The Grieving Lands: A LitRPG Fantasy Adventure by Gian Carlo Peirce

Author:Gian Carlo Peirce [Peirce, Gian Carlo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Royal Guard Publishing LLC
Published: 2023-09-19T00:00:00+00:00

Thirty-six points of durability damage. Not bad, I thought to myself. Although the level two spell did more damage, it was extremely painful and required me to spend additional Mana on healing. This was the most efficient and safest way to go.

I gave Elwin a thumbs-up, and I smiled from ear to ear. Elwin just looked like he had just sucked a sour plum before saying, “After all this you want me to bugger myself? Can’t say I can find the humor in it. There are places to go for that sort of thing.”

“No, no Elwin, that’s not what I meant at all! From where I come from this is a sign of good luck...an indication of approval. You see right now I am rather pleased with myself,” I said, holding up both thumbs, placatingly smiling as best I could.

“Thought you had no memories,” the thief said in a slow calculating voice, before grumbling once again, “Bah, for that you’ll be taking next watch. Guess I’ll have to be keeping another one of my eyes on you,” he finished, continuing to gripe as he made a bed for himself from the leaves and moss the cold forest floor. With an annoyed audible huff, he lay dawn.

“Of course...” I began before I noticed that he had already turned away.

A few minutes later, he was already fast asleep, his breathing shallow and even.

Adjusting the loose helmet on my head, I stared up at the dark canopy, observing only one or two twinkling lights through the thick boughs. All around me, I could hear the sounds of the forest as its denizens continued their nocturnal activities. The air was fresh and invigorating, full of the green smells of a vibrant forest, free of the stifling pollutants of my old world.

Alone with my thoughts, I began to reflect on my journey so far. Thinking back to my struggles with the amphibious Bibsis, I realized just how much I had grown in power since coming to this strange new world. My time as a slave had forged my body and soul, and I was a vastly different man from when I’d first arrived.

I realized the innocence I once possessed was forever lost. I had killed, and more than once, at that. This was a world that demanded it, even rewarded it. I knew in my heart that this was no simple parody of a game. The scents, the sounds, the suffering; it was all too real. Yet despite all this, it was still a world that was beautifully virgin and full of wonder.

I thought, too, of Earth, and of the mediocre, yet somewhat tolerable, life I had lived. Every day had been a struggle, but of a different sort. There, I had to worry if I would be able to pay the bills on time; here I had to worry if I had enough Health, Stamina, and Mana to survive the next encounter with a monstrous creature. I chuckled to myself inwardly, thinking of the situations that I once considered stressful.

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