Late Night at Lund's: A LitRPG Novel by Beth Lyons

Author:Beth Lyons [Lyons, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Northwest Quest Publishers
Published: 2018-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty Four: The Messenger

They’d barely had time to enjoy the moment when from below Isa and Mery heard footsteps. “Hoy! Where is everyone?” a male voice called out.

“Fuck! The messenger.” Mery jumped up.

“We didn’t keep very good watch.”

“We didn’t keep watch at all.” Mery flashed a quick grin at Isa and then said, “Stay here. I’ll handle this.”

“But....” Isa rose and picked up her staff which was leaning against the wall.

“I’ve got this, Isa. Please.” Mery turned toward the door, and Isa saw her rub a thumb across her lapel. “Lund? The messenger….” And then she door shut.

Isa quietly stepped across the room and stood beside the door with her back to the wall. She positioned herself so that she’d be behind the door if anyone entered.

With the door closed, Isa couldn’t tell if the man was alone. The idea of Mery and Lund facing off against even 1 man was too much for Isa. Mery had healed Isa, but she hadn’t – as far as Isa knew – healed herself. She’d taken a few hits in the fight, and who knows what Mery had endured before they’d gotten there.

That settled it. As quietly as she could, Isa turned the doorknob and pulled the door ajar by an inch. The operation had seemed noiseless to her, and she hoped that her ears were not deceiving her.

A creak sounded off to her left, out of Isa’s line of sight. Another creak that just had to be a footstep, and Isa tightened her grip on her staff. She immediately loosened it. Her first lesson with Lund, he’d mentioned her staff grip. “You have to keep hold but give the staff room to shift. The second you hit someone or something with that tight grip, you’re going to break your thumbs.”

A young man crept into view. He had a dagger in his hand, and his eyes swept past Isa’s door and came back to focus on the sliver of her face that showed through the crack in the door. But before he could take a step toward her, he stumbled, and Mery blinked into view.

Mery’s sudden appearance scared Isa so much that she cried out and jumped back. A moment later she realized this must also be magic. Some sort of teleport spell or invisibility, and Mery was obviously fine – she’d taken advantage of the young man’s stumble. Maybe she’d even caused it.

With a start Isa realized that although Mery had jumped on the prone man, he had managed to get to all fours. Mery yelled, “Lund!” And Isa heard someone thundering up the stairs – she hoped it was Lund. But in case it wasn’t, Isa needed to act to help her friend.

She threw the door back and rushed forward. Mery was straddling the young man, and despite her efforts he had almost pushed himself to his knees which made it look like Mery was getting a piggyback ride. He was balanced on one arm as he used the other to grab at Mery.

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