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Book 5 Chapter 9

“Balance of power” as a concept was interesting to Kay, especially as he’d become a person who both had power and could be considered a power. He’d originally begun to think about the topic at some level of depth after the deaths of his family. A self driving transport truck had hit his family’s car and killed his parents and little sister. In the wake of that tragedy and the lack of what he considered acceptable punishment for those at fault and no real attempts to solve the proble...

Book 5 Chapter 8

First post moving to tuesdays! No more saturday posts

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The celebration lasted well into the night and for some people several hours into the next day. Carousing and merrymaking went on for hours as people ate, drank, and partied. The massive feast inside the square was a rotating affair with people eating and then leaving to allow more visitors and citizens a chance to partake in the meal provided and see Kay from a little bit closer. There were fights and arguments as th...

Book 5 Chapter 7

Kay waited for the cheers to die down, but they continued for several minutes and it eventually reached a point where he had to stop it. He raised one hand and stared out into the crowd as the sounds ebbed. Bit by bit the crowds watching began to quiet. When he was able to be heard again Kay started speaking.

“This is going to be a time of change for us all. Not only are we stepping out on a larger stage as we become a nation, not only will more people come here to try and make new li...

Book 5 Chapter 6

The throne room in the palace wasn’t large enough for everything that was planned for the coronation. Sure, the typical thoughts of a monarch being crowned invoked images of a king kneeling before their throne at the end of a long and luxurious carpet, usually purple with gold embroidery, the crown being placed on their head after they swore their oaths as the king or queen of their nation and their people. At least it did for Kay, but that wasn’t really going to fly for this. While there...

Book 5 Chapter 5

Welp, I messed up on Saturday again. Sorry about that. I'm now inspecting my schedule to see what day will work instead, because Saturday postings have had too many problems to continue as is. I'll let everyone know what the new day will be once I make a decision.

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Visitors arrived in drips and drabs of small groups as the day of Kay’s coronation drew closer. Some were envoys there to be the official presence of the cities, smaller nations, or other organizations they r...

Book 5 Chapter 4

Hello all! Slightly earlier in the day today because I have a thing.

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It wasn’t much longer until what was left of the invading army marched away from Avalon. The now-independent factions moved away in drips and drabs, some of them banding together for protection as they left, but most watched everyone else warily and moved separately, timing it so that no one left in close succession to each other. The force that had agreed to continue following the Crusader General le...

Book 5 Chapter 3

Amanda signed off on the last sheet of many in the pile of paperwork she was working on and handed it off to one of her many assistants without looking up. “Take this to the Treasury, please.”

“Of course, ma’am.”

Amanda was already working on the next stack. There was a lot of work to do in the aftermath of the very short war Avalon had found itself a part of, and Amanda was in the lead for how much her workload had increased. As the Prime Minister, it was her job to sig...

Book 5 Chapter 2

Stonegnawer Eahn, the dwarven Crusader General of the Itarian Crusade, was still looking a bit weak from the poisoned weapon that he’d been stabbed with during the assassination attempt that’d started the recent battle, but he was much recovered compared to how he’d been on the day. He was still a bit pale and was moving gingerly, like his joints ached with each movement, but he was far from death. He sat back in the chair that’d been provided, leaning against the backrest to keep as ...

Book 5 Chapter 1

Hello! Early chapter (time of day wise) because I'm going to sleep now. Enjoy!

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The view from high up above Avalon city was both beautiful and added a sense of scale to Kay’s thoughts. He was multiple stories above the ground, looking down at the city in an office he’d had made at the outer edge of the cliff face his palace and domicile were built into. The large glass window he looked through was enchanted in several ways to prevent attacks or forced entry but still ...

Book 4 Chapter 58

Last chapter of the book!

That being said, there might be a one day break next Thursday, it depends on how I feel, I'll let everyone know ahead of time.

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“It isn’t a turtle!” Kay screamed as he shot upright, jerking and thrashing as his body tried to escape whatever the fuck was happening. His memories were a garbled mess of nonsense that didn’t matter, all that mattered was getting the fuck away from all of it.

“Kay! Kay, calm down!”

He thra...

