With Karalti keeping the infantry busy, I ran for the door of the Keep, glancing over my HP and Adrenaline. The door was smashed into the dense barricade of furniture the defenders had piled up beh...
2021-01-14 01:05:42 +0000 UTC
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Author's Note: The version you guys are reading here is still subject to edits/changes as we build into the final stages of production and publication. I encourage all of you to submit major ed...
2021-01-14 01:04:37 +0000 UTC
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My own experiences as a paratrooper had drilled a set of images and smells into my memory: the cavernous spartan troop carrier, little more than a big flying tube with rows of folding seats down th...
2021-01-11 22:40:23 +0000 UTC
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Now that we had confirmation that our parachutes worked the way they needed to, it was time to start the preparations for our mission: prying Bas County out of Zoltan's greedy hands.
Operatio...
2021-01-11 22:23:30 +0000 UTC
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True to her word – and thanks to the miracle of videogame crafting – Rin had the parachute ready by the afternoon: a near-replica of the HI-5 ram air chute used for free fall jumps, except it w...
2021-01-11 22:22:31 +0000 UTC
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Training always began with a brisk 3-mile run in full gear, accompanied by wholesome songs about patriotism, duty, and sacrifice.
“Airborne Ranger was a hell of a man! Walked through the ba...
2021-01-11 00:17:21 +0000 UTC
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I went with Rin to the smithy, where she'd set up her quarters. It was still fairly chaotic. Rin's workspaces were neat - organized by shape, size and color - but her personal belongings were heape...
2021-01-11 00:16:35 +0000 UTC
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A quarter of an hour later, me, Suri, Kitti, Rin and the commanders of my army had gathered around the dining table offside the Great Hall, listening as the scouts delivered their report with the a...
2021-01-11 00:14:34 +0000 UTC
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By the time we reached the stairs, Jacob’s screams of rage gave way to sobbing as our footsteps faded. Suri and I climbed the stairs without saying anything to one another, but when we reached th...
2021-01-05 04:22:16 +0000 UTC
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The next morning, Suri and I woke early: her in the bed, me in the sandpit. We skipped breakfast, huddling together on the sofa with small cups of dark, strong coffee. The sun was just starting to ...
2021-01-05 04:21:45 +0000 UTC
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Hours later, I stirred in the warm covers, half-asleep. Suri was out cold, snoozing softly to my right. By the soft lamplight from my study, I was able to see the results of two hours of enthusiast...
2021-01-05 04:21:02 +0000 UTC
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"I can't believe it." Rin balled her fists on top of the table in front of her. "The Warsinger... he destroyed her?"
The five of us were seated in the dining hall: me, Vash and Suri on one si...
2021-01-04 02:30:08 +0000 UTC
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The Queen of the Sands was recognizable only because of her size. The Level One Hundred and Fucking Twenty [Voidwyrm Empress] was now as black as coal, jerking and writhing oddly as she ex...
2021-01-04 02:28:49 +0000 UTC
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Twenty minutes later, we were in the air and ready to jump back to Dakhdir. I hung on to the saddle without any tie-downs, as relaxed as a surfer kneeling on his board. Suri, who hated flying, was ...
2020-12-29 09:50:51 +0000 UTC
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A.N: There might be a bit of a delay between this chapter and Ch. 14, as we progressively edit the manuscript :)
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I lost track of the room around me,...
2020-12-23 02:31:44 +0000 UTC
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The first thing I did after returning to my quarters was to go into my KMS and spend almost all of our hard-won money on the three things we needed to make Myszno one of the wealthiest provinces in...
2020-12-23 02:25:09 +0000 UTC
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“Plague?” I unconsciously gripped the armrests of my throne. "Just the one?"
"Yes, my lord.” The Mayor bobbed his head. “The Hospitallers are trying to find out if she had contact wit...
2020-12-20 23:15:39 +0000 UTC
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Somehow, I - Dragozin Hector, formerly Hector Park, Private First Class - had ended up in charge of a Vlachian province large enough to be its own small country. The fantasy of ruling a nation was ...
2020-12-19 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to the fact that Karalti could now carry about a thousand pounds of stuff, we were able to pack in a LOT of treasure. I threw out every item I didn't need from my own Inventory, and we cramm...
2020-12-18 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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All of the lava flows in this mountain range emptied into the antechamber of Lahati's Tomb. Directly across from us was a black glass bridge that arched over the lake of fire far below. As we enter...
2020-12-17 21:13:37 +0000 UTC
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The pair clashed chest to chest, foreclaws locked as they strained against each other. Karalti began to pump her wings, using the draft generated by the huge membranes to drive her and her enemy fo...
2020-12-16 19:25:30 +0000 UTC
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I had to flatten down so Karalti could crawl through the hole in the cave wall. She got down on her belly, using her front claws to pull herself forward, and paddling the dirt with her back legs an...
2020-12-14 12:34:03 +0000 UTC
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Sorry about skipping a day: I was bedridden with a lupus flare for about 48 hours T__T. I'm posting Ch. 5 and 6 as well today to make up for it.
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2020-12-14 12:33:18 +0000 UTC
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My first stop was the sacrificial well. Karalti hung back while I hopped up onto the altar, then sprung onto the edge and held a torch out over the abyss. Like the well I’d used to get into Lahat...
2020-12-10 16:17:22 +0000 UTC
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I woke again: this time, to the deep, comforting sound of two thunderous hearts beating against my back.
“Shh… you’reokay.” Karalti shifted on the floor. She was laying like ...
2020-12-08 00:01:14 +0000 UTC
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[SEED#: NUMBERFETCH 00-001A-TypeNew[HeraldOfMT]_PARAGON: Hector Park.]
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[Hector Park]: Thank you for your contribution to [Learning Cycle 3944390-SI: Anomalo...
2020-12-07 23:59:08 +0000 UTC
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Finally! The final-final Chapters 1, 2 & 3! A chapter every 2 days to follow. Thanks for being patient with all the revisions, etc. Chapter One is the absolute bedrock of this story in a lo...
2020-12-07 23:55:58 +0000 UTC
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Vash sighed, and closed his eyes to try and gather his words. He was silent for nearly a minute before he began to speak. “I was born in the plateau country about a week’s ride south-east of Do...
2020-11-12 16:18:24 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone - this isn't a chapter update, more of a frank admission.
At risk of being overly personal, I've been dealing with some shit. The long and short of it is that current (US politic...
2020-10-06 22:31:59 +0000 UTC
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For the first time, I am revealing some of the machinery behind the curtain: the math and formulae that go into the making of a LitRPG.
LitRPG is a challenging genre to write, not least becau...
2020-08-31 11:42:27 +0000 UTC
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