MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage-Chapter 95 Vampiric Sword

Leo consumed another MP potion, his mana reserves were low once again.

While dodging a series of acidic potions spat in his direction he barely managed to avoid the huge tail of the monster that could still reach him even though the beast itself was flying high in the air.

Launching himself backwards he took a deep breath looking at the creature's menacing frame hovering right above him.

'Just get down!'

Hissing Leo threw a Lightning Bolt at its soft abdomen, which, unfortunately, didn't do much damage, because the Basilisk suddenly turned its body upside down and blocked the projectile with its scales.

This was the third time the monster used this move to deflect Lightning Bolts. Even so Leo was collected not letting his emotions sway his judgment.

Looking at his rapidly changing Mana numbers on his Status screen he noticed that he had a little bit over a dozen of MP potions left.

Leo now had to be resourceful and be smart about the way he spent his Mana.

Stealthily moving in between the debris Leo wanted to disappear from the monster's line of sight. Moving his legs as rapidly and softly as he could Leo made sure that low to no sound would be produced as he made his way towards the giant creature's tail.

Of course, for a demon who had a two digit Agility it was rather hard, or in this case impossible.

Leo saw the Basilisk's eyes glistening in the dimly illuminated room and quickly took cover, because the beast would've frozen him in place.

'Stupid Ability!'

Cursing in between his breaths Leo frowned looking at Vampiric sword stuck in the Basilisk's scales, shining in eerie red color.

Suddenly the Basilisk dived down towards the ground and started thrashing around the area, raising a huge dust cloud as well as making the battlefield even more of a chaos than it previously was.

David was forced to retreat to the corner of the room and try to avoid the ferocious violence of the boss, while Leo hid behind a huge boulder that wouldn't be easily moved even if the snake used its hardest to push it.

Leo was struggling not to throw another Lightning Bolt at the monster destroying the battlefield behind him. He knew that his Mana was a resource he had to save and wasting it on a 'not sure to hit' situation would be useless.

Looking at the Vampiric Sword, as if glued, stuck inside the beast's body whether it went, cursed. The damn snake was too agile and had crazy reflexes that disallowed him from constantly damaging its soft abdomen with spells.

'Just stay still...'

Creating a Lightning Bolt and aiming it at the Basilisk's constantly moving figure he finally found an opening and threw the spell at the damaged eye of the beast.

Shriek...

Leo has just bought himself a few seconds to dash and grab the Vampiric sword shining in the scales of the giant snake.

'Now or never!' f𝓇𝘦e𝑤𝘦𝚋𝒏૦ѵℯ𝒍.c𝐨𝒎

Making a run for it Leo made sure to approach the snake, from the side it couldn't see him and snatch away the weapon, before it could even realize what happened. 𝘧𝘳𝐞𝚎𝑤ℯ𝘣𝗻𝘰ѵℯl.c𝐨𝚖

With slightly trembling arms he finally touched the hilt of the sword and tried pulling it with all his strength he had saved throughout the battle.

Unfortunately being a mage he had invested nothing into his Strength attribute, hence couldn't even move the sword from its original spot.

"Come on!"

Leo's expression turned grim, feeling that the Basilisk shifted its head so it could see what was tickling its side.

'Fuck!'

Making a last ditch effort Leo felt his hands go numb while one of his muscles tore from overextension.

The damn sword didn't even move, as if cemented into the monster's body it stayed in its position not giving in to Leo's attempts.

Eventually Leo had to give up and retreat backwards or else his whole body would've been devoured by the Basilisk.

"David! I'll distract the fucking snake! Get the sword!"

Hoping that the guy was close enough to hear his words Leo jumped away from another tail strike approaching him at a surprisingly fast pace. This time Leo wasn't as lucky as before and was slightly grazed by the attack.

Unfortunately even the slightest graze was very powerful, sending Leo crashing into the wall on the other side of the room.

"Aghhh!"

Vomiting blood the Shadow Mage felt that the inner damage was massive, he had to consume a potion... Quickly!

Unfortunately, the Basilisk thought otherwise.

Boom...

The beast's giant jaws collided with the wall Leo was thrown against a few seconds ago. The man in question was laying on the ground a few meters to the side, trying to drink the red potion held in his trembling hands.

The gut-wrenching pain was not helping him, but finally Leo emptied the potions contents into his mouth and his body started recovering at a speed visible to an eye.

Hisss...

Unfortunately the Basilisk's shadow was hovering above him, staring directly into his eyes making Leo freeze in place.

Leo could even see a small grin plastered the monster's face as it opened its giant jaws intending to devour him.

Crack...

Suddenly the beast froze in place and blood left its mouth as it threw its head backwards aiming at something standing on top of its body. pletely pale.

"You are a crazy!"

He pointed as if blaming Leo, but the Mage only shrugged his soldiers before quickly leaving the temporary crack in the ground.

The menacing figure of the Basilisk was towering above him, but Leo now had no fear over it... his hands were shaking, because it was cold.

The damn Basilisk was too big to be called a snake, it ugly face, big fangs, ability to fly, everything about the creature made Leo frown.

Distancing himself from the crack he was previously hiding in, Leo made sure to taunt the boss so it would follow after him.

Whoosh... Whoosh...

His Lightning Bolts flew at the snake, one of them hit the snake's uncovered skin, while the other missed, although barely.

Shriek...

The Basilisk's HP was slowly moving towards 10% and Leo's smile was only widening by every second.

Whoosh...

Another Lightning Projectile tore through the air and hit the beast where its scales were ripped apart.

[ The Dungeon Boss is entering Berserk Mode! ]

A system message notified Leo about the monster's condition.

"It's show time!"