Shadow Blade (Shadow Agency - Book 2): (A Fantasy LitRPG) by M.A. Carlson

Author:M.A. Carlson [Carlson, M.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Single Player Books
Published: 2024-09-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27 – Rodent Bog Lord

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

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

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

As they approached, I could see that one of the creatures in the back of the pack was particularly small and plump. My lips twitched in anticipation as I prepared to make my move. I silently circled behind the unsuspecting beastman, quickly snaked my arm around its neck, and with a single thought, I 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, I put the next beastman on the ground, the loamy soil 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 I pushed it aside.

I melted back into the shadows, my shadow cloak making me almost invisible as I continued hunting, attacking and vanishing before my prey had time to react. My shadow caltrops slowed them down as I moved across the battlefield with deadly stealth, a wraith among monsters.

The rewards from the twentieth wave made this method of hunting easier than ever before. Additionally, our defenders were able to take more punishment, and our healer was able to cleanse poisons and diseases before they had a chance to really take hold. And those of us meant to inflict damage saw a boost to the damage we dealt. I was surprised by the arrow skills that Seth, Sam, and Leonardo each got. I thought they would have been a downgrade in their damage . . . well, in Seth and Sam’s damage. Instead, those two gained some much-needed precision into their spells. Instead of dropping fireballs into groups that were now smart enough to spread out, they could send two or three arrows into one or two targets.

“Just get through today, and we’re going home,” Coach Liv said,

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