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World Sphere - 231 -

Chapter 231:

Not bothering to recall the Maelstrom, I opened my dimensional closet and retrieved the small transport I had built with Remy to move inside dungeons quickly. Since I didn’t have the cats with me, the small craft could handle taking me to Skyhold. Before lifting off I decided to contact Malik.

The aether tech communicator only contains a small amount of adamantine, but it was still immensely valuable. The outer casing was an alloy similar to bronze—at l...

A Soldier's Life - 15 - First Apex Essence

*World Sphere 231 is half done and my goal is to finish that next *** Just took a 30 minute break to edit this chapter from Book 1 of Soldier

Chapter 15: First Apex Essence

The crisscrossing bridges looked different now that I knew they were part of a spider’s network. As the chamber lit up from the low buzzing of the fire beetles, I didn’t see any spiders. I looked over the edge of the bridge. Below were shadows and more crisscrossing bridg...

World Sphere Book 2 Audiobook coming (mid-December)!!

The narrator starts recording World Sphere Book 2 this week! Probably 5 weeks away from release (mid-December). That means I am giving the Serphim subs a chance to score a free copy. There will be 50 US Codes, and 50 UK Codes. If you want one comment below with which code (US/Canada or UK) is for you. I distribute them in order of request by sending you a PM in Patreon with the code. It is hoped you give an honest review after listening (should be a 20 hour audiobook). Turn in the code...

A Soldier's Life - 483 - Copper Veins, Scales, and Minatures

Chapter 483: Copper Veins, Scales, and Minatures

Maveith relented and let Evie open his chest. My thought was that his daughters would walk all over him. The chest was yellowed wood, circular, and I already knew what was inside from the last room’s reward. Evie removed the lid and looked extremely confused. “There is nothing in it?” she announced.

“There should be a checkered board in the bottom,” I said.

“Checkers?” Maveith said excitedly, looking over Evie�...

Seraphim POV Voting!!

It is time to choose a POV chapter. Lots of choices but you only get one vote. For those of you new to the tier, your selections do affect the story. Example: Raelia was only supposed to survive book 1 and fade away, but you kept voting for her POV

A Sodlier's Life - 482 - They Grow Up So Fast

Chapter 482: They Grow Up So Fast

Kyrenic was the first to join the table, his eyes travelling back and forth between us, trying to figure out what was going on. He poured himself a mug of warm beer. “I have some thoughts on how we can handle a few of the deep worms,” Kyrenic said while pointedly making eye contact with me.

I reached into my belt and pulled out a pouch, and poured the essences from worms into a bowl. “Alhar and I spent the night thinning them out. There ar...

A Soldier's Life - 14 - I Decided I Do Not Like Dungeons

Chapter 14: I Decided I Do Not Like Dungeons

I checked my gear as we entered the dungeon. I had brought one short sword and one spear, and my pack contained just water and food. I also had two knives strapped to my waist. Castile was inspecting the walls; they were covered in script, but it wasn’t Latin. Konstantin moved next to me,

“You always enter the dungeon at walking speed. Even if you run into the entrance, it take some getting used to.” He motioned to the walls. �...

A Soldier's Life Chapters 324 and 325 moved over from Seraphim

I edited these two chapters early and moved them over. I'm also going to post chapter 14 from book 1 in a moment. To reiterate, book 1 is being posted because it is getting edited. There are heavy edits in the first six chapters but no plot changes. From chapter 7 on, I am just trying to improve my early writing and ensure mechanics are consistent with later books. My hope is to find a publisher to pick up the series so it can eventually be in bookstores. I don't sell many physical books, jus...

A Soldier's Life - 481 - Side Quest

Chapter 481: Side Quest

The streets were barely inhabited as people walked listlessly. The magistrate paraded us down the street like a prize. Most of the doors in the city appeared boarded, businesses and homes abandoned. At least the city seemed clean, even without a sewer system.

“Where is everyone?” Kyrenic asked as he fell in step with the magistrate.

“The young men were conscripted. Those who did not perish in the war now garrison other forts along the border. ...

A Soldier's Life - 480 - Vartaholme

Chapter 480: Vartaholme

I pulled some maps from my space and the others dismounted and crowded around me while the legionnaires watched on. “If we travel north along the road, Varta is three hundred miles. The port city of Othal is close to Varta, and we can likely find passage there to the capital, but we might have to wait days or weeks for a ship, and we probably have to leave our mounts behind.”

My finger tapped on our location again. “Vartaholme is a hundred and fifty...

