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Undersea Reincarnation - 2.10

Hey everyone! Hope you all are having a great week. Working hard over here, as usual.

See you tomorrow!

2.10 Private lesson

Henry suspiciously peered at his surroundings. “Doing alright,” he answered using his illusory voice. This must be an illusion, right? He couldn’t sense Maurice through his telepathic sense, though.

Actually… He didn’t sense anything from his telepathic sense. He then tried to activate Arcane Arm, but it didn’t....

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Undersea Reincarnation - 2.09: Your friend is monstrous


“This’ll take a minute,” Henry thought to himself as literal walls of text appeared in front of him. Still. It wasn’t unpleasant. After all, he was looking at his achievements and triumphs.


Krakenbane Wanderer (D) - Level 62 achieved!

...

Krakenbane Wanderer (D) - Level 100 achieved!

 

8x Stat points awarded.

4x Strength S...

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Undersea Reincarnation - 2.08

A/N: As always, thanks for the support and I'm super grateful for the congratulation msgs

  • EDIT: I'm using a new software and it's messing up with formatting a lot... give me a couple of minutes to fix this. I'll notify the edit when it's done.

  • EDIT2: should be good now.

 2.08: Stormsong


Concepts were a mystery. How often were they used? What were they, exactly, and what was it th...

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(Good) News, scheduling, and time off

Tl;dr at the bottom.

 

Hey everyone!

I've reached a milestone this week which is--to cut to the point--I signed a deal with a publisher for Undersea Reincarnation. This is only happening because you all read and enjoyed the story. I'm incredibly thankful for all of you.

Huge. Exciting. I'm also saying this in advance so you don't worry about the next part.

I'm also working on a new story! 

You might be thinking: How would I manage to...

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2.07

2.07: The signal



Henry fell upon the poor shark like a storm of electrified blades. He cut into its back, biting, injecting venom and discharging his electricity, only for the shark to shake itself, trying to dislodge the clone. When it wasn’t able to, its skin rippled for a second before spikes burst upward, cutting into the clone’s skin with ease. Henry felt the muted pain and then–

He lost contact.

Henry blinked, trying to unde...

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2.06

2.06: I’m not distracted



The dolphin nervously glanced around before she turned to face the kraken again and repeated her question. “[Do you want to keep hunting or not?]” 

Henry quickly sent a message to Maurice. “[We could just leave after. Go hunt somewhere else. What do you think?]”

Maurice clacked his pincers. “[Yes! Adventure! Also like you said, maybe it’s dangerous to stay around. ...

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2.05

2.05: I want one



The black fang sunk into a drake’s neck like a hot knife through butter. It didn’t just cut the tough scales and flesh, it almost vaporized them. Still, Henry winced. 

Maintaining a flow of mana to the greedy tooth was taking a lot out of him, especially when the tooth applied its magic. Whenever it made contact with a target, the mana would go off, rending and cutting through anything that made contact with t...

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Notifications for Hermits

Hey folks,
just want to make something clear (because I saw an exit surveys saying I wasn't as active as expected).

Hermit chapters are being unlocked as usual (wed-thur-fri), it's just that there isn't a way to notify only a single tier when a chapter is already released. For this, I started posting notices on the #announcement channel of the Discord.

There just isn't a clean way of notifying you all on Patreon without being spammy.

If you got any ideas of keeping...

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2.04

A/N: Thank you for supporting me and for reading!

2.04: Didn’t expect it to hit that hard



The kraken and the annoying crab crested over the rocks, forcing the small fish to scatter, and placidly swam down toward the Hammerock Crab. It started clicking its pincer threateningly, but that didn’t seem to deter the kraken.

Are they stupid?

Stormsong narrowed her eyes and clicked in annoyance. They were just D-Rank. That th...

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2.03: 

A/N: Still gotta come up with the title...

As always, thanks for the support! I'll try to get 2.04 done quick, but this might be a 3-chapter week... Either way, I'll do my best

2.03: 



Henry brought the Skill level he’d been accumulating up and grinned.

