Rogue Realms - Book 1: (A LitRPG Adventure) by R.A. Mejia & Mac Rollans & Joshua Swayne

Author:R.A. Mejia & Mac Rollans & Joshua Swayne [Mejia, R.A. & Rollans, Mac & Swayne, Joshua]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Single Player Books
Published: 2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27 – Rodent Bog Lord

Much time had passed and with the most recent wave of monsters defeated and a good night’s rest behind them, Ben finally had a chance to breathe and consider how close they were to finally finishing the dungeon. The rewards from the twentieth wave made Ben’s method of hunting easier than ever before.

Ben slowly recalled the most recent monster wave.

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He had moved swiftly and silently through the darkness, his eyes searching out the monsters that lurked in the shadows. He spotted a group of twelve bipedal rodent beastmen. They were something new, smarter than their dirt-crawling cousins. Ben thanked the gods they didn't wear armor or carry weapons, other than their thick hide and sharp poisoned claws, or they would have been much worse.

He took a deep breath and felt a thrum of energy racing through him before the world blurred around him as he activated Shadow Cloak. The shadows around him seemed to reach out and wrap him up in their embrace, instantly obscuring him from sight. Sounds were distorted, muffled, and even the colors that came to him as part of his Synesthesia were muted, but the ability to instantly hide and move amongst shadows was more than worth the trade-off.

He allowed three of the monsters to run past him without being noticed, confident his team could handle them without him. But the larger group that followed close behind needed thinning out.

As they approached, he could see that one of the creatures in the back of the pack was particularly small and plump. His lips twitched in anticipation as he prepared to make his move. He silently circled behind the unsuspecting beastman, quickly snaked his arm around its neck, and with a single thought, he summoned a Shadow Blade and slid it across the creature's throat, severing its windpipe and preventing it from calling out. With a low sweep, he put the beastman on the ground, the loamy ground absorbing the sound of its fall, and stabbed into the monster's back with precise accuracy: once for its whip-like tail, once for its kidneys, and once for its lungs to ensure it died quickly. The beastman slumped to the ground limp, the body still warm as he pushed it aside.

The badgerman melted back into the shadows, his Shadow Cloak making him almost invisible as he continued hunting, attacking, and vanishing before his prey had time to react. His Shadow Caltrops slowed them down as he moved across the battlefield with deadly stealth, a wraith among monsters until the last fell.

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There was a pop of fat from the beast meat he was cooking that burned Ben and brought his mind back to his task. He turned the spit of meat, reheating it, then shredding the last of it to make biscuit sandwiches.

As he prepared the food, Ben recalled that he was not the only one to benefit from the twentieth wave’s rewards. It had been a pivotal moment for everyone. Their defenders were able to

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