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Volume Four Publication and Other Tidbits (lower tiers)

Okay, the glorious day when Volume Four of Unintended Cultivator goes live on Amazon is almost upon us. The official launch date is November 12, 2024, which means a few things. First and foremost, it means that most of the Volume Four chapters will soon go back behind the paywall so that Amazon doesn't get angry with me. That will probably happen around Nov. 8.

If you want to pre-order a copy of the ebook on Amazon, you can find it 2024-10-28 21:30:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Volume Four Publication and Other Tidbits (upper tiers)

Okay, the glorious day when Volume Four of Unintended Cultivator goes live on Amazon is almost upon us. The official launch date is November 12, 2024, which means a few things. First and foremost, it means that most of the Volume Four chapters will soon go back behind the paywall so that Amazon doesn't get angry with me. That will probably happen around Nov. 8.

If you want to pre-order a copy of the ebook on Amazon, you can find it 2024-10-28 21:29:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Light Novel Title Updated

Okay, it took me a while to do this but I have given the light novel a name. For the purposes of Patreon, it's title is Unwillingly Summoned. The actual title is Unwillingly Summoned, the Hero Becomes an Adventurer Instead. Why such a long title? Well, it turns out that long, highly descriptive titles are more or less the standard for light novels, so I'm following along with that convention. So, if you're wondering where all the light novel chapters are, they're appearing as Unwillingly Summ...

Unintended Cultivator Vol 10: Chapter 34 – Flight

The abrupt shortening of the distance he had to travel gave Sen a golden opportunity that he wasn’t about to waste. He’d keep moving toward the capital, but he could take just a little bit of that saved time to experiment. As much potential as this improved qinggong technique had, its usefulness dropped to nothing if Sen couldn’t control it. While hurling his body at an enemy at those speeds might well kill the enemy, it would almost certainly kill him too. He could imagine a situation ...

Unintended Cultivator Vol. 10: Chapter 33 – Qinggong, Revisited

Sen had traveled alone so rarely in recent years that he was almost never able to really push himself. With the exception of nascent soul cultivators, no one was able to keep up. It wasn’t something that bothered him particularly. Traveling at a pace that everyone could sustain was just a sensible practice, but it did leave a gap in his knowledge about his own abilities. He supposed gaps like that were the case for many cultivators, especially ones as young as him or those who advanced quic...

Isekai Terry AHS: Chapter 2 – Almost Instant Karma

Terry stopped the cart in front of the Adventurer’s Guild, only to consider it dubiously. He’d have to leave everything outside to fetch Analina. He did not imagine she would thank him for dragging a bloody, dripping, makeshift sack filled with wolf heads across the mostly clean floor inside. Of course, that meant abandoning the head sack outside. He shook off the worry that someone was going to make off with his prizes. Analina knew he was coming in with them, so she’d be very suspicio...

Isekai Light Novel: Chapter 8 – Do I Need to Pay for That?

Looking back on it, James could see that Enrica must have been pretty desperate because she barely put up any protest.

“No, you’re a guest. I couldn’t ask you to do that,” she said.

“I really don’t mind helping out. I might need people to show me where things are, but I can wash dishes.”

“Okay!” said Enrica, dispelling even the façade of turning him down. “You’ve convinced me.”

He’d expected it to last just the one evening, but their usual pe...

Unintended Cultivator Vol. 10: Chapter 32 – Last Minute Details

Leaving was something Sen was never eager to do, and this time was no exception. He was ever-more resentful when the events of the outside world dragged him away from Ai. Taking her in meant taking responsibility for her. Not just making sure she was clothed and fed, but being there for all the other things that he’d never gotten as a child. Love. Discipline. A sense of security. It wasn’t that he lacked faith in Auntie Caihong. The elder cultivator adored Ai, but she never ...

Unintended Cultivator Vol. 10: Chapter 31 – Summoned

The paper gave off a vague crinkling noise as Sen’s fist crushed it. He wasn’t running out of time anymore. He was just out of time, plain and simple. The message from Jing had been a little vague, no doubt as a security precaution. That didn’t stop Sen from deciphering the salient details. Master Feng had visited the sects in the capital, as well as the royal palace, to announce the new order of things. The reception that news got had been mixed at best. Some of the sects chose to acce...

Unwillingly Summoned: Chapter 7 – The Verdant Field

The inside of The Verdant Field was, well, it looked like one of those restaurant slash bars back on earth. There was the bar itself and a number of heavy wooden tables that were mostly empty. The few people sitting at the tables gave James a moment of pause. He didn’t quite know what to make of them. They didn’t come off like laborers or craftspeople. There was a hard edge to their glances that left him feeling a little cold. He was relieved that none of them gave him more than a passing...

Isekai Terry AHS: Chapter 1 – Corpse Detail

“Stupid dire wolves,” grumbled Terry as he gave one of the bodies a desultory kick.

Then, with a sigh, he threw another oversized wolf’shead onto the big blanket. He had managed to secure a cart to transport the evidence of his mass slaughter to the Adventurer’s Guild. Unfortunately, getting it all the way out to where he’d killed the dire wolves proved impossible. The going was too rough, and the trees were too densely packed in too many places. He’d semi-abandoned the cart...

Unwilling Summoned: Chapter 6 – Awkward Partings

It was late afternoon by the time James found himself standing at a gate in front of what he now knew was the palace. It was a small group of people that had come to see him off. There was the princess, for some reason. She was still giving him pleading, mournful looks. There was the Karissa girl, who looked deeply uncomfortable. There was Maggie, who couldn’t seem to decide if she wanted to be angry with him or wanted to cry. There was also the drab little man who, James decided, really di...