Map Update of the Telhian Empire Continent

As I work on today's chapter doing real world logistics, I have been updating the map. It is attached below. You download it, and then upload it on the website

http://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/

People have asked for me to add in places. I divided up the Heptarchy into kingdoms and named them. I added Stone Watch, the legion fort (Fort Defiance) the are at, and the Sanctum of the ...

A Soldier's Life - 13 - Dungeon First Timer

Chapter 13: Dungeon First Timer

Three legionnaires guarded the entrance of the cave. Inside, the men were all working to process the griffin. One man sorted feathers, another cleaned the talons and teeth, and another cut meat into thin strips to smoke them into jerky. As I looked around, a feather pillow hit me in the face, and I caught it before it hit the floor, coughing.

“He’s back!” yelled my attacker. It was Lucien, the horse master. The soldiers parted to let me reac...

A Soldier's Life - 12 - Griffins are Real

Chapter 12: Griffins are Real

As we climbed the next mountain, Renna paused to relieve herself out of sight of the others. Delmar asked me to stay close to her, so I stood guard while the embarrassed young woman did her business. When she finished, I took my turn, choosing a different rock to hide behind. I decided to experiment with my dimensional space while I relieved myself. I tried to remove just a five-foot cylinder of the stone I was facing. It took time to visualize the shape ...

A Gladiator's Life - 12 - Flame Tongue

Chapter 12: Flame Tongue

I realized I didn’t know where to go, as I wandered the second floor of the villa. A few servants noted my passing but they assumed I was allowed up here. Should I knock on random doors? Elora exited a room with a bundle of clothes and cocked her head at me. “What room is the mage in?” I asked the young woman.

She walked with a limp toward me, but before I could ask after her injury, she addressed me harshly, “Follow me.” The villa was...

A Soldier's Life - 11 - Knowledge is Power

Chapter 11: Knowledge Is Power

Mateo was coming back from dinner with Felix. They were loud as they settled into their bunks, talking about a card game they had played during the meal and how Bentio, the smallest legionnaire in the company, had a lucky streak. “Where’s the mage?” I asked.

“Still eating. She’s down in the common room,” Mateo replied with a grin. As I painfully rolled to my feet, he advised with a good-natured warning, “Don’t get too close. Mages, ...

A Soldier's Life - 10 - Renna

Chapter 10: Renna

When we got to the bunk room, Mateo asked Renna with a formal bow, “Top or bottom, your mageness?”

The young woman did not appreciate his humor, ignored him, and took the lower bunk, forcing me to move my things. She opened her satchel and pulled out two large tomes. Although I had gained a lot of experience speaking the language, I only recognized some basic words. The alphabet was somewhat similar to what I was used to, but most of the letters were writte...

Book Appendixes

Tonight I will be working on A Gladiator's Life chpater. I will probably go live on discord with the writing around 8pm and stay live for about an hour and half

someone suggested i add an appenidx at the back of the books. I started to pull together my notes and they are below as a draft. I think I might edit it to describe the attribute and then the feeling of consuming it is like. Not sure how consistent I have been in the books with awareness of essence effects on consumption.

FAN FICTION FOR BOOK #6 ANNOUNCMENT!

The Deadline for Submissions is April 1st, 2026! I hope to be publishing A Soldier's Life Book 6 near the end of May (current preorders on Amazon say July 2026 but that is to be safe).

This fan fiction has a prize of hardcover copies of books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and book 6 (when printed). All signed by me with whatever message you want! And one month of Seraphim Tier Access. Submissions will be made on Discord for the fan fiction contest chat ro...

A Soldier's Life - 479 - Return to the Telhian Empire (edit 11-5-25 +300 words)

Chapter 479: Return to the Telhian Empire

The warlord looked more like one of the orc elders from the Choosing. Glasha had told me that most warlords never lived past their fighting prime, instead preferring to confront challenges where they were likely to die. The wrinkled flesh of this orc made me curious if his tattoos still functioned properly.

Evie couldn’t resist stroking the fiery fire bear cloak. I admit it was impressive, even more so if there had been...

Soldier Chapter 323 edited and moved over from Seraphim

Below is the link to the 323. Note to those who already read it. I have removed the purchase of the goliath translation amulet. I noted Eryk learned some of the language on the sailing over in teh last chapter, but the language amulet thing was a plot hole (i forgot about it) so I cut it out.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/119330923

A Soldier's Life - 478 - Occupied Varvao (edited 11-3-25 +100 words)

Chapter 478: Occupied Varvao

“We will take the high ground over there,” I motioned to my party. “We will wait for them to come to us.” If we didn’t show aggression, then they should talk with us.

