<table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;margin:12px auto;background-image:linear-gradient(#1c1c20, #1c1c20);border:2px solid #2e2e36;border-radius:10px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tbody><tr><td width="220" style="width:220px;padding:0;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;background-image:linear-gradient(#1c1c20, #1c1c20)"><div style="padding:20px"><img src="https://www.royalroadcdn.com/public/covers-large/apocalypse-bennys-discount-deathspores-aacafpj8jrk.jpg?time=1790632007" alt="Apocalypse Benny's Discount Deathspores" width="180" height="270" style="display:block;margin:0 auto;width:180px;height:270px;max-width:100%;object-fit:cover;border-radius:4px;border:1px solid #2e2e36;box-shadow:0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.35)"></div></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;background-image:linear-gradient(#1c1c20, #1c1c20)"><div style="padding:20px;color:#f0ece4"><div style="text-align:left"><small style="font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.10em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#a8a8a8">If you like this, try…</small></div><div style="margin-top:6px"><h3 style="margin:0;font-size:26px;font-weight:800;line-height:1.2;text-align:left"><a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/195380/apocalypse-bennys-discount-deathspores" style="color:#f0ece4;text-decoration:none">Apocalypse Benny's Discount Deathspores</a></h3><div style="margin-top:4px;text-align:left"><small style="font-size:14px;color:#a8a8a8">by Alex Knight</small></div></div><div style="margin-top:14px"><p style="margin:0;color:#f0ece4;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55">The road to hell is paved with good intentions... and great discounts!</p><p style="margin:12px 0 0;color:#f0ece4;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55">Benny's shop of fantastical goods is the greatest in all the land—or, it will be now that he's had his first customer. Unfortunately, that customer was a demon and Benny's unreasonably good discount on deathspores helped him kickstart an apocalypse.</p><p style="margin:12px 0 0;color:#f0ece4;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55">Now Benny's got two things on his to-do list:</p><p style="margin:12px 0 0;color:#f0ece4;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55">- make the greatest shop ever!<br>- if there's time, do something about that pesky apocalypse, I guess</p><p style="margin:12px 0 0;color:#f0ece4;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55">Join Benny, his probably not sentient shop, and his regrettably sentient sword as they face down monsters and tax auditors, collect godly magics (and the divine middle managers who come with them) like they're merit badges, and maybe figure out what to do about this whole End of All Things thing.</p><p style="margin:12px 0 0;color:#f0ece4;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55">LitRPG // Comedy // Fantasy world // Oblivious MC // Shopkeeper Class? // No romance // Talking sword</p><p style="margin:12px 0 0;color:#f0ece4;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55">A chapter a day, Mon-Fri.</p></div><div style="margin-top:18px"><a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/195380/apocalypse-bennys-discount-deathspores" style="display:inline-block;background-image:linear-gradient(145deg, #c97a3c 0%, #a56431 100%);color:#231712;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;border:none;margin:0 8px 8px 0;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Read Now!</a><a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/195380/apocalypse-bennys-discount-deathspores/chapter/4034567/1-not-bennys-fault" style="display:inline-block;border:2px solid #c97a3c;color:#c97a3c;padding:10px 20px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin:0 8px 8px 0;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Jump to first chapter</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>