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The blow had hurt Yuan almost as much as his opponent.
Revolver warned him that a First Coil’s body couldn’t sustain a technique, and the pain in Yuan’s right wrist keenly reminded him of that advice. That Recoil Fist trick might break his own arm if executed poorly, so he couldn’t rely on it to win this fight. ...
2024-04-02 08:39:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is it guys; the April's Fool crossover collaboration!
I wrote this special, Xianxia parody chapter alongside a few other authors; in my case, this is a farewell to Vainqueur on Royal Road and Patreon, as it has now hit Kindle Unlimited. I hope you will enjoy this special chapter.
The Cast:
Sifu-Sensei Vainquer Knightsbane, AKA Vainquer the Dragon
Story link: 2024-04-01 06:52:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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I slowly descended into the darkness, the last of the Parliament’s skulls held between my talons as my only guide.
The Gaze spell illuminated the path below and revealed ancient words of power carved into the pit’s walls. I did not recognize these symbols and languages, but I could see the magic radiating from them. My win...
2024-03-30 08:58:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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Yuan found it difficult to sleep with all the lightning.
He had spent the better part of his evening skewering the centidead’s corpse and tying its chitinous plates together with the rope he got from Kyung-sun around his chest. This makeshift armor wouldn’t stop bullets or blades, but it would lessen their impact. ...
2024-03-29 08:51:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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Tracking down a spirit-car was no different from catching an animal. One needed to learn of the target’s location, set up a trap, and then bait it to its doom.
It didn’t take Yuan long to find wheel marks among the rusty dunes and stone roads. Considering how many of them there were, he expected to find a wild herd driving around.&nbs...
2024-03-28 09:02:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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Haggling with Kyung-sun proved to be a miserable experience, but Yuan still managed to walk out of the Golden Gate with a canteen filled with water, a bag of rations big enough to last three days, some rope, and a gasoline canister.
And his revolver, of course. Couldn’t forget the revolver. Kyung-sun refused to surr...
2024-03-27 08:59:19 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: something weird happened this monday. I had that chapter ready for a while, but I've grown so used to publishing CE chapters on Tuesday that I completely forgot to publish that one today. Better late than never I guess.
In any case, like with Gunsoul, this chapter ends with a poll for the next Dungeon. I'll post a second DW chapter tomorrow and then three Gunsoul chapters from Wednesday to Friday.
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A/N: there's a small NSFW scene in this chapter; putting brackets so you can identify it.
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Riding on a trihorn’s back proved to be an interesting experience.
Namely, my mount tried to throw me off its back thrice, attempted to impale me twice, and then nearly ran away from the training grounds. ...
2024-03-23 09:14:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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They paved the hallway with spider bile and viscera.
Being short of an eye never hindered Matthew’s aim. Though his gunslinging hardly compared with John’s, he more than pulled his weight. Eyes, limbs, abdomen, they all bled the same.
“Bang,” Matthew said as he blew out a spider’s head, then a second. “Bang bang b...
2024-03-22 09:04:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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“Subtle or loud?” John as he charged his weapon.
A dungeon always began with answering this question. Doc O’Connor likened Dungeons to bodies and monsters to their immune system. Since manifesting traps and monsters consumed energy, most Dungeons only summoned these defenses to pick off the helpless humans they caught in their web. Crawl...
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A/N: Oddly enough, Patreon doesn't allow cover picture when creating a poll; a shame.
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A woman in leather armor pointed a hunting rifle at Yuan's head.
He didn’t raise his hands up in the air though. Instead, he grabbed his revolver and pointed it at his assailant’s face before she could react. A tense...
2024-03-20 07:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the final Vainqueur Audiobook, the Last Adventure, is now finally available on Audible! As always, any review or share is appreciated!
Gatesville appeared in the distance.
Yuan had heard that once upon a time, endless fleets of cars sailed across stone roads called highways that stretched across half the world. Nothing but ruins remained of them now, and Gatesville happened to be built under one. Great concrete pillars as tall as hills surged from the wasteland and proppe...
2024-03-19 09:45:47 +0000 UTC View Post
A/N: for numbering context, the pilot was split in two parts that will be published as short chapters in the final version; hence the number 3 here. In any case, here's the start of official Gunsoul chapters. More info at the end.
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The marauders had robbed Yuan of everything: his friends, his package, his car, and...
2024-03-18 10:23:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, the poll's results are in.
Gunsoul ends up in the lead by a narrow four votes (out of over 130).
It was, by far, the most closely contested poll in my Patreon's history. The two options were literally one vote apart yesterday; truthfully, I even started writing chapters for both on my free-time to avoid being taken by surprise by a last minute victory from one or the other.
Though Gunsoul has a slight edge,...
2024-03-16 11:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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Tlazohtzin’s widow and brother sat as far apart from each other as my current table would allow them to.
I originally planned to enjoy my breakfast with Nenetl, but Iztacoatl’s cruel prank—if I could call watching a corpse give birth to stillborn abominations a prank—and new circumstances forced me to slightly adju...
