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Chapter 98 Working Thaumium

Author's note:

Hey everyone.

Here we are again with more crafting. I hope this isn't too much. I'll try to finish it up with the next one, for the time being at least.

Today is the first time I am going to see other students, lol. It's my third semester but due to Covid-19 we had no lessons in person. It's still limited and most stuff is still only this semester but that just means less walking to and from uni. Which means more time to write! 

I will try to get a ...

Chapter 97 Friends

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Hey there!

Today I'm breaking up the pace a bit with another side PoV! It's still got some crafting but I think it has enough other stuff to get some variety. Next one is gonna be more Fio crafting before we are going to get to the next parts.

As always, thank you to everyone for your support and I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Cheers!

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The gouge carefully chipped the shavings off the wood. Its u-shape cut a smooth gr...

Chapter 96 Research

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Hey all!

Weekend is over so here's some more for you! university is starting up this week. Tuesday looks a bit cramped but other than that it's not too much. I might have to adjust the schedule to make Tuesday the day off. I might just move everything a day earlier? That would mean Su, Mo, We, Th become chapter days. What do you think? Or I just get a backlog up... Who knows. Maybe I'll procrastinate from uni with writing...

Anyway! I hope you enjoy the chapte...

Chapter 95 The Device

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Hey there, a bit late today. Sorry about that.

My mattress broke tonight, on of the springs started poking my butt. Had to get a new one. If I didn't read Heart of Dorkness yesterday, I might have gotten this chapter ready then but eh. It's still in time, kinda.

Lot's of crafting today as well. Do you like it? I won't drag it out too long. I'd rather go back and forth between different things to keep the pacing interesting.

For now, enjoy the chapter and...

Chapter 94 Plated Spiral Conductor

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Hey there.

This one's a chonker. Almost 3k words!

Hope you enjoy it.

Cheers!

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I stood in front of Riggard’s workshop. It was early morning, the sky tinted pink with a few clouds dotted here and there. The sun would cross over the horizon any minute now. I had my cloak hiding my form and blended in with the dwarves walking along the street. Most apprentices had accommodations within their workshops but a few still ...

Chapter 93 Cloak

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Hey there!

Yesterday's chapter on RR was extremely well received. It was the side PoV chapter. A huge thank you to everyone who decided to support me because of it! There will be more but it will come as it works out. I don't want to force it.

Now here is something interesting. We have not seen Fio's status since chapter 80. What? Why? I have no idea. It just worked out that way. Don't worry, the numbers will keep going up. It turns out it's just not that big ...

Chapter 92 Dwarven Library

Author's note:

Hey there, hope you had a nice weekend! I blame my lack of productivity on Minecraft this time. I get addicted to the game about twice a year for a week or two and it's that time again.

Still managed to get this out!

I counted and we will get to chapter 99 this month! Maybe I'll just round it up?

Anyway, enjoy the chapter!

Cheers!

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A dwarf an ocelot and an owl stood in front of a large stone building. There we...

Chapter 91 Gold and Brass

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Heya!

A big thank you and welcome to the new supporters! This month is almost the biggest since I started. Just a single 5€ supporter and it will beat July! That is absolutely amazing! It reinforces my plan of 'just keep writing the rest will sort itself out'.

Anyway, that's it from me for today. Have a nice weekend and enjoy the chapter!

Cheers!

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I returned to Safrah’s attic soon after. The two were still talki...

Chapter 90 Artefactory

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Here we are again.

Metroid Dread seems to have taken over my life. I started my third playthrough yesterday. It's just too much fun! I still want to try for a backlog. Maybe I'll get tomorrow's chapter done today. That would be a start, at least.

For now, enjoy the chapter!

Cheers!

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I had thought I could just get started on my work as soon as I got back but I soon realized a problem. I had no way to heat my cauldron...

Chapter 89 More Introductions

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Hey there, another one for you!

Nothing much to say today. I do think the story has slowed down quite a bit and it will keep going in a more slice of life and crafting direction for the next few chapters. I have an idea for some action soon-ish.

I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Cheers!

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We said our goodbyes soon after. Vivi and I made our way out into the town. The guards still looked a little shocked but that was not ...

