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Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 120
Blaming Juno wasn't ideal but that wasn't the point. If he hadn't given her those orders, she wouldn't have thought it was a good idea to burn down the library. But mostly, she was pissed at Corey and blaming him for her troubles. He was the one. The one they had written prophecies and stories about. And Iriel wanted blood. She would do the ritual herself if she didn't need Liu Zing's seal to complete it. She caught up to Coreyz he was going up a hill to where the old lady lived. "Corey!" Iriel shouted. He hummed, not turning once to look at him. Her tentacle lashed out without thinking and Corey grabbed it. The spark of electricity that hit him felt like a pinch to his skin. A major difference from the first time he had felt those shocks. The deaths had all been painful but Corey was still proud of his victory over her. Without her knowledge, and while she struggled to remove her tentacle from his hand, Corey removed his mark on her.So if she died, she was just going to be dead.
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 121
Iriel woke up in a daze, she glanced around her surrounding area to make sense of where she was and why her head hurt worse than ever. The clanging of two knives hit her ears, and she flinched. What the fuck? She mumbled, rubbing her eyes to clear a little bit of the blur. Her head hurt worse than anything she'd felt in the past days. "Oh good, you're awake." Corey's voice brings the hurdle of her memories back and grumbles.Attempt to get up, only to realize that she was tied by the waist to something thick. With the blur slowly, but almost gone, so she could see Corey. He was staring at her, leaning against the wall on the other side of this strange room. The paint color was a gross green, and tiles looked too clean to be real."Corey, what the fuck? Why am I tied up?""Because you tried to kill me. Because you're annoying me. Because you think that I should give a rat's ass about your freedom when you most likely will end up double crossing me." He had his arms folded and in sp
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 122
"You're joking." Iriel's voice pulled Corey from what his was doing. Yumiko sat between his legs as he brushed her fur. She barged in complaining that it got tangle somehow and that she was too lazy to brush it herself. She should have said sleepy, considering how fast she drifted off when Corey started. But her eyes would peak open whenever he stopped. Iriel was still in a state of shock, not from electrocution, but bafflement at the leash attached to the collar on her neck. Corey had kept to his words, and was prepared to treat her like a dog. It didn't help that he had dragged her into the cabin like this will all the other women were wide awake. Gogo had laughed hard, that he head whipped back into the nearby wall. It didn't stop her from multi tasking by wincing, and laughing at the same time. Then there was Borba who had a field day at Iriel's expense, also enjoying a bit of laughter. Every one found her situation funny, all except Yumiko. And that was because she didn't get
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 123
Juno expected many things when he went in search of Iriel, none of them could match up to this. Iriel struggled against the leash while Corey was busy discussing something Juno couldn't hear with a strange looking woman. Something about her aura was very familiar to him but he chucked it up to being his imagination. His eyes traded between Iriel, and Corey. Corey had his back to the trees where Juno hid, and Iriel was stuck by the railings of the cabin. What had conspired between them? Juno wanted to know. But that wouldn't be possible unless he got Corey away from the house. Corey felt Juno the second the man appeared, he was almost expecting the teacher to come for Iriel. Which set a bit of a plan in motion. Sure, he worked well with game theory but no one could ever accuse him of not being smart enough to trick them. He'd done it thousands of times. Basing his whole plan on another person's moves. Iriel described it as a limitation to what Corey could do, but he had his doubts.
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 124
"Are you offering me freedom?""Yes! I'm offering you the chance to have power, and to live. To be your own person again. To get out of this world."I had to blink my eyes several times to make sure that I wasn't stuck in some kind of dream. Erogo was really here. I urged my body to heal, and got to my feet. Then I analyzed him, his look. He was in his full form. Why? The locks that covered his body made him look like he was his own prisoner. It's freaking cool. We'll get back to this nonsense about giving me my freedom when he already killed me. And attempted to kill me again with some lame sword. What the fuck was Luke supposed to do?NewAge: WHAT THE LUKE THINK HE COULD ACHIEVE?I reached for one of the chains, and watched it glow in my hands. The kick keeper, was dripped out. From head to toe. I'm impressed. Not a standard bad guy outfit, but I respect it. "What are you doing?""This shit is cool." I tugged on one of the chains and he flexed, the chain glowed bright enough to b
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 125: Jack in the box
Tougher, that was the promise Corey held the lock keeper by. But firstly, he had to locate luke. The god had gone almost AWOL, and there was no sign of him coming back for revenge or anything like that. But Luke was one tricky, deceitful god out of many and Corey was smarter. When the little Devil returned with information of where Luke had hurried off too, Corey was ecstatic. The devil had smiled while showing Corey the exact location. He could have used NewAge for an easier tracking but he had no regrets. The devil did his job right.NewAge: WHAT IS LUKE DOING IN THE PYRAMIDS OF CYRUS?'Beats me. But it's the perfect excuse to get away from this island. I'll take all the girls, and we'll hunt Luke down.'NewAge: WHAT SHOULD I DO?'Scan the key Erogo gave to me, tell me if you find anything. We need to figure out how to rewire it. It's not like Misha, I can't tamper with its motherboard.'NewAge: SOUNDS EXHAUSTING BUT OKAY, I'LL DO IT.Baffled, Corey rubbed his hands over his face.
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 126: Pyramids of Cyrus
Corey wrote a letter to the school asking them for some time off to complete a personal quest, he'd never met the person in charge of the academy but they wrote back to him giving him two months to do whatever he needed to do before the exams and physical competitions would begin. Aboard the undead Luna, he made light conversations with everyone until they arrived at their destination. The pyramids, were even more beautiful in person. To make this a beneficial quest, Corey created his own scroll and handed it to the other women in private. Making sure Iriel never knew about it. And also that Yumiko didn't know what it was about. There was a chance she would tell the goddess without knowing she wasn't supposed to do that.Her durability was admirable, and Corey seemed to be the only one who didn't get frustrated by her lesser knowledge. Sometimes that was a good thing.He reminded her to write to her father that she wouldn't be able to contact him for a month or two. The scrolls con
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 127
The tomb moved slow, far too slow for Corey. The tomb must have been ancient. Too much dust, and dead bugs have accumulated over the past years. With the temptation, and blistering curiosity to just march over there and throw the door the rest of the way so they could come face to face with the mejai, hanging over Corey and Mikayla's heads, they ended up sighing."Should we just go since it can't get out quickly?""No!" Mikayla shouted quickly. Causing the cave to make a little rumble as her voice echoed back to her. "I mean, no, why would we miss the opportunity to see a real life mejai? Come on, where's your adventurous spirit? Where's the gut wrenching urge to see and explore the unknown."Corey was the only one nodding his head to her words. The other women gave her looks ranging from disbelief, to blatant annoyance. Mikayla shrugged, in her mind she called them prudes. Where's their adventurous spirit? She thought nonchalantly."Well, the rules were not to disturb the mejai, do…
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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
