Last Updated:
2024-10-29 19:42:56
Previous Chapter
Related Chapters
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 049: Introductions
By the time the boat arrived, Corey had three of the fruit. He was standing in the middle of Misha and Borba. Misha couldn't phantom why she agreed to leave her home turf with a man she just met, and Borba had bid her brother goodbye.The same brother who threatened to cut a hole in Corey's throat if he ever hurt his sister. The orc then realized he was worrying for the wrong reason, and instead gave Corey advice on how to hide if he ever angered Borba. Corey liked the king. He was sharper than he looked. And he adored Borba's strength. She would only be with them for twelve months before she had to return. Unless, as the king had told, Corey married her. With no official marriage, and nothing but a mating mark, then he couldn't release his greatest warrior. Pamela, Eleanora, Verosika, and Yumiko, were ecstatic when they saw the shadow silhouette of Corey. Pamela flashed a light as the boat drew nearer, to be sure they weren't heading towards the wrong person. She frowned, seeing a
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 050: Advice
They arrived at the submarine pretty late. The sky hd gone from dark to impossible to see anything the very second they crossed out of the nebula sector. Verosika had an incubus lead Misha and Borba to their respective rooms. She assigned an incubus to wait in front of their doors just in case they needed something. Or Incase they needed directions.She pulled Corey aside as the other women filed out and went to sleep.Well, all excluding Pamela who stayed to eavesdrop.NewAge told Corey she was there, and he pulled Verosika to a far place where she couldn't hear them. To do so, she would have to come closer and that would be a bad idea since they were in the middle of the hall with very few places to hide. Once he was sure they were out of earshot, he pumped his eyesbrows up as a sign for Verosika to talk. "How could you?" She smacked him in the arm. Corey had a dead look with tired eyes, he didn't flinch nor wince. Or even move to show that he had felt it. "How could I do what?"
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 051: Remembering the bad old days
Corey woke up earlier than his normal. Which was already early. He sat on his bed for hours, and let his mind wander as always. Corey pulled out the map and begna to check for the for his next course of action. The next fruit they needed was called a royal baffilion. It on grows once a year in the Starbust Kingdom.NewAge: INFORMATIONSTARBUST KINGDOM, HOME TO SIX OF THE STRONGEST WIZARDS. A CLOSED OFF KINGDOM THAT REFUSES GUEST ALL BUT ONCE A YEAR WHEN THEIR PRECIOUS PLANT GROWS.THE PLANT IS A DELCIATE AND MUST BE CARED FOR BY A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, UNLESS IT WILL DIE THE VERY NEXT DAY.THE KINGDOM DOESN'T FALL UNDER A RANK BECAUSE IT IS IN THE CLOUDS. YOU WOULD NEED TO FLY TO GET THERE, AND YOU'D NEED AN INVITATION TO THE ROYAL BALL FOR YOU TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE FRUIT.'What the fuck?' Corey was starting to think he should have done more than stolen king Lectus Triton. The man had given him a long list of almost impossible task. He couldn't imagine doing this through a PC.
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 052: Short
After seeing the state his mother was in, Corey could only lay in his bed as little drops of tears rolled out of his eyes. He shook off his sympathy, and reminded himself of how horrible she had been to him. He would never get closure. She only missed him because he wasn't there to take the heat of her abusive husband. And now that Larry has brought in another woman, Corey can only think that his mother's eyes have been opened. She did so much for Larry, and now he that he was replacing her- Corey knew from experience how that can open someone's mind to what they've been ignoring. He made a mental note to check in on her again in another month or two. Corey got out of bed in the most unusual way. Rolling out and letting his body drop to the floor. He stood up, feeling nothing and cleaned himself off in the shower, changed his bandages before leaving the room to find something that would keep his mind busy. Corey hadn't decided on the next fruit they were going to retrieve. If he d
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 053: The Starbust ball
"The Starbust ball. Well I'll be friggin damned." Verosika swore. The Starbust ball has always been featured on the big screens all over Imp-tropolis. The imps, demons and others loved to see prestige at its finest and make fun of it. The people of Starbust are the most stuck up people she'd ever seen. The only reason she showed up to the ball along with the other women, was because of Corey. Everything she did lately, always involved him. It might also have to do with her wanting the bragging rights that came with attending this prestigious, tight knit event. Each woman chose a mask they could identify each other with, and they chose the colors black and gold for their attire. They didn't want to stand out, but at the same time, they wanted to fit in. It was hard for them not to stand out with a tall orc such as Borba, a half beast, a Centron, the queen of northern Imp-tropolis, a dragon mage, a human- though they couldn't identify her as such, having no clue that humans were a t
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 054: Unusual matrimony
