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Artwork! $10+ reward! Elaine VS the hydra!

As usual, don't click at work.

https://imgur.com/a/cp9Bb9h

Chapter 185 – Dwarves X

Two days later, we were back on the road, winding our way up a mountain to a “great vantage point.”

“It’s a bit of a detour, but I’d thought ye’d like to see the best view in Nolgrod!” Lule enthusiastically told me.

“I’d love to see it!” I said, distinctly feeling on the back foot. After the utter disaster that had been meeting the Mayor, I was down to do anything Lule thought was a good idea. I’d like to be back in her good books. Anything to get a good word...

Artwork! Elaine at the beach!

Shiny, amazing artwork by Ms. Tsuu! Fantastic stuff. 

I'm going to be using this on Royal Road to advertise Patreon :)

Hence the blatant fanservice. 

Chapter 184 – Dwarves IX

Hey everyone! BONUS CHAPTER! Patreon is now officially 15 chapters ahead!

With this bonus chapter, I'm going to shamelessly ask for you to all vote for BTDEM on RoyalRoad. BTDEM has a strong chance of being one of the top-voted novels, and hey. I figure this is a fair trade - you all get a bonus chapter, and I get to shamelessly ask for votes this one time. I'll save more shameless solicitations for when I give you all more bonus chapters ;)

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Chapter 183 – Dwarves VIII

We rolled into Lundar the next day. Tall wooden palisades surrounded the town, taller than most of the walls I’d seen in Remus. Advantage of living in a redwood forest and making everything out of wood – it was easy to supersize things that needed to be supersized. Redwoods were giants, with their biggest downfall being how long they took to grow. Add in skills and magic, and poof! A fantastic material to make everything out of.

I was becoming sold on wood being a superior material ...

Chapter's out!

Read it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51440196

This is an experiment for my apprentice tier patrons. Since you don't get a notification when I make a new chapter available, I'm trying a ping like this instead.

Did it work?

Do you like it?

Chapter 182 – Dwarves VII

It only took a week for me to suspect that something was up. As a Sentinel, I was used to rapid, rapid deployments from A to B.

Even as a Ranger, we quickly moved from place to place when needed.

The lower level dwarves had similar levels to experienced Rangers, although the class quality and combat experience was less. Either way, the problem remained.

We shouldn’t be going this slowly!

Yaks weren’t exactly known for their high-speed moves, but a...

Do you get a notification when a chapter is unlocked?

I'm going to figure this out once and for all.

Schedule Announcement (Communicating Often)

• Hey all!
• As I mentioned in my last schedule communication post, I need a week this month to move. Boo! Hiss! Moving! 
• I hate it. I could write long, long rants about how much I hate moving, but nobody wants to read it. 
• What you all care about - THE SCHEDULE!
• I will be posting *4* chapters this week. That's right! Four! More than three, less than five. Six is right out. That'll get the $5+ patreon tier to 15 chapters ahead - AT LAST!
2021-06-06 19:31:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Exclusive artwork! Artemis! Don't open at work.

Crackle BOOM! Rocks and Lightning! Artemis! Exclusive reward for my $10+ patrons :)

Second one should be coming this month - right now I'm thinking Jaclyn. 

Chapter 181 – Dwarves VI

Working on getting you all +15 chapters ahead.

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The seven of us traveled along the dirt road, deeper into the forest, and deeper into the dwarven country. The trees only grew bigger, and the forest became denser as we made our way along the ever-winding road.

I’d been a Ranger, and a Sentinel, far too long. My instincts were constantly reminding me that, with the poor light filtering in through the canopy, that my regeneration was likely cut, and that I woul...

Chapter 180 – Dwarves V

Briga had quickly realized that, given enough books, I would happily stay in the room I’d been given and not cause mischief.

Even me wandering around caused mischief. Not only did Briga decide that I needed a full escort of guards, it wasn’t quite clear who was being guarded.

The crazy human wants to wander around? Ok, sure – but what to do when the crazy human wants to poke her head into the armory, out of sheer, bored curiosity?

Do we say no, and risk a diplomatic in...

Chapter 179 – Dwarves IV

Four dwarves filed into the room, without Tilruk. Shame. I liked him, and hoped he’d stick around.

Briga pointed to each in turn, and repeated their names, making introductions. I had so many new things today, and life was so strange, that they all sadly went in one ear, and out the other.

Ok, sure, I could probably recall the names with [Pristine Memories], but nicknames were just easier.

Instead, I mentally labeled them “Braids, Beads, Woven, and Messy...

Male-female ratio for exclusive pictures

While I strongly suspect most of my readers would prefer tasteful pictures of women, I suspect it's not everyone's cup of tea. I'm trying to roughly gauge what the ratio is though, which will help inform the ratio of artwork I acquire.

So! What do you want to see?

Chapter 178 – Dwarves III

Tilruk escorted me towards the building I had to assume was the headquarters. A pair of stout, slightly more serious looking guards were at the door, wooden helmets open enough to allow their intricately braided beards to flow down.

I eyed up the beards and spent a few moments thinking.

Normally, the Rangers considered long hair to be an impediment in a fight. Easy to grab and pull, and I’d gotten good at cutting my hair short, as much as I wanted it long. I swear my hair was li...

