Viridian Gate Online- Doom Forge by J. A. Hunter

Author:J. A. Hunter [Hunter, J. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: virtual reality MMO litRPG role playing steampunk, science fiction thriller sword sorcery superhero, action horror dark epic metaphysical dungeon core, cyberpunk apocalyptic dystopian quest gamelit, wizard mage shapeshifter warrior thief assassin
Publisher: Shadow Alley Press
Published: 2019-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

Dark Reward

UNNATURALLY COOL AIR rushed over my skin as I stepped through the arch and into the shadowy cavern filled with statue-topped columns. Those columns were odd, some the size of small pine trees, others as tall and round as the towering redwoods in the Sequoia National Park. The floor was entirely black and smooth as glass, yet it gave just a little with each step. Almost spongy. The cavern, if it could be called that, was utterly quiet. There was no subtle rustle of a faint breeze. No raised voices. No sound of life. Even my footsteps didn’t make a sound, as though they feared intruding on the sacred silence.

My own breath sounded like a scream in my ears.

I made my way in deeper, then experimentally stomped my foot down. Still not so much as a whisper, almost as though the floor ate the noise. “Hello?” I called as loud as my voice would carry. Except it didn’t carry—not more than a handful of feet. Weird. Still the curiosity was too intense to turn back, so I pressed on. After twenty or thirty feet, I glanced back over one shoulder and found the archway I’d entered through was gone. Vanished.

There wasn’t even a wall to mark where the entry had been. Just an endless field of black riddled with more of the strange columns and their accompanying guardians.

I was alone—the warning above the arch made it clear that this was something I had to do by myself. The others were camped out in one of the abandoned war rooms not far from the library. Eating. Resting. Recovering. Checking the book for clues I might’ve missed. And for the first time, I was really feeling the weight of my decision to soldier on. Everyone had warned me against this, and though I was sure this was the right move, a twinge of uncertainty fluttered madly in my stomach. There was nothing I could do though. Not now. The way back was gone, which meant if I wanted to leave here alive, the path lay ahead.

I slowly wound my way through the unnatural forest, trailing my fingertips over each column as I passed, pausing to look at the Void Terror statues lurking on the top.

No two were alike.

It seemed like every Void Terror I’d ever run across during my time in the Shadowverse was represented here—and many more I’d never seen. I even found a miniature version of the Void Abomination I’d tangled with while in the Realm of Order. It was a colossal squid-like creature the size of a battleship that could’ve easily passed as one of Lovecraft’s Eldritch Horrors. There were also Void Chimps and even a replica of a Void Drake. Not exactly the same as Devil, but close enough to fool someone who didn’t know the Drake like I did.

Before long, I was lost, completely disoriented since there weren’t any landmarks to speak of. Just endless, formless black, interrupted only by columns and statues. I tried my

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