Still holding his spear, and feeling his hands begin to glow with the cool crackling white energy once again, Troy took two steps towards the new arrival, only to see that there were another three similarly-attired youths behind him.
“Who are you?” Troy called out.
“We’re the first company,” said the young man. “The original group of hoplites. And we’re here to warn you. We escaped from the training because Sparta Online is broken. It’s been compromised. There are traitors at the highest level.”
Troy stood for a moment, open mouthed at what he was hearing, and then glanced around at Clio, a half-smile across his face. Plato had also noticed the new arrivals, and had come to stand just beside his comrades.
“Yeah,” said Troy. “We noticed.”
Level: Hoplite (Level 4)
XP: 1120 (unspent: 0670)
Hit points: 27/27
Luck points: 0
Mana points: 10
Equipment: basket of olives; belt; canvas bags (2); coin pouch; greaves; hoplon shield; iron sword; spear; waterskin (96%).
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Troy and his fellow hoplites return in
Sparta Online Book 2: CHAOS
coming soon.
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Acknowledgements
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About the Author
Thank you for reading this LitRPG novel by J. F. Danskin! I hope you enjoyed it.
J. F. Danskin is a Scottish writer of fantasy novels. His work spans several sub-genres – as well as the Shadow Kingdoms LitRPG Series, he has written a series of historical fantasy, the “Druid Stones Saga”.
Also by J. F. Danskin:
Shadow Kingdoms: The Knights of Dawn (Book 1 of the Shadow Kingdoms LitRPG Series)
Shadow Kingdoms: The Poisoned Clan (Book 2 of the Shadow Kingdoms LitRPG Series)
The Druid Stones Saga (a 5-book historical fantasy series)
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