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  The Land: Predators

  By

  Dr. Aleron Kong

  The Land: Predators (A LitRPG Saga)

  A self-published book by Aleron Kong

  Copyright ©2018

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

  Dedication

  This book is dedicated to my family who have helped make me who I am, but who have passed on to the next phase of their journey. My grandfather Emorrie, my obachan Hisako, my uncle Yoshi. I love you all. You are not forgotten.

  Contents

  CHAPTER 1 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 2 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 3 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 4 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 5 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 6 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 7 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 8 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 9 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 10 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 11 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 12 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 13 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 14 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 15 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 16 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 17 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 18 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 19 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 20 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 21 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 22 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 23 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 24 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 25 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 26 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 27 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 28 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 29 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 30 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 31 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 32 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 33 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 34 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 35 – Day 142 – Kuborn 32, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 36 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 37 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 38 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 39 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 40 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 41 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 42 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 43 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 44 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 45 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 46 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 47 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 48 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 49 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 50 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 51 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 52 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 53 – Day 143 – Kuborn 33, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 54 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 55 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 56 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 57 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 58 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 59 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 60 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 61 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 62 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 63 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 64 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 65 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 66 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 67 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 68 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 69 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 70 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 71 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 72 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 73 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 74 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 75 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 76 – Day 144 – Kuborn 34, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 77 – Day 145 – Kuborn 35, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 78 – Day 145 – Kuborn 35, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 79 – Retained Memory

  CHAPTER 80 – Day 145 – Kuborn 35, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 81 – Day 145 – Kuborn 35, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 82 – Day 145 – Kuborn 35, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 83 – Day 145 – Kuborn 35, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 84 – Day 145 – Kuborn 35, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 85 – Day 148 – Kuborn 38, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 86 – Day 148 – Kuborn 38, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 87 – Day 148 – Kuborn 38, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 88 – Day 149 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 89 – Day 149 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 90 – Day 149 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 91 – Day 149 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 92 – Day 149 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 93 – Retained Memory

  CHAPTER 94 – Day 149 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 95 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 96 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 97 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 98 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 99 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 100 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 101 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 102 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 103 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 104 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 105 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 106 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 107 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 108 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  CHAPTER 109 – Day 150 – Kuborn 39, 0 AoC

  Thank You

  INDEX and Epilogue

  How to contact Aleron!

  CHAPTER 1 – Day 141 – Kuborn 31, 0 AoC

  The stone around the cave mouth began to shudder. Pieces fell off, and Richter feared he had triggered another earthquake. The tremors eased though and the stone of the cave began to flow. It reshaped itself in less than a minute until the opening was a perfect replica of an adder’s open mouth, down to the scales carved into the rock and large fangs hanging down from above. The Dungeon’s eyes glowed a very particular shade of red.

  Another prompt appeared in Richter’s vision. After reading it, he forgot about everything else. The loot from the goblin encampment, his skill prompts waiting to be read, and learning about his hundreds of potential new villagers were all things that could wait. Even the Chaos points he had earned that were begging to be spent seemed less important in that moment. Nothing else mattered except what he had read.

  Congratulations, Dungeon Master!
The Dungeon of Bloody Chaos is born!

  The notification had a border the same bloody color as the light shining from the cave’s eyes. No sooner had he read the prompt than an itching began on the inside of his right forearm. Richter ripped off his gauntlet and quickly loosened his bracer. By the time he got it off, the itching had faded. In its place was a tattoo of a hissing gray snake with ruby-red eyes. As he looked at it, the image faded. From what had happened in the past, he knew instinctually that he could summon the tattoo back whenever he wished.

  THOOMMM!

  You have received a Mark: Blood and Chaos

  Know This, Dungeon Master! You have provided both an Item of Power and a Harbinger and so have created a new Dungeon in The Land. Blood and Chaotic creatures may now recognize you as one of their own. What this bodes for the future, only time will reveal. Your status as Dungeon Master may also affect your interactions with denizens of the Labyrinth. The power of your Mark of Blood and Chaos will grow with your Dungeon level. Current Bonus: +1% Constitution. +1% Incidence of Finding Treasure. +1% Yield of Treasure

  Richter’s eyes widened. Was this a scalable Mark? The yield wasn’t much right now, but if he could grow the Dungeon to level ten? Level fifty? This could be amazing! He accessed his status page to see his other Marks.

