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Amazon Apocalypse 6: Chapter 9

I followed Sakura and the other oni to a castle on a hill. The fortified pagoda-like structure reminded me of those flying ships the cultivators loved. Sakura entered and was escorted to a lounge. The human policemen were dismissed, and Sakura was led deeper into the building by three oni.

I followed quietly from behind, though to do so I had to spend most of my time in the shadow realm. It was impossible to make out what the three were saying just from the monstrous shadows their power...

Amazon Apocalypse 6: Chapter 8

Sakura and I departed in the midafternoon. If our new neighbors were as heavily populated and loosely organized as my recent interrogations suggested, we could hopefully sneak in with returning scouting expeditions.

We arrived at the teleportation array we’d found during our diaper expedition. I could have risked this back then, but now I was arriving prepared.

After getting Doomseeker, my sword, and my Doomblade power armor all in fighting shape, I’d crafted a few mission-spe...

Amazon Apocalypse 6: Chapter 7

I needed to stay on call in case one quest I’d issued triggered, but that didn’t mean I had to stay at home. There was still a lot to do getting my staff and armor battle-ready again, but I had another errand to run first.

I needed to see if I could get in touch with the Goddess in Jade. I still had several thousand of her religious zealots in my mystic realm awaiting delivery. Thankfully, I didn’t need to go off-world for a meeting. The Omykir shrine would do just as well if I co...

Amazon Apocalypse 6: Chapter 6

The first thing I did when I returned to Crownhill was prepare to share my recent discovery. I found Frank in the same breakfast joint I’d seen him that morning, probably still enjoying a late breakfast.

“Frank, I need to call a council meeting. Actually, scratch that. Make it a meeting in general. This is something everyone should be able to hear.”

“You got it,” Frank said, scarfing down a breakfast burrito.

It didn’t take Frank long to organize a council meetin...

Amazon Apocalypse 6: Chapter 5

Looting diapers from the ruins of a department store was one of the last things I thought of when planning an adventure, but I knew our future selves would thank us for this.

The department store Frank’s guild had found was deep in the wilderness. It had been part of a small town that was now abandoned. The humans of this shard had either died or fled elsewhere at the start of the integration. Considering all the food and hand tools were gone from the shelves, I was guessing at least ...

Amazon Apocalypse 6: Chapter 4

I stayed up late with Bridget, reading and speaking quietly by the fire. I felt my hand resting upon her belly absentmindedly the whole night long, though there was no bump to show for the pregnancy.

We talked about what had happened, and both of us had regrets to share. Me for running off on her earlier, and her for making this move without me. She tried to explain herself, but I hushed her. Going forward, the new life growing inside her would be more important than anything that was a...

Amazon Apocalypse 6: Chapter 3

Myrina seemed to sense my mood. She bumped my shoulder as soon as I was dressed and smiled at me.

“Guess what? We found one room over from here? Treasure!”

Seeing her grin from ear to ear made me smile too, and soon, we went off in search of this treasure. It was in the room Cyra and I planned to visit next. Had we visited it first, we probably would have bumped into Myrina, Reluna, and Mimiko on the way.

The treasury was loaded to the brim with ancient gold coins of unk...

Amazon Apocalypse 6: Chapter 2

I dropped the trio I came with off, then came back to haul Cyra alone. She'd grown herself a little taller again thanks to all the fighting while on crusade, so she needed both arms.

When we arrived at the fortress, Myrina, Reluna, and Mimiko had already vanished.

"Looks like they went exploring early," Cyra said.

"I knew I shouldn't have left them alone..." I muttered, now realizing I should have dropped Cyra off first. I was reasonably sure she would have waited for the re...

Amazon Apocalypse 6: Chapter 1

I've always enjoyed building things.

Before the integration, when the System came to Earth and destroyed the world, that meant nailing two-by-fours together into a barn. Or helping the team in my office put together an app.

After the integration, I'd taken to building magic swords and shields. After that, I'd grown rather fond of making power armor.

In general though, my projects seemed to get bigger and bigger every time I started a new one. And this project following the d...

Amazon Apocalypse 6: The Story So Far

My name is Carter Smith. I was born to a normal family and had a mostly normal childhood, with one minor difference. Growing up, my best friend was secretly an Amazonian from a far-off planet. Before she returned home, she warned me of something called the System, and it was coming for Earth.

My parents died when I was a young man, but I'd never forgotten her warning. I used my savings to buy a farmhouse on the outskirts of my city and stocked it full of supplies for whatever might come...

