MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

The king's roar shook the room. My thrown Lightning Bolt didn't manage to hit the king, because he bent his body in an unimaginable angle evading the projectile.

Even though he was blinded, he managed to sense the incoming threat and evade it.

' So he only chose to dodge my attack '

I clicked my tongue, the boss was no stupid, he could already sense which attacks were more dangerous than others.

Seeing the boss's eyes slowly regain their clarity I threw another grenade signaling others to close their eyes.

Bang...

The second grenade went off blinding the boss. Unfortunately our monk didn't manage to close his eyes in time and was temporarily blinded.

" Aghh! "

His shout echoed in the cave.

' Dumbass '

I thought barely managing to form a Shadow Protection before him.

Boom...

The king's sword hit the Shield, shattering it, but also losing all the momentum. Throwing a Lightning Bolt I made the boss retreat and quickly ran up to Eric.

" Don't shout, he's blind, but not deaf "

I whispered while dragging him away to the corner of the room.

" Rejoin us after you recover "

I said and seeing him nodding his head I quickly joined back the fight.

While I was helping Eric, Ava and Eli managed to lower the King's HP to 8 000. Fenrir has already used his < Empowering Howl >, but couldn't get too close to the King, since the boss's sword would simply behead him.

Still, it didn't stop him, if he couldn't attack the forefront he would use other means. Circling the king he waited for Ava to electrocute the boss before leaping at his wide open legs. By such means he managed to scar the king's calves and leave bite marks all around the legs.

Looking at Eli's and Ava's condition I could feel their Mana slowly running out.

' Time to get serious '

I thought, clenching the Eerie Staff.

Whoosh...

The thin, white aura engulfed my weapon's surface dimly illuminating my face.

Lowering my body I casted two Lightning Bolts and launched them before rushing towards the king.

Whoosh... Whoosh...

Both bolts traveled through the air heading straight at the king's chest.

Sensing something coming his way the boss crouched his body evading both projectiles.

Boom...

Suddenly something hit the side of his face making him wince in pain.

While the king was busy dodging the bolts I closed the distance between us and swung my burning staff at his jaw.

- 15 Physical Damage!

- 312 Magical Damage!

Stumbling backwards he didn't expect another grenade thrown directly at his face.

Bang...

- 226 Damage!

It was in such close proximity that even some of the HP was taken out of his health bar.

Following right after the explosion Eli swung her giant axe.

- 258 Critical Damage!

She managed to graze the king's collarbone barely missing his neck.

Crack...

Suddenly I felt the Mana around us tremble.

" Get Back! "

I shouted seeing Eli trying to go after the boss.

Whoosh...

Suddenly the boss disappeared, reappearing right before me. With widened eyes I was a second late reacting to his Mana step.

Fortunately Ava had my back and another Lightning spell hit the Boss's back giving me a second to cast Shadow Protection

Bang...

Being directly before the king I felt wind pressure push me as his sword descdend diagnoly, if not for the new protective skill I've bought, I'd be 100% dead.

Retreating backwards I saw Eric finally join the fight, although with teary eyes.

His orange robe's were tightly tied and his body was slightly lowered, ready for hand to hand combat.

In my previous life most of the Monks were bold and he wasn't an exception, even if you have hair before joining the game, they'll be cut upon choosing the Monk class. They usually excel in Combat Awareness, Strength and Physical Defense.

Bang... Bang... Bang...

His kicks and punches could be heard hitting against hard flesh. Looking at him combating the king a certain image of a Monk appeared in my sight.

' He can't be... '

My thoughts were cut short as the King could once again barely see.

Crash... Crash...

Our attacks were useless as he swung his sword around destroying them with a slight touch.

' Corrupted Sword '

Recalling the skill I couldn't help, but curse at how useful it is. A skill that summons a sword which is able to cut through spells like paper.

Bang...

Throwing my last grenade I blinded the boss and not giving him a chance to recover threw a Shadow Orb.

The grey cut through the air traveling towards the king's chest.

