MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

After we exchanged our information, I added them to my friend list and they felt secure enough to ask me some questions.

Since we agreed to do an interview one month later, now they'll just follow me asking some light questions to prepare for the real interview or podcast as they call it.

We've also agreed that the plans would not be shared with their superiors or any people for my safety. I also negotiated that I'll prepare the place for our meeting so they couldn't prepare anything beforehand.

I've also drawn a clear line between asking for sensitive information like my Spells or Attributes.

While we were walking away I canceled all Shadow Soldiers summons, I didn't want to show one of my trump cards.

Strolling through the forest I was asked various questions:

- Can I call you Leo?

- How'd you get so good at the game?

- Do you plan on joining or forming a guild?

- Are you going to the university?

Since all of those questions were slightly below the line I could answer them, although not so easily.

~ Yes

~ Repetitive gaming; Luck

~ I won't join any guild, but create a mercenary group

~ I'll soon enter the university

I noticed one of the brothers recording the whole exchange, hence had to be careful not to reveal too much.

Walking through the forest I allowed Fenrir to go forward and find a prey for my hunt.

Auuu....

I heard his howl in the distance. Gesturing the brothers to follow me I dashed towards Fenrir, disappearing into the greenery. Two brothers had no choice, but to follow after me, also rushing towards the direction of the howl.

Boom... Boom... Boom...

I could hear explosions while nearing my pet's location, jumping out of the forest. I quickly looked around only to notice Fenrir fighting against a weird reptile.

[ 𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 ]

-- 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣, 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧

-- 𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣; 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜

-- 𝙒𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨

[ 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 ]

-- 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙗𝙧𝙖, 𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙠𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙮 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚.

𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧. 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙨!

𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨.

𝘿𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨

< 𝘼𝙏𝙏𝙍𝙄𝘽𝙐𝙏𝙀𝙎 >

[ 𝙇𝙫. 15 ]

𝙃𝙋: 3,000 || 𝘼𝙂𝙇: 200

𝙈𝙋: 200 || 𝙋𝘿𝙀𝙁: 550

𝙎𝙏𝙍: 1,000 || 𝙈𝘿𝙀𝙁: 350

𝙄𝙉𝙏: 250 || 𝙎𝙉: 25

< 𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙎 >

1️⃣ 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙨𝙩 < 𝙇𝙫. 3 >

-- 𝙉𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣

~ 𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙩 15 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖

~ 5 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣

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< 𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙎𝙆𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙎 >

1️⃣ 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖'𝙨 𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙚 < 𝙇𝙫. 5 >

-- 𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢

~ 𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙩 5 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖

~ 5 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣

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2️⃣ 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 < 𝙇𝙫. 4 >

-- 𝙏𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮

-- 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝; -30% 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧

~ 𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙩 20 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖

~ 2 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣

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< 𝙋𝘼𝙎𝙎𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙎𝙆𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙎 >

1️⃣ 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 < 𝙈𝙖𝙭. 𝙇𝙫 >

-- 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣

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2️⃣ 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚'𝙨 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 < 𝙈𝙖𝙭. 𝙇𝙫 >

-- 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚

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3️⃣ 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 < 𝙈𝙖𝙭. 𝙇𝙫 >

-- 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝

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4️⃣ 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚'𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 < 𝙈𝙖𝙭. 𝙇𝙫 >

-- 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥!

~ + 𝙄𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨

~ + 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨

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' snake... '

Looking at the monster's half human, half snake body I quickly glanced over its Status and threw a Lightning Bolt at its back.

Boom...

Due to the snake having low Sense Attribute it wasn't able to sense my thrown projectile and was hit.

- 468 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚!

The snake's body was thrown dozens of meters to the side while I quickly approached Fenrir to assess his condition. Luckily only a few wounds were visible on his body and none of them had poison.

" Sir, Leo! "

Both twins jumped out of the forest, but immediately went quiet seeing Naga glaring towards me. I even noticed that one of the twins took some photos of the monster.

Hissss....

The monster was hissing at me while its lower body, his tail, was wrinkling around him giving him a creepy look.

While the monster was staring towards me I put my staff into the Inventory and a Lightning Bolt appeared in each of my hands.

Zzing... Zzing...

The Lightning particles were dancing on my arms as the Bolts I held were thrown towards the snake-like monster.

Unfortunately for me as the monster was now aware of my presence it used its ' unique body ' to slither away from the projectiles.

' I'll have to get closer... '

Slowly approaching the ugly monster I got ready to deploy Shadow Protection if the Naga chose to leap at me.

Unfortunately I didn't expect for the snake to start retreating backwards.

' Wha? '

Looking at the snake I noticed its eyes darting around avoiding my gaze.

???

A bit confused by its reaction I came closer only for it to retreat.

You good?

I wanted to ask, unfortunately I wasn't able to speak serpent language...

Whoosh...

Not finding any choice, but to kill it with spells I threw another Bolt at the snake which it avoided as easily as the first two.

