The Shapeshifter - Chapter 35 Final Boss 1

“Welcome, to your, DEATHS!”

The young man transformed into a giant desert centipede!

My body shook in horror, as I once again, saw the desert centipede. The old man’s centipede! So that’s why he looked familiar. He was the old man!

Or at least that’s what I thought until Daggers screamed. “No! No! You can’t be alive! You’re already dead! I killed you!”

She stared in horror at the centipede before us. Then another voice sounded and it was Glasses. I turned to see why did he suddenly screamed.

Glasses was frantically waving hands in the air.

What is this guy doing?

“No! Don’t take away my sight! Anything but that! Please!” he was crying non-stop, pleading to give him back his sight.

This is incredible, even Spear Guy was crying for another mirror. Haha. This guy should be crying because of his face.

Uh- what the hell? Why am I taking joy in other’s misfortune. I shook my head to clear myself of such disgusting thoughts.

Shield Bearer was looking at me as if nothing happened to him. Seeing that I was looking at him, he tilted his head towards the young man turned centipede.

Everyone should be seeing or experiencing their fears right now.

I don’t know if he was seeing the same thing as I did. I don’t really know what the enemy’s real form is, so it’s better to be careful.

I dashed towards Spear Guy since he was the one closest to me and he will be very helpful when holding the enemy off, until I snap the others back to reality.

Spear Guy was pretty much dazed and confused at this point. I think he was past the point where he cried about his appearance and should now be thinking rationally.

All he needed was a slight push from a teammate.

That’s what I did. I literally pushed him, then told him that everything was an illusion and there was still the enemy stalking us. Most of all, I told him that his appearance didn’t change.

His eyes that looked lost earlier, was now brimming with life.

The desert centipede turned back into a young man when it saw me, waking up Spear Guy. I was placed myself behind Spear Guy, so that I would notice whenever the young man tries to make a move on us.

He creepily smiled as he dashed towards me, but before he even got near me, he was intercepted by my trusted buddy: Shield Bearer.

This guy is a really good team player. If we’re able to work together for years, then maybe we would be undefeatable; invincible in the world. Haha. I’m really thinking too highly of myself, but that’s a bit better than undervaluing my abilities.

The young man sent a strong punch towards Shield Bearer and he was able to push him back for a few meters. This rendered him aghast! Even I was astounded by the power behind that punch. It was a seemingly ordinary punch that even I thought was weak.

Now this, is what a final boss should be!

It incited the young blood inside of me and awakened my belligerence. Too bad though, I still have to wake Glasses and Daggers.

I then told Spear Guy to help Shield Bearer hold off the enemy. If they could suppress it, then they should. I’m not really optimistic that they could kill the young man. He looked pretty intelligent to me.

Spear Guy headed towards the fight, while I went towards Daggers. This poor girl, earlier she was terrified by the horse-man, now she looked spiritless. I don’t know what she saw, but according to what she said earlier, she already killed it. Maybe she saw the horse-man. Hahaha.

Hmmm. I don’t know if I should pity her, or those horses that she would be encountering in the future.

She got back to reality quite fast, but it will take her a bit of time to recover. So I let her sat on the floor to recollect herself. Next, I went to Glasses.

He was kneeling on the floor, crying. I didn’t know what to do, so I asked him if he was okay. He was obviously crying, what a dumb question. Of course, he was not okay. Still, it’s better to ask. I might be of some help.

“I’m alright, I can see clearly now. I was scared to death when my vision turned black. I didn’t know what I was gonna do. Hah. I’m gonna kill that f*cker!”

I was like, Woah, calm down. He cannot fight with anger in his mind. Although it’s going to be helpful at times, it’s not always going to work. I asked Glasses to watch over Daggers, while I, join the fight! Hehe.

Before I joined the battle, they were in a stalemate. Now that I am fighting alongside Shield Bearer and Spear Guy, the battle quickly shifted in our favor. We were suppressing him!

An arrow flew and distracted the young man by a second and I took the chance to wound him. The young man was quick to react and managed to evade my attack, but not completely. I was able to graze his shoulder and the sleeve of his shirt was now laced with blood.

He glared at me and retreated hastily.

“Play time’s over.” he coldly said.

I was looking forward to see its true form. I was already thinking of animals that are fast and strong at the same time. I have no idea why I thought of animals first, but I still continued guessing.

The young man’s black hair turned red and his body was shrinking! I didn’t know that final bosses would shrink. I thought all of them would turn red and big.

(A/N: Like passing a certain threshold, they would turn red and big, the RED in this one implies that the boss would be really angry and Big = Strong.)

The young man turned into a small, red, bat-like creature. I didn’t know where its hair has gone to, but it was now bald and have two horns on its forehead. Its skin was red, it also has wings and a barbed tail.

When I saw that it has wings, I subconsciously looked towards Glasses. Good thing we have an archer, or it would be troublesome fighting this guy above.

“You will all die! Hehehehe.” This thing was really freaking me out. The way it smiles and talks made me quiver in fear. (A/N: If you guys know Veigar from League of Legends, it would surely sound like him.)

It magically disappeared right before our eyes. The next thing I knew, my back was hurting so much and I was already flying. I was able to see the shocked faces of my teammates and saw their widely opened mouths as they watched me get fly into the distance.

“One down. Four to go!”

It ran towards Spear Guy and closed the distance in the blink of an eye. Spear Guy was unable to react on as he was still in shock by the teleportation of the creature. He was only able to raise his spear to block the attack.

The punch landed on the spear, but it didn’t even hinder the fist from hitting his body and he was struck flying towards Glasses.

It didn’t waste any time as it headed towards Daggers that was still sitting on the ground. If it was speed, then I say Shield Bearer should be faster than Daggers. Yet, the creature’s speed was clearly on par with Shield Bearer and he knew he was being played by it. So he madly ran towards Glasses, which will surely be the next target after Daggers.

Before he could even get to Glasses, Daggers was already kicked flying by the creature. Glasses caught Daggers and along with the injured Spear Guy, they madly dashed towards the stairs.

“What the f*ck are you guys doing!? If we can just work together then we can kill this damned beast!” Shield Bearer ran to the group while convincing them.

Unfortunately for him, the creature stands in his way.

“You f*ckers! Traitorous cowards! Once I kill this a**hole, I’m coming for you all!” Shield Bearer declared. This was the first time I saw him this angry, even his body was shaking uncontrollably.

It was smiling at him, almost as if mocking him. “This is what humans are. They betray their own kind. Just quickly accept your death and everything will be fine. Or. I will make you a deal. Serve me and I will give you unimaginable power to exact your vengeance.”

“No! Don’t listen to it! He’s messing with your mind!” I shouted.

“The both of you can serve me, and I shall bestow great powers unto you. I can see that both of you have great potential, so why not just accept the deal, humans.”

Shield Bearer’s shaking body suddenly stopped after hearing the proposition of the creature. “Me? Serve you? Go to f*cking hell!”

He wanted to attack the creature with his shield, but the creature suddenly used magic. Fire magic! It was directed at Shield Bearer’s shield, it was like it was intending to shatter his shield and at the same time destroy his confidence.

I won’t let that happen.

I ran at my top speed even though I was injured, just to lessen the pressure on Shield Bearer so that he could attack. At this time, it redirected the flame and aimed towards me. I subconsciously waved my hand and willed for a tree trunk to appear. I clearly forgot that mana was chaotic in this world.

Unexpectedly, I was able to block the fire and I also summoned a trunk. I used magic! My eyes lit up as I can finally fight to the best of my abilities. It’s been a long time since I had used magic.

Hell yeah!

Time for the counterattack!