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A Soldier's Life - 365 - This Is My Plus One Half

Chapter 365: This Is My Plus One Half

The devastation was complete. If my memory served me, the explosion had laid waste to the entire upper district of Yuetsen. My companions were also speechless. My eyes returned to the halfling crew and Lesna.

Watching the halfling woman work in the brutal sun, rolling stones with her ankle shackled, made me feel a bit guilty. She probably deserved her punishment, but she was here because she had followed me across the ocean. Maybe sh...

Soldier 247 and 248 moved to book 5 collection

I might start doing this on move on Sunday as it slipped my mind this morning.

https://www.patreon.com/collection/1393506

Just started writing the Seraphim chapter 365 and it will be out later tonight.

World Sphere - 212 - Bringing Home the Bacon

Chapter 212: Bringing Home the Bacon

The ship smelled of freshly milled lumber and lacquer. I took the captain's cabin with the cats as we shadowed the Maelstrom. They would remain visible, matching our best speed without draining our aether crystals too rapidly and remaining invisible. The two ships had echo stones on the bridge to communicate when needed, but I planned to spend my time working and in the cabin after a mentally taxing few days and let Bleiz and Rippon han...

A Soldier's Life - 364 - Return To Yuetsen

Chapter 364: Return To Yuetsen

I turned the apex channeling essence over in my hand. I had consumed the three major channeling essences but held back on this one. The glossy black sphere reflected my distorted image back at me—judging me. It had been three days since I learned there were others from Earth. Viridia’s network had picked rumors that they had arrived just three months ago and split into four groups. There were two groups in Lingshan, the capital of Linshania. If the rum...

Fan Fiction Contest 4

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS September 1st, 2025 (hopefully, it will coincide with book 5 being published but book 5 needs a lot of work and some rewrites for chapters {yes the Khronus chapter edit is coming}

This fan fiction has a prize of hardcover copies of books 1, 2, 3, 4, and book 5 (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...

A Soldier's Life - 363 - News From Abroad (Edited 3-22-25 for Clarity +200 words)

Chapter 363: News From Abroad

“Is it safe?” I asked hesitantly. Even after Elaro patiently explained the process, I was not sure I wanted to reveal the dreamscape amulet to him. The elf had already saved my life once, I still preferred to keep some of my secrets.

Elaro nodded sagely, “Ignis has an aether core, albeit a very small one. I am skilled enough with my shaping and strong enough to push a thread into her, through her core, and to the object she wishes to activate.�...

World Sphere Book 1, 2 and 3

I spent this afternoon compiling chapters for easier access and cleaning up my patreon a bit. Attached are Books 1, 2, and 3 of this series, all of which are copyrighted and not for distribution. Editing for Book 2 will start in a month, but prior to that, I posted Word documents, and some people had trouble accessing a few of the files. When I begin editing, I will post the chapters individually. I am not deleting any chapters already posted in that way, but you will no longer be able to acc...

A Soldier's Life - 362 - Spreading the Wealth (edited 3-20-25 for clarity +150 words)

Chapter 362: Spreading teh Wealth

“It’s in Elvish!” Ignis lamented as she scanned the heavy paper. I had copied her three pages and thought my artistic renderings were passable, but her furrowed brow indicated otherwise. My steady hand and excellent memory had made me a much better sketch artist than I thought I was.

“I can translate as I go,” I offered. “It took me ten hours for these three pages.”

Her eyes widened in realization, and she softened upon hearing...

A Soldier's Life - 361 - Mithril Chain

BACK IN CHAPTER 224 I ADDED A NEW SCENE -ABOUT 1200 words. IT IS ONE OF THE RECENT EDITED CHAPTERS IN BOOK 4 FINAL EDIT COLLECTION

Chapter 361: Elven Chain

The sun was setting, and people were hurrying home. Gramney felt relatively safe as the knights patrolled the streets at night. Still, people were eager for their evening meal, and the aromas of numerous cooking dishes wafted through the streets as I traveled. I was not surprised to see the lights still on in the forge.

I...

