Chapter 351
Preliminary Regional Registration
(Two and a half weeks later)
The day came that I was dreading most, the day we would need to present ourselves as participants in the upcoming Planetary Positioning quest. Namely the meet your local competitors competition.
This was also the area where you could see your fellow local competitors, and form possible teams to work with, if anyone else was stupid enough to try out for this selection.
2025-07-03 02:14:49 +0000 UTC
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Good morning everyone,
As promised, here is the cover for:
Augmented Aspects Book 3: "The Good, The Bad, The Wizzy"
I hope you all are having a great day, and wanted to say thank you all for staying for another month!
Very Best
Lykanthropy
2025-07-01 13:06:29 +0000 UTC
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Good morning everyone,
Once again, thank you all for being here and staying. Again, there will not be a charge, but for those that are staying (for free) you get to see a back to back cover reveal.
First one for Augmented Aspects Book 2: "Royal Blood" today.
Cover reveal for Augmented Aspects Book 3: Tomorrow.
As always, thank you all for your support and can't wait to show you the cover for book...
2025-06-30 17:05:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 350
A Null’ed
Free time. An odd concept, for the more you say it while you have it, the less you have of it. Even thinking about it technically is a waste of it, as a natural resource. Which is why I make sure to spend my “Free Time” productively, and by productively, I mean all things reading.
Everything from reading new stories, to pestering my favorite writers to write faster, to even volunteering to narrate any and all new series that might be coming. Any s...
2025-06-29 13:50:15 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 31
Keys And Locks (Part I)
After the abduction of Prince Jaupry, there were several issues that needed to be dealt with. First and foremost was that I nearly had a wardrobe malfunction.
Yes, all my clothes got tighter due to a sudden two-inch growth spurt, along with what I estimate to be a few pounds of muscles. While we had tailors on hand that might be able to deal with such a change, the real issue came with the fact that I nearly castrated myself on the form fit...
2025-06-28 13:49:46 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 96
Setting The Stage
(Jasmine)
What do you do when your eyes tell you something is clearly wrong, but all your instruments and technology tell you everything is acting as it should? That was today’s experiment that Misha was having Jasmine perform right now.
Vroom!
The supercharged engine of Misha’s Grant-ourismo roared to life. Just hearing the vehicle roar to life was enough to cause chills to run down Jasmine’s spine. Better still, Misha...
2025-06-27 02:22:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 349
Make A Wish
“There you go, keep going. You’ve got this!” I scream out encouragement, as I can see one of my newer students-in waiting, fulfilling their goals.
Yes, they just sat in the entire time, didn’t even make the qualifiers for my “Tough Masochistic Tests” to get into Spiritlight Valhalla College, or SVC for short. But this was different. This was someone knowing that they had failed, knowing that they didn’t make the first cut, and still tryi...
2025-06-25 02:02:47 +0000 UTC
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Good Evening everyone,
I have not met my personal writing goals for this month, as such you all don't have to pay!
As such, I am going to remove the payment for this month (FORMERLY due on July 01, 2025) as a means of saying thank you all for staying with me and continuing to read and provide feedback!
Don't worry, I will still continue to write for free, and I will try to catch up to my self assigned numbers next month.
Hop...
2025-06-24 01:16:35 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 348
Why We Stay
(Mallory)
The hardest part of this whole process was the numbers, knowing that even if you somehow succeeded, if by chance BiPrism somehow survived, then you know you survived while many of the people you wanted to survive with were not around.
As a Guild Leader, Mallory took it as part of her duty to track who had moved on, voluntarily or otherwise. For those that moved on voluntarily the process was quick and simple, as many would at least sto...
2025-06-22 13:31:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 30
The Other Side
Blue glitches.
Random arcane strings of something.
These were the images that flashed across my consciousness as I entered a rift. Not standing around, not fighting the monsters who exited, but actually entering a rift.
The first thing I felt was the infusion of energy all but forcing its way into my legs, arms, chest, and even my mind. I felt alive in a way that was nearly addictive.
Yet, that wasn’t the only s...
