The Great MacGuffin: A LitRPG Adventure (Beta Tester Book 1) by Rachel Ford

Author:Rachel Ford [Ford, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

It took a moment to figure out that the second twin brother arrived. But Daxton heard Dayton, and soon two small, round men were gasping and pointing, and shouting, “Oh dear. A robber. Guard!”

Jack decided his best option was flight, so he ran for the door. It burst open just as he reached it, and careened into his face. His health bar dropped by a quarter, and he sprawled backwards into the side of a counter. It dropped by a third, and an alert ran through his mind.

Your back has been crippled.

“Mother trucker.”

The guards carried him to a cell. And not figuratively, either. They quite literally carried Jack, because Jack couldn’t use his legs.

They weren’t particular about being careful, either. They dumped him unceremoniously in a pile of damp hay. One of the men rifled through his magical pocket.

Jack couldn’t quite see what was happening, but he was still aware of losing his goods.

Your stolen goods have been confiscated. They will be returned to the rightful owners.

Your items will be held in lockup until you have served your sentence or paid your fine.

“Mother trucker,” he said again. “You’ve got to be kidding me.”

The guards weren’t kidding, though. They finished the search and turned to the door. They didn’t offer him any kind of assistance, and they ignored his protests that he was an injured man.

He lay there blinking for a minute, too stunned to do anything. Not that, considering the back situation, he had many options. Then a thought crowded his mind.

You should sleep to heal your injuries.

He scowled, but he didn’t have a better idea. The guards had taken his items, and if his stint in the Dragon Run prison had been anything to go by, Migli wouldn’t be around to collect him until after he was doing whatever – whoever – he was doing.

So Jack slept.

Some hours later, he blinked into a room dimly lit by torchlight. He yawned and stretched, and a thought flitted through his mind.

You wake feeling refreshed.

Then a second thought hit him – this time, one of his own, and not one planted by the game. I’m moving. Thank goodness. Sleeping actually healed my back.

He stood up just to verify the fact. Sure enough, he had his full range of motion back. He could stretch and walk, bend and jump. Not very far, but that was a matter of the cell dimensions rather than any physical limitation.

He breathed a sigh of relief and set his mind to other matters. First on the agenda was getting the heck out of prison. So he called out, “Hey, guard? Anyone there? I need to get out of here.”

He gave it a minute or so, but nothing happened. He tried again with the same result, and waited less time, then tried again. No one came.

He started banging on the bars. “Guard? Guard, I demand to talk to someone.”

Someone from a nearby cell moaned. “It’s two o’clock in the morning. Let me sleep.”

Jack didn’t, though. He called for the guard, for Migli, and for anyone who might be around.

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