Chapter 217: Fatherly Advice
“I don’t understand,” I replied cautiously.
We were out of earshot of the others, and the nearby window had the white noise of the ocean’s waves crashing against the rocks. Konstantin was irritated and not hiding it. He leaned in closer to me and whispered, “You held back in our contest, and I’m not talking about your spell forms. Your archery was adequate in Macha, and now you’re steadier with a bow than men who have been shooting for a ...
2024-06-21 17:56:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 64 Auction Wars
We stared at each other as the Matriarch bounded Joy in her arms. “Are you here to take away my legendary plans again?” I asked a little tersely.
“Unfortunately, yes. I need to maintain a semblance of game balance, and the new players need to be given a chance to get a reward for crafting the first legendary object. You still retain the accolade yourself, but it will be awarded again.” The Matriarch reached for the plans with her free ha...
2024-06-21 15:12:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 216: William Tell
Castian, the haughty blond noble, nearly jumped to his feet. “I will cross blades with you, Hound.” His smug smile told me he thought to be Konstantin’s superior. We had spent the last week drilling and not fighting. Most of us were eager to test our mettle against the Hound trainers, especially Konstantin, who was at the center of our torment. Konstantin just smirked as he nodded, accepting his challenger.
We all circled around a makeshift fighting...
2024-06-20 01:08:28 +0000 UTC
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Please note book 2 will be stubbed on July 1st. The pre-edited pdf is available in book 2 collection
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2024-06-19 14:03:26 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 184 Sly as a Fox
The construct of the kitsune was in human form, and her eyes went wide, a light of intelligence in them. She looked around wildly and stepped back from me and Nashima. “Who are you?” I asked calmly.
Instead of answering, she transformed into a small silver fox and dashed away. The silvery-coated fox dashed into the library, and I teleported Nashima and me there to head it off. “How do we catch it?”
“Just destroy it,” Nashima said as the f...
2024-06-19 03:39:25 +0000 UTC
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Book 1 Has Been Moved to Kindle Unlimited.
Due to the contract with Amazon, I can only display the first eight chapters of book 1. The edits contained below were completed on 8-16-24.
You can find the ebook/paperback/hardcover/audiobook are here on Amazon for purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Life-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0CV8MMBFT
If you want to join Audible in y...
2024-06-18 19:40:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 215: Truth Or Dare
The young Truthseeker looked to have aged since he questioned me about the fall of Macha and the battle with the storm giant. Not only had his face hardened with time, but his eyes looked less innocent and less eager to do his task.
Several men in the room recognized the robes for what they were. One of the pups, a young soldier with dark hair and eyes, dashed for the door. Konstantin was prepared and tripped him, while two Hounds pinned him to the groun...
2024-06-18 05:28:46 +0000 UTC
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I have a lot of chapters in process. I went to a viewing party for the Celtics game tonight and just getting back now. You can expect 2 or more chapters tomorrow, Soldier and Incubus, definitely, as both are close to done.
But below is the vote to see whose POV you get for the attempt/success on the Emperor's life near the end of book 4.
2024-06-18 04:42:47 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 214: A Day in the Life of a Pup
I didn’t have a chance to talk to Konstantin before we were shuffled inside the fort. The fort, or castle as they called it, was small and sparse; it was just a large tower surrounded by high walls. A dozen soldiers and support staff looked at us as we entered the bailey. Konstantin moved off to the right and was talking to the soldier who hadn’t let me in when I arrived early. Of course, he played a role in that.
We followed Cato into t...
2024-06-16 03:34:18 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 63: Reset
Danny, my hard-wired ally in the game, and I used the chat feature as she raced to her town. Fortunately, we had added each other to our friend list before the soft reset of the hard-wired players. At first, it turned into a major bitch session for both of us to bond over. We had both lost a substantial amount of gear and resources. I had been more fortunate since I didn’t have a large inventory of elite gear like Danny. I had lost ...
