Synopsis
Earth is a fairly small place, but it's all Bath has. It's the only home he's ever known for all of his 500-or-so-million years of life. One day, Bath realized his treasured Earth was being drawn into the next mass extinction ahead of schedule. So, fascinated by the humans and their quick rise to power (after all, setting off a mass extinction is a pretty sizable achievement), what's a nearly all-powerful, somewhat bored, morally ambiguous, savagely violent, shapeshifting alien entity to do other than assume the form of a human and do some front-line investigating?
Little did Bath know he would soon stumble upon a mysterious human organization with a gate leading to planets eons away. And that's just the beginning...
A story with aliens, intergalactic space travel, mind powers, and an abundance of adventure!
Author's note:
ON HIATUS!
Hello and thank you for reading! Constructive criticism and grammar-policing are both appreciated.
Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are complete at 1271 pages! Part 7 is in progress!
If you've ever read any other web serials, you might've noticed that authors get better with time (that is, their art or writing improves). Wutosama of Metaworld Chronicles noted that the first 20 chaps are always a mess.
This is also the case with Apex Predator. The first two parts (ranging just under 30 chapters, or 161 pages) are absolutely subpar. While I have edited them as of 7-10-18, they require a rewrite, which is currently in the works but not complete.
For a sample that gives insight into what the latter ~80% of the story's writing style is like, check out chapter 56.
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Table of Contents
- 1[Part 1] [Chapter 1] The Decision2024-11-13
- 2[Chapter 2] Adoption2024-11-13
- 3[Chapter 3] Babbling2024-11-13
- 4[Chapter 4] Lisa2024-11-13
- 5[Chapter 5] Flight2024-11-13
- 6[Chapter 6] Loneliness2024-11-13
- 7[Chapter 7] Forest2024-11-13
- 8[Chapter 8] Plans2024-11-13
- 9[Chapter 9] Pipes2024-11-13
- 10[Chapter 10] Concert2024-11-13
- 11[Chapter 11] Challenge2024-11-13
- 12[Chapter 12] Lisa II2024-11-13
- 13[Chapter 13] Pact2024-11-13
- 14[Chapter 14] Chromatic Wind2024-11-13
- 15[Part 2] [Chapter 15] Leaving Home2024-11-13
- 16[Chapter 16] Conducting Research2024-11-13
- 17[Chapter 17] Sweet (Suite?) Democracy2024-11-13
- 18[Chapter 18] Malleable Mind2024-11-13
- 19[Chapter 19] Suite (Sweet?) Revenge2024-11-13
- 20[Chapter 20] A Photogenic Bath2024-11-13
- 21[Chapter 21] Mind Queen2024-11-13
- 22[Chapter 22] Psychological Eval2024-11-13
- 23[Chapter 23] Entering Ritus2024-11-13
- 24[Chapter 24] The Fishing Gates2024-11-13
- 25[Chapter 25] Forceful Revelation2024-11-13
- 26[Chapter 26] Towards Conquest2024-11-13
- 27[Chapter 27] Endlessly Reaching Entity2024-11-13
- 28[Part 3] [Chapter 28] Passing Through the Gate2024-11-13
- 29[Chapter 29] Traversing Magnet Planet2024-11-13
- 30[Chapter 30] Eventful First Contact I2024-11-13
- 31[Chapter 31] Eventful First Contact II2024-11-13
- 32[Chapter 32] Exiting Lime World2024-11-13
- 33[Chapter 33] Lepochim Was Exiled?2024-11-13
- 34[Chapter 34] Inanimate On Arrival2024-11-13
- 35[Chapter 35] The Waymaster's Sudden Invitation2024-11-13
- 36[Chapter 36] The Residence of Waymaster Juserin2024-11-13
- 37[Chapter 37] Time Before the Departure2024-11-13
- 38[Chapter 38] Lisa's Visualization Technique2024-11-13
- 39[Chapter 39] The Trio Returns to Earth2024-11-13
- 40[Chapter 40] Considering the Return of Lisa and Bath2024-11-13
