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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 75 — This obviously had combat applications

After spending a couple of hours playing around with my new Skill, I was starting to get the hang of how to get it to work. [Imbue Enchantment] allowed me to add Mana to objects in a dormant state....

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Chapter 74 — Sunlight’s burning

While I lay on the beach regenerating Mana, my body in the process of being regrown, I checked my notifications.

[Killed Tidal Sorcerer II-10]
X2

[Killed Mer...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 73 — Magic materials were weird

“Hey, Autumn, we have company,” I called out to them.

They stuck their head out of their hut, “Did you finish poisoning yourself?”

“You know I’m immune to poison…” I mut...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 72 — Running across the waves

“Okay, this should do it,” I said, putting a block of Groveheart with a ritual inscribed on it into a pot of water.

The Lightning idea was a bust. I confirmed Lightning Mana did not in a...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 71 — Lightning

For Patrons: Forgot to display the Zone entering message earlier for anyone who read Chapter 69 when it came out. It’s called The Ophidian Deep.

While creating a new body ...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 70 — Winter Exploration

Weaving together a stream of Mana, I breathed Winter into the world right at the edge of the bluff. A layer of frost started growing on the ground below where the Mana was hanging. Then, looking ar...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 69 — Figure out how to cross that

As dawn’s light crested over the horizon, I finally peeled myself off the ground. Sitting upright, I rubbed my eyes and stretched.

“Feeling better?” asked Autumn, their voice tinged wi...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 68 — Beneath the Autumn Canopy

The world around me fell apart as I walked on; the grainy VHS tape-style animation had given way to the same empty fields I had walked through when I first arrived. I intended to go in Autumn’s d...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 67 — Novilude: Baseline

With a flick of Winter, I sliced through the bubble of Mana that Lord Wei had surrounded me with and allowed my cloak to billow outwards. That would buy me an extra half second before hitting the g...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 66 — Novilude: A Problem

The closer we got to the town hall in the centre of Fateswatch, the more people were out patrolling the streets. Nobody had thought to patrol the rooftops, though, which seemed like a glaring overs...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 65 — [A Story’s Conclusion]

Sorry for the slowed chapter releases. I've spent the past few days feeling rather under the weather.

I sent a mental message to Novi, “Hey, we might need you to split...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 64 — Closure

I had landed in the centre of what appeared to be a snowy wasteland that did not look anything like the forest I had left behind. In fact, t

I had landed in the centre of what appeared to be ...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 63 — The Doctor

Thirty seconds had passed. That should be enough time.

I got up to leave the room.

“Hey, Ellie,” Novi said.

“Yes, Novi?”

“I think you forgot about something,...

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Afterlife 2.0 Bonus Chapter 01 — Through the Dark

“A deal is struck,” the agent of Astaris in a red patchwork suit said in that odd, hissing language.

His words reverberated through the Mana injected into my vein structu...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 62 — Interlude: Hazel’s Misadventures

Swapping this from a Bonus to a regular because of poor planning. Don't worry, there is another Bonus I'm going to put out in a minute in exchange for that fact!

I only real...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 61 — Brawling

For a moment after Sam spoke, nobody moved. The only noise in the room was the quiet breaths being taken by the man.

I noticed Sam wasn’t actually breathing now that I was thinking about i...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 60 — Just how it is

Wow, thank you so much to all the new Patrons (And existing ones, don't think I'm ignoring you guys). It's just so many new people have join

Wow, thank you so much to all the new Patr...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 59 — The Slam Dunk of Friendship

I held my arm out, and Novi’s insect hopped on, crawling on top of my head. A moment later, I realized that was a weird thing to do automatically. It just felt like she wanted me to. 

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 58 — A Mindsprite

I lay on the ground in my room, thoughts swirling. Someone had just killed me, but another person saved me at the exact same time.

Who could they be? Did I just get both incredibly unlucky a...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 57 — The Games Begin

For Patrons: Small change to the wording of the Rules, night now lasts five minutes after everyone has entered their rooms. It just made the game more interesting.

[...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 56 — Argent Bastion

You wouldn’t think it, but it turns out that bottled Narrative importance is actually quite spicy. 

Or no, wait, you would think that. That makes perfect sense when you think about it...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 55 — The Narrative

I couldn’t tell where the screech had come from. It sounded like it was echoing from all around me. With a flex of my Authority, I extended my sensory range to the entire clearing I’d created.<...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 54 — Playing around with my Domain: Ten Minutes Left

Sorry for the delay from my usual release timing! The author of Practical Guide to Evil decided to post it on Royal Road, which finally removed my last excuse for not having read it. View Post

Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 53 — Twenty minutes remained

I placed Novi on the ground and patted her head. She preened at my touch, the sick little freak that she was.

Then, plopped down after creating a light because the sun was setting, she began...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 52 — For my own good, too, which is the worst part

In my opinion, this is the best chapter I've ever written. This is it, it's all downhill from here. I'm sorry.

At least until I hit my next peak, that is. Or if you ...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 51 — The Other Ellie

Sorry for the delay in releasing the chapter compared to Royal Road. It ended up being a longer one. Hope you enjoy!

After the main body accepted the teleport, I left the sh...

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Afterlife 2.0 Book 1 Download

Hey everyone! This isn't a chapter. I just wanted to format Book One (Chapters 1-40) into a more readable format, in case anyone is interested. Now that it's out on Royal Road, I figured you might ...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 50 — The Interview

“So Ellie, like I said, I just want to get to know you a little bit. Don’t worry, though. I swear on my creator’s will that we aren't recording, and I will let you know when we start.” Nyxi...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 49 — I Forgot I Was Going to Meet Nyxie!

The shack door was cracked open—I was pretty sure I hadn’t left it like that. One of the dolls containing the other me was already heading over to check it out.

A notification appeared i...

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Afterlife 2.0 Chapter 48 — She’s already becoming a sub

Just realized the formatting for all the PDFs and EPUBs has been screwed up because of a setting on my Google Drive. The only way to fix it is to adjust the spacing manually, so I had to hi...

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