A Gamer's Wish by Tao Wong

Author:Tao Wong [Wong, Tao]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: uf, urban fantasy, fantasy, gamelit, mage, litrpg
ISBN: 9781775058786
Publisher: Starlit Publishing
Published: 2018-03-30T22:00:00+00:00

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“Lily.” I squatted next to her and waited for her to look at me. I gestured to her games, and she raised an eyebrow, tapping to put them on pause or at least let her guildmates know she was gone. Seated on our only other chair, Alexa looked up with interest from the book she was reading. I ignored her, and she made no move to come closer, though she was obviously listening as I continued. “I have an idea.”

“And I’m not going to like it,” Lily said.

“No. But I think, well, this might work. I’m assuming I can’t wish you free, right?” I nodded to the ring, and Lily’s confirming nod let me dismiss that option. Not that it was very high on the list. For all that I liked the jinn, she was also someone I’d known only four months, and I would admit I was a bit of an optimist when it came to people. Fooling me would not have been hard. “Figured. Right, then we do the next best thing. We make it so the ring isn’t available to anyone even if I die.”

“How?” Lily asked as she raised an eyebrow.

“Well, I was thinking the sun?”

“No,” Lily said, shaking her head. “Anything above the earth would spark a war among the gods. The agreements that bind them from interfering would be void.”

“And under the ocean is probably a bad idea since, well, I’m sure there’s Atlantis and merfolk and the like, right?” I said.

“No Atlantis,” Lily said, shaking her head. “Seriously, it was just a story, but you humans…”

“Huh.” I paused, assimilating that fact before moving on. It wasn’t as if I could do anything about it. “So, we’ll need to find a place which can’t be accessed by mortals easily, preferably hidden, and that the gods won’t fight over. Sound about right?”

“It’ll also have to be after you’re dead,” Lily said. “So long as your initial wish is active, the link between myself and the ring can be easily traced.”

“Right.”

“You are going to make the ring disappear?” Alexa said, finally breaking in. “Think of the good it could do.”

“Oh, please,” I said, shaking my head. “Haven’t you been listening? The ring, Lily, isn’t a solution. She’s just another damn problem. No offense.”

“A little taken,” Lily said, with a smile.

“But to make it disappear…” Alexa said, shaking her head. “Won’t you trap the jinn too? Put your ‘friend’ in whichever location you decide on?”

“Yes.” I closed my eyes and then reopened them, and Lily tilted her head to the side, her face carefully blank as she regarded me. “I think it’s time for you to go.”

“What?” Alexa said, startled.

“It’s time for you to go. Shoo. Your parole is still active, but I don’t want you here. You don’t need to know the details of this wish,” I said, my voice firming. “In fact, it’s best if you don’t.”

Alexa crossed her arms in front of her body. “I—”

“Alexa, go. Either that, or I’m going to knock you out.

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