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Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 155: Coran
Firing off into their next quest, Mikayla and Corey secured a third clue that sent them into the bustling city of Los. A town of pure treasures, and mysteries. Mikayla dragged Pamela towards one of the many gold treasures. "I just don't understand why we all have to be here. You can go without me." Pamela whined but the princess was having none of that. "You slept for eighteen moons. You need to get your body moving.""Small or big moons? Or is it silver or something? I forget which ones stand for hours." Mikayla glared and Pamela slid her mouth shut. Rolling her eyes and trying her best to not grumble again. She just wanted to sleep, but they were dragged out of bed. She still didn't get the reason Mikayla and Corey forced them here. Well, Mikayla did the forcing. She also had to drag Corey out of his bedroom."There, come on." Flicking her wrist, Mikayla sent a spell to levitate the treasures around her. She and Corey were in search of the next clue. Most of the group hadn't ful
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 156: Explanation
With another note, and a defeated bad guy, they went on to figure out the note. Corey had to deal with two more attacks every day. He felt Erogo was hoping that the more attacks, the lrle he would be worn out. And that would never work, Corey was persistent when he wanted to get something done. Then lazy when he didn't care much. He had taken out two locked creatures, and an entire army that the women who didn't know about Corey's plan were starting to get suspicious. Mikayla, knowing that Corey wouldn't explain anything decided that she needed to step up and get the topic rolling. So she did the first step. Getting Corey out of bed. He'd fallen asleep trying to figure out what the lazy river was. This time there was nothing specific to give it away. Which meant Corey's brain was over working."I swear, the only problem with having girlfriends is how they won't let you sleep." Corey grumbled down the hall way. Waking every one up as he was dragged by. His arms folded and his back to
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 157: the answer
That was about the second time, Mikayla had threatened Kat. In her dreams. Each time kat woke up feeling like the threat had never happened. She felt like something was being turned inside of her. Something to determine that she didn't fuck up. It was starting to annoy her. But the princess had magic, Kat could do nothing. She woke up disturbingly early, in her very own room. Although Pamela wanted to share a room with her, Mikayla had requested that she get a private space to herself. Her room wasn't as big as Pamela's, and it was a floor below her next to the spot they gave to Toby. She gradually made her way to the bathroom to clean up. What was Mikayla's problem anyways? Corey was a grown man, he could make his own decisions. There was no need for her to threaten Kat. She feltl fucking violated by that. Especially since each threat felt like they were speaking in a different reality. Like it wasn't real, but all in her head. And she despised they feeling. After her shower, Kat w
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 158: problem starter
"You can't be serious." Mikayla rubbed her eyes. She used magic to clean her ears because clearly, she was hearing things wrong. There was no way Corey was asking her to take the ship towards the death trap that was the Lorelei rivers. Corey had spent his time researching the water currents, and tried to find a place that matched the riddle. He ended up with the Lorelei rivers, the currents had a pattern each weeks which was interesting at the very least. And Corey wanted nothing more than to explore it. But he felt there was more to that when he uncovered that the river was considered to have a huge effect on ninety percent of the entire game waters. Like the previous currents that he had seen. There was something about the way it moved. It wasn't in the direction they were heading. "Corey, the Lorelei rivers are absolutely dangerous. You can get lost in the beautiful images they show you. They'll trick you into thinking this is the best thing to ever happen to anyone, and then you
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 159: Swap
"Kat, what the fuck is wrong with you?" Pamela inquired, her forehead wrinkles as she frowns. Kat warily walked over to the part of the floor where Pamela sat. She got to her knees, fingers inching towards her best friend's face. "What does he see in you? Is it your hair?" She reached quickly to grab a piece of Pamela's hair but the slap she received before she could sent her onto her back. Kat blinked, stunned that her pacivist friend had just struck her. "You're being fucking rude. If you have an issue with why Corey likes me, then take it up with the other girls too. If that's all you came to say, then politely see yourself out before I toss you out." Just like that Pamela went back to what she was doing acting as though her friend's words didn't hurt her at all. But honestly, what was wrong with Kat? She knew of her obsession with BG but you can't force people to like you. And Corey was an asshole when he wanted to be. That was something every girl had gotten used too. He's not
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 160: Easy kill
Corey had only made it to the edge of Lorelei rivers, the conjunction broken between the torrent green waves and the normal blue ones. He didn't get a chance to explore it when his watch exploded with messages saying that Kat had attacked Pamela and nearly dug her eyes out. Corey teleported back immediately. He was done with her. Done with her annoying behavior. And he wanted her to get the fuck out of his life. She was being too- the second Corey appeared in the middle of the women he noticed something was off. They were bickering about Kat which was normal, but he got an alert that the lock keeper had been on the ship. Every one looked fine, so he assumed they weren't hurt. When Pamela entered the room looking bruised and distraught, she threw herself into Corey's arms and NewAge wasted no time in telling him exactly who that was. He side stepped her and she fell down flat. Shutting everyone woman up. "Kat." He called, but she didn't answer. Yumiko sniffed her again before stalkin
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 161: The Lorelei rivers
Corey was finally able to search the Lorelei rivers for some answers, two days later. Because he was held down while Pamela was coping with the stress and betrayal, and the women pestering him to make it better as if he could magically take away her pain. He could but he didn't want too, at first. Until it got so bad the second night that Corey had to do something. Soon Pamela was back to her old self, and she acted like it was okay to be betrayed. Corey headed towards the broken part of the river. The division that separated it from the regular water. He was intrigued by its green color. This time the waves had changed. It was too early for the sun to be out. It was too dark for him to see anything on the normal dark blue seas as he walked on top of them. He could see through the green water, that was when Corey heard the first giggle of a female. He heard a splash and turned towards the disolate set of sharp rocks just floating on the Lorelei rivers. The currents were almost like m
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 162: Disturbed
Mikayla found Corey a minute after breakfast was announced. She knew him well enough that she didn't bother waiting for him to show up. Some mornings Corey was a busy person. Forgetting that food was essential to his life. He was scribbling down something when she found him and after a moment of just watching him she took note of the water in a clear glass bottle. The color of the Lorelei. She gasped, but Corey still kept his eyes on the microscope. Staring at the contents of the water. Or so she thought. Corey had fingure out that the Lorelei reacted differently to so many things. The only constant, and stable thing that reoccurred each time he added something to it, was how it would grip that thing and never let go. Corey had tried pens, insects, he used a drop each for them and the water acted possessive. Refusing to release its captive. The one thing Corey hadn't tried it on was a living person. He wasn't about to test it on himself. He needed to find a poor sap, then study wha
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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
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..
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
