MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

The beautiful woman sighed massaging her templates with an annoyed expression plastered across her face.

She has lost all the tracks of Leo for the past three weeks. Her father's patience was also running low, demanding for results she didn't have.

Monica could only plead for more time and invest more capital into the search. She had already spent too much money on trying to find the guy with no results whatsoever.

Looking through the window she ruffled her red hair and eyed the huge city below her.

Clink...

A sound of an elevator opening echoed in the room and a man with a black suit and expensive jeans walked into her office.

"What do you want?"

Glancing at her brother Monica spoke with a slight irritation noticeable in her tone.

"Don't be mad, sis, I just want to know some information~"

Looking back at her was her brother, Theo, he had bright red hair and a smirk that would make one want to punch him in the face.

The relationship between the siblings wasn't great, probably, because both were direct heirs to their father's company. Both held major shares and always competed.

"Information also has a price..."

Squinting her eyes Monica glared at her brother with curiosity.

'Something big must've happened if he came to ask for my help...'

Looking at his handsome face Monica grinned, she would use this chance to drain some of his money.

"I need all the information you have have about the unknown player"

The girl momentarily froze hearing the information her sibling needed. Lifting her eyes to meet his gaze she gave him a coldest smile Theo had ever seen in his entire life.

"Not for sale~"

With a joyous yet chilling voice, Monica spoke gesturing towards the elevator's door. She was no idiot, she knew Theo had a beef with Leo and would try to hunt him down either in real life or inside the game.

She couldn't let her golden goose die, because of her brother's stupidity.

"I'll pay you?"

Still confused Theo spoke, but Monica just pressed a button underneath her table and her bodyguard came into the room, to remove an unwanted guest from her office.

With a slightly perplexed expression Theo was moving his lips, but no sound came out of his throat. He understood what was happening only when he was thrown outside the huge skyscraper his sister owned.

"Who the fuck is that bastard!"

His face became the color of his hair as he clenched his new phone so hard a weird cracking sound resounded across the street.

"Shit..."

Looking at the blood gushing out of his palm Theo cursed before throwing the phone into the closest bin. Leo has already costed him two phones and two deaths.

***

Achoo...

Sneezing Leo looked at the spire far in the distance. He had already eaten the dinner and retired to his room, to play some Fragmental.

Right now he was trying to get as far away from the tower as possible, in fact he didn't want to see it on the horizon.

The strange fog wave it released with unknown creatures lurking inside it, was a phenomenon Leo didn't want to explore. Even in his past life little to nothing was known about it, making Leo frown every time he saw orange clouds gathering at the peak of the huge tower.

'Another one...l

Looking at the skeleton with two horns protruding from its skull lying on the ground with its limbs bent in weird directions Leo sighed. It was the sixth dead monster he saw while traveling. It was unknown what abominations hid inside the fog, but they sure had nimble teeth, no flesh was left on the corpses he had found.

Calink... Calink...

Strange sound of a bird echoed in the vicinity and Leo dove to the ground pressing himself into the red sand as hard as possible.

Warily lifting his eyes in the sky, Leo saw a huge red silhouette flying through the air, glancing around the desert, seemingly looking for a prey.

It was a strange bird with a head and wings of a raven. Its feather were bright red perfectly hiding its presence in the region of hell.

[ HELL RAVEN ]

-- Apowerful and dangerous bird dwelling in hell

-- Fire and Wind type monster

-- Carnivore; Aggressive

[ Short Description ]

-- A breed between the raven and the demon.The monster will haunt the skies of hell continuously searching for preys.Ifneeded the raven can use its strong wings to breach the speed of sound. Living in the hottest regions of hell the monsterhas developed strong Fire and Heat resistance.

< ATTRIBUTES >

[ Lv.80 ]

HP: 20,000 ll AGL: 1500

MP: 5000 ll PDEF: 1,500

STR:4,500 l MDEF: 2000

INT: 5,450 ll SN: 400

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[ Unknown... ]

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Looking at the beast's description Leo frowned, he could swear in his past life they were at best Lv. 75!

