Chapter 61: Settling Debts (3)
Noah paused outside the door, listening to muffled voices within. Rex’s distinctive growl carried through the thin walls, though the words remained indistinct.
Last chance to change my mind. Walk away. Keep the money. Move to another city.
But the thought of actually stealing money from them, even if they were loan sharks, irked him. He was going to become the richest man in the world, he was going to travel various worlds later on.
If i can’t handle some small-time punks, how will I be able to survive in fantasy worlds?
Time to end this properly.
Noah knocked.
Last chance to change my mind. Walk away. Keep the money. Move to another city.
But the thought of actually stealing money from them, even if they were loan sharks, irked him. He was going to become the richest man in the world, he was going to travel various worlds later on.
If I can’t handle some small-time punks, how will I be able to survive in fantasy worlds?
Somewhere between dodging extremist fireballs and watching Lola incinerate three Adept-level mages, his perspective had changed.
These loan sharks—Rex and his crew of neighbourhood predators—they were practice rounds. Training wheels for the kind of dangers that awaited him in realms where magic could rewrite reality and power determined who lived and who became cautionary tales.