Viridian Gate Online: The Alchemic Weaponeer Books 1-3 by Paxton N.H. & Hunter James

Author:Paxton, N.H. & Hunter, James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shadow Alley Press
Published: 2023-05-23T00:00:00+00:00

Nightmare’s Venom: The venom of the Nightmare, a potent and terrifying chemical, causes neuroleptic seizures and fits of narcolepsy in the victim. Rarely do those envenomed survive long enough for the poison to naturally clear from their system.

Effect 1: Periodic seizures and loss of bodily control; duration, 2 minutes, 40 seconds.

Effect 2: Periodic narcoleptic episodes; duration, 27 minutes, 38 seconds.

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That was the most unwelcome notification I had received since arriving in Eldgard. I shook my head and dismissed the notification. The spider had steadied itself on the ground, removing its fangs from my shoulder.

My Health had been reduced by more than ten percent. I rolled over and punched the spider in the face.

The spider recoiled, taking several steps back. I took the opportunity to yank an Antivenin from my belt and chug it. Out of all of the potions I had tasted in Eldgard, this one was by far the worst. It tasted of passion fruit and nectarines and all kinds of sugar. I nearly threw the elegant glass vial to the ground but thought better of it.

The debuff cleared as I shoved the bottle into my bag. I felt my body and mind clearing, and the stiffness that was beginning to travel through my muscles vanished. I stared at the spider that was now dancing in the passageway, its front feet up like dowsing rods.

“Spiders are worst thing ever.” I pulled Gamma from my shoulder and released a series of Impaling Chaos bolts.

They scattered through the air, then slammed into the spider, the hideous green-and-black ichor spraying in every direction as they dug deep, then imploded. The Nightmare nearly folded in on itself, and the sounds of exoskeleton and limbs snapping and cracking filled the air. It collapsed to the ground without any further fight.

I turned quickly to see if the spider I had slammed into the wall was still dazed, but it had vanished. I scanned the tunnel, checking the ceiling and the walls farther down, where the torch Garret had been carrying was lying on the ground. Had he been killed?

A skittering snapped my attention from the torch. I spun around so fast that my neck hurt from the reaction. There were half a dozen spiders shimmying back and forth in the passageway behind me.

“Derr’mo, always more spider. Does not matter if set entire world on fire, more spider.” Instead of using Gamma, I triggered Magical Augmentation and recreated the Firestorm spell I had used on the zombie horde.

There was a sudden hiss as the spiders stopped their movement and scattered in every direction. So much for the blazing bullet storm I had planned.

They began to move in a coordinated pattern on my position, all rushing toward me at once. A quick thought overtook me, and I made my second spell choice: Avalanche from the Frostlock tree.

My hands, both of them this time, whipped through the air in opposite forms, making tight circles, spiraling runes, and finally an uncomfortable twist together. The spiders were practically on top of me before the cast time was over.

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