Adamant Blood 001-043 (not an epilogue to ar'k)
Added 2024-05-04 18:33:25 +0000 UTCI'll still make another epilogue for Ar'Kendrithyst when I feel like it—
BUT FOR NOW YOU GET A WHOLE PART 1 FOR A NEW SERIES.
126k words! the whole thing! in one post!
it's an epub so you need a reader for it; sorry. not putting 126k words into an email.
It's still by me, so it's pretty much the same sort of prose as Ar'Kendrithyst, and there are some numbers and they go up, but it's not the same sort of story.
Vein Cutter is set in an alt-Earth superhero world, with kaiju and walled city-states and a different, more alternate Earth right beside the first one. The main character is a 17-year-old kid named Mark Careed, who gets some bad news when his expected Awakening informs him that if he continues as he had planned he would end up as a brawny with a basic stronger body, just like 90% of every other Earthling who goes through the Tutorial. But if he does something drastic, with potentially dangerous consequences, he could end up with a whole lot more than that.
What to expect:
Slice of life, superheroes, monsters, magic, hard progression, post-apoc, sci-fi, few-but-important numbers (gamelit), difficult times, setbacks, disasters, kaiju, death, sadness, progression, no real cheats, eventual inventive use of powers, eventual politics, eventual real power, eventual superhero
This is the origin part of the story.
What it's like:
Supper Supportive, Ar'Kendrithyst, Changeling
This is PART ONE of BOOK ONE, at 126k words.
Let me know what you think! (and I do mean that! I'll take constructive criticism. Consider yourself a beta reader, or not; up to you~)
I'll eventually start posting this to RR, but you guys get it first.
Comments
I'm on mobile and joined for Adamant Blood, which is really good
Raganash
2024-06-11 20:44:42 +0000 UTCyah i know. just do a ctrl+f to find what you want to find. ill be updating the post titles soon... right now, actually
Arcs
2024-06-11 19:51:53 +0000 UTCI just joined, and the way you have the laid put is super confusing
Raganash
2024-06-11 17:49:07 +0000 UTCI'm loving this series so far. My only concern is that he's going to have the same problems as Erick from Ar'K, where his entire life is just one big trauma dump that he never solves until the very end. So hopefully he gets over the whole... kill omnipotent dragon agenda sooner rather than later. Dead parents are sad, embrace beng sad instead. I think my only other quirk is that he has fantastical magical power now... and he wants to explore exactly none of it. I can understand those first days when he was in the really deep depression hole, but after that... he was always so excited for superpowers and now that he has them he practically ignores them entirely unless he's running in the gym/track. Especially after he managed to expel the 'bad' astral body exhaustion. That would be my impetus to see what other esoteric things I can clean myself of. Sleepiness? Muscle damage for recovery? Just so much potential and he kinda blows it off.
Patchumz
2024-06-08 11:47:04 +0000 UTCIt’s good! So far it seems like Mark has made like 3 or 4 decisions? and otherwise has just been carried along in the current of everything else. Which is frustrating, but also probably pretty realistic given all the trauma, and that it’s origin story aka pre-superhero, so it works. Also, you left in one “wiikipedia” and a “you you”.
Sarah Sunstone
2024-05-13 02:01:01 +0000 UTCIt's really good! Congrats! Can't wait for the next chapter!
Roberto Weidmann
2024-05-12 20:15:06 +0000 UTC10/10 this was excellent
Luke
2024-05-11 03:08:36 +0000 UTCThis excellent! Super excited to continue to read this story!
Joshua clark
2024-05-07 21:14:16 +0000 UTCGood read, look fowards to reading more
James Boucher
2024-05-07 00:35:14 +0000 UTCI really liked it! I was missing a bit of a breakdown about what his talents actually mean, but I assume that will come eventually.
Erik
2024-05-05 17:33:10 +0000 UTCFinished reading it before bed last night. I'll definitely be following, although I'm not typically a big fan of villain stories and I'm a bit curious where it's going next. Is it even going to be the same main character?! I like how you took a lot of mechanical ideas from Super Supportive and fleshed them out in your own style. I assume there's a lot more secrets for the universe to offer, but the universe already seems really deep.
blinkmouse
2024-05-05 13:49:44 +0000 UTCWell that's not an ominous final line at all. Right? .....Right?
AlbusScitus
2024-05-05 07:13:17 +0000 UTCOK I did it it was awesome! Cried several times ( how dare you the feels) but such a solid start the world building seems so interesting I love the alt future with magic! Kid is having a rough time but has a solid foot on a mountain to come I'm desperate for more!
Jackjargon
2024-05-05 06:57:34 +0000 UTCOkay so I read it. That was basically a novel in and of itself, and it was amazing.I felt like it was a bit of a slow burn to start but the payoff was absolutely worth. I like that it had a good ending point, didn't feel like a cliff at all. Can't wait for part two of book one!
Bloodorange17
2024-05-05 01:33:32 +0000 UTCSounds interesting! Thanks looking forward to reading it and will report back later
Jackjargon
2024-05-04 18:58:48 +0000 UTCAwesome! Thanks for the post and congrats on the new fic Arcs! Can't wait to check it out when I finish work 😁
Cyan
2024-05-04 18:45:38 +0000 UTC
