Helping Others Isn’t Always a Good Thing for You I leisurely walked out of the ruined room; my soldiers knew what to do in this kind of situation. They’d treat their wounds, cut out all the valuable glands from the spider corpses, and, most importantly, calm down a bit. It had been a truly uneven fight. The invisible bugs, though …
CHAPTER 5
The Old Decurion’s Status Zhurek began the meeting as usual by counting the loot each Decurion had acquired. He made special mention of me but didn’t forget to recall past missions where my successes were quite pitiful compared to the others. But this didn’t provoke the same flash of anger in my soul as it used to. And for some …
CHAPTER 4
Greed is Not a Vice The card dissolved in my hand, and a monstrous cramp shot through my body. I barely remained conscious. Something alien appeared inside my body and began moving through it, causing new flashes of unbearable pain. My teeth ground against each other with such force that they began to crumble, but I couldn’t scream from the …
CHAPTER 3
An Old Man’s Insomnia For the past few years, I’ve had a hard time getting to sleep. Thoughts of old age often keep me awake at night. Now, in my private tent, I was seriously considering how to distribute my attributes and where to go next with my progression. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about acquiring new skills. Of …
CHAPTER 2
The Thrill of Battle For the remaining fifteen days of the mission, I decided to be more aggressive. No camps, no rest stops; we’d storm every estate, clearing each building. For the first three days, we encountered small groups of up to five spiders, and we easily dispatched them with arrows. At first, my squad grumbled and was a bit …
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION The Homeworld of Asshor. Long ago, the Great Lords adapted to a new world order after the cataclysm. They embraced the opportunities that came with the inevitable destruction of their world. The bloody wars between kings and their subjects have long since ended, replaced by true heroes who gained the strength of Gods. Amidst the endless strife and cruelty, …