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[LitF] 16. Crimson Stairway
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: This is last Saturday's chapter. Sorry for the delay!I retconned a few things. Most notably:Wizards have become sorcerers. Just a name change, no special meaning.]Arthur looked at the empty cave chamber one last time.He wanted to feel something other than ind...
[LitF] Retconned stuff on Lost in the Future (Only Affects B-Ranks)
CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS ON CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 15.As I wrote more Lost in the Future chapters, I found some issues with past chapters and adapted them.The most noteworthy ones are:1. Magic PrehensionI made this change to better differentiate between different uses of magic.The act of connecting to one's element and...
[MA] 231. I Was Always This Stupid
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry for the double delay. I slept on my office chair yesterday. Tough day. Things should've normalized now.Chapters this week: 1/3Delayed chapters: 2Next release: In a few minutes]"Found you, traitor," a male voice that Shen hadn't heard in ...
[MA] 229. Violated
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 3Next release: Saturday ]The hundreds of drow spread themselves out but still moved in small groups. Shen mingled with them as they advanced, trying to make his squad less eye-catching.The swamp trolls were more like the spawn...
[MA] 228. The One I Chose
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next ChapterChapters this week: 1/3Delayed chapters: 2Next release: Thursday]The kill took mere instants. The windriders were close to each other, and Shen swiftly jumped from one to the next. He killed a few dozen before they got far enough to escape if he tried to approach. ...
[MA] 227. Open Chicken
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry for the delay. No good reason today, I just got caught in writing and ended up without time to review the latest chapter.Chapters last week: 3/3Delayed chapters: 2Next release: Tuesday]The windriders attacked as soon as Shen's group crossed some inv...
[MA] 226. Richer
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry for the delay. Things were tough yesterday.Chapters this week: 2/3Delayed chapters: 2Next release: Saturday]The enemy's illusion bubble popped like a balloon when the two men pierced its boundaries. It revealed around eighty fire wisps around the te...
[MA] 225. Next
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[[A/N: I didn't have the time to review this chapter, but I would rather not be late. So, here it goes.Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 3Next release: Thursday ]The scouts were a crucial part of this operation and one of the things Shen had been most curio...
[MA] 224. Upheaval
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[ Chapters this week: 3/3Late chapters: 3Next release: Tuesday ]Shen was done with the forest too soon. He became bold enough to also scout the plains.He didn't risk the mountains, though. The terrain was too different from anything he was used to, and he didn&...
[LitF] 15. Skills & Horse Stance
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next ChapterGraham placed the storage safe on the wooden table and inputted the password. The cube's edges shone slightly, and the knight pushed his arm into it—or rather, into the spatial fold connected to the safe.His hand and arm disappeared as if he was using his own spa...
[MA] 223. Zone A-B-44
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 2Next release: Saturday ]Alyphan turned to the cultivator. All his previous lax attitude was gone. "You're now part of the war efforts," he said somberly.Shen understood at once. Drow hierarchy was already rig...
[MA] 222. Rules of Engagement
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry for the two weeks without chapters. I had some issues. More info on this post if you're interested, but everything is fine now.Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 3Next release: Thursday ]Shen was waiting on Tar'Shalon's surface for the te...
Update On Late Chapters
So, I went through a brief burnout episode (can a burnout even be brief?).I shut down from doing absolutely everything in my life, from working to church stuff, until today, when things seem to have normalized.Many things that I could individually have dealt with aggregated to cause it:1. Higher writing load;2. My gran...
[MA] 221. Sulyfor Method
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 3/3Late chapters: 2Next release: Tuesday]Shen stepped into the room. It was tiny, barely large enough for the small table and two chairs in the center. The furniture was made of white wood, a nice contrast to the black metal everything was...
[LitF] 14. Unexpected Celebration
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter"Please forgive us for the subterfuge," Tamara continued. "Sophie was just helping me set the table, not doing any exercise."Arthur barely heard her over his heart. It was thumping furiously on his rib cage. Sophie was......breathtaking.She looked ninet...
