MMORPG: Rebirth of the Shadow Mage

122  The Fallen One

Crack...

The last statue crumbled to bits and Ava collapsed to the ground. Her body was slightly trembling, due to lack of Mana, but she didn't plan to use Mana potions.

Looking at the broken statues covering the platform Ava sighed. Leo was correct, she wouldn't have been able to defeat them before receiving the blessings.

If normally she was a Lv. 19 Lightning Mage, now she had attributes that'd easily surpass those of Lv. 40. The most important part was that they would stay even after the mission which made Ava believe she was currently the strongest player.

'...'

Shaking her head, she focused. It was not time to compare herself to Leo, he had too many mysteries and unknown cards to account for.

Touching the cold stair railing she started ascending the tower.

Puff...

Suddenly a stair beneath her foot disappeared and she was about to fall, but luckily kept her mind calm and used Lightning Step to teleport herself back on the staircase.

'That was close...'

Looking at the empty space where the stair previously was, Ava sighed. Leo had warned her that traps after the platform would be placed at random with no pattern. Within the document it was written that she just had to keep her mind calm and use her improved Attributes to ascend.

Dusting off her purple robe Ava took out a bunch of small fangs. It was an item dropped by small green creatures called goblins. They were inhabiting the forest surrounding the Elven starting point and most of the quest had to do something with their extermination.

Thud...

Throwing the first tooth on the stair Ava didn't notice anything abnormal and took a step forward.

Thud... Thud... Thud...

In such a manner she avoided all the flames, disappearing stairs and even poisonous needles that would shoot out from the wall, aiming exactly where the tooth fell.

"Why was nothing mentioned about the needles..."

Ava thought that Leo knew everything, but it didn't seem to be the case, he didn't know about the needles!

...

...

...

"Is he trying to get me killed?"

With a frown Ava spoke while throwing another tooth.

Whoosh...

Purple flames engulfed the fallen item, but Ava simply jumped over the stair, continuing her journey.

'I'll make sure to count that off his pay...'

Making herself a mental note Ava shook her head and glanced upwards. There was only a single staircase left!

Looking at the stairs covered with red carpet Ava squinted her eyes and lit the thing on fire.

Crackle...

Right before her eyes the beautiful ornaments of the carpet started turning into ashes and revealing the stairs.

'At least this much is true...'

Looking at the various Magic Circles drawn on the stairs' surface Ava channeled Mana and Lightning started dancing on her feet.

Swish...

Avoiding all the stairs she found herself before a golden door with visible blood marks on its handle.

Puff...

Exhaling she put her hands on the handle and pushed the doors open.

Swish...

Orange clouds were surrounding the tower's summit, covering the world surrounding it. Strange voices could be heard within them, but Ava didn't mind them, she had no time to.

A creature, at least 2 meters tall, stood further away from the door.

[ 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋 ]

-- 𝐀 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠

-- 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥

-- 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

[ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ]

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬.

𝐌𝐏: 𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎    || 𝐃𝐄𝐅: 𝟔,𝟎𝟎𝟎

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𝐒𝐓𝐑: 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎  || 𝐌𝐄𝐅: 𝟔,𝟎𝟎𝟎

<𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬>

[ 𝐋𝐯. 𝟏𝟏𝟓 ]

𝐇𝐏: 𝟔𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎    || 𝐀𝐆𝐈: 𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎

𝐌𝐏: 𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎    || 𝐃𝐄𝐅: 𝟔,𝟎𝟎𝟎

𝐒𝐓𝐑: 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎  || 𝐌𝐄𝐅: 𝟔,𝟎𝟎𝟎

𝐈𝐍𝐓: 𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎    || 𝐒𝐄𝐍: 𝟐𝟎𝟎

< 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐒 >

1️⃣ 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 < 𝐋𝐯. 𝟒 >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞

2️⃣ 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 < 𝐌𝐚𝐱. 𝐋𝐯. >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

3️⃣ 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 < 𝐌𝐚𝐱. 𝐋𝐯. >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

4️⃣ 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 < 𝐌𝐚𝐱. 𝐋𝐯. >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲

< 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 >

1️⃣ 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 < 𝐋𝐯. 𝟒 >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜

2️⃣ 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 < 𝐋𝐯. 𝟑 >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬

3️⃣ 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 < 𝐋𝐯. 𝟓 >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥

< 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 >

1️⃣ 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐚 < 𝐌𝐚𝐱. 𝐋𝐯 >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭

2️⃣ 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 < 𝐋𝐯. 𝟒 >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬

3️⃣ 𝐔𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 < 𝐌𝐚𝐱. 𝐋𝐯. >

-- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥

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Ava ran around the tower, her heart pounding in her chest as she tried to escape the Fallen Angel. Despite her best efforts, the towering celestial being was too fast for her, and it quickly closed the distance between them. Ava felt a sharp pain as the Fallen Angel's claws raked across her back, sending her sprawling to the ground.

