# Deadlock Mercenary

Author: Marcus Holt
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/deadlock-mercenary
Genre: System-LitRPG-LevelUp

## World
You remember every death, but she never remembers you saving her.

## Tropes
- Billionaire Romance
- Dark Romance
- System & LitRPG
- Mafia & Dark Romance
- Urban War Hero & Secret Billionaire
- System-LitRPG-LevelUp
- Mafia-Dark-Romance
- Urban-WarHero-Tycoon

## FAQ
### What is Deadlock Mercenary about?
You remember every death, but she never remembers you saving her.

### Who is the author of Deadlock Mercenary?
Deadlock Mercenary is written by Marcus Holt. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Deadlock Mercenary a Billionaire Romance story?
Yes. Deadlock Mercenary is tagged for Billionaire Romance, Dark Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read Deadlock Mercenary Chapter 1 for free?
Yes. Chapter 1-5 Free. Chapter 6+ unlocked via Ads or a $0.00 trial. Start Deadlock Mercenary on ReadNovelHub.

### What happens at the start of Deadlock Mercenary?
Cole woke to the smell of diesel and gun oil. Again. He didn't open his eyes right away. He counted his heartbeats instead. Twelve. That's how long it took Nail to kick the bench across from him.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Deadlock Mercenary - Chapter 1: Loop Eighty-Three

Cole woke to the smell of diesel and gun oil. Again. He didn't open his eyes right away. He counted his heartbeats instead. Twelve. That's how long it took Nail to kick the bench across from him. Thirteen if the captain had a hangover, but Nail never drank before a drop anymore. Not since loop forty-something. Cole had stopped tracking which loop taught which lesson. The boot hit metal. Twelve beats exactly. "Ash, you awake or you gonna sleep through another brief?" Cole opened his eyes. The cargo hold of the transport looked the same as it always did. Rust patches on the ceiling where someone had peeled off the ID numbers. Six mercs on each side, mag-locked to the benches. Nail standing in the center aisle, one hand gripping the overhead rail, the other holding a tactical slate that showed a map Cole had memorized three dozen loops ago. "I'm awake." "Good. Because this one's a milk run and I don't need you zoning out when we hit dirt." Milk run. Cole almost laughed. Eighty-two times said otherwise. He sat up and checked his gear out of habit. Plate carrier, mags, sidearm, the knife he'd lose on day two if he didn't tape the sheath. Everything exactly where it always was. The tape was already there. He'd stopped forgetting around loop sixty. Nail tapped the slate. The map projection floated in the dim red light of the hold. "Sector seven. Industrial zone. Target building is here." Nail's finger jabbed at a three-story block on the east side. "Intel says it's a weapons cache. We go in, catalog the goods, grab samples, get out. Four days max. Local warlord's busy up north so the place should be cold." Cole stared at the map. Sector seven. Industrial zone. Three-story block. He knew every room in that building. He knew the guards rotated every eight hours. He knew the warl

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