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SIS Book 3 Chapter 40: Battle Axe and Rose's Warning [First Draft]

 

The exact moment that Daz appeared on the stage, he sat down and closed his eyes to focus all of his attention on his headache.

Both Pheldorapod and Daz's opponent gave him curious looks. Less than a second had passed before the alien nodded his head knowingly.

Daz's opponent, however, had understood the pained look on Daz's face very differently from how Pheldorapod had.

In regards to Daz's opponent, were he to open his eyes, he'd see a handsome young man rough...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 39: Champion of Cooking and Excruciating Pain [First Draft]

 

As the third set of five items was being carted onto the stage, Phelodrapod began describing them immediately. "As you can probably surmise from the trolley size, the final lot for the champion auction is yet another set of tokens."

As he had said, the android responsible for bringing the items onto the stage removed its silk covering, only to reveal five triangular metal tokens.

"Some might think that those items are laughable when compa...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 26: Bravery and Compulsion [First Draft]

 

"Man, it's crazy that we ranked up so easily today," Scott said as he flung himself onto one of the many sofas in his and George's diamond suite.

The lanky teen who was stood next to the hovering Saturn nodded his head. "It is... I never thought it would be possible to just have us fight extremely powerful bandits and monsters and just have them controlled so that they wouldn't kill us. Lone is so... unpredictable. He was a lot more careful back in Milindo."

Scott rai...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 25: Sammy and Sudden Signal [First Draft]

 

"Fuck off, it's my tamed animal," Lone said to the guards that were panicking and who were trying to attack Infa.

A frown covered the foxkin's face. 'I expected some panic like at Count Lorton's estate, but really? Mystopolis, the home of The Academy and The Adventurer's Guild's headquarters, is really so easily startled by a B-ranked dragon that's clearly under someone's control? That's just stupid considering how many X-rankers are in this city. Would they have r...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 24: Energy juice and Steamforged Trinkets [First Draft]

 

The knight captain had decided to follow Count Lorton and Lone back into the estate's mansion so he could protect his lord should Lone turn violent.

The foxkin in question hardly cared. It wasn't like the man could do anything to him regardless, so he ignored the displeased looks that were being tossed his way by the armoured knight.

Before long, the three men found themselves to be in the count's study. Lone got himself comfy while Count Lorton immediately jumpe...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 38: Grand Proclamation and Headache [First Draft]

 

'I'd rather not make an enemy out of her considering the fact that she owns a kingdom supposedly, but unlike Larry, I doubt I can strike a deal with her, right? Not a deal that'll benefit me, at least. Yup, my instincts agree. Well, fuck. Guess I'll just go all in and hope she doesn't hold a grudge,' Daz concluded.

He summoned Hamson from its brand and willed it to cut off Meimei's head. As Hamson was flying over the stage, Daz then summoned his two clone...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 37: Crusher's Success and Xiao Meimei [First Draft]

 

"Now, of course, as telling as this name is, it doesn't quite explain what these lovely little fruits do, now does it?" Pheldorapod asked rhetorically.

He basked in the anxiousness and curiosity that absolutely filled the auction hall before he continued talking. "A Limitless Fruit of Evolution is quite special, even by the system's standards. I can assure you of at least that much."

Pheldorapod adjusted his eyewear for...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 23: Skill Rank Up and The Count's Exhaustion [First Draft]

 

Lone scooped up the remaining mana orbs that he hadn't been forced to use while restoring the Rock Dragon's leg and he then straightening his spine and popped his back.

Wiping the sweat from his brow, Lone nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the massive infant slowly standing up and testing out its new limb. "Yup. I can definitely heal you completely. It's a shame I don't have many orbs right now."

"How... is... possible?" the dragon asked with heaps of confusion i...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 36: Unfortunate Andre and The Second Lot [First Draft]

 

Daz appeared on the stage with his gems and Rimmy near him. This shocked many people.

For a start, why the hell was Daz, one of the three 'second classers' - as Pheldopapod had called them, fighting for a Class Rest Token? Secondly, what were those gems peacefully floating around Daz's body?