But Ava was not one to give up easily. Gritting her teeth against the pain, she focused her energy and activated her 'Lightning Step' ability. In a flash, she vanished from the ground and reappeared on one of the orange clouds that surrounded the tower's summit.

From her new vantage point, Ava could see the Fallen Angel below, its wings of darkness spread wide as it searched for her. Determined to fight back, Ava began to cast her 'Lightning Spear' spell, Her body was hit, but luckily the burning status effect was not applied.

'I should've teleported...'

She thought that with the blessings she could easily kill the creature, but it was not the case.

Even though the angel was powerful, it was yet to reach its most powerful state. The being hasn't used its wings and will not sue them, until half of its HP is left.

'It should've been an easy sail...'

Drinking a Health potion Ava had to teleport on another tangible, orange cloud and make an angel search for her.

Usually clouds are like fog, they are not tangible, but these ones are different. Starting from the color to weird whispering sounds coming from them.

Crackle...

A Lightning Orb appeared in Ava's hand and she launched it towards the being.

- 125 Magical Damage!

It did minimal damage making Ava sigh.

'Just avoid its spells...'

Lowering her head, she barely avoided the blue fireball flying above her head.

Swish...

Suddenly Ava felt a nauseous feeling wash over her and collapsed to her knees.

- 1 HP

Her HP bar was slowly depleting and making her frown. The fallen angel was using 'Soul Drain'!

Since her hair was barely visible from the cloud, the angel could see her and use its spell that was like poison.

Swish...

Ava was forced to teleport onto another cloud and consume her first MP potion.

The Fallen Angel let out a roar and launched its Hellfire Blast. Ava quickly used Lightning Step to teleport out of the way, narrowly avoiding the blast of flames.

The Fallen Angel was infuriated by Ava's evasive tactics, and it let out another roar as it induced a fear into the elf attacking him. Ava felt her legs tremble and she almost fell off the cloud if not for grabbing onto its soft surface.

There was no escaping the fear, she couldn't teleport out of it. She had to endure it and continue the fight.

The Fallen Angel let out another roar of anger as Ava hid herself behind the cloud, not giving him a chance to attack.

"Where is it!?"

She finally shouted while looking in all directions, as if expecting something to happen.

Boom!

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Leo was comfortably sitting in his room, drinking water and cooking meat of some beasts he hunted roaming in the red forest, just a few minutes walk away from the temple.

[ 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 ???; 𝟗𝟒/𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 ]

Looking at the system window hovering above his eyes he smirked feeling that he got closer to his goal.

For the past few days in Fragmental he did nothing, but lure demons inside the temple, sacrificing them to the altar.

Leo had everything he needed:

A Temple? Check!

A Sacrificial Altar? Check!

A Goofy Robe covering his face? Check!

Leo was a complete cult member!

Looking at the time he stood up from his comfortable chair and left the temple, summoning Fenrir and mounting him.

Swish...

Moving through the desert they neared the huge tower, until Leo could somewhat see its top.

Climbing down Fenrir, he gave his pet cooked meat and gazed towards the orange clouds surrounding the summit of the spire.

'Shadow Realm!'

All the light surrounding him disappeared as if the night descended. Whilst everything was dark, only two objects shone in the colorless abyss, Leo's dark eyes.

Shadows were rippling all around him and a Shadow Blast appeared within his palm. Its size was abnormal, because of the Shadow Realm.

Swish...

The dark, grey projectile shone in his palm, only illuminating half of Leo's face or rather hood, making him look like a serial killer.

Whoosh...

Extending his hand forward he threw the swirling orb towards the orange clouds, aiming at the closest one.

As soon as he did, Leo clapped his hands and canceled the Shadow Realm. His job here was done.

He himself had written that he'll assist Ava to defeat the angel, but he could help her bring it to half HP.

His plan was simple: use the substance within the clouds and the Shadow Blast he threw to cause a massive explosion that would throw anybody on the tower's summit to the ground.

'Maybe she'll be able to teleport in time..,'

Even though Ava was knowledgeable of this and had no objections, it was the matter of timing. She had to teleport before the explosion hit her.

"She'll either get the item or die"

Leo thought out loud while moving through the red desert.

The chances of Ava surviving were below 10%, but Leo knew that she'd probably survive.

She was Ava after all!