Rise of a Tank: A LitRPG Adventure (Getting Hard Book 1) by G.D. Temple

Author:G.D. Temple [Temple, G.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

“Tell Raymund I sincerely apologize for being late,” I said to my lawyer’s secretary on the other end of the WeeCee.

It was the following day, and I was in the company car. Jimmy was doing his best to drive as fast as he could without us crashing or getting arrested.

“I’ll be there in about…” The holo-map floating over the dashboard displayed the remaining travel time as seven minutes. “Eight minutes.” Even if I were technically already late, it’d still look good that I’d arrive a bit earlier than the time mentioned.

“I’ll tell him that, sir.”

“Thank you, Melissa.” That’s her name, right? It had been a few months since I last visited their law firm and she introduced herself. Raymund mentioned this name a few times during our meetings, but I wasn’t sure if it was her name.

Usually, clients didn’t know, nor cared, about the names of their lawyer’s secretary. However, it was Herald Stone’s duty to spread his munificence to the world. Also, I genuinely thought it’d make her day a shade brighter. I personally appreciated it if customers were slightly nice when I used to work at a convenience store.

After ending the call, I leaned forward, poking my head between the front seats. “Everything alright, Jimmy?”

“Driving smoothly, sir.”

I sighed exaggeratedly. “I had too long of a nap. This tardiness is on me.”

Raymund, or most other lawyers, wouldn’t mind their clients being late to a meeting. In a way, it was fashionable to be late. A message that ‘I’m so important and busy I can’t keep a schedule.’ Naturally, the lawyer would accommodate their clients. What choice did they have?

A business partner once confessed that he intentionally didn’t follow meeting schedules as a power play—the audacity of that guy to tell me after he was thirty minutes tardy to our own meeting.

One would expect I’d pull off that bullshit myself. Everyone should wait hand and foot on the Great Herald Stone.

But no. Herald Stone would do no such thing.

I led by example. If people saw how upstanding of a person I was, they’d sing praises of me as they followed in my footsteps.

And that was why being late, even by a few minutes, bothered me. It also reminded me of the old days when I’d spend hours at the PC Cafe and forget when I should return home. Funnily enough, playing Mother Core Online was the reason for my lateness now.

This will be the last time that’ll happen, I promised myself as I opened my WeeCee. Since its cloud system was integrated into my AU-VR Helm, I could open the details of my MCO character. A smile crossed my face examining the item I farmed from the Hermit Crabores that was the cause of my delay.

Worn Duelist Peytral {1} | Item Level: 5

Rare | Med-Armor | Lower Chest

36 Armor

Requires: 20 Might, 18 Vigor

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+15% Fire Damage Reduction

+7 Might

Nothing too special, but the Shard slot delighted me even if I had nothing to put there yet. The additional Might was also useful.

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