Extra Credit
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If I could duplicate that hourly rate on a consistent basis, it would more than make up the money lost from the termination of my coaching contract. I’d have more time for my family as well. A definite win-win situation.
Mission accomplished.
***
Epilogue
I looked up from my computer as the bell rang and the students began filing into the room, bantering back and forth about their adventures over spring break. Beach trips, vacations to far off destinations, and even a few whispers of young love flitting throughout the air.
I heard a couple groans as they logged into their workstations and looked up their grades from their midterms, but those were few and far between. Over the weekend I’d taken the time to go through their exams and take note of the areas that needed a bit of a refresher.
As things began to settle, I looked again at the past due mortgage payment notice sitting on my desk. Three words stood out on the page: “Paid in Full.”
Reading those three little words was like lifting a freight train from my shoulders.
I’d set myself a modest schedule over the weekend, logging into the game after my wife and son were asleep and getting in around six hours of work a night. The gold from the gathered iron and a onetime dump of most of my gathered gems at less than half of the going value, when added to the gold I’d gathered during the week was just enough when transferred into real money to pay off what I owed in back payments on my mortgage.
And the future was looking promising as well. When I’d logged in and stopped by the auction house before work this morning to pick up the last of the gold, I had a couple of messages waiting in my queue.
Mistress Valynwood had something to show me, as did the leatherworker. Plus, an invitation had arrived from Lord Bellwether asking to meet.
When it rains, it pours… or in my case, monsoons. I’d also received a message from Kelikk and Leilani to discuss hiring me as a tutor for Cedric to help him get through his senior year.
Things were looking pretty good.
The second bell rang, signaling the start of the class so I stood up, tucked away my papers, and faced my students.
“Welcome back everyone!” I said with a smile. “I hope you all had a great spring break, because now it’s time to get back to work. Open up your exam results and let’s get started!”
*** The End ***
Ending Character Sheet – Kababala
<><><> General Info <><><>
Name: Kababala
Race: Kobold
Subrace: Drahkling
Class: Necromancer
Level: 16
Experience: 26407/28900
<><><> Pools <><><>
Hit Points:115/115[100%]
Mana:2607/2607 (3725) [100%]
Endurance:1058/1058 [100%]
<><><> Attributes <><><>
Strength:12
Agility:12(13)
Constitution:12
Intelligence:67(97)
Wisdom:32(49)
Charisma:12
Fortune:32
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Unused Attribute Points:0
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<><><> Racial Skills <><><>
Darkvision: N/A
Lesser Breath Weapon:1
Scavenger:16(18)
Stealth:1
Superior Natural Weapons:1
Tough Hide:1
<><><> Class Skills <><><>
Cloth Armor:1
Dissection:16(18)
Necromancy:16
Simple Weapons:1
<><><> General Skills <><><>
Perception:3(21)
Survival:1
<><><> Spells <><><>
Aura of the Grave:1
Bind Minion:12
Control Undead:12
Cripple:10
Dark Blessing:16
Dark Shield:16
Drain:5
Mend Bone:10
Miasma:4
Necromantic Bolt:16
Psychometry:1
Rot:16
Spectral Field:4
Create Undead:16
Vampiric Link:4
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Unused Skill Points:0
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<><><> Crafting Skills <><><>
Alchemy:1 [0/500xp]
Cooking:1 [0/500xp]
Herbalism:1 [0/200xp]
Jewelcrafting:5 [2346/2500xp]
Mining:16(18) [3199/3200xp]
Runecraft:1 [0/500xp]
Author’s Notes
Hey there everyone! Thank you for reading Extra Credit! I wrote this book almost immediately after my first draft of Crimson Sands, which feels like an eternity ago and it has gone through many, many revisions in that time as I gained more experience and found my style.
I've always had a fondness for kobolds, and necromancers, and well, if you've read my Sosaku Online series you're well aware of why that sort of character wouldn’t work in that game world. So… I created another! I hope you enjoy this game world as much as I enjoyed creating it.
Please take the time to leave a review. Reviews are very important to the success of us independent authors as it helps us reach more people. I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who’s given me the gift of their time and patience, on my incessant revising of this one.
Thanks to my wife, Mindy for editing along the way, and my best friend Adam Guenther for giving it another round of editing and feedback. Thank you to my beta readers: A. Guenther, M. Klein, D. Monath, and M. E. Robinson who took the time to provide me with their insights and feedback. And thank you once again to the community of writers and fans at the LitRPG Forum Discord, LitRPG Legends Discord, and LitRPG Authors Guild Facebook group who shared their insights with me.
Extra Credit was always intended to be a standalone book, but I might revisit it at some time in the future if the inspiration hits me.
About the Author
J. Arthur Klein A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... well, not really that long ago... or far even, but for the purpose of this description we will pretend... A boy-child was born to a pair of loving parents, and this boy-child would grow, nurtured and loved... but also steeped in the culture of the 80s and 90s, so you can probably guess how he turned out... As a gamer! A lover of Sci-fi and Fantasy books, and a student of Computer Science.
All of these things have merged together, like Captain Planet and the Elements... nah, Voltron (The lions, not the wierdo cars). Much cooler, to form the man, the myth, the author: J. Arthur Klein.
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