Here's your chapter! Enjoy :)
-Plum
49 – Raiding Party
It turned out that Lucy agreed with Andy almost immediately when he suggested a different successor. He was anticipating having to explain himself a lot more, but even as he said, “It’s not that I don’t think you’re great—it’s just that if we’re both—” she cut him off, waving a hand.
“No, I was having the same thought. If we’re both out there risking our lives, it doesn’t mak...
2025-07-02 19:14:04 +0000 UTC
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Love all the feedback :) Thanks for reading. It seems like this story is building a pretty good audience on here!
Cheers,
Plum
48 – Evolution
The shower turned out to be more invigorating than he’d hoped—the water was frigid. Still, he enjoyed getting clean and, afterward, putting on some mostly clean clothes. After that, he’d spoken with Bella and some of the mor...
2025-07-01 20:09:20 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy the chapter! :)
-Plum
24 – Minor Setback
Behind Fausto’s castle, through a walled-off garden lined with beautifully sculpted gargoyles, Herringbone led Victor to a locked, iron gate that closed off stone stairs leading into darkness. “The master’s speaking stone is down there, milord.”
“Speaking stone, huh?” Victor nodded, approaching the gate. He was alone with the strange man, having sent ...
2025-07-01 19:36:04 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy the chapter :)
-Plum
47 – Lunch in the Park
When he reached the little park, Andy was surprised to find it crowded. Kids were running all over the place, and people were sitting around at folding tables on lawn furniture. It was such a different scene from what he'd have seen before the System came that he had to stop and take it all in for a moment. Things had changed a lot for their little...
2025-06-30 17:24:56 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy the chapter. Andy's been putting off a lot of settlement business, so, yeah, we're going through a few chapters with no real action. Hope it's still enjoyable :)
-Plum
46 – Testing Zone
Andy let Bella lead the way, though he had a good idea where they were headed. A few vacant trailer plots sat across the lane from where he’d placed the spring, and he was sure that was where she was taking him. As they walk...
2025-06-29 20:47:58 +0000 UTC
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It's Victor time! Enjoy the chapter :)
-Plum
23 – The Clouds Parted
Engulfed in the fury of his transformation, Victor fought for control of his mind. He’d yet to figure out how to properly modify Volcanic Fury to give him the clarity of thought he could exercise under his other berserking abilities. Even so, he’d grown immensely since he’d first cast it. His will was like a mountain comp...
2025-06-29 17:34:20 +0000 UTC
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Whew! Long day! Hope you enjoy :)
Thanks for the support!
-Plum
42 – Bad Options
Tony walked beside Addie up to the doors, nodding to the bouncer as they approached. The big man used his too-long chrome arm to pull the door open for them. “Yo, Shep.”
Tony smiled, holding out his metal fist as they slipped by. “Ted.” The bouncer clacked his other metal knuckles ...
2025-06-28 20:53:56 +0000 UTC
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Thanks for reading, folks!
Whew, these daily chapters are wearing me out. Might only do it up to next Friday. We'll see how things are going over on RR by then.
I went through my chapters today and fixed skill and spell notations. It won't show "level 1" or "Level 3" anymore - that was reflective of the level Andy earned the spell, and wasn't useful. I made these changes on my primary docs, so they won't reflect on Pa...
2025-06-28 16:08:21 +0000 UTC
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Okay! Here we go! Happy Friday and thanks for reading :)
-Plum
41 – Doom and Gloom
Addie watched Tony as he maneuvered the van into the alley. He looked serious, his expression a little grim, even—lips pressed tight and turned down at the corners, eyebrows angled downward, slow, steady breaths through his nose. He was concentrating, maybe even psyching himself up. He had to be intimidating, and she could o...
2025-06-27 20:35:29 +0000 UTC
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Thanks for reading! And a huge thank you to those of you who've taken the time to click over to the story on RR and give me a follow/rating.
Here's the link in case any more of you want to :)
Andy on RR
We're still climbing Rising Stars, so that's good!
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2025-06-27 11:11:29 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy! :)
Also, there's another cliff, so if you want to wait...
