MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

Walking through the streets Leo finally approached the mayor's wooden mansion. Cracking his knuckles Leo knocked the door three times in a row, did a little pause and punched the golden text with all his strength.

- 1HP

Like the last time his knuckles were bleeding, but it was short lived, because soon the door was unlocked and a man with a grey beard appeared in the doorway.

" Took you long enough! "

His cheeks were red from alcohol and his breath stank.

Quest Completed!

LOOT

1 : 5000 EXP

2: Water Gear [ Silver ]

3 : 5,000 Gold Coins

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[ Congratulations reaching Lv.7 ... Lv.8 ]

[+40 SP ]

As soon as I got the reward and saw that I leveled up, I duped all the Status Points into the Intelligence attribute. I knew that my damage was quite lacking compared to before I reset my character.

The very next thing I did was read the description of the Water Gear.

1 : Water Gear [ Silver ]

-- A set of boots allowing one to stand on water.

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The item was perfect for fights in water and Leo put it in his inventory. He had no immediate use for it, but he knew that it'll be used at least once.

Shrugging his shoulder he noticed that the mayor was already gone leaving Leo alone. With a slight smile he left the mansion and started walking into the forest.

It was time to raid a dungeon...

Moving through the forest Leo was suddenly attacked by a snake, a monster he had already fought previously.

[ BASILISK'S LACKEY ]

-- A Lackey of a great reptilian beast

-- Water type beast that live near Basilisk's nest

-- Carnivore; Aggressive

[ Short Description ]

-- A lackey of a great Basilisk. The snake was born with a sole goal of following the greater reptile being and completing itsorders without hesitation.The beast will not allow any third party to approach the nest of the Basilisk.

ATTRIBUTES

[Lv. 6 ]

HP: 300 ll AGL: 80

MP: 50 ll PDEF: 60

STR: 70 || MDEF: 50

NT: 21 ll SN: 5

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SPELLS

1 : Poisonous Spit Lv.2

-- Spit acidic Poison at your enemies

2 : Slithery Flight < Lv. 4 >

-- You are able to move in air... Scary!

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ACTIVE SKILLS

1 : Leap Lv.4

-- Leap at your enemy within a distance of 15 meters

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<PASSIVE SKILLs >

1 : Poison Blood Lv.3

-- Your blood is poisonous, disallowing enemies to eat or bite you

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Looking at its name and Status Leo was sure that he was moving the right way, hence quickly disposed of the beast by using Lightning Bolt and went to the direction it came from.

He couldn't recall, but he was sure that the dungeon was already found, but nobody had managed to fully clear it. Approaching the entrance to the dungeon Leo noticed a crowd of people lining up in front of the dark cave.

Seeing their faces Leo knew that most of them were low leveled and were yet to die, hence believed that they could easily clear the dungeon.

Gazing at all the parties he noticed a party of three devourer's biting their nails and looking around as if searching for someone.

' How lucky... '

Approaching the group Leo managed to control his smirk and tapped the closest demon's shoulder.

" Hello, may I join your group? "

The young demon with two small horns protruding from his head turned towards Leo and started assessing him.

" Are you a mage? "

His question was straightforward, but understandable. The group composition of 3 melee fighters was in shambles without a ranged fighter, hence having a mage or at least an archer was crucial.

Nodding his Leo summoned a Lightning Bolt as a sign of him having a Spell.

He could see the leading Demon sighing in relief after he saw that Leo was no imposter and gave him a warm smile.

" Thank you, you really saved us. My name is Paul, these two are David and Charles "

Pointing towards himself and his group members Paul did a quick introduction before indulging himself about the raid plan.

" Since you haven't heard our plan, I'll quickly explain it to you... "

Since his group now had a mage they could pretty much wipe out the minions easily, but the problem was the boss.

Basilisk is a Dungeon boss meaning that it lives in its own domain giving it extra attributes. Paul, Charles and David were planning to bait it out of its domain and kill it before it had a chance to escape.

' A pretty decent plan... '

Leo thought, looking at the scheme drawn on the ground using a stick. He did have a better one, but revealing it to the public would bring unnecessary attention.

