playwars

Chapter 357 - Embers and Ashes

Note : I know, right ? I actually had it partially completed and barely had the time to finish it. This will be the end of this streak however, a nice little start to book 10 of The Fallen World ! I hope you'll enjoy it ^^

Chapter 357

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Command Center

"Wonderful, you're here!" Said Ghost as Alexandra stepped into the command center. "We've just confirmed that the UDC's fleet took advantage of the c...

Chapter 11 - Astralis

Note : Probably going to be the last chapter in this streak, though I might get chapter 12 out if I can just so it's an even 14, two weeks' worth ^^

Chapter 11

Starborn Mountains, Continent of Kauvis

Starfire Valley

She took a split second to shove the squishy aside as she prepared to blast the skeleton to its component atoms...only for said squishy to shove on her gun as she fell, fouling the AI's aim.

The bolt of incandescent plasma...

Chapter 10 - Simulacrum

Note : Chapter 11 has been written and added to the queue !

I might take a break in the next few days. I've had massive issues with my sleeping schedules and all the preparations for the holidays are eating up my time and stressing me out.

Chapter 10

Starborn Mountains, Continent of Kauvis

Starfire Valley

"-once we've saturated the advanced refinery, we can start on regular processing. Basic ore crushers to start off, then a simple separator. Af...

Chapter 9 - Under The Starlight

Note : Chapter 10 has been written and added to the queue !

Yes, the name hasn't changed yet, it has been quite a busy day I'm afraid.

Chapter 9

Starborn Mountains, Continent of Kauvis

Starfire Valley

Sapphiria wouldn't admit it to anyone, but she'd actually missed eating. She didn't need to do it, and it since it had meant inane social affairs for the last few months of her life she'd gotten quite annoyed at having it as an obligation, but she ...

Chapter 8 - Fresh Air

Note : Chapter 9 has been written and added to the queue !

I've also been talking to my publisher, and we've workshopped a new title for the story. There's several reasons for them, but the principal one is simple : there are other novel series called The Hidden World, and there's a very real issue that it might hurt this story like it hurt The Fallen World (I've lost count of the number of people who told me finding the story was annoying because they kept getting other results), so it...

Chapter 7 - The Bane

Note : No new chapter today, still working on chapter 9.

Also yes, that bit about egyptians is indeed an easter egg to the necrons, more specificially an easter egg to a quote from the Infinite and the Divine novel.

Chapter 7

Mining Hub

In her years of service, and before that life in the Federation, she'd gotten used to a lot of reactions to AIs. Hostile, neutral, friendly...from people trying or willing to kill her and destroy everything she stood f...

Chapter 6 - Target Rich Environment

Note : Chapter 8 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 6

Mining Hub

The skeletons rushed towards the battle, and Sapphiria idly noted that they seemed to have a kind of marching protocol. As in, beyond a certain distance, instead of charging headlong, they marched in the pre power armor infantry style, a stride that ate the kilometers while preserving strength. That meant that despite being an impossibility there were some power and endurance co...

Chapter 5 - Contact

Note : No new chapter, slept absolutely awfully and barely staying up.

Chapter 5

Mineshaft

The mineshaft was exactly as she'd left it, which was a relief. First because that meant no walking skeletons had gone in, and she had honestly been fearing that the damaged supports would fail.

Thankfully they had not. Though, it begged the question of whether she should continue up the shaft, and risk them failing behind her.

She......

Chapter 4 - Anima Mortis

Note : Chapter 7 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 4

Mineshaft

Sapphiria froze.

The skeleton was happily, and impossibly, wandering aimlessly in the mineshaft, away from her. She realized with a start that it was also clutching a spear, and clad in tattered garments that almost looked like armor of some kind.

She gave it a full scan, wanting to make sure she wasn't hallucinating.

Either her ...

Chapter 3 - Combat Drone

Note : Chapters 5 and 6 have been written and added to the queue !

A quick aside before you read : Remember that this is NOT The Fallen World's universe. They share some characters but their path can be vastly different to the ones there. I will, of course, do shameless referrences, but that doesn't mean they have any crossing over besides a common origin point.

