The Forgotten Throne: A LitRPG Serial (Royaume Online Book 1) by Elliot Burns

Author:Elliot Burns [Burns, Elliot]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-06-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

The staircase was pitch black at first, but whenever he put his foot down on a step, it lit up for a few seconds. The steps kept a residual glow, like a lamp dimmed down to its lowest setting. He followed it down into the bowels of the building. As he went further, he heard a slamming sound from above. The old man must have followed him and closed the door to keep out the creatures.

He turned around. “You okay up there?”

He heard the old man walking toward him, but couldn’t see the steps glowing under his feet. It was only when he was close enough to smell the alcohol that Jack could sense him. It was weird that the steps lit up for Jack, but not Drunk Grandpa.

He turned around and carried on walking. His calves started to ache. His throat felt tight, and he realized it had been a while since he’d had anything to drink. He hoped there was a vending machine somewhere in the castle, but maybe that was too much to wish for.

As he took a step, he felt something splash over his face. He took a sharp breath in shock. His face felt cold as though he’d walked through a waterfall, but when he put his hand on his cheek, it felt dry.

What was going on? He turned around, but he couldn’t see anything.

The old man had stopped. He tried to take a step forward, but something stopped him, as if there was some kind of invisible screen.

“There’s nothing there,” said Jack. He reached out and touched the old man.

“Rere um va,” said the man. He tried to step forward, only to be met by the invisible field again.

“I guess I’m the only one who can go down here for now,” he said. “Just sit tight, I won’t be long.”

Something was strange here. Well, all of it was strange, but the last few minutes defied any sort of explanation. The door had only opened for Jack, not the old man. Then, there had been some sort of forcefield that allowed Jack to pass, but stopped the man. Was it a trap?

There wasn’t much choice, he had to go on. He followed the staircase down another three twists until he reached the bottom. There was a doorway in front of him, and he saw a room.

It was small. Dark like a crypt, except for a dull glow on the stone walls. Looking round, Jack couldn’t see the source of the glow. There was a wooden table pushed against the west wall, with a thick book resting on it. In the centre of the room a square block of stone was raised a couple of feet off the floor. There was something special about it, but he couldn’t see what.

He walked over to the table against the wall. The book resting on it was the biggest he’d ever seen – at least 10,000 pages. Or, as he likened it, almost ten times the size of Lord of the Rings.

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