by Adam Elliott
There was a pause on the other end of the line. “Too many.”
“Watch and wait." Silver said with another sigh. "Look, Lux, it is getting late, and it has been a hell of a week."
“Say no more. I'll talk to you soon.”
“Night.”
“G'night.”
Silver plucked the delicate glasses from the bridge of her nose and set them down on the vanity before her. It was hard to meet her gaze after that conversation. Using Cayden as bait was a guild decision, one she even agreed with, but that didn't make it any less messed up.
Yet it might save lives. Those of her friends, even enemies. The thing had been responsible for more strife and guild wars than any living player. So long as it was active and pitting them against one another, the CFC was a pipe dream, which meant this damn game was never going to end.
She peeled off her left glove and stretched out its digits before she began to tug on the fingertips of its twin. Spellcasting could be such a pain in the hands sometimes. Small blessing that she was right-handed then, she supposed.
Anna stared down at the metallic right arm that had sparked her nom de guerre. Small blessings indeed.
From the Author
Thank you so much for reading Tower of Babel: Speedrunner. I've been a writer in one form or another for much of my adult life, but this is actually the first time I've been proud enough of my work to publish it under my own name. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I stressed out and panicked about meeting my deadlines.
If you liked the story and want to support me as I continue to release additional books in this and other series, there are a couple of ways you can do so. The simplest is to just leave a review. It takes as little a minute, and good reviews are the life blood of a self published author. You can also recommend my work to others via any of the myriad LItRPG platforms that are out there on facebook and elsewhere.
Finally, by reader request I now have a Patreon page. Readers will get the earliest access to rough drafts, cover art and other fun goodies.
If you like LitRPG, but somehow simultaneously have been living beneath a rock and don't know about it, I recommend the LitRPG Podcast by the Amazing Ramon Mejia. While you are there I also recommend you look into purchasing his amazing book Adventures on Terra: Beginnings and Adventures on Terra: Escape. Ramon runs an amazing show and he is probably the person single most responsible for making me believe this book could succeed. So if you like this book, give him some love while you are at it.
If you don't like it, it is his fault.
And of course I want to plug all the amazing LitRPG communities:
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I'd also like to thank Tomas Muir for the amazing cover art. I literally could not have done without it.
And lastly, for the road... thanks Maea.
