As the team awaits Grid and the others, Zeek strolled in the vicinity, he noticed that the remaining 15 skeletons are the only left and no new mobs respawned in the area, Zeek deducted that the fountain will only trigger a boss fight after killing all the mobs that respawn.
After 5 minutes Zeek received a private chat that Grid and the others are waiting in front of the door, Zeek opened the door for the others to enter, after entering Zeek gave the others the leftover equipment and formed a 11 man party lead by Zeek himself.
Grid and the other then introduced themselves to Wolf Hound.
"Do you think they are the same level as Endless?", Sharp Edge said
"I don't think so, they don't have that aura that Endless have", Fire Starter said.
"Prepare to lure all the remaining mobs, Wolf Hound and Light Bringer will lead the assault", Zeek ordered.
As the two approached each other a sudden chill was felt by Wolf Hound, the calm aura of Grid and his team became different, as they ready for battle the intensity of the group radiates a killing intent, Wolf Hound and the others felt the suffocating feeling of weakness.
Light then used Charge hitting the first mob then Wolf Hound was dumbfounded when suddenly Light weaved through the mobs using only one charge, hitting 4 more mobs before the skill stops.
"Y...You can move while using charge!?", Healing Ray said.
As the mobs drop on the floor 1 by 1 with a stun effect Grid and the others dashed forward without hesitation.
"T...They're already moving!" Sharp Edge.
Grid jumped towards the statue and started shooting the remaining mobs that Light and Wolf Hound didn't reach and started to kite them all while Flaming Beauty cast AOE magic, Wolf and his team were shocked by the coordination of Grid and his team, after only 2 minutes the mobs was been cleaned, the efficiency of their attack patterns was so precise, they didn't even saw any wasted movement or skills, it's so precise and on point.
"So what happens now?"Grid said.
"We summon the boss", Zeek said.
The ground shook violently, the urn in the fountain with skulls engrave on it moved, the small skulls began opening their mouths and black smoke started to come out. the dirty water on the fountain starts to rise up back to the urn and at the same time, the smoke began to thicken. A massive black cloth appeared in front of the team wielding a scythe made out of water.
"Who dares to wake me!?, you will pay with your souls!"
Zeek used Shadow Inspect
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[ Death Shadow Level 25 - Tier 0 ]
Element: Dark
Race: Demon
Size: Medium
HP: 100,000/100,000
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"T...That HP is insane!", Wolf Hound said.
"Prepare yourself, Wolf Hound let Light be the main tank and be on stand by for a change up", Zeek said
"A changeup?", Wolf Hound asked.
"I'll tank it first and you deal damage, if my HP reaches critical condition you will change positions with me so I can heal" Light explained.
Light then dashed towards Death Shadow, Light used Divine Light holy buffs protecting the caster with an additional 50% def and 70% def to any unholy effects. He then brandished his huge Hammer towards the boss using a skill called Divine Bash with additional holy damage and stun effect.
"He's a guardian like you boss?", Dark Instinct asked.
"The difference between our strength is far, his not only a tank but he can also deal massive damage just by performing a normal attack." Wolf Hound explained.
"I established Aggro!, set up the attack," Light said.
As soon as Light shouted Zeek and his team dashed forward and started to deal damage, Grid release Piercing Shot to stun the boss while Flaming and Lilly deal magic damage. After lowering the boss HP tp 50% the boss staggered back.
"You Insignificant little creatures, prepare to be sacrificed to the Dark Kings!"
A Massive black smoke appeared on the base of the Death Shadows Body enveloping him in the process, the dark sky that surrounds the garden turned dark red, red lightning started to appear in the vicinity.
The smoke took the shape of a giant skull, with red glowing eyes. he then started to gather the red lighting in his mouth.
"Everyone! avoid the attack!" Zeek ordered.
The boss fired a large red beam straight towards Zeek and the team. after avoiding it red lightning started to pour randomly on the field, Healing Ray has hit and received damage of almost 70% of his HP.
"These things are dangerous!," Healing Ray said.
"Let's push through this!" Wolf Hound said.
As the team dashed towards the boss Zeek then felt a sudden feeling. Zeek then used his feet to break in top speed.
"All of you! fall back!", Zeek said.
All of them were shocked but Grid and his team didn't hesitate and dashed back, after a split second of delay Wolf Hounds team followed but because of that delay, Dark Instinct didn't have the time to be on the safe zone. the tiled floor started to light up and rays of red light enveloped a 30-meter radius of the map, devouring Dark Instinct and Fire Starter on the process.
"Does anyone of you have a resurrection skill?" Zeek asked.
"I acquired one after changing to my 2nd job," Lilly said
"Light kite the boss around the fountain while Lilly resurrects the others," Zeek ordered.
"I'll help out," Healing Ray and Grid said
Light, Grid, and Zeek launched towards the boss while Healing Ray supports them, Wolf Hound supported Lilly so she can move faster without dodging any of the pouring red lightning.
Zeek used Conceal Shadow and moved to the back to cast Shadow Bind, but the stun didn't affect the boss and the damaged became 0 nullifying physical and magical attacks.
"What the hell is this!?, his in invulnerable state!?", Grid said.