  MARK

  EFFECT

  Master of the Mist Village

  You are now the Master of the Mist Village. You may now unlock the Powers of your Domain.

  Blood Oath of Vengeance

  You have sworn a Blood Oath. You have sworn to avenge the attack on your village and to kill the ones responsible. You were given one year to fulfill this Oath. Failure to do so will cause a drop of 1 Charisma per week until fulfilled. You have 406 days remaining.

  Forge of Heavens

  Your attacks will have +10% Damage to Spell Barriers. This bonus will increase as the level of your Forge increases.

  Dragonkin

  You are now considered dragonkin. This may drastically change how some races respond to you, for good or ill. The reaction may be instinctual, as few will be able to detect the change simply based on your physical form. The full ramifications of this may never be known, but the following changes have taken place immediately: +5 Strength. +5 Constitution. +5% Fire resistance. +5% Fire magic.

  Adventurer

  You may now enter the Labyrinth

  Blood and Chaos

  Blood and Chaotic creatures may now recognize you as one of their own. What this bodes for the future, only time will reveal. Your status as Dungeon Master may also affect your interactions with denizens of the Labyrinth. The boon of your Mark of Blood and Chaos will grow with your Dungeon level. Current Bonus: +1% Constitution. +1% Incidence of Finding Treasure. +1% Yield of Treasure

  Richter grinned, retying his bracer back into place. Even though he had just gotten the Dungeon, he was already itching to level it up. The fact that he had no idea how to actually do that was only a minor concern in his opinion. The bonus to Constitution was small now but could potentially be huge if it grew with the Dungeon. The increased treasure was also nothing to sneeze at. Despite everything that had happened since coming to The Land, he still had a gamer’s love of awesome loot.

  The next prompts possessed the same red border as the first one.

  Know This, Dungeon Master! At the present time, 3 primary capabilities have been unlocked:

  One, you control access to this Dungeon. Any and all may enter the Entrance Chamber, but proceeding into the Dungeon proper from this entrance is at your discretion.

  Two, if called upon by the Dungeon, you and your strike squad can choose to enter the Dungeon as Defenders. As a Defender, you will be immune to all direct attacks by the Dungeon or its creatures, but you will not be able to retrieve any treasure, resources or experience from the Dungeon or its creatures.

  Three, you may lead a team of Adventurer’s into your Dungeon no matter how many other teams are within the Dungeon of Bloody Chaos. At Level 1, your Dungeon can only accommodate 1 team of Adventurers at a time.

  His brow wrinkled. Why the hell would he want to defend the Dungeon? Richter was pretty sure he was just going to try and avoid being eaten by whatever the hell was down there. It seemed like he was being continually encouraged to make the damn thing stronger. He still didn’t know why Hisako had convinced him to give up his beloved pet adder. She had been absolutely sure though that he should offer up the strongest monster he could to be the Dungeon’s Harbinger. He had assumed it was another way of saying “dungeon boss.”

  In Richter’s opinion, a Dungeon full of guinea pigs sounded a lot better than fighting “the unseen killer,” as the shale adder was often called. The damn thing was twenty feet long and could blend in perfectly with its surroundings. Most of its prey never even saw it before they died. If that wasn’t creepy and terrifying enough, his former pet had somehow been imbued with Chaotic magic. It meant that magic coursed through its very being. And not just any magic! It wasn’t imbued with one of the Basic Elements, or even a Deeper Magic like Blood or Thought. Chaotic magic was a Higher Energy. Richer hadn’t even encountered another creature that was imbued with a Higher Energy except, well, himself.

  He had gone along with her recommendation though, because she hadn’t led him wrong yet. He looked over at his short red-haired ally. The Hearth Mother was still examining the newly-changed Dungeon mouth, so he turned his attention back to the other prompts awaiting his attention.

