Synopsis
Follow Nero’s journey through a world filled with every fantasy imaginable, while being stuck in a city filled with only humans. Watch as he struggles to understand how magic works, and what reality looks like when it’s based on fantasy instead of physics.
He’ll have to face a society focused on self-improvement and cooperation. Suffer the horror of competent administration. Persevere through the indignity of living in a world where people’s opinions are based on rational arguments.
Although Nero’s past life hadn’t prepared him for the challenges he’ll face, he won’t face them alone. He will find allies to assist him, mentors to guide him, even a few fans. There will be villains and threats, heroes and training. But mostly, it will be Nero trying to ignore what’s going on around him while focusing on learning magic.
The world is big, and there are characters aplenty. As time goes on, the story will grow. The leveling system may seem simple at first, but it's soon revealed to be so complex that our hero will do everything he can to ignore it, regardless of the consequences.
If you enjoy watching an internet troll with a heart of fool's gold be forced to grow up by circumstance and the influence of those around him, then this story will be worth your time. Just don't get your hopes up, our main character isn't ready for that kind of responsibility.
*Posting M/W/F
Expect:- Snarky banter bordering on rude- A fantasy world built on a framework of satirical realism- A unique progression system- A slow, easy-going pace
Don't Expect:- Overly complex emo characters- Murderhobos- Cliche villains and heroes- To read the whole book without chuckling
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Table of Contents
- 1Prologue2024-11-13
- 2Chapter 1 - A road to probably not nowhere2024-11-13
- 3Chapter 2 - Questions should have answers.2024-11-13
- 4Chapter 3 - Receiving 'the facts of life' from a stranger2024-11-13
- 5Chapter 4 - Arriving at the Great Wall of Dorchester2024-11-13
- 6Chapter 5 - Paperwork is a multi-dimensional evil2024-11-13
- 7Chapter 6 - Seeing is believing in yourself2024-11-13
- 8Chapter 7 - Home is where your stuff is2024-11-13
- 9Chapter 8 - Scientifically Spiritual is a thing here2024-11-13
- 10Chapter 9 - Living in a living world2024-11-13
- 11Chapter 10 - Introduction to the world at large, very large2024-11-13
- 12Chapter 11 - You must make sacrifices for science. Yes I mean YOU.2024-11-13
- 13Chapter 12 - Would you notice if you got smarter?2024-11-13
- 14Chapter 13 - Reunited with his one true friend2024-11-13
- 15Chapter 14 - Starting from nothing with nothing2024-11-13
- 16Chapter 15 - Leveraging a Paycheck is better than earning one.2024-11-13
- 17Chapter 16 - Studying doesn't always lead to understanding2024-11-13
- 18Chapter 17 - Nero makes it to class, technically.2024-11-13
- 19Chapter 18 - Other people are the speed bumps on the road of life.2024-11-13
- 20Chapter 19 - Is sounding like an idiot evidence of idiocy?2024-11-13
- 21Chapter 20 - The power of tropes is not to be underestimated2024-11-13
- 22Chapter 21 - Customs are the true social lubricant.2024-11-13
- 23Chapter 22 - Cultural ignorance can be adorable2024-11-13
- 24Chapter 23 - Always get it in writing2024-11-13
- 25Chapter 24 - You literally don't know what you don't know2024-11-13
- 26Chapter 25 - Is there a pill for persecution syndrome?2024-11-13
- 27Chapter 26 - An adventure is what comes after deciding to get involved.2024-11-13
- 28Chapter 27 - Educational programs can save your life.2024-11-13
- 29Chapter 28 - It wasn't me, I'm going back to bed.2024-11-13
- 30Chapter 29 - Called to the principal's office.2024-11-13
- 31Chapter 30 - Some answers aren't helpful.2024-11-13
- 32Chapter 31 - A meal and a show2024-11-13
- 33Chapter 32 - That mail you're ignoring might be important.2024-11-13
- 34Chapter 33 - Smart fighters always bring back up.2024-11-13
- 35Chapter 34 - House guests always ignore boundaries2024-11-13
