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Vain or glow........?
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Cecil was bleeding which wasn't good. The bleeding of a character at any rate would drop the life span after every 15 seconds, number by number....he had to move fast.

The beast rushed towards him to hit him again, the mage jumped to the other side and the beast crushed the wall. As he was in the air, he used a lighting strike giving it a bad circuit, and landed deliberately behind it.

"This should do it," said Juray by having a glimpse of the HP 28.

Cecil ran front to the other side holding the wall. The beast begin to grow mad and charged to crush him, again he jumped and gave it a circuit shock.

The beast's roar turned and stamped hard on the floor. Before Cecil landed a tower of fire raised, covering him and pushing him higher crashing him into the roof. He couldn't breathe well and felt like he lost his connection from his body by the jolt but, he kept his hold of his wand.

Leaving the roof, he came down and landed crashing like a comet. Again the mage stood on his legs after the clearness of the dust and turned to the beast who was charging to throw fireballs. It charged and threw at him but, the mage pushed himself and used an electric weave stopping all with it gave a jolt to the beast. He raised his wand using the lighting tower three times at him.

The boss roared in rage as it was half buried by the strikes.

Lighting won't hurt a fire beast much but, in hope of a victory, he gave a single strike as the chance was seen he pushed more. By this, the beast exhaled in exhaustion due to terrible shocking.

Suddenly, Cecil fell to his knees in agony. His HP dropped terribly while the beast had 18 still left.

The electric weave dropped 5 numbers

and lighting dropped 2.

Cecil hold himself tight, charged lighting, and released three huge dome weaves, it hit the boss badly without letting him get a chance to move,

'HP-3'

and then again used the tower dropping

HP-1

No longer he could move a muscle and he stood there holding his chest.

Swiftly, a fire laser hit him throwing him to the wall, slid down breathing hard. Blood covered his head and he was almost burned with red patches all over his face, arms and clothes burned in black spots. There was no chance for any lighting. All his MP was gone and strength was left.

The boss was covered in wet liquid of blood and swollen. It didn't give up and rushed to him to squeezed the mage completely in the wall like a pulp.

Having some strength, Cecil tightened his wand which he kept hold of it, and yelled, "I WILL WIN!!"

Squeeze....!!

For a moment, there was silence in Juray 's surrounding then suddenly, tears streamed down his cheeks and he left the keys...

A green glow covered a corner and a tag appeared in front.

"LEVEL UP"

"It's happening..." said Juray crying in his heart with a tight fist.

"Level up- 199.

HP: 65/65

MP: 25/25

Strength increased - 2

Intelligent increased - 5

HP recovered.

Got a chest.

Basic skill level 1 (unlocked)

STAGE CLEARED

Cecil was holding his wand's end straight and the other end straight inside the disappearing beast and exhaled heavily. As the boss vanished, he dropped it with his lose an arm and said in amazement,

"I.....did it. I did it......I won a stage. I did... I DID IT!" he shouted high and loud in tears of happiness, "I CAN GO HOME!!"

Juray cleared everything and got offline saying, his heart sink in happiness,

"I never thought leveling up would feel that way. It's.....it's so wonderful" he wanted to scream and shout out of success but, as always he remained calm with a smile longer than before. He ejected his card and shut down the computer cause it was time to off the station, "I won't give up...I will keep trying... I push more from now onwards. I will do it till I have it... The infinite level it will be read on my tag by all.....

....Minus Zero.....

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