Rise of the Grandmaster by Bradford Bates & Michael Anderle

Author:Bradford Bates & Michael Anderle [Bates, Bradford & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642026238
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-12-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-One

“Hey, you’re the cute guy from Ironbeard’s shop,” Cassie said, looking at Tim from across the room.

ShadowLily laughed. “Cassie, this is Tim. Tim this is my friend Cassie, the tank.”

“Doesn’t look like much.” Gaston snorted, turned toward Tim, and asked, “You sure about this?”

Tim looked at Gaston then back to Cassie. The assassin was right; she didn’t look like much, but Tim knew that didn’t mean a damn thing in games. It was all about your stats and your personal ability. ShadowLily wouldn’t have recommended Cassie if she didn’t think the girl was up for the job. So, was he sure?

Sure, as a man riding in a boat patched with duct tape.

But in his short time on this planet, Tim had learned one constant: the things he didn’t know vastly outnumbered those he did. That was why you had to be able to rely on other people.

But the world also turned on a much simpler phrase: “Beggars can’t be choosers.”

They didn’t know any other tanks, and recruiting someone this early in the game was hard to do. Half the people you ended up playing with wouldn’t stick around. Another twenty percent were probably just flat-out terrible at the game. The only real way to know how someone could perform in an intense group setting was to bring them along and see how things went.

Tim winked at Gaston. “What’s the worst that could happen?” Taking his seat at the table, Tim smiled warmly at their group’s newest acquisition. “Happy to have you, Cassie.”

“What did I just get myself into?” She looked at Tim and ShadowLily before frowning at Gaston.

“We’ve got a kobold problem,” Tim said. “And we need your help getting past them.”

Cassie stood up, grinning from ear to ear. “I’m sure we all have other stuff going on tomorrow. Let’s do this.” She pointed at Gaston. “Just tell Muscles over there to stay behind me.”

Gaston flexed one of his massive biceps. “It was nice of her to recognize them, don’t you think?”

Tim stood up. “I think you’d better stay behind her.”

“Hide behind the lady and stab things.” Gaston thought about it. “Doesn’t feel right, but I’m not opposed to it.”

“For this to work, we all have to do our part.” Tim switched into his healing gear. “I’m going to focus on healing unless we don’t need it, then I’ll try to DPS where I can.”

It felt weird being back in his healing ensemble after spending so much time in his new leather outfit, but the gentle breeze up his robes was rather refreshing. Plus, he’d finally get to try out his new staff.

“You got a pocket healer.” Cassie grinned at ShadowLily. “This is going to be a cakewalk.”

The half-elf looked at her friend with apprehension. Cassie had a penchant for getting overexcited. “Let’s just take things slow and see how it goes.”

Tim pointed at ShadowLily and touched his nose. “I like her idea.”

“Bunch of babies,” Cassie whined.

Gaston coughed into his hand. “I’m with Tiny. Might as well see what she’s got.

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