A wasteland, little more than a ball of sand with a facade of a planet, its irradiated surface desolate and dead, but out from eyesight, in the deep caverns, a monster of shadow and teeth bellows, looking for its prey, a poor, albino girl, barely 13, the Shadow Maw (Status: Starving, Alive, Voracious) slowly creeps to the albino human, it’s elastic, slightly translucent black skin blending in with the shadowed cave when it gets close enough, it pounces, only for the little girl to turn around, mana gathering at her fingertips as she casts a spell, Her eyes widen, and the slightest movement in mana cause her to cast [Tame Familiar] rather than the vicious [Fire Ball] she wanted, the Shadow Maw crashes to the ground, writhing as the battle of magic takes place inside of its body, yet even the formidable magical might of a Shadow Maw can’t beat a [Magic Progidy]’s sheer magic ability, and the Shadow Maw, once the [APEX] Predator of the upper caverns, is now the familiar to the [Human Mage Acolyte] Emmy Se-vier, the Shadow Maw slowly stands
Emmy scrambles back, but with the water behind her and the [APEX] in front of her, there is not much to go, the Shadow Maw, the large wolf-like body, devoid of any eyes, and a stretching maw that put a Cheshire Cat’s smile to shame, its 13 smooth tails moving, the hungry maws on each end opening and closing as tendril-esque tongues dart between serrated teeth, the monster moves forward, and Emmy closes her eyes to prepare for death.
only to feel a startling weight on her lap, she slowly opened her red eyes, bloodshot from crying, only to see the ferocious Shadow Maw laying its large head on her tiny lap, she slowly reached up to pet translucent ears, a hysterical laugh bubbles up in her throat, she had finally tamed a familiar, and no-one at her village would be able to belittle it, after all, it wasn’t every day someone manages to tame one of 4 [Boss Mobs], The [Ancient Noire Dragon], the [Vicious Hive Queen], the [Clever Rodent Lord], and the [Ravenous Shadow Maw], she hugs the large head of the Ravenous Boss Mob, slowly standing up and hopping on it’s back “C’mon, let’s go home, My Shadow Maw” she mumbles, the fear drained from her, the Ravenous Shadow Maw gets up, long, clawed limbs carving gouges in the hardened stone, propelling itself at high speeds, towards the Village in the shade, who used to live in constant fear of the Ravenous Shadow Maw finding them and devouring them all…
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Ravenous Shadow Maw
Health: 10,000
Mana: 100
Stamina: Infinite
Titles: The Upper Cavern's Apex, The Starved One, The Glutton
Skills:
Shredding Bite: Bite your enemy, then swing your serrated teeth! Causes Bleeding
Battering Ram: Charge at the Enemy, Full Speed! Causes Dazed or Knocked Down
Pounce: Leap from one area to your target
Evolutions:
Shifting Shadow Flesh: Your body can stretch and bend in any way it pleases
Endless Devouring Maws: You have one giant maw, then 13 smaller maws
Kitsune's blessing: You have more tails than you know what to do with... why did you put maws on them?
Abyssal Stomach: Your Stomach connects directly to the abyss, anything that goes inside of it will cease to exist
Razor-sharp claws: Your claws are sharper than most creatures can stand
Coiled Muscle: Your muscle is coiled for maximum efficiency
Boneless Void: You have no bones, how do you move? Did you eat your bones?!
Serrated Teeth: Your teeth cause mass bleeding
Perfect Mana Sensing Organ: You can see everything with mana within a 60-meter radius, nothing may hide from your sight