Book 4 Chapter 57

Only one more chapter!

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Kay’s brain literally could not understand everything that was happening to him in that moment. The part of him that had anything resembling rational thought left wondered if he was processing even a millionth of what was happening. The human body wasn’t designed to interact with every piece of existence, even if those moments were happening every moment of every day. There was a limit to the wavelengths of light he could see, but ultraviolet l...

Book 4 Chapter 56

If one good thing could be said about sacrificial attacks, its that if you were on the receiving end and survived, you didn’t have to prepare for a follow up. With the scale flying around and generally acting more like living creatures than remote weapons, it was easy for many of the soldiers in the two armies to assume that they were a swarm of some kind and act accordingly. Sadly whatever rules the scales played by, they didn’t follow any logic that anyone on Torotia could follow, and t...

Book 4 Chapter 55

*Edit: Brain dead moment gave it the right title

Book 4 Ends at Chapter 58! Almost there!

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Exhausted and terrified soldiers flocked in from the battlefield, and many of them looked spooked enough to keep running when they saw Kay looming above the camp, holding himself in the air with only his armor. Crusader General Eahn began ordering officers about from his sick bed with a level of confidence and force that surprised almost everyone. Commander Ravenhome began to ...

Book 4 Chapter 54

Sorry about that y'all, turned out to be more of a problem than I thought it was going to be, but I managed to grab files from my original drive and restore everything, here's the chapter that should have been Saturday.

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With each footfall, the otherworldly leg warped everything around it. The air warped around its movements as the pure power the limb brought with it from its own reality fought against Torotia’s reality, the changes emanating out like ripples...

Computer Issues

Sorry to the $10 Patrons, I'm out of ton and my laptop decided to be a complete ass. It startd updating and now it's just locked on a black screen. I brought my external hardrive with my files, but my friend's computer I'm posting from right now can't open the files from the word processor I use.I'l be posting the chapter for $10 people tomorrow when I get home. Again, sorry.

Book 4 Chapter 53

The vampyr stood slightly elevated from his thralls as they worked to carve the sigils given to him by the Powerful One. The leader of the vampyr had given him a task, and he would see it through if only to gain from it and grow strong enough to overthrow the Powerful One. His thralls continued to carve the sigils properly as he watched, and the vampyr went back to trying to think of a new name. His goal was the pursuit of true power, and his most recent name had been discarded in that pursui...

"Middle Triumvarate" Book 1 Chapter 3

Finally got this done! I've been stalling on it a bit, trying to figure out how things are going to go. I have a better idea for the first section now, so these should come out at a slightly better rate now, at least until I get stuck on it again.

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“Wait, wait.” Scarlett grabbed Maeve’s shoulder and pulled her back from the door. “What do you mean? This System thing that’s popped up is fucking up our lives, and now it’s messing with our brains?”

Maeve ...

Patreon Copy of Book 3

Hey y'all, here's the free copy of book 3 for Patrons.

https://dl.bookfunnel.com/x685595gcb

This link will be up for a few days before I take it down. Also, if you have KU, please go and grab the book there so I can get those wonderful page reads and jump in the ratings a little bit, it'd really help me out. 

Thanks all!

Book 4 Chapter 52

The guard patrols near Avalon’s palace were lighter than Edric had expected. He’d never seen a map of the city and hadn’t had too much time to explore while he chased after his subordinates through the semi-deserted streets of what was technically an enemy city, but the towering edifice built into the cliff face that loomed over a large swathe of the city couldn’t be anything other than a palace. It wasn't much on the grandeur scale when compared to other palaces he’d seen, but this...

Book 4 Chapter 51

The point of the golden lance passed over Kay as he ducked under it and rolled away from the reptilian beast Glowl was riding. The Blood Guard attacked while Glowl focused on Kay, a range of melee, ranged, and magical attacks lashed out at Nelam’s king. Most of the attacks bounced off his heavy armor, but a few of them elicited a response from the king. His gauntlets expanded, forming massive plates. One deflected a heavy axe that grew in size as it started coming down, and the other caught...

Book 4 Chapter 50

Less than ten chapters to the end of book 4!

