MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

The Forums were exploding with information about the Dark Prince's defeat. I woke up to a chaos which was made by me. Brushing my hair to the side I stood up from my bed and went to have breakfast with my parents.

I ate my meal and wished my parents a good day. They didn't eat anything today either. I had around 5 years to fix our financial position, but I was planning to do that within the next few weeks. Seeing my father's tired eyes and my mother's sunken cheeks I was even more determined to gather money as soon as possible.

Closing the room door behind me I took out my phone from the drawer. I've spent an hour writing before I decided to stop. Using my phone I opened my bank account which had 210 Dollars.

I decided to put all the money in the Stocks. I knew a lot about the game, but not a lot outside it. Fortunately I knew that Fragmental Stocks will skyrocket, hence had no qualms to put all my money into it.

I took a deep breath and laid in the VR Pod. Grabbing the headgear underneath my legs I put it on my head.

< Welcome back to Fragmental >

< Your Current Location - Dark Forest >

The World around me turned dark.

A few seconds later the light once again blinded my vision and I was forced to close my eyes. Soon enough I felt hard ground underneath my feet and opened my eyes.

I was still in the Dark Forest, but a bit further from the castle. Looking around I noticed a few players going through the forest towards the gloomy castle. Shaking my head, I shifted my body towards the Village. I knew that a lot of people were looking for me and I needed to leave the village as soon as possible or I might be recognized. Unfortunately there was another important thing I needed to get in the village... The Hidden Subclass!

Strolling through the village's gate I went towards one of the abandoned buildings. Entering the house I closed the door and carefully climbed up the second floor. Finding a clean and empty space I sat in the middle of the room. Removing my hood, I broke one of the wooden planks lying on the ground near me.

I made sure to sharpen its end so it has the ability to pierce. Looking around I made sure that I was currently sitting in the shadow. Nodding my head I aimed the plank's sharpened end towards my belly and pierced it.

- 42 HP

Player Leo has suffered From Status Effect < Bleed >

~ Lose 5 HP every minute

~ Duration → 1 min

I vomited a few mouths of blood. Pulling out the plank I winced in pain. Raising the Plank once again I aimed it in my solar plexus and struck it.

- 56 HP

Player Leo has suffered From Status Effect < Bleed >

~ Lose 20 HP every minute

~ Duration → 1 min

Blood was flowing out of my mouth.

- 5 HP

Before the whole thing I've put a HP pot near me, but I haven't used it yet. Weakly gripping the plank I picked up the HP pot in my hand.

Clenching the wooden plank I pierced my heart. I also drank the HP pot, but it didn't help. I felt my outer wounds closing, but I was slowly dying. My dizzy mind started panicking.

' What if the guy lied ? What if the video was staged ? '

Doubt started growing inside my mind.

< A Deadly Shadow is Looming Above You... >

< The Shadow Is nodding its head Seeing your wounds... >

< The Shadow Offers you a Legacy... >

< Become The Shadow of this World! >

< Do You want to Accept the Shadow's Legacy? >

< YES / NO >

Slowly raising my weak and trembling hand I managed to press < YES > and everything around me turned dark.

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A man was lying in his own blood pool. His black eyes were wide open, seemingly staring into the distance. Suddenly his body started trembling, his horns shaped like a crown became as black as void and in his open eyes closed.

I couldn't move my body. I felt myself trembling when my eyes were forcefully closed. Once again everything around me was dark, but the darkness around was strangely comfortable. Looking around I noticed some strange shapes dancing in the darkness.

Straining my eyes I finally saw dark silhouettes running around in the darkness.

' Shadows! '

I've thought while watching them running in circles.

Poof...

Suddenly the world around me cracked and I was back in my body.

< Congratulations, You've gotten an Unique Subclass - Shadow Mage! >

< Your Appearance was changed according to your In-game look! >

My mood suddenly plummeted. In Panic I quickly logged out of the game and jumped out of the VR Pod. Running through the house I rushed to the bathroom. Almost crashing into the mirror I came to a sudden stop and took a sigh of relief.

" I have no horns "

I mumbled under my breath with a stupid smile. I knew that this game had the ability to change one's facial appearance slightly, but it should only happen only after one has reached Lv. 50. Washing away my worries I leaned on the wall and started inspecting my face.

I still had Dark hair, but some of my hair strands were white in color. My face could be defined as above average before, but now I would call it pleasant to look at. The biggest change was my eyes. Previously they were as dark as void, but now my eyes seemed to be deeper and had a strange property to absorb one's gaze.

Shaking my head, I forcefully broke eye contact with myself. It was honestly distracting. Flashing a smile, I was already thinking how to weaponize my gaze, if used wisely it would be a powerful weapon.

Walking back to my room I jumped into the Pod and logged into the game.

< Do You want to Announce your Achievement to the World? >

A hologram appeared in my face as soon as I was back in the game. Pressing the No button I knew that it would send the forums into chaos once again, but I simply didn't care. My mind was already on another topic thinking about the Class perks I just got.

< Congratulation to Player [ Unnamed ] for Getting The Hidden Subclass! >