A Jump into the Unknown (Reality Benders Book #5) LitRPG Series
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“Leng Gnat, Gerd Uline Tar is dead! The explosion also killed Kisly, Gerd T’yu-Pan and Timka-Vu. Gerd Ayni has been severely wounded and is losing blood! I’m evacuating her from the depressurized section, then I’ll try to stem the bleeding.”
Looks like this is the end... One more hit, though it was glancing, and the frigate was destroyed in all new places. And then, when no hope remained... our starship started to creep through the distortion field surrounding the Relict base! From my workstation, it looked like our ship’s two fuselages poked into a colorful soap bubble, then went inside.
The image on the large wall screen changed. The whole “bubble” of camouflage was in fact tiny, a mere thousand feet in diameter. Our frigate’s left nose casing was just about touching the inclined steel spindle of the small space station!
“Stop the ship!!!” I shouted to the pilots. Thankfully, they’d already seen and were able to avoid a rough collision.
Just one mile away, outside the bubble, we could still see the Meleyephatian ships in space. By the looks of things, they lost track of us as soon as Tamara the Paladin entered the secret location behind the distortion screen!
Danger Sense skill increased to level eight-nine!
Eagle Eye skill increased to level ninety-four!
Cartography skill increased to level eighty-three!
Before my eyes, a bright red warning appeared in Relict on my helmet’s faceplate:
Security system not detecting adequate response. Identify yourself immediately or you will be destroyed!
A second later, the very same message was repeated word for word on the monitor of the frigate’s communication system. Despite the threatening content of the message I was in fact delighted to be able to communicate with ancient automated systems, and to have the chance to show off my knowledge of the ancient language:
“I am Leng Gnat the Listener! I am here in service of an assignment from the Pyramid to collect two drones that belong to me.”
No answer followed, and the ghastly sensation of death on the horizon didn’t leave me, so I quickly continued:
“I have earned the gratitude of the hierarchs for transmitting highly important data to the Pyramid and have been given permission to use level-three modifications on my armor. I am here in pursuit of a special assignment from the Relict hierarchs!”
Finally the alarming message disappeared. The automatic security system had made up its mind about the man that disturbed its millennia of peace:
Listener, right to visit confirmed. Access to research base permitted. Docking permitted.
Awesome!!! Just a minute earlier, I was mentally prepared to die and respawn at the far-off Kasti-Utsh III station, but now I was about to jump and shout for joy.
“Captains, the Meleyephatians have lost us! They’re no longer shooting!” San-Doon the Pilot couldn’t contain his emotions and shouted in elation, but I called for silence with a gesture – I was still communicating with the security system and couldn’t afford to be distracted.
Listener, we require clarification of the status of the ships beyond the perimeter. System not detecting adequate response. Listener, is that your escort?
“No, they are enemies! They were searching for this Relict research base and even attacked my ship!”
Fame increased to 92.
“Human, where are you hiding? It doesn’t matter, I’ll find you soon enough! You can’t hide from me!” despite the threats, the voice of the leader of the Nest of the Horde Frontrunners contained a certain amount of uncertainty and bewilderment.
But overall, the level-211 Spy had the right idea. All three Meleyephatian starships changed course and headed straight for the bubble concealing the secret Relict base.
Two absolutely identical texts appeared on the inside of my helmet and onscreen:
Listener, correction. They are not searching. They HAVE FOUND the secret research base. Location no longer secure. Defensive transportation protocol initiated. Random coordinate selection underway. Hyperspace jump calculation underway. Listener, your ship and this entire research complex will be transported to a random point in the Universe.
Transport will commence in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1.. TRANSPORT!!!
End of Book Five
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About the Author
MICHAEL ATAMANOV was born in 1975 in Grozny, Chechnia. He excelled at school, winning numerous national science and writing competitions. Having graduated with honors, he entered Moscow University to study material engineering. Soon, however, he had no home to return to: their house was destroyed during the first Chechen campaign. Michael’s family fled the war, taking shelter with some relatives in Stavropol Territory in the South of Russia.
Having graduated from the University, Michael was forced to accept whatever work was available. He moonlighted in chemical labs, loaded trucks, translated technical articles, worked as a software installer and scene shifter for local artists and events. At the same time he never stopped writing, even when squatting in some seedy Moscow hostels. Writing became an urgent need for Michael. He submitted articles to science publications, penned news fillers for a variety of web sites and completed a plethora of technical and copywriting gigs.
Then one day unexpectedly for himself he started writing fairy tales and science fiction novels. For several years, his audience consisted of only one person: Michael’s elder son. Then, at the end of 2014 he decided to upload one of his manuscripts to a free online writers resource. Readers liked it and demanded a sequel. Michael uploaded another book, and yet another, his audience growing as did his list. It was his readers who helped Michael hone his writing style. He finally had the breakthrough he deserved when the Moscow-based EKSMO - the biggest publishing house in Europe - offered him a contract for his first and consequent books.
Michael is now the author of three bestselling LitRPG series: Perimeter Defense, The Dark Herbalist and Reality Benders which are already considered the classics of LitRPG.
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[2]Pyrrhus was a king of antiquity and second cousin of Alexander the Great. After he lost nearly his entire army in a hard-fought victory over the Roman army at Asculum in 279 BC, he is reported to have said: “One more such victory and we are undone.” Ever since, the term pyrrhic victory has meant a victory that comes at too high a cost, and which is essentially equivalent to defeat.
[3] Tumen – a tactical unit of Genghis Khan's Mongol army consisting o
f ten thousand riders.
[4] Vladimir Vysotsky was a famous and widely loved Soviet bard or folk musician who often clashed with the government. This line comes from his Song About a Friend, originally released on the soundtrack to Vertical, the 1967 film about mountain climbers.
[5] A militant folk dance of the Caucasus region typically in a frantic 6/8 time.
[6] A genre of stripped-down singer-songwriter music popular in the 60’s and 70’s in the Soviet Union typified by the often illicit and political works of Vladimir Vysotsky.
[7] A Russian card game.