Hello readers. Sorry, no chapter today =(.
I want to take a moment to talk about a few things simultaneously: Release Schedule, My Focus, and Ideas for the Future.
Release Schedule! The most boring of the topics~ I'll probably slow down to 3 or 4 chapters a week, and the next chapter is going to take a bit. I've decided to put more emphasis on plot. Hence some recent shifts (which we will get into later) as we transition from something I would literally make up over the course of 2 hours writing, to something a little bit more planned. Additionally, part of the delay will be me figuring out how to schedule things with proofreaders...
Anyway, moving on: My Focus has always been to use this writing as a stress relief. I don't plan on monetizing it in any way. I have an actual career for that xD. But I write things that I think are cool. It seems enough of you agree, so I'll continue doing it. I don't really care about ratings on here, I'd rather get out a bit of fiction as quickly as possible to the readers.
Similarly, sometimes I want to be silly. So the story will take silly turns. Not like Predator becomes a clown silly, but Predator gets a repeat growth rate silly.
I want to address generally some of the comments made to the last two chapters. But first, I want to say that I did shift gears, and started heading in a new direction. A lot happened very quickly. Part of it is due to the fact that some people have seemed stuck on background questions, and these other POVs illuminate more of the world.
So I am partially at fault for the shift. But I went back through and just reread 35 and 36.1, and although not a lot happens, there is quite a bit of world posturing that I'm pleased with. I prefer to have a large bit of plot at the beginning, have it flow downhill, and then all come together in the end. These chapters were the first step.
Anyways, back to the addressing. First, I'm a little bemused by the reaction to the Leprechaun. I'm hesitating how much explanation I should give, but I suppose I'd rather you be more informed in the future, so here goes:
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1. Leprechaun may very well be a great growth rate: we don't know. You don't get to see the rate before the splice occurs. Which is important going forward, because he doesn't retain the tainted leprechaun growth rate, he kept a normal leprechaun. Stay tuned~ It's also worth noting that the tainted leprechaun was completely designed by the skill, and doesn't actually exist, which is why it caused problems.
2. No one thought it was important that it was reduced to 0, not 1? I guess it was just me playing nerd games with myself. You guys spend so much time making strange arguments, I thought that I was clever by putting that out there for someone to pick up on xD. Oh well.
3. Perhaps it wasn't immediately clear, but he is not "unlucky". This was a plot device, although I'll enjoy having the moving part of the Light of the Star. But that triggers a catastrophe AROUND him. It will be easy to amuse myself with it.
There were also complaints about POV switching: I'm unconvinced, but I'll keep it in mind. Every one of the switches except for Shuu's second POV had the name in the first non-dialogue sentence. And Shuu's was about a certain topic, so I figured that would be obvious enough from the discussion...
Complaints about mind control, about reading for Predator, etc... I understand. I'm just annoyed I didn't save up and release all of 36 together, because it will swiftly become something of a non-issue. I just left it there because I wanted to give you guys something daily, and I thought it would be a fun cliff.
...Did I miss anything? Oh, I think it's rude and unnecessary to post a comment telling me you are done reading. If you don't care about the story, why bother commenting?
Finally, ideas! Not that I need any immediately, but feel free to post in the comments any ideas for races, skills, titles, etc., different powers you would like to see. The system is pretty open, I just need to find an appropriate places for things ^_^.
Also, I'll spend my extra time today answering any questions you may have HERE, so comment away with your frustrations~