Leo was pretty confident that even without the bugs or other cheesing techniques the Boss would fall under his and his teammates' hands, especially when his damage was a bit, only a tiny bit, above the average.

He spent most of his time chatting with his teammates, trying to understand each other better, when finally their turn came.

" Let's go! "

Paul said and they all jumped into a dark cave when suddenly Leo's and the others' bodies turned into light particles and were transported into the dungeon.

" I'll never get used to this... "

Leo heard a voice and soon a sound of vomiting was heard by all the group members. Since they were all in the dark Leo couldn't see the one vomiting, but from the voice he could guess it was David.

Chirch...

A torch was suddenly lit on fire and Paul raised it above his head. He also gave a torch to Leo, David and Charles respectively.

Leo made sure to mention that fighting with a torch in one hand wasn't the smartest choice and it is better to just defend and allow him to kill the monsters from a safe distance.

Luckily the group members weren't greedy for EXP, hence just agreed and made sure to stay close to Leo.

The cave was wide, but had a lot of random passageways, it wouldn't be an understatement to call it a labyrinth. Fortunately for the group, Leo just led them through these complicated tunnels, straight to the boss room.

Even though the party members were surprised, because they met no enemies along the way, Leo just called it luck. Little does his group members know he has this dungeon basically installed in his mind. Even if he was awakened in the middle of the night he would still be able to tell about every bit of the dungeon with perfect accuracy.

Pushing all the thoughts at the back of his mind Leo braced himself, to awaken the boss they'll need to kill a certain amount of Lackeys, hence entering the room would be useless without the boss being in it.

Acting as if he was troubled Leo quickly explained to Paul that they have to kill some monsters for the boss to appear.

While Paul was lost in his thoughts Leo asked David and Charles to give him their weapons. Since both of them held steel swords it was perfect for Leo's plan.

Clank...

He collided both weapons against each other creating a loud sound and probably informing some monsters nrearby of their presence.

His teammates didn't even have a chance to react as a wave of lackeys appeared around the corner and started nearing them at quick speed.

" Brace yourselves! "

Leo said, but got an angry reply from David.

" Why the fuck would you do that before even warning us! "

His eyes were gazing towards the wave of beasts rapidly approaching them, but he still had time to curse Leo. Well, it was pretty understandable looking at the number of enemies chasing after them.

Even Leo was slightly surprised by the sheer number of monsters approaching them.

" Just go in... "

Opening the door to the boss room he let Paul, David and Charles enter the room before closing the door, so they wouldn't be able to see what he was about to do.

Whoosh...

On Leo's palm a grey orb appeared and suddenly some kind of energy, not mana, a stronger type of energy started flowing into it when finally the Shadow Blast was launched at the incoming tide of the beasts.

Boom...

The whole cave shook, but Leo had no time to waste and quickly opened the door, pulling out his three teammates out of the boss room.

Since they expected Leo to be dead they were quite surprised seeing him alive. Paul almost lost his footing seeing the wave of monsters gone, completely gone from the face of Fragmental.

Pointing towards the direction where the monsters previously were he turned his eyes towards Leo.

" Where did they go? "

His eyebrows were raised while his hand was slightly trembling from the stress he went through in the last few minutes.

" I killed them... "

Leo's plain voice didn't help and Paul had to lean against the wall in case he fainted.

' He's dangerous '

Looking towards Leo he felt that his life would be in danger every time he was nearby. Paul was surprised that his newly acquired mage was strong enough to clear dozens of monsters, but he didn't complain.

Even David who was about to throw his tantrum, because of Leo's carelessness had some second thoughts.

' Maybe everything was in his control... '

Silence engulfed the group and seeing that they were losing time and some monsters might ambush them Charles clapped his hands.

" So are we going inside or not? "

Looking towards him all the group members nodded their heads while Paul started slowly opening the door to the boss room.

Entering the room Leo heard nothing else, but his breathing, it was very quiet.

Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh...

Suddenly the room was illuminated by the torches hung on the walls. Looking around the area Leo noticed nothing different from the past and sighed in relief.

' It seems that everything is still the same... '

Looking at the floor he felt slight vibrations pass through the ground and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

" Get ready, a big ass snake is about to show itself! "

Warning his teammates Leo lowered his posture so he wouldn't lose his balance easily.