SEVER ZERO
He stared down at his hands, remembering the exact way the alien had dropped to its knees.
"It's just a game, Jinx," Ren lied, burying the creeping, horrifying dread deep in his chest. "Aegis wants to mess with our heads to make the raids feel harder. Don't fall for it. An NPC is an NPC."
Ren stood up and walked out of the room, leaving Kara alone with the glowing server racks.
He walked into the living room and looked at the glowing bank account numbers on his datapad. Twenty-one million credits.
He was the richest, most successful gamer in Aethelgard.