Corey could have told the women to behave, but he didn't want too. The king heard a yawn, but ignored it when he saw that it came from an orc. He felt disrespected. The king's speech took a good chunk of everyone's time, even the queen looked bored by the time he concluded. Telling everyone to enjoy themselves. He sat back down, his eyes returning to the orc that had disrespected him. Instead he found her whispering into the ear of one his daughter's suitors. He could tell from the pin. The king wondered who this suitor was and why he was here with a different breed of people. The mask prevented him from seeing the man's full face, but he couldn't see the upper half. From the eyes to the forehead. His skin was purple, so he had to be a demon. His suit looked basic, yet it had a strange uniqueness from how odd the fabrics looked.He couldn't let his daughter marry such a man, but he would leave that to the test. He wanted her to be happy, but he also wanted to look good to the public
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 055: The Undead Damsel
"I knew it. I knew the second we stepped into this place that you would do something ridiculous." Pamela started her rant. They'd just left the ball, and were seated on the large saddle on Greta's back. Corey was expecting her to this. As were the other women. Borba had only known Pamela for seven days, and even she was getting tired of her certain types of behavior. Pamela noticed the tension in the air. And how it became a bit hostile as it was directed at her. The group were not at all ready to hear her rant but she was going to give it to them anyways."You kissed the princess. And now she's your wife! First, you get a lap dance from Verosika. Then you sleep with Borba-""You did what?!" Verosika spun her neck to face Corey. The teen however, only stared at Pamela. Brilliant and beautiful. Jealousy will be her demise. Corey thought that to himself. She sounded like he had committed a grave crime. He was starting to lose the appeal she had once in his eyes. 'i might need a new en
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 056: pillow talk
"The Undead Damsel, is amazing!" Yumiko squealed. She jumped up and down as she ship rocked along the clouds. They'd taken off just a few moments ago, with Corey giving the instructions for a private resort where he could bond with the girls and catch a break. They had three out of seventy fruits. Not enough to deserve a break, but Corey wasn't interested in the semantics of the situation. He wanted to enjoy the game. Like he was tapping out of a quest in CoT and going on an adventure. Where he just explored and gather knowledge. The game was his biggest sponsor. The creators adored him for making their game popular, and Corey wasn't even sure how he did that. Oh wait, he remembered now. A gamer girl, CrazyKat, streams everytime she games. She played six times with Corey. They even went on a side quest together where she told him she had a crush on his soft voice.Although he only spoke a few times. Kat's streams got people interested in the guy she was playing with. And since you
Latest Chapter
- Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game
191: It can't end like this
Corey woke the next morning to the loud banging of something metallic. He could almost feel the danger before it arrived. He could sense the trap before he woke up, and NewAge provided him with no warning. That was the worst of it all. His stomach clenched, buckled with the tight feeling of despair slipping through the cracks of his chest. Something was here. An enemy that had put his system on hold. How was that possible? Corey shoved himself out of bed. Rushing towards the door of the bedroom, his fingers barely grazed the doorknob before it flew open. Scratching his nose as he ducked out of the way. Corey blinked, staring heavily at the figure that stood before him. Just yesterday, he'd been playing videogames. How did things roll from zero to one hundred? A dark figure pushed out from the door way. "We haven't been acquainted, Mr Feldman. But you're about to find out this is just the first phase of my plan."Corey wasn't given a chance to speak as the grimy voice of the man. T
- Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game
Author's note
Dear readers,I would just like to say thank you to thank everyone who has read this story so far. It's my first time writing a male leading story, and I'm not sure I did it right but I hope to get it perfectly some day. But this note isn't to tell you thank you, I also wanted to inform you that starting next month I will be taking a full month's hiatus from this story. It's not going the way I planned, reader wise. And I'd like a break from it to get my head cleared and gather some new ideas. I'll publish some chapters for the rest of the month. But after that, I'll be off on a break to return by June. Thank you for reading this note. And have a good day..
- Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game
190: Impressed by the best gamer
Taking a break was not something Corey wanted to do but he had no clue if taking another quest would benefit him at the moment. Likely because he was feeling the urge to be lazy. But where was the fun in that. Corey tapped his friend Toby while he slept. He seemed stressed, and on his screen was a failed level to a part of Clash of Thunder that Corey assumed they must have added in after he died. And apparently Toby was having issues with finishing it. Corey pulled out his chair from under the desk, plopped down on it. He pulled the headphones over his ears, and clicked on the replay on the screen. He wasn't adjusted to the set that Toby used for his gaming. But a quick two minute scan, and Corey knew where to keep his hands without having to remove his eyes from the screen ever. He sat feeling the old school joy he would normally get whenever he got home from school and settled behind his desk to play his favorite games. Or just to stream. Sometimes, he didn't even stream, he just
- Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game
189: They're on hiatus?
