Masters of Strata (Deepest Dungeon #2) - A LitRPG series by G. D. Penman & Portal Books

Author:G. D. Penman & Portal Books [Penman, G. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Portal Books
Published: 2021-06-13T16:00:00+00:00

Abruptly, the violence of it abated, and he was left lying in a heap in the middle of the tunnel, groaning. It didn’t hurt, exactly, but the experience of being flung around was certainly unpleasant. If he was capable of nausea here in Strata, it was fair to say that the walls would have had some extra decoration. Getting his paws under him, Martin pushed himself to his feet, only to see exactly what he did not want to see.

Beyond the current length of tunnel was nothing. Not more tunnels. Not just darkness. Nothing. He crept cautiously toward the edge where reality seemed to shear off, clinging to the carvings for any sense of stability. He peered down and saw exactly what he’d been expecting. There was the Dungeon of Strata all laid out beneath him, sprawling as far as the eye could see. Easily visible from this far away. “Oh no.”

“Oh yes.” The Master shimmered into existence out there in the void, cloak snapping to some unseen wind. “It seems that the subtle hint I gave to you before was insufficient. So allow me to be entirely clear with you now. You will not proceed any further into my dungeon. You will not attempt to assist others in their progress. You will remain here, in this tunnel fragment, rotting, for as long as you are within this realm. What you do in your life outside is your own business, but let me make myself entirely clear to you now. Your little adventure ends here.”

Martin leaned against the wall. “Don’t you ever get tired of pulling the same stupid tricks out of your sleeves? Swapping around tunnels. Putting me in dead ends. Clearly they don’t work. I’m still here.”

The Master swooped in closer to gloat. The hollow hood of his cloak hung just inches from Martin’s face. “There is no escape from this void. You shall remain here for the rest of time. If you live a hundred years and come back on your deathbed, this rodent form you have chosen will remain trapped in place.”

“And what are you going to tell the other Masters, exactly?” Martin gave him a sneer. “You know, the ones who are trying to actually get people down to the Heart. How are you going to stop them from putting me back in the mix? You think I don’t know why you can’t just delete my account? You’re not a master of anything, you’re a goddamned employee. How long do you think your little vendetta against me is going to last when you’re on the unemployment line for bullying players?”

“You have no idea what is at stake here. You have no clue to the risks involved in allowing people like you into this place. It is madness. It is folly.” There was the beginning of hysteria in the Master’s masked and filtered voice. An edge of the real-life madness creeping through from one world to the other as he squealed away in some cubicle of the Strata Online offices.

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