The Path of Ascension 2: A LitRPG Adventure by C. Mantis

Author:C. Mantis [Mantis, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

All of the people who were planning to leave the rift were gathered together and sitting in a half-circle to get a good view of Juni. They had only thirty-four people who were combat capable, after the golems’ assault on the rift. Too many of their fighters had taken crippling hits, or injuries that severely hampered them.

There was no reason to force them to fight. The rift was safe enough, and with the reduction in numbers, they had more than enough food to last for four months.

When everyone finally settled down, Juni said, “That was a fucking shit show. But we made it through. Though, not completely unscathed. But now, we need to decide what our next steps are. The prince’s original plan was to wait for a single day, then break out in coordination with the other groups.”

There was grumbling at the mention of the prince, and Juni let them vent some of their frustration.

Finally, he held up a hand and regained everyone’s attention.

“We still need to plan our next moves. We should be moving in the next five hours, but if anyone wants to stay here and wait this out, no hard feelings.”

No one exactly sprung to their feet. Not that Matt expected them to openly declare their intentions. If anyone wanted to stay behind, they would simply decline to show at the rift entrance in five hours.

“Our next steps are to move to the center of the continent and meet up with the rest of the prince’s forces.”

One of the women who had been with the guard force interjected, “Are we still going to join him after what he did to us?”

Juni shrugged. “You’re free to do as you please. I can’t stop you, nor will I. But that golem fortress is still sitting there, and they will only grow in numbers. We could wait until the higher Tiers are forced to step in, but that might take a while. And how would we know, even if they did?”

Another woman from the guard party spoke out, “What’s your idea then? We never even got firm details about what to do after we arrived, well before this disaster.”

“We need to get out of the rift and meet up with the prince. We’re hoping they aren’t guarding the rift entrances closely now that people are inside of them. Anyone that stays would always be vulnerable, even if this isn’t an ideal rift for the golems to gather materials.”

They talked a bit more but, in the end, it was up to people to decide on their own.

As they were about to leave, one of the crafters came up and said, “We have a bath house carved into the river, and a small steam house built as well.”

That was all Matt needed to hear. They were still covered in blood and sweat from the fight yesterday. They had been abruptly woken up for the meeting and had not had the time to clean up at all.

Everyone else clearly had the same idea and rushed toward the river.

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