Chapter 27: The Adventurer Union. [Bonus]
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Creed stared at his phone, eyes wide and jaw slack, as if the numbers on the screen had personally slapped him across the face.
10,000 credits per month!
For a tiny, shoebox-sized one-room apartment!
He blinked once. Twice. No matter how many times he refreshed the page, those cold, heartless numbers stayed the same.
'Are these landlords bloody shylocks?' Creed's thoughts ran wild with frustration.
'What, do they throw in free gold bars with every month's rent? Maybe a back massage from a Stage 5 beauty?'
His imagination didn't help. He pictured a smug landlord sitting on a throne of credits, cackling evilly as innocent people like him were forced to sell their kidneys just to rent a bathroom.
But then, logic slowly kicked in. 'Alright, maybe it's not that ridiculous,' he reasoned, exhaling slowly.
Living in a Tier 3 Bastion came with privileges, after all. The biggest? Safety.
There were stronger defenses, better technology, and higher-class citizens who didn't attract as much trouble.