- 36Chapter 35 - Cab rides are just tours without anyone explaining anything2024-11-13
- 37Chapter 36 - Noble Nero's first dinner at the keep2024-11-13
- 38Chapter 37 - Nero demonstrates his chops2024-11-13
- 39Chapter 38 - Self-taught perfection in action.2024-11-13
- 40Chapter 39 - Maybe he should have gone to class.2024-11-13
- 41Chapter 40 - The end of a long day2024-11-13
- 42Chapter 41 - How bad is it?2024-11-13
- 43Chapter 42 - Hungry minds can usually be pacified with books2024-11-13
- 44Chapter 43 - Where babies come from, the Nero edition2024-11-13
- 45Chapter 44 - When you can't teach, do.2024-11-13
- 46Chapter 45 - Popularity has its downsides.2024-11-13
- 47Chapter 46 - Sure, but what do I get out of it?2024-11-13
- 48Chapter 47 - The fight you've all been waiting for.2024-11-13
- 49Chapter 48 - People fight for money, not trophies.2024-11-13
- 50Chapter 49 - The tools of procrastination: reflection and avoidance.2024-11-13
- 51Chapter 50 - Cash poor millionaire needs bus fare, please help.2024-11-13
- 52Chapter 51 - Behind every man is a mother saying he needs to be careful.2024-11-13
- 53Chapter 52 - Oaths are just peer pressure on steroids.2024-11-13
- 54Chapter 53 - Practice helps, but it's talent that makes perfection.2024-11-13
- 55Chapter 54 - The art of pretending to pay attention.2024-11-13
- 56Chapter 55 - Burritos make everything better.2024-11-13
- 57Chapter 56 - The 'after the meeting' meeting.2024-11-13
- 58Chapter 57 - Nero: the man, the myth, the legend2024-11-13
- 59Chapter 58 - Everyone has their own concerns2024-11-13
- 60Chapter 59 - Fear is a powerful motivator2024-11-13
- 61Chapter 60 - Getting things ready is always a pain2024-11-13
- 62Chapter 61 - The view from the top.2024-11-13
- 63Chapter 62 - Getting dropped off by Dad, and having him stay.2024-11-13
- 64Chapter 63 - Have you no shame?2024-11-13
- 65Chapter 64 - The moment you realize it was you all along.2024-11-13
- 66Chapter 65 - Dorchester's elite boot camp: Come for the workout, stay for the food.2024-11-13
- 67Chapter 66 - That doesn't look so hard.2024-11-13
- 68Chapter 67 - How to frame an argument.2024-11-13
- 69Chapter 68 - A world without scars.2024-11-13
- 70Chapter 69 - And then there were 4.2024-11-13
- 71Chapter 70 - A common example of an epic realization.2024-11-13
- 72Chapter 71 - Major life decision that means nothing.2024-11-13
- 73Chapter 72 - Know thyself... or whatever.2024-11-13
- 74Chapter 73 - Weird, but appropriate.2024-11-13
- 75Chapter 74 - All practice is boring.2024-11-13
- 76Chapter 75 - Try, Try, and Try again.2024-11-13
- 77Chapter 76 - Prior knowledge for the win.2024-11-13
- 78Chapter 77 - Making the best of it.2024-11-13
- 79Chapter 78 - Philosophy used to be science.2024-11-13
- 80Chapter 79 - Worlds with magic have magical problems.2024-11-13
- 81Chapter 80 - Adulting is just realizing that actions have consequences.2024-11-13
- 82Chapter 81 - I should have learned to juggle.2024-11-13
- 83Chapter 82 - It's the small things that make life worth living.2024-11-13
- 84Chapter 83 - What you don't know, can hurt you.2024-11-13
- 85Chapter 84 - You're having fun wrong.2024-11-13
- 86Chapter 85 - You can get used to anything.2024-11-13
- 87Chapter 86 - No one wants to play with me.2024-11-13
- 88Chapter 87 - The proper way to teach a class.2024-11-13
- 89Chapter 88 - The sub-standard pep-talk.2024-11-13
- 90Chapter 89 - Packing sucks.2024-11-13
- 91Chapter 90 - Some people are more prepared than others.2024-11-13
- 92Chapter 91 - Into the woods.2024-11-13
- 93Chapter 92 - We're not in Dorchester any more.2024-11-13
- 94Chapter 93 - Being in shock.2024-11-13
- 95Chapter 94 - Being an adventurer.2024-11-13
- 96Chapter 95 - Fight for your right to rez.2024-11-13
- 97Chapter 96 - Bring out your dead.2024-11-13
- 98Chapter 97 - Interrogations are formulaic.2024-11-13
- 99Chapter 98- It's ok, you can tell me.2024-11-13
