Player Reached the Top. LitRPG Series. Book II by Scar Rick

Author:Scar, Rick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 116. Hidden in the Shadows

A fter joining the Shadow Order, Will spent a while in the library, pondering over his latest challenge. The reward description said his golden dragon form increased his skill of locating hidden things by 10%. He hoped that would suffice in discovering the hidden secret here.

What stopped him from trying this immediately was the price. A hundred gold.

Will never went in for gambling. The very concept of spending real money for a false chance of winning seemed ridiculous to him. But this chance of winning was not false, so he did not dismiss this idea right away.

After a brief discussion with himself, he activated his monster form, setting the time limit at 60 seconds.

His body crunched, covering itself with golden scales. Looking at them, Will saw the real money he spent. He took some comfort in knowing this gold was not going down the drain, and his spending was meaningful… or at least he hoped it was. His limbs transformed into mighty clawed paws. His head stretched, growing dragon jaws.

Browsing his skill tree, Will had seen the description of the form he’d been in during the challenge. It was unlocked at the fifth stage only—there was a long way to go.

His tail spread on the floor, twitching like a living thing. As Raven realized soon, this tail was useful not only as a weapon, but also as a metal detector.

It twitched and dashed sideways as though responding to hidden secrets around him. Will used it to eventually locate the hideout, and the lever that opened it.

Back to his normal form after the time had expired, Will slapped himself on the forehead. Searching this place the last time, he’d felt all the walls, corners, floor, and shelves—but he had totally forgotten to check the books! He only had to pull one to open the hideout.

Will did that at once and heard a muffled sound. A door had opened. Glancing around, he tried to guess the direction, but he hadn’t come up with any ideas and ended up just searching the whole library…

…eventually discovering what he was after.

There was a small lid in the floor in the far corner, next to a small statue portraying a man pointing down his spear, its sharp head about a feet short of reaching the floor. Completely invisible before, this lid had had now slid aside. Coming closer, the rogue discerned a small box inside the hole.

Opening the box, he discovered… a small bag of golden coins and a plain ring with a pyramid-shaped diamond. That must have been the reward, but something was wrong. This reward seemed too modest for such a complicated hideout, and…

Five minutes later, he realized what exactly was wrong about it. No system message! That was really weird, prompting Raven to continue his search rather than leave with the small loot he’d received.

Revelation Sphere.

This skill removed the illusion at once. The bottom of the empty box now had another door.

Using such small trophies to distract me was a mistake, Will smirked, stooping to pull the handle.

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