Deadman Running: A Cyberpunk LitRPG (Slumrat Rising Book 3) by Warby Picus

Author:Warby Picus [Picus, Warby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2024-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

Truth managed to sleep next to the wife, though not well. He realized, with a faint trace of self-loathing, that she didn’t register as any sort of threat to him. He was quietly confident that, even if she pulled a needler from under her nightgown, she still couldn’t hurt him with it. She just was lesser. Not a being on the same level of existence. So, he got a fitful night’s sleep in a comfortable bed.

He decided to make it a slow morning. Partially because he was still emotionally exhausted from his escape from Gwaju, and partially because he felt guilty about relegating the family to a lower tier of beings. Specifically, leaving his dirty footprints on the cover. He would beat the piss out of anyone who did that to one of his sheets. Enchanted cleaning tubs were standard in any suburban home, right? So, it wasn’t a heavy lift.

<<About that. Might be a good time to try Cup and Knife. See what “fixing things” means in practice.>>

Nice. Load it up.

<<So, usual disclaimers about trying to run an old-time Siphios spell without study apply here, several times over. I think you can get it off, but expect it to take a lot of tries.>>

Truth shrugged. Wasn’t like he was in an immediate rush. Despite the enrollment period coming closer with every passing second. Truth shook his head. Bad way of thinking. Time spent sharpening the axe wouldn’t slow cutting the tree and all that.

The spell felt … some kind of way. Prickly, maybe? Or irritable, if a spell could have emotions. Like a man speaking very clearly, but people kept misunderstanding him. Frustrated. The System passed on what it had learned studying the spell to Truth. Truth snagged the key points easily—indicate what needed fixing and let the spell rip.

The cover shouldn’t have mud on it. Easy-peasy. Cup and Knife didn’t quite go off. Truth tried it a few times, and eventually, there was a desolate little spark of energy. The duvet was now quite clean. He got in close and took a good look. He couldn’t see anything inherently different. The fibers weren’t damaged or anything. Just … poof. Dirt gone, at a very low energy cost.

<<Yeah, but gone where?>>

Truth had no answer to that. He shrugged, grabbed a very thorough shower, and had a nice sit-down breakfast from the junk food in his duffel. He put on the scry for a minute but couldn’t find the news. Oh, well. He knew where the dead drop was and how to get there. A complete pain in the ass going cross-country, but he was still too close to Gwaju to want to risk running down the highway. His shoulders slumped as he looked over his map. Another tiring day. Well. Nothing for it but to get started. He oriented himself on the map and started his great cross-suburbia adventure.

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