Earthshaker: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy (Victor of Tucson Book 7) by Plum Parrot

Author:Plum Parrot [Parrot, Plum]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2025-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

27

CRYSTAL

When the vehicle or insect carrying Victor and the emissary descended to the immense pyramid’s base, depositing the glass carriage to the smooth sandstone ground, it settled with an almost delicate series of clinks. Then a dark shadow moved away, and Victor craned his neck, looking through the translucent ceiling to see a great shape rapidly climbing into the air, its precise form obscured by the streamers of bright sunlight filtering through thick white cumulus clouds. “Was that one of those giant beetles?”

“This is an accurate description.” The emissary strode toward one of the glass walls, and with a pop and tinkle, their conveyance burst into billions of silvery motes of Energy. Victor stumbled briefly as he fell several inches to the sandstone, and when he straightened and looked around, he saw no sign of the vessel that had transported them to the planet’s surface. From his current vantage, the trees surrounding the pyramid looked like skyscrapers, and if it weren’t for the clearing around the structure, he was sure he wouldn’t be able to see the sky through their thick canopy. He turned to the pyramid and saw that the emissary was several paces away already but had turned to regard him.

“I’m coming.” Victor followed him toward an opening in the pyramid—a yawning passage that could easily allow a dozen passenger planes to fly through it at once. As they approached and its scale became apparent, and the pyramid’s height grew too distant to see, he said, “Why is the pyramid so damn big? Do you have, um, children that need an opening that size?”

“This pyramid houses our young in their millions before they move off to other facilities. Every eleven of our days, a brood must pass through the nineteen stages of this structure.” The emissary spoke almost offhandedly, but Victor’s mind reeled at the idea, trying to imagine the hordes of ivid children as they hurried through their mysterious stages.

Of course, he voiced the most disturbing of his thoughts. “How can your queen lay so many damn eggs? Is she gigantic?”

“The queen is similar in size to your titanic form. Fear not for her health, for while her eggs are great in number, they are tiny, and their production does not overly tax her.”

“Huh.” Victor watched the streams of ivid moving down avenues lined with trees, into and out of the pyramid, and flying in endless streams from the heights. After they’d walked for a while and were still quite far from the great opening, he asked, “Why no wings for your emissary?”

“This one has wings, though you cannot currently see them. Our journey is short, however, traveler. The queen will see you in one of her gardens.”

“The queen has gardens?” Victor’s imagined idea of an insect queen laying eggs in a massive underground nest began to crumble.

“Please be patient, individual. This one will save explanations for the queen.”

“All right.” Victor grew quiet and let his eyes explore as they walked. To his surprise, they didn’t enter the pyramid but took a side path that led toward the distant corner of the structure.

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