AUDIO - Chapter 102 – The Meddling Price

I missed some stuff when writing and I've updated the chapter with the following. The AUDIO file can not be updated because I physically don't have the lines available to do it in the software I use to generate chapters.

First the following is included when DUX asks him what compensation he wants.

“Share your thoughts no matter how outlandish they might seem.”

Tom felt a thrill of excitement. This was his chance. He looked Dux straight in the eye. “I need the Briana situation to be fixed.”

Instinctively, she shook her head. “No. This is not the type of opportunity that you’d use to solve that problem.”

“But it’s important to me. Please.” He waved the folder. “It’s more important than some stupid title. I don’t want to have to listen to her crying every night.”

“I know,” she answered patiently. “I know what you’re feeling, and I’ve already dealt with it. I’ve used a divine intervention to protect you and Kang. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’ll buy you time until you’re both ten. Then, providing you’re on good terms she can be protected by your title.”

Relief flooded through him. “Are you serious? Have you really?” He felt like crying and it was as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

“Yes, it’s done, but,” She waggled her finger at him in a warning manner. “Don’t keep making those mistakes because I won’t always be able to bail you out.”

“Does that mean I can stop directing fate toward her?”

“Yes, it does, but Tom what you did was good. It reduced the cost to me to fix the mistake.”

“Dux, thank you. Thank you. You can’t understand how relieved this makes me.”

She laughed. “I am a GODDESS. trust me I do. Now let’s focus on the important stuff.” She tapped the folder. “What do you want improved or changed?”

Then the following is added into the final reward text.

Additional Negotiated Rewards.

·        One million ranking points are to be transferred to the human’s total from the dragons.

·        MAKROS (or proxy) will have no communications, explicitly or implicitly, with any individual or species about humans. This includes changing, accelerating, or cancelling any existing orders given to assassin teams. Breaking this condition will result in MAKROS immediately forfeiting the competition.

All the rewards were great. They were massive boons to him personally and to humanity, but Tom stared at that second last line. Everlyn and Dimitri were both going to flip when they saw his new ranking points.