While the other team succeeded in resurrecting both Dark Instinct and Fire Starter, but the other team was dumbfounded that the boss is still in the invulnerable state after 3 minutes. Another wave of red light appeared again on the floor but luckily the team avoided them perfectly.
"Zeek, this is insane, how can we defeat an enemy who is always in invulnerable phase", Grid said.
Zeek bit his thumb and think of a strategy, Zeek looked around and noticed that the pouring thunder stopped, Zeek walked slowly forward and after nine steps a bolt of sudden lightning appeared in front of him, he backed out and made a mark on the tiled flooring.
"I see. . . This red lightnings are not random. ..It's a spell." Zeek muttered to himself.
"All of you! ran forward pass the skeleton smoke, do not attack the boss, just ran past him", Zeek said.
"B..but that's suicide!," Wolf Hound said.
"Trust Me," Zeek said.
The team dashed towards the smoke and moved to pass the boss.
"What the hell happened?", Grid asked.
"That's not the real boss, It's time for you to show yourself," Zeek said smiling.
Zeek used Shadow Search, after unleashing the skill the Skeleton Smoke vanished and the Death Shadow appeared again in front of them.
Zeek and the others launched and attack the Death Shadow, every 5 minutes he again used hide and summon the skeleton smoke but because of Zeeks Shadow Inspect the battle became one-sided, after an hour of battle the Death Shadow's HP reached 0.
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System: Congratulations to Player Endless and his team, you are the first to defeat Death Shadow, The system will record your accomplishments to the Gods Tablet. Do you want to show your name?
"Please name it Team Endless Realm", Zeek said.
Regional System: Congratulations on Team Endless Realm in defeating Death Shadow : receiving the first kill of the Death Shadow, System Reward: 400,000 exp, 62 Gold, 200 Vulcan Empire Reputation.
Word System: Congratulations on Team Endless Realm in defeating Death Shadow : receiving the first kill of the Death Shadow, System Reward: 400,000 exp, 62 Gold, 200 Vulcan Empire Reputation.
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Wolf Hound and the team leveled up to 25 while Grid and the other attain level 26, Zeek on the other hand, reached level 23 with 80% exp bar.
"Wolf Hounds team will have the priority on the equipment, please loot the boss", Zeek said towards Wolf Hound.
"Sorry but we can't do that, Please loot it for us, will just roll on the equipment, the damage rankings show that your team has the upper hand.", Wolf Hound said.
Grid looted the carcass of the boss and showed it to Zeek.
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Item Name: Death Garb [ Gold ] Tier 0
Level Requirement: Level 20
Durability: 100/100
Job: Thief
Attributes:
Movement Speed +15%
HP +750
Physical Def+60
Magic Def. +20
[ Set Effect ]
2 Sets: Movement Speed +5%
3 Sets: Critical Chance +10%
5 Sets: +1 to all Dark Attribute Skills.
Description:
Used by the Personal Guards of the 2nd Demon King, The Demon King Namir Raha built his army that specialized in stealth and assassination, these guards are well known as the Death Brigade formed by the Shadow King himself.
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Item Name: Death Helm [ Gold ] Tier 0
Level Requirement: Level 20
Durability: 100/100
Job: Thief
Attributes:
HP +500
Physical Def+30
Magic Def. +10
Critical Def. +5%
[ Set Effect ]
2 Sets: Movement Speed +5%
3 Sets: Critical Chance +10%
5 Sets: +1 to all Dark Attribute Skills.
Description:
Used by the Personal Guards of the 2nd Demon King, The Demon King Namir Raha built his army that specialized in stealth and assassination, these guards are well known as the Death Brigade formed by the Shadow King himself.
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Dark Instinct insists that Zeek can have the item while he received a copy of the Death Helm and the Death Gloves that they looted. Light and Hound rolled for the shield and Light won
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Item Name: Skeleton Shield [ Gold ] Tier 0
Level Requirement: Level 25
Durability: 100/100
Job: Thief
Attributes:
Block Rate +20%
HP + 800
MP + 100
Physical Def.+40%
Magic Def.+20%
Description:
Used by the Personal Guards of the 1st Demon King, The Demon King Namir Juhan built his army that specialized Defensive Techniques, these guards are well known as the Dark Guardians formed by the Shadow King himself.
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Wolf Hound Received an item called Sword of Vengeance Tier 0 and a level 25 Tier 0 armor ( Purple ), while the others also got a part of level 25 tier 0 armor purple grade from the loots.
Zeek also received the blueprint for the Kahur set and promised that Wolf Hound and Sharp Edge will have a copy of the armor.
"Zeek, this item is different", Grid said.
Zeek then looked at the description of the item.
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Item Name: Death Shadows Skull
Description:
Search for someone to inspect this item.
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"Another quest item?," I'll let Zafir authenticate this item.
After sorting the loots the bell rang indicating the servers shutting down.
"I guess it's time to say goodbye", Wolf Hound said.
"What are you saying? we are only in the first part of the quest", Zeek said.
"Are you planning to venture deeper?", Sharp Edge asked.
"Yap, let us wait here tomorrow so we can run the second map", Zeek said.
"Then see you tomorrow Endless"
The team's bid farewell and Zeek logged out of the game.