Up to you :)
<pls don't hate me!>
-Plum
22 – Charnel Hall
There were no lights in the vampire’s castle. At least, there were no lights meant to illuminate the environment. However, here and there, Victor saw objects—trinkets, pieces of art, weapons mounted on racks—that shed a very faint glow. No doubt, they were enchanted in one way or another. His primordial tit...
2025-06-26 20:05:37 +0000 UTC
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Whew, my fingers are getting sore! Andy's still on Rising Stars, though, so I gotta keep up these daily chapters for a while! :)
Enjoy,
Plum
43 – Strangers at the Gate
As Tucker spoke, a melodic, tinkling sound, accompanied by a faint hiss, sounded behind Andy, startling him. He whirled, his mind jumping to wild conclusions like some kind of magical snake had gotten int...
2025-06-26 12:41:11 +0000 UTC
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Thanks for reading, everyone :)
Enjoy!
-Plum
42 – Testing the Limits
Andy felt a massive wave of relief when they rounded the corner on the gravel road and saw the plateau ahead. They’d seen it off and on over the desert; it certainly stood out, being more than a hundred feet high, and soaring above the mostly flat desert in the area. “We’re almost there!” he called, turning to wave to the others who were either pulling the trailer or walking be...
2025-06-25 11:00:46 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy the chapter!
Thanks for the support :)
-Plum
21 – Into the Gloom
Victor rode Guapo at the head of his army. It wasn’t much of an army—not yet—but the one-time peasants and thralls were doing their best. They had a hundred mounted soldiers at the front of the column, and behind them marched another seven hundred, give or take a dozen. Victor carried their s...
2025-06-24 21:27:09 +0000 UTC
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Thanks for all the tips about alcohol burning (or not). All my life, I thought things like vodka and whiskey were super flammable. I looked up what kind of alcohol burns best, and Bacardi 151 was one of hit highest ABV ones listed. Anyway, as a result of your feedback, I changed how this scene goes a little. I think it seems realistic enough (considering magic and all, lol.)
Hope you enjoy!
Cheers,
2025-06-24 11:41:35 +0000 UTC
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Okay, folks! Here's the final chapter in Book 3. As I've indicated in the past, I'm going to take a break from VG now to see how it does on Audible and Kindle. I like the story and the characters, but I'm not sure they have mass appeal. A lot of work goes into these books, and I just want to make sure that, if I continue, it's worth my time.
I did my best to make this a kind of satisfying pausing point for the story. Some earlier conflicts get wrapped up, Ward s...
2025-06-23 13:54:55 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy the chapter! :)
Andy's on Rising Stars over on Royal Road, so that's good. Hopefully, he has a good run. Thanks for all your help! If you haven't had a chance to click over and follow/rate/review, I'd appreciate it. If you don't do RR, don't sweat it. :)
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/121319/andy-in-the-apocalypse-l...
2025-06-23 12:23:17 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy the chapter!
Also, if you haven't started reading my new story, Andy in the Apocalypse, give it a try :) I think most of my Victor readers will enjoy it. You can find it here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/121319/andy-in-the-apocalypse-litrpg
Or, you know, right here on Patreon :)
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2025-06-22 21:04:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey all! As you can see, I'm trying to keep you properly ahead of my RR releases. Hopefully I can keep it up, hehe.
Also, love to hear your feedback, so please don't be shy.
Thanks,
Plum
39 – Here to Help
“Kindled Bonds, huh?” Andy said, wincing as he pressed the palm of his leather glove against the entry hole on his chest. The arrow's ex...
2025-06-22 12:27:27 +0000 UTC
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I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Cheers,
Plum
40 – Good Things
Tony stood over Slow John’s listless, groaning form, contemplating the size of his well-tanned, hairy belly as it escaped the confines of his too-tight tank top. The guy was built very similarly to Beef, though he was shorter and had a higher fat-to-muscle ratio. Still, he’d taken a pounding. All the while Tony had been ...
