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Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 107: Madness
Corey's first mission out of his class was supposed to be simple, he was to find and collect six Easters eggs before the week came to an end. With only two days left to actually do this, he packed up and gathered the women who wanted to go. Which was Yumiko, and Borba. Who had finally woken up from her little slumber and was in need of something to do. Just sitting in the cabin sounded so boring and she didn't want to deal with customers at the bathhouse or read at the library. Yumiko wanted to go to avoid her class. They took to the small town to begin their search. The teacher had given them a list of areas where the eggs might be.The first place they searched was the market square. With booths and people rushing to get something, it was difficult to find an egg.They eventually found it in a small girl's picnic basket and had to play a serious game to decide whose method they would use. The game of rock paper scissors, ended with Borba as the winner. She growled at the little gi
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 108: Never trust a pretty face
A new day, and for once Corey had no questions to ask. That was mostly due to the fact that he was drowning. His eyes checrd around the blue sea. The color so thick he couldn't see anything. Not even his teacher that was supposed to be leading the class on an underwater tour. Corey could sense the woman and his classmates but he had developed a horrible habit o meditating anytime his brain started to overthink.He didn't think it was a bad thing until now, when he had let his body drift to the bottom while he emptied out this mind he was still at a loss for what to do about Edward Feldman's arrival. And meditating helped him find peace.Not the kind of peace Juno had, but the it was enough to keep him distracted. Corey eventually joined the class after his little break, the cold water felt nice against his leather suit. The scuba gear was uncomfortable but he had no choice but to wear it. The premise of the class was to expand the knowledge of the sea.And all Corey had learnt was tha
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 109: Another book! Fuck!
When Corey returned to the cabin, he had the best idea pop up in his head. He wanted some answers, or at least a direction on where he should be searching. So he went right for the terrible waterfall. Which Corey saw as beautiful. It was called the hidden gem, only those deserving of life and good luck would be able to see it. The waterfall had the ability to call people out of their lies, and Corey wanted to use that as a small phase to his plan.So he'd asked the waterfall a question."Why is Lectus's weapon called a Triton, instead of trident?" The water created a swirl, and bubble appeared. When it popped, the first thing Corey saw was a set of glowing words.The water explained that in Lectus's world, a Trident is another name for a fork. A triton takes the place of a Trident. But that in some occasions, it can be referred to as a Trident. Though the king Lectus would have the person executed for calling his weapon a fork. Corey nodded, that explanation made sense even though it
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 110
Too many questions plagued his mind, Corey took his next quest off his teachers, feeling excited to get away from Armageddon. This one would require him to take a trip to Lithua, and he specifically asked Iriel to stay back and guard the temple and cabin. She had said yes almost quickly, and Corey set off with the other girls. The quest seemed simple, but isn't that how it always starts? A simple quest that soon turns into something very unpleasant. And Corey knew to expect something bad. Lithua was the home of dragons, they weren't all friendly and under a mage's control. As they waited by a den for Eleanora to meet them up, Corey let his mind wonder over the last few days. Juno kept visiting, and Corey had yet to see Edward Feldman. Despite the posters saying he was arriving for a talk in the school. His new friend, Lincoln, kept bugging him. Acting like they had known each other forever and were the best of friends. Everything was off. And his locker was dismantled again. Corey k
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 111
'Should have just kept my mouth shut.' Corey kept saying to himself over and over again. Because he was strapped with lithua's best armor, and a bag of food to last him months while he ventured into a place Eleanora described while she trembled in his arms. Not really but choice, they were talking and she tripped. Corey caught her from hitting her head to her axe, and they continued to talk as if nothing happened. "The Lapio Den is the home of dragons. We don't go there. Those are untanrd dragons that even the strongest mages can't control. But it's where you'll find a salvation egg. The only dragon that can tell them what to do." She spoke fondly of the beast. "The one around the throne room is asleep. The real royal family are the only ones who tamed the beast. And right now they're in hiding. My parents haven't told the people why the king are and queen are suddenly wearing masks whenever they appear outside, but you know, they have to protect the royals.""So they need me to tam
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 112: Laverna Feldman
"Well she doesn't waste any time.""Who?" Luke asked, drawing Corey to the light that he had said those words out loud. "No one. Luke, tell me, what will you do if I do free you? There's no way for you to get back to your home."Without hesitation, the sword answered. Perhaps he thought that Corey had a change of heart on the matter of freeing him. "I don't need to return to anywhere. I'll be honest, Corey, you and I are alike. I see how much power you have, but you're trying not to use it against others. And while I do respect that-"NewAge: DOES HE KNOW YOU'RE VERY MUCH GOING TO USE IT AGAINST EROGO FOR WHAT HE DID?'Doesn't have a single clue.'"- I think you need to take a little bit more from the world. Set people in line. Build a Kingdom, not a paradise."While to some that might have been enticing, Corey would argue his paradise was his Kingdom. You'd have to think like him. All he'd ever wanted to escape too, was a place where he couldn't be harmed. A place where he wouldn't
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 113: Private Discussion
Corey hadn't returned back to Laverna's book. She was laying out some hard truths that he needed to wrap his head around. Practically, from what he had gathered, the odds were stacked up against him. As always. Corey slid down the tree once nightfall came, the heat hadn't reduced one bit and if Corey wasn't an obsessive about completing challenges, he would have walked back to the castle and laid a curse on a every dragon. The cat had left at some point, possible bored by Corey's lack of interest in him. On the ground, Corey searched for a place he could camp. He wasn't just done with Laverna. Now he knew that he had to find her. If Iriel was really shoved this deep into his life then doesn't that mean he's led himself straight into the arms of his enemies?The thought annoyed the hell out of him. Corey grumbled, and nursed his torso with his fingers. NewAge: I THINK LAVERNA IS DEAD.'What?'NewAge: THINK ABOUT IT, COREY. SHE SAID SHE READ EDWARD'S JOURNAL, AND THAT SHE HAD ALL THE
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 114
The next morning, the sun rose to cause more heat for Corey. He went in search of the salvation dragon. There was more turmoil in his head than he had before he came on this quest. Now Corey was aware of his enemies. You would think this made things easier for him, but it didn't. It only made things harder for him to understand. To plan his next course of action. Could he win when his ability, although very broken, was still partly a mystery to him?Why was there a limit to a limitless ability? He needed answers, which meant he had to turn back to Laverna. Corey didn't drink, neither did he eat anything, he had completely forgotten other things aside for what he needed to do. NewAge: DID LAVERNA WRITE ABOUT THE PROPHECY? 'I think so but I haven't gotten that far into it.'NewAge: THERE'S ALSO THE FACT THAT HER JOURNAL STARTS FROM HER THIRD LIFE. SHE'S DIED TWICE BUT THE JOURNAL STARTS AFTER THE SECOND.'Right. Check for Laverna, I'm pretty sure she must have changed her name but I'
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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
