wiz

Volume 5 - Chapter 12 (in-editing v2)

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!

.

Walking Disaster.

It was a special term used by the natives of the Third Layer to describe Apex...

Volume 5 – Chapter 1X - (exact number undetermined, fine to read now)

Volume 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!)

.

Volume 5 - Chapter 11 (in-editing v3)

Volume 5 - Chapter 11

(If you see any typos that slipped past me, let me know! Long chapter)

.

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...

Volume 5 – Chapter 10 (in-editing v3)

Volume 5 – Chapter 10

-

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 en...

Volume 5 – Chapter 9 (in-editing v2)

Volume 5 – Chapter 9

.

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 s...

Volume 5 – Chapter 8 (in-editing v1)

Volume 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)

.

Several hours later…

.. .. .. .. .. ..

“There it is!” Shin shouted to himself as he began to fall, plunging down towards a floating islan...

Volume 5 – Chapter 7 (in-editing v2)

Volume 5 – Chapter 7

(Back to active chapter updates)

(No stat screens in here yet, that'll have to wait for the next chapter)

.

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,...

Update: Been dealing with some health issues the past few months, but I've gotten/still am getting treatment and hope to return to writing by the end of this month. I didn't charge anyone for the past few months, given that I didn't post.

Volume 5 – Chapter 6 (in editing-v6)

Volume 5 – Chapter 6

.

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 mu...

Volume 5 – Chapter 5 (in-editing v4)

Volume 5 – Chapter 5

.

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 jum...

Volume 5 – Chapter 4 (in-editing v1)

Volume 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 lo...

Final update

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.

Volume 5 – Chapter 3 (in editing-v1)

Volume 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)

------

Teleporters were an invaluable asset to any team.

Micheal was once again reminded of this f...

Volume 5 – Chapter 2 (in editing-v4)

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 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.

Volume 5 - Official Prologue (edited - v2)

The 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 t...

Volume 4's Audiobook is almost complete - it should be finished sometime this week.

Update: I've finished outlining Volume 7's plot. (due to the interconnected nature of the 7 Layers, and the characters it contains, in particular for Volume 5, I've had to greatly outline a large number of things, in order to ensure Volume's 5, 6, 7 etc. remain cohesive, even as my story expands in scope and scale - this is what I've been up to until today.)

Just an update to let you all know what I've been up to.

(Updated as of Jan 11) - Audiobook Production for Volume 4 officially begins in ~2 weeks

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 ...

R:A - Volume 5 - Chapter 1 (edited-v1)

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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Amazon reviewed Volume 4 and approved it in like 60 minutes flat... This must be what speedrunners feel like.

Volume 5 production will begin to ramp up in the coming days. As always when we begin a new Volume, it will take some time for me to catch all tiers up to speed, so please bear with me.

Volume 5 - Chapter 4-6ish

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

Volume 5 - Chapter ~3-5ish

Volume 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 ...