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Chapter 85 - Long Road Home

Notes : The first NSFW special for Manaforged Robotics has been written and added to the queue !

Yep. That's...uh, that's some break.

Also, perversely enough, due to the fact that it is a lot more steamy than kinky, I had a lot more trouble writing it than usual. Though to be fair, nsfw specials are always a special case.

I hope you'll enioy the chapter !

Chapter 85

Starborn Mountains, Firmament Hills

Wilderness

"Fuck me." Said Paul afte...

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Chapter 84 - Artillery

Notes : Chapters 89 and 90 have been written and added to the queue !

Probably gonna take a break now. I've gotten to the point that I've wanted. Those of you on discord probably have seen the teaser for chapter 90, so you know what I was driving for.

But hey, given the fact that there's a week and a half of chapters saved up, I might end the break before they even run out XD. We shall see !

Chapter 84

Starborn Mountains, Firmament Hills

Wilderness

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Chapter 83 - First Wave

Notes : Chapters 87 and 88 have been written and added to the queue !

I might take a break after chapter 89. I'm afraid of burning out if I keep pushing, given how much I've been writing.

I'd say the problem of being my own boss is that I have to balance my own workload, but I distinctly remember you guys bullying me into taking breaks. Repeatedly.

Chapter 83

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Starfire Pass

Click click click click, stop.

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Chapter 82 - Return To Base

Notes : Chapters 84, 85 and 86 have been written and added to the queue !

I'm really driving hard for that reunion. I...might take a break after I write it, I'm afraid of burning out honestly.

I also might have to make an NSFW special for this story, since I can't get Sapphiria and Kalia's...reunion out of my mind.

Also, the review copies for Book 1 are out ! Do check out the announcement !

I hope you'll enjoy the chapter !

Chapter 82

Icerend Borderl...

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[MFR] Book 1 'Planetfall' Review Copies

Hello everyone ! Just a quick thing before the chapter today, but the review copies for Manaforged Book 1, titled 'Planetfall', are out !

For those who don't know, my publisher gives me a link for review copies a week or so before the release of a book. It allows you to download the book in the digital format of your choice, to read at your leisure.

The only thing me and my publisher ask in return is an honest review on amazon when the book comes out. That's it.

Note that th...

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Chapter 81 - Step by Step

Notes : Chapters 82 and 83 have been written and added to the queue !

I'm HOME ! At long freaking last.

It feels so good to be sleeping inside my own damned bed. And it feels like a weight's been lifted from my shoulders.

Unfortunately, construction is still ongoing, with the workers screaming endlessly throughout the day (seriously, the ENTIRE daytime is just a solid wall of people yelling right next to my window). Though they don't seem to be doing a whole lot.

They'...

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Chapter 80 - Against The Grain

Notes : Chapter 81 has been written and added to the queue !

Well, amazingly, as soon as we threatened to withhold payment and drag this to court, work that the construction company had been almost a month late on and was making constant excuses for...was done in 48 hours. Golly Gee.

So, I'm actually coming home ! At fucking LAST ! Hopefully tomorrow, I'll be moving back in to my appartment, and then I'll be able to sleep in my own damn bed. Gods.

I hope you'll enjoy the cha...

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Chapter 79 - Battle of Starfire Pass

Notes :

And this chapter concludes book 2 !

Not doing super great on my end (yay, indigestion), but I'll live.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this book ! And stay tuned for the start of book 3 on wednesday !

Chapter 79

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Starfire Pass

As predicted, they came without warning.

One second there was quiet night and the whistling of wind. The sun set early in the valley, and the pass particularly, as the pe...

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Chapter 78 - Manastorm

Notes : Chapter 80 has been written and added to the queue, kicking off book 3 !

Ah.

Ahahahahah.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH.

Okay. Short bit of context for my hysterical laughter :

The construction company for my place has just said that they're soooo sorry for delaying again, but they're now aiming to complete their things by mid december. They were supposed to be done in OCTOBER and their final 'DO NOT CROSS' deadline was TODAY. Now they're swearing pinky promise that i...

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Chapter 77 - Inferno

Notes : Chapters 78 and 79 have been written and added to the queue, completing book 2 !

I'm probably going to take a bit of a break now. If nothing else, I need to handle some paperwork.

This book was super fun to write ! Though I was worried it was going to peter out at the end, I feel like it actually ended strong, and perhaps not like most people expected.

This chapter, we also see something that's been talked to at length, and yet remained just a subject of conversation...

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Chapter 76 - Stop The Car

Notes : Chapter 77 has been written and added to the queue !

