《Berzerker》Chapter 8 - A Need for Money
Advertisement
Noise struck him almost like a physical blow as sound suddenly returned to the world. He winced and turned back to the mist-circle, but only the open ground of a busy intersection was behind him.
“Lad! It seems trouble befell ye out there,” a gruff voice bellowed. Arron didn’t need to turn to know it was the dwarf, or that the dwarf was smiling.
“Clearly,” Arron mumbled through gritted teeth, walking away.
“Aww, don’t get your feelings hurt now. Ol’ Torbin is just giving you a time of it.” The dwarf laughed, seeming content to walk along beside Arron. “Actually, I’m rather impressed. Most new players don’t have the stones to attempt the Black Keep right after spawn. Makes you either incredibly brave, or incredibly stupid.” Torbin slapped Arron on the back hard enough for him to stumble.
“Though I ’spose that depends on what your pain reduction is set at, right? Ha! Anyway, the offer is still open from the guild,” Torbin continued. “We are happy to take ye under our wing, provide ye a bit of gear, assist with leveling and such.”
Torbin brandished his biggest grin, clearly expecting a different answer this time.
He didn’t know what a guild was, or what kind of commitment that would require of him, but those players from the caravan before seemed like they could have been on some kind of team. It was always good to have someone who had your back. Arron suppressed a shiver as he remembered getting his throat ripped out by that zombie. “Would you help me get into the Black Keep?”
Torbin’s smile slipped just a hair. “Of course. We would be happy to run the Black Keep with you, when you are ready.”
“I’m ready now.”
Advertisement
“Clearly you see that isn’t true, boy,” the dwarf protested. “How far did you make it? Three, four mobs? You have to get stronger to be able to do the Black Keep! That’s just how the game is played!”
Arron leaned down, looking Torbin directly in the eyes. “I’m not playing a game, dwarf.”
And without another word, he turned and walked away, leaving a dumbfounded and very confused dwarf behind.
Either say you’ll help or not. He’d been here all of an hour and gotten his throat ripped out. He had no intention of playing this game simply to make some kind of point, nor would he allow himself to be put through some sort of hazing. He didn’t have the time. If he had died already… there was no telling what sort of trouble Bella could be in.
“Oh, sir! You have returned!”
The woman with the rats in her cellar stopped Arron, and he tried to get around her, but she was irritatingly insistent on getting in his way.
“The rats are becoming a real nuisance. I would normally clear them myself, but they are so large! Surely you can help if I can spare a little coin?”
The woman looked to be in her mid-forties, with shoulder length brown hair. She wore a sensible, well-made dress with an apron, and clearly was the head of the tavern she currently stood in front of.
“You still haven’t gotten someone to take care of them yet?” Arron asked, baffled. “Look lady, I felt sorry for you before, but this is just negligence. Rats can be a serious issue, and if you aren’t willing to help yourself, I don’t have time to help either.”
Arron took several steps away, and as an afterthought said over his shoulder, “Call an exterminator. That’s what they do.”
Advertisement
With that, Arron headed off to catch a ride on Glendale’s caravan. After the familiar trek across the city, he found an unfriendly caravan driver.
“Two silver to ride,” the gruff driver stated, focused on her clipboard.
“I just paid you two silver! Isn’t there a by the day allowance or something?”
“Two silver to ride,” the driver stated again.
Arron let out a huff and turned away. He’d only spawned with two silver. This was a blasted medical emergency! Did they really not think to code him more than that to get around this blasted place?
“Hey, buddy, can I borrow two silver?” Arron asked a passing man. The man gave him a strange look and kept walking.
He received a similar response from the elf he asked next. And the halfling after that. A few more attempts later, Arron realized he wasn’t going to have luck via charity.
He needed a way to earn some silver, and quickly.
But he couldn’t get a job. He didn’t have the time and couldn’t make that kind of commitment. Maybe he could find someone that needed some work done as a one off, like a handyman or—
Arron stopped in his tracks, realization dawning. He slapped his forehead and took off at a run, hoping she hadn’t already followed his advice.
