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Chapter 99: Escaping to the One Place that Hasn’t Been Corrupted by Capitalism (2)

I didn’t sleep during our travels. It’s not because I was restless, it was because I had the good stuff. I’d brought enough Coffee Juice in various flasks to last me a good while, as well as some ingredients to make more, should the time until our next restocking be longer than it thought. I’d thought that I’d need something to occupy my time with, and I was correct. 

Just as there are things to help people with alchemy, there are also things to hurt pe...

Chapter 98: Escaping to the One Place that Hasn’t Been Corrupted by Capitalism (1)

At first, the ship was dragged away by the four wires above to a different location. Looking above from the windows, there were thousands upon thousands of complex bits of machinery moving in tandem. Ships could be moved from one portion of the bay to any other portion with little difficulty. Most people in the squad watched with some interest. The only exceptions were the pilot and Ruel. 

The ship was carried to a long elevator. I craned my head low and looked a...

Chapter 97: Departure

“Alas, we are out of time,” Ruel said as he stood, picking up his giant shield. “I’d hoped to get a few more matches in, but we’re all going to be boarding a transport ship in thirty minutes.”

“What?” Grendel stepped forward and protested. “We’re leaving that soon? I need to get my stuff!” Grendel sprinted towards the stairs.

Ruel intercepted Grendel with little effort, stopping his mad dash with one hand. “Hold on a moment, Grendel. No p...

Chapter 96: What Does This Mean? What is the Meaning of This?

Rather than waste my time arguing with Giir, I just walked back to the crowd. I had won. Granted, it wasn’t in a… traditional manner, and hell, maybe Giir was right in saying that he wouldn’t have lost from that fall. Lose to Day, but beat Giir… world’s a strange place. 

I looked at Vast, trying to gauge his reaction. His arms were crossed, but his fingers weren’t twitching. He wasn’t especially angry by my estimation. I wonder, then, why they had t...

Chapter 95: I’ma Gonna do Something

“No one can hear us over here, save maybe Ruel or Day… so I’ve got some questions for you. Actually, not so much of a question as it is a statement. I don’t think that you’re really mute.”

I conjured a blade of Primordial Energy and pointed it at Giir. Ruel and the rest watched on with bated breath. Giir was entirely unmoved both by my gesture and by my statement. 

“And why is that? That’s because I know some people that have heard words com...

Chapter 94: Junkies Bastard, Ya (3)

I sighed when I heard the announcement of the next match. It wasn’t particularly comforting to know that your friend would soon be facing the toughest of the bunch. Nonetheless, there was little I could do. Zinuetet looked at me briefly before stepping forward to fight in the match. 

Vast walked to the place of battle casually with his hands held in his pockets. Zinuetet readied her spear, and took position. It seemed that she was taking this thing seriously. I...