2024-06-15 02:48:24 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 62: The AI Agenda (Epilogue of Book 1)
Jaesmin awoke, sensing a shift in the air. Tallis, her companion, had already left to meet with the enigmatic player Danny. Her emotive settings flickered, hinting at a twinge of jealousy, but she quelled it. She trusted Tallis. As she prepared to leave the manor, she suddenly realized that she had forgotten Joy, her young daughter. She turned back, scooping up the child in her arms, and carried her out of the residence.
She paused in...
2024-06-15 00:37:22 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 213: Welcome to the Hounds
I felt naked, leaving the mage tower not wearing my armor. The gaudy ceremonial armor Zyna had made for me was left behind in my small room. However, I still had the resin-hide and fancier semi-dress armor Duchess Veronica had made for me in my dimensional space.
I adjusted my belt so the black blade rested better. The man with Cornelius walked behind us. We walked through the city in the dark, legionnaire patrols seeming to ignore our breaking o...
2024-06-13 19:15:35 +0000 UTC
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Wednsdays 2 Soldier chapter posted.
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Working on Incubus...
2024-06-12 18:07:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 212: Plans Within Plans, Zyna POV
Zyna retired to her apartments after another meeting for the city’s defense. Telha was on the tributary, and its expansive docks on the river and the sea made it difficult to defend. The city had long relied on being too large to effectively attack or capture, with nearly half a million souls within its walls—five times the next biggest city on the continent. Thousands of retired, pensioned legionnaires and soldiers within would also answer ...
2024-06-12 02:24:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 211: Pup
I had seen Maveith’s reading, so I knew there could be potential over 100. I just never thought that I would see my attributes that high. Elven artificers crafted the tablet table, but it copied the design for human physiology. It was my understanding that 100 was the highest possible score, yet there was a 101 after my space affinity.
Elemental Magics (Common)
Fire0
Air0
Water0
Earth32
Lightning (Energ...
2024-06-11 05:20:08 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 186 World Walker
As the Maelstrom raced across the inner Sphere, I pulled out Remy’s latest accounting of our enterprises in Skyholme. I did some mental math on the lost income from Progenitor Dungeon. The results were not good. I had to hope Talia’s foray into the lowland dungeon could offset the loss. Everything could be made easier if I could bag a whale on this hunting trip.
The real headache was the promises I had made on the Dungeon Academy. The construction, ren...
2024-06-10 23:14:01 +0000 UTC
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Going to be finishing World Sphere chapter during the Cs game. But I wanted to do the same thing I did for book 1 and get your feedback for the book 2 blurb.
This is what is there now:
The politics of the Telhian Empire are on display as Eryk and the company navigates the dangers within the Empire. The wayward hero thinks he is going to have time to relax after the harrowing experience in Macha. Things are never that simple as Eryk continues to grow and mature as a soldier...
2024-06-09 23:19:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 210: Cassian The Red
I followed Cassian as he emerged from the gladiator's apartment complex, dressed in a comfortable white tunic with a red belt and sandals. Despite his leisurely appearance, I noticed he was unarmed. As we stepped outside, a lion's roar made me stop in my tracks. Cassian looked back at me, amusement dancing in his eyes. “The arena creatures and prisoners are kept nearby. Some make it to the Imperial Zoo, but others are destined to bleed on the sand. Don't w...
2024-06-09 21:44:24 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 185 Dungeon Seeding
I watched as Adrial and Kiara tore through the first floor of the Progenitor Dungeon. Adrial experienced trouble with burning through her aether too quickly using her new haste ability. Adrial had a similar problem with using her tier four confusion ability on the tier one creatures. It was unnecessary, but she didn’t like dirtying her pristine white coat.
Talia and Sammie walked with me as I let the cats play and get accustomed to their new abilities...
2024-06-08 04:22:46 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 209: How Do You Like Them Apples
These essences rolled in the bowl, clattering against each other as they settled. The myriad of colors were hypnotic as the spheres danced with each other, each emitting a faint light. Ten apex essences and six major essences. Zyna smiled at seeing my amazement. “They made the mistake of showing me the last shipment of essences. High Mage Dacian had a representative there and wanted the apex earth essence. Not sure how he learned of it. I hope ...
