MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

Chapter 74 Grip Reaper

Moving towards the General I noticed him reloading his shotgun.

" What the fuck is wrong with this legion! "

Boom...

Barely managing to deploy Shadow Protection the bullets were repelled and the shield disappeared.

Chik... Chik...

The General started to reload his weapon while the skeletons, once again, surrounded me giving no space to move.

' I wonder if it's planned or are they just attacking me at random? '

Looking at how perfectly the minions took my attention while the general was reloading his weapon I couldn't help, but think this was planned.

' Well, I'll just smash through them '

Using my staff I swung it in a long arc for it to gain enough momentum to split the skulls of three skeletons instantly.

After killing at least 50 undead I finally got a chance to breathe only to see the General holding his shotgun and aiming at me.

' Shit '

Rolling to the side I felt something hit my right calf. Looking down I noticed a bullet hole in my pants.

Quickly drinking a HP pot I recovered to my full health, even a single bullet did over 50 Damage.

Since the General was reloading his weapon and the skeletons were far more scarce than previously I lowered my body and leaped at the skeleton.

Rattle... Rattle...

Seeing me quickly moving towards him the General started retreating trying to hide between the lines of normal skeletons, unfortunately for him, he was the only one wearing cloth armor.

Crack...

His skull was split apart by the end of my staff.

Looking around I noticed that the legion was one third of its previous size and my Mana was starting to run low.

Luckily we players had potions.

Gulp... Gulp...

Quickly consuming the MP potion I covered my fist in Flames before punching a Skeleton who was trying to sneak up on me.

Tensing up my muscles I dove under the pocket knife another skeleton was swinging and punched the undead in the ribs letting the fire kill him on the spot.

' I wouldn't hold a candle against these monster without my demonic flame '

I thought while killing another two skeletons with my fist.

Since my Strength Attribute was very low I couldn't kill these undead in one hit, but the flame had its strange properties allowing me to feel like a hulk smashing through the glass.

Whoosh...

Wanting to test something I created a Shadow Orb before throwing it at a nearby undead.

Boom...

The explosion sent shockwaves, but the skeleton was still alive and kicking. He wasn't even damaged.

' Let's try with Shadow Energy! '

Repeating the process I powered the Shadow Blast with Shadow Energy and threw it at the same Skeleton.

Boom...

Now the explosion was way stronger even lifting some of the dirt in the sky.

As the dust settled down I noticed all the skeletons in the 5 meter area destroyed by my spell.

' So Shadow Attribute can hurt them '

Smiling, I started moving towards the direction of the reaper.

The boss was leaning on a tree while its HP bar was indicating that he had around 3,000 Health left.

Looking at Fenrir I noticed that Ava, Eli and Eric had already jumped from his back and were fighting skeletons on the ground.

' It's a good EXP farm '

Shifting my focus back to the boss, I created 2 Shadow Blasts powered by Shadow Energy and threw them at the Reaper's legs.

Boom... Boom...

Both of them exploded, but didn't hit the boss, since he took a dozen steps backwards evading Blasts, but that was what I wanted. While the reaper was retreating backwards I completely finished dealing with his army leaving only around a dozen skeletons who were surrounding my teammates.

Looking at the Reaper I noticed him swinging his Scythe in a weird manner.

Whoosh... Whoosh...

The weapon's blade pierced through the air letting out sounds that echoed through the quiet graveyard.

Slowly walking towards me while continuing to swing his scythe the reaper suddenly changed the direction of his swings.

' What is he doing? '

Looking at the speed of the swings it wasn't anything impressive or overpowering it was just that I wouldn't be able to combat the boss in close range while it was swinging its styche in such a manner.

' Its like forming a shield '

Understanding the reaper's plan I smirked.

' I'm a mage, did he think I'm some kind of magical swordsman? '

Creating two Shadow Orbs I threw them at the Undead.

- 512 Critical Damage!

- 514 Critical Damage!

Both Spells collided with the monster's scythe creating explosions, but also severely damaging the boss.

Rattle... Rattle...

