Virtual Deviation: A Gamelit LitRPG Apocalypse Harem Fantasy by AL Traversky
Author:AL Traversky [Traversky, AL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ALT
Published: 2021-11-02T06:00:00+00:00
Chapter 7 â Another Kind of Looting
I find Adara two further stories down in the living room of my apartment, not hers. She grimaces at the mess on my legs and arms then points to the bathroom.
After a quick shower in the only available water - cold; I dress and she hands me my backpack with a large carving knife already stowed.
âSpider venom added. You have 13 spaces available.â
The venomâs in the backpack now too. So where was the âtemporary personal storageâ space I brought it down here in? Some other dimension?
âI might flit between both our apartments and outside while youâre out at the store, if thatâs OK?â Adara says, âkeep a lookout for Mary.â
I nod.
âTake care,â she says, âI donât want to end up on my own here.â
I almost remind her that the others would still be here if something happened to me, but I donât want to tempt fate. And in any case, it sounds like she might miss me.
Outside again in hazy, almost âsmoggyâ daylight and I guess it must be around noon. It still looks like someone drained the brightness and contrast from the sky and everything around me.
On the parking lot, Tony sits in the driverâs seat of a small silver Ford with the door open and hood up. The other guys stand around the exposed engine.
âTotally dead,â Reinhard says and the engine clicks and hiccups. âSame as all the others.â
âShit,â Mick mutters, âweâll have to walk.â
âYou guys taking backpacks and weapons?â I ask. I donât want us to be exposed out there. Who knows what weâll encounter?
âGot an axe in mine,â Tony gets out of the car and closes the door, âjust in case.â
Where the hell did he pick that up from?
âNo need for tools or bags,â Mick smirks, âbut if youâre worried, I spotted a hardware store on the way here in the cab. What I need to stock up on is food and drink.â
We head off down the incline that leads from the parking lot and onto the narrow, winding road that will eventually bring us out near the seafront. What passes for the main road in the quiet resort. From there, itâs only a short further walk to the few shops and a larger supermarket down the far end.
Rachelâs boyfriend takes position at the head of our group with Reinhard. Tony and I make up the rear.
I watch the swagger of the two big guys in front. Imagine if, 24 hours ago, someone had told me that today Iâd be on an âoutingâ with Rachelâs new boyfriend. No way would I have believed it.
But then a more serious thought occurs to me.
âDid you see a mess on the stairs when you came down before? Near the second floor landing?â I ask Tony.
âWhat kind of mess?â
âYellowy. A splattered, oversized spider.â
Tony grimaces and shakes his head.
So does that mean âbodiesâ disappear here shortly after death? Is that why none of the missing people are anywhere to be seen? Did they die too?
I keep my head and eyes moving from side to side.
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