Whispers of the Wild: An Apocalypse LitRPG (Path of Dragons Book 2) by Nicholas Searcy

Author:Nicholas Searcy [Searcy, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2025-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Not So Simple

Elijah twisted away from the lacerating pain, trying at the same time to keep a grip on the monster’s bony shoulder. But he couldn’t do both at the same time, so his hindbrain kicked in, forcing him to flee the agony cutting a long line into his scales. Against that, his Iron Scales were wholly insufficient, and he let out a roar of pain all his own. It joined the monster’s anguished whimpers.

No matter how quickly Elijah moved, though, the pain persisted, and soon enough, he saw why. A small dart—no bigger than his human thumb—was embedded in his scales, and when he yanked it free, he found that a series of long, writhing white tendrils came with it. As they left his body, they left behind a stinging pain that felt like the world’s most painful jellyfish sting.

From the inside.

The second the last of the tendrils had left his body to dangle from the dart, Elijah tossed the projectile aside. Or at least he tried to. However, the tendrils had left his entire side so numb that the best he could do was a slight shrug as he dropped the thing onto the carpeted floor. The tingling numbness spread quickly, encompassing the entire left side of his torso and all the way down his hip before, at last, slowing to a virtual stop.

But the effects didn’t stop with simple numbness. Instead, with the sensation having spread to his chest, he soon found that his breathing had shallowed to the point where he knew he wasn’t getting enough oxygen. That, in turn, caused him to panic.

In only a second, Elijah was panting with anxiety, with his mind whirling for a solution.

Meanwhile, the injured Reaver had begun to recover, its shattered bones shifting grotesquely as they reset. As it pushed itself to unsteady feet, it let out a hiss of pain. Then, it cocked its arm before following it up with a backhanded blow aimed at Elijah’s face. He tried to dodge, but with half his body not working properly, he only managed to shift enough to avoid taking the attack head-on.

“Pitiful beast,” the creature rasped as Elijah crashed to the floor. Then, it kicked him. “You attack me? In my home?! How dare you?!”

It kicked Elijah again. The blows didn’t hurt. In fact, he couldn’t even feel them, even if he knew they’d left some damage behind. Instead, the pervasive numbness had started spreading again, telling him that he needed to do something to stop it, lest he lose all bodily control.

So, between kicks, Elijah shifted back to his human form, then cast Touch of Nature, which pushed the numbness back just enough that he could roll out of the way of the next blow. He could do nothing about the follow-up kick that took him in his side and launched his much-lighter body into the wall.

Once again, via One with Nature, he felt the odd grooves in the wall. Suddenly, one facet of his mind arrived at the answer.

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