Amazon Apocalypse 5 is out on ebook!

Hey guys, it's live on Amazon and KU! Book 5 is done.

Hard to believe that it's already been like three years since I started this series officially. And four years since you guys saw the first draft of it on here. The series as published is also now well over a million words old! Not many harem series make it that far. I'm extremely grateful to you guys for sticking with me.

Anyway, check it out on Amazon to get your ebook copy today!

Paperbacks will be available at some po...

Amazon Apocalypse 6 Worldbuilding: Kingdoms of Camlaan

Hey guys. I'm doing some worldbuilding for the next book. This is a minor faction.

Origin Myth of Camlaan:

In the beginning, Camlaan was beautiful. The world was a paradise, selected from a million candidates. And it would be home to a colony of peaceful people fleeing the chaos of their homeland in the distant stars. Far from home, then set down roots and abandoned the ways of machines, gods, and kings for a simple life among the fields.

United by common ca...

On Another Shard Invaded by Big Boobed Elf Women...

[This story follows another Earth Shard, far from Crownhill.]

Billy had never been particularly good with women. In high school, the one girl he'd asked out had laughed it off as a joke, and from there he'd decided to put his time and energy into other things. Like his favorite online game, Elven Wars.

There, he played the character Bootyslayer9000, and recently, he'd decided to drop out of college in an attempt to play his game full time. He'd had mixed success ...

Misa Gets Back Her Family Auction House

[The following occurs while Carter is busy training with Cyra in book 5.]

Misa's life changed when her aunt took over her family's auction house. She'd been young then, blissfully unaware of her parents' death while she frolicked with the other Amazonian children in the pocket world in Valkyrie's Watch.

At first, when she came of age and started working at her family's auction house, she had believed the stories her aunt told. But little bits and pieces added up h...

Sakura Keeping her Favorite Employee Busy...

[The following scene occurs prior to book 1.]

Sakura arrived at the office an hour early, though she didn't actually enter the place. The smoothie shop across the street was her usual haunt, and she checked her emails from there while waiting for a certain someone to arrive.

He arrived early too, though not quite as early as her. Sakura held up her phone, zooming in all the way as he exited.

Click.

She snapped a quick picture, then ex...

Shorts poll #3

Just finished the Sakura one, which will come out tomorrow. Post your requests for the next set. Also, feel free to comment if you have an idea you'd like to see.

I'm going to start sneaking in some worldbuilding stuff for book 6 soon, since there are a few people / factions I need to flesh out. Most of it has to be secret and go into my notes, but some I think I can safely share.

Jazon Jestario and his adventuring team, shortly after parting ways with Carter during their shared quest.

"Well, you can't complete every quest. That last challenge quest from the System was simply too much," Jazon said as he looked over his downcast adventuring team. They were nursing their cups in a tavern after a string of bad luck. It shouldn't be possible for a party of B-Grades famous across the multiverse to have a string of bad luck, but here they were.

Next to him was Theodorus, a proud warrior of the group, both ambitious and full of fire. Or at least, that's how he normally was. ...

Next short story poll

Alright guys, I did the last one. Nothing is super jumping out to me as something I really want to write, so I'm leaving the next one up to you guys too. I'm adding the popular results from the last shorts poll, along with a few new ideas.

As before, feel free to add your own ideas in the comments.

(Also, I'm currently reviewing book 4 on audio, so if any of you guys are on the discord audiobook proofing channel and want to help me check for recording errors, that would be great...

The Samhain Clan Estate on Glacia While Carter is Fighting on Ladwick

"Welcome elders, one and all, to the Samhain extended family meeting," Kyrina said, arms spread wide.

The Samhain family held these gatherings every ten years. For the junior members of branch families, this was just a modest party where everyone dressed up and visited some distant family branch. But for the high-ranked leaders of branch families, it was a time to discuss and guide the direction for the entire clan.

This year, it was Glacia's turn to host. Luthrin was head of the ...

Author Feedback and What Do You Want to See in Book 6?

Hey guys!

In case I haven't said it yet, thank you so much for reading along with me for book 5. I check on the latest post pretty much every day and read every comment. (I sometimes miss older stuff that gets posted on chapters that are a week or two old, but I do often see those too.)

This last book especially has been amazing. I've been seeing as many as fourty or fifty likes on a chapter, which is pretty impressive considering I've been used to getting 5-10, and it's a sign th...

Shorts poll

Alright guys, I promised shorts, so I'm doing shorts.

Vote on the ones below. I combined your suggestions from a previous post with some ideas of my own.

