Forest of Desire by Vasily Mahanenko

Author:Vasily Mahanenko [Mahanenko, Vasily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9788076191754
Publisher: Magic Dome Books
Published: 2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“IS HE DEAD?” Valia asked through her tears, doing her best not to look at Tailyn.

“He’s breathing. His heart’s beating. No, it’s like he’s frozen, so we probably need to stick a slave or slave driver mark on him to get him back to normal,” Ka-Do-Gir said after studying the boy’s body.

“Everyone who showed up here before just disintegrated like Griala’s tentacle,” Valanil replied. “He isn’t frozen. Look at the wound — that monster took out his shield with one blow. From the looks of it, he’s in shock from the pain, so I think we just need to wait until his regeneration finishes working. He’ll wake up then and tell us himself how he survived. Anyway, I don’t want to go anywhere without a map of the area. I don’t like these trees. We’ll wait here.”

Griala didn’t give up, trying time and again to break through the barrier, but its braids just disintegrated in a shower of dark dust. Even a large-scale attack with hundreds of spouts sent simultaneously into the Forest of Desire didn’t do the trick. The location’s defenses were up to the challenge.

The first thing Tailyn saw when he regained consciousness were the messages. With the world still spinning off somewhere, unwilling to let the boy come back, the System was busy telling him what had happened. And yes, the System. Tailyn had decided to use the god’s real name.

Security protocol activated: cleansing. All creatures without access to the location are to be destroyed.

Activation error! Mission detected referencing General Isr Kale’s tomb: Search for Coordinates.

Finding a solution…

Solution pulled from the archive: share access in order to complete the mission. Number of active creatures for whom this solution has been applied: 2.

It didn’t even surprise Tailyn when he saw the name of the second creature with access to the location. Finally, he knew how Halas had managed to boost himself to unheard-of heights and get his hands on the kind of equipment he had. Having gotten lucky enough to have the location in lix lands, he’d spent the previous few years pulling as much as he could out of the Forest of Desire. In exchange for human lives…

But that wasn’t the last of the messages. Apparently, the System had decided it was time to hand out some bonuses:

You’re the first player in this release to gain access to the General Isr Kale’s Tomb (Forest of Desire) location with just the first initiation step. Great achievements deserve great rewards.

You received access to a remote terminal.

The nearest point you can gain access to has been marked on your map…

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Matilda level +1 (3).

Crystal +1 (3).

Just then, Tailyn’s consciousness decided it was ready to step back into the real world. The messages swirled, flashed, and disappeared, turning the dark nothingness into beautiful greenery.

The boy woke up at the edge of the enormous forest. Judging by the bright blue sky overhead, the toxic fumes were gone, and the boy pulled back his face guard. A little fresh air was just what the doctor ordered.

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