Invasion: An Apocalyptic LitRPG (Viceroy's Pride Book 2) by Cale Plamann

Author:Cale Plamann [Plamann, Cale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountaindale Press
Published: 2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Hide and Seek

Before the Lythal could spot them, or more likely, smell them, Dan downed it with a Forcebolt. He still didn’t have enough control over the magic to shape the ball of force magic he fired at the wolfman into a point, but it wasn’t the most essential when the mana itself hit like a supercharged baseball bat to the back of the alien’s head. Soundlessly, the Lythal staggered forward a step before collapsing to its hands and knees.

Jennifer darted forward, plunging an invisible blade through the creature’s throat, severing its windpipe and spine in one swift blow before it could speak or make any real noise. She stepped away from the body and glanced back toward Dan with a frown. A second later, a modest amount of mana washed over both of them. Not quite enough for him to rank up, but enough that Dan felt it.

He stepped over to the corpse. The Lythal was wearing what passed for an Imperial uniform, shorts with a series of combat medals pinned to its fur. This close, Dan could confirm through the distressingly tight shorts that the Lythal was male.

“Do you think they’re going to miss him?” Jennifer asked, staring at the body.

“Probably,” Dan replied, his brow furrowed. “If he had a tendency to wander off, we might have a little bit of time, but at some point, there is going to be a roll call, and his superiors are going to figure out that he’s missing. The real question is whether we’ll be able to blame his death on local wildlife, or if his officers will be able to figure out that there are scouts in the area.”

Jennifer turned back to him. “What do you think? You’re our resident Tellask expert. Do we have any idea what they will do?”

“I’m pretty useless on this point,” Dan grumbled. “I’ve run into precisely one more Tellask military unit than you, and that was at first contact. Unfortunately, elven combat leadership seems to boil down to ‘do what the most powerful spellcaster within range says.’ Apparently, no elf wants to listen to the orders of someone outside of their house, and that’s stopped them from having any sort of written or standardized procedures. That’s a good thing for humanity in general. They don’t have any sort of standard operating procedures, and it can lead to confusion and ill-thought-out orders in the heat of the moment.”

Dan shrugged helplessly. “Of course, confusion cuts both ways. If the Tellask don’t know what they’re going to do from one minute to the next, there’s no way in hell I’m going to be able to predict their responses.”

“I vote that we not risk it, then.” Jennifer pursed her lips. “The soonest they’ll probably notice him missing is by the end of the day. Let’s make ourselves scarce before then. I’d prefer to avoid capture and torture if it’s a possibility.”

“That makes sense to me,” Dan agreed. “I say we hide his body and try to sabotage the two towers on either side of this one.

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