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Chapter 40 Conflicting Natures

Author's note: 

Aaand another one! Until the 26th I will 'only' be posting on schedule. No idea how much I will write until then. I hope to finish those chapters this weekend and then focus on preparing for my exam while spending time with my family. Might not be the smartest move, but it's not too difficult of an exam.

For now, enjoy! Cheers!

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I spent the next day eyeing the area around the cave entrance. I did not want to be preparing ...

Chapter 39 Work

Author's note:

Hey there, I got some more for you! Today was less productive so I am only about half a chapter ahead right now but I hope to get some good work done on the weekend. I will spend six days with my family next week starting from Tuesday. I hope I can get all of next week's chapters done before then and post them using the scheduling function. I don't know how much I will be able to write during that time.

For now, enjoy! Cheers!

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Chapter 38 Hunting Hunters

Author's note:

Woo, there's more! This time we got some good action, I hope you enjoy! Do you want more exploration, more levelling (+combat) or something social, maybe a temporary companion or a friend? I have a few more chapters planned out but it would be great to hear some expectations and speculations on the future.

I am also tagging all the chapters, forgot to do that earlier. I hope you don't get a mail everytime, I am not actually editing anything.

That's it for toda...

Chapter 37 Patrol

Author's note:

Hey guys, new chapter!

This week's chapters might be a bit later in the day until I get ahead. I will post one chapter on Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri, as promised. Any bonus chapter to get to the planned 7 ahead by the end of the month will be whenever I have some extra. For now I will get myself a small buffer to make it less stressful.

Hope you enjoy, cheers!

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I spent another night looking for targets but aside from the occas...

Chapter 36 Sneaky

Author's note:

Hey there, new chapters are here!

I almost forgot about the wand Fio looted from the thaumaturge. I added a line about her taking it along. That said, it has not come up in these chapters yet. It will come into play soon-ish, probably.

On another note, welcome to all the newcomers! Especially the very first Great Horned Owl, Loskia! Thank you all very much!

One more thing. The poll looks to end up as four release days with one chapter each. If you have a...

Chapter 35 Ork Observations

Three nights after I left the ork town I had crossed another three villages. These had been quite a bit larger than the first ones I saw after leaving the goblins behind. There were two-storey buildings at least which allowed me to spend some of the daytime listening in on ork conversation and improving my understanding of the language. Keeping at it like this it should take me another week to understand them properly. It really was difficult to learn a new language without a teacher.

I...

Chapter 34 Shifting Shadows

Hey there, new chapter up!

Thanks to all the new patrons, I really appreciate your support! There won't be a chapter tomorrow most likely since my parents spontaneously invited me for barbecue but I will try to get two more out on the weekend. Probably as a double on Sunday.

For now, enjoy!

Edit July 9th 2021: Added a line about Fio taking her wand when she leaves.

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It was not difficult to spot the last ork stumbling through the under...

Chapter 33 Troublemaker

Author's note:

Hey guys, new chapters up! I decided to do a double release. Almost went for a triple because there is a slight cliff at the end of this but I decided to get these two out now. I might do another double on Friday if there is no chapter tomorrow.

On another note, thank you for your support! It is incredibly encouraging to see people like this story enough to pay money for it. I hope I can continue to deliver!

Cheers, and enjoy!

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2021-07-07 13:03:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 32 Fog

I spent the rest of the night hunting and filling up my stash. I did not need much, the hawk’s body alone would feed me for two nights probably, but I wanted to have some extra food saved up in case I had to use lots of magic or was otherwise unable to hunt.

As day came about I took off to spy on the ork town. The two rivers met at the southern end, one of them going around the other straight through. Walls surrounded the buildings. They were about five metres tall and maybe two thick...

Chapter 31 Planning

The night had passed quickly. I was now sitting in a dense tree halfway up the mountains a few hours flight down from the ritual site. A quick hunt sated my hunger just as dawn made itself known. Now it was just resting and contemplation. Although I had done enough thinking last night. There was still the question of where to go from now on. What to do with my life. But I was sure something fun would come up. If I ever wanted to live with people, I would have to learn proper communication. Te...

Chapter 30 Growth

The notification held all of my attention. I could get a new Skill!

~ding~ Please choose one of the available Skills. Failure to do so will result in a milestone Skill being selected automatically.

[Poison Brewing]

[Harmless Weaponry]

[Target Awareness]

[Aerial Strike]

[Dark Strike]

Two of them wer...

Chapter 29 Departure

I could have just left then and there, Roguk would have probably let me leave if I insisted. Instead, I decided to wait for the next night. It would give me more time to get some distance. It would also let me say goodbye to Grag and Luk, who happened to both come along and lead me outside. They had told me to wait for their signal once outside, so I would not alert any patrols. The fact that I had a name could give away the goblin's position if I was identified by an ork.

We arrived at...

Chapter 28 Aspects

The days passed quickly after my first expedition into the valley. I was able to spend my time in peace, cultivating my mana and growing in strength night by night, muahaha! Only it was getting excruciatingly difficult to even get a slice of mana into my inner gate. My flux also built up faster and faster, making me have to take more breaks than before.

While there was no progress in my ‘mana enriched’ Status, I had gained two more race levels from hunting food every once in a while...

Chapter 27 Scouts

Now that I had my home for myself again I felt a lot more relaxed. The observation had been fruitful, yes, but I never really felt at ease with my territory invaded by someone I disliked. There it was again. My human interests going against my instincts. I really had to figure out who I was. A monster, or a person?

I thought about this question for days. My cave was a safe space other than overloading on flux, so I had no other worries to keep me occupied. I still regularly connected wi...

Welcome Poll

Hello and welcome to my patreon! Thank you for supporting me!

For the first week chapters will release as I finish them, after that I want to adopt a regular schedule of four chapters per week with occasional bonus chapters, whenever they are ready. For the schedule I am looking at three options: four days, with one chapter each, two days, with two chapters each or one day with all four chapters. Pick your favourite down below. If you have other ideas, tell me in the comments.

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