“Boy oh boy.”

He had to admit. Levels might have not been fast, but his constant training, along with his heavy use of Octominds and the frequent clashes w...

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2.02

2.02: The dolphins



“Run along, children,” clicked Sundots, the B-Rank dolphin as he led Henry around the city. Simultaneously, he asked Henry about his origin through some sort of telepathic channel he’d created between himself, Maurice, and another powerful looking dolphin by the name of Dancer. 

Henry took a moment to respond. “[I arrived in this body because of a turtle I’d been chasing. The Bahamut whales called it a sacred tr...

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2.01

A/N: As always, thank you all for supporting me! Book 2 starts now :)

2.01: The Current



The seas were quiet for a moment while the pod of dolphins stared down at the talking kraken.

Maurice broke the silence by lifting a claw. “[Hello! I’m Maurice. Are you new friends?]” 

Henry watched all of the dolphins suddenly focus on Maurice. A couple of clicks emanated from the group, but Henry couldn’t p...

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1.64

1.64: Interlude: Life on the Red Reaver (Pt. 2)



Day 5


Ash jumped when there was a knock at her door. Her heart hammered in her chest for a few seconds, until she recalled where she was and who might be knocking. Before she could speak, Fabian’s voice drifted through.

“Ash, come take a look!”

What now? 

“What is it?”

“You’re gonna want to see this. Come on. Meet me up on the deck...

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1.63

A/N: Sorry for the delay. Been sick all week but it's finally getting better. These two will prolly benefit from some padding in the future, but I gotta keep going. Next week's chapters gotta get written.

Hope you enjoy these two!

PS: Next week's we officially start Volume 2!

1.63: Interlude: Life on the Red Reaver (Pt. 1)


Day 3.


Ash opened her eyes and wished she could close them again.

“Wake up, sw...

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Patreon - Apple update

Hey guys,

Starting November 2024, Apple's going to start charging extra for subscription. The easiest way to not have to deal with it and not to overpay is to always make your purchase/subscriptions through a browser.

There's more details here: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/27992185537037-How-iOS-in-app-purc...

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1.62

A/N:

Edit: Couple of small adjustments.

One: In my sick haze, I forgot about the Blood Clone. Added its whereabouts.

Two: Also, I've reworked some parameters with the output of Identify. Basically, it now works like this:

As D-Rank, you can identify details about C-Rank.

One "?" in the levels means it's between 0-25.

?? -> 26-50

??? -> above level 50.

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1.61

A/N: Hey guys. The third and fourth chapter might not be ready for Friday. I might put them up over the weekend. I've been sick since Sunday and it's still kicking my ass.

Hope you enjoy this. We're closing in on the end of book 1

1.61: Let me fight



“[Can we go on an adventure now?]”

Henry stored the sixth giant tooth in his Maw. He rolled his sore arms and looked down appreciatively at the four joints he’d used in ...

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1.60

1.60: Mana



Mana was an odd thing. Henry wasn’t sure if he could call it matter or not. When he used a Skill, he could feel the cool and slightly tingly energy run down his limb, or collect around his beak before the Skill would trigger. He could feel it spread and diffuse around his flesh when he activated Trickster’s Resilience’s effect. He could feel it sink into his flesh to make it tougher.

It didn’t behave li...

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1.59

A/N: Be careful if you haven't read the previous chapters. I released this by mistake for all paid patrons at first.

1.59: Mysteries



“[We don’t need to go back. I don’t feel anything more of value there. But maybe you want to dig out more bones? Also, can I look at the pearl again?]”

Henry swam after the trail of gold dust, out of the cave. The path created by Find the Path extended forward and upward, heading to the s...

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1.58

1.58: Tooth



“[Okay. It should work this time. Fifth time’s the charm.]”

Henry slowly worked his improvised bone-crowbar behind one of the bottom teeth, then wrapped three arms around the other end. This time he made sure to make the bone as thick and dense as possible. 

“[What if we can’t break it, though?]” Maurice asked from the other end of the crowbar. He was right next to the tooth, ready to send ...

