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While I'm very pro intercontinental Inn, I personally think Erin will use the new secondary 'gardens' to create a home for the Order of Solstice. Only members are given unfettered access. Some gardens are used for various training. The destroyed throne room is used as a council room (so they always have a reminder of the cost of pride). With 40 gardens Erin has a significant amount of controllable terrain. It would be almost impossible to siege her. Heck, she could get Garia's parents to join the Order and use them for growing crops to be sent to those in need like Plain's Eye. And dedicating a few gardens to growing Sage Grass and Faerie Flowers. Ultimately, she could begin to rival Oteslia if she really pushed it (not that I would expect her to push it quite that far).

chump1999

Don't work yourself too hard.

Subject Delta

Just popped into my head…how high would Erin rate on the possible “Wistram graded apocalypse scale”? I’d think she’d at least rate within top 200 by their estimate…because they have no idea what CHAOS she will bring! Really glad Erin is back and up to her shenanigans! Can’t wait for MOAR!!! ALSO REALLY HAPPY I GOT THE LAST TIDE IN THE MAIL SAME DAY AS CHAPTER! PIRATEABA DOUBLE WHAMMY!!!

Cheshirerogue

I look forward to finding out what can cause a Lucifen to gain skills.

Flaming Cat

With how Pallass responded to the unauthorized teleportation door in book 5, the prospect of an inn teleporting around the world (with its occupants inside) always felt ominous; different sovereign states would respond to the threat in different ways, from adding a teleportation ward to their city (so the inn always had to appear just outside it) to sending their own adventurers and spies to "camp out" inside hoping the inn would work out as a shortcut. The visual of an inn being carried around by Antinium (feet sticking out from the floor like chicken legs) invited contemplation of riskier scenarios; many nations *already* viewing the Antinium as a hostile species whose first invasion was barely halted before their hives could be contained, an innkeeper bringing them on a tour of the continent (as an embassy?) wouldn't be protected by an actual army, while host territories might decline to protect it from hostile forces. But then, the inn as the site of epic battles is practically a *tradition*, so that felt perfectly normal. Limiting transportation to a few dozen pre-determined sites, and only to people Erin personally grants access to, avoids these complications. Unlike the teleportation door, it's not a physical object that can simply be stolen and relocated. If the sites are in a city, she may have a strong enough claim of ownership to avoid having to purchase the estate outright (though she may still end up owing unpaid back-taxes) - the remote sites are a good beachhead for adventurers to re-discover abandoned areas, and cities may eventually spring up *around* the inn sites. Staffed by local cityfolk (an inn chain, with satellite inns across the world), or by species colonizing the remote site (e.g. goblins/Antinium). I like it, everything has a safer feel.

Wonder full. Happy Adventures! Go wild.

JazBird

It's just sooo good! loved it!

CromCruach

Peak Erin chapter. I wonder if the new gardens will give the magic travel door more range, either by boosting the magic available to the inn or as a way of skipping over distances.

Merc715

This chapter is peak Wandering Inn: lots of characters, slice of life, mysteries, magic, and wonder.

Christopher

Excellent addition. I enjoyed the shenanigans of trying to keep her visitors from finding out they were investigating her new skill upgrade. I also hope she figures out a way of using this to turn her Inn into a multi continent (dimension if she managed to blend it with the gnoll visit earth combi skill) Inn. Then it would be much easier for Niers or Fetohep to visit after a hard day.

chump1999

Thanks for the chapter, it was really poetic.

Lasne

[and spoke one word. “Baleros. The frozen north of the Dullahan lands. Specifically—the great forge-city of the Iron Vanguard. Invictel.”] This bothers me. It’s kinda true but not. [and spoke one word, and then a bunch of other words] would be more accurate. Perhaps a pause / new paragraph so he can speak those other words

David Spinnato