Kingdom Come: A LitRPG Dragonrider Adventure (The Archemi Online Chronicles Book 3) by James Osiris Baldwin

Author:James Osiris Baldwin [Baldwin, James Osiris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gift Horse Productions
Published: 2019-06-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

It was at that moment that the Intoxication buff appeared at the corner of my HUD. I giggled.

"So… what? I’m like a computer virus now?" I swayed a little as the alcohol coursed through my virtual bloodstream. +20 resistance to Fear effects, +5 to Speech, Nausea and Vertigo, yeehaw. "Boogedy-boogedy boo! I'm gonna infect ya!"

"Hector! I'm serious!" Rin paced back and forth frantically. "Your story is almost exactly like Michael's. He reported the same repeating glitch, the same incursion of a 'presence'-"

"Yeah, but, I didn't die a couple hundred times and go nuts," I slurred. "I got all my nuts right here. Top and bottom."

"Listen to me!" Rin got up in my face and grasped the straps of my armor. "Michael's entire plan to take over a server was based around manipulating the dragon gods, The Nine. Okay? What if this is a backup plan of his? Or what if he actually infected Matir and the whole Baldr-Ororgael thing is a decoy? We could end up being trapped in here, with him ruling the whole world like... like Kefka, from Final Fantasy!"

Kefka: now that was a name I hadn't heard in a while. Kefka was definitely not the kind of guy you wanted ruling anything bigger than a padded cell. It sobered me a little. Rin backed away from me and began pacing again, wringing her hands and muttering.

"Look, don't worry, okay?" I leaned on the railing, a big sloppy grin fixed to my face. "I won't go to the Thunderstones. Not until the admins get back on."

She nodded, still pacing. "I'm sorry about this and Karalti and... and everything, okay? She'll be okay. Just... just... umm... be patient with her, and... "

"It's fine. I'm gonna go find Her Majesty and see if we can make up." I burped, then slammed back more apricot brandy.

Rin didn't even seem to notice my departure. I wandered back around the warehouse, crossed a bridge, and walked back to the fort. It was much slower than flying.

I was most of the way across the central parade ground when my eagle eyes snagged on something on one of the walkways between buildings. I went and put my back to the nearest cobblestone wall, falling in beside a couple of soldiers playing dice, and zoomed in on the parapet.

It was Karalti. She was still polymorphed, and she was talking to Lorenzo fucking Soma.

I scowled, watching as the towering Count leaned toward her and handed her a wooden box. She accepted it hesitantly, looking up at him as he beamed with anticipation and motioned for her to open it. My eyes narrowed as she cracked the lid, gasped, and drew out a large, ridiculously expensive-looking, gaudy gold and black opal necklace. My eyesight was keen enough that I could pick out the brilliant rainbow flash in the egg-sized stone at the center of the design.

The pleasant buzz of the alcohol evaporated. I straightened up, watching and waiting for her to hand it back to him and tell him to shove it.

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