Town Builder - 94 - King Kong or Donkey Kong

Chapter 94: King Kong or Donkey Kong?

We all watched as the aped army assembled on the field. “Named boss. That is bad news, mate.” Mad Dog grunted. “Well, I am calling him Big Al. Albert sounds much too formal before a first date.” he tried for humor at our plight.

The named boss was a city boss rank, which meant it was expected to require 64 players of an equivalent level to take him down. I had just over five thousand players with an average level of twelve. The news di...

A Soldier's Life Book 2

Book 2 Has Been Removed from Kindle Unlimited ( in October 2025)

As a paid subscriber the pdf is below

You can find the ebook/paperback/hardcover/audiobook are here on Amazon for purchase:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW18NDBQ

Soldier 245 and 246 moved to New Book 5 collection

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World Sphere. - 211 - Fleeting Moments

Chapter 211:

My negotiating skills still needed a little work. I suspected that the salesman who had joined us might be able to negotiate the best deal for himself, but I couldn’t detect that I was being influenced in any way. The dwarf master negotiator was Thorsten Lightmane, and he took great pleasure in the game. The old dwarven shipwright just built the ships; he didn’t do sales. I got lost in the discussion more than once but only had one real goal in mind: to leave with one o...

A Soldier's Life - 360 - Reacquainting Myself With the City (edited 3-18-25 +150 words)

Chapter 360: Reacquainting Myself With the City

I woke in one of the guest rooms of the villa but didn’t quite remember getting myself here. Why did I stop using purify self spell form to eliminate the alcohol in my system? I rolled out of the bed in slow motion and pulsed my healing and purify self spell forms to clear my head.

I recalled I had wanted to let go and enjoy the celebration, first challenging Konstantin and then Benito to a drinking contest. My pounding head faded ...

A Soldier's Life - 359 - The State of the Empire

I rewrote the second half of this chapter with a minor cliff. The next chapter will bring back in the Ignis interaction as I sort out the book mess. I had the elven chain mail as a part of the larger plot but as people pointed out, the book was not in his possession. I am going to read the comments again and then delete the first iteration of this chapter. Chapter 360 will be posted tomorrow, hoefully with a World Sphere Chapter

Chapter 359: The State of the Em...

Soldier Book 4 Audiobook!

Book 4 is well into the editing process, and I plan to publish the ebook in about 5 weeks with the audiobook not far behind. I get 25 US/Canda codes and 25 UK codes when published. When 15 are redeemed in each region, I get 10 more, so a total of 35 codes for each region. Below is a request for a code when it is released! When you get a code, redeem it immediately as I will reissue it in a week when it is redeemed. The best guess is the audiobook will be released a week after the ebook (the l...

A Soldier's Life - 358 - A Proper Souvenir Bag (edited 3-13-25, +250 words)

Chapter 358: A Proper Souvenir Bag

The skies were overcast, and there was a heavy threat of rain. The ground was soggy underfoot, suggesting that it had rained earlier in the day. Hizzash bent over and coughed. His deep aether well had completed the final leg of the journey, but his eyes were sunken after three large expenditures of aether over two days. After his coughing fit subsided, he stood and offered a smile, “I welcome you to Gramney, travelers.” He looked around, “Well, c...

A Soldier's Life - 357 -

It was not a fun chapter to write, and I will rewrite it after I read the comments. I did rush toward the end so need more detail there.

Chapter 357:

Mateo roused next to Clarissa, a widow he had met on returning from the Boutan Caliphate. She had been desperate after her husband had been lost at sea and was selling wild onions in the market with her three young children hanging on her. Mateo had purchased her entire stock for a silver, ten times wha...

Town Builder - 93 - This Changes Everything

Chapter 93: This Changes Everything

I was lying in bed, filtering through the NPC auction, when a world announcement came through my notifications. I paused what I was doing, thinking a player had just achieved something monumental since I had those notifications turned off. Curious, I opened the notification.

Attention all players: a game update will occur in 100 hours. Please ensure you are in a safe location when it happens. If you have any timed quests, remember that the g...