Overpowered: A LitRPG Thriller (Kings and Conquests Book 1) by Shane Lochlann Black

Author:Shane Lochlann Black [Black, Shane Lochlann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LitRPG
ISBN: 123456789X
Publisher: Palace in the Sky Productions LLC
Published: 2017-06-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

“Shit!”

The lunch crowd at Blakely’s Chicken hadn’t been paying much attention to the overweight young man in the corner. After all, he was wearing headphones and had a tray next to him. Obviously he had already ordered. He was intent on whatever his computer was displaying anyway. Such a sight wasn’t uncommon. After all, Blakely’s Chicken had premium wireless Internet access with bandwidth north of 20 megabits when it wasn’t crowded. He was wearing jeans he hadn’t changed in four days and a taco sauce stained T-shirt decorated with a cartoon duck, but none of the restaurant staff had connected the dots. Yet.

When the rifle-shot-like sound of the word “Fuck!” made everyone in the restaurant turn to look, the manager decided to speak up.

“Crowd control!” he screamed. “Stop him! He’s killing us!”

“Sir, I’m going to have to ask–”

“Fuck!” The customer swerved his mouse and knocked the tray out from under his drink. The manager jumped back, trying to avoid the extra-large cup of soda and ice. He wasn’t successful.

“Sir, you’re going to have to leave!”

The customer neither heard nor saw the manager trying to get his attention. In the game, his lovingly shepherded level six character was in a fight for its life against a masterfully executed scheme of pixelated robbery and murder. He had joined the dungeon party based on the fact several relatively high-level characters were in attendance. None were below level four. The deceptively poorly-equipped “thief” character, which was really only a conveniently engineered combination of stealth, surprise attack and poison use skills, was level seven. That should have been a red flag, but the promise of quick wealth overcame prudent observation. The kicker was that everyone had voice chat, so he could hear and speak to everyone in real time.

“Assbag loser! Block him! Block!”

The thief had strategically avoided most of the potentially hazardous combat during the dungeon run. As a result, it was practically unhurt and at full strength, even after the fight with the final boss. The other characters weren’t so fortunate. In fact, they had been drained of health, mana, rage, and most of their advantages. After all, they had defeated every opponent in the dungeon.

Except one.

The thief had waited until everyone was weakened to spring his trap. Both spellcasters were murdered by single thrusts of his knife. By the time the warrior character realized he was under attack, his face had been torn to ribbons by a razor-sharp claw weapon. He swung his sword wildly, but failed to connect with anything. Blood was pouring into his eyes when the poisoned knife plunged into his neck.

The lone survivor was the archer character, which was being controlled by the Blakely’s Chicken customer. It was out of ammunition. It had minimal armor. All it could do was attempt to hold the thief off by using its bow as a makeshift club. Its owner hadn’t been even partially prepared for this kind of treachery.

Another barked “FUCK!” echoed in the restaurant as the archer was disarmed. The

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