Hey everyone!
The moment is nearly upon us! The official Terminate the Other World! Book 1 ebook and audiobook release on December 5th and are now available for pre-order!
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In addition, there w...
2023-11-06 23:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
I mean, Belissar totally isn’t forgetting how to people as a dungeon master focused on his bees. So, you know, he definitely doesn’t need any reminders of how to people! Definitely not!
Anyways!
How will the bear people respond to the herbs? Has Belissar made the right choice? Does he need reminders on how to people? Tune in next time, to find out!
2023-11-06 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
A moment of silence for the brave bees. o7
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What will Belissar do to prevent, or at least reduce, future sacrifices? Tune in next time, to find out.
2023-11-03 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
...we salute you, soldier bees.
Anyways.
What have the soldier bees earned with their sacrifice? Tune in next time, to find out.
2023-11-02 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Time to get that grindset, Belissar! We want to see you pump those numbers up! Because, you know, it’s not like a normal person would specifically want to avoid life-threatening situations instead of specifically seeking them out.
On the other hand, it means risking the bees...
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Well, we’ll ask the bees what they want to...oh, they’re already gathering for glorious combat. Well, that settles it! Numbers go up it is!
Anyw...
2023-11-01 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
You know, I was originally gonna make Belissar more of a classic, kinda sociopathic dungeon master for whom lives of bees >>> lives of people. But then I realized that the classic dungeon approach didn’t really work give this world’s dungeon lore. After all, if dungeons are supposed to defend people from the Hunger, then it’s kind of counterproductive to incentivize people to then attack the dungeon’s defenders. Plus...Belissar would no...
2023-10-31 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
Tutorial 2.0! Because tutorial 1.0 definitely didn't leave out a bunch of extremely important mechanics or anything. But it’s fine, that’s what the wiki is for!
What’s that? Belissar doesn’t have access to the wiki?
Weird. Well, I’m sure someone has written a guide on a forum or something. Worse comes to worse we watch one of those hour long youtube videos...oh, he has no internet whatsoever? And he actually dies if he ...
2023-10-30 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
It’s ok, Belissar. Not everyone sucks as much as most of the people you knew. And, uh, tend to be nicer when you have a monster army flying over their heads.
But well, boy’s trying NOT to be inspired by the Tower Lords, which means awkward confusion it is! Maybe if you find a people flower, the First of the Fifth can raise a diplo-bee or something, Belissar. You know some kings specifically don’t talk themselves, so you can get away with it!...
2023-10-27 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Oh, we’re back to calling it dungeon master now, huh? Welp, there goes the unique-ness of the setting. Maybe the bear people have their own name for it or something.
And thankfully, we’ve determined the bear people are, in fact, people! Only for, um, Belissar to remember he doesn’t actually like people...well, living people anyways. Um, maybe the bear people will be cool? And, you know, probably won’t bully a dungeon master l...
2023-10-26 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Just a single chapter today. Been a bit of a slow week so just want to make sure my backlog holds. If I manage to get it going again will drop the extra chapters later.
Now back to the story!
Gasp. You don’t mean to tell me the Tower Lords...lied? That...that’s impossible! Everyone knows the Tower Lords are just fundamentally better than the dirty peasants! That’s why no dirty peasant could ever become a successf...
2023-10-25 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Oh look, it’s people. Yay, I guess? I mean, they aren’t bees, so do we care?
Oh, and they’re people who aren’t supposed to be people and maybe putting Belissar through a major worldview collapse, or something. Just one more reason not to interact with...people!
Anyways!
How will Belissar deal with the collapse of all he has ever known? How will Belissar deal with...people? What do the...people...inten...
2023-10-24 20:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Meanwhile, the Firstborn is pleased to learn how generous the First of the Fifth is, helping her build an even stronger army! How wonderful! And Niobee’s just happy everyone’s getting along!
But surely the King will make note of the First of the Fifth’s excellent planning and sublime maneuvering and so keep her as his closest confidant, right?
Anyways!
What will the First of the Fifth do with the new flowers? What sort of army wi...
2023-10-24 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Dropping double chapters this week for as long as my backlog holds! Hoping to get the patreon to ten chapters ahead, so bee aware there’s a chapter before this too!
Ah yes, bee-hold the mighty soldiers of the First of the Fifth who are bravely confronting the horrors of...textile work. That is, um, totally what they’re built for. The soldier is not at all confused by this and all the praise she’s getting for stuff that’s definitely not in ...
2023-10-23 20:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
Ah, the Firstborn is beginning to learn the importance of logistics. Well, magical dungeon monster bee logistics that is. Yes, Firstborn, I know you like soldiers but you do need workers and food and stuff.
Good thing the King has foreseen this outcome and accounted for it in his grand masterplan! Truly the king of queens, the ruler of the hive of hives! And, uh, definitely not just doing whatever...
Anyways!
Will Belissar ...
2023-10-23 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
...eh, I'm sure that won't be a big deal or anything. Besides, it's all part of Belissar's grand plan, right? The First of the Fifth said so, so it must be true! Sasuga, Belissar-sama!
Anyways!
What is the identity of this new bee? Will this fulfill the King's grand designs? Can the First of the Fifth maintain her position as most favored? Tune in next time, to find out!
Author's Note:
Unrelated announcement: Royal Road launched a mobile app, btw! So, you know, no more having to keep a bunch of tabs open on your browser app! Heard there's some issues with the listing making it not show up in searches so here's a link. Download and review to turn the algorithm in their favor!
Now back to the story!
