The Monolith: A LitRPG Novel (Blood Seekers Book 1) by Stephen Roark

Author:Stephen Roark [Roark, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-19T07:00:00+00:00

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Electric Dreams

“Things were so simple before the plague. I know not why the sickness came to the Hills. Are we simply unlucky? Singled out? Or have others experienced this torturous event as well? What have we done to the Ancient Ones to deserve this?”

—unknown villager of the Weeping Hills

“What’d they drop? What’d they drop?” Jacob asked eagerly, bending down over the corpses of Doom’s fallen men. He scowled as he looted two of the lower levels. “Soothing Syrup. Fantastic. Why can’t we loot their weapons?”

“Their starter weapons?” I chuckled. “That’s harsh—even for Mizaguchi. How would they level?”

“Do I care?”

Fujiko leaned down over Callahan’s body and inspected it. “I think you’ll be happy about this, Jacob.”

“What is it?”

“Flesh of the Fallen,” she read. I looked up and saw the hideous glob of tissue Callahan had been holding as a casting item. Jacob, who hadn’t been here for that part of the fight, looked at it and scrunched his nose up with disgust.

“The Hell is it?”

“Oh, you’ll want it,” I told him. “I can almost guarantee.”

Fujiko continued to read. “A heinous piece of flesh—but what was it taken from? An old Seeker? An Ancient one? Magical Attack 95. C scaling with Intellect and 8% bonus to Toughness.”

“Sick!” Jacob replied eagerly, walking quickly over to her. He reached out to take it, but Fujiko pulled away.

“Ya know, maybe I’ll just keep it,” she contemplated.

“Huh?”

“I mean—you don’t seem to like it…” she mused. “Does it gross you out?”

“Fujiko,” I chuckled, shaking my head.

“Oh, just gimme it!” Jacob snapped, reaching for it again. But Fujiko was fast and ducked behind a headstone. “Hey! What the Hell?”

“Ask nicely!” Fujiko teased, slipping around another pile of broken gravestones like a little kid on a playground.

“Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me—” Jacob moved to one side, then doubled back quickly and dove straight onto Fujiko, knocking her down so hard it actually took off a tiny, almost imperceptible sliver of health.

“Ugh!” she groaned like the wind had been knocked out of her. “Jacob!”

Jacob grinned triumphantly as he pinned her arms with his knees and snatched the sickly glob of putrid offal from her.

“Thank you!” he said proudly as he examined it.

“Okay, get off me!” Fujiko half yelled, half laughed.

“Ask nicely!” Jacob mocked. Fujiko grimaced and drove a knee into his crotch.

“Ooooh!” Altarus and I both cried out in unison, wincing in only a way guys could understand. Jacob’s eyes rolled back and he toppled over, clutching at his man parts.

“Sorry,” Fujiko said as she got to her feet. “Uh—I didn’t think that would hurt so much in the game world.”

“N—no problem,” Jacob said through a tight chest.

“That’s messed up, Fujiko,” I told her as I bent down to check out Doom’s loot. A smile came over me as I looked at what was available to take—I’d been hoping it would be there, and it was.

Sturdy Leather Duster Jacket: Old and worn, but incredibly well made and still sturdy. Fairs well against beasts.

Armor: 250

Fire: 120

Frost: 190

Electric: 190

Acid: 190

Frenzy:

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