The Lag (The Game Master: Book #1) by Alex Bobl Page A
Authors: Alex Bobl
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Genre Fiction, Movie Tie-Ins, TV; Movie; Video Game Adaptations
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very nearly made it.
The man raised his bow, small and elegant, and took aim. Not a man, Attila realized. A girl. A pointy-eared Elfa. Okay, her ears weren't that pointy after all. Just a little, maybe, but overall, they were pretty — sexy even.
She was wearing the Forest's Secret camo suit and that was something you couldn't buy: you could only earn it by collecting a certain number of so-called Forest Seals. And those were very tricky to come by. Her light rawhide breastplate had two artifacts installed, the Shield and the Enhancer: the former to protect, the latter to amplify its properties. While the Shield offered little protection from aberrations, it was perfect against all sorts of stabbing and slashing weapons. Attila couldn't recognize the bow but judging by the way it looked, it was no cheap junk, either.
The young blonde Elfa actually looked quite cool in her awesome gear. Cool but slightly unnatural as if she'd only put on this stuff for show.
"There, you," Attila said. "Cool it, will ya?"
He just hoped she wouldn't shoot. Even though he didn't know the bow's properties, at this distance one arrow was enough to finish him off, considering his feeble stats. Just think that the hut was within reach, right behind her back!
Several throwing knives and a dagger dangled off the girl's belt. Judging by them, she was a Forest Ranger. They specialized in long-distance combat, focusing on Accuracy, Agility, Speed and possibly also Stealth although about this one he wasn't so sure.
Apart from that, the Elfa was also in possession of a weapon of mass destruction targeting the male population: a gorgeous head of golden hair, a super cute face, legs that seemed to go on forever, a wasp's waist and a truly divine pair of breasts. Either the girl had spent hours in the character generator, pouring all her available money into its paid options... or this was how she actually looked in real life. Virtual capsules copied the player's appearance by default, allowing him or her to further enhance it by using the visualization menu.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked without lowering her bow.
"I need to get to the portal. Please let me through," he showed her his empty hands, happy that he'd already packed both the Eye and the Book away. "I need to log out ASAP."
Squinting, she looked him over. "Log out, yeah?" she lowered her bow. "Well, you can try."
She stepped out of his way. Attila walked past her. This had to be a catch, he just knew it. Was she going to shoot him in the back? Then again, she'd had plenty of time to do so. He could sense her curious gaze on his back. What was there to stare at?
He laid his hand on the door handle and turned round. "Have you smoked the ghoul? Have you saved Gamekeeper? I thought I noticed someone lurking around me in the bulrushes."
She chuckled softly, then nodded. "That was me." Her expression was impossible to divine. All right, so she had Stealth too, then. Amazing how he'd managed to discern all her major properties just by looking at her. His experience was nothing to sniff at.
Oh, well. Still feeling strangely insecure, he swung the door open and stepped inside.
The hut's furniture consisted of a crudely made table, a stool and a bare plank bed by the wall. A large Russian oven towered in the corner complete with a cast-iron lid leaning against it. In the center of the hut's only room, the blue circle of the portal emitted a vertical shaft of light. A pool of blood glistened by the door. Had she managed to shoot the ghoul right there in the hut? How strange that his body had already disappeared but not the blood.
Right, Beast, see you some other time! Attila squeezed his eyes shut as he stepped into the sparkling beam of blue light. Closing his eyes was purely psychological. He just couldn't help it.
With a smile Attila opened his eyes. Nothing had changed. He was still standing in Gamekeeper's hut. WTF? Was it a glitch? It had never happened before!
He stepped out of the
The man raised his bow, small and elegant, and took aim. Not a man, Attila realized. A girl. A pointy-eared Elfa. Okay, her ears weren't that pointy after all. Just a little, maybe, but overall, they were pretty — sexy even.
She was wearing the Forest's Secret camo suit and that was something you couldn't buy: you could only earn it by collecting a certain number of so-called Forest Seals. And those were very tricky to come by. Her light rawhide breastplate had two artifacts installed, the Shield and the Enhancer: the former to protect, the latter to amplify its properties. While the Shield offered little protection from aberrations, it was perfect against all sorts of stabbing and slashing weapons. Attila couldn't recognize the bow but judging by the way it looked, it was no cheap junk, either.
The young blonde Elfa actually looked quite cool in her awesome gear. Cool but slightly unnatural as if she'd only put on this stuff for show.
"There, you," Attila said. "Cool it, will ya?"
He just hoped she wouldn't shoot. Even though he didn't know the bow's properties, at this distance one arrow was enough to finish him off, considering his feeble stats. Just think that the hut was within reach, right behind her back!
Several throwing knives and a dagger dangled off the girl's belt. Judging by them, she was a Forest Ranger. They specialized in long-distance combat, focusing on Accuracy, Agility, Speed and possibly also Stealth although about this one he wasn't so sure.
Apart from that, the Elfa was also in possession of a weapon of mass destruction targeting the male population: a gorgeous head of golden hair, a super cute face, legs that seemed to go on forever, a wasp's waist and a truly divine pair of breasts. Either the girl had spent hours in the character generator, pouring all her available money into its paid options... or this was how she actually looked in real life. Virtual capsules copied the player's appearance by default, allowing him or her to further enhance it by using the visualization menu.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked without lowering her bow.
"I need to get to the portal. Please let me through," he showed her his empty hands, happy that he'd already packed both the Eye and the Book away. "I need to log out ASAP."
Squinting, she looked him over. "Log out, yeah?" she lowered her bow. "Well, you can try."
She stepped out of his way. Attila walked past her. This had to be a catch, he just knew it. Was she going to shoot him in the back? Then again, she'd had plenty of time to do so. He could sense her curious gaze on his back. What was there to stare at?
He laid his hand on the door handle and turned round. "Have you smoked the ghoul? Have you saved Gamekeeper? I thought I noticed someone lurking around me in the bulrushes."
She chuckled softly, then nodded. "That was me." Her expression was impossible to divine. All right, so she had Stealth too, then. Amazing how he'd managed to discern all her major properties just by looking at her. His experience was nothing to sniff at.
Oh, well. Still feeling strangely insecure, he swung the door open and stepped inside.
The hut's furniture consisted of a crudely made table, a stool and a bare plank bed by the wall. A large Russian oven towered in the corner complete with a cast-iron lid leaning against it. In the center of the hut's only room, the blue circle of the portal emitted a vertical shaft of light. A pool of blood glistened by the door. Had she managed to shoot the ghoul right there in the hut? How strange that his body had already disappeared but not the blood.
Right, Beast, see you some other time! Attila squeezed his eyes shut as he stepped into the sparkling beam of blue light. Closing his eyes was purely psychological. He just couldn't help it.
With a smile Attila opened his eyes. Nothing had changed. He was still standing in Gamekeeper's hut. WTF? Was it a glitch? It had never happened before!
He stepped out of the
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