MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

A huge castle was piercing through the clouds seemingly reaching the moon. No birds or animals could be heard arounds its territory, it was utterly quiet...

Raising my head, I whistled from amazement. I've been here in my previous life, but the boss was long dead and the castle was a lot more... Happier?

I remember digging up a video about some Beta testers trying out the boss. In the recording one of them discovered a bookshelf that could be pushed to the side revealing a hidden room with a small unglazed window. From the window one can see the Boss's location.

Since Beta testers aren't allowed to play the game I should be the first one to discover this hidden room.

I will use this hidden room to throw Lightning Spears through the window and slowly kill The Dark Prince. The window is small enough to disallow any of the Prince's attacks to hit, but big enough for my lightning spear to fit.

Entering the castle's yard I was assaulted by a stench of rotten flesh. Covering my nose with a cloth I quickly walked towards the castle's door and opening it I ascended up the stairs that were leading to the library.

Opening the Status I made sure that everything was equipped. I've also decided to put my spare SP points into the INT attribute, since I will deal more damage to the boss.

< STATUS >

Name: Leo

Level: 3 < 90/400 EXP >

Race: Demon

Class: Mage

Subclass: None

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< ATTRIBUTES >

HP: 53 <+3>

MP: 97 <+7>

STR: 10

AGL: 33 <+3>

PDEF: 24 <+4>

MDEF: 33 <+3>

INT: 172 <+2>

SP: 0

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Active Skills:

< None >

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Passive Skills:

1️⃣ Mana Regen < Lv. 2 >

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Spells:

1️⃣ Darkness Blast < Lv. 2 >

2️⃣ Lightning Spear < Lv. 2 >

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Inventory:

1️⃣ < Healing Potion > x4

2️⃣ < Mana Potion > x5

3️⃣ < 55 Gold Coins >

4️⃣ < Salamander Scale > x6

5️⃣ < Fiery Meat > x8

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Equipped:

1️⃣ < Darkling Staff > [ Copper ]

2️⃣ < Darkling Robe > [ Copper ]

3️⃣ < Salamander Scale Boots > [ Bronze ]

4️⃣ < Salamander Ring > [ Platinum ]

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Effects:

1️⃣ +2% Magical Damage

2️⃣ Natural MP regen

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< Map >

< Friend List >

< Guild >

< Pet >

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< CLOSE >

Finally I reached the top of the long stairs where a wooden door was located. The door allows one party to pass at the time. This boss fight doesn't allow multiple parties to enter, hence only one party can be in the room at the same time.

Pushing the door open I didn't feel any resistance and deduced that no one was inside.

Taking a step into a library I saw rows of bookshelves with tons of books everywhere. It looked like the library was very old. All the books were covered by a thick layer of dust.

Looking around I shifted my body to the left. I knew that the Dark Prince was located in the middle of the room, hence immediately made sure to not accidentally wander off. Approaching one of the bookshelves I leaned on it and tensed my muscles trying to push it to the side.

Crack...

Finally the old structure gave in and slid to the side producing a loud sound that might've informed the boss about someone's presence in the library.

Jumping into the open room I quickly slid the bookshelf back to its original spot. As soon as I did I heard heavy footsteps nearing my location.

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

The sound was getting closer and closer until it finally stopped.

Holding my breath I didn't dare to move and quietly offered a prayer to the God of Luck.

Finally after a few minutes of silence, the footsteps started distancing from the hidden room's entrance. Letting out a sigh of relief I slowly crawled my way towards the unglazed window and saw the Dark Prince coming back to sit on the couch.

The Dark Prince was also a Demon, but he was way higher and bulkier than any other Demon I've seen. He held a staff with a Blue Diamond at its top and wore a black robe with some kind of engravings on its back. He had 2 huge horns that were shaped like a crown, meaning that the Prince is a very powerful Demon.

I couldn't contain myself and threw a glance at the Demon's Status.

< THE DARK PRINCE >

~ A boss that resides in the Gloomy Castle; Dark Forest.

~ Omnivore; Territorial

~ Immune to Darkness

~ A Hidden Boss; Once killed will never respawn

< ATTRIBUTES >

Lv. 50

HP: 3400

MP: 4000

STR: 500

AGL: 350

PDEF: 300

MDEF: 150

INT: 6000

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< ACTIVE SKILLS >

1️⃣ Darkness Sword < Lv. 8 >

-- Summon a Darkness Sword that can be used to cut through other Elements

~ Single Target Damage

~ Cost 500 MP

~ 10 min cooldown

2️⃣ Darkness Robe < Lv. 5 >

-- Surround yourself with Darkness to lower your presence

~ Single Target Use

~ Cost 200 MP

~ 20 min cooldown

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3️⃣ Burst Steps < Lv. 4 >

-- Your speed will increase during the next 3 Steps

~ +28% Movement speed

~ 400 Mana cost

~ 30 sec cooldown

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< PASSIVE SKILLS >

1️⃣ Dark Energy < Lv. 3 >

-- Gather Mana while staying in the Darkness

~ +50 Mana per minute

~ No cost

~ No cooldown

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2️⃣ Mana Manipulation < Lv. 6 >

-- Channel Mana faster; Spells will be casted faster

~ +6% Spell casting speed

~ No cost

~ No cooldown

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< SPELLS >

1️⃣ Darkness Beam < Lv. 7 >

-- Summon a Beam that will release Dark Mana evaporating everything in its path

~ True Damage

~ AoE Damage

~ Cost 1000 MP

~ 1 hour cooldown

2️⃣ Dark Step < Lv. 9 >

-- Take Step forward temporarily blinding your enemies

~ AoE Damage

~ Cost 600 MP

~ 15 sec cooldown

3️⃣ Darkness Blast < Lv. 9 >

~ True Damage

~ AoE damage

~ Cost 5 MP

~ 5 second Cooldown

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Well it was expected, but still... The prince's Status was ridiculous.

Clenching my fists I lifted my eyes from the hologram. Raising my right hand I started channeling MP until a lightning spear appeared in my palm. Taking a step forward my muscles tensed up and I threw the spear with all my might.

Whoosh....

The spear flew right out of the window and hit the Prince's chest.

- 102 Magical Damage!

~ The Dark Prince suffered from Status Effect < Electrocution >

~ Temporary Stun and Consecutive Lightning Damage

~ Lose 15 HP every minute

~ Duration → 5 min

A Status effect came in saving the day. I was so hyped that I didn't realize I was too close to the window. If prince could he would've casted a spell which could kill me easily.

Taking a few steps back I once again gathered Mana in my palm until Lightning sparks started flickering on my wrist and threw the Spear at the boss.

- 98 Magical Damage!

" It's pretty easy isn't it ?

I grinned seeing the Boss's HP slowly fading away.