Cowboy Necromancer 4: Novella Compendium: (A LitRPG Apocalypse) by Harmon Cooper

Author:Harmon Cooper [Cooper, Harmon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boycott Books, LLC
Published: 2024-04-29T00:00:00+00:00

.Chapter Eight.

Something told Sterling it was time to see if the little treaty he was working up, the so-called alliance, was going to pass muster with the Comanche. He had gone into this assuming so, but that didn’t mean he was right.

It was night again in Moab. Those who had survived now in homes along the canyon walls of the city. It wasn’t a large place by any means, which led Sterling to yet again imagining what it would be like to the Before People, a desert oasis of sorts perfect for those who loved the outdoors.

He didn’t see any reason to come to Moab otherwise.

Now seated on a metal bench outside of a burger place called Milt’s Stop and Eat—long since abandoned—Sterling equipped the bottle with Harjo’s blood in it. He had a cigarette raring to go, one tucked behind his ear, but figured he’d give his bad habit a rest for a moment as he spoke to the dead Comanche telemancer.

Once Sterling felt comfortable, he focused on the bottle of blood.

Harjo’s face squeezed out the other side. “Sterling?”

“In the flesh. Heh. Barely.”

“What’s happened?”

“Aside from the fact I may lose a leg unless I find another one of them vortexes, not a lot. Scratch that. A lot. A lot is happening, amigo.”

“Where are you?”

“Moab, Deseret, a bit north of where I first met you. Just dealt with an attack from the Inquisitor Godwalker. Came in early this morning and leveled most of the city center. Shit wasn’t pretty. Killed their leader as well.”

“Is that what happened to your leg?”

“Nah. We battled the Angels out past Salt Lake City and a cryomancer got to me. Damn bastard. Hoping to find me a vortex so I can reactivate my grafting power and then find me a new leg. Actually, I already got the leg. It’s in my list.”

“You have a human leg in your inventory list?”

“I sure do. Got a good half dozen dead bodies as well. I’m trying to embrace my necromancer side more these days. Kind of hard without access to my full list of powers.”

“And the rest of your stats? Did they improve any?”

Sterling accessed his information just to check. “Nope, nothing has changed, unfortunately.”

“I’m sorry to hear that.” Harjo’s form began to waver. Sterling strengthened it.

“Now, aside from catching you up, there’s another reason I’m contacting you. So we’ve got ourselves a potential alliance going here ‘tween the Hashknife Outfit and the Serpents of Paradise. I’d like to hear your thoughts on looping the Comanche in seeing as how I’ve been tasked with bringing everyone together in New Orleans in the near future.”

“Have you spoken to Quanah?”

“Not yet. That’s the next stop on my little shitshow here. You think he’ll be game for something like that?”

“Most of Comancheria has been restored. Now, he’s in the civilization-building phase considering what he’s doing in Chaco Canyon. I don’t see why he wouldn’t.”

“That was my reasoning. Anything to stop the banditry and assholery that seems to run rampant in the post-apocalyptic Southwest.

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