MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

The dimly lit room shook as the half of the torches hanging on the walls were extinguished. Luckily it didn't matter, because soon huge cracks appeared on the ground and magma started creeping out of them.

The temperature in the room was getting hit and Leo cursed knowing that if they didn't manage to rule the monster out of the room, his teammates would be useless.

Lowering his body he made sure that he wouldn't lose his balance easily and warned the others.

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

Looking towards magma seeping out of the ground he sighed feeling that the tremors suddenly stopped.

3... 2... 1...

Boom!

A huge cloud of dust was thrown into the air as a massive silhouette emerged from the ground. Its black scales reflected the troches' light while the head of the beast was yet to be visible, hidden in the dust.

Leo felt his hand slightly shake, he was no fun of reptiles, especially snakes.

Hisss...

The snake lowered its huge head revealing its ugly face. The boss's face looked pretty much like the snakes, but its fangs were protruding from its mouth. The monster's whole body also had centipede-like legs that were somehow supporting its weight, Leo and his party members also noticed that it had a forked tail with stingers at the end of it.

The Basilisk was pretty much a massive snake with some centipede body parts.

[ BASILISK ]

-- A powerful Dungeon Boss

-- Fire type beast that lives in the Basilisk's nest

-- Carnivore; Territorial

[ Short Description ]

-- A mix of a snake and a centipede, the creature is able to strike fear into its enemy only by its appearance. The monster alsohas deadly fangs with strong poison running through their surface.As a dungeon boss the reptile has some bonus attributeswhile in its domain...

ATTRIBUTES

[ Lv.50 ]

HP: 30,000 ll AGL: 500

MP: 500 ll PDEF: 1,500

STR: 2,500 ll MDEF: 1,500

INT: 1,250 ll SN: 50

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<SPELLS >

Poisonous Spit < Lv.4 >

-- Basilisk can spit acidic Poison at your enemies

Slithery Flight e Max.Lv. >

-- Basilisk is able to move in air... Scary!

Maddening rage < Max.Lv.>

-- When HP is below 10% the Basilisk will become berserk

Magma Shockwave < Max.Lv.>

-- Basilisk can send Magma Shockwaves dealing massive fire damage

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< ACTIVE SKILLS >

Strong Bite Lv.4

-- Basilisk can bite an enemy with massive force

Tail Swipe < Lv.7 >

-- Basilisk can use its tail to wreak havoc 50 meters around itself

Death stare Lv. 5

-- Basilisk is able to momentarily freeze its opponent with a Mana induced stare

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<PASSIVE SKILLS >

Reptilian Insect Max. Lv.

-- Basilisk is a breed between an insect and a snake, having some characteristics of both

Strong Scales Lv.8

-- The body of a Basilisk is covered with sturdy scales

Domain owner < Max.Lv.>

-- When within its own domain Basilisk will gain a massive Attribute boost

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The Status screen of the monster appeared above our eyes making Leo's party members gasp in surprise.

They knew that the boss of the dungeon was strong, but they didn't expect it to have such a long list of spells and skills.

Seeing that David and Charles were contemplating if it was worth continuing the raid and losing the levels, Paul just took a deep breath. It was too late to flee, the monster had already noticed them and running was not an option.

" Slowly lead it towards the exit! "

Paul shouted, gesturing Leo to cast a spell at the huge snake that was aiming to swallow him whole. He barely managed to evade it as its huge scaly body passed right by his side, making him lose balance and fall on his but.

Whoosh...

Leo did not waste anymore time and gave his Lightning Bolt a try.

-245 Magical Damage!

He pursed his lips seeing the damage graph, the beast was definitely a dungeon boss for a reason. He knew that if baited outside the monster would lose almost half of its defensive properties, but that didn't help, because now they still had no chance to leave, the monster would simply kill them while they were opening the door.

" Open the door, I can hold it for a few seconds! "

Seeing Paul evading the huge range of the beast's tail Leo shouted while pointing towards the closed door.

Paul didn't even look towards Leo and only nodded his head dashing towards the door of the boss room. Since the monster thought he was trying to escape, its body suddenly turned eerie red and the Mana was gathered somewhere around its belly.

" Hide behind me! "

Feeling the sudden change in temperature around them Leo shouted to Charles and David. They both weren't seriously wounded, but had some injuries that accumulated on their bodies along the fight.

Seeing that Paul was smart enough to squeeze himself in the small crack on the ground Leo deployed Shadow Protection with Charles and David stationed behind him.

Boom!

Like an atomic bomb something suddenly exploded and the shockwave of fire was launched in all the directions at the speed of sound.

Leo wasn't able to follow the movement of the shockwave as one second everything was almost dark and the other, the room was on fire.

