In Service of the Pharaoh (League of Losers Book #2): LitRPG Series by Michael Atamanov

Author:Michael Atamanov
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Magic Dome Books
Published: 2020-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

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Our destination turned out to be a small settlement of around twenty two-story stone houses. Practically a metropolis by the standards of the new world, a real center of civilization. Strong outer walls with guard towers, countless arrow slits and a drawbridge over a wide moat made the ‘Capital,’ as our guide called this stone village, a tough nut to crack.

I examined the fortifications, estimated the thickness and strength of the walls, but I couldn’t figure out how such a large town of five hundred people could fight off the night beasts. High walls and a perimeter guard weren’t enough. With so many people in one place, there would be flying night beasts like the Lesser Terror I’d seen, not to mention others even worse and more dangerous.

Our cart went inside and stopped by a large construction site where hundreds of slaves toiled to erect a huge semicircular building. We were greeted. I recognized Haze and Hulk right away, but this was the first time I’d seen that tall and musclebound man surrounded by twenty bodyguards. Dark, close-cropped hair, skin tanned almost black, a red tunic with an intricate and colorful pattern, a gold crown on his head bearing the face of a sphinx…

The Pharaoh.

What, no name, no level, no game class? Just ‘The Pharaoh’? But how could he hide his character information? Then again… I remembered that Haze had pulled tricks like that on me before, altering the information on his character, and his companion’s too.

Our coachboy jumped down off the carriage and dropped to the ground before the fearsome guild leader, pressing his face right down into the dust. Not a nice sight. My sister and I frowned in disgust, exchanged glances and decided to make do with bows, giving due respect to so influential a figure as the Pharaoh.

“Are these the transgressors?” I heard him ask Haze in a quiet voice.

Haze confirmed it. The Pharaoh asked me and my sister to come closer. We stopped three paces away, as close as his bodyguards let us get.

“Sergeant… An interesting nickname. Did you serve in the army?”

“Yessir!” I barked, deciding to play the role of dumb and obedient grunt. That usually works pretty well on higher-ups. Management loves a diligent dimwit.

“You’re a Beast Catcher by profession. Why do you need such heavy and uncomfortable bone armor?”

A strange question. I didn’t get the point. Did the Pharaoh want my giga-komodo plate armor? Or did he just want to know if I was wearing the armor to look good, or if I really used it?

“Yeah, it’s heavy. But it’s saved my life more than once in fights against the night beasts, and when taming dangerous monsters. It’s been nice to have in combat against the sherkhs, too. I’ve had the invisible ones shooting arrows at me before I even knew they were there, and stabbing me in the back with a poisoned blade too. The armor helped me withstand the first attack, and then it was just a matter of grabbing the sherkh and defeating him.

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