Know Thy Enemy by Dawn Chapman & Matt Ferraz

Author:Dawn Chapman & Matt Ferraz [Chapman, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: litrpg, sci-fi
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 2017-12-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Drayk

Keriy’s touch warmed Drayk’s skin, and her smile beamed at him while she whispered in a language he didn’t know. Almost singing to him, words purred from her lips.

“Close your eyes,” she whispered in his tongue. “When you open them, do not be afraid. This is the past. What happened, not what is happening.”

Drayk sucked in a breath, letting the feeling of being whisked away settle in his bones. He shivered, the cool air whistling by.

BOOM!

Drayk almost jumped back, but Keriy held onto him. “Do not be afraid, Drayk, or this won’t work.”

BOOM!

Then the pop-pop of gunfire exploded around him as well as the larger shells of massively destructive projectiles.

HEART-RATE ELEVATED

Drayk dismissed the popup and tried his best to make his mind calm down.

BOOM!

Another explosion ricocheted around them, he felt a blast of warm air and the smell of burning flesh. He swallowed. Was this real? She said it wasn’t. It couldn’t be. It was part of the game surely? Or was it all to confuse him?

“Open your eyes,” Keriy said. “But look at me, don’t look around yet.”

Drayk hesitated for a moment, then opened them. He stared into her eyes. They still glowed, but were softer now. Nowhere near as bright as before. This was using a lot of her magical energy he was sure of that.

“Now,” she nodded behind him, “keep hold of my hand, and turn around.”

Drayk lowered his eyes and then turned. He blinked twice at the scene before him.

Standing on a cliff face, they looked out at what was a large battle. Yet, nothing like he expected. There were thousands of figures fighting on the ground, but what shocked him was the ships. His eyes drew skyward as projectiles shot forth.

From the ground it seemed that over a hundred Mage’s and Sorceress stood centre of the field. They’d erected a shield, but it was failing fast. No magic could protect against such vast weaponry. And if it were a game, it was vastly wrong on so many levels.

“This happened?”

Keriy squeezed his hand gently. “Many years ago, yes, before I was born. They came, they conquered.”

“Who are they?”

“They don’t have a specific name. I believe the wars you’re fighting within your star systems are part of their plan. They make you feel weak and lost on the outside, then you turn inside, for comfort and promise of a new home.”

“It’s a game though?”

“Yes, and no. I am a player in their game, sanctioned by them. I do also know that our species have a rebellion inside the game.”

Drayk watched as the battle before him drew to its conclusion. He flinched as the shield lost all power and the projectiles began to strike the ground. Huge tremors followed. Dust and burning.

“They’re killing their own as well, but they don’t care!”

“No, they cared little for anything planetside. The species that came with them, we’ll never know if it was them, or another they enslaved.”

“What can we do?”

There she smiled, a genuine one. “It’s entirely up to you Drayk.

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