Boom...

Surprisingly the king didn't dodge the blast powered by Shadow Energy and was directly hit.

- 432 Magical Damage!

The damage graph appeared in everyone's sight. Even though we were in the fight they had some spare time to stare at me.

Eli and Eric raised their eyebrows while Ava bit her lip.

Seeing our Lightning mage's behavior I was a bit surprised.

' Is my damage not enough? '

Shrugging my shoulders I took a peek at the boss HP. It was still over 6000.

' We still have 6 Grenades left, I overbought them '

Grumbling, I sent another Orb towards the King. I wanted to test my hypothesis that the boss can only sense mana, but not Shadow Energy and surely enough the king didn't move and was once again hit by the orb.

- 442 Magical Damage!

Smiling at my new find I quickly instructed Eli to throw the Flash grenade.

Bang...

The grenade exploded and I was about to continue attacking when I saw a huge sword vertically coming towards my direction.

Whoosh...

Falling on the floor I felt a gust of wind pass above my head.

' Why isn't he blinded? '

I wanted to shout.

Turning my questioning gaze to Eric I soon found out the answer.

" He turned around "

I heard an answer I wanted to avoid by all means. If the boss has turned around on purpose that means he can evolve through the fight.

' Fucking intelligence '

I cursed contemplating how to deal another 1000 Damage to the all seeing boss.

" We are so fucked! "

I heard a barely audible whisper leave Eli's mouth.

' Yes we are '

I seconded gnashing my teeth. If I don't manage to quickly think of something we'll be dead in a minute.

Gesturing for the team members to retreat, I told Ava to restrict the king's movements as much as possible by cutting all the viable paths to reach us with spells.

' I have around a minute before her Mana is depleted '

I thought, looking at Ava's hourglass figure.

' and we still need her to stun the boss while I force him to drink the water '

Thinking about all the possible options I could only think of one way to win this fight...

Grenades!

Retrieving grenades from my party members I took them all in my inventory before asking Ava to cease fire.

" Don't cast any more spells, I should be able to make his HP below half myself "

I said and not waiting for a reply I dashed toward the King holding Flashes in both hands.

Bang...

- 234 Damage!

The first Grenade exploded near the boss's face dealing some damage.

Bang...

- 213 Damage!

Bang...

-227 Damage!

The other two grenades soon followed leaving me with two throwables left.

' 400 HP away '

I thought, shifting my gaze towards Ava and gesturing her to get ready.

Roar...

Suddenly the king's sword glowed blood red and he raised it high in the sky.

' Shit! '

I cursed quickly chanting the Shadow Protection.

' The King's sword, Third move - Ocean Splitter '

I knew the skill's name just by looking at the angle the king was holding his sword.

Even in my previous life I thought it was bs that Sword styles could have multiple skills ingrained in them. The skill limit is 10 After all, but if every skill would be a weapon style the number would be higher.

Thankfully the developers only allowed a single weapon style per player.

Whoosh...

A thick aura full of bloodlust and dread descended on me before the sword's blade descended downwards.

I didn't even see the strike. Suddenly my shield shattered, I lost footing and was thrown against the wall.

Crash...

- 143 HP

I coughed up blood lifting my eyes to the battlefield. While I was recovering my party members were keeping the boss busy.

' The spell didn't even hit me '

I thought, recalling the strike. It turns out the movement was so strong that I was launched by merely the wind pressure of the swing.

Imagining the second phase I slightly shuddered.

' Lucky we don't have to fight that '

My mind trailed off when I suddenly felt a cold and wet nose touch against my palm.

Fenrir was trying to help me stand up. Since I lost more than 90% of my HP I was barely keeping my consciousness.

Taking out a HP pot I quickly downed it hoping that none of my teammates had died.

Crack...

I heard my shattered bones reassemble.

' I hate this boss '

With such thoughts I stood up and threw the last two grenades directly at king's face.

Bang... Bang...

-234 Damage!

-231 Damage!