The Grind, The Tryhard [The Pickaxe of a Thousand Attributes 1-2] – Dan Sugralinov, Andrey Nechaev Free Audiobook

Written by Dan Sugralinov, Andrey Nechaev
Read by Daniel Thomas May
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps

#1 The Grind

Egor, a fresh college grad from Russia, takes his classmate’s advice and joins a popular VR game, hoping to earn some cash. But with a tight budget that won’t cover a full account or a fancy VR immersion capsule, he opts for a free trial account and fires up his ancient gaming console.

Laggy gameplay, crappy graphics on his old TV, a sluggish internet connection—who cares about all that when you’re not there to play? Egor’s plan is mine ore in the sandbox and slaughter hordes of rabbits, all in the name of scoring some sweet loot. Little does he know, he’s about to stumble upon an item that will make the game’s elite players stop at nothing to take him down…
(10 hours and 25 minutes)

#2 The Tryhard

Dubbed the “Dancing Barbarian” by fellow players, Gor has been grinding away in the newbie sandbox for far too long. It’s time for him to break out into the wider world! Only there can Egor and his crew—both old friends and new allies—truly make some serious cash. And who knows, they might even hit the mother lode.

Now that Gor’s mythical pickaxe, which houses the soul of an ancient god, is bound to him by an unbreakable hex, no one can take it from him!
Or… can they?
(10 hours and 37 minutes)

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