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A Soldier's Life - 323 - Restocking (edited 11-3-25) removed purchase of goliath translation amulet)

Chapter 323: Restocking

I woke suddenly from a nightmare about being trapped in the demon dungeon, with the entrance sealed and constantly battling meddlesome quasits. As I came awake, I felt that disorienting sensation you get when you don’t know where you are or how you got there after being ripped out of sleep. My danger sense kicked in, and I was on my feet, magebane already appearing in my hand.

I slowly relaxed as I remembered where I was. Raelia banged on the doo...

World Sphere - 37 - Weapon Crafting

Chapter 37 Weapon Crafting

After giving Pascal a week to acclimate to the training, Callem had us all run the three courses again for individual time. Callem had added a few twists here and there to ‘improve’ their difficulty and keep us on our toes. Gareth and Aelyn made minor improvements to all three times, Cilia improved on two courses, and Leda and I were a few seconds slower than our personal bests. Pascal had massive improvements on all the courses from the p...

World Sphere - 36 - Reconciling With Pascal

Chapter 36 Reconciling with Pascal

The following day, as we were all heading to breakfast, we found my brother already eating and talking energetically to Callem and Wynna. He was ready to get started and brought a massive backpack. His pack had clothes, training weapons, and his new blade. I was a little upset as it looked like he had used the entire block of butter on his pancakes. Who needs half a pound of butter on a stack of pancakes? As I went to the larder to get...

World Sphere - 35 - Skipping Enchanting 101

Chapter 35 Skipping Enchanting 101

We got to the farm, and everyone came out to greet us. At first, I thought they were excited we had returned, but as they got closer, the three young women looked beat up, bruised, and with cuts on their arms and faces. Gareth had a black eye and a bandage on his arm and spoke first, “Storme, heal me first!” That had all of them voicing their persuasions for me to heal them first. Only Aelyn stood back as the other three mobbed me. I started wi...

World Sphere - 34 - Aelyn POV w/Partial Flashback

Chapter 34 Aelyn POV With Partial Flashback

Aelyn was feeling only slightly better after the last few days. When the Skyholme Inquisitors came for her mother, she was furious and tried to defend her. Even as her mother told her not to interfere, she fought with everything she had. The Inquisitor’s hybrid wolfmen wanted to subdue her, and she managed to wound two of them before being restrained. The Inquisitor looked her over before ordering his men to take her with he...

Soldier Illustrator's Professional Page Link

This is a link to the artist/digital illustrator for a Soldier's Life. She edited the photos in Soldier 3 Ebook. What do you get the person who has everything for their birthday or holiday?

If they love their pet - you can get them a themed portrait.

If they lost a beloved pet, you can have her edit a past pet into a current photo.

Disclaimer: She is my sister, but she does great work.

Here is the link to her professional page:

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A Soldiers Life, New Spell Form - Charm/Mind Contribution

So the MC is getting ready to add to his spell forms and taking suggestions from the readers. Below is where I am starting. Three for each tier of affinity is the limit for the upcoming chapter.

CHARM/MIND LESSER (10-25 required affinity)

1- Mind Fortress - shield mind from mental attacks/influence

2-Influence Mind - make one person see what you want them to. can make them not see something as well, say, the castor for cheap invisibility

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A Soldier's Life - 322 - Eternis

Chapter 322: Sailing to Eternis

The investment in the Wind Chaser had been worth it. Captain Taegen had gotten us halfway across the world in just 48 days. He professed that favorable winds and luck expedited the journey. Even though I had paid his crew for 62 days and provisioned them for such, I doubted I would be getting a refund.

Raelia had been the one to barter for passage using the jewelry I had collected in my travels, mainly from the werewolf cache. She, of cours...

Soldiers Life 223 and 224 moved to book 4 collection

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World Sphere - 33- Callem's Shopping Spree

Chapter 33 Callem's Shopping Spree

After passing through the gates, I fell in behind Callem. He was leading this shopping expedition with a spring in his step. Our first stop was a clothing store. When he told me Gareth was outgrowing his clothes, I understood why we were there. He went through the racks and pulled a few shirts, pants, socks, belts, underclothes, and shoes.

It was all good quality and cost Callem a little under three gold coins from his own purse....

