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Chapter 298 - The Dawn of Change

Emperor Augustus and I shook hands, cementing the deal.

“Do you have time for hammering out some details?” He asked as an advisor stifled a yawn. They had to work extremely hard with the whole ‘single-handedly running an empire’ thing, and I’d just demolished their entire night’s sleep.

And I’d bet so much money that Augustus would grab breakfast, freshen up for a few minutes, then get right back to the empire-running business.

“Only a few minutes, then I nee...

Poll about Kindle Unlimited

I recently got some numbers about how much I could make on Kindle Unlimited, and WOW.

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It also has the advantage of tapping into an entirely new audience, and funneling even more people to BTDEM.

All of this is extremely tempting from where I'm sitting, but BTDEM isn't just about me. It's about all of you, who are also invested in this.

So I'm like to get a general pulse and idea of what you all think about BTDEM possibl...

Chapter 297 - Negotiation Night II

I strode in, seeing that Emperor Augustus was still in his low chair in the middle of the Senate, a dozen advisors surrounding him, with a few runners hanging on a respectful distance away.

They’d clearly figured out that this was the place to be for high priority - read, expensive - messages.

Augustus himself was in the middle of a conversation with a few people, a wolfhound curled at his feet. Never seen a dog here before, but the emperor could do what he wanted. I wa...

Chapter 296 - Negotiation Night I

I flew off towards the senate building, anger clouding my thoughts. Pushing me towards making a suboptimal decision.

What I should do is sit down with Ocean, Night, Neptune, Artemis, and a dozen other people whose advice and counsel I trusted. Hammer out a plan, figure out the best levers to push and pull with. Get the optimal plan of attack, figure out other things I could offer to sweeten the deal. Try to work out the emperor’s bottom line, and wring every last concession o...

Chapter 295 - Injustice II

AN: I tend to dislike content warnings. I believe they're overused, and tend to spoil what's coming up.

Also, Patreon is terrible about text colors and the like. So I can't format things the way I'd like to. 

With that being said.

HUGE GIGANTIC CONTENT WARNINGS ON THIS CHAPTER. 

This chapter isn't as good as it could be, because researching, writing and editing it made me feel sick.

What they are, and a tl;dr for anyone w...

2022-03-11 13:47:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 294 - Sentinel Smackdown

Two days later, and I was still reeling from Emperor Augustus’s offer as I made my way to the daily meeting. The entire thing had kept me up at night, tossing and turning as I wrestled with the question, and the implications.

Fortunately, Auri was with Plato. She was so excited to learn! It was adorable. Hopefully personal tutoring wouldn’t wring the flashy phoenix’s desire to drink deep from the wellspring of knowledge.

Or… light the flames of learning? The analogies got ...

Iona tier + Incentive for the month! Trying something new!

Hey all!

Iona tier+ incentive for the month. Link! Use discretion!

https://imgur.com/a/0E1vA9w

And onto the poll question - do you all prefer two of the prior quality artwork? Or do you like the one higher quality piece?

(PS: I know Elaine's expression isn't 100% in this one, should be fixed in future iterations)

Bonus Content 1/4 - Emperor Augustus!

For the most recent chapter

Chapter 293 - Emperor Augustus

Commander Ajax and I stepped into the great Senate debate room. A wide open central floor had low marble seating arranged around it, and the tall ceiling being held up by stone pillars gave enough air and light for the room to be bright and sunny.

The Senate wasn’t currently in session, but a few men in poofy, impractical togas were quietly discussing in groups in various parts of the room. A few of them looked towards us with a variety of expressions, our entrance being the newest, m...

Chapter 292 - The Endless To-do List V

Ranger Academy was once again on my to-do list the next day.

“Senti-Null! Got time for that practice bout?” I asked him after the morning meeting was over.

“Dawn! Of course! By the way, I have my own questions about your adventure…” He said, asking away as we walked to the Ranger Academy island.

We both wanted the practice.

Before we got to the arena though, Senti-Null ran out of questions, and I seized the moment.

“I’m in a bit of a pickle.” I co...

Chapter 291 - The Endless To-do List IV

AN: Sorry for the delay. IRL tackled me, and this chapter needed a bunch of editing.

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Neptune leaned over and tapped both of our shoulders. Autumn jumped, although I’d seen him coming.

“What’s Rule 3, and Rule 32?” He asked.

“DAD!” Autumn protested. “My negotiations were confidential!”

“And you did them right next to a merchant more than twice your level, that you know can eavesdrop on such negotia...

Chapter 290 - The Endless To-do List III

Teaching was a two-way street. Most of the knowledge went from the teacher to the student, but most teachers learned from their students as well. If nothing else, teaching material to a student allowed the teacher to understand it better.

With all that said, I wasn’t perfect. I was half making stuff up as I went along with raising Auri, [Hatchling Rearing] doing the majority of the lifting. It wasn’t a powerful skill, nor was it high level, and there was the added t...

Chapter 289 - The Endless To-do List II

Night’s offer crashed over me, and I blinked, trying to process it.

“Do not make a decision now, or lightly. It is one you shall have to live with for eternity. Think on it. Meditate. Discuss it with your friends and family. Take a decade to decide. After all, that is simply a drop in the vast ocean of time that you now have before you. And now, I apologize, but I simply must leave.”

With a gust of wind, Night dashed out of the arena, onto his next task.

He’d given m...

Bonus Content 4/4! Bulwark!

Not much to say! Bulwark!

Again - sorry the art was kind of weak this month. 

Patreon Tier minor reshuffling!

Hey all!

YOUR BENEFITS ARE ALL PRESERVED.

Let me say that again.

PRACTICALLY SPEAKING NOTHING IS CHANGING.

Ok!

Why Change?

Honestly, the names of the tiers and the artwork used were bad. So I renamed things, and got good artwork. I feel like the new names are super cool with what the tiers are.

The $1 to $3 change (Detailed below) is because everyone eats my lunch on tha...

Bonus Content! 2/4 and 3/4! Trying something new.

Hey all!

I'm trying something a bit different with this bonus content. I asked a model to model Elaine, and she said yes!

Now, when I was testing the waters a bit, some people didn't like the idea. Some people did. So I'm doing this a little differently - if you want a rough IRL model of Elaine, click on the link! If you think it'd "ruin" it for you, then don't. Four pictures are counting for two bonus content for the month.

2022-02-22 03:59:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Materials 1/4 - Destruction!

Bonus content 1/4 for this week!

A reminder that Monday and Wednesday are my days off this month! Chapters resume Friday!

March - the 23rd and 25th are the days I'm taking off.

Chapter 288 - The Endless To-do List I

“Dawn!” Ocean hurried out of the room behind me.

“Ocean. What’s up?” I asked him as I paused.

“Let’s walk. Probably best if the Commanders don’t hear me.” He gave me a roguish wink.

Ahh. One of those conversations.

“I’m heading off to the Indomitable Wall.” I restarted my walk in that direction.

I clearly woke Auri up.

“Brrrpt?”

Her sleepy cheeps were so cute.

“Evening sleepyhead!”

“Brrrpt!”

Chapter 287 - Reporting back V

AN: Iona's story has been entirely re-edited and re-packaged into its own side story on Royal Road - Valkyrie's Dawn! You can read it here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/51389/valkyries-dawn

There's exactly ONE new mini chapter. Chapters are coming out one per day, a total of 25.

There's nooooo reason it's being posted now. None a...