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1.57

1.57: The den



Henry landed on the entrance to the Trickster kraken’s den and watched as a few dozen hatchlings scurried out, away into the open sea behind him. A few others stayed still and watched.

[Trickster Hatchling]

They looked a lot like how he looked back when he’d woken up. Though these were significantly smaller, and their skin was still somewhat translucent.

“Interesting. No lev...

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1.56

1.56: Treasure



“[You think it’ll have treasure?]”

Henry eyed his remaining notification and shrugged with his human image. “[Doubt it. It might have some random stuff in there, but I doubt krakens care about gold or jewelry. But who knows, we might find anything in there. Probably a bunch of hatchlings.]”

A quick look through everything he had available for upgrade–and all the other Skills slowly creeping up to le...

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1.55

A/N: Hope you all are having a great week! As always, thank you for the support.

1.55: A short rest




The rocks of the seabed made Henry reminisce about warm, fluffy beds. His eyes felt heavy and his insides felt sore from all the mana expenditure, which was made worse as it had taken nearly an hour to get rid of the damn stonefish.

The Colossus either really wanted to capitalize on the weakened winner of the bout it’d been watching...

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1.54

1.54: The Trickster (Pt.3)



A bone-spiked arm cracked into Henry’s right side as he swung back with a flail that carried all of his empowerment but Krakenbane’s Wrath. He wanted to get a feel for the kraken’s new form first and, if possible, latch on to activate his mana stealing abilities.

The Trickster’s strike rocked him, but he weathered it. The spike sunk into his arms, though the power behind it lacked compared to the previous lance-att...

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1.53

1.53: The Trickster (Pt.2)



Henry added another Octomind to combat the effect the kraken was having on him as he partially parried another lancing attack. This time, he only had one of his arms injured, while his counterattack was fully stopped before even landing.

The kraken flitted back, and its eyes were the last thing he saw as it disappeared again into the bloodied waters.

Henry’s stomach tightened. He could feel the kraken’s smugness....

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1.52

A/N: This is when this tier upgrades to 8 chapters instead of 6. Two more chapters are on the way!

1.52: The Trickster (Pt.1)



Henry’s magical scales shone as he activated his defensive Skills. His limbs trembled with nerves while his heart roared in his ears but thankfully, the Octominds made it easy to keep a level head. Still, he couldn’t shake off that oppressive feeling whenever he faced the Trickster’s gaze.

The situation was...

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1.51

1.51: The Colossus



With his color matching the sandy slope, Henry let himself slide down until what he felt was halfway down the bottom of the crater-like formation.

Henry paused and his mental image of the crater zoomed out and realized what this formation was. It was a nest.  For the largest creature Henry had yet to meet since the whales. 


[Colossus Stonefish (C) - Lvl ??]


Definitely la...

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1.50

A/N: As always, thank you all for supporting me! I'm on a week of vacation from my job and I'm working hard to add chapters to Patreon.

We're getting close to some action! Hope you enjoy.

1.50: Familiar grounds



Henry and Maurice finally came out of the kelp forest into a gently swaying field of golden algae that Henry immediately recognized. 

On top of his head, Maurice gasped. “[So pretty!]”

The krak...

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1.49

“And that’s… 346 D-Tokens left over. Not a lot. But not too bad either, considering I’m getting 30 stat points.”

Henry looked up and took in the scenery for a few seconds. The jellyfish were slowly drifting around, bathing the reefs and sea around them in a pinkish hue. It was… breathtaking. Henry had seen his fair share of incredible sights in his other life, but it had always been limited in some way. Either by safety measures, technological challenges, or even th...

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1.48

1.48: 



Henry was quiet as he tried to detect the clone through his telepathic senses, but he  couldn’t pick up on it. Either it was too far, or he was still bad at sensing through the ability. “[Where is it?]” 

This was a field in which Maurice shone. Maybe the crab had a trick of some sorts? In any case, it was a weakness Henry intended to work on, among a couple of other things. It was getting embarrassing how often h...

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