Path of Conquest: An Apocalypse LitRPG (Ruthless Book 1) by D. J. Rintoul

Author:D. J. Rintoul [Rintoul, D. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

[Take the remaining time to make your careful preparations for Orientation. The task we set before you is not easy, but whether you believe it or not now, it is necessary. In time, those of you who live may come to agree with us. We hope for the best of you to succeed.]

“Christ on a cracker!” Officer Ross exclaimed. He had let the announcement finish what it apparently had to say since it seemed important and possibly urgent. But now he sprang into action.

“Did everyone else hear the same shit I just heard?” he asked, standing.

The other people in the pre-execution waiting area provided affirming noises or gestures, mostly grunted “Yeahs” and nods.

“Good, I’m not crazy, then,” Ross muttered.

He turned to the viewing window. Rostov was still there, still seated in his chair with his eyes clenched shut, and still apparently weirdly happy at the announcement.

Maybe it’s not weird, Ross thought. If he thinks this System will save him somehow…

He turned back to face the room. A guard stood by the door, visibly still stunned, lips moving as he muttered to himself. Officer Ross thought he vaguely recognized the lip movements. It took him a moment to place, but the guard appeared to be praying.

Ross approached and looked down at the man’s name tag. It read, “Underwood.”

“Corrections Officer Underwood!” Ross said.

The man came out of his trance and straightened his posture.

“Yes, sir, what is it?”

“I’m Officer Jeffrey Ross. I worked on that man’s case.” He gestured at the viewing window. “And I need to know: what is the procedure for this situation?”

“P-procedure?” the man asked.

“Yes. What’s procedure if something happens to interrupt an execution? An act of God, or some kind of emergency?”

“Mm, ah, we don’t have a procedure for this—”

“Procedure is that any act of nature or God that would prevent the execution requires that it be rescheduled,” a voice said from behind Ross.

Both officers turned their heads to see the prison chaplain, dressed all in black except for the typical white collar. The man was tightly clutching a cross that hung from his neck. He looked anxious to Officer Ross, but he was clearly more together right now than the guard.

Ross turned his body fully toward the man of God.

“Preacher, do you know what this man’s in for?” he asked.

“I am vaguely aware,” the chaplain said.

“Well, let’s not be vague,” Ross said. “He led a depraved pagan cult. He sent his followers to burn innocent people to death. Teachers. He had them burned in the schoolhouse! They didn’t even give them a proper burial, just left them there.”

“I don’t know what you’re telling me this for, sir,” the chaplain said stiffly. “If you’re asking me to pass judgment on this man, that’s for the Lord—”

“I want to know how I make sure that his sentence is carried out!” Ross interjected.

“Why the urgency, Officer?” Underwood asked, his tone curious but guarded.

“The urgency is that something is going on.” Ross gestured at the space where he could see the timer still ticking down.

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