Medical stuff for me SHOULD be over in theory, but the hospital wouldn't tell me if the last slate of stuff yielded results. So I'll have to wait until tomorrow and call them again. Yay.

Spent the entire day sleeping. Yesterday was rough. But hey, I got chapter 77 written on the train, so silver linings !

Chapter 76

Far North of Kauvis, Terminus Wildlands

Wilderness

It was terrifying...

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Chapter 75 - Arcana

Notes : Chapter 76 has been written and added to the queue !

Medical stuff tomorrow. I hope it goes well. I've been stressing the hell out about it for a while now and I could really use some good news.

Chapter 75

Starborn Mountains, Mount Nebula

Crash Site

"The inscriptions match no known languages in the database." Said Cia, and Sapphiria nodded.

She was sitting cross legged in the middle the simulation, surrounded by tablets and holograms, ...

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Chapter 74 - Anomaly

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My arm hurts like hell. It's not too bad if I don't move it or poke it too much, but there's this constant, lancing pain throughout the bruise. At least it's not spreading anymore.

Chapter 74

Far North of Kauvis, Terminus Wildlands

Wilderness

"Bloody." Said Paul as he knelt by the body.

"Very." Sapphiria took a position by his side, sweeping the treeline with her plasma gun. It was starting to snow. Or rather, half rain, half snow, as t...

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Chapter 73 - Ancient Forest

Notes : Chapter 75 has been written and added to the queue !

Well. A good chunk of my arm is now covered by a bruise, that seems to have appeared from the spot they drew blood for my tests. That's...concerning. Unfortunately with the endless torrent of AI slop online clogging everything, I can't find whether I should go see a doctor or not.

Chapter 73

Starborn Mountains, Firmament Hills

Wilderness

"Well...shit." Said Sapphiria as she gazed at the fo...

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Chapter 72 - History Lesson

Note : Chapters 73 and 74 have been written and added to the queue !

Not much to say. Medical stuff was a pain yesterday. Got more next week. Normally, if NOTHING fucked up, I should be done with them for a while.

Hopefully.

Chapter 72

Starborn Mountains, Firmament Hills

Campsite

The snowpiercer was made to carry squishies without needing them to exit the vehicle at any point during the journey, save in case of damage to the vehicle. But it di...

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Chapter 71 - First Day

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Gods I am so done with everything. Just more and more work piling over these last few days, with medical appointments with borderline hostile nurses on top of it.

Chapter 71

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Valley Mouth

Sapphiria sighed as she was finally, fully free of the armor, and slotted the last piece into the sarcophagus.

With it here, it would continue to recharge the capacitors even as they slept.

She'd have stayed in ...

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[MFR] Chapter 70 - First Steps

Notes :

Started playing Prophesy of Pendor again. Love this mod. For those who don't know it's a total conversion mod for Mount and Blade : Warband with an amazing map, good factions and, most importantly, an actual endgame beyond just attacking castles. I'm actually having a lot more fun roaming around than trying to build a domain.

I actually want to write some Pendor novels someday, but currently the mod is transitioning into some kind of paid product for Bannerlord (Mount and ...

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NSFW Special 03 - A Good Maid

Notes : Chapters 71 and 72 of Manaforged Robotics have been written and added to the queue !

At last ! It is here. Only...a year and a half in the making, but no one said I had to be quick about these. Cough

For those who didn't see it in the previous chapter upload, there's a poll in the patreon #nsfw-discussion channel on discord about what the next NSFW special should be about ! So far, the Tea Party (with Emilia, Pyn, Alexandra and Allya, and some...under the table ac...

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[MFR] Chapter 69 - At Long Last

Notes : NSFW Special 03 for The Fallen World and Chapter 70 of Manaforged Robotics have been written and added to the queue !

The Special will be up on friday, chapter 70 on Sunday. The special is, actually, the one that was voted on a looooong time ago, with Allya and Pyn having some maid roleplay.

Also, I have a poll up in the patreon nsfw discussion channel for the next special ! Hopefully it won't take me...a year and a half to get to it again. Yikes. The poll is open until su...

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Chapter 68 - The Snowpiercer

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Finished at the very last minute, damn.

Chapter 68

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Workshop

Kalia gazed up at the snowpiercer.

She'd never seen anything like it. It was...weird. Like a massive brick of metal on equally large wheels. Yet it was...rounded. As if someone had tried to remove every edge they could. It gave it a rough and sleek feel simultaneously, strangely enough.

And it towered over her like she was an ant.

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Chapter 67 - Magitech

Notes :

Alright, most of the edits for book 1 are done, and I hope I can get things rolling again here. I hunger for words. And pizza, but that's a different matter.

