MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

Walking through the rusty gates I saw rows and rows of various graves. Endless tombstones varying from golden to stone ones.

Since stealing from the Graveyard was made impossible even for players nobody could take the loot buried in the graves or other expensive grave decorations.

' Hmmm... '

Recalling the Grim Reaper's characteristics I recalled that he's an undead, a race that'll be introduced to the game upon a certain World Quest is completed.

" Do all of you have a Fire attribute spell or a skill? "

Shifting my head towards my companions I saw all of them shake their heads.

' This'll be difficult '

Looking at the time I noticed it was still 22 P.M and we had some time until midnight.

" Quickly, go to the city and buy yourself whatever fire skill you find! "

Feeling the uncertainty and questionable gazes of my teammates I quickly explained the situation.

" Grim Reaper is an undead Boss and can only be damaged by Fire and Light Attribute "

Seeing them run off in the distance I sat on a nearby rock.

' I'm not sure if my Shadow Attribute can damage the Boss... '

Feeling Shadow energy flowing through my veins I clenched my fist.

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Running through the city Ava, Eli and Eric quickly approached a house made out of stone. Looking at the system window that appeared on their screens as soon as they entered the building they knew they were at the right place.

< Welcome to The Shop of Everything >

Walking through the wooden door they found themselves in a spacious room full of various items.

Before they could even move another system screen appeared.

< What Item would you like to buy? >

Below the message rows of various stuff ranging from Spells to Diamond Tier items were listed with a price tag below them.

Filtering out all unneeded items the three teammates finally got to choose what Skills/Spells to buy.

Eric as a monk class human chose a Skill that would fit his fighting style.

1️⃣ < Flame Fist > 🌀

-- For the next 10 punches your fists will be covered in fire

~ Cost 10 MP

~ 10 second cooldown

Skill Cost → 250 Gold Coins

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Eli had chosen a skill that she felt would do the most damage.

1️⃣ < Fiery Strike > 🌀

-- The next weapon strike will deal Huge Fire Damage

~ Cost 50 MP

~ 30 second cooldown

Skill Cost → 450 Gold Coins

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While the other two chose skills, Ava being the only mage within the three of them chose a simple Fire Spell.

1️⃣ < Fireball > 📖

-- A throwable ball of fire

~ Cost 5 MP

~ 5 second cooldown

Skill Cost → 50 Gold Coins

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After purchasing all the skills they rushed back since they had a bit over an hour before the boss would spawn.

Nearing the Graveyard they noticed a few people circling around Leo. The man in question was comfortably sitting on the rock while the man at the front of the group was almost spitting talking to Leo.

Since the territory was considered to be inside the city they couldn't attack each other, because they'd be jailed if an NPCs sees the fight, unless a Duel would be requested.

Suddenly while grinning the leader of the group spat some words to Leo and opened his System Window.

Ava could've sworn she heard a word similar to ' chicken '.

Surprisingly Leo also opened his system and soon a transparent barrier covered both of the fighters.

It seemed like the last sentence had hit Leo's nerve. He even accepted a duel, which was not so wisely offered by the enraged man.

Coming closer to the Fighting site Ava, Eli and Eric took a seat expecting a cool battle. Unfortunately the battle went on for exactly a single second.

As soon as the transparent barrier came down the enraged man started narrating cliché lines that you'd usually expect to hear from a third rate villain.

In the middle of the barrier a huge countdown appeared and as soon as it reached zero the third rate villain was impaled to the wall by a Lightning Bolt.

< You've Killed a Player Joe! >

< LOOT >

1️⃣ 400 EXP

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Since during the duels player's wouldn't drop any items and only levels would be deducted I only received some EXP for winning the fight.

Turning my head towards the lackeys of the dead man I smiled.

" ~ Who's next? "

With a cold, yet joyous voice I spoke, making all the other guy's disappear in the distance. Looking at their running backs I noticed the presence of another 3 people.

Turning around I was met by three different gazes.

Eric was starring at me as if I was an epitome of coolness.

Eli's jaw was on the ground while her gaze was constantly shifting from the impaled guy back to me.

Ava had a smile... a scary smile. I didn't know why, but somehow felt uncomfortable seeing her smile like that.