The hill I chose was made of soft earth with dense brush around the base. My earth pulse didn’t detect any hidden threats as we led the horses up a cleared trail. It provided us with a clear view of all approaches. Evie went back to scouting and found the Pathfinder...

A Soldier Life Chapter 322 moved to collection from Seraphim (chapter 323 tomorrow)

https://www.patreon.com/collection/1802989?view=expanded

I am editig these chapters before posting. I did read/edit 322 this morning, but I need to focus on finishing Seraphim 478 that is close to done from yesterday and writing 479 tonight. Even with that, I know I am one chapter behind for Seraphim subs. Doing my best!

Will post next weeks writing schedule tonight and there will be...

World Sphere - 230 -

Chapter 230:

I was most surprised by the organization of the war camps below—uniform rows of blue, red, and black tents filled valley after valley of rolling green hills. The bugbears were even practicing in formations like a real army.

We passed over one of the conquered towns, and with my telescopic eye spell, I could see a number of bugbear patrols walking the town while the humans appeared to be going about their day. I couldn’t read the mood of the people, but there we...

A Soldier's Life - 477 -

Chapter 477:

The next night, we stay in an abandoned town, which was one of the northernmost settlements at the base of the Dragonspine Mountains. Unlike the other towns, there were four defensive towers and a low stone wall. It looked like the eastern wall had been attacked by a large, clawed creature, but it was repelled. Clear signs along the road westward indicated the evacuation was recent.

“This is Shardspire,” Kyrenic said as we circled the town. “There is a dungeon...

World Sphere - 229 -

Chapter 229:

Captain Liam waited for me while I met with Talia, Remy, and Selin. Callem should have been here, but was probably at Skyhold for the war council. Mia was absent because she was training new guards at our warehouses in Solaris City. Remy was bouncing in his seat, eager to get back to building the Ravenhawk. “You can go first,” I said to Remy.

“All aether tech devices have been stored at the Black Spire. Once we have trained technicians, we will install them. I...

A Soldier's Life - 476 - Hearseeker's Legacy (edited 10-30-25 +150 words)

Chapter 476: Hearseeker's Heir

“You are not going to help?” Alhar asked, his eyes focused on the struggling hill giant. We had been sure it was dead, as it wasn’t breathing when we viewed it through Evie’s spell form.

“I already killed six, and besides, it’s barely able to walk,” I said as the next essence started to form. The giant had some time to reach us, and I would help the elf if he needed it.

Alhar’s eyes passed over the bisected hill giant and the ...

A Soldier's Life - 475 -

Reposting this chapter and deleting the old one. This has the changes plus 800 new words. Working on 476...250 words in

Chapter 475:

Hill giants were formidable foes. Each of the cursed titans was about 15 feet tall. The dumb brutes were insanely strong for their size, with an adult able to throw hundred-pound boulders hundreds of feet. They were covered in layers of dense, rubbery fat, which protected their body but also gave them a child-like appearance. While they didn’t sm...

A Soldier's Life - 9 - Riding Lessons

Chapter 9: Riding Lessons

As I rode back to the mining town, my clothes and armor dried. The bulette blood served as a great detergent, and my clothes smelled fresh and earthy—though I suspected that not all the fluids that had soaked me were blood. Ginger seemed to be expecting an apple, but the only thing I had that she might enjoy was a jar of berry preserves. When we stopped, I fed her the jam, and her long tongue cleaned the clay jar, which I then tossed aside. It cont...

A Soldier's Life - 8 - Bulette for the Win

Chapter 8: Bulette for the Win

Felix woke me, and I tried to stand, but my the muscles in my legs would not cooperate. I collapsed to the floor and used my arms to pull myself up. Mateo chuckled at my discomfort. I slowly got my legs working and could feel every raw area of skin from yesterday’s ride.

Felix offered some advice. “Use the horse salve on your sore muscles and chafe marks. It has a pungent smell, but it works just as well on you as on your horse.”

I star...

A Soldier's Life - 7 - Welcome to the Legion

Chapter 7: Welcome to the Legion

I looked at the door several times before deciding to just do it. The forty-foot-long storage room had two wide aisles and deep shelves filled with various items. Many of them were covered in layers of dust. I grabbed two large legionnaire backpacks and headed to the provision aisle first. My dimensional space was unaffected by time, but all these items already had a long shelf life. The shelves were neat and organized as I began filling the two packs....