I hope you'll enjoy the chapter !

Chapter 67

Starborn Mountains, Mount Nebula

Crash Site

"This...is the weirdest thing I have ever seen." Said Sapphiria, as she looked at the sensor screen.

It was, indeed, showing mass. But not in any way she was familiar with. Mass scanners...

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[MFR] Chapter 66 - Big Guns

Notes :

Apologies for the lack of uploads. Unfortunately, I'm currently trudging through the edits for MFR book 1 and it is...HORRENDOUS. Just pages upon pages of edits that just fry my brain. Since I have ADHD and the French government position on it is that it does not exist for adult, magically vanishes at 18 years of age and anyone saying otherwise is delusional, I'm entirely untreated. So it's hell. I'd genuinely rather shoot myself than go through any more of this.

But deadl...

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Chapter 402 - Something Wicked This Way Comes

Notes :

I couldn't resist, I wanted to do at least some reaction and some geopolitical shenanigans. Setting the stage, so to speak.

Happy halloween ! Probably won't be a special this year, because honestly...I have no real idea what to write for it.

Reminds me that I never put the 2024 christmas special up on RR. Damn it.

Chapter 402

Eris Empire, Capital City of Starcore

Imperial Palace, Briefing Room

Oris Lumière, Empress of the Eris E...

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Chapter 401 - Coronation

Notes :

And here we are ! The end of book 10 ! I hope you enjoyed it, it was one hell of a ride !

I'll probably end my break soon, and go write some Manaforged Robotics. It's been a while and the end push kind of burned me out on The Fallen World for the time being.

Except maybe for some specials, but that's another thing entirely.

Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy the chapter !

Chapter 401

Red Sands Desert, Aurorean Empire

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Chapter 400 - Guildmaster

Note :

Chapter 400 ! And almost the end of the book ! Wooo ! Damn, it's been a long road getting there, hasn't it ?

I hope you'll enjoy the chapter !

Chapter 400

Red Sands Desert, Aurorean Empire

Dungeon Factory, Logistics Tunnel

Starvak threw the golem into the rest of the squad, and roared as he pounced onto the tangled mess of limbs and metal.

It was short work after that.

He stood up, and tilted his head.

There was someth...

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Chapter 399 - Full Force Contact

Notes :

Very happy to see you guys enjoyed the Sand Kraken ! Only two chapters after this one before the end of the novel ! I hope you'll enjoy them as well !

Also got drained of blood today for medical tests, so I got thoroughly vampired.

Chapter 399

Red Sands Desert, Aurorean Empire

Dungeon Factory, Operations Center

Ghost watched as the strikes hit, her eyebrow raising a fraction as, instead of a cascade secondary detonations, one of the ca...

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Chapter 398 - Sand Kraken

Notes :

I still want to write, but at the same time I feel burnt out. Ouch. Reminds me, I need to do a RR announcement about the new cover.

Anyway, I hope the long awaited sand kraken lives up to your expectations ! I know some of you were really hyped about seeing one at long last, and I hope it won't disappoint !

Chapter 398

Red Sands Desert, Aurorean Empire

Wasteland

Alexandra looked at the AI core. Did it actually contain an artificial int...

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Chapter 397 - Status

Note : Chapter 401 has been written and added to the queue, wrapping up book 10 !

I'll probably take a bit of a break, given how much I've been pushing myself. You guys enjoy the chapters and the end of the book ^^

Also, sorry for those I told chapter 398 would be posted today (with a special something you can certainly guess by the end of this one), I kind of miscounted.

Chapter 397

Red Sands Desert, Aurorean Empire

Wasteland

"Status report."...

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Chapter 396 - Stealth Ops

Notes : Chapters 397, 398, 399 and 400 have been written and added to the queue !

I'd have added 401 too, but my brother invited me over today. Which...is probably for the best, given how much I've written. All those were written within 24 hours, I think. I'll need to take a break after this. Nevertheless, 401 should be the final chapter of the novel or near enough.

I hope you'll enjoy !

Chapter 396

Red Sands Desert, Aurorean Empire

In Flight above the Was...

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Chapter 395 - Symbols

Note : Chapter 396 has been written and added to the queue !

Almost to the novel's word count, and now I realize...I have no idea how long the ending is going to take. So, uh, yeah, we shall see where inspiration takes me XD

Also apologies for the slightly late upload, I got distracted.

Chapter 395

Red Sands Desert, Aurorean Empire

Capital City of Rebirth

"You were right." Said Elkaryos in hushed tones, as they walked through the corridors. Te...

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