Runeshield Mage 3: A LitRPG Fantasy Adventure by NJ Buller

Author:NJ Buller [Buller, NJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

"Took you long enough," Jakob said as they moved towards the centre of the work. It was just a few meters away from the middle of the alleyway, beneath a strangely large mound of snow. "This isn’t the work of men."

"Elves, then?" Theo proposed.

"I think you misunderstand," the [Druid] said, crouching down to trace his fingers along the lines of energy. "This is too wild, too full of substance. This is the work of a beast."

With that said, Jakob pressed down on one of the tiles. It was like he’d pressed a simple button, the stones below them falling away like nothing. One second they were crouched in a wide alleyway and the next they were in the air, falling down into an even wider tunnel.

Only instinct allowed Theo to not fall on his ass, the compact dirt below letting him land without his knees killing him too much. Checking himself to make sure everything was where it was meant to be, he looked upwards. A fall of three meters.

"An underground tunnel? Should’ve guessed," Jakob said in that same dry voice as before. Righting himself, Theo stood next to the [Druid] who continued to look utterly unsurprised. "This isn’t something the others would create, no matter if they wanted to hurt Linrel or not."

"So you also think somebody set them up?" Theo asked, to which the wild man shook his head.

"No, the people are just too stupid to realize the difference between wild beasts and the true friends of the druidic groups," Jakob replied. "Underground beasts, able to make massive tunnels in a short time, and also being intelligent enough to shift the upper surface structure to let them have hidden entrances… Not many have all three traits, and even fewer would have reason to visit Linrel."

Exploration it was. With one foot in front of the other, the two began to walk down the dark tunnels. Jakob could seemingly see just fine without any light, but Theo was forced to manifest a small [Ignis Rune] that sent out a continuous jet of flame. It wasn’t too strong, but it was enough to see a few meters ahead.

"Do you have any guesses on who it is that attacked Linrel?" Theo asked, hoping to cut away the extended silence. With only their footsteps and the dark tunnel around them, his nerves were starting to grow thin. "Miel suggested that it could be [Shamans]."

"It’s not shamans," the [Druid] instantly retorted. "It’s something worse."

Theo felt like asking just what that was, and just why [Shamans] were looked at negatively to begin with, but the sound of chittering in the distance kept him from speaking up. Deeper into the tunnel, there seemed to be…some form of glinting. Something was reflecting the light coming from his flame, something relatively wide.

[Mana-Sight] told him nothing, but his ears warned of approaching steps.

"I knew it," Jakob said, raising a hand as the beast finally came within Theo’s spear of light. With two large compound eyes beside twitching antennas, the massive body of an ant reached them.

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