Wish Upon the Stars 3: A Superhero Cultivation LitRPG by Malcolm Tent

Author:Malcolm Tent [Tent, Malcolm]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timeless Wind Publishing
Published: 2024-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Raleigh’s Raiders were less… military than I’d expected. Given the theme and vibe that the others had described, I was expecting uber-serious soldier-of-fortune types, but everyone was actually really laid back. Red mohawk guy, whose name was Chester, was the leader and one of their G-rankers. He sat us all down and got us drinks, and within a minute or two, he was talking to Cark like an old friend. The others were mostly friendly too.

The other G-ranker, Olivia, was a tiny blonde girl with a tight ponytail and a severe expression. She seemed less trusting than Chester, but not overtly hostile, and the others were mostly friendly too. They made a point to introduce everyone one at a time so we would feel comfortable with our hosts. First, since there were less of them (only one) they introduced the women. The only other female member of the team, Constance, was a tall, thin woman with short black hair and an easy grin.

They didn’t mention her ability, but she gave me a cheerful hello before moving on to introduce the others.

The other three men were Thomas, Edward, and Caleb respectively. Thomas was a tall dark-skinned man with a serious expression, Edward was a tanned man with an easy grin, and Caleb mostly avoided any contact, keeping his pale-blue eyes on the fire and his blonde hair mostly blocking our view of him.

Cark asked questions, making polite chitchat for a while, but finally had enough of the pleasantries and decided to get down to brass tacks. “So, Chester, we actually did come to talk, like I said. Specifically to talk about something you might be looking for. We heard on the grapevine that you might be in the market for a Heartbeat Monarch. We happen to have one in our possession, if you would be interested in getting your hands on it.”

I realized I’d underestimated Cark. I would probably have asked about the mushroom first, and that would have started the conversation off on the wrong tone. In retrospect, it was a simple but sensible idea to bring up what they would get out of things beforehand, given our superior forces and numbers. While my impulsive and excitable response would have screwed up this negotiation, the bounty hunter clearly knew how to handle people, despite being a mainly combat-oriented Ascendant.

Obviously, once they heard their target mentioned, they seemed interested, but Olivia also immediately became suspicious and started to look agitated. That was a totally understandable reaction, given that the “grapevine” had given us information no one but they were supposed to have. Us knowing the contents of their list meant we either had some kind of source for the list from the Academy, which shouldn’t have been possible, or we’d figured it out since they got here, whether with an inside man or some kind of spying or prediction ability.

We, of course, knew it was the latter, but we couldn’t tell them the truth without giving away secrets we absolutely did not plan to mention to anyone else.

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