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Don't worry, I didn't forget about you all. Here's the next batch of chapters before I launch into the next ones. Really hope you enjoy them! Also, I'm loving all the comments coming through with your theories and thoughts on the chapters so far. :)

I'm going to be writing for the next few hours, and then I've got an interview tonight over on the LitRPG Legion page on Facebook. Feel free to drop by at 5pm EST if you've nothing better to do. :)

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Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Brian

Comments

Alteron

Great chapters again, but a little bit confusing, mostly because Sal keeps changing direction.

Thomas Todd

This was my feeling too, Sal seems to be starting and dropping things at the slightest provocative which seems out of character for him. Usually he obsessed over something

Thomas Todd

Great chapters, as Alteron said the o ly issue is that Sal seems to be jumping across to too many different tasks. A possible suggestion would be to move the Gallant stuff after the meal and have it triggered by Grand Design, have the rest of what he's working on be about possible combinations of his abilities. No idea if this would work story wise just my two cents

Alteron

Or maybe follow through on the weaves, making the ultimate version of the diffent skills he is looking at, it only took him 15 min. to make evolve.

Davi(d)

I'll have to agree w what Alteron and Thomas said, I feel like you gave me 6 chapters w each of them only teasing 3 different storylines and none of them were worked on enough. I was SO excited when I read that Sal was finally gonna look for possible skill combinations for himself, and then that didn't actually happen all that much, same thing w basically every other direction that the story went this time. Over all those chapters were fun to read and all of that, but they felt confusing and incomplete. Can't wait for the next ones to see where this is all going.

Davi(d)

My main problem w these chaps is that none of the weaves Sal looked at were completed/none of the combinations were tested. I'm really happy that he's finally looking into that, and that he's considering replicating controller and destructive skills, but sadly we didn't get a lot of that.

Joran Spans

like the other said, got the same kinda vibe from it.

Travis Nevins

Hey, I like the chapters overall! I feel like the reasoning from upgrade was right about him focusing on being allowed to use his ability over him making his own implanted ability, although hearing about him experimenting rather than too many chapters dedicated to sounds fun. Hopefully the next chapters go over him doing the weaves so he can upgrade that plant guys ability the right way only after getting approval. I'm also curious about this Grant guy/Vinessa(did he message her to say hey your help was painful but helpful thanks and I don't hate you or something?)/the resilience guy/healer stories too. Also very cool chapters about the weave concept overall. What did divinity say in chapter nine? Did that persons weave he just make get to the saviors because of what he did? I know Sal's plan is to use alchemy to improve mastery, but that will only be temporary unless those insights and mastery can somehow be ingrained? curious to see where that plan goes, but I'm not sure about it being quite a main thread because that guy is still doing the training? What is the main arc for this book? The tower/an actual scavenger run/skill mastery? But I'm enjoying what's written so far! Cheers!

CR

Echoing some of the other comments about things jumping around a lot. Also found the sudden switcheroo of Erika being poor misunderstood girl and Gallant being a baddie quite weird and dissonant. Is it a red herring? We know Sal is supposedly good at reading people but this one really jarred for me Really enjoy reading👌

IAMather

Just getting to these chapters. The “Hone” ability seems fantastic for crafting. With that essence making weapons that grant instinctive knowledge on how to wield them seems amazing. Especially for supports. Could definitely see some guns being pumped out with hone and evolution to go with the new armor.

IAMather

Although it does say skills and techniques could still see Sal modifying it.

Rinalda13

I agree. I REALLY dislike Erika and liked Gallant. I would like Erika to change but right now I have no positive feelings about her and I don't see her as misunderstood. Not totally a villian sure, but still a manipulative callous controller, who sees others only as pawns with no regard for them as a person.

BlueFox

Newtime reader who have blasted thru the books in 4 days (im a nurse and work nighttime with alot of dead time) And reading them first now so sorry for an uberlate comment. Just as a heads up, the caduceus (or staff of hermes) that is being referenced in chapter 11 on the first page; "staff with 2 snakes to symbolise healers" is modern conflation. This is a misunderstanding where the rod of Asclepios and the staff of hermes have been conflated. Hermes staff had 2 snakes, but he was the god of messengers, merchants and thieves. While Asclepius rod had 1 snake, and he was the god of healers. Many healthorganisations (US medical corps for example) have used the staff of hermes in error, because it is mixed up with the rod of Asclepius, probably due to they both using snakes. I quite enjoy that Blathnaid is referencing the wrong staff, but seem to be designing the right one Haha! Love the series <3

BrianJNordon

Thank you so much. I love this insight, and truth be told I had no idea! Let's give Blathnaid's character the credit for fixing it! 😊

Michelle Ray

Is Sal going to be talking to Royce about Alex's herbs before he heads back to his parents for break? looking forward to seeing more information about herbs and alchemy.

Charles Gillentine

This is the best Sal. Doing what needs done and not waiting for everyone to tell him how he should do it their way. LOVE IT.

Jonathan Campbell

I’m not sure what is going wrong but chapter 16 won’t open in a way that shows any actual text. When I tried opening it with Adobe reader it said that the file was probably corrupted or damaged.

Janet Beane

This is probably too late, but "I've it set to the essence categories, " should be "I've set it to ..."