Chapter 3

Crash Site

Sapphiria sighed as she got the notification. Almost done.

...

Chapter 2 - Life Signs

Note : Chapter 4 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 2

Crash Site

Well, 'body' was generous. It seemed to have been there for a long, long time, decayed to the point of being scraps of whatever bacteria couldn't digest on a skeleton.

Sapphiria raised her rifle, and began to hug the far wall, peering down the hole.

It lead into another tunnel. No, not tunnel, a mineshaft. With wooden support beams instead of......

Chapter 1 - Rough Awakening

Note : Chapter 3 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 1

[ERROR]

There were very, very few times in her life Sapphiria could remember having suffered a full system restart. The process was akin to a human suffering biological death and having their brain restarted via bioengineering or digitalization.

That was to say, it sucked.

She woke up. Her immediate memories effectively wiped as her systems s...

Prologue - Part 2

Note : Chapter 2 has been written and added to the queue !

I'd also love to hear about what you guys thought of this chapter, since it included a little experiment, doing space combat without the giant pile of math I had to contend with in The Eternal Seeker Saga.

Prologue, Part 2

Terran Federation Fringe, Tarminia System

Approaching the Hyperspace Limit

The reaction of the raiders to her carrier group's presence had apparently been complete dis...

Prologue - Part 1

Prologue, Part 1

18th of january, 2636

Terran Federation Fringe, Tarminia System

Geostationary Orbit over Tarminia Prime

"Status report." Said Sapphiria as the planet turned under her feet, seemingly suspended in the void of space.

To anyone looking, it would have seemed like a young woman, with flowing, raven black hair and piercing purple eyes, adorned in the black and crimson uniform of a Federation admiral, was just sailing through the v...

[Now Manaforged Robotics] The Hidden World - Announcement & Primer

Note : The Hidden World has been renamed to Manaforged Robotics, tags will be updated with the new name.

Hello everyone !

Apologies for the sort of radio silence these last few weeks here on patreon. I don't generally post news and status report here. I'd been taking a break since the end of book 9 of The Fallen World and with some IRL issues, plus planning for the holidays and writer's block, I wasn't able to write anything noteworthy.

Until now...

Chapter 356 - Uprising

Note : And this concludes book 9 ! And this streak, most likely.

I might adjust the ending in the future, but I'm completely out of steam. Don't worry, the beginning of book 10 will be dedicated with dealing with the aftermath of what just happened, on a personal and geopolitical level.

I hope you enjoyed this book ! I certainly did.

Chapter 356

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

City of Darthar

Fortunately for the regulars of Sunrise,...

Chapter 355 - Now or Never

Note :

Chapter 356 hasn't been finished yet, but it is most likely going to be the end of book 9. Thus, even if it's not finished in time tomorrow, I'll put it out when it's done to wrap things up.

After that, I will most likely take a break. Things have...taken a turn irl, and I've been under immense stress lately. Honestly, had I not been so close to the end of the book I probably would have paused things several chapters ago.

I hope you'll enjoy the chapter guys.

2024-11-11 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 354 - Outside Context Problem

Note : Chapter 355 has been written and added to the queue !

Apologies for the late upload, got distracted and forgot to set it up.

Also I've wanted to use 'Outside Context Problem' as a chapter title since forever, I just figured The Eternal Seeker Saga to be the first one to have it.

Chapter 354

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

City of Darthar

Alexandra looked on in amazement, from the Count's palace.

News of the a...

Chapter 353 - Pyrrhic Victory

Note : Chapter 354 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 353

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asaria Trade Route

"Sweet merciful Earth Goddess." Said Manson as the images appeared above the holographic projectors.

Stakes. Just...rows of stakes.

Dead in the center of Sunrise's camp. With slave soldiers arranged around them to make sure none tried to remove or destroy the bodies.

2024-11-09 17:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 352 - Night of Swords

Note : Chapter 353 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 352

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asaria Trade Route

Satina Olyrin, head of the house of Olyrin and by the grace of the Gods duchess of Sunrise, sighed as she tapped one of the letters littering the table.

The news from home...weren't good. Her duchy's economy was tethering on the edge of collapse thanks to the lack of slaves, and shipments from the...