I even heard some of the reaper's bones shattering.

As I was about to rush in the fight a ball of Fire hit the Boss in the face.

- 214 Magical Damage!

Turning my head towards the direction of my group members I notice that they've already dealt with the undead and came to my assistance.

While Eli ran towards the Boss I approached Ava and waited for a chance to use my spell.

Boom... Boom...

The Reaper was getting beaten up when finally he decided to use his fear inducing skill stunning Eli and Eric. Unfortunately for the monster I and Ava were out of the Skills range and could still move.

- 516 Critical Damage!

- 421 Critical Damage!

Both mine and Ava's attacks were critical, sending the undead to the ground.

< Grim Reaper Killed! >

< LOOT >

1?? 16,000 EXP [ Shared ]

2?? Grip Reaper's Cloak x1

3?? Scythe of Death x1

4?? Sixth Sense Spell book x1

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Looking at the loot I couldn't believe how useless it was. Even though the Spell book was similar to a skill the boss had, it wasn't advanced.

The cloak also could've been good if I wasn't wearing a Shadow one.

Feeling my teammates gazes I gestured for them to pick whatever they liked, since the loot wasn't valuable to me anyway.

Ava unsurprisingly picked up the Cloak, since it was an item that'd boost her overall defense which she so lacked being a mage.

Eli chose a scythe of death, since it was an item similar to her axe and had higher stats.

Eric instantly learnt the skill and started jumping in joy afterwards.

< Grim Reaper's Minions x1102 Killed! >

< LOOT >

1?? 22,040 EXP

2?? Undead Bones x513

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Looking at the amazing EXP I've gained I noticed another system window hovering at the side of my screen.

< Congratulations on Reaching Lv. 13! >

< Level 12 ? Level 13 >

< +20 SP >

I've managed to raise my Level by two in a few missions which was kind of surprising, since I didn't expect so much Undead to be spawned by the Reaper.

' Maybe I should come back here tomorrow? '

Scratching my neck I started walking towards the Adventurers Guild while Ava and others followed right after.

During our walk back the atmosphere was somewhat quiet and relaxing, at least for me.

" So.... Leo, how much Undead did you kill? "

Eric came to my side while his eyes were shining from interest.

Not thinking much about the numbers I just shrugged my shoulders.

" Around a thousand "

As soon as I said the number I noticed Eric freeze in place. His previously shining eyes lost all the glow while he tried to mumble out any words.

' Monster... '

I heard him grumble while he asked the same question of Ava and Eli.

Of course he also shared how much Undead I've killed as well.

I didn't know why, but seeing Ava's expression brought joy.

' 1 : 1 '

I tried to transfer my message through the gaze which she probably understood loud and clear.

With such a note we finally approached the guild house. Entering the building I instructed my teammates to wait and quickly went to retrieve the quest reward.

< Quest [ Sewers Problem ] Completed! >

< REWARDS >

1?? 20,000 EXP [ Shared ]

2?? 6000 Gold Coins [ Shared ]

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After collecting the rewards I left the house only to see my teammates discussing something.

As soon as they saw the sight of me they quickly stopped talking, making me raise my eyebrows.

< Friend Ava has sent you 1,500 Gold Coins! >

< Friend Eric has sent you 1,500 Gold Coins! >

< Friend Eli has sent you 1,500 Gold Coins! >

A few system messages appeared on my screen surprising me.

Before I could open my mouth Eli had already started talking.

" We felt as if you've carried us through the fight and didn't even take the boss Loot. We thought that's at least how we can repay you for your help. "

While smiling Eli explained their reason for giving me Gold.

" Thank you... "

I was slightly touched by the gesture of my teammates. They were one of the few that happened to do something good for me, even if it was for repayment.

Looking at the group I recalled that we have to retrieve the rewards for the boss raid tomorrow.

" Let's meet tomorrow by the Adventurers Guild house "

Waving to my teammates I logged off.

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As soon as Leo turned into light particles Eli jumped on top of Ava, not letting her escape.

" What was that, you ice queen? "