Advertisement
Ben's Damn Adventure: The Prince Has No Pants
A comedy. All life on Earth has been stolen away by The System, transported to another world at the behest of a distant galactic empire, who lived in terror of humanity's potential. Ben was a normal, slightly above average man, and had been about to go on the first real vacation of his adult life. Now he must contend with danger and mystery in a world of monsters, magic and treasure, armed with nothing but his wits, and the special item given to him by The System. This is his adventure. Welcome to The World.
8 90Jingyi Bo is in Fates Parallel (An Irreverent Fanfiction)
Fates Parallel is a gripping cultivation story, following the adventures of a half-spirit girl with nothing as she grows both as a cultivator and as a person after arriving at the Grand Academy of Spiritual, Martial and Arcane Arts. It features fleshed-out, believable characters, wonderful world-building that informs the course of the plot, and girls who hold hands. Fates Parallel is a very good story, and you should read it! Jingyi Bo is in Fates Parallel is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at this same world from a different angle, following a totally regular girl who brings bad luck with her wherever she goes. It features shallow, joke-name characters, a focus on the least interesting parts of a fantastic world, and girls who hold hands (potentially). Jingyi Bo is in Fates Parallel is an amazingly hilarious (so says me) fanfiction and you should read it! (This is a Totally Author Approved Spin-Off (Fanfiction) for Fates Parallel, which you can find in a number of places including here on RoyalRoad! Please do read it!)
8 87Demon Slayer: The Kamado Legacy
The story follows Hiroto Kamado, a young boy who becomes a demon slayer following the slaughter of his entire family by the lord of demons, except for his little sister and brother Tanjiro and Nezuko. Nezuko, however, was turned into a demon herself. Hiroto, alongside his younger brother Tanjiro, vows to find a cure to save and turn Nezuko back into a Human and find whoever was responsible for the death of his family.
8 210Bekowe rozmowy || Supernatural ||
Będę wstawiała tu bekowe rozmowy postaci z Supernatural stworzone przeze mnie :DDD ________________________________________________ #134 Humor 3/8/2016 #123 Humor 14/8/2016 #105 Humor 16/8/2016
8 84A Happy Life Across The Orc Continent [ Danmei MTL ]
[ WARNING: THE UNOFFICIAL EDITED BOOK COVER HERE FOR ONLY ]Dear Reader, Please Read the Following;; THIS IS F-A-N-E-D-I-T-E-D-M-T-L / FAN EDITED MTL; BEWARE OF MISTAKES IN ENGLISH, GRAMMAR AND PHRASES!; FOR OFFLINE READING PURPOSES ONLY; THE BOOK IS ONLY OWNED BY THE AUTHORS AND PUBLISHER.■■■■[ SHOU MC - TRANSVERSER-PRIMITIVE-ORC WORLD - MPREG/CHILDBIRTH LATER STAGE, 1V1, HE, NO ABUSED, SWEET PET- WEAK BODY MC BUT GOLDEN FINGER IS KNOWLEDGE, CUTE AND STRONG GONG ]Author: 有一家雜貨鋪 (There is a grocery store)Status: finishedLast update: October 12, 2020Chapters: Chapter 172====The night before graduating from university, Wu Xiaoyin's lost consciousness with the expectation of a new life amidst the loud sales of his classmates. Unexpectedly, when he woke up the next day, he saw a gorgeous tiger. In addition, this gorgeous giant tiger has a dramatic scene of becoming alive. Wu Xiaoyin's, who had just woke up, were fainted gorgeously, so the big tiger dragged the little female Wu Xiaoyin's back to the tiger's nest and gave birth to the baby, haha!×××××××
8 132Finding Emma
Tobias Eaton has found his way into the Bureau with Tris. He finds himself bored, while Tris remains busy working with David. Leaving on a mission with Nita, he is prepared to experience something new. Little did he know, a little girl with blonde locks, teary eyes and two dead parents catches his eye. Bringing her back, he discovers that she has developed an emotional attachment to him. As she starts to grow on him, he discovers that things aren't so perfect at the Bureau. He has to find a way to fix it all - but is it too hard?
8 93