The First Great Game (Book six) - A LitRPGHarem sci-fantasy series by Pierce Grey

Author:Pierce Grey [Grey, Pierce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-07-10T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 28 - ASTOUNDING ARROGANCE

[YOU HAVE DEFEATED Chief Engineer Toofik, completing the mortal challenge and the dungeon Engineering Guild. You have earned enough experience for level 11. Please select a power to upgrade.]

Blake watched the goblin leader fall with a True Making spear lodged through his skull. The level was a pleasant added bonus, but he’d already ear-marked his next power for enhancement, and selected the probably underused and often underestimated Telekinesis without hesitation.

After the destruction of the massive construct, the goblin leader had managed to eject and escape, running through a hidden passage to some kind of inner sanctum.

Unfortunately for him, Pliny knew where it was, and how to get in, and had re-joined the fight as soon as the construct fell. So Blake used telekinesis and put a spear through the little bastard’s brain.

"Yes! Yes!" Pliny fell to his knees and shrieked in delight. He got up and hopped around, then ran to the corpse and stomped on it, yelling variously crazy things about 'telling him so' and 'who is the smartest now?'

Blake let him have his moment.

He sent Navi to go check with Mason and explain where he was. Rebecca had looked badly hurt, but there wasn't much Blake could do about that. He hoped between Calypsa and Mason they could figure out how to help her.

Meanwhile, he had a goblin chief engineer's private collection to explore...

The room was filled with devices. Blake saw runes, constructs, enchantments, and who knew what else. When Navi returned he had her start identifying everything. Pliny eventually finished bragging to his dead rival and turned to Blake with his awful smile.

"You see? Good partners. Trusty Pliny helped humans, didn't he?"

"He surely did," Blake agreed, ready at any moment to kill the creature with his remaining construct. He didn’t really blame the creature for the explosion, though he understood now it had anticipated it without telling them. In its madness it either didn’t care, forgot, or cunningly thought to wipe out everyone all at once and reap the rewards.

But that was just the kind of behavior Blake expected in people. If anything, he was impressed.

He didn't expect additional betrayal, but then he was no expert on half-dead goblin engineers. Navi was silently feeding Blake information about the impressive devices, so perhaps a small test was in order.

"What is all this stuff?" Blake said, gesturing at the various gadgets. "Is any of it useful?"

"Oh yes, human," said Pliny instantly. "Many inventions. Most by...fools, and stupid minds. But...some still...much potential. If refined by genius. Like me."

Blake smiled, liking the creature. "Well your rival is dead, Pliny, and you remain… unkilled. What are your plans? What should I do about all those engineers up top who were watching?"

The goblin shrugged and tapped his chin. "No plans. Only revenge, and revenge is done. Fools up top will scurry to bigger bosses. Greenblood wizards and killers. No trouble. At least not now."

"Well," Blake shrugged, his own plans forming faster and faster, his greedy eyes moving over the goblin technology as he opened True Making and started building a transport construct.

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