The Phantom Castle (The Way of the Shaman by V. Mahanenko

Author:V. Mahanenko
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: action, adventure, mahanenko, litrpg, sci-fi, fantasy
Publisher: Magic Dome Books
Published: 2018-09-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight. Introduction to Altameda

“THE CASTLE’S STRAIGHT ahead!” Plinto exclaimed joyfully as if he could hardly wait to plunge into the thick of battle. We had only about a kilometer left to fly, but it was already seriously gloomy—the castle was surrounded by a fierce battle. And what’s more was that the battle was fiercest not in the circle of light but right at the castle’s gates. Judging by the quivering white torrent flowing in a long tongue from the castle—Altameda had phantoms to spare.

“Let’s land by the circle of light!” Anastaria reminded just in case.

“Oh! We’re already drawing fire!” yelled the Rogue and sharply banked his phoenix to dodge an arrow. NPCs would never open fire without first determining a reason for it, which meant that we were being attacked by players. Either the Azure Dragons’ mercenaries or they themselves—it didn’t matter. The main thing was we were at war and being shot at.

Per Stacey’s advice I had written to Donotpunnik the night before, inviting him to join our clan—but he instantly replied with a refusal. The Death Knight was not for hire even if I paid for the entire value of his contract with his current clan. He warned me one more time not to approach the castle, adding that otherwise, his people would begin to hunt us until the Heralds would have to get involved. But okay—that was his decision to make and he made it. I won’t offer a second time.

“Change of plan—fly right for the circle! There’s some NPCs fighting over there right now. We can help them! Our main goal is to show our passes!”

“Let’s go,” Plinto agreed, banking his bird again and at this point, we entered the circle of light...

You have entered blessed ground. Buff received: Eluna’s Gift. +45% to all stats, ×45 to Experience earned, ×45 to stat growth. Duration of buff: 2 hours.

“Yeaaah,” droned Plinto. “I’d kill anyone for this too.”

“Bring us down!” came Stacey’s shout as Plinto’s phoenix transformed back into a bridle beneath me. Carried by our former inertia, we began falling in a downward trajectory. Hitting the ground from a hundred meters up (that’s how high we’d been flying) is all but a guaranteed respawn.

Like hell!

As practice now revealed, flying over the castle was forbidden. If you want to enter the enormous, secure territory—you’ll have to break down the gates as per the game rules. I guess, the developers wanted to ensure that the players got a full taste of all the lovely diversions they had prepared for them.

But we weren’t the kind to use standard approaches.

“Plinto, grab on,” I yelled, transforming into a Dragon. A hundred meters is about six seconds of free fall, which is enough to save everyone. Even if I couldn’t fly—I could glide, or slowly fall considering how overloaded I was...why not?

You cannot carry two players.

Ignoring the notification, I looked on in horror as my paws simply passed through Stacey as if she were made of air. I could neither latch onto her, nor slow her horrible fall.

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