Shard Warrior: A LitRPG Fantasy Sci-fi (Crystal Shards Online Book 2) by Rick Scott

Author:Rick Scott [Scott, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2018-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

Name: Braxus

Race: Human

Class: Ruler

Level: 85

Guild: Era of Empire

“Dang, your class is called Ruler?” I say.

He shrugs. “Don’t let that impress you too much. It’s the default the game slots you into when you enter a combat shard.”

“There’s no combat in that game?”

He shakes his head. “Not up close and personal like you’re probably all used to. Hats off to you guys who can beat a world boss on the combat Shards. Especially Nasgar. That place spawns the hardest bosses, you know? Put me in that kind of situation, and I’d probably crap myself.”

He laughs, and we all laugh goodnaturedly with him.

I’m not sure how to feel about Braxus now. I had assumed he would be some hot-headed asshat from his name and Blacktop’s opinion of him. But this guy seems okay. Plus, he must be some kind of master tactician or something. It’s no wonder he was able to take over and expand the city so easily. And singlehandedly, it looks like.

“So, what brings you guys to my neck of the woods?” he says.

Maxis shares a quick glance with Val Helena, perhaps PMing her for confirmation that he’d be the one to speak, and then clears his throat. “Two things,” he says. “And one I’m hoping you can maybe help us with.”

“Oh?” Braxus leans back in his chair, folding his arms. “Do tell.”

“First, we need to head to the Vale of Sorrows,” Maxis says. “Got a friend trapped in the maze up there. And second, we need a way to find Citadel.”

“Citadel?”

“The place we all come from. Our city. Finding where it’s physically located is what I’m hoping you can maybe help with.”

Braxus scrunches his face up like he’s smelled something bad. “Why would you want to find where we’re from?”

Maxis gives him the rundown of the situation back home—the nano shortage, and what will happen to everyone in six months if we don’t replenish the stocks in time. I expect to see more of a reaction from him, but Braxus simply nods and says, “Yeah, sounds like a problem.”

“Yeah,” Maxis says. “A big one. You think you could help?”

He shrugs. “Don’t see a lot of value in it for me. So probably not.”

The table goes quiet.

Finally, Rembrandt speaks. “You do understand that we’ll all die unless we accomplish this, yeah?”

Braxus chuckles. “You mean our bodies will die. And trust me, they can send that old thing to the vats for all I care. I’ve transcended. This is the new world. And I’m king here now.”

The way he declares himself king makes my stomach a little uneasy.

“It doesn’t work like that,” Val Helena says. “If your body dies back there, then you’ll—”

“Become a Shard Wraith?” He breaks into a laugh. “Yeah, I’ve heard the stories. I think they’re bogus. Probably started by weak-minded idiots who couldn’t hack it out here. It’s a way to keep people running back to the Shards. Well, not me. I’m here to stay, baby. Forever.”

“What about the rest of the people?” I say. “There’s like a million people back home.

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