Chapter 88 Guardians

Author's note:

Hey there, hope you had a nice weekend!

I beat Metroid dread and let me tell you, it was fun. Between that and family I didn't get to write much so a backlog is still something distant.

Big thanks to the new supporters. I hope you got what you came for :)

For now, enjoy the chapter

Cheers!

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We spent the night hunting, at least the early hours. I pushed Vivi to sleep before morning. She was a little confused wh...

Chapter 87 Thinking Twice

Author's note:

Hey there, last one for the week.

Soo, Metroid Dread released. And it's a TON of fun. My productivity might take a hit... But I'll try. In other words, see you on Monday!

I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Cheers!

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Half an hour later we were sat down in the living room. Safrah had made herself lunch. I was still full so I declined her offer to eat together. Other than that we had not communicated at all. She seemed to be...

Chapter 86 Introductions

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Hey all! I got more for you!

A big thank you to the new supporters, you guys make my day! Tomorrow's chapter is almost finished so I can say I have a backlog now. Technically. Got some family stuff on the weekend so I'm not expecting to keep up with my daily writing. I will still try, though!

Also, this volume is still rather open in the details. If there is anything you would like to see about the dwarves or learn about the world, tell me in the comments. I m...

Chapter 85 Chaperon

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Hey there, new chapter! Yesterday was productive. I am happy. Today will hopefully be similarly productive. Maybe the dream of a backlog is yet alive!

Thanks to the new supporter!

I hope you all enjoy the chapter!

Cheers!

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The guard captain made some small talk, sometimes trying to fish for information on my background. It seemed more like curiosity than harmful intentions but I still kept to myself where I was from...

Chapter 84 Discussion

Author's note:

Hey there, hope you had a nice weekend!

I have been enjoying myself, though I should have gotten some more writing done. With university lessons starting again in two weeks I should get a larger backlog done. I'll try to write a chapter per day on average this month, let's see how it goes.

To the new supporters, welcome! And to everyone a big thank you! I started this Patreon with the intention of assisting my finances during university and it is helping a lot...

Chapter 83 Saved

Author's note:

Hey all, it's October!

New month, new chapters! Patreon has yet to go through my account and update on who is supporting me so I don't know who is still here, but for any that are, thank you very much for your continued support!

This chapter marks the end of volume three. The story will continue to stay in the area introduced in it but a few new places and characters will be introduced! I hope you'll enjoy what I have planned for volume four!

For now, en...

Chapter 82 Visitor

Author's note:

Well then, here it is: the first side PoV. It's still progressing the story so make sure to read it!

I will write more side PoV chapters in the future, probably a few for some earlier scenes as well. This was fun and I think it does some good work at expanding the worldbuilding. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Tomorrow will be back to Fio :)

Cheers!

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It was a calm morning in the town of Borsdown. The ...

Chapter 81 The Risks You Take

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Hey all, here's another one!

This is still a bit of a cliff but much less so than the last chapter. I am not completely satisfied with the dialogue here. Tell me if it feels natural/makes sense. It also seems like volumes three and four might flow directly into one another. This was somewhat expected. I plan to have two volumes make up a book, since otherwise it would be just above 200 pages which is a bit short, I think. That means I can't really say "here ends V3"...

Chapter 80 The Trap is Sprung

Hey there,

hope you had a nice weekend! I saw the doctor earlier about the pain in my hand and it seems to be nothing serious. That said, I should not exert it too much. I did not write much on the weekend because of it so I still have no backlog to speak of but eh, what can you do. Chapters are on time so I won't worry too much. If things change because the pain gets worse, I'll post a separate announcement but I think I will be fine if I spread out my writing across the day.

Tha...

Chapter 79 Preparation

Author's note:

Hey all, last one for the week. I am feeling some pain in my hand, hopefully it's nothing serious. I'll see a doctor on Monday. It's fine while writing but my knuckles hurt when I make a fist. I really hope it won't keep me from writing. For now, I'll just keep going until it starts hurting when I'm hitting the keys.

This chapter is a slight cliff, action will start next week. 

I hope you enjoy, cheers!

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I s...

