《Devourer of Destiny》Book 1 Afterword
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I did it!... Finally...
This has been a strange journey with some false starts. But let's cover more important stuff rather than wallowing in all that, shall we?
Firstly, if you are reading this and it's not on or from Royal Road, you are sailing the high seas! Not that I mind, this is free and all, but you should probably know that so that you aren't expecting things like typo fixes and interaction.
(Yes, I am leading with that because someone is already hosting this on their site without asking. Sigh.)
New Chapters & Release Schedule
Beginning with Book 2, new chapters are set for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week. These will be automated releases scheduled through Royal Road's system and I'll flip on the thing that shows the next expected release on the fiction page once I begin batching these.
I am setting the bar for chapters low but there will likely be more than three chapters a week. Any additional chapters I manage to conjure up will get slotted it on other days.
Book 2 and beyond are fresh chapters reimagining the scenarios from before. Book 2 in particular has some major changes to its premise. I'll talk about the inside baseball on all that under a spoiler in the comments here.
Keeping the Novel Available
After what happened previously, I need to take steps to ensure people who want to keep reading this can. Let me begin with emphasizing something: there will never be a Patreon for this novel. If I put in the time and effort a Patreon novel deserves, I'd be finished with it before the end of this year (versus around 2 years at a 3 chap/week pace), which doesn't make for a good Patreon so it's just not happening. This novel ends at Book 7 and each Book will be about the same size as this one and that is not changing.
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But without a Patreon, people need something to assure them they can hold on to the novel and it won't just disappear again. So what I am going to do going forward is release a free EPUB of each Book as they are completed. These are yours to keep, forever. Now I have no reason to hit the delete button.
This novel will also not randomly become a stub out of nowhere while it is active. If there is a Kindle Unlimited release, it will come after it is finished and everybody here has had ample chance to nab the EPUBs first. I don't see this happening -- I don't think this is a commercially viable work -- but that's how it will happen if it does.
And that's it. Thanks to readers both old and new for checking this out. I'll do my best not to disappoint this time.
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A Broken World [Rewrite]
In a world of floating islands of stone in the sky, where rivers flow through the air and defy gravity from one island to another, and ancient ruins can be found containing wonders beyond what can be produced by the lands current inhabitants- a millenia long war rages. In the distant past, beyond recorded history, when the crown of humanity's glory, the city of Uri, had stood whole against the enroaching demon swarms- even as hope seemed lost, a band of heroes, against all odds, managed to steal powerful magical knowledge from the demons. With the demon's forbidden knowledge, in the heart of Uri a new ritual was made. Called, "The Millenial Summoning," the ritual had the power to call a being from another world that would have the power to change the world forever. The first being summoned became known as "The Speaker," and he brought the power of the Gods to the world. With the blessings and power of the new priests, the unstoppable demon hordes were finally halted. A thousand years later, the ritual was used again and "The First Sorceress" was brought to the world. She brought the knowledge of advanced magics, and techniques to find and refine magical talent. With the magic power now added to the battlefield, the stalemate was broken. And for the first time, the demons were pushed back. Another thousand years later, and all of humanites hope for a final victory were dashed. Traitors slew the ritual's participants and took their places, and humanity quaked as The Demon King stepped into the world. His name, his nature, where he came from none of these are known, but what is known is his overwhelming power and his brilliant strategic leadership of the formerly formless hordes. Still, despite their position being even more dire than it has ever been since history has been recorded, humanity held on for another thousand years. Aided, thankfully, by The Demon King not taking the field after the first few years and battles. Now, the ritual is being cast again and a new hero is being summoned. In our world, after nearly three decades of study and hard work, Lucas Jaeger is making his dreams come true. With a double doctorate in both genetics and microbiology, as well as an associates degree in accounting, he has finally, after nearly driving himself mad from stress and sick from overwork, been able to put to together a presentation and ask for a business loan. His long time dream, earned by his own blood and sweat, to start his own commercial genetic company is finally coming to fruition. Lucas's car never left the banks parking lot and Lucas was never seen again in our world. This is a rewrite of "A Broken World." It is basically the same story, just a thousand times better and with decent length chapters!
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Colourland Part 2: Attack of the Smithson Family
The Bear send in the Smithsons to deal with Crayon and his friends. The Smithsons are insanely ruthless and want to destroy the romance between Crayon and Colourea. The story link is this: https://www.webnovel.com/book/colourland-part-2-attack-of-the-smithson-family_15244293705601405
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Guildmaster
When Leo was taken as the latest in a long line of prospective students of Guildmaster and level 860 Samurai, Sumiroma Kamei, life seemed very simple. All he needed to do was accept the inevitable; two or three months of torturous ‘training’, followed by death. Leo Proust did not accept the inevitable. The Guildmaster is dead. The town is defenceless and leaderless. Monsters that were once kept at bay now grow in power. In distant lands, plots and plans decades in the making are suddenly falling apart. And Leo’s life threatens to become very, very complicated.
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The Assassin System
In the modern - era of 20XX. Gamers all around the world were on anticipation of the new 'realistic' MMORPG. Astral Fantasy. It featured tags like 'swords and magic' and 'sci-fi'. In short, on Astral Fantasy you could be anyone you want. Be it the heroes from Fantasy Novels or those Space Mercenary on the Sci-fi genre. Now, Lilia Evergreen, a famous gaming streamer, became a beta tester for the anticipated MMORPG, which of course gained the envy of many. On the day of its beta release however, she suddenly heard a voice in her head. *Initiating power up* Amidst her confusion at the voice on her head, she suddenly noticed one thing. "Why does the sky have Hexagons on it?" Disclaimer: I do not own the photo. Credits to Shadowfox on pinterest. https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/743094007247328772/?nic_v2=1aRgsUGv8
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mmorpg dungeon for me
where the trilogy of the wrm really start it's about a dungeon with an easy go lucky life https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/31799/tale-of-a-worm
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Re:ant
Mark is a normal man,leading a normal life.But that changes when he gets hit by 12 trucks.Then suddenly a window pops up and it asked:Do you want to have another chance at life???? yes / noHe didn't think when he pressed yesThis is just me having nothing to do sooooo yeahit could be a one shot or mature really I have no planes 4 it whatsoever
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