[MA] 220. Don't Have the Right or Strength
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 2Next release: Saturday ]The Maiden kept silent for a while, then stood up and left, deep in thought.Shen followed her through dark underground corridors, all looking exactly like the ones he had traveled through when he ...
[MA] 219. The Line
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 2Next release: Thursday ]The Drow Maiden walked in slowly, and Shen followed. He might still fight them to the death—a very short fight it would be—but until then, there was nothing wrong in following the Maiden as sh...
Links to the Tables of Contents
Modern Awakening: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55340542 | 3 chapters/week, ~2k words each, Tue/Thu/SatLost in the Future: https://www.patreon.com/posts/75436957 | 1 chapter/week, ~5k words, Sat
Changes, Changes, Changes!
TL;DR: If you don't have the time or desire to read everything, just read the bold text, and you'll get it.So, Lost in the Future is now available on Royal Road.That meant updating the Patreon tiers to also mention the novel's advanced chapters. And that led me to review the tiers.The D-Rank will have to go...
[LitF] 13. Stats, Traits, and Waiting Time
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter"One year and four months!" Arthur yelled. "One year and four months inside this Fate-forsaken place, obeying your every command, accepting your suggestions like a golem! One year and four months feeling like shit! One year and four months, and I can't ...
[LitF] 12. Pick a Path
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: This is yesterday's chapter. Sorry it's late.]Arthur's achievement hunt progressed mostly as Graham had explained, with a slight change due to Tamara's input: the vitality, efflux, and absorption achievements were pursued together. He emptied his ...
[MA] 218. Unexpected Consequences
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 3/3Late chapters: 2Next release: Tuesday ]The Drow Maiden didn't fall for his provocation. "I'll do better than that," she said without emotion. "I'll explain it while giving you perspective on what it means to be a...
[MA] 217. Benefits and Responsibilities
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 3Next release: Saturday ]A two-yard violet teleportation circle was inlaid on the floor, filled with runes. There was no light source in the small room made entirely of black metal, but Shen was a Guardian and thus could ...
[MA] 216. Everything Aligned
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: An epilogue twice the length of the average chapter =DChapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 2Next release: Thursday]The Void watched and waited.Sentient beings focused too much on ploys and schemes. The Void also partook in such plays, but only because it cou...
[MA] 215. Choose, Shen
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[ Chapters this week: 3/3Late chapters: 2Next release: Tuesday]Shen listened attentively to the Drow Maiden's words."The system calls this thing a marvel of qi engineering without mana equivalent, but you have no idea. I do; I'm a crafter, so I would kn...
[MA] 214. Teleportation and Accounting
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[ A/N: Been a while since I delivered one of the late chapters I always mention (right below). Well, here it is! Enjoy!Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 2Next release: Saturday ]Shen looked at the notifications he had received while the drow taught him how to f...
[LitF] 11. Training Program
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: This chapter should've been released on Jan 28th, last week. Sorry for the delay.]Minutes later, canes and weights were being magically assembled in the air. Sophie had stopped to watch in amazement and clap. Tamara grumbled something under her breath.When th...
[LitF] 10. Dungeons & Monsters
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry for the two weeks without chapters. I had some issues. More info on this post if you're interested, but everything is fine now.That said, I'll only release one chapter today.The promised two-chapter-week will be postponed to next week. ]The dungeon ...
[MA] 213. Complexities
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 3Next release: In a few minutes!]In fact, "complex" didn't even begin to describe the Republic.Cultivators and mortals had the same base rights from birth. Then, either could gain more rights—the same in bot...
[MA] 212. Living Nightmare
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 3Next release: Thursday]Shen wasn't surprised that the general cultivation knowledge touched the Guardian System.According to the information in the antidron, the Initiate, Meridian Clearing, and Foundation Establishm...
