Shin Yamato
Title: None
Class: Devil
Level: 73
Strength: 2940
Agility: 4434
Magic: 3100
Endurance: 3394
Stamina: 7103
Vitality: 7509
Abilities: Acceleration, Six sense
Acceleration: Consumes 100 stamina per second. Effects: Agility is doubled, but chances that Stamina consumed will be doubled.
Six sense: No Vitality or Stamina needed. Effects: Able to see the aura of other players and all senses are heightened. Gains awareness of surroundings.
Inside the tower...
Shin and Rika followed Lana up the stairs from the first floor of the tower which was empty.
Shin looked at the walls. There were skulls and bones everywhere, on the floor, on the walls, and in the ceiling. This whole tower's interior was made almost out of bones. As they reached the second level, there were 5 human-like beings in the shadows.
"Huh, people live in here?" Shin asked as he approached them.
As Shin approached them, he sensed dark energy and saw that the group had a dark aura around them.
"Shin, stay back!" Lana yelled.
"Huh?" Shin turned around.
Suddenly, 1 of them dashed towards Shin. Shin turned back and the being was right in front of Shin. As the being was right in front of Shin, it had gray skin, black soulless eyes, razor-sharp teeth, and long sharp nails. Shin fell on his back. The being pounced on Shin and it opened its mouth, about to take a bite out of Shin. Then suddenly a sword made out of light pierced the being in the head and the being disintegrated. It was Rika who made that sword and threw it at the being. Shin got up and dashed back towards Rika and Lana. Shin looked at Rika.
"Thanks."
Rika nodded her head.
Rika and Lana then opened up their spatial storage. Rika pulled out a white rapier while Lana pulled out a black scythe with a tiny little black flame at the tip of the blade.
"What are those things?" Shin questioned as he dusted off the dust on his vest.
"There ghouls... monstrous humanoids that eat flesh like yours," Lana replied as she got into a stance.
"Stay back Shin, we got this." Rika and Lana then dashed towards the 4 remaining ghouls. Clashing with them.
Shin on the other hand just stood there and watched.
`Wow...I feel useless. Maybe I should've bought a weapon before this.`
1 minute later...
Rika and Lana easily dealt with the ghouls. After that, a new case of stairs would appear from the ceiling, leading up to the next floor. The two then walk up the stairs.
`Hmm...I think I'll just throw some fireballs to contribute.`
Shin follows the two ladies up the stairs to the third floor.
As Shin approached the third level. It was different as the walls had drawings of Chimeras on the wall. There were 2 of them.
Rika and Lana looked around, searching for the next enemy. Shin also looked around, but they sensed absolutely no life energy. Shin got interested in the drawings and approached them.
`Hmm, these are some detailed drawings. It almost looks so... realistic...`
Shin got closer to one of the chimera drawings. It had the lion head in the front, the goat on the side, and the snake which was located at the tail. As he got closer, the drawings suddenly came to life and tried to pounce on Shin. Luckily for him, he activated acceleration just in time and dodged. Shin skidded back and stopped. He looked over at Rika and Lana, they were dealing with the other Chimera that just came to life. Rika noticed Shin fighting the other Chimera.
"Lana, you can handle this one by yourself." Rika then used acceleration and went towards Shin.
Shin made two fireballs and threw it at the Chimera. The Chimera opened it's mouth and swallowed the two fireballs.
`What? It just ate it like it was a midnight snack!`
"Shin!"
"Huh?"
"Chimeras are fire-resistant!"
"What?"
`So that's why it wasn't affected.`
Rika's left hand glowed blue and she waves it over her rapier, enchanting it with light magic. She then jumps in the air and delivers an energy slash. The chimera noticed it and stepped to the side dodging, though its tail wasn't so lucky. The snake tail landed on the ground, letting out a dying hiss and it disintegrated. The Chimera then let out a blood-curdling roar.
'ROOOOAAAARRRR!!!!!!!!'
Shin covered his ears as the roar echoed throughout the room. Then the Chimera let out a cry.
