Knights Apocalyptica: A LitRPG Adventure by Zach Skye

Author:Zach Skye [Skye, Zach]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-05-21T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 46

DEVOUR

From: Dan Brovski ([email protected])

To: ESCH_SCI_RDTEAM

Please explain to me why your tests have produced no substantial results for several months in a row? How much money have I put into your budget? Do you think we have the funding to keep blowing on useless projects? Conrad kept telling me you’re a discovery away from a breakthrough, yet here we are.

No. Results.

It is my pleasure to inform you that Conrad has agreed to a severance package. I’ll be introducing Sheryl Clemmence to lead your team in his place. You may be aware she’s well known as a person who drives results from inefficient teams, or cuts them if they’re hopeless.

Maybe that will kick your asses into gear.

Vortex Industries has no place for departments that are not turning out a product that produces a profit.

Get your act together, I expect something usable in two months.

- Dan Brovski, email to R&D ESCH team (2109, 2nd Era)

Erec’d lied to his friends.

It carved a bottomless pit in his stomach, filled with wrongness at how easily everyone went along with his plan.

Garin, Olivia, and Colin had no clue why he wanted into the city. All it took was some prompting and dropping the fact that other Initiates were allowed out on the last few expeditions to sway them.

Too easy.

How wrong.

As quick as a blade slicing into a beast, they agreed to go on a patrol as long as he could convince a high-ranking Knight to permit it and accompany them.

Why Colin wanted to come along was obvious. He needed to prove himself. Garin gave an affable “yes” because he saw Erec wanted to. Olivia was the only one who questioned his motive, though not verbally. With the look in her eyes and a distinctive twist from her natural curiosity, she knew something odd was up. He just prayed that she’d never figure out what might’ve caused his erratic behavior.

He steeled his nerves.

He then flagged down Dame Robin.

She was outside of her Armor—a thin woman with delicate limbs, a tall shape, and very pale skin. She’d claimed a desk in one of the conquered buildings and already filled its surface with various reports.

Documenting expeditions was a vital pursuit, since they provided information about the world’s changing landscape outside. It was a way to taste the wind before it carried poison.

Erec cleared his throat, and she gave him a small pursed smile, taking in him and his friends.

“Hello, Dame Robin,” he said, waiting for her to set down the paperwork she was reading over.

“Ah, Erec. Your eyes do seem a little dark. Have you still been sleeping? Regular rest is incredibly important on expeditions.”

“No—but, um. I’m here to ask a favor.” She tilted her head and gestured for him to continue. “I want to learn how to lead a patrol. Like how Sir Alister did⁠—”

She raised a finger, looking at their group, which stopped him dead in his tracks. She took her time before replying. A bead of sweat ran down his brow. What if this failed? Well, maybe it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.

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