Chapter 419: Instructor Hunt
Derek continued watching the exam after Thomas’s team finished. The boy had gone to sit with the rest of his class and teammates once they were through and continued watching the other students. Throughout each match, Derek was thoroughly entertained. In fact, after the next group finished, he got an idea.
Looking down at the stands where the students were sitting, Derek picked out one of the instructors—a close one—and wanted to try to send him ...
2024-03-01 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 418: Soul Spear
Thomas stepped forward with his team and waited for the other two teams to get into their respective positions. He looked around at his team members and was happy that Eric was selected alongside him. Eric was an elven earth mage who Thomas had been paired up with once before, and they worked well together that time. The elf wasn’t much of a talker, but when it came to battle, he was great.
The other three members were students that he’d never been pair...
2024-02-28 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Second Chapter!
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Chapter 417: Arena
“I wasn’t expecting something so huge,” Derek said to the receptionist turned guide.
“It allows for multiple teams to perform at the same time,” the guide said. “Otherwise, these lessons would take all day, or maybe even longer.”
“I guess I can see that… depending on the class size,” Derek said. From what he’d learned, there wouldn’t be many students with epic rarity classes, but he...
2024-02-23 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Two chapters today. one more in 5 minutes.
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Chapter 416: The Academy
Derek thought of the academy as a massive building, but that was an understatement. Yes, the building in the middle was enormous, but there was more than that. It was like an entire small city within the capital—one separate from everything else. And the giant wall encompassing it made that all the more so.
As he strode forward, Derek was at a bit of a loss as to how...
2024-02-23 00:40:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 415: Not for Him
Derek left Malorie to her… Rudy’s office with a smile plastered on his face. He’d have to go talk to Natalie about the property information and why he was given such special treatment when she didn’t even give herself or her noble house the same kind of treatment. Of course, he wasn’t going to look a gift horse in its mouth, which is why he told Malorie to go ahead and buy it all.
To be fair, whether he rented or bought the property didn’t matt...
2024-02-21 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Thanks so much for the support on the release! It's doing great so far.
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Chapter 414: Books
Stella continued to window shop for dragonkin for another couple hours. It was like visiting an exotic zoo back on Earth—you could spend hours there just watching the magnificent beasts. During that time, Derek found himself chatting with Lindsay Barnes about herself.
They didn’t go into anything personal—just her fascination wi...
2024-02-16 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! After a six month wait, it’s finally time for my fifth book in the System Universe series!
Today marks the launch of System Universe Book 5: System Interference. It’s now available through Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited, Kindle, Paperback, and Audible (narrated by Adam Verner).
Valentine’s Day has been a pretty good day for me when it comes to releases, so here’s hoping for another good one! I mean… what better gift for Valentine’s Day than a book?
Ava...
2024-02-14 15:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Extra Chapter today in celebration for book 5 launch on Amazon! Announcement post will follow in 5-10 minutes.
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Chapter 413: Crunching Numbers and Monsters
“So, what did you think of Lyra after finally talking with her?” Derek asked Stella as they walked toward the entrance to the Dragon kennel. Lyra had already turned her head and was back to resting, or whatever it was that she was doing.
“She is an amazing beast....
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Chapter 412: The Problem with Bonds
“You want to go see them? Now?” Stella asked with a frown on her face. “How long will that take?” she asked. “I’m not blessed with a lot of time these days.”
“Well, that should change soon—when Alanah and Avery get back—so I don’t think you have to worry about slacking off for a day or two,” Derek said. “But to answer your question… They are all just outside of the city. To make a long story short, we found a clearing...
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Chapter 411: Just to Say
Derek first made his way to the Crown Restaurant, but left when the manager there informed him that Stella was at the hotel. I should have guessed, he thought as he walked into the hotel. From there, all it took was the lady at the front desk pulling out a communication crystal. Then he was soon led up to one of the rooms that Stella used as her office.
After entering the room, Derek was left waiting for several minutes until Stella arrived. When ...