- 41[Part 4] [Chapter 41] Subjugating Ritus and Touring Earth2024-11-13
- 42[Chapter 42] Exploring Earth and Interstellar Philosophy2024-11-13
- 43[Chapter 43] Bath's Environmental Sustainability Plan2024-11-13
- 44[Chapter 44] Lisa Hatches a Simple Plan2024-11-13
- 45[Chapter 45] Dragonleaf's Sudden and Strange Appearance2024-11-13
- 46[Chapter 46] Lisa Goes On Television2024-11-13
- 47[Chapter 47] Bestowing a Basic Health Boon2024-11-13
- 48[Chapter 48] Dr. Yin's Ethics Test2024-11-13
- 49[Chapter 49] The Dragon's Second Global Miracle2024-11-13
- 50[Chapter 50] The World Reacts to the Dragon's Vision2024-11-13
- 51[Chapter 51] Rome Wasn't Built in a Day....2024-11-13
- 52[Chapter 52] The US Invokes Bath's Ire2024-11-13
- 53[Chapter 53] First Introductions: Dean's Arrival2024-11-13
- 54[Chapter 54] The Morning of Captain Edgewood's Abduction2024-11-13
- 55[Chapter 55] Lepochim Prepares the Central Marketplace2024-11-13
- 56[Chapter 56] Constitution Boons; Presenting the Hierarchy2024-11-13
- 57[Chapter 57] The First Trial Elapses; Apprentice!?2024-11-13
- 58[Chapter 58] Dean's Mistake; Phone Call2024-11-13
- 59[Chapter 59] Bath's City Planning Struggle2024-11-13
- 60[Chapter 60] The Two Factions: Dawn and Dusk2024-11-13
- 61[Chapter 61] City Defense Plant Complete!2024-11-13
- 62[Chapter 62] Waiting for the World Congress of the Intermediary Strand2024-11-13
- 63[Part 5] [Chapter 63] The Wolves of Dawn and Dusk; Departing Basalith2024-11-13
- 64[Chapter 64] Professor Scranton's Reappearance; Video Call2024-11-13
- 65[Chapter 65] Magnet Planet Inspires an Epic Boon2024-11-13
- 66[Chapter 66] Bestowal; Lisa Sings a Song of Pain2024-11-13
- 67[Chapter 67] Magnetic Sense; Basalith Faction Life2024-11-13
- 68[Chapter 68] Wandering Thoughts; Lepochim's Weekly Update2024-11-13
- 69[Chapter 69] Meeting Olm the Devilbat; Terrorist Threat2024-11-13
- 70[Chapter 70] The United States Attacks; a Foregone Conclusion2024-11-13
- 71[Chapter 71] Leading the Vanguard to Battle; Directing Chaos2024-11-13
- 72[Chapter 72] War as Game; Virigard the (Adorable) Reaper2024-11-13
- 73[Chapter 73] Bath Appears Once More; Kursi?2024-11-13
- 74[Chapter 74] Bath Rethinks His Battle Strategy2024-11-13
- 75[Chapter 75] Return to Basalith After the Trial of Blood2024-11-13
- 76[Chapter 76] The World Reacts to the First True Battle2024-11-13
- 77[Chapter 77] The Bucket List; Appointing Ambassadors; Tournament2024-11-13
- 78[Chapter 78] Round One; Edgier Than You2024-11-13
- 79[Chapter 79] Lisa's Parting Advice; Ambassador of...Where?2024-11-13
- 80[Chapter 80] The Grand Tournament's Semifinals: Zombie Warfare2024-11-13
- 81[Chapter 81] Interrogating the Prisoners; Grand Tournament Finale2024-11-13
- 82[Chapter 82] Lepochim's Bad Day; Wasp Queen2024-11-13
- 83[Chapter 83] Scranton's Email; Lisa's New Role2024-11-13
- 84[Chapter 84] Explosive Breakthrough; Kindling Dean's Fire2024-11-13
- 85[Chapter 85] Pet Project One; Inspired Vision2024-11-13
- 86[Chapter 86] Awaiting the Families; Deployment to Hostile Russia2024-11-13
- 87[Chapter 87] The McLanes Approach Basalith; Avery's Heart2024-11-13
- 88[Chapter 88] The McLanes React; Explanation; Game Plan2024-11-13
- 89[Chapter 89] Lisa's Family Approaches; Russia's City-Seed2024-11-13
- 90[Chapter 90] Aunt Lauretta and Uncle Bern: Revealed2024-11-13
- 91[Chapter 91] Lisa's Tour of South America; Tollan2024-11-13
- 92[Chapter 92] Meeting With the Russian Ambassadors; Waymaster2024-11-13
- 93[Chapter 93] Path Ceremony; Probing Lisa's Philosophy2024-11-13