Crack...

His shield shattering woke Leo up from his stupor, he even momentarily went blind from the flash of the explosion, but quickly downed a healing potion and recovered his sight.

Helping his teammates to consume the potions as well, Leo glared at the snake who was looking around the field, seeing if the enemies were still alive.

In a few seconds its eyes met Leo's and its huge body head with open jaws was thrown towards his direction.

He barely managed to avoid the attack, because[ Magma Shockwave ]had momentarily slowed down his thought process.

' Wake up! '

Slapping his cheeks as hard as he could Leo created another Lightning Bolt and threw at the leg of the moving monster.

- 461 Critical Damage!

Some of the boss's centipede-like legs were instantly broken and blue blood started seeping out of its wounded limbs.

Shriek.

Even the voice of the monster was no longer that of a snake, but of an insect.

Clank... Clank...

Both of his allies, Charles and David, hit their swords against the sturdy scales of the monster, dealing some decent yet small damage to the boss.

- 80 Physical Damage!

- 92 Physical Damage!

Suddenly Leo noticed David's tip of the sword glowing in red color as if had drunk some blood.

' Vampiric gear... '

Looking at the sword held in the hand's of his party member Leo felt that his teammates weren't so useless he thought they were.

" David, leave it stuck in the monster's body! "

Leo immediately thought of a plan and hoped that David would agree. Leo knew that Vampiric weapons require blood to become stronger throughout the fight, but the time it took for a weapon to be fully charged was immense, making Leo think this was the best option.

" Are you crazy! "

Looking towards Leo David shouted while almost spitting saliva, it was the only weapon he had and he wasn't so willing to let it go on command.

" Trust me! "

Trying to shout through all the noise in the room Leo pleaded for the man to listen. He didn't know if Paul was stuck in the crack he jumped in earlier or if he had yet to open the door, but it was currently the only chance to kill the boss without it leaving its Domain.

Screech...

The reptile screeched and David let go of his sword looking at the direction of Charles.

" Give me a spare weapon! "

His shout was heard and soon he held a steel sword that seemed to be at least bronze tier equipment.

' They are surprisingly prepared for this... '

Looking at both of them Leo suddenly saw a system message he had expected to see some time ago.

[ Your party member 'Paul' has died! ]

Looking behind Leo noticed a huge Magma ravine behind them and guessed that it probably opened right underneath Paul's feet.

' Unlucky... '

Whoosh...

Suddenly the huge snake used thousands of its legs to jump into the air and started levitating above the battlefield.

' Why is every snake able to fly? '

Leo tried to relax his shaking hands, but couldn't, he had a severe case of ophidiophobia. Looking towards the huge silhouette hovering above him he couldn't help, but allow himself to slightly tremble seeing the snake spitting poison right below itself.

Thud... Thud... Thud...

Green substance fell everywhere forcing Leo, David and Charles to do whatever they could to dodge it. They saw that the poison was acidic and could even corrode the rocks meaning that they would instantly die if touched by the attack.

Whoosh...

Finally Leo got a chance to counterattack and immediately threw a Lightning Bolt at the boss's face.

- 265 Magical Damage!

The damage was miniscule, but it managed to get the creature to abruptly land and hit its body against the side of the arena.

- 1564 Physical Damage!

David's pale face regained its color seeing that the battle was not yet over, he thought that upon the death of Paul their plans would be ruined and they would surely lose 2 levels, but now he was starting to see hope.

It was similar for Charles as well, at first he felt pessimistic, but his mind was fully set on killing the thing that took the life of his comrade.

" Attack it before it has a chanc... "

Leo wanted to shout, but his body suddenly came to a stop, he couldn't move his tongue. The Basilisk was looking towards his direction, using its skill Death Glare and making him freeze in place.

Luckily both of his group members understood that and leaped towards the monster aiming to strike its soft centipede legs.

- 161 Critical Damage!

- 159 Critical Damage!

They both managed to cut one leg each before the beast recovered its balance and almost sent them flying by using its forked tail to perform a vertical strike.

Fortunately both devourer's were not so bad at the game not to notice the incoming attack and dodge it by jumping high in the air.

Screech...

Suddenly the beast's body turned red and without exchanging any words both demons ran besides Leo waiting for him to deploy a shield.

" Good Job... "

Looking at their faces Leo smirked seeing that both of them were really focused on the fight. Shifting his gaze back on the beast he closed his eyes before deploying Shadow Protection able to withstand the Magma Shockwave.

Boom!

The white flash of flames once again hit the shield and shattered it, but this time not blinding the people behind it.

" It's halfway full... "

Said Leo while looking at the sword stuck in between the monster's scales.