L.E. Miranda

Aura Awakening (Author's Note)

Added 2025-04-18 23:43:52 +0000 UTC

Hello there, my friends!

I'm sorry to disappoint you, as the notification wasn't for a chapter (there will be a chapter today, as usual). I'm writing this to get you guys' thoughts on something. Specifically, when and how Rylan should awaken his Aura. I do have a plan, but I'm now wondering if I should've had Rylan awaken it back in the battle against the Basilisk, after being pushed to the brink by the repeated attacks of many powerful monsters. I guess this is a spoiler, but the plan was to have him awaken Aura during an assassination attempt by the Empire, ordered by the Vallius dude from a few chapters ago.

However, the problem with that is that to get there, Rylan would need to become noteworthy enough for Vallius to come up with the attempt in the first place. While I do know how I would do it, it would likely take a good few chapters to get there, given my writing style.

As such, do you guys think I should go back and pull the Aura awakening scene to the Basilisk fight? Naturally, RoyalRoad readers won't really notice the change, since Dungeon arc has only just started over there. In the same vein, the changes would seamlessly apply to the Amazon book. You guys would be the only ones who would need to go back and reread the story a bit from there, as the scene would be new, as well as the dialogue about it and stuff.

Please tell me your thoughts!