  Know This! As Master of a Dungeon, you are now tied to it. Having built it upon your Place of Power has benefits. You have learned a new spell.

  Congratulations! You have learned the spell: Dungeon Transport. You may now instantly transport yourself and any creatures within five yards to any accessed transport sphere in the Dungeon of Bloody Chaos. Must be cast within the domain of the village. This is a spell of your settlement. Cost: 100 mana. Duration: Instant. Range: Self. Cast Time: 8 seconds. Cooldown: N/A.

  Did he just get a Summon Home spell? The Dungeon was already showing its worth. It had always been a fear of his that if his village were attacked again, he would be too far away to help. Now as long as he was within the ten-mile radius of his domain, he could get back instantly. It wasn’t perfect. If he were brought back to the Dungeon, that meant he would be returning outside of his village walls, but still, it brought a great ease to his heart. He wasn’t sure what a “transport sphere” was, but he had no doubt he’d figure it out. More notifications were waiting on him.

  Know This! You have claimed a Dungeon built upon a Place of Power. This will have consequences, both immediate and far-reaching. Embrace your role as Dungeon Master to harness this power and avoid pitfalls. As 2 Powers have currently been unlocked, your Dungeon will generate +200% more Dungeon Points each day.

  Know This! The choices of Harbinger and Item of Power directly affect the growth of your Dungeon. Foolish are those who fear pain and so avoid the path to power. The classes of your choices have determined the Dungeon Points generated each day.

  A color-coded list popped up in his vision:

  Common = 1

  Uncommon = 2

  Unusual = 3

  Scarce = 5

  Rare = 7

  Epic = 10

  Mythic = 13

  Legendary = 16

  Relic = 20

  Artifact = 25

  The class of your Item of Power is Artifact. Your selection of the Chaotic Bloodstone as your Dungeon’s Item of Power will generate 25 Dungeon Points per day.

  Your Item of Power is Unique in The Land. +3 Dungeon Points for using such an item.

  Your Item of Power uses Chaos Magic. +5 Dungeon Points for choosing an Item that can utilize a Higher Energy.

  Richter stopped for a moment. Artifact? The Chaotic Bloodstone was an artifact? The vein in his forehead began to throb. When he had initially examined it, its class had been relic. That was impressive enough, but now it was artifact! He didn’t even know if there was a higher cla
ss of item in The Land. The list he was looking at stopped at “Artifact,” but that might just be because it listed up to what his Item of Power was. He ground his teeth. He had had an artifact in his hands and a fucking hole in the ground had eaten it!

  Shaking his head in irritation, he went back to his prompts.

  Your Harbinger is an Epic creature. Your selection of the Chaotic Reptile as your Harbinger will generate 10 Dungeon Points per day.

  Your Harbinger is Unique in The Land. +3 Dungeon Points for having such a creature.

  Your Harbinger uses Chaos Magic. +5 Dungeon Points for choosing a creature that can utilize a Higher Energy.

  The Dungeon of Bloody Chaos generates 153 DPs per day.

  Know This! The two Powers you have awakened, Life and Air, can be made manifest by your Dungeon in many ways. Danger and Reward are close bedfellows. Guard well your life.

  Know This! As Dungeon Master, your abilities affect the Dungeon. Your Harbinger is a Reptile Beast; as such, your Dungeon would normally be populated by Reptile Beasts. Your Limitless ability has extended this monster type to include all Beasts and Animals. More options may be possible in the future. Examine your Dungeon screen for more information.

  Dungeon screen, Richter thought to himself. Letting his eyes unfocus, he realized there was a new icon in the corner of his vision. Wasting no time, Richter selected it. The image was a miniature version of the cave mouth, a stylized snake’s head with glowing red eyes.

  Dungeon Name

  Dungeon of Bloody Chaos

  Monster Type

  Beasts (All) and Animals (All)

  Rooms

  Entrance Chamber

  Level

  1

  Dungeon Points

  153/day

  Current Reserved Total: 0