- 94[Chapter 94] Preparing to Depart; Recollections; Parting Memento2024-11-13
- 95[Chapter 95] COTD Interlude: Beach, Reef, Racing, Slave2024-11-13
- 96[Chapter 96] The Enemy of the Way of the Dragon; Birds; New Start2024-11-13
- 97[Part 6] [Chapter 97] Innovation; Gray Land; Waiting On Juserin2024-11-13
- 98[Chapter 98] Heading to Juserin; History; Kray City's Aftermath2024-11-13
- 99[Chapter 99] Grey and Tycho Find Adventure; Confronting Juserin2024-11-13
- 100[Chapter 100] Upping the Ante: Blood Construct; On Patrol2024-11-13
- 101[Chapter 101] Avery's Age Frustration; Self-determination; Evolutionary Convergence2024-11-13
- 102[Chapter 102] The Verdora Myth: Djalet's Line; Mapping the Labyrinth2024-11-13
- 103[Chapter 103] Traversing the Dark; Preparing Juserin; the Abandoned Cavern2024-11-13
- 104[Chapter 104] A Show of Strength; Wings! The Little Sailboat That Could2024-11-13
- 105[Chapter 105] Race Over Water; Counter Offer; Dating2024-11-13
- 106[Chapter 106] The City of Ash Glass; Investment and Mutual Pleasure (X)2024-11-13
- 107[Chapter 107] Humanity Reaches Illudis; Flashback to Lime World2024-11-13
- 108[Chapter 108] The Identity of the Church; Exploring Illudis; Sunbathing on the Beach2024-11-13
- 109[Chapter 109] Flight Over Illudis; Troubleshooting; Awakened Hunger2024-11-13
- 110[Chapter 110] Burrowing Through the Cortex; Juserin's Verdora Legacy2024-11-13
- 111[Chapter 111] The Nature of the Trap; Testing the Shell; Lisa's Determination2024-11-13
- 112[Chapter 112] Who Shook the Mountain? Dean Gets Involved2024-11-13
- 113[Chapter 113] Fartuun Enters the Tunnel; Preparing the Tortus Descent2024-11-13
- 114[Chapter 114] Encountering Bath; Heated Discussion; Trust; Impudence!2024-11-13
- 115[Chapter 115] Tactics of Biological Warfare; The Mountain's Inward Collapse2024-11-13
- 116[Chapter 116] End of the Line; Rescuing the Trio; Juserin's Investigation2024-11-13
- 117[Chapter 117] A Promise of Truth; Discussing Politics With Juserin2024-11-13
- 118[Chapter 118] The Secret of Sizikguron Arc; Ludwig's Good Fortune2024-11-13
- 119[Chapter 119] Exiting the Arc; Planning the Neighborhood Conquest; Thaddeus2024-11-13
- 120[Chapter 120] Facing Down the Abyss; COTD Questions and Answers2024-11-13
- 121[Chapter 121] Dean's Departure Speech; Eyrin, the Rebellious Son2024-11-13
- 122[Chapter 122] Tying Up Loose Ends; Farewell, Father2024-11-13
- 123[Chapter 123] Stepping Onto Vast Desert; The Five Kursi2024-11-13
- 124[Chapter 124] Giving Testimony; Thaddeus house Clanemic of Illusta2024-11-13
- 125[Chapter 125] Chatting With Zhou Wang; House Delelen2024-11-13
- 126[Chapter 126] Eyrin Mentors Dean; Bath's Philosophical Inquiry2024-11-13
- 127[Chapter 127] Inconspicuous Bath; Pacifying the Verdora; Hoofing It2024-11-13
- 128[Chapter 128] Clarissa, the Self-Proclaimed Goth Devilbat; Eyrin the Escort2024-11-13
- 129[Chapter 129] Reaching the Maw of the Abyss; Priscilla and Clarissa's Tale2024-11-13
- 130[Chapter 130] Everyone Arrives; Meeting Dean; Eyrin's Protege2024-11-13
- 131[Chapter 131] The Dressing Room; Dean's Appearance; Aberash's Performance2024-11-13
- 132[Chapter 132] Lisa and Bath Go Adventuring; AI Ninety-Seven?2024-11-13
- 133[Chapter 133] A Swift Exit; Meeting with Dean; Disseminating the Blueprints2024-11-13
- 134[Chapter 134] Producing the Arc Parts; Arrival of the Quasi Bears2024-11-13
- 135[Chapter 135] Redirecting Thicket; Parlay with the Android; Transporting the Parts2024-11-13
