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I'm not really sure what to put in this afterword section, so I'll just go off the top of my head.
Let me start off by saying thank you to all the readers, even if you aren't following the book, I appreciate the support. As for the comments, I appreciate every single one of them even if I can't reply to them all. I've barely been writing for a year now so I'm thankful for the feedback.
I came up with the idea for this story in about three days and ever since then the ideas revolving around the plot have kept on coming so its a little tricky to streamline everything. I don't plan on shoving a whole bunch of things in here that aren't ever going to be explored, so it takes a little while to get everything right.
Now, as for the story itself - magic, enchantments and a bit of Rakia's lore will be explored in the upcoming volume. There wasn't much worldbuilding in volume one but I didn't really see any way to shove all of that in there without it just feeling like an info dump. In time, I plan on exploring the lore and what not so there shouldn't be too much confusion after volume two.
Something I'd like to point out about the levels is that, in this series, the levels don't go absurdly high like in most books on this site. The main reason is because this isn't a LitRPG so its not really a standout feature here. Secondly, the bar to levels is kept simple because in most of the stories I've read, it kind of becomes pointless after a while.
Like, if a character levels up, cool they get experience points to boost certain attributes and stuff but after a certain point it becomes kind of meaningless? Well that's kind of how it seemed to me, in the sense that, what's the difference between level 25 and level 70?
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It might just be a nitpick but I want to set the foundation for a clear path of progression. You level up - you get something new, and you can only climb so many levels. If this works out the way I want it to, then it should keep everything nice and simple. Radicals are another thing that will be explored so by the end of volume two the foundation of this series should be pretty solid.
I think I lost a lot of readers because of the slow pacing in volume one so that's something I'm trying to improve. Volume two will be a bit faster than the previous volume since the plot this time is a bit more...chaotic. One question I get a lot is about the raven that's on the cover - Yes, it is a real thing and it'll appear in volume two.
I want to solidify my release schedule so, for now, lets say - At least three chapters a week, from Friday through Saturday CDT. It'd be nice if I could get this series on rising stars here so feel free to share and comment, I appreciate it!
Lastly, as for the name of this series the people who've been following this book for a while know that it went through quite a few name changes. First it was rookie reaper, nether neophyte, etc.....
They were all really bad but eventually I settled on 'New Testament Reaper' just because that title stills holds weight when considering the overall plot and it also spells 'NTR' if you abbreviate it and I found that hilarious.
Thanks again for reading!
Cheers,
CosmicSlime
Also, here's the cover for volume two :
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