Champion's Prophecy: A LitRPG Adventure by Thomas K. Carpenter & Rachel J. Carpenter

Author:Thomas K. Carpenter & Rachel J. Carpenter [Carpenter, Thomas K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Moon Books
Published: 2021-05-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The patrons leaving Palo’s Potent Potables entertained Terran as he crouched on the roof of a nearby general goods store. They left with smoke leaking out of their ears, or illusionary birds flying around their heads. One big fella kept belching tiny fireballs, laughing hysterically as each one exploded, while his friends scattered to escape.

There’d been a time when he’d joined Kingmakers that he lamented his choice after he was split from his friends. Now he was in the middle of a small city, and he’d split them up so he could hopefully have a discussion with his ex-girlfriend, an NPC. Terran knew this was a possibility, his trainers had said as much before he went into Kingmakers. Reality was an illusion, maybe even a hologram from a multi-layered galactic computer, but no one could truly know. It was best to commit to the illusion, believe that everything in Kingmakers was real.

But what if that’s what happened to Grimchar? He’d been a player once, well, was still a player, but had lost his Offworlder status and had become part of the game. Was that what this ascension meant? Either way, Terran couldn’t be that selfish. He’d joined Kingmakers with the intent that it would be a lifestyle, not a life-and-death battle for control. But wasn’t that how every system eventually broke down? He’d read the reports of Earth before their ship left its atmosphere—constant battles for supremacy that eventually wiped out a good portion of the populace. Even the messages they’d received as the ship headed away suggested they hadn’t learned. Someone was always trying to be the one on top, even at the expense of many lives. Terran had thought they’d escaped that, but human nature was eternal, because the gods and the Trio proved that they would have to fight the same battles in Kingmakers.

Lost in thought, he almost didn’t hear the scuff of a foot from behind him until it was made a second time. Terran spun around to find a cloaked figure, half in shadow, but he didn’t need to see her face to recognize her lithe figure.

“I could have killed you if I’d wanted to,” said Chanterelle, scowling. “But it would just send you back to your home. Only a temporary setback.”

“It’s your home, too,” said Terran, resisting the urge to reach out to her. He wasn’t sure how he was going to feel seeing her again, but the connection was real. He missed her.

“Was my home,” said Chanterelle. “I know better now.”

The Rock Leaf Elf had always been intense, but the effect of the Nightblade and joining the Shadowbane made her spooky, as a faint shadowy mist rose from her limbs as if she exuded night.

“This is just the effect of the Nightblade,” said Terran. “You wouldn’t say that without it.”

“Wrong, Offworlder. The Lady of Shadows has shown me the truth. You Offworlders come here to rule. You take control, make us your slaves, your playthings, while you go about your game,” said Chanterelle, hands at her sides.

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