How to Survive at the End of the World Book 2: A LitRPG Apocalypse Series by RC Joshua

Author:RC Joshua [Joshua, RC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Prism and Soda

BY then, I had managed to get a little bit of intel on all the races in the competition. It wasn’t that hard. I was a craftsman, and so were almost half of the shopkeepers. There was a rapport there. We were the same kind of people, same kind of jobs, and same kind of history dealing with combat classes who wanted more out of us than they deserved or were willing to pay for.

The shopkeepers weren’t universal in their hate for all of the different competitor species, but there were enough of them that I was able to mix-and-match and get a pretty good idea of who we were dealing with.

The rotten luck of it all was that Eike’s people were the most hated. At first, I was hopeful that would give us an edge against them, that we might be able to sow some discord, get some alliances going, that kind of thing.

But it turned out part of why people hated them was that they had the power to back some of that arrogance up. Every one of the offworlders had paid dearly to buy their way into the competition, but for Eike’s people, it wasn’t even that expensive. It was a given. An afterthought.

This time, with Earth, they were trying something new. None of the shopkeepers had any idea that their behavior was different or how they had spent far more on this expedition. And we didn’t get the full implications of what that meant until much, much later.

The Big Book of Brett, Page 51

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“Your prize?” Sean said, incredulous.

“His prize, actually. I wouldn’t rob him of his victory.”

It took Sean a little while to find the hint of emotion in Eike’s face he was looking for. Overall, the offworlder’s face was dominated by expectation and impatience, as if he really believed that Sean was going to hand over the loot. Like that was expected and normal. So typical that Sean not handing it over already was an unwelcome delay, like a cashier trying to make small talk on a purchase someone needed to make in a hurry.

Eventually Sean found the glint of feeling he was looking for. Eike was somehow not only sure that he was going to hand it over but also pleased. Though he showed his annoyance that it was taking so long, he was glad to be bullying Sean and chuffed that it was going so well. There didn’t seem to be a hint of doubt in his mind that he was going to get what he wanted.

“So all I have to do is give you the loot and you go?”

“Well, yes.” Eike smirked. “Until the next time you take rewards from my people, that is.”

“I understand, I think. I did have an alternate deal to offer you, though.”

“And that is?”

“That you fuck off with your weird galactic-aryan bullshit and leave me alone. It’s lunchtime, you blonde, uncanny valley space chode.”

Sean didn’t realize how many of the people milling around the

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