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Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 068: Preparations for Icily
Weeks went by before the island looked presentable. They had taken down the tourist buildings, and kept a sign that said this place had been returned to its owners so people would show up for a vacation. Corey also visited the place underneath, and had the tamaris build his house there. He told them living under was a safer option and that they should only go top level when they needed crops or to check for trespassers.His paradise was coming together, but he couldn't stay to see it all complete. He gave all his women a mark, except for Pamela. If she did return to earth, Corey didn't know what the mark would do. This brought a bit of unpleasantness to her but she didn't say anything about it. He told the women that if any of them died they would appear on the island, and they believed him without questioning. Corey sometimes wondered if they automatically believed everything he said. Because that would be something very risky to do. Yet, he never said these words out.He was fine w
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 069: Buried
"Ass-a-hoy!""What?!" Corey chuckled. Mikayla pulled the ship into park, activating it's cloaking mechanism."You heard me." She laughs. The group were shivering already and they hadn't left the sky. Icily was that cold. Corey tied a single rope from the ship down to the land. They needed to be slow and cautious. Each person slid down, they heard a tiny rumble but nothing more. Corey got down first, he tested the ground with his boots. Seeing that he could walk a few paces without any issues, Corey gave the ladies a thumbs up. Once they were all down, Mikayla used her magic to hide the rope. She memorized where it was. All the defenses were turned on, meaning if someone or something tried to get into the ship, they would all be fucked. Why? Because each defense system was louder than the last. It would alert them that intruders were trying to get aboard the ship, but it would also trigger an avalanche. Yumiko grew up within cold mountains, and even she was shivering. Borba open he
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 070
"I'll be the first to blame this on the asshole who made this fucking island!" Borba's voice bounced through the ice cave they had fallen into. As impossible as it seemed, the island was colder underneath. The cave was worse. The group thought they had been freezing before, but now trapped under a cave with their only path blocked by snow, they knew that the earlier feelings they had could be considered as warmth compared to this."I agree. What is the purpose of this place? To kill people? Because that's all it has ever done!" Misha snarls. She pulled her knees towards her chest as she shuddered. "And who builds sentinels to not withstand something this fucking cold! How do they expect me to survive?!""I don't think they planned for you to go here. Who would you kill?" Pamela said. She blew a breath into her palms and immediately regretted it. "Fuck it. I'm angry too. My fingers are about to fall off!"Verosika crawled into Corey's lap, she folded herself into a tiny ball and Corey
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 071
Back to back on quest, the group had successfully attained ten fruits, and they were about to quit. Well everyone but Corey. "We were almost cooled alive!""I thought freezing to death was bad, but the stinklanai's we're worse!""Three weeks in Huna, for what? A fruit that comes with a middle aged man?! I had to beat that mother fucker into the fruit. Because that's what I'm supposed to do! He cried! And crapped himself! Iriel is going to eat that?!"Corey rubbed his head. He had just woken up and all the women were ready to give him a full lecture about the mission they did not like. Which, to Corey's credit, was every single one of them. If they didn't take a break, he would never get any rest. Hell, even Yumiko had something to say. "I might not be the brightest, but I did not fancy having my fur all sticky with dusticles. It took me four weeks to remove them. I almost got an infection."Corey yawned, and continued to rub his eyes. "Yes, I remember. I was the one to help you rem
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 072: Baba
"You dad is what?!""My dad is close. Corey, we have to stop. We have to say hi. I'm sure he must have picked up my scent too. He's probably expecting me to come home." Yumiko grabbed Corey by the hands, she pleased with sombre eyes.He wasn't sure what response to give her. Her father might not be to keen on meeting him, and from what Corey heard from NewAge he would have to fight the man to be able to keep her. "What happened to the vacation? Don't you still wanna go?""Of course I do. But this is family. He'll chase after me if I don't stop to say hello. To introduce you and my friends. Plus I miss my home. The cold mountains, that won't kill you. And the small clan my father runs. Please Corey, let's stop. We can leave after seeing him..I promise."Saying no would make him feel bad, and Corey didn't want any sort of guilt. Not the kind most people would think. He would feel guilty for not feeling guilty. With a sigh, and pinch of his nose, Corey complied."Tell Mikayla to stop w
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 073
Corey sat amongst the chief's table. Next to him and his three wives. The rest of the clan were spread out. Celebrating the most ridiculous festival ever. Gengar In One Piece. He didn't understand until one of her mothers explained that Yumiko got lost so many times, they had to make a festival out of it to celebrate whenever she returned in one piece. Healthy, and alive. That was the very height of their lives. He had to silently think about how many times she must have gotten lost. Corey was happy she did end up on a trafficking chain, or sexually molested. She was too easy to deceive. If he were her father he would be wary of ever letting her out of his sight. He would also be extremely grumpy towards anyone who came within her proximity. "So Corey, tell us about yourself." Baba asked, he watched his people dance. Yumiko was amongst them. The group could see she belonged. Their dance was every different, and mostly something beast kins would enjoy. Some were fighting. Tumbling
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 074: In a funk
When Corey returned to the camp, things were a little odd. The women gave him worried looks seeing his messy hair and the twigs of tree sticking out his clothes. The dash of red on the side of his ribs. They rushed to him, asking what happened. But Corey didn't know how to explain it. He was attacked by a dark female knight? Was very vague. It made no sense to him so how could he explain it. This dark knight lady hadn't disclosed why her queen wanted him dead. And she proved that she could infact kill him. But she didn't.Did she not want to start something with the beast kins for killing on their land? Or was she planning to kill Corey in a more gruesome way?Whichever one it ended up being, Corey told himself it wasn't something he could prevent. NewAge had not warned him about the lady, and even if the system had, Corey would have ended up the same way. His brain was a mess. He had a feeling in his gut that this woman was bad news, but he was also not entirely worried about it.
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 075: Persistence
"The prized what of a what?"Mikayla huffed, the cold air revealing the steam of her breath. "Okay, maybe I need to describe this better. But please put that down.""She won't even know that I took it." An idea was slowly forming in Corey's head. If the knight ever attacked, he could use this. If she would track him down, just for this heirloom, then she obviously wouldn't want it to be shattered. "She- well it doesn't come with a tracker. She would just assume that you took it. But but Corey, it's not a good idea to tamper with the Ace knights." Mikayla looked, left and right. Then she snatched Corey's hand into hers and dragged him away from the forest. She pulled him all the way to his cabin and slammed the door shut. There she paced back and forth, biting her thumb. Corey placed the heirloom in his inventory while she was busy in her own thoughts. He rolled the jacket off his shoulders, and tossed towards the single arm chair in the room. Corey fell back on the bed and waited fo
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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
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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..
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