Chapter 351 - Inevitability

Note : Chapter 352 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 351

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Command Center

"...One thing at a time." Finally said Alexandra. "For the good general and her proposal, let us...let us be relatively honest with her. We can help, and we will help, but Sunrise is our first priority and we must march on Tivaro afterwards, even if only to prevent further sneak attacks by the UDC." Not to men...

Chapter 350 - Fallout

Note : Chapter 351 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 350

Eris Empire, Capital City of Starcore

Imperial Palace, First Empress Wing

"And here I thought our previous concerns were catastrophic." Said the Empress, as she looked out the window. Oris Lumière, sister of Cassissa Lumière and Empress of the Eris Empire, turned around to face one of her most trusted advisors...and 'problem solvers'.

"It is...concerning, but I...

Chapter 349 - Unforeseen Consequences

Note : Chapter 350 has been written and added to the queue !

I know, I know, I've used that chapter title many times, but it's still very good and topical. Also, Half life reference and the G man is fucking awesome.

I'd also like to say that the response to the previous chapter has been amazing, which is kind of the reason for me writing two entire chapters in one day, I got really hyped up XD

Chapter 349

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asa...

Chapter 348 - The Mecha-Colossi Of Death

Note : Apologies for the late upload, I finished this chapter this afternoon, but a bunch of errands, including buying meds at the pharmacy, meant I forgot to set it up. Also holy crap I just realized we're like 6 chapters away from the target word count for the book, and basically less than ten chapters from the end of the novel !

Also the title is a referrenced to how the 'Giant Death Robots' are called in the French version of the Civilization games : 'Le mécacolosse de la mort'. 2024-11-04 17:30:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 347 - Essence

Note : Another chapter in the streak, once again thanks to my girlfriend (who went 'awww' upon hearing you guys had thanked her for the previous one ^^) ! I hope you'll enjoy it, we're nearing some...very interesting parts of the book now ^^ !

Chapter 347

Simulation Six

"My, what a lovely abode." Said Alexandra as she took a delicate sip of the hot chocolate, and did her best to ignore the archmage's trembling. "Is it not?"

"Quite." Added G...

Chapter 346 - The Cores of Magic

Note : Wow this streak is continuing, I...wasn't expecting that honestly XD. You can thank my girlfriend for that ^^.

Chapter 346

Kamiran Floodplains, Archduchy of Rebirth

Sarth-Asaria High Road

"Fascinating." Said Alexandra through the hologram as the captain was lead away. "I shouldn't have been surprised, but..."

"They're so dumb it's sometimes unpredictable?" Offered CQ, and the dungeon core chuckled.

"Something l...

[NSFW] Happy Halloween !

Some NSFW artwork to celebrate Halloween, made by LittleMissCalculated, my adorable girlfriend ^^ !If you liked this, don't hesitate to say so !

The characters are Alexandra and Vaye (from her comic Neo-Immortals).

Here's the link to her deviantart if you'd like to check out her stuff : https://www.deviantart.com/littlemisscalculated

Chapter 345 - Going Hunting

Chapter 345

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asaria Trade Route

This place really should be called a high road now, mused the Marquis as he looked at his chart.

Or rather, it should be named as such...on the other side of the dungeon core's army.

The trade route that, to be fair, had more than adequate infrastructure for what had gone through it before, had been massively expanded as the dungeon core had ma...

Chapter 344 - The Taller They Are...

Note : This chapter probably will be the end of this streak. Sorry guys.

Chapter 344

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Command Center

Alexandra hummed as she leaned back into her command seat, going through the files.

Glitch may be compiling all of their intelligence, from an impressive number of sources, though most of the up to date intel that didn't come from her was mostly from her UDC allies, but she still n...

Chapter 343 - A Grand Gesture

Note : Yes, it's a C&C 3 Kane's Wrath reference, even if tenuous ^^

Chapter 343

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Shipyard

Alexandra sighed as she leaned on the railing.

The fabricators online had lead to...well, all sorts of issues. Teething ones, for starters, then a whole load of others. Even with the better raw material production, the demand had simply exploded, especially in materials they had few schem...