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MiP B2 Chapter 44: Multithreading Life

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Carlos snuck as quietly as he could manage through the endless jungle, every scrap of attention focused on watching for and avoiding any sticks his fee...

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MiP B2 Chapter 43: Loose String

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High Lord Recindril Tostral slowly read through the instructions from the mystery package for the 8th time, reassuring himself once again that they did...

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MiP B2 Chapter 42: Dangerous Territory

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"So, how did they do?" Carlos sat back in a remarkably comfortable camping chair and nodded at Major Ordens.

The junior royal guard officer nodded back. "Their performance was acc...

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MiP B2 Chapter 41: Unexpected Enemies

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Jamar Tostral, fourth scion of her house, shook off her momentary confusion and charged. "Reserve squad, with me!" Her two elites were already engaging the lone royal guard, their speed...

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MiP B2 Chapter 40: Expected Confrontation

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Jamar Tostral stalked through the forest, for once not pulling in ambient mana as fast as her soul could bear. It wouldn't do to tip off her unsuspecting targets, who were mage...

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MiP B2 Chapter 39: Plans and Tracks

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King Elston Kalor was still staring at the hole where a secondary vault had formerly resided when a column of two dozen royal guards raced into the vault, running two abreast with spear...

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MiP B2 Chapter 38: Fraying Strings

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Carlos looked up as his pondering of their new discoveries was interrupted by a polite tapping on the tent's entry flap. He recognized the feel of Ressara and diverted one of his minds ...

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MiP B2 Chapter 37: Advanced Documentation

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"You called, boss?"

Carlos looked up and gestured for Trinlen to join him and Amber inside the tent. "Close and seal the door behind you, please."

"Sure thing." Trinlen trig...

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MiP B2 Chapter 36: More Strings

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Carlos joined the gathering of his house for their by-now-routine flight to a new area with even higher-level aether, feeling rather cheerful. He nodded to Amber, who was already there ...

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MiP B2 Chapter 35: Gathering Clouds

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"Five days. Five days so far of putting up with this nonsense." Jamar Tostral, fourth scion of her house, growled to herself as she slashed both of her swords at...

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MiP B2 Chapter 34: A String Grasped

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"A new move? They have supplied a new item for you?"

Captain Granlan shook his head, not considering that the person on the other end of the communic...

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MiP B2 Chapter 33: Finding Paths

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Kindar breathed deeply, acutely aware of the wolf-like monsters spreading out to flank him on either side. He raised his sword and held his shield ready. A...

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MiP Characters

Requested by my temporary adamantium patron, Duckytheclaw. Incidentally, I aim to resume chapter posts for everyone this coming week, though likely later than Tuesday.

Protagonists:

  • Carlos: Full formal name High Lord Carlos Founder. The main character. Transmigrated from modern Earth. Formerly a software engineer. 23 years old man. Tall and thin, with brown hair and eyes, and light skin color.

  • Amber: Full formal name High Lady Amber Carlos. Secondary prota...

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MiP B2 Chapter 32: Hunting

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Trinlen stalked quietly through the tall grass, crouching low to stay hidden beneath the surface of the grass. Carlos kept pace with him on his right, and ...

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MiP B2 Chapter 31: Noble Reaction

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High Lord Recindril Tostral took a moment to get his bearings after respawning, but once the memory of how he died came back, he was unsurprised to find hi...

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MiP B2 Chapter 30: Royal Action

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As the day faded into twilight, Carlos and Amber settled in their shared tent and got out Sandaras's spellbook for another look, now that their structures ...

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MiP B2 Chapter 29: Research Progress

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The next morning, Crown Mage Felton showed his growing impatience by packing up the whole camp with a wave of his hand and an outpouring of mana the moment...

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MiP Definitely tomorrow

The next chapter is very close to done, but not quite close enough to finish before I go to sleep tonight. Sorry for missing my predicted finish time on this one.

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MiP next chapter by Thursday for all tiers

Tomorrow might be possible, but we'll see.

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MiP B2 Chapter 28: Matters of Nobility

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Kindar paced back and forth impatiently, as if his number of steps would end his wait sooner. He scowled at the older man who was simply watching him calml...

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MiP Tomorrow

I'm on track to finish and post chapter 28 for Platinum tier tomorrow, and writing is getting faster.

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MiP Tuesday

While I didn't finish the chapter in a week after my cold, I am making progress on it. I aim to post on Tuesday, and then hopefully go back to the original planned weekly schedule.

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MiP I got sick

It turns out that a plain old common cold brutally murdered my hopes of writing a whole chapter this week.

I'm mostly recovered now, but it cost me 5 days of writing time.

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MiP Update

I'm sorry for the unplanned hiatus, and for the total lack of communication about it. Some of what has been happening was out of my control, but I absolutely should have posted to inform people, and that's 100% on me. I'm sorry, and I will try to post about such things more promptly, and without waiting for when I can finally also post a chapter.

What happened:

As I have posted about before, I have ADHD, and I am sensitive to the differences between manufacturers of Adderall. We...

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MiP B2 Chapter 27: Contemplation of Lessons

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Carlos panted and leaned on his knees for a moment after conceding yet another defeat to Trinlen. He looked up at the sound of clapping, coming from the si...

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MiP B2 Chapter 26: Educational Experience

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Felton watched, fascinated, as his three students pored over the expanded runes that spelled out the details of a few of the enchantments in a suit of roya...

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MiP B2 Chapter 25: A New Language

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Amber yawned, but shook her head and determinedly held on to wakefulness. She straightened her back and rubbed a little sand out of her eyes, then turned t...

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MiP B2 Chapter 24: Integrated Development Environment

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Amber woke early despite how late she'd stayed up the night before, eager to learn the different way of designing spells that Carlos was so excited about. ...

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MiP B2 Chapter 23: Pulling At Strings

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Carlos paid very little attention to his surroundings, or even his actions, during the move. He mechanically packed up his tent, which was a rather abbrevi...

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MiP B2 Chapter 22: Breaking Limits

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"So… This feels awkward, but we would… rather not have you watching us while we continue examining these." Carlos managed not to chuckle nervously, but...

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