Chapter 78 Monster

Author's note:

Hey there, I brought you another one. This time it's on the shorter side again but I found this to be a good point to cut off. The action is not far off, let's see how it plays out!

Enjoy the chapter,

Cheers!

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We had been living together for a little over two weeks now. I had taught Vivi how to talk and practised Ordugh myself. She was pretty smart and after I had explained to her how English was not the language of the p...

Chapter 77 Steady Improvements

Author's note:

There we are again. Finally back to the power-ups. This time thanks to the power of friendship! Woo! Gonna get back to some action soon. Maybe by the end of the week, definitely this month. I'm pretty sure this volume won't be finished this month but it will be close. Which means I should start planning for V4, huh?

Anyway, hope you enjoy the chapter!

Cheers!

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This was big. This was really big. I could get stronger by mak...

Chapter 76 Friend

Author's note:

Hey there, hope you had a nice weekend!

I was kept busy by a nice story I found called 'Emmy and Me'. Still haven't caught up but I somehow managed to write this chapter in between reading. That also means I have not increased my backlog or got much further in fixing typos but at least I had fun, right?

I hope you'll have fun with this chapter as well! 

Cheers!

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“Hello. I am Fio” I thought at the f...

Chapter 75 Supersensory Matrix

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Hey there!

Three quarters to the big hundo! Woo! Granted, my chapters are more bite-sized but still, I feel good reaching new milestones! 

Welcome and thank you to the new patrons, I really appreciate your support!

This is within the timeframe I want to release regularly. If nothing comes up I should be posting Patreon chapters within one our of RR from now on.

That's it for today, see you on Monday and enjoy the chapter!

Cheers!

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Chapter 74 Memory Bracelet

Author's note:

Here I am again. I actually got some writing done yesterday. I managed not to procrastinate the entire day! That said, my plans for editing typos are lacking behind. I have started but I'm still in volume one. I don't want to say more than that. I do want to get used to it. It's a part of writing far less enjoyable than the actual writing but it's necessary if I want to do any proper releases one day. Which I do.

That said, I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 73 Two Hunters

It was two hours after nightfall, the sky dark and cloudy. There might be rain tonight. I had planned to go to the ocelot’s node and find a suitable mana crystal for my purposes but the potential of rain made me reconsider. I really did not like water. Though my metal form could deal with it much better.

Once again, as I was planning to shift, I was interrupted. The cat jumped onto the edge of my tree and growled. She was not pleased. In her mouth, she held a familiar pointed stick. O...

Chapter 72 New Studies

Author's note:

Hey there, chapters are up! I hope you enjoy these! The weekend was a little lazy for me, I started reading Calamitous Bob and didn't get any work done on Saturday. What a fun story. I hope to make something of similar quality one day, but improvement comes bit by bit. I am already seeing points of improvement in the earlier parts of this story. I won't start editing anything major before the third volume is finished. Probably the fourth as well.

Now, with this chap...

Chapter 71 How to Speak without Words

Two predators stared at each other. One, a relative to the mighty king of the jungle, a sneaky and much smaller version but just as savage a hunter. The other, a queen of the night skies, unmatched in stealth and perception by any other raptors. Still, she sat on a branch looking at her competitor, another nocturnal killer. In turn, the feline matched her gaze. My gaze. Normally, wild animals, especially predators, would consider meeting their eyes as a challenge for territory, prey or superi...

Chapter 70 Making A Friend?

Author's note:

Hey there, very late today I know. I was thinking about how to proceed with this next part which took a decent while to work out. For now, I am satisfied with this but I had the idea of inserting an interlude before this chapter. Wasn't satisfied with how that idea went and skipped it. I'll work it out on the weekend, hopefully. If not, it's something to consider for an eventual full edit.

For now, enjoy the chapter,

Cheers!

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Chapter 69 Hideout

Author's note:

Only one today. I spent some time yesterday working on the new thing. Plans are shaping up. The bonus will most likely be on Monday.

Enjoy the chapter, cheers!

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I knew I had to be careful. If I wanted to avoid the ocelot’s notice, I had to make no sound and leave no trace or scent. This would be a challenge but a gut feeling told me it was not dangerous. We had not gotten in a fight with each other. With me intruding in its h...