' This is stupid '

Equipping the Eerie Staff I dashed towards the Serpent with all the speed I had. Seeing me rapidly approaching the beast also lowered its body and darted... at the opposite side.

...

...

...

Chasing after the beast I felt something following right behind me. Not even turning my head I jumped in the air only to land on a soft wolf's back.

Petting his head I instructed Fenrir to follow the Serpent while I created Lightning Bolts aiming to pierce the Naga's tail.

Me and Fenrir spent the next few minutes chasing after the monster and luckily Naga was finally hit by one of my bolts.

Hissss...

Hiss full of pain left its throat, but it didn't stop and kept on rushing forward without any care about its bleeding tail.

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'Sssstupid human... '

Naga was hissing while trying not to lose consciousness. The wound on its tail was bleeding profusely, but the monster was still moving forward.

' A bit morrree... '

Naga felt that the home was so close and if it managed to reach it, he'll survive. Even though the enemy was strong he won't be able to combat a whole hive.

Whoosh...

Making the last ditch effort the monster managed to slither into the small cave that was leading underground.

' Helppppp! '

The last words escaped through the monster's mouth as multiple Lightning Bolts hit the same spot on its back finally piercing through the sturdy scales.

< 𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙭1 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙! >

< 𝙇𝙊𝙊𝙏 >

1️⃣ 2,500 𝙀𝙓𝙋

2️⃣ 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖'𝙨 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙭6

3️⃣ 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩'𝙨 𝙏𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙭5

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Approaching the corpse of the monster I quickly collected the loot before burning the body, waiting until the twins would come.

< 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙁𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖! >

~ +0.2 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚

~ +0.2 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨

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Tap... Tap... Tap...

After a minute or two I could finally hear the brothers' footsteps nearing the cave.

" Where's the Naga? "

While gasping for air one of the twins who was filming asked. I believe his name was Styk.

" Dead "

Looking at the cave's depths I thought about something and shifted my head towards the brothers.

" I'll be going further into the cave, I'm planning to hunt, since there probably is a monsters' nest there "

Turning around I started moving deeper into the cave expecting the Journalists to stay outside.

Tap... Tap...

Surprisingly both of them followed and while Styk was recording the flame I held in my palm his brother, Jake, was inspecting Fenrir, taking pictures from every single angle possible.

' I feel like a guide... '

Mumbling under my breath I finally encountered the first monster.

Hissss...

The Naga was not Elite, but it held a golden trident. Looking at its weapon a smile appeared on my face.

' Treasure! '

1️⃣ 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 [ 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙 ]

-- 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣

~ +20 𝙈𝙋

~ +35 𝙎𝙏𝙍

~ [ 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧 ] ➰

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The Item even had an ability. My eyes turned into dollar signs thinking about how much money this piece of equipment was worth.

Even the Naga felt uncomfortable, because of my gaze and hid its weapon behind the back.

' Now... now... '

Slowly approaching the monster I saw it slowly retreating backwards while still holding the trident behind his back. I didn't even notice the devilish smile I had on my face.

Whoosh...

The Naga suddenly turned and tried to run, unfortunately for the beast its path was blocked by my fluffy companion.

Whoosh...

Lightning Bolt soon hit Naga's back making it hiss in pain.

As soon as the first Spell landed Naga held its Weapon with both hands and a Spear-like projectile shot out of its front. The spear was purely made out of water, but I wasn't so dumb to believe I could tank it.

Crash...

I evaded to the side letting the Water Projectile pass through my side and crash into the wall. Unsurprisingly the cave wall was pierced a few meters deep.

' One of the lowest damage attributes my ass! '

Looking at the damage done to the wall I cursed while evading another water spear.

Boom... Boom...

Dodging every single projectile I started noticing the water spears becoming weaker and weaker and losing its original shape.

' Its Mana is about to run out... '

Looking at the Naga which was trying its hardest to defend against Fenrir and Me I saw it barely managing to keep the Trident from falling out of its hands.

Whoosh....

Finally my Lightning Bolt managed to reach the monster, damaging him and giving Fenrir a chance to leap at the beast.

< 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙭1 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙! >

< 𝙇𝙊𝙊𝙏 >

1️⃣ 2,000 𝙀𝙓𝙋 [ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 ]

2️⃣ 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖'𝙨 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙭4

3️⃣ 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙭3

4️⃣ 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 [ 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙 ]

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Looking behind to make sure that both brothers were still alive I was amazed by how tenacious they were.

Both of them were covered in small wounds which were probably inflicted by the after effects of the Golden Trident's ability.

" You both good? "

Feeling considerate I decided to at least ask them if they want to continue. I couldn't let my platfor... Mhm... business partners die.

Seeing Styk and Jake nodding their heads I called Fenrir back to my side. I did allow him to eat the body of Naga, since I didn't want to burn it in front of the brothers. I might be suspected as a psychopath who likes to burn bodies or they'll be onto my skill.

Too much information is not good...

Stretching my back I started moving deeper into the cave expecting to level up twice or even more until I'm forced to leave due to rewards I need to collect or a powerful beast that'll overpower me.