2025-06-21 14:23:14 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 35
Starting A Field Training Exercise
“It’s nothing personal; when someone says that, know that they mean either you aren’t someone they take seriously, or they want you to make it personal so they don’t feel as guilty. To which I say, never let someone feel guilty for their past misdeeds, even the field, or better yet make them regret not making it personal to begin with.” – Marcon on how people justify their misdeeds, and how to respond.
The team stood ...
2025-06-19 22:42:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 347
Holy Tier II Level S!
“Clearly it was a setup,” I explain again.
Still trying to express how I was set up by the system to take on the five most deadly tasks for our world at least, to compete in. This was both due to our lack of technological prowess and advancement, along with the lack of proper resources that could fully create a vacuum tight space suit that would be able to both withstand air and space combat, possibly self-repair, and be able to help me ...
2025-06-17 19:31:59 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 346
The Other Five
“First off, I am glad you have all stayed here with me to this point, especially given everything that has been going on around us,” Mallory began.
Just her presence and poise alone was proof enough of why everyone was here. Why everyone else dared to stay, to give this little slice of home a few more days.
“That said, we now have some news about the transfer processes. First, just to confirm, transferring from here to any of the so cal...
2025-06-14 14:08:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 29
Like a Fairytale
Charred blackened skin.
“So we can assume the old texts are correct,” Auntie begins discussing her findings for the day, as we all sat around the dinner table. Well, by we, it was just House Andry’s members of the Pathdinder’s party, and of course myself.
For the first time in a long time, I was able to eat with my mask off, which normally would have been a blessing, had it not been for the fact that my skin was now...
2025-06-13 03:55:28 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 345
Five Impossible Choices
Two months, that is how long everyone has had to think about the options given.
That is sixty-one days to figure out what we can and cannot do. Especially given the circumstances of how abruptly everything seemed to go from being perfectly fine one moment, to completely changed the next.
One would say that this is life, but they would be wrong, for this is worse. This is the act of politics at play. With that in mind I look at the fi...
2025-06-11 10:00:34 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 34
Rise of the Blue Devil Platoon
“Do you know about Zebras? An old animal on a planet called Earth. Back in the day the animals lived in herds and were seen as food for many fierce beasts. Their one and only defense was their most noticeable feature; they had black stripes on white bodies. Individually they stood out like a sore thumb. But as a synchronized and moving herd, they blended as one continuous blur that made it so predators could not focus on one individual....
2025-06-09 09:55:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 95
Mission Grant-ed
(Jasmine)
(Two Days Later)
Teamwork, where one person does one task that helps complete one goal or overall mission.
Whatever that task is doesn’t really matter, in the long run, as there are only two main factors that go into play in such scenarios. The first is that the person doing the task manages to perform the task with as much energy and passion as possible. At this point Jasmine realized there were a few nuances to this disti...
2025-06-07 16:36:52 +0000 UTC
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Prelude IX
(Larry Yo-Boy’s BiPrism News + Magical Supplies)
“Hello everyone, I wanted to welcome you back to quite possibly the best of the government approved retirement resorts that are still on the chopping block. Yes, the final budget cuts have not been finalized, but unfortunately, we are on the second apron.” Larry began, as he pulled up a list of worlds, current legislative proposals and where exactly BiPrism fell in all of them.
“As you can see, there are sev...
2025-06-04 23:34:12 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 28
Resistance Training
I am always amazed by the efficiency of some people. What I mean by that is, you can almost always tell when an organization is going to be on the rise, and that typically relates directly to how efficient leadership is both at training their subordinates, and how quickly those same subordinates can respond to outside stimuli.
With but a few hand motions, Sarina and the other guards went over to gather the jumbo prizes from the wall, even going...
2025-06-04 09:06:37 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 33
Unity
“When going for a group to work with, the one that should always be first on your list is the one shown the least amount of attention. Like a dog, they will remember the first owner who showed them respect and made them feel safe and secure. That is why your it is always easier to infiltrate the weakest group and build them up, than join the strongest group and make them marginally stronger.” -Marcon on interpersonal relationships
“Hey check this out,...
2025-06-03 01:44:24 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 27
Golden Portals
Ozone.