Only about forty-percent of the champions were aware of the existence of these peculiar gems hovering around the young reaper, but even they didn't know what the massive ...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 22: Fearing The Unknown and Resisting Oneself [First Draft]

 

'Two more have arrived... They are far more powerful than the other six... Have they come to kill me? I know I shouldn't be in the human territories, but I haven't caused any harm yet, have I?' the Rock Dragon thought as it felt two new pairs of feet walking towards the canyon.

'I have no chance of recovering, so maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to offer my essence to them? It's not like I could struggle even if I wanted to...' The baby dragon wanted t...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 35: Class Reset Tokens and Merit Point Averages [First Draft]

 

Pheldorapod waited until the first item had been carted onto the stage and revealed before he spoke again. "As you can all see, lovely champions of Earth, there are five tokens here. I'm sure you are all curious as to why. Perhaps you get all five in one purchase? Perhaps they are all actually one item? Perhaps they only work together in a set?"

He stayed silent for a moment to build up the anticipation. "In truth, the answer is very simple. Th...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 34: Merit Star and Baggage [First Draft]


[Direct Line To God

Allows the host to connect themselves with their patron god and channel their power into their own body. Doing this consumes a single merit star per second from the host and ten divine crystals from their patron god. (Currently sealed due to the host's patron god being incapable of channelling their power to the host).]


"What the hell?" Daz asked aloud as he knitted his eyebrows and frowned. "What...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 21: Descent and Disfigured [First Draft]

 

Lone could feel exactly six souls in the camp that sat on the edge of the canyon. Once he and Sophie had gotten closer, he could immediately tell that all of them were C-rankers.

He and Sophie weren't exactly being subtle, so the two adventurers who were on guard duty immediately spotted the well-dressed nine-tailed foxkin and the heavily armoured girl.

One of the two C-rankers shook his head quickly to gather his focus and he then hastily grabbed his weapon - a spear...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 33: Pala's Determination and Hamson The Spade [First Draft]

 

"System, what item would you recommend I get with this token?" Daz asked as he held the SS-ranked Item Token in between his fingers.


[Confirmed. The best item for the host at this point in time from the system's point of view would be the [SS-ranked (Higher tier) Pala's Spade (Replica)].]


"Pala? Isn't that the God of Shovels? Why the hell does he have a spade, and why is there a replica version of it?" Daz asked rhetorically. Reg...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 20: Count Lorton and Position Mastery [First Draft]

 

Lone and Soph were led to a large open office inside of the exquisitely-decorated mansion, and as soon as they had entered the room, the knight leading them put his fist to his chest and bowed at an angle of twenty-five-degrees.

"Your Grace, I present to you the two adventurers that are here to attempt to aid you with the county's dragon situation. The foxkin is an SS-ranked golden-plate while the child is an SS-ranked silver-plate. Here is the commission request that ...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 32: Mr Barrier and Secret Override [First Draft]

 

"I wonder what you'll get," Daz mumbled as he watched Madison use her golden lottery ticket.

The two of them had decided to use her ticket first before Daz used his Skill Upgrade Tokens and his SS-ranked Item Token.

"Curious," Madison replied enthusiastically.

The training room that they were now in started glowing with a bright hue of shimmering-yellow as the ticket began making noises and fanfare like a local street raffle might have done.

Daz ...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 31: Worldeater and Lucky Maddy [First Draft]

 

"So, how does this test work? The name's pretty self-explanatory, but if there are any catches, I'd appreciate knowing them, thanks," Daz asked of the android in front of him.

He, Madison and Rimmy were now in the Power-Stripped Survival Test's lobby. There were only a few hundred people in here. Clearly, it wasn't the most popular of tests.

"Of course, Sir. This test is incredibly simple. All of your skills, stats, items, evolutions, everything that has been given to...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 19: A Noble's Quest and Rithbane

 

"So, you want us to do this quest?" Lone asked as he took a sip of his ale and reread the sheet of paper that Sarah had pulled out of her pocket and handed to him.

The grand guildmaster grinned. "Yup. It's far, which is why I need a quick group to handle it. It was commissioned by a right dickhead, but he's got political clout. Me and Erion can only do so much when it comes to refusing the nobles and the crown, ya see?"

Scott looked confused. "How come? Doesn't The Ad...

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Too Many Pictures To Copy/Paste

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/12798/shovels-in-spades/chapter/350826/good-news-draft-artwork-of-rose 

Long story short, I got my new PC and chapters will resume today!

