Corpse Run: A LitRPG Adventure (The Crucible Shard Book 3) by Grant Skyler

Author:Grant, Skyler [Grant, Skyler]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-03-30T16:00:00+00:00

It was two days later when Ashley shook me awake. It was the middle of the day and the sun seemed enormous overhead.

“Are we there yet?” I asked, as I wiped the sleep from my eyes and sat up.

“No, but we’ve got something worth checking out,” Ashley said.

What had attracted her attention turned out to be a small pyramid barely emerging from the top of a dune.

I confessed it was intriguing, but this wasn’t what we had come in search of.

Ashley sensed what I was thinking and gave me a warning look. “Don’t even try to shoot me down. I know we’re weeks behind, but you know some of the best treasures are always found in random tombs in the middle of nowhere.”

“We’re also in an area that is supposed to be vastly above our level,” Walt said.

“We killed those thieves back in the city. They were something we could take. Just because it’s here doesn’t mean we can’t take it. Liam, I need to kill something,” Ashley said.

That was creepy as hell. I suppose this is what I got for choosing the sadistic torturer Ashley. Still, she made a valid point, we had taken those thieves and the potential for treasure did appeal.

“Let’s do it,” I said.

I ordered the carpet to the sand and we got off, making our way to the pyramid. It stood around ten feet in height and was composed of several pieces of stone held together with mortar.

“I’m thinking this is part of a larger structure, the rest buried beneath the sand,” Walt said.

“Do you see a way inside?” I asked.

Ashley was circling around. “No hidden doors. No secret switches.”

“That makes sense. If it is the top of a structure we were never meant to enter here. The actual entrance would be somewhere far below,” Walt said.

Ashley began to chip away at the mortar with one of her daggers, some crumbling beneath the assault.

“Even if you get the stones loose I still won’t be lifting them. I’m strong, but I’m not that strong,” I said.

“It may be enough for us to see if there is a chamber beyond at least. If so I can teleport us,” Walt said.

“While you’re doing that I’ll do some prep work and bless some water,” I said. “Ancient buried structure in the desert is going to mean undead of some sort.”

Yvera might be an evil goddess, but blessed water still did a number on the undead, especially if set ablaze.

“Don’t bless all our water,” Ashley said. “We still need to get to our destination and then back again.”

I wound up blessing three skins, ones that we had already used the refill runes on several times. That would give us one each that we could carry in our inventory and expand our combat options some.

Ashley had continued to chip away and was squinting into the gap. “We’ve got something.”

I leaned in to press my face to the hole, trying to see beyond. I couldn’t see anything but darkness.

“You sure? I don’t see it.

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