The New Queen Rises: A Gamelit Fantasy RPG Novel (Metamorphosis Online Book 2) by Natalie Grey & Michael Anderle

Author:Natalie Grey & Michael Anderle [Grey, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642021882
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-04-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“All right, Altar of the Gods, Round 2.” Gracie squared up and rolled her neck. She and Jay had come to the conclusion that they should redo the original steps of the quest in order to learn more about Harry’s goals and motivations and predict where the next steps might be found. So far, no additional pieces had come open, and Gracie wasn’t feeling good about asking Harry.

She hadn’t told him yet, but her hope was that redoing this stage would give her a chance to throw the quest. Fail intentionally, and then have Jay remove the starting condition so that Harry could never begin it.

She didn’t think she wanted the quest to exist. It wasn’t that the idea of being a god didn’t appeal—in fact, it appealed a lot—but Gracie wasn’t sure she should have that kind of power. And despite the fact that Harry had created this world, she was very sure that he shouldn’t have that kind of power.

Jay was not going to like this.

She shook her head and refocused. She would deal with that later.

“Everyone, remember to be nice,” Alan said. “We have Cas on board as backup healer, so let’s not make this a terrifying experience for him.”

“Really, I’m fine.” Caspian sounded a bit prickly, and Gracie smiled. She often got the sense that Caspian was being very reserved, and it was always nice when a bit of his true self peeked through. In this case, she completely understood the feeling of being annoyed when people tried to go easy on her.

“I’m with Cas,” Dathok rumbled. “This is my first time running a dungeon as DPS, so let’s pull everything and see where it goes.”

Gracie snorted. “Man, when healers go bad, they really go bad. Someone keep an eye on Dathok and make sure he doesn’t go entirely to the dark side.”

“On it,” Chowder said.

Jay leaned over to Gracie. “We’re doomed,” he said seriously.

Gracie snorted. “All right. Now, if I recall correctly, the first parts of the dungeon went the normal way, right? We fed the altars, then fought the various demon whatsits that appeared?”

“Yeah.”

Gracie bounced on the balls of her feet. Now that she was actually thinking of dropping the quest, her heart was racing. “I want to try something new this time.” Her voice sounded weird in her own head. She could only hope the voice filter masked it.

“Oh?” Everyone looked at her.

“You mean, other than having a new alt healer and having your old alt healer be a rogue?” Dathok clarified.

Gracie forced a laugh. “Yeah. I’m going to try generating threat a bit differently. I had a hunch about some combos that might work.”

In reality, she was sure that all of the combos she was dreaming up would fail miserably, and it was going to be hellish to spend the whole run doing the exact wrong thing. It was like someone dragging their nails down a chalkboard.

But it would set her up perfectly to lose when the boss showed up. She swallowed, nodded to herself, and got ready.

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