2024-02-09 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
Just wanted to let you know that the chapter for book 5 are coming off tonight for next week's release. I left them up longer than the recommended two weeks before so I could give anyone who wanted to a chance to catch up/reread them, but any longer will be pushing it.
Thanks and enjoy the chapter!
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Chapter 410: The Doghouse
It was still quite early in the morning when Derek exited Roman’s alchemy shop. It was always ...
2024-02-07 00:45:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 409: Roman and Freia
“I thought you would never ask,” Roman said with a cheery grin on his face. “When the prince came flying in on that beautiful beast, I just knew that there had to be more. And here you are!”
“Go figure,” Derek said with a snort. “But yes, you’re right. During the raid, we were able to get quite a few different types of material.” He held up a ring that he’d filled with an assortment of materials. “This has some claws, hides, organ...
2024-02-02 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Note: Book 5 chapters will be removed this weekend.
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Chapter 408: Research to be Had
After using her boots and learning what she needed to do to make them work more efficiently and better, then testing out her new skills on Derek, Brandi was beat. Slaving away in her smithy day after day was exhausting to her, but using the rocket boots and fighting skills required her to ‘stretch’ muscles that she normally didn’t use—especially whe...
2024-01-31 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 407: One Was Enough
Derek took a few steps backward to give Brandi more room to work with, and Jacks and Malorie did the same. Derek was actually excited to see what kind of progress Brandi had made in her smithing, and what better way to show it than watching her test out a pair of rocket boots?
“Okay everyone. Here I go,” Brandi said as she let out a big exhale. “In three… two… one…”
Derek watched the young smith’s feet closely as she counted down t...
2024-01-26 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 406: Stand Back!
“Oh! Come look!” Brandi said excitedly as she held the pair of boots up. “These are going to be soooo awesome!”
Intrigued, Derek walked over to Brandi and examined the boots without taking them from her. “They… look like metal boots,” Derek said.
“They are!” Brandi replied. “But that’s not what makes them special… look here.” Brandi turned the boots around where the heels were facing Derek. “I was able to shrink the fire c...
2024-01-24 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 405: Brandi's First Breakthrough
“Okay,” Derek said to Brandi, as the girl could hardly contain herself. “How are you going to do it? Are you going to eat one of the Void Beast meals? You said you’d need two levels, otherwise, right?”
“I did,” Brandi replied. “I’m level 115 right now, but I’m really close to 116. But I don’t think I’d get the full value out of another Void Beast meal right now, so I wanted to level up to get it.”
“I see,...
2024-01-19 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Quick note before chapter: Just wanted to let everyone know that Book 5 will be coming out on Amazon on Feb. 14, which means I'll have to take the corresponding chapters down in around two weeks. So, if anyone wants to go re-read them--whether on here, Royalroad, or Scribblehub--you have until the beginning of next month.
Enjoy!
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Chapter 404: I’m Legendary!
After giving it some extra thought, the small bit of sadness that had washed...
2024-01-17 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 403: We Wouldn't Dare
“I-I… We…?” Jacks stuttered while he continued to hold the door open for Rayna. His face was flush in embarrassment, then he furrowed his brows in confusion. “Reginald?”
“The two of you must have had some very intense training if that ended up happening,” Derek said with a straight face. “I mean, really? I knew the two of you were getting oddly familiar with each other during your training trips, but this…”
Jacks opened and...
2024-01-12 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 402: What Did You Do?
The next morning, Derek sat up on the side of his bed and stretched. That feels good, he thought as he cracked his neck and back. Let’s see what I ended up with after fighting Simeon yesterday. With that thought, Derek pulled up his current status sheet.
2024-01-10 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 401: Back
Taking everything that Malorie had told him before into account, Derek focused as best he could and opened his portal inside Rudy’s office instead of the middle of the main floor of their shop. If nothing else, the surprised look on the contract maker’s face more than made up for the extra focus it took for him to get the precise location down. Derek stepped out of the portal with a smile before turning around and closing it. I need a boombox or something that ...
2024-01-05 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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I hope everyone had a great New Year! It's crazy that I haven't posted a chapter since last year. (Dad Joke)
Anyway, Happy New Year's, Happy Birthday (to me... I am 21 for at least the dozenth time), and happy chapter day! Enjoy!
