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    • by certher Darkness bites the light the moment the arch seals shut behind me. For three breaths I see nothing. I keep the sword point forward and count, same way I used to steady nerves in a blind hallway breach. One, two, three. A faint green glow seeps from thin veins of moss that stripe the tunnel walls. Enough to stop me from tripping. The floor slopes down in long slabs patterned like reptile scales. Water drips steady somewhere ahead, a slow tin-roof rhythm. I angle the blade low and start walking. Every…
      Original • Action • Adventure • Alternate Universe • LitRPG • Psychological • Charles Mercer
    • by certher The grizzly barrels forward like a runaway truck. I shuffle right, betting on a clean sidestep, but its paw shoots out faster than thought. A wall of fur and bone clips my chest. The hit lifts me clear off my feet. I slam into the earth so hard the world blurs white. Mud fills my mouth. Ribs scream. Health below 50%. Mud fills my mouth. I spit it out and drag in a shaky breath. Every inch of me hurts, but the screen swears I’m only halfway gone. That feels like a sick joke. I scramble up…
      Original • Action • Adventure • Alternate Universe • LitRPG • Psychological • Charles Mercer
    • by certher I wake face down on a slab of broken concrete. My head pounds like someone is beating a drum inside my skull. Dust coats my tongue, blood drips from my ear, and every breath scrapes my throat raw. I groan and press my palms against the stone but my arms shake so hard I almost collapse. The world blurs until I count slowly to ten. On the eleventh breath the spinning slows. I push again, haul myself into a sitting position, and blink sweat from my eyes. That is when I notice the bright square floating in…
      Original • Action • Adventure • Alternate Universe • LitRPG • Psychological • Charles Mercer
    • by certher Blackwater Gate — Floor 1 Waves required: 6 | Progress: 0/6 Spawn Window in 29m Thirty minutes until something tried to kill me. I pushed up to sitting, cataloging damage. I had to admit, he beat me pretty badly. I called up the shop. The interface blinked alive, casting weak blue light. Just enough to see my hands. Shards: 69 | Tabs: Weapons | Armor | Consumables | Utility I tapped Consumables. Same garbage as before, plus a few new options. Quick-Mend Wrap for five shards.…
    • by certher The boot prints changed before the trees thinned. Same tread, sharper edges. Water still pooled in the heels, gleaming wet. I crouched and touched one. Moisture clung to my fingertip. Minutes ahead, not hours. I wiped my hand on my pants and listened. Birds and insects filled the air, the canopy creaking overhead. Everything sounded right, and that was what bothered me. The prints ran too straight, cutting through puddles and roots instead of skirting them. Someone wanted a trail. I slowed.…
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