Quantum Conjurations: A LitRPG Adventure (Eldritch Engineer Book 1) by Kevin Mclaughlin & Michael Anderle

Author:Kevin Mclaughlin & Michael Anderle [Mclaughlin, Kevin & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2023-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

As the sun set, I remained lost in thought. Rolling green hills stretched on to my left with streams and lakes to the right. I rode in the middle of our small pack, veering toward the edge of the dirt road.

Laurel had joined Rand in the front, and Adam rode up alongside them. Otto and Quentin discussed something in rather serious tones behind me. Adam, Laurel, and Rand were having a more lighthearted conversation since now and then laughter came from their general direction.

My mind buzzed with too many thoughts and worries to pay attention to what anyone was saying. I kept pondering what Rand had said about fear. Was it fear I’d seen on that mage’s face when I hit him with the bullet moments before he went down? Was fear what had given him the moment’s pause I needed to kill him before he could blast me with a spell? Maybe.

If that was the case, I needed to work on conquering my fear or at least controlling it. One thing was certain. I didn’t want to go out the way Sir Oliver did. I planned to survive this and get back home. Whatever it took.

As these worries swirled in my head, the others steered us off the path, and I followed absentmindedly. I soon saw that they had located a small cavern, almost more of an overhang in the side of a nearby hill. It would provide some protection from the elements.

We dismounted and took care of the horses. Then Rand and Adam gathered some firewood while I sat by a cave wall. Laurel fiddled with a flintlock. I saw her hit a switch on it out of the corner of my eye. The weapon shrank to the size of a smartphone, much like the flintlock in Halgrim’s shop had.

Laurel glanced at me, making eye contact, and I looked away. I was still uneasy.

A while later, Rand and Adam returned. I followed the others out of the cave and sat around the fire with them. Adam was telling a story. He spoke animatedly, but I couldn’t pay attention to what he was saying. The others laughed, including Otto and Quentin.

Laurel side-eyed me, pursing her lips in curiosity. “Sir Rand, I think we have a problem.”

The others went silent. Rand looked at me in concern. I felt like a spotlight was suddenly shining on me.

Rand prompted, “Dr. Smith, what’s on your mind?”

I sighed. For a moment I listened to the crackling fire. Our rations of sausage and potatoes sizzled in a pan. Savory scents wafted over the area.

I tried to hide my uneasiness. These were all warriors, something I’d never been. They grew up in a world where violence was commonplace. Would they understand my feelings about what I’d done? I wasn’t sure.

“I’ve been thinking about the battle with those golems,” I admitted. “I know it was necessary, but I killed a man, Rand. Shot him in the heart. I’d never seen a person dead of violence before coming here.

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