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Kay slammed into the ground, momentarily restraining himself from making a superhero landing while he did, and started striding forward after his army of simulacra. Technically, they were made with the Create Blood Army Skill and not Create Simulacra (Blood), but he was going to keep calling them that as a whole to save time and effort. The red soldiers pushed the invading army back step by step, winning through absolutely atr...

Book 4 Chapter 49

Four red dragons battled in the sky over Avalon. Blasts of flame from the scintillating ruby dragon blew the blood-red dragons apart. His death-defying movements allowed him to grab the blood champions and tear them to shreds, and the insides of the three blood champions would suddenly swelled up, and they would burst into pieces, raining blood across the landscape. The sheer difference in power seemed to have the battle entirely at the whims of the real dragon and his rider, but that would b...

Book 4 Chapter 48

This chapter sucked to post to Patreon because italics and bold don't copy from my word processor and I have to put them in manually. Psychic conversations are going to be annoying in the future. 

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“Dammit,” Kay muttered as he watched the almost-frothing orc descend in his direction, axes raised high above his head.

Eleniah stepped forward, pushing Kay back with one arm, and caught one of the axes by the handle just above the orc’s hand. With his momentum...

Mini-Announcements

First, Book 4 is done! At least the first draft is. I got it done thursday and decided to take the day off, but forgot to say anything. Right after this is yesterday's chapters, because I slept something like 16 hours last night starting at 4pm. Long nap.

Other than that, should hopefully have book 4 cover art for y'all to look at soon, and eventually the free copy of book 4 for the tiers that qualify for that once I get it back from the publisher.

That's it! Have a great weekend!...

Book 4 Chapter 47

An uneasy murmuring rumbled through the assembled army at the base of Avalon’s wall. Most of the soldiers and leaders that had been recruited expected the campaign to be an easy fight they could half-ass their way through and reap glory from. It didn’t matter how easily you won if winning was a big deal, right? Very few of them had expected Avalon to have any fortifications at all, and the few that did hadn’t expected a wall that wouldn’t shame major cities in the more developed natio...

Book 4 Chapter 46

Crusader General Stonegnawer Eahn rode his construct behind ranks of soldiers, roughly at the center of the loose gathering of leadership for the campaign he led. The riding construct was one of the few luxuries he allowed himself while on the job. He’d been riding ponies for years since the height of a horse was a problem for a dwarf his size, but as a leader, that wasn’t a very impressive image, and cultivating one's image as a general was important. Personally, he didn’t think it was...

Book 4 Chapter 45

Things were tense in the meeting room, not because of anyone there but because of the pressure pushing down on all of them. Months of preparations had gone mostly well; soldiers and adventurers had been trained, walls had been constructed, defenses built, cannons secretly installed, and Cindy had brought a small force of gunners to Avalon City with her the month before.

“Scouts have confirmed the information we received about the army’s movement; they’ll be hitting the edge of our...

Book Chapter Chapter 44

Glowl sauntered into a room deep within the embassy complex that belonged to his Kingdom of Nelam. The issues a few years ago that revolved around that blasted elven woman they called the Impossible Fist or whatever had broken open a few cracks with the leaders of Tumbling Rapids, which had led to several changes, including downgrading the building that was used as an embassy, but strides had been made to make up for that. Things had been looking good for the eventual annexation of the prospe...

"Middle Triumvarate" Book 1 Chapter 2

Hey! Second chapter is done, so here you go.

Maeve staggered as the indescribable sensations ended, slamming her head into the door in front of her. It had been like the worst turbulence she’d even experienced on a plane combined with full body pain, along with feelings she struggled to explain. The sudden transition from feeling everything at once to all of it stopping left her nauseated and dizzy. She could hear Scarlett gagging behind the door and let go of her arm as sh...

Book 4 Chapter 43

The walls of Tumbling Rapids standing high above the plains made for a welcome sight. Months of marching, of having to act like part of an army instead of acting as the hunting teams they were used to, had dragged at the members of the Shatterplate Order, and as their leader, Edric had not only had to deal with his subordinates complaints and problems, but half the damn campaign’s as well, since he was one of the commanders. Not that he was, in truth, his only area of responsibility was the...