Codename: Freedom: Survive Week One by Thorne Apollos

Author:Thorne, Apollos [Thorne, Apollos]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: science fiction, litrpg
Published: 2017-07-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11 – Gearing Up

We went at a slow pace. The work hadn’t been light for either of us.

Entering the village, the area of attack had already been repopulated with merchants happy to trade their wares. There was more traffic here than earlier with the construction going on.

Victoria’s hair was a frizz, statically sticking to her leather armor, a few strands in the air. Her face had splotches of dirt under one eye, on the opposite cheek, and on her chin. She stuck to her leather, as all of us did, with sweat drenched cloth underneath it. But her look was not what had me worried. I had seen how frantic she got when I got hurt. Her worry turned to action, even if there was nothing to do. She had just responded to the death of April, the merchants, and players the same way. The only difference is this time there was work to do. She was quite impressive.

Destiny always diverted my attention when I was overly worried. I’d try to do the same for her.

“So I thought you said you were just here for fun. Political charity case and all.”

“You don’t think I’m having fun?” she said, with a glint of mischief.

“Oh, I’m sure you are. Your guild is coming together nicely.”

“You caught that, huh? That’s just the beginning really.”

“Oh, you have plans?”

Her mouth was a fine line, stretched out in a grin. Her eyes turned down, villainous as a gaming real-estate agent.

“When we form the guild, we will charge everyone a fee to join. With the money, we will rent a guild hall and create a bank.”

“Isn’t there already a bank?”

“There is, but it costs to deposit money. We will only charge for item storage and actually pay interest to anyone that deposits money with us. That should draw our members. Once the money starts to flow we will use it to invest.”

“You want to be a banker?”

“I want to help direct the economy. There are no guarantees, but with good investments, we should be rich.”

“Oh, is that all?”

“Well, if things go as planned we will be the richest guild in the game. By a lot.” She pranced from one foot to another, then dipped her head to the side.

Her movements were controlled and precise. Such grace must have taken years of practice.

“What was that?”

“I wasn’t lying about being a dancer. Don’t you have problems keeping still when you’re excited?”

Perhaps she wasn’t as distraught as I thought.

“Yeah, but I pace. I don’t dance.”

“Poor boy. I’ll have to teach you to dress and the proper way of things.”

“You mentioned money. So I should probably stay on your good side.”

“Only if you want to be rich, a member of the strongest guild in the game, and have a fashion coordinator.”

“Do all members get a fashion coordinator?”

“No. I’ll charge everyone else. You saved me, so I have to be nice.”

“Makes sense.”

We arrived at a side road not far from the front gate where a merchant and his son had three different carts set up.

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