Depths of Camlan: A LitRPG Adventure (Camlan Realm Book 2) by A.T. Gilbert

Author:A.T. Gilbert [Gilbert, A.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

When they turn around, I realize TexBadass and SteelFeather are both wearing the same expression of disgust Erinocalypse displayed when the rat was caught in her hair.

"I hate rats," the Texan blurts out. "Hate 'em. Seems like I can't ever get away from 'em."

"I hate anything in numbers like this," Balderdash13 says, kicking more corpses out of her way.

With the auto-loot on, we each get more gold and a handful of weapons, armor and other trinkets saved into our inventories, each distributed according to what the game thinks we can best use. TexBadass equips a garish red amulet that paired with his green cloak makes him look like one of Santa’s elves. I guess some gamers care more about the stats than the look. Callidus carefully examines a new dagger, while SteelFeather and Balderdash13 both equip new belts. The rats have dropped a set of bracers for me, but they're not any better than the ones I have on. I save them for the future; they'll be sold for more gold.

"Oh, I got a new spell, you guys," Erinocalypse says. Her eyes are unfocused and she's probably reading her stats or the object details.

"Don't leave us hanging," SteelFeather jokes.

"That extra Earth affinity will come in handy," she continues. "This is called Petrify."

Erinocalypse performs a small hand gesture and a bolt of energy shoots out of her palm and immediately turns the targeted rat corpse to stone.

"Nice!"

"It's just a temporary transformation on a live target," Erinocalypse says. “Only five seconds of petrification. But definitely useful."

Seeing her gain new spells like this kind of makes me wish I had pursued a more magical character build, but it's too late to worry about that now. In fact, a quick check of my stats tells me I only need a little more XP to level up. Maybe one more battle and I’ll finally be able to use the magical bow I bought back in town. About freaking time.

“Are we ready? Can we go?"

"Hold your horses," TexBadass tells me. "Some of us leveled up and need to manage some things."

I suppose it makes sense that they're all hitting new levels faster than me, since they're at lower levels, but ... I'm impatient. Let's keep playing.

The path out of the chamber is another stairwell leading up. Callidus hands the torch back to Balderdash13 and starts to climb.

"Callidus," I call to him. "Remember we're probably walking into a puzzle or trap or something like that. So, look for trip wires, clues carved into the rock, any of that."

I find myself relieved that this stairwell is wider than the last one. Being this far underground with walls tightly in on us is too claustrophobia-inducing for me. The single torch light still casts creepy shadows, but at least I'm not forced against a stone wall with no way out. In addition to being wider, this stairwell is significantly less winding. I can keep an eye on Callidus almost the whole time, watching him hesitate before his steps, looking around him everywhere.

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