2 Lies, 2 Thrones: A GamelitLitRPG Adventure by Eric Ugland

Author:Eric Ugland [Ugland, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Air Quotes Publishing
Published: 2024-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

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Klaus breaking my hand had been painful, sure. But it gave me hope in that he’d done it with enough force to loosen the leather strap. I could move my hand around and pull it through ever so much. But that was basically just a tease, because I was still stuck.

I ran through ideas as fast as I could, knowing that the stupid thugs wouldn’t be gone for long. And whoever this doctor fellow was, I didn’t want to meet him.

I wouldn't say I was blessed with a wealth of options. Despite my sneaky proclivities, my magic was more focused on offense, and not so much on stealth or getting myself out of problems. Fireballs were all well and good, but not exactly when in enclosed spaces, or when dealing in delicate, surgical strikes.

What I needed was like a phantom blade, or maybe blink. That might work. I tried to cast blink, but nothing happened. Well, not quite nothing, but I could feel the spell fail. It seemed like the spell decided the chair was attached to me, and since the chair was attached to the ground, it wasn't able to move me or the chair or anything else. So the mana just sort of petered back into the world.

I did have some other fire spells, and wood was flammable. Leather, not so much. But I didn't think the wood would burn fast enough to do what I needed it to do. Not to mention how it would start the whole chair on fire, and that could lead to some unpleasant situations with my pants. And legs. And the rest of my body.

I did have acid at my disposal. I cast acid glob, angling it out of my hand down into the arm of the chair. The wood smoked as the acid glooped down. Then it dripped onto the seat of the chair, still smoking the wood, still a brilliant, sickly green. It started to pool there, expanding closer and closer to my legs.

My pants caught the first brunt, and acid ate through the thin cotton way faster than I wanted. I scooted as far as I could to the other side. Thankfully, I had only done one side of the chair. As soon as I got one hand free, I could easily free the other hand, and then I’d be off to the races.

I pulled my arm as hard as I could, shaking it back and forth. I could hear the wood creaking. As much as I moved my body around, the bolts in the floor didn’t give an inch. But that gave me a little more leverage with my arm. Finally, the strap snapped. I managed to pull my butt away from the acid, just as I felt the tingle of it touching my skin.

I moved around until I could undo the other leather strap and get my arm free. I dropped the first leather strap, which was still attached to my arm and dripping acid all over the place.

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