Death's Job

The Grim Reaper is hiring. No experience required.

Fresh out of college, Eric thought he'd found the perfect job. Good pay, nice benefits, and a surprisingly reasonable boss.

The catch? His boss is Death.

On his first day, Eric is dragged into Purgatory, where an unknown force is corrupting souls and threatening the afterlife itself.

Death has one chance to stop the apocalypse and one candidate desperate enough to try. With his mother's life slipping away, Eric accepts the impossible offer. Save the afterlife, and she will receive a second chance.

Armed with a knife older than time, a sarcastic raven, and whatever training Death can give him, Eric is thrown into a war for the fate of the realms. To survive, he’ll have to master his Reaper Class before the invaders enslave the dead and the living.

Because the only thing more dangerous than working for Death... is turning him down.

This story is uploaded only on Royal Road and Patreon by its author, Darius Bran. If found elsewhere, it is an unauthorized copy and plagiarism.