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Thank you all for your encouragement! I shall plan to take a break from 5/22-5/27. I think I have another week left in me so we’ll see!
Now back to the story.
Eh, not sure on Taog’s character development, hope it’s coming along well, but whatever! If his organic components are lacking we’ll just replace them!
Adding cybernetic components totally counts as character development, right? We’re literally developing the character,...
2023-05-12 20:25:11 +0000 UTC
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Hi All, FYI I am considering taking a week off in one of the last two weeks of this month (either 5/22 - 5/27 or 5/29 - 6/03). I'll make my final decision at the end of this week and let you know. No particular problems but I have been writing this thing almost non-stop for like six months now, so might be beneficial to take a step back now and again. I do also have some other stuff to take care of this month. But as I said, I'll decide in...
2023-05-11 20:47:23 +0000 UTC
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Melion is freaking out right about now. I’m sure this is a great idea, Colleöne, that will definitely not have any massive consequences for the world!
Though, given it's the Aesdes doing it this time, perhaps they’ve accounted for that? It wouldn’t be the first time Colleöne did something that ended up having massive consequences for the world!
Although, that time forced Anualë to make new rules for the A...
2023-05-10 20:29:02 +0000 UTC
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...i have failed you all. There is no way to remove this dishonor save by seppuku.
...but I'm scared of disembowlment so guess I shall forever live with the shame of forgetting the author's note. Maybe I do need that second break day per week...
Not to worry, Colleöne, I'm certain it's totally fine that 00P is on the path to creating an entire legion of monsters equally as capable as herself. That certain will not have any dramatic consequenc...
2023-05-09 21:29:39 +0000 UTC
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Been a while since we had a pure 00P chapter, huh? But we’re finally wrapping up all those side character ‘emotions’ and ‘character growth’ shenanigans, now it’s time for 00P to stress out Colleöne some more!
Don’t worry Colleöne, I’m sure nothing bad will result from 00P learning to cast ritual magic with monsters that she can summon at will and that don’t even need to train as mages to participate thanks to the NSLICE network...
2023-05-08 20:47:29 +0000 UTC
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Should Taog have gotten the Hero feat from breaking one pseudo-corrupted core that’s been left for years and wasn’t creating monsters or Rifts or anything?
Well, let’s just say Anualë might raise his eyebrow at that. But, well, Taog did have to slay a dragon first, technically. A dragon which may or may not have been weakened by a coincidental surge of Holy mana in the region beforehand.
Well, it technically&nbs...
2023-05-06 20:31:32 +0000 UTC
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Taog did a thing! All by himself! Mostly! Ateia contributed thoughts and prayers!
She may or may not be a being whose deep connection to the world allows her thoughts to shape reality now, but that’s besides the point!
I guess we also need to shout-out Colleöne for taking care of the toughest part: preventing NSLICE-00P from terminating the drake herself!
Anyways!
What is the upper limit of the NSLICE network’s divination ab...
2023-05-05 20:28:30 +0000 UTC
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I’m back, and feeling much better than yesterday! Thanks for your patience, everyone, some lingering symptoms but I think I’m on the tail end of it. Hopefully.
Oh hey, Taog is doing something! It, um, definitely isn’t supposed to be that easy to get the Magic Swordsman feat. Suspicious. Almost like someone is helping Taog and making it easier for him to learn skills…
Well, he has been watching Seero for a while now, so ...
2023-05-04 19:42:08 +0000 UTC
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Sorry y'all, turns out I was feeling fatigued cause I got a bit of a cold (I hope) going on. Gonna do the smart thing and not push it, so no chapter today. So, you know, don't wait up for me. Sorry for the late notice!
I should really do one of those 'backlog' things someday, huh?
2023-05-03 18:39:27 +0000 UTC
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FYI, feeling a bit abnormally fatigued the past two days. I *might* take another day off at some point. We’ll see though, Imma play it by ear, so I won’t call it just yet. I’ll let you know if I think it’s necessary.
I should probably do one of those ‘backlog’ things at some point. But meh. Six day workweeks are normal and sustainable, right? There’s definitely not studies revealing that even five is too much, right?
Well back ...