The first impression I had of the new rift that was being created right before us was the smell caused by the quick release of compressed gases. Even the power of the nearby monolith seemed to flicker for a moment, as if the monolith itself was taking a moment to empower the rift being created. Which, I now knew to be correct, for the flow of ambient golden energy snaking underground like unseen veins could be seen and felt coursing ...
2025-06-01 20:51:34 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 94
A Return Stroke
(Clarence Love)
THUNDERCLAP!
A flash of light and an immediate burst of sound erupted in the night sky, illuminating two figures who were running through a storm that seemed to have come from nowhere. Their first attempt to leave the area came when they ran towards their van, only for a second burst of lightning to strike the van, causing it to burst into flames and sparks right on the spot.
The two ended up abandoning the vehi...
2025-05-31 19:27:42 +0000 UTC
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Good evening everyone,
First, I want to say thank you all for staying with me for another month. There are a lot of notes to go over so I hope I get everything noted.
First, Book 4 of Alexa Thyme is out on ebook, with Podium picking up the Audible portion of this as well.
Also of note, I just completed Book 8 of Augmented Aspects
2025-05-29 01:09:26 +0000 UTC
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Epilogue VIII
(Larry Yo-Boy’s Bi-Prism News)
A news tracker crossed the screen in large bold lettering in front of an otherwise concerned Larry. His suit was once again back to its impeccable standards of crips lines, he had clearly shaven and taken a moment to freshen up from his cast earlier.
The reason for his well-groomed appearance was scrolling across the screen in front of him. History was in the making, and he knew that this reel would be used to describe what happ...
2025-05-28 17:16:13 +0000 UTC
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<<<<Author's Note: End of Book 8. Just a heads up there will be a one month break between posts on Royal Road, after the Epilogue for Book 8 appears. This won't affect you all, as I intend to use that time to work ahead and make Book 9 as perfect as possible.>>>>
Chapter 344
Finding Out Known Truths
(Mallory)
There was a silence that settled over the group as they all watched the slumbering pixy slip into uncon...
2025-05-28 16:09:22 +0000 UTC
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<<<<Author's Note: This whole book as been a bit of a passion piece of mine as this book will be dedicated to "Wounded Warriors and Everyone Dealing With Their Own Personal Demons."
The goal was to show that while you can survive on your own, it will get better with friends and family. Thank you all, as this is the second to last chapter of Book VIII.
Please let me know if this chapter hit the spot, or was too much, or what? And as always, thank you a...
2025-05-28 12:29:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 26
Rifts, Con-Artists, and Carnies
Honestly, by now I think the only thing that would confuse me more is if for one moment this world wasn’t utterly confusing.
While I knew the world was apparently wide open to forming rifts for one reason or another, I never quite thought I’d see the exploitation of rifts done in such a grandiose gesture. For it seemed that the people here had taken the art of rift creation and closing and made it into a form of both live action...
2025-05-26 19:53:59 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 342
The Smile
(Mallory)
How odd was it that coming to a sight where not one, but two World Announcements were made was a fairly regular occurrence for Mallory? Not for the past month, but suddenly today there were four new announcements, all costing the guild millions of gold coins in ad revenue. Which now that they were their own government, this itemized tax deduction did not matter as much, and was more of waste of paper, but still apparently part...
2025-05-25 21:00:49 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 341
Antonym of Distraction
“Wait, can you repeat that?” My daughter asked, in nearly perfect, if not overly loud and violent accents of Mana Language as she apparently attempted to speak to Raygunnr in his native tongue, even if she seemed to use the equivalent of a harsh magical accent. I was so lost in the accent portion of her speaking that I almost missed Raygunnr’s response.
“I said that I am now pregnant.”
Gasps.
2025-05-24 14:39:48 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 32
Squad Tactics
“A team of soldiers can be an unstoppable force, so long as you have three core components: cohesion, adaptability, and a common goal. Take away any one of those and you have a group of highly trained but ultimately aligned individuals all without a common goal or purpose.” -Marcon on military squad tactics
“Don’t worry, I shall avenge your deaths,” the sole remaining soldier from the now decimated team of Cerusian warriors cried out as if ...
2025-05-23 04:38:26 +0000 UTC
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