Ok may have gone a little overboard over the weekend after seeing the response to the last chapter. 8.8k chapter instead of dragging the povs out to a third chapter. Enjoy.
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Chapter 367
Grady Briggs sat in front of his team of lawyers along with the rest of his C-s...
2024-10-07 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 366
Kai listened to the man in the sky speaking and felt it hard to accept what he was hearing.
But there he was. This… Ascender Titan.
There was a weight to those words, imparted by what he assumed was magic projecting the speech into his ears, that ...
2024-10-04 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostA 6.5k chapter.
I hope this AAR answers most questions but there is something you feel isn't answered properly I'm open to suggestions in the comments.
As always, enjoy.
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Chapter 365
Matt’s first action was to send a message to Liz through the Ascende...
2024-09-30 18:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostOk so update on the timing in the coming weeks. I'll be leaving the country in the middle of November so I want to take a break then for obvious reasons. At the same time this arc is about to end, roughly 375 or so for the Manny chapter, which is when I’d normally take a break but I don’t wan...
2024-09-27 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostI heard you guys like 6k chapters instead of 5k so here's another one.
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Chapter 363
The once pristine marble around the rift was positively bathed in blood.
There wasn’t a single spot in the surrounding area that wasn’t completely soaked in blood, and loo...
2024-09-23 18:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostOk so update on the timing in the coming weeks. I'll be leaving the country in the middle of November so I want to take a break then for obvious reasons. At the same time this arc is about to end, roughly 375 or so for the Manny chapter, which is when I’d normally take a break but I don’t wan...
2024-09-20 18:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 361
As Sien led them through the floating city Matt got to see quite a bit of sect life. Not the Empire propaganda, not the Sect propaganda, not movie recreations, or anything but genuine sect life.
It was… strange.
He shouldn't have been surprised, but for ...
2024-09-16 18:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 360
The rift was dark and oppressive, filled with smoke that caused no end of interference with Matt’s spiritual perception. There was also a pervading aura of fear, the entire area almost dreamlike in quality. He half-jokingly checked to see if Sien had follow...
2024-09-13 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 359
Matt looked at the guild bustling beneath him and a part of him wished he could delay their trip to the Sects just by a few years. With the release of the aura rifts, Titan’s Torch had most of the pressure removed from their shoulders now that they weren’t in a ru...
2024-09-09 18:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 358
Baron Haluk Avci watched as Ascender Titan walked the reporter through the third aura rift in a row.
The first had been a simple fire aura rift with fairly standard, Tier 4, oversized insect monsters that had fire aura clinging to their carapaces. The second had...
2024-09-06 18:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 357
Demarcus Jackson, professor of ancient world histories at Ciliradi Provence University, was not crazy. All of his past students probably assumed he was, many of his colleagues surely thought he was, most of his ex-girlfriends probably suspected he was, and so...
2024-08-30 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 356
Matt listened as Tholly finished his report. “Discounting the application that Wraith’s friend sent in, we’ve intercepted sixty-three applications from likely spies, eleven attempted infiltration's through false-identity applications, one spy who’s been underc...
2024-08-26 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 355
Liz tore her way into Lily’s real space and let her spiritual perception spread outward to find Matt before letting their spiritual perceptions mingle in a hello. It had been too long since they had seen each other, but before she could get excited to see him again,...
2024-08-23 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post6k chapter. Enjoy.
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Chapter 354
Matt sat in his office as he tried not to look at the vast fields of rifts visible outside his window.
Things had been going far better than he could have ever hoped. Kees ran a tight ship and kept everything on task, and the t...
2024-08-19 18:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 353
Fabian Lacor didn’t like being dressed down like a child by a foreign noble, but he put on his best contrite expression and begged for forgiveness, which seemed to work when combined with his Talent to slink into the metaphorical shadows.
The lordling left aft...
2024-08-16 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 352
The four of them spent a full four months with their heads down, and Matt had to once more double the size of his island. It was reaching the limit of an auxiliary guild location's land allotment, but they just needed more room to ensure the rifts were properly spaced...
2024-08-12 18:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostFYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).
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Chapter 351
Matt felt the tear in reality on the other side of Lily's orbit, so he quickly [Portal]ed over next to the ship.
The moment he arrived, Erwin said. “Fina...
2024-08-09 18:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note: Minor retcon from book 4. Matt no longer figures out how to make all the aura rifts during that time and only the basic four. Old Mantis gave Matt too much too quickly, offscreen, and I want to actually show the process here and now.
“Within the year, they found the...
2024-08-05 18:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 349
Matt wished he could say that he was full of confidence when they exited the Arbitration Convention building, but instead he was just wrung out.
People were ultimately people whether they were high Tier or low Tier and the unawakened proved that to Matt better t...
2024-08-02 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostA 6k chapter. Enjoy.
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FYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).
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Chapter 348
Westley Bakerfield had spent his life sharpening his teeth in politics. When he was in elementary school, by dint of his las...
2024-07-29 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 347
The four of them watched Councilor Samuel call up his younger counterpart, Councilor Jolene.
She was obviously confused as to why Samuel wanted to call for a last-minute full assembly, but her insistence that she was going to come to talk to him in person ...
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2024-07-22 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostFYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).
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Chapter 345
Matt, Liz, and Aster let the crowd chatter for a few moments, just long enough that the lower Tiers watching could fully process the information. However, that w...
2024-07-19 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostFYI to all patrons who use APPLE products and the APP STORE. Any NEW subscriptions made through the PATREON app will cost 30% more thanks to APPLE demanding a cut of all payments that go through them. If you don't want to pay that additional cost you can simply pay the normal price by subscribing...
2024-07-15 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostFYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).
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Here is the google form for Matt’s guild ideas if anyone has something they think can be invented in the universe. Any and all ideas welcome.
FYI to all patrons who use APPLE products and the APP STORE. Any NEW subscriptions made through the PATREON app will cost 30% more thanks to APPLE demanding a cut of all payments that go through them. If you don't want to pay that additional cost you can simply pay the normal price by subscribing...
2024-07-08 18:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostFYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).
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This is our typical ALT POV prologue that we have every start of a new book. This is still PoA and well be back to Matt next chapter.
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Chapter 341
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Chapter 340
Allister waited in his office, fingers steepled and orbs spinning behind his head in an orbit so slow, they seemed to not move at all.
The inertial energy was harvested and then fed back into the orbs in case anyone was foolish enough to fight him. Allister wasn...
2024-06-24 18:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 339
Contrary to his expectations, the older Ascenders were content to spend the entire two weeks leading up to the ceremony lounging around in Lila’s room. He had half expected them to have their own things to do, but all of them seemed more interested in hanging out in...
2024-06-21 19:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post7k chapter enjoy.
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Chapter 338
Matt wasn’t looking forward to the celebration, but between Allie’s excitement and Aiden’s waxing on about the event, he was at least interested in going, if for no other reason than to see the strongest people in the realm. Par...
2024-06-17 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post