Also, feel free to add more suggestions in the comments. I'm hoping to do a few shorts, not just one. It really depends on how long these things are though.

I make no promises that I will write the top vote, but I will try. It really depends on what flows for me. If second place comes to me and first place doesn't, then I w...

Amazon Apocalypse 5: Carter's Final Stats

As I've mentioned before, based on audiobook reader feedback, I've stopped including these in text. But they will continue to be posted at the back of the book.

Carter's Final Stats

Class: Prophet of Forbidden Knowledge (Legendary, Level 365)

Race: Homo Fatum Deus (Mythic, Level 365)

Job: Kindling Architect (Divine, Level 355)

Bloodline: Fateforged Hero (Divine)

This bloodline designates ...

Amazon Apocalypse 5: Chapter 70 [Epilogue]

The Goddess in Jade, after the battle with Vayly Vaust.

Jade lay on the unnaturally smooth steel tiles that made up the Vaust station while Hyacinth tended to her wounds. The place was little more than ruins now after their victory. Even if Vayly Vaust herself had fled like a rat, without her station her power was broken.

“I’m fine, truly,” Jade insisted.

“Hush. Without this ointment, you’ll spend years purifying your skin of scar tissue. You took many wounds durin...

Amazon Apocalypse 5: Chapter 69

I awoke naked and lying on the ground. Somebody had thrown down robes beneath me, but that was all. I reached for my waist, but Morgathor’s Satchel was nowhere to be found. Nor did I have any of the bags of holding I’d sewn into my clothes. I was completely without any of my gear.

I looked around and realized I wasn’t alone. There was a wizard nearby, wearing a fluffy robe more akin to a bathrobe than something battle-worthy as he sat on a rock and nursed a healing potion like it ...

Amazon Apocalypse 5: Chapter 68

The Chaos Wolf and I charged one another, man against beast. He revealed sharp teeth and claws, but I spat fire in his eyes and tried to tear his guts out with Arcane Blade.

Arcane Blade found no purchase on his hide, but his teeth found my shoulder easily enough. Cyra shoved him off me then, holding up her shield with both hands as she focused on drawing the Chaos God’s attention. He fought with magic as much as teeth and claws. Crimson energy gathered around him to nip at our heels ...

Amazon Apocalypse 5: Chapter 67

When Prince Herius and I returned, we discovered the other legions had slightly underperformed in taking out their targets, likely due to most of the enemy B-Grades being concentrated within striking range of Mundwise.

The extra ambition Prince Herius and I had shown in taking out targets on the far side of the world paid for itself though, and even with the others underperforming, we’d destroyed enough ships to let his father’s teleportation artifact synchronize.

“Let’s g...

Amazon Apocalypse 5: Chapter 66

I killed the B-Grade leading these heretic forces swiftly. He came at me in a sudden rush of crimson energy. Tendrils emerged from his back, some buzzing like whirring saws, and others fired short bursts of laser fire. Crude missiles blasted from his back.

I walked through them all. The missiles suddenly lost track of me, and his wild strikes were elementary to wave through thanks to Instrument of Fate. While he passed by me in a whirring mass of destruction, I twisted, turned, and grab...

Amazon Apocalypse 5: Chapter 65

“You’re the one who snuck into my vault. I will interrogate you long past your death until you reveal which of my rivals you work for. Your soul will know no rebirth,” Vayly Vaust said. Mana gathered in her palm.

Naturally, I had no intention of battling Vayly Vaust. She was A-Grade and, by all accounts, a mighty one. Knowing what I did about the creators of the Systems, administrator families like the Vaust family probably found all sorts of ways to engineer unique and extremely ...

Amazon Apocalypse 5: Chapter 64

The Eternal Spring Sect teleporter failed. They must have disabled the teleporter on their end.

I figured something like this might happen eventually. Given the quest had appeared for me, the true battle had likely already begun.

“Mimiko, I want you to watch the sky above Ladwick. If something strange happens, pass along a message to Reluna and the others,” I said.

Mimiko bowed and vanished. Meanwhile, I stepped into Sanctum, where time flowed twice as fast as normal, gi...

Amazon Apocalypse 5: Chapter 63

The next several rescue missions went far more smoothly than before. I ended up asking the Goddess in Jade for multiple coordinates at a time, that way I could get a whole assembly line going. First, I showed up and did the whole divine shock and awe thing.

Usually, this meant a few big illusions followed by a sermon or two. At first, I was mostly plagiarizing Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, but I switched it up occasionally with some lectures on the Dharma or ...