Novelas y relatos de Redeemed

It reached the far crate and landed with a soft thud, still in place. The facilitator raised her arms in quiet triumph. “Well then,” she said, clapping once. “We have our winners.” Devon’s eyes flicked to Carolina. She looked away. Kingsley stood beside him, wiping his hands on his pants, not saying a word. The facilitator handed them a small white envelope with a red ribbon tucked around it. “Private massage for two,” she announced. “Redeemable any evening before the end of the retreat. Congrats.”

"Task objective achieved: Be rejected by the male lead one hundred times. "Congratulations, Tasha. You've completed your mission. "Reward calculation in progress… "Calculation complete. "Mission reward: 80 million dollars. Severe injury compensation: 30 million dollars. Total: 110 million dollars. "Special reward: Talent Point – Police Intuition. "Countdown: three seconds until world exit. Welcome back to reality. Have a pleasant day."

I scrolled further down the ledger, past the payments to Vexley, until I reached a series of entries marked only with a symbol: a jagged, vertical line. Ironwood. The payments to the mercenaries were astronomical. They weren't just being paid for a hit; they were being paid for discretion and retrieval. "Wait," I said, pausing on a specific entry from three years ago. "Look at this date. This payment was made forty-eight hours after the fire was declared a total loss." "A bonus?" Fenric suggested. "No. Look at the memo. It’s a single word in Latin: Reliquiae." "Remains," Fenric translated, his brow furrowed.

“He’s taken one of ours.” I felt my heart drop. “Who?” Mara hesitated before answering. “Daren. The scout who patrolled the eastern ridge last night. He didn’t return.” I shook my head. “No. He’s fast, careful. He wouldn’t just—” “He left this behind,” Edward said, holding out a silver pendant—the same kind all our scouts wore. It was bent, twisted as if crushed in someone’s fist. The parchment’s writing was burned into the fibers, each word sharp and cruel:

This wasn't a dream. "Cassidy! My daughter!" A shrill, overwrought cry shattered the moment. My so-called parents rushed toward me, their faces plastered with ecstatic smiles. "I knew my daughter was the best! Thank goodness—you finally made it out!" my mother gushed, before her avarice broke through. "Come home with Mom. Those rewards—" She didn't get to finish. Several officials from the game organization stepped between us. A lead representative turned to the media and announced my final choice—the Divine Redemption ending—and that I had voluntarily relinquished the massive monetary prize to purify the dungeon.

Cain nodded. "I would've let you in with great hospitality, but I heard my student isn't in good health, so we're in a hurry." Cain said, his gaze lingering on the three shaky male. To ease the tension, he signed Joy , who nodded once, gesturing to a black ball, a slight push to its middle, it got divided, astonished and rapidly blinking Joy brought out a solid can, filled with pink liquid in a different glass bottle. "You have the antidote in time, but will you make it in time?" suddenly Cain said, they arched their brows, confused. "A storm will be coming soon, and it's getting darker. As humans, you shouldn't be out in the open for wolves to devour!"

Watching the interaction, Ivy couldn't help but smile softly. The scene in front of her was unexpectedly heartwarming. Ding! A mechanical notification suddenly echoed in Ivy's mind. {Congratulations, Host.} Ivy blinked in surprise. Huh? Her eyes widened almost instantly. What for? Did I unlock a reward? Her posture straightened immediately, excitement flickering across her face. Ding! {Yes, Host. You have unlocked a reward.} A grin slowly spread across Ivy's lips. I knew it! {First reward granted: Full health restoration has been applied to the dog.}

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As the car navigated the thick evening traffic toward the luxury hotel district, my eyes rested on the glowing holographic interface hovering directly over the driver's headrest: > [Congratulations!] > Quest Successfully Accomplished. > Reward: 50 IP Earned. System Store Unlocked. > A heavy, padlocked icon floating in the center of the display shattered into a cascade of brilliant golden light before vanishing into thin air, replaced instantly by another sharp, resonant chime: > [Congratulations!] > Recommendation Fulfilled. > Reward: 1x Persuasion Card. > Item Description: A single-use consumable that grants the Host Level Two Mind Push capability for one application, regardless of current

"They're going to crush us? Everyone?" ​"To them, you are bloatware," Vark-Zero said with a cold, pixelated smile. "But the Redacted have a patch. We have the codes to the Source-Code-Basement. If you join us, if you merge your Zero-Variable with our Redacted-Mass, we can turn this shield into a reflector. We can send the compression-wave back to the High-System." ​"And what’s the catch?" Leo asked, his billionaire instincts screaming.