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Chapter 400: Tick Tock
Kelvin sighed as he looked across the room at the returning team—a team led by Jace, a human who showed him absolutely no respect. Once the rest of the team was through the te...
2024-01-03 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 399: It's Good, Right?
The next several minutes in the Great Hall were chaotic as servants rushed in and out as they cleaned the area—even some of the nobles pitched in with the occasional Cleaning spell here and there. While Marrick’s way of killing those who attacked left no trace of even blood, many of the other fighters weren’t so clean.
One example was Ryven, who had not taken his daughter being attacked kindly, and went on his own spree. Marrick’s sand seemed...
2023-12-29 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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I hope everyone had a good Christmas and/or holiday! Anyway, here's today's chapter.
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Chapter 398: Estimated
Derek gazed down at his shirt rapidly disappearing from the corrosive toxin, then, with a sigh, he reached down and ripped the shirt off. Another one down… Brandi’s going to be mad at me over this one. After that, Derek reached out and grabbed Simeon by the forearm so the man wouldn’t be able to escape...
2023-12-27 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 397: Celebration
Everyone who was seated jumped to their feet in applause as Callum presented the new King and Queen of Indaria. Behind him, the citizens who were watching from outside the courtyard were much louder than anyone inside. It was a surreal moment for Derek—being witness to something that had apparently never happened in the history of the continent before. He also stood from his own seat and gave a round of applause while keeping his eyes out for any threats.
<...
2023-12-22 00:50:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 396: Ceremony
“I would like to thank everyone who has chosen to come to this event,” King Edwin began projecting his voice so that everyone could hear him and began speaking as he and King Osian stood side by side on the top of the palace stairs. Both Derek and Marrick had gone quiet and were watching the proceedings intently—just in case. “Today’s ceremony is a monumental event that will change the landscape of our entire continent for generations to come.”
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2023-12-22 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 395: Cook the Food, Wear the Hat
As Derek was following everyone back outside, he felt the lightweight that could only be Silvi appear on his shoulder. He laughed lightly, as he hoped that she would never change. She was still the number one beast companion in his books.
‘They’re all stupid,’ Silvi said to him through their link.
‘Why is that?’ he asked as they continued to walk.
‘All that food,’ she answered. ‘Now...
2023-12-20 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 394: Begin
About an hour and a half later, Derek walked through the front doors of the palace. Instead of using Void Travel, he had just gone back to Savannah and took the regular teleporter to the capital for only a handful of gold. The majority of the time he spent traveling was going through Savannah and waiting for his turn at the Teleportation Building.
After he arrived in the capital, he had jumped into the air and made a beeline toward the palace with his new moveme...
2023-12-15 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 393: Kennel
As Derek walked out the front door of his shop, he couldn’t help but chuckle again at Brandi. The girl had been working so hard that she’d exploded herself numerous times. I wonder how long ago she got that Achievement? He thought. And how many more times has she accidentally exploded herself since then? That Achievement seems easy to obtain, but, if it only counts for accidental explosions, it would be much harder than it seems. I’m sure the syste...
2023-12-13 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 392: Singed
Derek couldn’t respect Malorie any more than he already did, but if he could, it would be because she was able to keep anyone from interrupting his beauty sleep. In the days that he spent doing absolutely nothing except for sleeping, eating prepared food he still had left from Silvi in his room, and occasionally having to get up to go to the restroom, nobody bothered him.
Once, on his way back to his bedroom, he saw Jacks going to his own, but the man did not...
2023-12-08 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 391: Stop Scaring Customers!
Derek stepped out of his portal into the lobby of his shop. This time, he wasn’t there for any specific reason—he didn’t have to fetch a couple of immature royals—he was there for himself. He couldn’t remember the last time he was able to rest by doing more than just meditating. So, with the few days until the wedding, he planned on doing just that—resting.
He breathed a sigh of relief when his foot touched the floor of his shop. Af...
2023-12-06 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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