Screech...

His thoughts ceased to exist as he felt shivers run down his back, the monster had probably spotted him.

'It was a good run...'

Looking at the beautiful icon of his level, Leo said his goodbyes before closing his eyes.

Boom...

The shockwaves were sent in all directions, but Leo felt no pain. Touching all around his body and looking at his HP bar he noticed that he was yet to be injured.

Lifting his head from the red sand he noticed the Hell Raven being pressed down against the ground by a huge silhouette of a demon.

Looking at its face Leo noticed no signs of intelligence and cursed, it was a demon that would kill him as soon as he had a chance. It wasn't like the demon NPCs that were above the ground, it was an unintelligent monster gifted with massive strength.

'The Forest!'

Looking at the red trees in the distance Leo quickly called Fenrir and jumped on his back. Running through the red wasteland they left a trail of dust, but Leo didn't care; he just needed to get inside the forest.

Crack...

The sound of bones being broken resounded behind Leo, but he didn't dare to look. He felt that the raven had already died and he was the next target.

Boom...

The sand before him was suddenly uplifted and the silhouette of the demon soon emerged from the dust of cloud raised by its landing.

'Crap!'

Absorbing Fenrir into his Tattoo Leo took a deep breath.

'Shadow Realm!'

All the light suddenly disappeared in a small radius around them. While Leo could see everything, the demon couldn't, it kept swinging its huge claws like crazy, trying to grab or cut Leo in half.

'Dumbass!'

Looking at the monster Leo circled around it before dashing into the redwoods. At the last second the demon also felt the lack of Leo's presence within his senses and immediately stopped.

Roar...

Savage roar left its throat, but Leo was already deep in the forest, hiding in one of the giant tree's roots.

"I will not survive this..."

Leo felt desperate, everything around him was at least eight times stronger than him. Even the simplest raven, at the bottom of the food chain, could eat him up whenever it wanted.

Sorting out his thoughts Leo drew himself a clear plan.

"Escape the radius of the tower... Find a ruined portal... Enter it, complete it and leave this place..."

Wiping away the sweat running down his face Leo paled thinking about the time he wasted, because of the stupid Ice Wyvern that forced him to jump down the cliff.

"I'll kill that bastard..."

With a sadistic grin Leo spoke and reluctantly left his temporary shelter in between the tree roots.

Moving through the forest Leo was forced to walk at a very slow pace, trying not to step on any of the branches. The sound would probably attract forest inhabitants and Leo had no need for a fight.

'Fenrir!'

Finally his patience ran out and he called his pet. Giving his companion some pork and patting his giant head Leo gave him some simple instructions.

'Be careful not to step on any of the branches...'

Mounting his huge, black wolf Leo smiled not hearing a single sound as they rapidly moved through the forest.

'I should've called you a horse...'

Leo could've sworn he heard Fenrir snort as if he had read his thoughts.

***

The journey through the forest was uneventful, but Leo didn't complain. Fenrir was already long gone into his tattoo, the heat was too much for a beast with a lot of fur to handle.

Looking at the position of the red, glowing orb, high in the sky, Leo could tell the night was rapidly approaching. He couldn't quite tell if the shiny thing floating in the air was a sun or not, but he simply didn't care.

The most important thing now was to find a place to stay. A night in hell can be unforgiving to those who are brave or stupid enough to stay wandering through the desert.

Whoosh...

The wind got stronger and Leo had to cover his face with the hood, so his eyes wouldn't be full of sand.

Looking around Leo noticed the ruins of an ancient temple a bit further north and hastened his steps. Nearing the object he saw some kind of symbols engraved on its side, but didn't have enough time to analyze them.

'I should make sure nobody is inside...'

Entering the abandoned structure Leo murmured and lit his right hand aflame.

Now the inside of the building was dimly lit giving it a scary look one could only see in horror movies.

'Good thing I'm not in a movie...'