Volume 5 - Chapter 12
If you see any typos/mistakes, let me know in the comments! Thank you and goodnight!
I'll go through and edit it/correct any typos when I wake up!
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Walking Disaster.
It was a special term used by the natives of the Third Layer to describe Apex Void Predators.
The 8 surviving Apex Void P...
2024-12-07 12:46:45 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 1X
(You can read this chapter right now, after 11, with no issues! I merely haven't decided on the exact number for it, yet. It'll be between 10-20 - I'll decide on this, and the other un-numbered chapters, once I get to 20)
((ps - if you see any typos/mistakes, let me know! Thank you, and goodnight!)
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“I was not strong enough.”
On ...
2024-11-30 13:47:18 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 - Chapter 11
(If you see any typos that slipped past me, let me know! Long chapter)
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Shin teleported into existence just a few meters above the Southern Wall, touching down just before the ruined section the Apex had destroyed. He landed with cat-like grace, before leaning slightly against the parapet as he caught his breath.
‘Woah there. Steady.’ ...
2024-11-27 11:28:29 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 10
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Micheal didn’t believe in coincidences.
He had made great changes to the timeline, it was true… but nothing could justify what he saw before him.
‘It’s unreasonable.’
Standing 31 meters tall was a creature that could only be described as a monster out of legend. It was enormous, with skin black as night, camouflaged to b...
2024-11-22 11:47:21 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 9
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Morning came without incident.
Micheal frowned as he knelt down, resting for a few moments atop the peak of the Giant’s Axehead.
The air was cold and frozen, with a harsh breeze blowing from the east. Micheal absently shifted a large grey cloak around his shoulders, his attention split between scanning his surroundings and thinking about the fu...
2024-11-20 07:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 8
(decided to change the name of the King of Heroes – from Aelon to Eon)
(Let me know if I am missing/forgot anything on Shin's Status screen)
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Several hours later…
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“There it is!” Shin shouted to himself as he began to fall, plunging down towards a floating island more than 1000 meters below him.
‘Th...
2024-11-11 12:37:30 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 7
(Back to active chapter updates)
(No stat screens in here yet, that'll have to wait for the next chapter)
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Shin gazed upon a world made of translucent lines of energy.
It was the world he saw whenever he teleported, an infinite number of pulsing energy lines, tying together the fabric of reality.
As he...
2024-11-06 08:52:21 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 6
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Magic was an exceedingly complex subject matter.
There were countless different Spells, different forms of Spells, and even different sub-types of Magic. The Language of Magic was a varied and complicated tongue that was extremely difficult to master. Things like intonation sometimes mattered just as much as one’s intent and skill.
The Spell Mi...
2024-07-14 00:25:51 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 5
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On the Second Layer, Humanity joined the Orkals, the Rakkonians, and the Farians as four separate species that climbed up from their own individual First Layers.
On the Third Layer, however…
“There’s 17.” Micheal’s words echoed in the still, windless air as he jumped off nothing, activating his Cloud Stepping Sho...
2024-07-09 15:17:20 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 4
As soon as the faintest hints of awareness formed in Micheal’s consciousness, he woke up in an instant, instincts honed by a decade of survival in the 7 Layers kicking in.
As he came to, memories of his battle with Orion and the ambush they had just avoided flooded into him. His Ki resonated within him, no longer flagging and weak, but fully rested and resto...
2024-07-01 20:10:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Broke my elbows while out bicycling.
I hope to recover as swiftly as possible, and believe I might be back writing in ~3-4 weeks. Until then, thank you for all the kind words and well-wishes. This has been a really rough month.
2024-06-08 21:07:26 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 3
(I'm using a new laptop to type, its autocorrect sometimes slips past me - let me know if y'all see any typos I miss! Also special thanks go out to Timothy for his correction comments)
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Teleporters were an invaluable asset to any team.
Micheal was once again reminded of this fact as he looked down, his eyes crinkling as waves...
2024-06-01 11:32:56 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 – Chapter 2 ‘Who?’ It was an ambush. A targeted attack sent backwards in time to murder Micheal and Shin within minutes of their ar
Volume 5 – Chapter 2
‘Who?’
It was an ambush. A targeted attack sent backwards in time to murder Micheal and Shin within minutes of their arrival on the 3rd Layer.
Micheal’s mind went into overdrive as he proc...
2024-05-29 05:43:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Fifth Layer was among the strangest of Layers humanity encountered.
It wasn’t a grand world teeming with magical life like the Second Layer, nor was it a shattered Plane hovering over an empty Void like the Third Layer, or even a strange, constructed world like the First Layer.
Instead… the Fifth Layer was…
A tree.
An enormous, 68,300 miles tall Planetar...
2024-05-25 09:10:51 +0000 UTC View PostJust an update to let you all know what I've been up to.
2024-03-04 02:32:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Update as of Jan 11: I'm still working on parts of Volume 5. Chapter 2 is essentially complete (as is 3), but I'm leery of releasing it yet until I finish writing a few other scenes (parts that won't appear until Chapter ~30-40), just to be sure I don't allow any timeline errors/mistakes.
I've written 9,183 words of Volume 5 (not counting Chapter 1 or any other rele...
It's finally time.
The outlines are detailed, the plot finished, and the narrative finally in a place I like.
It took me quite a bit longer then I wanted, but that's how writing big complicated plots do be.
Volume 5 -> Now begin.
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Volume 5 - Chapter 1
<... 2023-12-19 21:09:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Volume 5 - Chapter 4-6ish
(THIS CHAPTER IS NOW UNOFFICIAL AND LIKELY TO BE CHANGED)
(I wanted to show a vision of a "cog in the wheel" of Dark Void - however, I've recently decided to rework this chapter, and instead of showing one of the cogs, I'll focus on the leader of Dark Void instead) - edit as of 1/31/2025
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“There is nothin...
2023-11-23 04:18:23 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5 - Chapter ~3-5ish
(Edit: As of 11/23/2025, chapter has undergone several revisions)
(Note: This chapter will probably get moved to be Chapter 3 or Chapter 4, to make way for more "important" starting chapters. However, since I had this chapter written up, I figured I'd share it with y'all)
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2023-11-18 00:32:30 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 4 - Epilogue - Part 2
Edit #2 on Nov 23:
I've thought about it a bit more and decided to include this chapter as a "bonus" epilogue at the end of Volume 4, instead of as a prologue for Volume 5.
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Many months earlier, in a place far, far away...
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“How unsightly.” 2023-11-17 19:30:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The reason for the long wait, at least in terms of having issues getting Volume 4 online, relates to a rough draft of a different Volume I released here on my Patreon for my Patreons years ago.
Eventually, that rough draft found its way to other sites and has been plaguing me ever since, even leading to my Amazon Author Account being deactivated one time after it triggered a "my exclusive...
2023-10-29 20:38:59 +0000 UTC View Post