Well that was easy. Barely an inconvenience. It's almost like Be...
2023-10-19 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
So, it turns out even regular bees can make toxic honey if they drink from the right flowers. Fun stuff.
So, of course, people make it intentionally and then drink it for fun instead of using it in booby traps like a sensible Tower Lord would! How quaint.
Anyways!
How will the mad honey traps perform? What other types of honey...
2023-10-18 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Our second POBee, this time the eldest queen of the Apiary! Obviously the favorite of the King, who definitely doesn't just love all his bees equally. The Conduit clearly doesn't count!
It was definitely not that she just happened to be closest when he was setting up the first beehive! And she has the flowers to prove it!
Anyways!
Will the First of the Fifth rest secure that she is the favored queen? Was she right about the exile of th...
2023-10-17 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
Ah yes. The Mighty Tower Lord, chosen of the gods, has cast aside his former trappings as a mere peasant and now has turned his hand to...farming plants? And...handmade textiles?
...
Well he did seem to have left his standard compliment of attendants and guards at home for some odd reason, so I suppose it can't be helped.
Anyways!
What will the bees do with the new resources? Can Belissar fix his tunic? Where did his standard compl...
2023-10-16 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Wonder what the Firstborn thinks of her soldiers going stronger. At least we know she’d approve of this choice!
Well, technically speaking...all the bees approve of all the choices. Cause the King made them. So, you know, choose wisely, Belissar, they’re counting on you!
Anyways!
Which reward will Belissar choose? Will the stronger soldiers continue to protect their home? Will the bees ever not approve of Belissar’s choices? Tune...
2023-10-13 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
Well done, soldier bees. Your sacrifice shall not be forgotten.
Anyways.
What shall Belissar chose for the reward? Will the bees come to understand honor and grief? Will The Firstborn of the Second Dynasty of the First Spawner build the finest army in all bee-kind? Tune in next time, to find out!
2023-10-12 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
...guess who immediately forgot I'm supposed to quote the system messages since italics are broken? Well, better late than never.
Back to the story...
...we salute you, soldier bee. Your brave sacrifice secured victory for the hive. Turns out you gals were pretty good at fighting after all.
Anyways.
What will be the results of the successful purification? What have the bees won with their sacrifice? Tune in next time, to find out...
2023-10-11 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
The hour is upon us. Soon the Tower shall be beset by...a minor purification?
Um…
Well, it doesn’t sound like much, but a certain someone did lose the tutorial fight so maybe we should still be worried...
Anyways!
Can the soldier bee army hold the line? Will the bees overcome the failures of the past? Or will death and hunger return to the King’s lands? Tune in next time, to find out!
2023-10-10 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Mission from a god, prepping defenses for the Hunger, or happy bees? Obviously, the priority is happy bees. Heck, happy bees are like, the goal of the mission from the god so there.
...ok fiiiiinnneeee we’ll do some defense prepping as well.
No, I definitely don’t lose a bunch of Starcraft games just building hatcheries and drones and thus having no units when the other player attacks, why do you ask?
Also, reminder for Tt...
2023-10-09 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
...I thought I terminated the math. Why are there numbers again? Where did they come from? Is it...is it impossible to escape from the numbers? Is math...inevitable? Was my high school math teacher right all along?
...ah well, time to randomly throw out some big numbers and hope they work...err, I mean reveal my carefully calculated and fully planned out system!
Anyways!
Will Belissar figure out how to get DP? Will he collect a hundred...
2023-10-07 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
Our first side story, on the first of the living queens!
...so it turns out actual bee queens have like, zero authority in their own hives. Decisions are made communally by the workers, or something. But I like, find that out after I started the novel, so, um, oops? They're, um, magic bees so that somehow means absolute monarchy?
...do we need to have a workers' revolution in the future? Belissar, you better change your title real quick. You w...
2023-10-07 01:22:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Mana Flower get! Oh, and some dusty old rock no one cares about. But more importantly, Mana Flowers! A valuable resource for all sorts of wizards, witches, alchemists, enchanters, etc...what do you mean he doesn’t know any mystic arts? Then why would he spend mana on such a thing?
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Just letting the bees drink the nectar, huh? Well...at least someone is doing something with them.
Anyways!
What will the bees do w...
2023-10-06 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Magic flower get! Now to refine it in the spirit cauldron and...oh, wrong genre. Um, plant it and let the bees refine it into magic honey?
...would xianxia bees be, like, mini-spirit cauldrons?
What’s that? What about the ancient ruins? Meh, who cares about some crumbling rocks. Obviously whoever built them didn’t make it to today so why should we care? There’s never anything important in some dusty old ruins!
Anyways!
What...
2023-10-06 14:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
And so the God of Bees doth command the chosen Tower Lord...
Yeah, like, go have relaxing slow life with bees or something. It's not like there's some world-destroying calamity coming to tear down all you have built or whatever!
Anyways!
Can the chosen Tower Lord fulfill the mission tasked to him by his patron god? Are Belissar's defenses sufficient for any future assaults? What will the bees find in the world beyond? Tune in next time, ...
2023-10-06 02:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
Ye olde beehives kinda sucked, huh? Well, thankfully these are magical ye olde beehives! For magical bees that make magical honey!
What's that? How are they different from normal bees making normal honey? Honey's practically magical as is?
Eh, beats me. I barely even know how the magic works here yet...err, I-I mean I prefer to maintain an aura of mystique.
Anyways!
Will the peasant turn himself into something unnatural dabbling in...
2023-10-05 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post