A Soldier's Life - 321 - New Adventures (final edit 10-26-25)

Chapter 321: New Adventures

I faced Raelia. We were both sweating and frustrated from the prolonged fight. Anger flashed in her eyes, revealing that she was about to attack and end this. Raelia feinted to the right, kicking off a jutting rock to change her direction on the soft ground. I shifted my feet to block her with the broadsword. My opposite arm held a buckler, and I kept my eyes on her trailing arm wielding her legacy blade. Her muscles flexed, and I was prepared to blo...

A Soldier's Life - 320 - Prologue (final edit 10-26-25 +100 words)

Chapter 320: Prologue

Firth sipped his dark, bitter, warm lager in The Magic Mouth brothel. He was waiting for his old contact to approach him to get information on the latest runner. The smell of sweat, alcohol, and sex dominated the common room as women in loose-fitting dresses mingled with the seedy crowd. Hunting deserters was a high priority for the new emperor. This was not only to show that deserters would not be tolerated but also to eliminate any men who might know w...

A Soldier's Life - 319 - Epilogue (final edit 8-9-25!!! Last chapter! now, it goes to the editor, and I approve/reject her suggestions. chapter 311-315 might get another edit from me as I was not 100% happy with how it reads)

Chapter 319: Epilogue Renna’s sweat was drying as she stood on the balcony of the Mage College, looking over the city of Telha. She had just

Chapter 319: Epilogue

Renna’s sweat was drying as she stood on the balcony of the Mage College, looking over the city of Telha. She had just finished practicing with the short blade Eryk had gifted her. The intense exercise was a welcome distraction from her situation.

She was in the suite for the Chancellor of the War Mage Colleg...

Town Builder - 85 - Down Under (edited 12/28 +1200 words)

Chapter 85: Down Under

The flying, flaming fire beetles were decimating the tops of the walls with fireballs. The damage was not enough to kill the players, but they had burning and concussion effects to deal with after being struck and tossed aside. Some took some falling damage if they couldn’t stay on the walls.

Mad Dog was next to me for this incursion, as he had duties for the city. He said somberly, “The player population has raised the levels of the invadin...

World Sphere - 32 - Pascal's 17th

Chapter 32 Pascal’s Seventeenth Celebration

As I walked with Callem, I recast my obfuscate spell and set it to show my aether core at 10% of its actual size. So someone with a reading ability would see it as 123, still extremely large for a 15-year-old but not overly frightening.

I asked Callem what he had purchased at the general store to start a conversation during the walk. He said just some consumables and showed me the list. He had a long list focused on re...

World Sphere - 31 - Unfathamable Aether Core

Chapter 31 Unfathomable Aether Core

The next morning, I was excited and up early. I had only a few hours of sleep, but if I could make a magic device to create ice cream I would be ecstatic! I was the first one at the farmhouse and was glad to see Callem had returned. Wynna was in the larder below, so Callem had a few minutes to talk to me.

“Good morning, Storme. Yesterday, we went and got supplies in the city.” He paused as if coming to a decision and continu...

World Sphere - 30 - Enchanting Primers

Book 1 is up for preorder on Amazon. I hope to have it edited by February 1 but I gave myself some leeway by posting it as March 1st. As soon as I finish the edit, I will contract for the audiobook.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRHZV1BB

Chapter 30 Enchanting Primers

The next day was much like our first-day training, except I had to make lunch and dinner because Wynna was heading into...

World Sphere - 29 - New Friendships

Chapter 29 New Friendships

The next morning, there was still some tension with our new arrivals. Aelyn had taken weeks to acclimate to Gareth and me, and now we had two more young women sharing the bunkhouse with us. While Gareth was uncertain about living with two more women, it didn’t bother me. However, there were challenges. The biggest negative that morning was how loud Leda was after waking up. She was a loud talker, and I was thankful that at least Cilia's resp...

World Sphere - 28 - Cilia and Leda

Chapter 28 Cilia and Leda

The next six weeks involved a lot of hard work from all three of us as Callem pushed us. Incorporating Aelyn into our daily training was a fairly smooth process. She seemed deeply motivated to impress me and outdo Gareth.

Unfortunately for Aelyn, other than flexibility, Gareth only took a few hours to surpass her when he focused. I was actually extremely happy that Gareth had someone pushing him so hard. Even though my fitness and strengt...

