Bloody Oath: A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG by Tao Wong & KT Hanna

Author:Tao Wong & KT Hanna [Wong, Tao]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Starlit Publishing
Published: 2022-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

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17 Weeks Post-System Onset

We spent the next couple of days helping the Carindale troops figure out patrol areas, how to clean out nests and make better use of the Shop, and hook some of their lower Levels up with instruction from some of our higher Levels.

They weren’t doing too badly. Sitting in the mid-high thirties was decent progress, considering all the impediments they’d had thrown at them. Way I heard it, the entirety of Australia was ahead of the curve by quite a bit even for Earth. More monsters, more mutations, higher levels of experience—all of that benefited us.

Also, higher death rate. Not exactly a pro column item though.

It was novel to see the way Joshua and Jake interacted with Hirish. After all, he was a nasty alien creature, right? Still, not all aliens were bad aliens, at least in my experience so far. I watched them interact as they discussed the various patrol areas we were helping divide their groups into. Hirish had that I-will-spell-it-out-to-you look on his face that rarely went down well with Piola.

“No. I would categorize your maps differently.” Hirish crossed his arms with a frown, eyeing Jake critically.

“This area over here is still filled with civilians. We need to take care of them.” The head of Carindale Security’s frown outdid Hirish’s and I found that an achievement of its own.

Hirish pointed to three different areas, sharing them with Jake. “If you wish to keep them safe, then you must extend your borders as we did ours. Expansion is necessary. The mutations are not slowing on this planet. Growth will continue at a rapid pace till the end of the Integration period, at which point mutations will slow in most locations. That might not be the case with this landmass. You must be ready, or you will be wiped out.”

Ah. My Hakarta friend didn’t seem to understand how to let people in on that sort of thing gently.

I stepped in.

“What he means to say is send out patrols in patterns that keep up with the nests we showed you. Extend patrols to keep the people in those subdivisions safe. And as soon as you can afford to, extend your actual gates and walls so that the general security patrols will then take care of those people still living in their houses.” It wasn’t rocket science. As much as I hated the System and the Dungeon World it created, it did have all the answers right there if you only searched for them.

Well, maybe not everything. But when it came to protecting a settlement, it really was all there.

Jake made to protest, and I held up a hand, watching Joshua and Dale discussing something off to the side.

“Look. This is the easiest way to do it. If you want to take more difficult approaches, that’s up to you. But we will be reachable, and hopefully we’ll have the networks up and running soon enough. Although regaining the Internet is still something I’m not sure we’ll ever figure out.

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