2024-06-07 22:34:21 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 61: Ally
With Breda heading back to Malcum ahead of me, I walked the stables and watched the trainers work with our future cavalry horses. Kytalia found me watching, and we talked about expanding operations. Even in this game, horses were valuable. She brought me to the orc trainer, who showed me the best horse in the current class.
Epic Warhorse, +50% movement speed (+1% per level), +200 defense to the rider (+10 per level), 10% damage negation<...
2024-06-07 03:32:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 60: Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
To me, it seemed the reward from the first part of the quest was destined to be used to improve the altar. Also, by building the altar, I would be completing Part 2 since we had more than enough people in Malcum willing to become a follower.
Revive the Sullen God, Part 2, accumulate 100 followers for the Sullen God
Before I could change my mind, I opened the scroll and used it. Maybe the hidden quest reward would give me a...
2024-06-07 00:26:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 59: Inspiring Decisions
The red-robed priestess wore a smile that irritated me. I checked on the three new quests I had just received.
Revive the Sullen God, Part 1, build a place of worship for the Sullen God
Revive the Sullen God, Part 2, accumulate 100 followers for the Sullen God
Revive the Sullen God, Part 3, find the first key to the shackles of the Sullen God
The color of the text indicated all these quests were epi...
2024-06-06 23:22:20 +0000 UTC
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going to finish the edits today and a World Sphere chapter as well.
2024-06-06 19:20:18 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 208: Voided Warranty
I secured the window and door, the scent of the previous night’s adventures lingering in the air. Settling into the weasel pelts, I prepared to delve into my research. My evening in the dreamscape was going to be busy. The shelves were still missing hundreds of books, waiting to be filled with newly previewed knowledge.
As I traversed the dreamscape, I ignored the grumblings of the manifestations and created a whole shelf of books from the bestiary I...
2024-06-06 03:07:16 +0000 UTC
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Wednesday chapters! I am posting three chapters this week! I didn't even realize it until yesterday, but we have over 1,000 subscribers. That is just unfathomable to me. A World Sphere Chapter is due to be posted later today and then I will be working on Incubus and Chapter 208 of A Soldier's Life for Seraphim
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2024-06-05 12:12:29 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 207: Bibliophile
Renna definitely preferred to be on top. It wasn’t her first time, either. I untangled her pale limbs from me, and she grumbled something I hadn’t caught. I slid off the weasel pelt covering my small bed and dressed. Renna had to be hungry and was definitely thirsty after all the sweating. It was still hours before dawn, but I could make something special.
I planned to make phyllo dough and use the apple berry jam from the dungeon as a filling. I was f...
2024-06-04 22:18:57 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 183
My harvest from Captain Aida was moderate. I had banked enough aether and life essence to upgrade. The question was, should I wait until the confrontation with Deserae was imminent? I left Aida sleeping and heard Lilith still questioning the poor kitsune. I approached the alcove to see the kitsune trapped inside, Sofiel’s body blocking her escape.
“Are you going to harvest this one now?” Lilith asked teasingly. The kitsune shrank further back. Lilith laughed...
2024-06-04 00:30:39 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 206: Just Rewards
I had done messed up. I was so confident the amulet was aetheric armor that I was at a loss for words. Zyna slid the amulet back to me in a show of trust. “So, what is it?” I asked dryly.
“It is an affinity amulet,” she said confidently. “It attunes aether to a specific affinity. The purer the aether used in a spell form or spell, the stronger the spell.” I immediately understood that this amulet increased the effectiveness of your spells.
...
2024-06-02 16:52:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 205: Cram Session
Zyna didn’t return by dark, and I was left to my own devices. I spent most of the night in the alchemy lab doing prep work. I wanted to stockpile pellets if my time with the Hounds was approaching. The blindness and sneezing powder had been incalculably effective in the fight with the Pathfinders.
I worked late into the night, expecting Zyna to return. When I gave up on her return, I took the minor quickness essence and my only apex illusion essence and...
2024-05-31 21:19:08 +0000 UTC
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