Soldiers Life 221 and 222 moved to book 4 collection

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A Soldier Life - 319 - (edited and first half)

**318 was edited thsi afternoon. There is not much new below. The Castile POV was just edited, and the Konstantin portion below was in his POV chapter, and below is just from Castile's POV...The second half of this chapter is the Renna POV. It will let you know about the state of the Telhian Empire through her eyes.... It will probably be coming on Saturday. Plan to write a Town Builder and edit 5 World Sphere chapters between now and then

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A Soldier's Life - 318 - You're Going To Need A Bigger Boat (final edit 9/17/25)

Chapter 318: You’re Going To Need A Bigger Boat Glasha was confused, but I didn’t care. I was tired and wanted this over with. “What happens

Chapter 318: You’re Going To Need A Bigger Boat

Glasha was confused, but I didn’t care. I was tired and wanted this over with. “What happens now?” I asked impatiently. Glasha brought her attention back to me as Tarnasha joined us.

“The Elders will confirm the demons’ horns are fresh from the dungeon and that Mynasha ...

A Soldier's Life - 317 - Why Do They Always Run? (final edit 8-5-25)

Chapter 317: Why Do They Always Run? Jhuarkasha was momentarily in shock at Rhuuk’s demise. He looked from the large violet aether stone to

Chapter 317: Why Do They Always Run?

Jhuarkasha was momentarily in shock at Rhuuk’s demise. He looked from the large violet aether stone to me and back, then started running toward the exit in the center of the massive chamber. In my best Tommy Lee Jones voice, I mused to myself. “Why do they always run?” I was not in good shape to b...

A Soldier's Life - 316 - Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place (final edit 8-5-25, its better but prob needs another pass)

Chapter 316: Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place Rhuuk must have been fatigued from his relentless combat as he was carrying the pair. Hi

Chapter 316: Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Rhuuk must have been fatigued from his relentless combat as he was carrying the pair. His swings lacked their usual ferocity, and I presumed he had depleted much of his aether reserves and wasn’t using his tattoos at the moment. Even though the dungeon enhanced the recovery of aether, he...

World Sphere Audio Book 1

Hey everyone! I had a really great chat with the narrator of *A Soldier's Life*, and he did such an awesome job that I'm making an audiobook for *World Sphere*! It'll be out in February, just a couple of weeks after I release the ebook for *World Sphere: Book 1*. I just wanted to share this exciting news with all of you! Thanks for your support!

It is a bit of a gamble, but it should eventually pay for itself in a few months.

A Soldier's Life Book 3 Audiobook Complete

The audiobook was submitted to audible this morning (12/22/24) for review. The process takes 3 to 10 days. As soon as it is active for sale, I will send out the codes for those of you who requested a copy to your email.

-AlwaysRollsAOne

Town Builder - 84 -

Chapter 84:

“What is the Lost City of Elyendell?” I asked Kuba as he paged through the restored tome with interest.

“The Moon Elves are a mystical race of elves whose cities only appear when all three moons are aligned and full in the sky. The city can be entered for the six hours when it appears. But once the time is up, the city vanishes, and you are expelled unless you can become a citizen in those six hours.”

“When will the next lunar alignment be?” I asked e...

World Sphere - 27 - First Impressions

Chapter 27 First Impressions

I awoke uncertain if yesterday had not been a bad dream. I looked at the bunk next to mine. The bed was neatly made, and the pillows were neatly arranged. Okay, maybe it was…but no. In the lower room, Aelyn was there, and she had a bunch of things out from the larder and was cooking. Her golden hair was pulled back, exposing her slightly pointed ears.

Looking at the mess, I reassessed. No, she was trying to cook. After watching her f...

World Sphere - 26 - Aelyn Arrives

Chapter 26 Aelyn Arrives

I was happy to see Freya and Monty. Gareth had been expeditious in bringing them for their two-day stay. After dropping them off, Gareth practically ran back to the city to go on his own solo adventure. His enthusiasm actually made me nervous, but Gareth was smart enough not to make any major mistakes. The task was straight forward and simple.

The first thing Freya mentioned was that Pascal’s 17th birthday was coming. His Coming of ...

World Sphere - 25 - Gareth Part 3

Chapter 25: Gareth Part 3

A loud knock woke Gareth. Before he realized it, he stumbled out of bed with a slight migraine and opened the door without the towel. Broderick stood in the doorway with a massive package that contained all of his new clothes and shoes. “They came late last night, but I held them till early this morning for you. You sleep quite loudly, according to Nina. I found her listening at your door after dinner service concluded.” Broderick had a dev...