Ruthless (The Completionist Chronicles Book 5) by Dakota Krout

Author:Dakota Krout [Krout, Dakota]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, LitRPG
Publisher: Mountaindale Press
Published: 2020-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Cool title aside, Joe recognized two positive effects. One from himself, one from Jaxon. The other three negative effects… Joe focused on them, and a helpful information bar appeared.

Blurred confusion (Perception two tiers above intelligence): Solve the Problem? I can't figure out which part is the problem. I can't compartmentalize, I see it all. Effect: Constant low-grade migraine from sheer sensory overload. +5% chance to take no action that involves movement. Refreshes every .001 seconds.

Sight Unseen (Perception two tiers above luck): Yes. I know that dragon was polymorphed and didn't want to be seen, but I saw it anyway, and that's why we're running. Effect: 1% to notice truth that nobody will believe.

Cursed (Ring of -cursed- courage): This ordinary-looking ring is guaranteed to improve confidence, helping the wearer to overcome whatever their previous fears may have been. Hidden effect: Cursed. This ring will achieve all previously promised goals by making the wearer aggressive and paranoid.

“I have good news and bad news.” Joe started.

“The bad news is that you are about to die from poison.” Alexis fired a bolt at him that bounced off his Shell. She was slapped to the ground by his shadow in the same instant, and Joe dove away from the small cloud of poison that erupted from the point of impact.

“You have a curse on you!” Joe shouted at Alexis as she was rolling to get into a better firing position. This made her pause a moment, and Joe took the time to explain about her ring.

“So what?” Alexis decided after a long moment of thinking. “It’s better this way! I can have full conversations without panicking, and everyone likes me better now that I make them know what I want!”

Bard had a huge smile on his face as he walked toward her. He put his arms out and swept her into a giant hug. “Ah told ya ah liked ya jus’ how ya were! Ah was wonderin’ where we went so wrong that ya stopped likin’ me. Ya do still like me, yeah?”

“I… of course I do!” Alexis demanded impatiently. “That’s why I got this ring of courage in the first place! I needed to be able to show affection and speak in public!”

“Nah.” Bard shook his head. “That’s not sommat that ya can just skip inta. That’s long months or years of work, ‘Lexis. Public speakin’ is hard, and scary. Beyond tha’, why would you think that I want you to do somethin’ ya don't wanna do? If ya don't wanna be touchy-feely in public, ah respect that! If its somethin’ ya do want, we can work on it at ah comfortable pace.”

“I…” Alexis flushed angrily. “It doesn't matter, the ring doesn't come off.”

“That’d be the curse,” Joe muttered very quietly; she was still pointing her crossbow at him, after all. “Alexis, I think that you’ve also been having a low-level migraine for a while? That’s a debuff from having your perception two thresholds above intelligence, just like Jaxon has a charisma debuff.”

“Hello!” Jaxon called cheerfully.

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