" So... you try to hide your identity, while fighting like that? "

Her suspiciously light voice traveled into my ear unknowingly making me take a step backwards. I felt as if I was before the Wendigo once again.

Luckily Eric dashed towards me saving me from the question with no possible answer.

" Dude.... How much INT do you have to one shot a guy like that! "

He was basically jumping around me talking about how powerful I am and how he's going to beat me soon.

As Ava was staring me down, Eric jumping around me and Eli giggling watching our interaction I heard a sound as if something rusty was forcefully unlocked.

Crack...

Suddenly in the middle of the Graveyard a crack, a literal crack appeared in the air. It seemed as if the reality on its own was broken.

A long hand soon emerged from the crack, not long after the whole creature managed to fit through the crack and enter the graveyard.

Its body was that of a skeleton, in its eye sockets there was no sight of the eyes. The monster also wore a purple cape hiding its ribs and chest. Even though half of his body wasn't visible one could tell that he had no skin or flesh, he was purely made out of bones.

The monster also held a weapon, a two meter long scythe with a curved silver blade at the end of it.

< GRIM REAPER >

~ A boss that has a 50% chance to spawn in the Death's graveyard

~ Territorial

~ The boss has a unique body, hence is immune to pain

< SHORT DESCRIPTION >

-- Grim reaper is a once fallen knight that haunts Death's graveyard due to his unending rage. The monster is immune to fear or other Status Effects that can affect a living body. Since Grim reaper is an undead he's known to be weak against Light and Fire attributes. The weapon of the monster is made by one of his enslaved souls ' Vulcan '.

< ATTRIBUTES >

Lv. 50

HP: 15,000

MP: 0

STR: 5,000

AGL: 400

PDEF: 500

MDEF: 500

INT: 0

SN: 500

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< ACTIVE SKILLS >

1️⃣ Soul Collection < Lv. 5 >

-- Collect soul of a dead enemy to turn him into an ally

~ No cost

~ No cooldown

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2️⃣ Fear of Death < Lv. 4 >

-- Spread the pain you've felt to stun the enemies

~ No cost

~ 5 minute cooldown

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< PASSIVE SKILLS >

1️⃣ Undead Body < Max. Lv. >

-- The body of a superior race

~ +1,000 HP

~ +1,000 STR

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2️⃣ Strong Bones < Max. Lv. >

-- You have strong bones

~ +500 STR

~ +500 HP

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3️⃣ Fleshless < Max. Lv. >

-- Due to having no flesh you've gotten rid of many weaknesses

~ + Fear Immunity

~ + Hunger Immunity

~ + Thirst Immunity

~ + Pain Immunity

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4️⃣ Undead Weakness < Max. Lv. >

-- Due to being an Undead you are repelled by the nature

~ + Fire Attribute Weakness

~ + Light Attribute Weakness

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5️⃣ Advanced Sixth Sense < Lv. 8 >

-- After becoming an undead you've lost five of your senses, forcing you to feel the world in other ways

~ + 500 SN

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6️⃣ Emotionless Rage < Max. Lv. >

-- Unending rage has consumed all your emotions

~ + Mind Control Immunity

~ + Cold Blooded

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< SPELLS >

1️⃣ Undead Legion < Lv. 5 >

-- Control a Legion of undead

~ Cost 5 HP per soldier

~ No cooldown

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Looking through the reaper's Status I felt a bit unhappy seeing its last spell.

' Annoying '

Recalling how much trouble the spell has brought in the beginning of the game I was amazed that some players managed to beat the boss before us.

Praising some unknown players I concluded that the only impressive thing about the boss was its spell, HP and Strength. Similar to my past life the boss wasn't versatile allowing players to defeat it in groups of 10 using a simple strategy of draining its Health with long distance spells or killing its minions until the reaper's HP hit zero.

Feeling a presence of 4 people in the vicinity the monster turned its blind gaze towards us. Even though it couldn't see us it had a high Sense Attribute allowing it to immediately know our positions.

The skeleton's seemingly frail body took a small step towards us and soon I felt a stinging pain at the side of my skull.

~ Player Leo has suffered from Status Effect < Stun >

~ Player Leo will not be able to move

~ Duration → 5 seconds

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