2023-05-02 20:40:36 +0000 UTC
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Don’t worry, Taog, Colleöne is handling the hardest part of the quest for you!
Preventing NSLICE-00P from completing it first!
Anyways!
Can Colleöne prevent NSLICE-00P from completing the quest? Will Ateia learn this new power? What will Taog find on his journey? Tune in next time, to find out!
2023-05-01 20:38:59 +0000 UTC
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Because the Lady of Courage and Victory is completely fair, and would never show favoritism based on her personal opinion of a given person! And because Taog definitely hasn’t been left behind the author and is definitely not in desperate need of something to do!
That would imply the author just threw in a bunch of characters without making any plans for them! And we all know that’s not possible!
Anyways!
Can Taog fin...
2023-04-29 20:12:05 +0000 UTC
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The results are in! Seero is here to stay, for now! At least until 01R can find a name that can fully capture the true majesty of the Wise-Mighty-Gracious Boss-Queen! If such a thing is even possible.
Hmmm…names that fit NSLICE-00P…I wonder if there’s anything out there we could call her that would do the job…if only there were some minion that could come up with something for us…
But oh well! NSLICE-00P don’t mind so neither wil...
2023-04-28 20:34:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey all,
We're nearing the point where a certain story development is about to come into play and I'd like to get your feedback on it before I make the call.
We are at the point where Ateia should realize that 'NSLICE-00P' is a serial number. She will likely take offense to this and offer to give 00P a real name.
But it crossed my mind that people might be attached to 'Seero' at this point. And logically, 00P wouldn't care at this stage either, so it could go either way depe...
2023-04-27 20:56:56 +0000 UTC
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We finally got to the NSLICE-00P tries something sweet phase! And it only took almost a hundred and fifty chapters!
Please note that attempting to steal NSLICE-00P’s sweet roll will likely result in termination. If someone stole her sweet roll, all local authorities should exert maximum efforts to apprehend the culprit and replace the stolen goods several times over.
Meanwhile Colleöne desperately wants to ask for sweet roll but her digni...
2023-04-27 20:47:19 +0000 UTC
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…ok, this might be getting into spoiler territory for The Faceless Minion. But…it kind of has to happen. Ah well, journey not destination so you still don’t know all the circumstances behind the previous Commander!
Besides, at this point I’d think it’s more accurate to say The Faceless Minion is the spinoff prequel for Terminate the Other World! than the other way around lol, so if we have to have FM spoilers to maintain narrative consis...
2023-04-26 20:38:47 +0000 UTC
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Aesdes training arc go? Meanwhile Taog…is on cooking duty. Don’t worry, I’m absolutely sure that Taog’s won’t be relegated to irrelevance by power creep!
Mostly because he was never powerful enough to be relevant even before the power creep started!
Anyways!
What will Estrith see in the Dobhar’s new home? How will Agedia’s reunion with Tiberius go? Can Ateia master her new powers? Will Taog be forever assigned to cooking ...
2023-04-25 20:34:31 +0000 UTC
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Obviously the Lady of Courage and Victory supports all acts of bravery and champions of the world, as the mature Aesdes she is! She definitely doesn’t get all upset when the Empire loses and makes Velus sad.
But well, she does do her job with diligence. Unlike someone.
Wait what? No, that someone isn’t the author, it’s obviously Shialnor and no one else! Why would you think that?! Of course I work ...
2023-04-24 21:01:55 +0000 UTC
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Time for rooms and a new world! Which means…I have to figure out the rooms system…and how an entire material plane integrates with NSLICE-00P and the general dungeon mechanics…and also figure out where 00P’s current dungeon status sits at because I definitely kept track of how many points she’s been getting during this whole affari…oh no.
…Shialnor is definitely not a stand in for the author, ok?!
Oh, by ...
2023-04-22 21:01:21 +0000 UTC
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Whaaaaatttt? Favorites? The Aesdes have definitely never played favorites before! There definitely wasn't an amazing scandal of favoritism that resulted in Anualë declaring a strict non-intervention policy and forcing all Aesdes to get approval before walking the world from that point forth.
But ah well. The Empire of the Sun were kind of jerks and Velus was cool so all's well that ends well, right? There definitely weren't any conseq...