- 100Chapter 99 - Reunited with my thorny Rose.2024-11-13
- 101Chapter 100 - On the road again.2024-11-13
- 102Chapter 101 - Misdirection via arguing.2024-11-13
- 103Chapter 102 - Fireside mind games.2024-11-13
- 104Chapter 103 - On the road again.2024-11-13
- 105Chapter 104 - Inside the walls, the battles are with words.2024-11-13
- 106Chapter 105 - Weaponizing word of mouth.2024-11-13
- 107Chapter 106 - Smile for the cameras.2024-11-13
- 108Chapter 107 - Home from the worst vacation imaginable.2024-11-13
- 109Chapter 108 - Civilization means you can think on the toilet.2024-11-13
- 110Chapter 109 - Verbal fencing and subjective truth.2024-11-13
- 111Chapter 110 - How justice is done... noble style.2024-11-13
- 112Chapter 111 - The noble perspective.2024-11-13
- 113Chapter 112 - Heirs and airs.2024-11-13
- 114Chapter 113 - Not seeing it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.2024-11-13
- 115Chapter 114 - I'm right, and proving me wrong isn't going to change that.2024-11-13
- 116Chapter 115 - Low expectations help things turn out better than expected.2024-11-13
- 117Chapter 116 - A new day. When the sun eventually comes up.2024-11-13
- 118Chapter 117 - The social contract of friendship.2024-11-13
- 119Chapter 118 - A real reunion.2024-11-13
- 120Chapter 119 - When enemies fight wrong.2024-11-13
- 121Chapter 120 - Learning from past experience2024-11-13
- 122Chapter 121 - Texting at the table.2024-11-13
- 123Chapter 122 - Nero learns a lesson.2024-11-13
- 124Chapter 123 - Advantages have drawbacks.2024-11-13
- 125Chapter 124 - What am I missing?2024-11-13
- 126Chapter 125 - Magical ADHD.2024-11-13
- 127Chapter 126 - I can't stay mad at you.2024-11-13
- 128Chapter 127 - Running before you walk for beginners.2024-11-13
- 129Chapter 128 - Kill it with fire!2024-11-13
- 130Chapter 129 - It's not crazy if it works.2024-11-13
- 131Chapter 130 - Clearing out the mental backlog.2024-11-13
- 132Chapter 131 - Well, that happened.2024-11-13
- 133Chapter 132 - Through the essence event.2024-11-13
- 134Chapter 133 - It's easy to know who your friends are.2024-11-13
- 135Chapter 134 - I knew it the moment I heard the words 'religious district'.2024-11-13
- 136Chapter 135 - Whatever it is you believe in, I agree with you, so don't ask me about it.2024-11-13
- 137Chapter 136 - The practicality of religion.2024-11-13
- 138Chapter 137 - Making your perception check.2024-11-13
- 139Chapter 138 - So... no dinner then?2024-11-13
- 140Chapter 139 - Showing Nero how it's done.2024-11-13
- 141Chapter 140 - Home again.2024-11-13
- 142Chapter 141 - A peak into the life.2024-11-13
- 143Chapter 142 - You're good, but I'm better.2024-11-13
- 144Chapter 143 - Training's over? What does that mean?2024-11-13
- 145Chapter 144 - Skills to pay the bills.2024-11-13
- 146Chapter 145 - That tree is lying.2024-11-13
- 147Chapter 146 - Other people's problems.2024-11-13
- 148Chapter 147 - Poorly controlled chaos.2024-11-13
- 149Chapter 148 - An uphill battle sucks for a reason.2024-11-13
- 150Chapter 149 - Combat simplified.2024-11-13
- 151Chapter 150 - Is that a freaking kaiju?2024-11-13
- 152Chapter 151 - The adventure of a lifetime.2024-11-13
- 153Chapter 152 - Nero has a very particular set of skills.2024-11-13
- 154Chapter 153 - They did what now?2024-11-13
- 155Chapter 154 - Retreating when you're not on the front lines.2024-11-13
- 156Chapter 155 - I thought I was here for an award?2024-11-13
- 157Chapter 156 - Self reflection with the benefit of a lifetime of cliches.2024-11-13
- 158Chapter 157 - A new class designation changes nothing.2024-11-13
- 159Chapter 158 - Society puts you in your place whether you like it or not.2024-11-13
- 160Chapter 159 - Give me some context please.2024-11-13
- 161Chapter 160 - You can never go home again.2024-11-13
- 162Chapter 161 - What's he gonna say next?2024-11-13
- 163Chapter 162 - Finally seeing the forest through the trees.2024-11-13
- 164Chapter 163 - Corrupting the process.2024-11-13
