1-Up by Dean Smith

Author:Dean Smith [Smith, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781790519552
Published: 2019-10-30T22:00:00+00:00

Level 8

Valiant didn’t know what to expect when the magic cleared, he had been to Vilemire many times through different routes and paths and he could recall having to fight and face trials of varying kinds all the way to Mordoom’s castle and then up to his throne room to boot. Would they have to fight through that gauntlet again or would the mix of Rita’s rule and the world awakening create challenges of a different kind?

The portal had dropped them right outside of Mordoom’s castle. A sprawling chaotic structure with endless spires and towers built on a floating island that hung in the air above a partially collapsed active volcano from which lava flowed endlessly like a river.

‘Home sweet home.’ Mordoom spoke wearily.

‘I love the scenery. Very picturesque.’ Nina said dryly as she surveyed the fiery river below. Mordoom looked as though he wanted to fire back with a quip of his own but his eyes betrayed his fear at being here again and Valiant understood why. Rita’s power was absolute, and they had encountered nothing like it before and the last time Mordoom came into contact with Rita, she had taken everything from him but his life and even that was likely a mistake on her part judging by where Mordoom ended up. As he looked to the sprawling castle in front of him, Valiant thought of the things she had done. Rita had removed a princess from existence just for crying too loudly, she had put a plot in motion in Goldharbour to imprison NPCs and she had almost manipulated the two villages in the Undying Forest into massacring each other and those were only the things Valiant knew about.

Rita was convinced that she was a villain, that the power she possessed was not meant to be used for the side of good but to give the heroes something to fight against. Who knew what else she had done to walk down that path while Valiant and co were making their way here? He could feel his faith in reasoning with her fading, perhaps she was too far gone.

No, Valiant couldn’t allow himself to believe that. He had gone back and forth on the issue since Rita left him to take Vilemire as her own, but just like all the other times he doubted her and even his own path, he couldn’t let those doubts tear him away from doing what was right. He had to try reasoning with her, to help her understand that this world was more than the game it used to be. There was no more need for villains but there was for heroes and Valiant was determined to be that hero. He would save Rita from herself, figure out what to do about her powers and help her understand that they were no longer prisoners to the whims of the game.

As he was thinking about how to go about doing any of that, a blast of static erupted in front of the castle’s front door and from it emerged Rita.

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