2023-04-21 21:02:35 +0000 UTC
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How do we stop Senators from making poor long-term decisions for short-term gain? A Consul ignoring long-term consequences to repay short-term gain!
Also good luck Princess. Guess it’s not everyday your youthful crush ends with the potential collapse of society as you know it.
But ah well, who cares about all that? As long as hostile intent isn’t confirmed and the persons of interest aren’t located, then it doesn’t matter to NSLICE-0...
2023-04-20 20:29:49 +0000 UTC
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Good luck, Heralds of the New Dawn, you’re going to need it! Well, after Ateia and possibly other members of the gang regain consciousness, that is. But NSLICE-00P is still conscious and that’s what matters!
Now to see if the Emperor can keep his empire from getting caught in the crossfire. Because obviously the Senators would never make self-destructive decisions on a national scale for short-term gains in their personal status, right?
...
2023-04-19 21:48:59 +0000 UTC
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Both Snuan and the Great-High King of all the land are going to be surprised at what they can live through.
In other news, Ateia might be a teensie bit upset at a certain group. Good thing she hasn't grown significantly more efficient at termination, with friends who are even better at it!
Anyways!
Will Ateia help NSLICE-00P 'upgrade her memory?' Will the monsters have a training montage? Has the cult made a mistake with their targets?...
2023-04-18 21:05:58 +0000 UTC
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…good job Ateia. Please give NSLICE-00P all the hugs.
Anyways!
Will Taog fight for his clan once more? What will be the result of NSLICE-00P disabling her emotional controls? Can Lilussees sleep now? Tune in next time, to find out!
2023-04-17 20:23:31 +0000 UTC
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Yay 00P’s back! And just barely avoiding having her previous Commander immediately resolve the situation again! Previous Commander too OP, almost solving problems in two novels simultaneously!
Well, to be fair, it’s already a compromise for narrative purposes that they didn’t just therapy 00P at the very start lol. It’s…um…about the journey and not the destination?
Anyways!
What will be the results of 00P’s latest analysis? ...
2023-04-15 21:25:00 +0000 UTC
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As stated above, I’m adjusting my policy, at least for this arc. As Shaun McDonough said, these events concern the main cast and are directly relevant to the current plot and 00P’s current situation, I shall consider them as chapters despite the lack of 00P.
Welp, that’s enough overthinking chapter titles!
Ah yes, teenage drama. My favorite. And here I thought we dodged that when we avoided the Academy visit becoming a school arc.
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2023-04-14 20:56:49 +0000 UTC
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Hm, I debated whether to call this an interlude or not. On the one hand, it doesn’t feature 00P at all. On the other hand, it is very much a significant part of the current arc. Heck, the nature of the current arc is such that there probably be a lot of side-character focus as necessary, so we may get several interludes that are part of the main plot that I really want to call chapters. But eh, I think in this case the Interlude classification is just...
2023-04-13 21:09:47 +0000 UTC
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Oops, turns out this situation happens to be directly relevant to certain scenarios back in the Faceless Minion, so had to bring the connection in. We barely avoided NSLICE-00P’s previous Commander immediately resolving the situation! …which considering them, is not at all out of character, but might have felt like a deus ex machina to those of you who didn’t read that one lol. But well, considering that they took on NSLICE-00P and won back in the...
2023-04-12 20:54:24 +0000 UTC
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Ah yes, the everyone is brooding arc.
…wait, why is there a brooding arc in my NSLICE-00P novel? That’s not supposed to happen. That’s the job of…a ‘friendly’…who…doesn’t exist here…um…
Um…
Oh, almost forgot to mention. Running a sale on the Faceless Minion Volume 1 ebook in celebration of the Volume 2 launch. Available fo...
2023-04-11 20:11:39 +0000 UTC
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…wait, you mean getting sacrificed in an evil cult ritual, having half your body disintegrate, and then getting reformed into a cyborg proto-god might have consequences that are not all good? But, um, that’s not in the Isekai script! I thought side characters just get easily granted unlimited power and then swear eternal love to the MC?
What’s that?
A script implies an actual plan for the plot and so they can’t follow it if I don’t...
2023-04-10 20:29:05 +0000 UTC
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