Today I Save Myself by Greg Laurel

Author:Greg Laurel [Laurel, Greg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Forge Press
Published: 2021-03-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter the Tenth

The Aura had clearly given Miles a boost to his ability to metabolize, because the drinks weren’t having much an effect on him. That wasn’t a bad thing, of course. In fact, a hell of a blessing to never really be able to get beyond just lightly buzzed. Someone sat next to him, which seemed odd, until he took a quick look and saw the Hykentiu Miirkae.

“I took a look at the footage of you taking down Avanchenvaldr,” he started. “I think the term for how it’s doing on Pogo-Pira is... viral. It’s given a lot of closure for a lot of people, and that sendoff wasn’t half-bad, either.”

“I can’t imagine you’ve come from Turazin just to tell me that,” Miles replied, appreciating that he was able to do something helpful for Miirkae’s people.

“Not entirely, but that was the main point I wanted to make.” Miles had a little trouble swallowing that, and the Redarian Ale he had a mouthful of.

“I’m... not entirely sure what you meant by that.”

“Well, I figured I could also let you know that there’s a group of Hykentiu Demon Hunters on Gliropa that while their record is impressive, there’s been some doubts about their continued loyalty, and most of the leadership of both planets are too worried about their continued positions of power to actually do anything about it. They don’t want to end up being wrong, so they won’t risk it,” Miirkae explained, while showing Miles a screen with bios of each member of this group, known as the Chorgon Nehr.

“This seems like the kind of thing you might’ve told me about first,” Miles noted with another sip of drink.

“Not really. It was way more important for you to know how much you’ve done for the Hykentiu people.” Miirkae then turned towards the bar for an order. “Cloudburster, please.”

Another surprise for Miles on the ways the universe preferred to work. “I’d argue, but I doubt there’s a point to it. I guess I’ve lived too long figuring the next task was more important than how one did on the prior.” Miirkae nodded to this affirmingly, and Miles scrolled through the Demon Hunter’s dossiers. “But why are people doubting the Chorgon Nehr? Like you said, their record is clearly impressive.”

“That’s the thing. The Chorgon Nehr isn’t the problem, their doubters are. Loud minorities on the Galus-Net seem to be intent on a slander mission, choosing to highlight their minor missteps in the past over noticing their actions in the present. And unfortunately, they’re gaining supporters. Gliropa’s authorities and leaders have no plans to denounce the Chorgon Nehr, but they can’t seem to grow a set and call out these idiots who clearly haven’t even been on the same planet as a Demonic incursion.”

Miles scrolled through, noticing in particular a single incident where the Chorgon Nehr destroyed an entire attacking force of Demons, but friendly fire wounded accidentally a couple of bystanders, with at most a single fatality. Some called for the dissolving of

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