Hack: A LitRPG Novel (Tower of Gates Book 1) by Paul Bellow & LitRPG Reads

Author:Paul Bellow & LitRPG Reads [Bellow, Paul & Reads, LitRPG]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LitRPG Reads
Published: 2018-04-29T06:00:00+00:00

Ugh. Not again.

“I’m excited about hitting next level too,” Eric said. “But you shouldn’t have gone OOC to tell me. We need to level up as fast as possible.”

“I know...”

My voice trailed off.

“You took the penalty,” he said. “We should talk. Are you sure everything’s okay?”

I dropped my arm as he stared into my eyes.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” I said, still seeing no sign of the other PC.

Benji came out of the general goods shop smiling.

“That’s the last of it,” he said. “Now to spend my share of the silver pieces. I’ve got a few debts to pay off first.”

“We’ve got to go,” I said, climbing onto the cart. “Mednia awaits.”

“Is she serious?” Benji asked. “We just got here. I need to get some stuff and take care of some things.”

“We’ll get it later,” Eric said. “She wants to go now.”

The other two got into the front of the cart. I took the reins and got our mule moving.

Could we outrun the mage in red?

Or would he catch up to us?

He’d said he would get us when we least expected it. Did we even have a chance against him?

Many thoughts ran through my mind as we rode toward the western city gates to leave. I distractedly looked at the buildings.

“A rogue’s life for me,” Eric said.

Should I tell them the truth?

Why am I keeping it to myself?

“We need to buy a horse instead of the mule,” Eric said. “And don’t you need a new bowstring? Maybe Benji’s right.”

“No time,” I said. “The mule is fine for now, and I can repair the bow in Mednia. From what I gather, we’ll get better quality and prices.”

He gave me a look but said nothing. The wooden wheels of the cart rolled along as we headed toward the city gates.

“Why do you keep looking behind us?” Eric asked. “Did something happen? We saw a lot of townspeople running scared.”

“I thought it was Josh,” I said. “But it wasn’t him.”

He frowned, nodding his head.

“I didn’t want this to happen to us…” he said.

“But you had something to do with it?” I asked.

“No,” he said. “But I still feel bad.”

I nodded, hating not being able to communicate OOC without another experience points penalty. All I wanted was to level up, solve the main quest, and get back to the Tower of Gates and hopefully quit.

Some aspects of the game were too real for my taste, especially the pain and negative emotions.

Was the game world adapting around us?

Did it read all my inner, private thoughts? Was it changing the game experience for me? And the gameplay for other players?

Everything swirled together in my mind as I contemplated the mysteries.

The cart rolled through the main gates.

Had we evaded the mage? Would the obviously evil PC keep trying to kill us?

Eric nudged me with his elbow and pointed out a particularly peculiar cluster of stars high above in the night sky. I nodded and smiled, still keeping my encounter and thoughts to myself. Something compelled me to keep quiet.

The cart jostled on the uneven road as we traveled west.

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