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Finished Ascending Lemurian Swind Artwork

I'm quite happy with this. The expression is a little bit off considering what Swind's going through right now in the story, but I can picture him looking this chuffed and charming were Rachel up and on her feet.

Edit: I noticed about 15 tiny errors about colouring and the artist amazingly fixed them all even though I said they didn't need to (I told them about the errors so they can improve for when I next commission them), and so, I've updated the image.

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Sketch of Ascending Lemurian Swind In A Suit

I should have the edited and finished version in full colour in a couple of days at the most, but here's a sketch of everyone's favourite lizard-boy.

On the topic of my pc, rent has been paid for and I'll be ordering the computer later today (it's just past 4am on Monday right now for me lol), so as soon as the pledges are processed, I can buy it and we're back to writing!

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LTW Eolande

I'm not very fond of the face/head, but for $40, it's pretty incredible, no?

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Link To The Character Popularity Poll

Here ya go.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/12798/shovels-in-spades/chapter/348144/character-popularity-poll

Guess what?
Still love you guys c:
<3

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Facts About Me

As I said in my last post, here's some juicy details about me as we wait for my new computer.


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First off, I'm a 22 year old Scottish dude. Pretty basic and common knowledge, huh?

I grew up in your ordinary everyday village which had a population of less than 3,000 people. Small place, I know.

I used to absolutely hate reading and English as a whole. It just never really jivved well with me when I was a kid.

I was your average weird kid in primary...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 18: Water Magic Skills and Sarah's Orders [First Draft]


Active Water Magic Skill: Mana Waterspear

A special application of the water magic school where the caster focuses the element of water into a condensed spear of mana-infused water.

Cost: 7,500 MP

Mastery: Beginner Level 1]


'Huh. Interesting. This is the first time I've seen a magic-based skill with the word 'special' attached to it. I guess mos...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 30: Krishan Ladakh and Updated Ranking [First Draft]

 

Daz stormed his way through the remaining nine scenes in the trial of weakness with relative ease.

Almost every single scene was beatable with minimal effort so long as Daz listened to his instincts religiously and was willing to take some damage here or there to clear them.

Only the tenth one posed any real challenge to him. It was entirely mind-based and his instincts told him that he didn't have the capabilities to overcome the scene by exploiting his weaknesses, s...

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 29: New Promise and Weakness [First Draft]

 

Madison spent two of her new Sword Credits on fancy new swords. One had a blade made of pure energy while the other one was a dazzlingly sharp katana of some sort. She fused both of them immediately with her personal sword, Family.

Of course, Daz checked it to see if it had gained any new skills. If he recalled correctly, Madison's skill, Sword Fusion, had a two-percent chance of absorbing a skill possessed by a sword that Family fused with.


[Family...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 17: Liza's End and Water Magic Resistance [First Draft]

 

"How dare you... How dare you!" Liza was enraged.

The moisture in the air all congealed around the Seeker and turned into several pikes of pure water. Each one was spinning at a speed so fast that only Lone and Johnathon could even tell that they were rotating.

Johnathon felt his blood run cold as he saw the look in Lone's eyes. "M-Mighty Ninetails, she means no offence! I swear! She is simply emotional and I can guarantee that were she in the right state of m-"

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SIS Book 3 Chapter 28: Flying Results and Sword Mastery Challenge [First Draft]

 

Daz stood on the platform and silently asked his instincts which direction would be the best to fly in. No matter which way he faced, his instincts didn't react.

"Huh." He held his chin as he thought out loud. "So the trial gets progressively harder the exact same amount in every single direction? Oh well. I was kinda hoping for an easier route for maximum points."

He summoned Hamson, and - with the help of his Agility stat - stood atop the blood-red tool. "Rimmy...

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LTW Book 4 Chapter 16: Lies and Retribution [First Draft]

 

Lone was surprised to see Johnathon Bright waiting for him at the Mystopolis' southern gate.

Ignoring the crowds that were here to see the rare seeker as well as the people who were giving his own group a lot of attention, Lone approached the heavily armoured man and raised an eyebrow. "I didn't expect to see you so soon. I can think of a few reasons why you'd be waiting here. I'm hoping the actual one is good?"

Johnathon smiled warmly. "Shall we talk inside of the ci...

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