- 165Chapter 164 - That went... better than expected.2024-11-13
- 166Chapter 165 - I didn't know that there was so much I didn't know.2024-11-13
- 167Chapter 166 - History in the making.2024-11-13
- 168Chapter 167 - The true evil of kindness.2024-11-13
- 169Chapter 168 - The downside of listening.2024-11-13
- 170Chapter 169 - Haven't you been listening?2024-11-13
- 171Chapter 170 - Who we are when no one is watching.2024-11-13
- 172Chapter 171 - Through the eyes of the wise.2024-11-13
- 173Chapter 172 - The bigger picture.2024-11-13
- 174Chapter 173 - The problem with subtlety.2024-11-13
- 175Chapter 174 - You've probably got mail.2024-11-13
- 176Chapter 175 - This is how it's gonna be.2024-11-13
- 177Chapter 176 - Why he doesn't care.2024-11-13
- 178Chapter 177 - Dinner and a show.2024-11-13
- 179Chapter 178 - Am I going to be an unlocked character?2024-11-13
- 180Chapter 179 - I think I've seen this type of thing before.2024-11-13
- 181Chapter 180 - Doctors are literally there to judge you.2024-11-13
- 182Chapter 181 - Recognizing what's always been there.2024-11-13
- 183Chapter 182 - Getting your mind right before breakfast.2024-11-13
- 184Chapter 183 - Managing expectations2024-11-13
- 185Chapter 184 - Dissatisfaction is a universal phenomenon.2024-11-13
- 186Chapter 185 - Picking up a quest.2024-11-13
- 187Chapter 186 - Faking it till you make it.2024-11-13
- 188Chapter 187 - The most important meal of the day.2024-11-13
- 189Chapter 188 - Once more into the... battle.2024-11-13
- 190Chapter 189 - Theoritical vs. Practical2024-11-13
- 191Chapter 190 - Ask for forgivness, not permission.2024-11-13
- 192Chapter 191 - Oh! You meant 'WAR'... gotcha.2024-11-13
- 193Chapter 192 - Mob mentality for the win.2024-11-13
- 194Chapter 193 - United we stand... or something.2024-11-13
- 195Chapter 194 - I'm a 'what' now?2024-11-13
- 196Chapter 195 - Gathering the herd.2024-11-13
- 197Chapter 196 - Who's in charge here?2024-11-13
- 198Chapter 197 - Various demonstrations of mental inferiority2024-11-13
- 199Chapter 198 - Not realizing your strengths.2024-11-13
- 200Chapter 199 - Brilliant idea... Take 22024-11-13
- 201Chapter 200 - How to play a mage.2024-11-13
- 202Chapter 201 - Going with the flow.2024-11-13
- 203Chapter 202 - The grunt life.2024-11-13
- 204Chapter 203 - Too little too late.2024-11-13
- 205Chapter 204 - Check yourself.2024-11-13
- 206Chapter 205 - Perceived slights and deserved revenge.2024-11-13
- 207Chapter 206 - Having nothing to do but watch.2024-11-13
- 208Chapter 207 - Unleashing the beast.2024-11-13
- 209Chapter 208 - Nero unleashed.2024-11-13
- 210Chapter 209 - The judicious application of cheat codes.2024-11-13
- 211Chapter 210 - Have I got something on my face?2024-11-13
- 212Chapter 211 - The things you miss.2024-11-13
- 213Chapter 212 - Life is a like a play, participation is optional.2024-11-13
- 214Chapter 213 - I hate it when the exploit I'm abusing crashes my game.2024-11-13
- 215Chapter 214 - So much to deal with.2024-11-13
- 216Chapter 215 - The problem with intelligence.2024-11-13
- 217Chapter 216 - Clinical judgments.2024-11-13
- 218Chapter 217 - What you mean and what you say.2024-11-13
- 219Chapter 218 - Respect is earned.2024-11-13
- 220Chapter 219 - Not one of us.2024-11-13
- 221Chapter 220 - The science of gaming.2024-11-13
- 222Chapter 221 - Self deception as a coping mechanism.2024-11-13
- 223Chapter 222 - I've got something to say.2024-11-13
- 224Chapter 223 - But, No? Please?2024-11-13
- 225Chapter 224 - Intentions matter.2024-11-13
- 226Chapter 225 - Social responsibilty.2024-11-13
- 227Chapter 226 - We are the sum of our experiences.2024-11-13
- 228Chapter 227 - Home is where they tell you it is.2024-11-13
- 229Chapter 228 - Home is where your bed is.2024-11-13
- 230Chapter 229 - Getting settled, mentally and physically.2024-11-16
- 231Chapter 230 - Taking the stage to play the part.2024-11-16
- 232Chapter 231 - It's not what I do that matters...2024-11-19