Artwork Poll #2 - The $10+ tier one

Pretty simple - do you enjoy the tasteful artwork that's exclusive to you? Do you consider it "worth it" for the tier, if there's no bonus chapter for the month?
Last months, for reference: 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/51056161

https://www.patreon.com/posts/51268087

Artwork poll questions!

I like getting artwork for all of you!

I imagine you all like getting artwork as well. 

A poll, to see how you'd all like to see my artwork budget allocated

Chapter 177 – Dwarves II

Tilruk continued to stare at me as the doors closed behind us, a soft teal light emitting from strips against the wall in the tunnel.

“You didn’t come through the dead zone?” He asked me.

“I have no idea what that is.” I repeated, confused as hell.

“Tis the place you just left.” He said.

“The Formorian lands?” I asked him.

“Yer, that’s part of the dead zone.” He confirmed. “The other side where you live shouldn’t be dead.”

“H...

Quick Poll - What website did you find BTDEM?

Hey! Super simple. Just wondering where people have found me first. Royal Road, Scribblehub, Amazon, or other. 

A note on June's posting schedule (Tl;Dr: Taking a week off to move)

As the title says, I'm moving in June. As a result, for one week I'll be out of commission, and unable to post, busy moving my stuff across the country. 

Sorry all! 

Letting you know now, in advance, so nobody renews then gets hit with a surprise announcement. This way, nobody feels like I'm not filling my end of the bargain for June. 

Cheers! Cool stuff is coming!

Beach artwork WIP

A WIP sneak peek for only my $10+ patrons!

It's going to be my new RR advertising when I'm done

Chapter 176 – Dwarves I

Hunting and I looked at each other with concerned bemusement. On one hand, the call to arms from the wall was mildly worrisome to put it gently. On the other, we just couldn’t get over being called Formorians.

The call to arms went on for a few minutes, before a number of bearded faces popped over the walls.

I was not impressed with the response time. At all.

I was significantly more impressed – and concerned – when panels in the wall started to slide apart, a...

Chapter 175 – The Formorian Lands IV

With Hunting gone for the next couple of days, there wasn’t much to do. Sure, I re-did my [Persistent Casting]with as perfect of an image as I could get. I played with my new skills, pushing [Mantle of the Stars] as hard as I could, weaving a series of complex images and pictures. Re-doing the [Persistent Casting] took me two days, and I felt that they were well-used. With a small amount of luck, it’d last me for years.

2021-05-24 18:35:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Slight delay in today's chapter

Hey all!

Today's chapter is coming out, don't worry! I've been delayed between a weird night with Flora, Royal Road getting the Celestial Class up chapters, Flora being a fusspot this morning, and a need to do a strong edit pass over the chapter. It's coming! It's written! I've just missed my self-imposed deadline of noon EST. Sorry all!

Chapter 174 – The Formorian Lands III

The ground had transitioned to hard rock ages ago. Centuries of Formorians marching over the ground, trampling any growth that might occur, had long since scoured the ground to a bare nothing.

The brownish-purple hill was visible, with two shattered remains of similar hills on one side, and a third destroyed hill on the other. A hill for each Queen. My bet was the Queens had been holed up inside, and when one died, the other three burst out of their lairs, and went on their rampage.

Chapter 173 – The Formorian Lands II

I’d be lying if I said the night was restful. Hunting and I traded watch shifts, with [Sunrise] being a lifesaver. Getting a few levels out of it to boot didn’t hurt.

Still, sleeping was a terrifying experience. As little ground as was above us, I could still imagine it coming collapsing down onto me, hundreds of pounds of rock and dirt burying me alive. Didn’t make for restful sleep, and as little as it’d help if the worst happened, I slept wrapped up in 2021-05-19 13:06:17 +0000 UTC View Post

FREE Audible codes!

Hey all!

I have 3 free audible codes for BTDEM book 1! Giving you all a crack at them!

The purpose of the audible codes I have is, quite frankly, for early, positive reviews. Please, PLEASE leave a review if you get a code.
The codes only work for the US version of audible (boo, hiss), so there's that as well.

Selection: Quite honestly, I have 3 codes, and 125 of you. Priority order then is going to be patron tier (Dragons get priority over Archmages, who get priority ov...

Chapter 172 – The Formorian Lands I

It's shawk's birthday! Great day for a bonus chapter, getting you all closer to +15 chapters ahead!

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I have a pretty good view, although I was a bit lower to the ground than I would’ve liked. I had to keep stepping up to maintain height, because Hunting’s pull was downwards as well as sideways. Wasn’t quite able to “air-ski” through the sky, although now I was hoping an evolution of [Talaria] would permit that.

Hunting moved a...

Chapter 171 – Let's go fly a kite

We spent the rest of the day getting ready, and I was woken up bright and early by Night.

“Dawn. Good morning. We are meeting in a few minutes. Please prepare yourself.” He said.

[Sunrise] continued to be the best skill ever, as I was awake almost instantly. Groggy to bright-eyed and bushy tailed in seconds.

I spotted the packs that Hunting and I had prepared for our trip, visited the latrine, found some more rations, and was sitting at the tabl...

Second exclusive picture for the month!

Hey all!

More exclusive content!

A second picture for you $10+ supporters this month! 

Be cautious when opening at work. And please don't share around.

Elaine, taking a bath after a mission!

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