriek...

The Lightning Bolt pierced into its blind eye sending electricity through its body.

~ The Basilisk has suffered from Status Effect [ Electrocuted ]

~ The Monster will be temporarily unfunctional, due to the damage done to the brain

~ Duration → 30 seconds

~~~~

Grinning Leo jumped towards the beast who had suddenly fallen on the ground not able to move a muscle.

"Aim to damage its scales!"

Shouting to David Leo started tearing scales of the beast's body. Even though it didn't do a lot of damage, Leo didn't intend to damage the monster. His plan was to uncover as much of its skin as he possibly could, so it'd have more weaknesses they could hit during its Berserker state.

David, of course, heard Leo's shout and turned his gaze to see Leo ripping away the scales using his Lighting bolt as a knife.

'What a weird way to use a spell...'

He thought, but followed after him using his sword to basically cut open the black scales of the massive monster.

Shriek...

The 30 seconds they had passed in a flash and while the beast's upper body had a patch of scales missing its HP was still in thousands.

As soon as the Beast recovered from the Status Effect, it instantaneously started charging up the Magma Shockwave.

Of course David got behind Leo, while the mage deployed a shield, but this time the attack from the beast was unexpected.

Crash...

The shield shattered, but the explosion didn't occur, instead a massive tail rammed against the Shadow Protection, shattering it in pieces.

'Shit!'

Grabbing David by his collar, Leo threw him into the nearest crack and followed right after him.

Boom...

The real Mana shockwave now exploded above the ground shaking the whole room. Leo even felt the heat brush against his back as he was considerably close to the surface.

'We Should end this...'

Looking at the sword held in David's hands slowly losing color Leo lowered his head and whispered a few things into his teammate's ear.

After their small dialogue was over Leo was grinning while David's face was completely pale.

"You are a crazy!"

He pointed as if blaming Leo, but the Mage only shrugged his soldiers before quickly leaving the temporary crack in the ground.

The menacing figure of the Basilisk was towering above him, but Leo now had no fear over it... his hands were shaking, because it was cold.

The damn Basilisk was too big to be called a snake, it ugly face, big fangs, ability to fly, everything about the creature made Leo frown.

Distancing himself from the crack he was previously hiding in, Leo made sure to taunt the boss so it would follow after him.

Whoosh... Whoosh...

His Lightning Bolts flew at the snake, one of them hit the snake's uncovered skin, while the other missed, although barely.

Shriek...

The Basilisk's HP was slowly moving towards 10% and Leo's smile was only widening by every second.

Whoosh...

Another Lightning Projectile tore through the air and hit the beast where its scales were ripped apart.

[ The Dungeon Boss is entering Berserk Mode! ]

A system message notified Leo about the monster's condition.

"It's show time!"