Derelict: Book 2, Counterattack (A LitRPG Dungeon Core Adventure) by Dean Henegar

Author:Dean Henegar [Henegar, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-09T22:00:00+00:00

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Slater floated within himself as pain wracked his being. The fiery breath of the dragon had hurt worse than anything he had ever experienced. Thankfully, his ship was safe for the moment. He had felt the jump complete even as pain overloaded him. Slater tried and failed to gain control over himself again as the agony continued. It took all his will to not lose himself completely, to not thrash out in fury at anything inside his vessel.

“Slater, let me help you before I pass. I owe you for all that you have done to save me,” a soothing voice told him as his pain lessened and he began to regain control once more. He felt the presence of the elf Illissa, but she was different. Changed.

“Illissa, what happened to you? What’s going on with the Franklin?” Slater asked.

“I’m passing on, Slater. I go to join my people. You and I are bound together by your core, so I was able to delay my departure for a time to thank you and grant you relief from the pain you were in,” Illissa told him.

“You are dying? Why? How?” Slater asked, more confused than ever.

“We have no time for lengthy explanations. Please just listen. Your core energy has sustained me since I came aboard. You granted me freedom and treated me like a person, despite all I had done to you. Our connection allows me to grant you a gift: all my knowledge, all my power, is now freely given to you, Slater, and I ask only one thing in return,” Illissa said, her voice growing faint.

“What is it you wish me to do, Illissa?” Slater asked.

“Get your humans home. Defend them from the council. Once they are safe, you must take the fight to our enemy. Destroy the council. Kill them all!” Illissa roared at him before fading away. As her presence left, he felt the rage inside her dissipate, replaced by contentment. She was finally at peace. He wondered for a moment if he would feel that same way when he passed on.

Before he could turn philosophical, a blast hit him. Not a damaging blast—this was a blast of knowledge, a blast of power that his core greedily absorbed. Illissa had left him her knowledge. Everything the elf knew was his: knowledge about her race, their technology, how their people lived, and how they died. Schematics completed in his system and existing designs improved with his new knowledge. Some things still eluded him, the knowledge being lost as she drifted off. But most importantly, she had granted him a new power that he was even now incorporating into his system. He could touch and manipulate a new form of energy. He could shape it to his will. He could use magic.

Slater flipped through the new designs he had unlocked while he also created an interface to track his new abilities. The energy source that Illissa had used to fuel her abilities was out there, just waiting for him to grasp.

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