- 136[Chapter 136] The Self-Repairing Arc; Second Path Ceremony2024-11-13
- 137[Chapter 137] Traumatizing the Android; Forming an Oath; Returning to Jure2024-11-13
- 138[Chapter 138] Dean Confronts Bath; Landing the Egdelek Arc2024-11-13
- 139[Chapter 139] Sigils and Air Currents; AI Ninety-Seven's Presentation2024-11-13
- 140[Chapter 140] The Implant Problem; Troubleshooting the Sigils; Lab Rat2024-11-13
- 141[Chapter 141] Under Her Skin; Querying AI Ninety-Seven2024-11-13
- 142[Chapter 142] Fartuun's Implant; Bath Displays the Integration Process2024-11-13
- 143[Chapter 143] Approaching Equinox; Dean and Virigard Escort the Ships2024-11-13
- 144[Chapter 144] Getting Settled into New Faajyun; Taunting the Chicken-Squid2024-11-13
- 145[Chapter 145] Verdora Biology 101; Morality, Sapience, and Bath2024-11-13
- 146[Chapter 146] Teaching the Delelens; Discussing Bath's Pragmatic Methodology2024-11-13
- 147[Chapter 147] Fending off the Quasi-Squirrels; Traveling to Drift Jag2024-11-13
- 148[Chapter 148] Radioactivity Beneath the Mountain; Discovery Below; Bug-bots!?2024-11-13
- 149[Chapter 149] Landing the Ship; Speculations; Evacuation; New Mogadishu2024-11-13
- 150[Chapter 150] Naming Liberty City; A New Form of Flight2024-11-13
- 151[Chapter 151] Gliding Across Dawn's Shadow; The Promised Talk2024-11-13
- 152[Chapter 152] Endless Salt; The Dragon's Intervention; Exploring Saltflat2024-11-13
- 153[Chapter 153] Experimental City Design; Racing Toward the Ground2024-11-13
- 154[Chapter 154] Flying Over Dusk's Halo; Investigating the Superstructures2024-11-13
- 155[Chapter 155] Conversing With the Androids; Questions Without Answers2024-11-13
- 156[Chapter 156] Proposing a Wager; Slide Race; Bluff View2024-11-13
- 157[Chapter 157] Dashing Across Dragondeep; Trailblazing the Way to Fiendstrom2024-11-13
- 158[Chapter 158] The Vanguard Investigates the Secrets of Fiendstrom; Discovering Discrepancies2024-11-13
- 159[Chapter 159] Enter the Burial Chamber; Flashback to the Warring Desert2024-11-13
- 160[Chapter 160] The Veiled Sapient; Hatred Unsurpassed; Underwater Castle2024-11-13
- 161[Chapter 161] Departing the Tomb; Sigil Research; Quick Escape2024-11-13
- 162[Chapter 162] Identity Profiled; Setting Off for Fiendstrom; The Imperial2024-11-13
- 163[Chapter 163] Bath and Lisa Forge Ahead; The Extinction of Amethyn2024-11-13
- 164[Chapter 164] The Mysterious Circumstances of the Empty Arc; Influencing the Seed2024-11-13
- 165[Chapter 165] The Ethics of Form and Aesthetics; Dean's Squirrel Problem2024-11-13
- 166[Chapter 166] Another Giant Fungus; Emeraline and Marsh Lash2024-11-13
- 167[Chapter 167] Total Carnage; COTD's "Concentrated Storm of Destruction"2024-11-13
- 168[Chapter 168] Lepochim's Impossible Goal of Attaining Peace and Quiet2024-11-13
- 169[Chapter 169] Jezebella the Younger On the Job2024-11-13
- 170[Part 7] [Chapter 170] A New Kind of Contest; Avery’s Annoyance2024-11-13
- 171[Chapter 171] Visiting Home; The Ukraine Problem; New City-seeds2024-11-13
- 172[Chapter 172] Reclaiming a Legacy; Relocation; Return to Tollan2024-11-13
- 173[Chapter 173] Ambush and Poison; Tactical Retreat; Lepochim’s Visit2024-11-13
- 174[Chapter 174] Change of Destination; The Dragon’s Sudden Descent2024-11-13
- 175[Chapter 175] High-Grade Nepotism; Steep Competition; Bath’s Labyrinth Challenge2024-11-13
- 176[Chapter 176] Exhilarating Arrival; Questionable Motives; The Competition’s Conclusion2024-11-13
- 177[Chapter 177] Eavesdropping on Avery; Healing Mechanics; Relationship Headache2024-11-13