The Chosen Free: A LitRPG NPC Adventure (Prophecy Approved Companion Book 3) by Tevagah

Author:Tevagah [Tevagah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 52

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The wildlife was singing again. The Chosen One was meditating as they travelled to Construct Crossroads, so they weren’t able to follow the strange song that haunted the woods.

“You hear that, right?” Qube asked the others as the birdsong grew louder.

“It’s certainly a familiar tune,” Sexy Screamy Spider Briar said, tilting her head to the side as she listened. “Uplifting, yet somehow still haunting.”

The Hunter, having recovered from her brief spell earlier, had taken to hovering protectively near Qube. The fast-travel had forced her to fall back, but she still shot the oblivious Hero several narrow looks from time to time.

“Familiar indeed,” Sencha Bard said, sounding very pleased. “I believe it’s a variation on [The Bard’s Ballad].” His smile lit up his face brilliantly in the dappled light.

“Oh! They must have heard you perform it. That’s amazing!” Qube said. The Bard nodded happily.

“It’s every Bard’s greatest desire, to hear their work on the lips of an adoring public,” he said. Qube wasn’t sure if the birds singing had lips, but she took his words in the spirit intended.

“One wonders if its magical effect spreads as the tune does,” Definitely Bad Guy said thoughtfully, eyeing the darkness of the woods as if he wanted nothing more than to dive into them and demand answers from the wildlife. A rhythmic crashing sound from deep in the woods made Qube glad that his self-control was too strong to let him go off on his own. She wasn’t sure what was in that darkness, but it sounded big.

“Their song doesn’t appear to be affecting us,” the Hunter countered the Mage. “Not that we ever managed to determine if it affected those of us who’d been touched by our Healer’s special spell.”

Sometimes Qube suspected that the Hunter deliberately chose to say things in the weirdest possible way.

“Possibly they lack the magical ability to actively cast, or their ignorance to the deeper magical complexities means they see it as just a song. The possibilities suggested by a spell able to completely hide in a song and not requiring intent to cast it is, however, intriguing,” Definitely Bad Guy pondered. “Would it be possible to create a song-spell capable of infecting an entire population without their knowledge?”

Whereas with the Mage, Qube knew that he didn’t deliberately say things in a sinister manner. He just thought in very sinister ways.

She wasn’t sure which was worse.

In the distance, she saw the walls protecting Construct Crossroads and was annoyed at herself to realise that they’d spent their entire fast-travel time talking about Sencha Bard’s song rather than planning whatever they were going to do when they arrived at the town. What if there was outright warfare? What if they showed up and everyone was already dead? What if the Constructor had replaced all his creations with a new generation of constructs, ones without their crippling affinities?

And what did any of those outcomes mean for the party’s future?

As it turned out, she hadn’t needed to worry about any of those scenarios.

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