'BLEEEEEAAAT!!!'
Shin let go of his ears and turned his attention towards the now decapitated Chimera. Its body was slowly disintegrating. Lana had finished dealing with the other Chimera. The ceiling dropped another flight of stairs.
`As again...I did nothing...` Shin sighed with disappointment.
They walked up to the next level.
***
Three parties had returned from there designated portals. They had all failed. Damien facepalmed as he was disappointed.
`I've never seen this much people fail doing low ranked raids.`
Melina Taylor and Suzu Mirage came out from the portal on the right, carrying 3 other players that failed.
`And the number keeps rising.`
Damien sighed. Then he looked at the middle portal which Shin had entered.
`Hope that kid's doing alright.`
***
8 minutes have passed.
Shin, Rika, and Lana had reached the last floor of the tower. The last floor was much different from the other floors. The walls of the tenth level were covered and smeared with blood. The ground was made out of obsidian and the ceiling had a circular window. The sun shining into the room.
The three then sensed a dark presence in the room with them. They stared at the shadows.
In the shadows, there were four red glowing eyes. Lana and Rika took their stances while Shin made two fireballs. The red glowing eyes suddenly disappeared. Lana noticed a large shadow on the ground. She looked up and there appeared a large black scaled reptilian creature with red glowing claws. It dives down towards Lana and prepares to slash her, but Lana blocks the attack with hey scythe and jumps up in the air to counter-attack. The blade of her scythe was at the creature's neck. Just as she was about to execute the creature, it suddenly vanished. Lana's eyes widened as she looked down. The reptilian appeared right in front of Rika, on its four legs. It let out an intense growl. It's glowing red eyes staring at Rika. Rika took her rapier and tried to stab the creature. The creature dodged the rapier, leaving an afterimage. The creature vanished again. Lana and Rika backed up on each other, getting into their stances. Shin, on the other hand, produced more flames around him out of fear.
"This thing is fast. It must be the boss."
"Yeah, I know." Rika enchanted her Rapier once again with light magic. The flame on Lana's scythe expanded and it coated the blade with black flames.
The creature growled again. It then appeared in front of Rika. Swinging its claw at her. Rika blocked all of the swings and tried to counter by aiming for the creature's neck. The creature vanished again and it appeared on top of Rika. Lana turned around and swung her scythe. The creature swiftly dodged and vanished again, leaving afterimages.
As Shin watched the two struggle to hit the creature once, he wondered why the creature hasn't attacked him yet.
`Is it because I'm a guy? Or is it...`
Shin looked at the fire field he planted around him. With one more moment of thinking, he realized why.
"Lana, Rika!"
Lana and Rika turned towards Shin.
"What?"
"I think it's weak to fire. Quick, use any fire spells that you know."
Rika and Lana nodded. Rika enchanted her rapier again, this time with fire magic. The blade would be engulfed in blue flames. Lana made a purple fireball and threw it into the shadows. The fireball vanished and the creature dashed out, running away from the shadows. It then dashed towards Lana and Rika. Rika performed some energy slashes, the creature dodged every single one of them, leaving its afterimage. Rika and Lana extended their left hand at the creature.
"Flamethrower!"
Huge Blue and Purple flames are blasted towards the creature. The creature attempts to dodge it, but it wasn't quick enough as its tail got caught on fire. The creature looked at it's burning tail.
`Yes, they finally hit it.`
The creature, enraged, waved the flames off like it was nothing.
"What? It just shrugged that flame off like it was nothing..."
Lana's expression became more serious.
Lana and the reptilian looked at each other in the eyes. The creature then let out a chuckled. Lana and Rika were puzzled. The creature had a huge grin of its face, revealing it's razor-sharp teeth. The creature turned it's attention at Shin.
Shin was trembling in fear. The creature slowly walked towards Shin. As it walked, its eyes and claws glowed purple. Purple flames came out of it's back and it suddenly grew larger.