2024-03-16 08:56:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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I woke up from the Underworld to find Nenetl snoring lightly on my chest.
It was quite a comforting sight after my harrowing night in the House of Jaguars. I almost felt like a warrior returning home to his loving wife after a grueling, horrific campaign; which I supposed I was, in a way.
“Mmm…” Nenetl stirred under th...
2024-03-12 09:29:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear patrons.
It's been a while since the last poll! Now that Commerce Emperor is taking a pause for some time, I'm going to publish a new short story to take my mind off it and B&F; something lighter to compensate for the darkness of Aztec vampires, so to say. Both pilots were posted yesterday, but you can find links in this document too. Otherwise, a B&F chapter will be posted tomorrow in the CE chapter's place.
So without further ado, here a...
2024-03-11 09:06:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Part 1
The ground tasted of blood and the air smelled of smoke.
Pain raced through Yuan Guang’s body as he coughed out dirt. His hands grasped at empty air. He crawled along the ground, his blurry vision slowly returning to normal. His car’s husk burned behind him. Its destroyers were already ransacking it for anything useful.
Yuan struggled to remember much. He recalled shouting a warning and reaching for his gun when he saw the...
2024-03-10 09:20:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello! As promised, here's one of the two pilots for the next (short) series I'm going to write in tandem with Blood & Fur. The other should be published shortly. Cover picture was done by Gharbi Zouhayer and Dinovoila.
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It was September 6th, 2024 in Evermarsh. Time was meaningless, monsters were everywhere, and Belgium had never existed–to everyone's relief.
A four-story-tall high school stood near the waterfront behind thick brick walls. ...
2024-03-10 09:20:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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It was like being chased by a storm with a thousand claws.
A chorus of bloodthirsty shrieks erupted behind me, followed by the thundering noise of a raging stampede. Trees collapsed in my wake, crushed under the feet of deers and trihorns. Monkeys threw stones at me. Voles and coati ran faster than they should with frothing mouths ...
2024-03-09 09:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi guys,
Apologies for so many announcement posts lately, it's like the stars aligned in March between the Vainqueur audiobook and Commerce Emperor's release on Amazon.
But well, the time has come. The first volume of Commerce Emperor, covering the prologue to chapter nineteen, is now available on Kindle Unlimited and Audible!
Amazon...
2024-03-06 10:33:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, dear dragons,
Many times have I received messages (whether on Patreon, Royal Road, even my website) about Vainqueur's final audiiobook; the four volume series has been left incomplete for a while, mostly because its narrator Jack Voraces was fully booked with Apocalypse Tamer.
After a very long struggle, I'm happy to announce that Audible has finally, finally made the audiobook available!
A preorder is now open, with the ...
2024-03-05 09:46:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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I entered Nenetl’s quarters well and truly exhausted.
Between my intense training, the promenade with Ingrid, and fulfilling my promise to Chikal, I wanted nothing more than to sit down somewhere and fade away into a deep sleep. Even the Underworld would prove a relief from my body’s tiredness. I just came straight out of a ...
2024-03-02 09:29:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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How could I best abuse my power?
The question was on my mind all morning after I left the Reliquary. Immense resources and control of the imperial state meant that my only limits were the Nightlords’ veto and my own imagination. I could easily make my pet Iztili into a governor if I so wished, and perhaps I should. He would no...
2024-02-24 09:26:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here's an appropriate Battle Music to go with the chapter, as usual ;)
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Their blades sang as they clashed.
Both the Lord of Wrath’s sword and Roland’s royal regalia were forged from adamanti...
2024-02-20 09:24:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chamiaholom underwent a truly gruesome transformation.
Bones surged from under her frail flesh and covered around every inch of her skin. Ribs coiled around her chest as impenetrable armor. A pale white helmet closed over her head in a single bite, its sinister grin full of sharp teeth. A dozen spikes erupted from her shoulders, each a...
2024-02-17 09:07:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Disclaimer: Hi guys, a reminder that since Commerce Emperor will hit Kindle Unlimited on March 6th, I'll have to remove the first volume (covering the first 19 chapters) from Patreon and RR two weeks before that date.
If you haven't downloaded the free dracolich ebook version you have until around February 23rd to do so! 2024-02-13 09:26:45 +0000 UTC View Post
A/N: this chapter includes a short NSFW Scene; as usual I've marked warnings when it happens if you would rather skip it.
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“It could mean anything,” the Jaguar Woman said.
“It could mean anything?” Iztacoatl’s mocking laugh echoed in the Abode of Darkness. “Do you hear yourself, sister? He said dea...
2024-02-10 09:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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Silence reigned in Whitethrone’s great cathedral.
As a Hero, I entered its great walls as early as nine in the morning alongside most of my colleagues. The Fatebinder and the Priest led our procession, the former walking slightly ahead of the latter in the gilded robes of her esteemed office. Reformist and traditionalist-minde...
2024-02-06 09:20:47 +0000 UTC View Post