Unwilling Summoned: Chapter 5 – Gear Up

When the king had said he’d set James up for a comfortable life, James’s expectations had been decidedly low. He’d fully expected to be handed what amounted to pocket change and immediately shoved out the front door. That was assuming that the king didn’t have him beaten and tossed in an alley or just disposed of in some convenient river or canal. James had declined to go off and do whatever to save the kingdom. Not exactly the kind of decision that would endear him the local royalty....

Unintended Cultivator Vol 10: Chapter 30 – The Difference Between Life and Death

Sen watched as some of the qi-condensing cultivators worked forms with their weapons. It took a true effort of will to his expression calm and neutral. None of them were bad. He reminded himself of that repeatedly. They were all adequate. Some might even rise to the level of gifted for their level of advancement, but they weren’t what he would consider good. I really was spoiled when it came to my weapon instruction, he thought. He didn’t consider the failings he saw before him t...

Unintended Cultivator Vol. 10: Chapter 29 – A Necessity for Survival

“This can’t work for our needs. Not in the long term,” said Sen, gesturing at the walls of the room.

The walls in question were nothing but stone shelves. For the moment, most of the shelves were empty. There were, however, a few shelves filled with communication cores. Some of them gave off a faint glow that indicated they were active, while others remained dull and lifeless. Freed from the overbearing pressure that came with the prospect of advancement, Sen had been able to turn...

Unintended Cultivator Vol 10: Chapter 28 – Am I Ready?

Sen winced as he saw the aftermath of the fight with the beast tide in the full light of day. He’d put it off as long as he dared. It wasn’t until after Ai had woken up, shrieked in delight at seeing Falling Leaf awake, and eventually been passed off to Auntie Caihong that he’d ventured out to get a good look at things. At seeing it, he wished he’d found a way to wait even longer. There were dead spirit beasts everywhere outside the town. That was something he knew would need to be re...

Unintended Cultivator Vol 10: Chapter 27 – Awake

Falling Leaf stretched. It was partly out of habit, partly out of curiosity, and partly out of that warm, pleasant sensation of being full of good food. She was aware that Sen had rushed the cooking, and it hadn’t been his best effort, but she didn’t care. Eating hot food in this strange stone den that he’d made for them was always a comfort. It let her feel something that she hadn’t even managed back on that mountain. She was home. She stretched again to confirm that she hadn’t bee...

Unwillingly Summoned: Chapter 4 – Cheap Shot

“I didn’t look,” repeated James.

Maggie stared at him in open-mouthed confusion before she finally asked, “Why?”

“Because it doesn’t matter.”

“How can it not matter? Your class determines what kind of powers you get!”

James didn’t think that hurling profanities at his friend would be terribly productive. So, he counted backwards from five in his head before formulating an answer.

“It doesn’t matter what class or powers I got because I do...

Unintended Cultivator Vol 10: Chapter 26 – Fearless

Sen froze. Part of him wondered if he’d just wanted to hear that so badly that he’d hallucinated it. That uncertainty was swiftly put to rest when Falling Leaf gave him a bleary-eyed glare.

“Hungry,” she repeated. “Food.”

Sen surged forward and dropped to his knees next to the bed. He didn’t know how to feel as elation, relief, and a fresh surge of guilt battled for supremacy in his soul. He was certain that he’d burst into tears while words tumbled out of his mout...

Unintended Cultivator Vol 10: Chapter 25 – Drifting

Hope, it turned out, was not the remedy that Falling Leaf needed. Morning came and, although she remained physically healthy, she couldn’t be woken. With guilt seething inside of him, Sen made himself leave the room. He had done everything he could for her. Plus, much as he might wish it were different, things were still happening in the world. He’d agreed to do things in that world that he wanted to take back. Except, he couldn’t take them back. The arrow had left the string already in...

Unintended Cultivator Vol 10: Chapter 24 – The Last Resorts of the Helpless

For Sen, the world stopped for the next two days. His entire universe condensed down until the only thing in it was the occupant of a bed. He simply watched Falling Leaf breathe and waited. He’d been in a flurry for the first hour or two. Then, as his panic subsided and the truth became clear, he realized that Falling was fine. At least, physically, she was fine. Better than fine. His gamble with that insane elixir had worked. He couldn’t pin down precisely how much she had advanced becau...

Unintended Cultivator Vol 10: Chapter 23 – A Prayer to Unknown Gods

When he’d agreed to help Falling Leaf try to advance faster, Sen knew that they were both going to be taking risks. He’d be betting on his intuition and experience, and no little help from Auntie Caihong and Fu Ruolan, to help him overcome a stark lack of information. She’d be betting her life based on, as far as he could tell, nothing more than almost blind faith in him. Those realities had stayed his hand for a long time as he had people scouring the kingdom and spending money like wa...

Unintended Cultivator Vol. 10: Chapter 22 – Why Am I Last?

Sen listened with a mixture of amusement and concern to the report of all of the newly cooperative sects that were reaching out to him through a variety of means. Some were coordinating with the sects that had the communication cores while others had sent messengers. He wasn’t sure how he felt about anyone below the nascent soul stage being ordered to travel alone through such dangerous territory, but he also wasn’t sure that he could or should try to put a stop to it. He needed to know w...