Godrender: A LitRPG Fantasy Adventure (Shattered System Book 2) by Actus

Author:Actus [Actus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

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Knell half expected the doors to start closing behind them when they entered. He wouldn’t have been surprised if lights suddenly blinked on all around the room or if hundreds of enemies suddenly emerged from within the piles of glass.

No plan was ever foolproof. He wasn’t arrogant enough to believe that he could have thought of anywhere near all the possibilities, but Knell had been fairly confident that he’d prepared for the majority of them.

He had a Slow spell prepared for if the monster had been faking its sleep and was equally ready to Exhume himself and throw his crew back through the doors if they started to close. The fishmen themselves had been far from a threat, so even a swarm of them wouldn’t have taken him by surprise.

“Ah. You finally came inside. I was wondering how long you were going to stand around, waiting.” The crab’s massive eyes swiveled to look straight down at them as a rich, baritone voice boomed out from its mouth.

Knell hadn’t expected that. He nearly Slowed the monster instantly but instead kept the spell at the ready instead of reacting. The crab could have used the moment of surprise to attempt an attack—and then he would have responded in turn.

Instead, it had spoken.

“Sixteen Seas,” Nyra cursed, tripping over her own feet as her hair flared defensively around her. “It can speak!”

Cyll’s hand slammed down on her shoulder before she could dash at it. She shot him a surprised look, and the immortal man shook his head.

“Plans changed,” Cyll said gruffly. “Don’t think the cap accounted for this in his plan.”

“I did not,” Knell said, everything he’d prepared burn to ash in his mind. He mentally pivoted, deciding on a new strategy by the time he opened his mouth again. “I was unaware that a sentient creature lived here. I am Knell.”

“Few visit this dungeon. Fewer make it to this room. None expect me. I am Geda—and you are a looter.”

“That’s one way to look at it.” Knell leaned on his staff, watching the crab carefully. So far, it hadn’t made any movements beyond speaking. “I had no way to know that any of this belonged to someone that would care about it.”

“Does a lack of care imply a lack of value? Theft is still theft.”

“Theft is only theft if you are stealing from someone,” Knell countered. “And I did not have reason to believe that any of the things within this dungeon belonged to anyone that still lived.”

Geta’s mandibles twitched. It could have been a frown, a laugh, or just merely movement. Reading the monster was completely impossible.

“And now that you know that a sentient being does indeed reside here, you still attempt to steal.”

“Guilty,” Knell admitted. “What use is any of this to you? I don’t see you moving around, much less actually using a Path Change stone or some artifact. If you wanted to use either of them, you already would have.”

One of Geda’s eyes swung closer to Knell. Cyll’s grip tightened around Lassie, but his stance didn’t shift in the slightest.

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