The new additions to the group were still on Corey's mind as he navigated through the lobby of a deserted and destroyed space ship. Dressed in a black suit to keep his oxygen from running out. His objective was to fix the ship, keep the oxygen and find out who the imposters were. There were a total of three that Corey had to search for. So he asked the women to all join in. Toby even agreed, he wanted a way to test out his alien form. No doubt so he could attack Corey, and the teen more than welcomed it. He was easy to intrigue sometimes. And for the rare occasion, rare but consistent, what should have intrigued Corey instead bored him.He took slow strides through the lobbies with Alisha by his side. She really had no complaints to joining his harem and Corey was slowly getting to know her personality. Almost like he was still getting to know Clio. Alisha was a natural hunter, she had skills that Corey didn't posses. Sure, he was a jack of all trades. But watching how she skillfully
- Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game
188: CONGRATULATIONS 🎉
The next day, Corey was apologizing to Toby. "How was i supposed to know he won trick you into marrying him? It was supposed to be a harmless joke." Toby glared at Corey. He'd gone from trying to think of a way to get himself a girlfriend to married to an orc dude that threatened to kill him if he ever left him. And he could tell Corey was secretly laughing at his predicament. No matter how many times he tried to act sympathic and sorry. It was clear to Toby that his friend was having a good laugh out of this. "If you're truly sorry, you'd use your powers to get me out of this.""Yeah, but the king would be so sad." Toby tossed his pillow at Corey. The teen didn't bother blocking it. He fell on his back then began cackling. "I'm sorry if I don't want to be married to an-"The door to his room opened, and Borba walked in. Her eyebrow raised. "You're not thinking of ditching my brother. You're his mate. Acceptance is your only choice. I chose Corey, and he didn't complain. We orcs ar
- Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game
187: Near death celebration
The missile was fast and Corey found that he could still laugh with his broken sense of humor in such a situation. Misha turned to him, incredilous expression on her face. Then she loosened up and laughed. As if on cue, Corey got a message from Borba. He teleported her to their position. She whipped around to see the missile before she could even greet Corey and tell him her brother was inviting him to enjoy an orc festival. She heard the coy laughter coming from Corey and Misha. Borba flung her mace at the missile. The wind blew against her skin as the weapon struck the tip of the sharp war missile. Making it explode. Her weapon flew back, and she caught it. Laughing curiously at the pretty site. She turned around and Corey looked in awe. From the background, it looked like a scene from an action movie. With the explosion in the sky, pieces of metal flying about. And Borba walking towards him. The wind in her hair, a smirk on her face. Corey wanted to snap a picture but all he did
- Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game
186: The types of bots
They'd found a place for Corey to fix Misha's button. And while he worked on it, getting another chance to look at her insides- no sexual innuendos there- he watched the city and spotted many types of bots. Corey was intrigued, and he was never one to really hide his fascination from himself. If he wanted to study something he would admit that much to himself. So as he settled carefully on the blanket, and Misha was stuck in a limbo like state unable to fully shake out of it and wake up until Corey was done, he asked NewAge to explain each of the bots and their purposes. He was already acquainted with the killer bots. NewAge: THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF SENTIENT BOTS THAT ARE CREATED ALMOST EVERYDAY. BUT ONLY TEN STAND OUT TO THE WORLD. WE'LL GO FROM AN UNEVEN LIST. 1: THE MEDIC BOTS; THESE BOTS COME WITH NO RANK OR LEVEL AND THEY ARE USUALLY THE EASIEST TO KILL AS THEY HOLD NO FIGHTING SKILLS. THE CREATORS DELETED THAT FROM THEIR SYSTEMS THE SAME WAY THEY DELETED EMOTIONS FROM THE KILL
- Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game
185: The warehouse
After reading the clue Corey went about his day, keeping it in mind that he would think about what to do with the aforementioned clue once he was done ne thinking about the lock keeper. Because the man kept him intrigued and on his toes. He wanted to know more. But Corey knew he would never find anything about the lock keeper without some help. Which was disappointing. It was still strange referring to an unknown force as the lock keeper, instead of the man he'd once known to be that. Erogo was just Erogo. Self centered and easily blinded by words. Corey went to bed almost too easily. Sometimes his mind and body surprised him. After what he'd seen, the question of how he could still sleep well was insane. Corey turned around in the bed, thinking about what his day would entail. But that changed when Misha broke into his room the moment he was done getting dressed for the day. She looked distressed. "Corey, I got another message. I think I need to go to that warehouse. Convince
- Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game
184: Check his mind
Corey sat his father down in Greta's den where the dragon was peacefully taking a nice nap. She had woken up briefly to sniff Corey's hand, and give his full body a lick with her long rough tongue. Corey had dried himself off the saliva and proceeded to walk circles around his father. He was watching the man as he tensed in the chair. Between the mighty dragon and a powerful kid that he knew was about to do something horrible to him. So he hissed, "Do you worst. I'll never talk."Corey laughed at the irony hidden in those words. "But I haven't even said anything, you're the one talking." His father tensed even more, and Corey was having too much fun making a fool out of the man. But how he could he not have fun? Corey knelt by his father's feet, and his eyes started to glow in a way that was nearly blinding. His father blinked severally and tried to process what he was seeing. Then his eyes rolled, in the most painful way possible. He wasn't given the opportunity to scream. Corey w
