Tower Climber 3 (A LitRPG Adventure) by Jakob Tanner

Author:Jakob Tanner [Tanner, Jakob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-06T05:00:00+00:00

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Max wished Oliver and Will goodbye and set off back to the Zestiris climber’s outpost.

As soon as he turned a corner and was out of sight of the two Elestrian boys, he began to sprint with hurried impatience.

C’mon, said Max. Please don’t be too late!

He was running through the Caesarian streets with the same demented zeal that had led Oliver and Will to secretly spy on him.

Will’s words echoed in his head, like a taskmaster whipping him to run faster and faster.

The longer you wait, the more likely it is the person you want to ask will get asked by someone else.

Max hurried forward, getting held up by a merchant shepherding sheep through the streets, only for a few minutes later to be stopped by a marching band of minstrels who were in town specifically for the big tournament.

I don’t remember it being this crowded earlier, Max thought full of frustration.

Max considered Will’s warning once more.

Is it possible someone had asked her while he had been out with Blake? Or when he was researching in the library?

As Max ran through the streets, getting more and more out of breath, he couldn’t even imagine who would ask her to the dance.

But then again: he never would have considered Oliver or Will being interested in Sarah simply for the fact that they had barely spent any time with the other teams.

Finally, Max arrived in front of the Zestiris climber’s outpost.

He stopped for a moment to catch his breath. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and braced himself for what he was about to do.

Be confident, he told himself.

He sighed, then made a step towards the outpost entrance, when the door swung open and out came Gigan, the Boldrin team’s E-ranker.

No, Max thought.

He couldn’t have...

The Boldrin was walking with an undeniably cheery gait and whistling a happy tune.

This guy was too pleased with himself and the possibilities as to why made Max want to puke.

But Max knew he’d already wasted too much time and he couldn’t spend any more standing around outside.

He entered the outpost and ran to the stairwell.

One of the clerks shouted, “No running!” but Max ignored her.

Please don’t be too late, he kept thinking over and over. Please don’t be too late.

He felt his throat burn as he sprinted up the stairs.

He stumbled onto their floor and saw that Casey’s door was ajar.

His mind began to panic.

Does that mean Gigan had come to visit her then?

He gulped.

He’d find out the answer to his question soon enough.

He just had to walk in there and do what he needed to do.

He stepped into Casey’s room.

She was sitting cross-legged on the ground, Toto perched on her shoulder, surrounded by countless paper cranes on the floor.

“Whoah,” said Max, not expecting to see so much origami sprawled out on the ground. “What are you up to?”

“My cranes don’t have a long life if Blake keeps lighting them on fire, so I gotta keep making more. They don’t grow on trees, you know!” Casey then paused and made a quizzical expression.

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