2025-06-21 20:17:59 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy! Thanks for reading :)
Also, if you haven't done so yet, I'd sure appreciate a follow and rating/review over on Royal Road so we can try to lure some more readers into the story :)
Have a great weekend,
-Plum
38 – Watch Your Back
**Congratulations on your victory, Andy! You and your companion have slain an elit...
2025-06-20 21:58:17 +0000 UTC
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Hope you enjoy :)
Have a great Friday!
-Plum
39 – Digging up Dirt
Tony watched Glitchwitch do her thing, eyes obscured by her visor, fingers dancing through the air, messing with some invisible—to Tony—UI element, while she hummed softly and tapped her toes. He sipped his coffee and shifted on the couch, reaching back to pull a wadded-up sweatshirt from the gap between the cushio...
2025-06-20 21:22:52 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy the chapter!
19 – Politics
Victor wasn’t sure if he was willing to stand by and let his soldiers fight to the death. He’d set them up with that expectation—that he was only going to kill the alpha, and then they were on their own—but he really didn’t think he’d be able to stand there and let them die if things went poorly. Luckily, it didn’t come to that. He wasn’t sure if it was the shield wall tactic, the soldiers’ grit, or his banner’s effect ...
2025-06-19 20:35:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey all! Just wanted to let you know that my next project, Andy in the Apocalypse, is now live on Royal Road. Of course, there will always be more chapters on Patreon than on Royal Road, but for those of you who are here as free members, you might want to check it out.
As for my wonderful Patreon supporters who've been reading along already, I'd sure love it if you gave me a follow over there. Maybe a rating or review, too, if you have a minute! Pretty please! Haha.
2025-06-18 21:19:13 +0000 UTC
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Here's the penultimate chapter to Vainglory, Book 3. I'll post the final chapter on Monday.
Hope you're enjoying it,
-Plum
46 – Korrundur
Ward flexed his hand, nodding to himself as he withdrew it from the cloud of anima-laced mana. He felt like he’d absorbed a lot. He felt good, which was a strange way to feel considering the situation. He could still smell the charred fle...
2025-06-18 20:02:20 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy the chapter! :)
-Plum
18 – Save Yourselves
Victor spent another two days weaving a new thread through his framework into a pattern that he thought fulfilled the properties and elements of elder magic. It was a thread that represented something missing from his current mantle: his affinity for fear. It wasn’t a pleasant memory; most of his experiences with his fear weren’t. Even so, it was a powerful one ...
2025-06-17 19:02:33 +0000 UTC
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Hope you enjoy the chapter!
Thanks for reading and supporting :)
-Plum
45 – Before the Worst Happens
The party was quiet as they descended the winding stone steps into the cold, dark, and damp depths of the great caverns beneath Ordo Caelus. Of course, Ward knew nothing of the caverns or their extensive nature, but as they’d passed beyond the hewn, polished marble ...
2025-06-16 21:05:49 +0000 UTC
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Hope you enjoy the chapter! Also, Happy Father's Day!
-Plum
Edit: Woops, I owed you a comment about the Warlord. First, I realize his conversation with his artificer made it sound like he could somehow attack Victor with his new affinity from any distance. That's not the case. I added a new line indicating so. It's not on Patreon, but on my main doc, it says:
Thoargh slapped the slender fellow’s back again, se...
2025-06-15 18:33:01 +0000 UTC
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Well, I hope you enjoy the chapter :)
Thanks for reading!
38 – Post-Mortem
Addie opened her eyes, squinting into the darkness of her bedroom, lit only by the faint amber LEDs of the old data cube she used for editing vids. Her room was quiet, but she could hear the creaking of the warehouse outside its thin walls, the metal support beams expanding with the morning heat and shifting against their enormous bolts as t...
2025-06-14 18:49:24 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy the chapter! Thanks for reading and supporting our cyberpunk habit :)
-Plum
37 – Indecent Proposal
When Tony charged down the hallway, the first thing he noticed was the smell—the acrid tang of melted plastics mixed with something like overdone hamburgers. Beneath those harsh odors was something else, sharp and metallic. Ozone? When he saw the smoking boots sticking out of the bedroom doorway, his heart kic...
2025-06-13 20:37:23 +0000 UTC
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