`It..it's fire-resistant as well?!`
The creature's claws would extend a few more inches. It dashed at Shin and since Shin had no weapon. He was unable to block. Shin put his arms in front of him and just when the creature was about to cut Shin's arms off.
'CLANG'
Lana had blocked the attack just in time before Shin had lost both his arms. The creature backflipped away, landing on its hind legs. It let out a creepy chuckle as it focused its attention towards Rika. Rika re-enchanted her rapier with light magic. She then activated her acceleration and sixth sense. Rika dashed towards the creature, the creature doing the same. They then clashed.
Shin fell on his knees. He almost had a near-death experience. His heart was beating so fast and he was sweating profusely. Lana looked at Shin.
"It's ok, you just rest now."
"Ahhhhh..."
Rika was flung onto the floor by the creature. The creature chuckled again, it still had its sadistic grin on its face. The creature would dash at Rika but it was interrupted by Lana, who swung her scythe in front of the creature's face. The creature backed up.
Rika's white ring would be glowing.
` Master please summon me to fight this creature for you.`
Rika looked at the ring and took it off. She tossed it in the air and the ring morphed into a wolf. The wolf had glowing eyes and a glowing white horn. The crest on its side would glow. It then howled, the air would suddenly become chilly.
The flames on the creature and the flames on Lana's scythe would shrink down.
`You are assault my master?!` Frost said growling at the creature.
The creature stared at Frost and let out a quiet growl. Its eyes narrowed, knowing that Frost would be more troubling than the rest.
Lana got into her stance and Frost circled the creature. The creature looked at both Lana and Frost. The creature would then dash at Lana. Lana who had her acceleration activated dashed towards the creature. They clashed and the ground beneath them would break. Frost howled and 4 magic circles appeared behind her. It fired blue glowing projectiles at the creature. The creature blocked all of Lana's attack, turning around it then sliced all the projectiles and they would break on impact. The creature dashed towards Frost and Frost did the same, her white claws extending. They then engaged in a competition, who would slash who first. Lana spun her scythe and then smashed the floor with her scythe. The ground would crumble and it broke. Lana, Frost, the creature, and the others would fall. The floors were weakened from the last battles, so all the floors would break on impact from the floor falling above. As the floors stopped breaking, they were all on the first floor of the tower. There remains of the floors were all over the place. The reptilian popped out from all the debris and landed softly on top of the rubble. It looked at its left hand, its claws were all broken and it was missing fingers. It ignored it.
It looked around searching for the players. Then Frost, who was floating down, landed. Frost had grown a pair of energy wings. The creature grinned and chuckled, Frost, answered back with a howl. The atmosphere had become chillier again. Behind the creature was Lana, who tried to stand using her scythe as support. Rika was in the shadows watching. Then suddenly, the creature's eyes had returned to its normal color, red. It had stayed in its full power form for too long. The creature looked at Lana and Frost, it was prepared for their attack. Then just as it was about to attack them, it felt a tug on its leg. The creature, Lana, and Frost looked at the hand that was grabbing its foot. Beneath the rubble below the creature was Shin. Shin ended up beneath where the creature stood. The creature looked down at the injured player and grinned. It snatched Shin and pulled him out. It then tossed Shin up in the air. Lana, Rika, and Frost watched Shin get thrown into the air, then 3 spikes went through Shin's chest.
"!"
"!"
"!"
The creature had mercilessly stabbed Shin in the chest. Lana and Rika's eyes widened. Shin spat out blood on the creature's face. The creature licked the blood off its face. It then lowered Shin and growled in front of his face. It would creepily chuckle in front of Shin's face.
"F*ck you, d*ckhead..."
The creature tossed Shin away as if he was a doll. It then absorbed the blood that was on its scales and it slowly regenerated its fingers and claws. Shin was bleeding from the 3 holes in his chest. His heart was pierced and he was losing blood at an extremely quick rate. Then, the life in Shin's eye had vanished. Shin's heart had stopped.
Shin had been killed by the creature...
Chapter 8-Round 2