The third volume is really a volume full of surprises.
For example, the final descent, in theory, should be the final climax, so that everyone can feel refreshed. But when I wrote about the descent, I wrote about the place where the legionnaires were overturned by the shock wave. I suddenly thought about such a big floating island falling from the sky.
, does the power only stop there?
Then I casually looked through some information and found that an asteroid with a diameter of ten kilometers would be enough to wipe out the dinosaurs.
Although the floating city does not fly that high and its volume is not that big, it is no joke to hit it by free fall. Just flattening an embassy and causing a wave of air is too childish.
So it became an earthquake.
There will be innocent casualties in the earthquake, right? So the protagonist's self-blame and guilt are arranged. Feeling these emotions, he should grow and further realize his responsibility to ordinary people, instead of just treating this as a once-in-a-lifetime event.
take an exam.
It would be logical to open up some new spells later and even upgrade the protagonist's level.
In addition, when the protagonist blames herself and feels guilty, Elizabeth also has a big score - just, it's very logical, you know, the plot has advanced to this point, and it would be inappropriate to write it otherwise.
The same goes for the part where Rosalie had a blood relationship earlier. The emotions have been heightened to this point, and it was decided that you two would talk about cross talk tonight - no, it was a success.
Surprises like this are scattered throughout this volume.
For example, my original arrangement was that Oudolf and Oga would come out to fight against the team first, and then the team would go to the embassy and fight against the Master and Cadia in order to close the portal.
But when I was designing later, I felt that two more seven rings were coming to fight. The readers would be tired of it and I would be tired of it. Also, before I made the protagonist’s right eyelid twitch.
Originally, this right eyelid twitching should correspond to a big crisis. I arranged for the robots of the Cyclops Empire to be hunted down by a large number of robots, with their lives hanging by a thread.
Then I suddenly hit my head and thought of my previous idle pen: load six people. This was originally a joke, but when I actually wrote it, I found that the effect of shaking off this burden here was particularly good, so I couldn't help shaking it.
The burden is shaken, the crisis is over and has become child's play.
But this slogan that was finally established cannot be wasted. As long as the protagonist's right eyelid twitches, the protagonist group will inevitably encounter a major crisis.
So the originally planned attack on the two middle bosses, Oga and Oudolf, turned into an attack on the two bottom bosses.
I'm personally quite satisfied with the sense of crisis created in this part.
As for how to deal with this crisis and how to fight the nine-ring mage with all the BUFFs, my original design was to have Elizabeth use a one-ring charm to enchant humans.
There is a foreshadowing in the front, and the foreshadowing is completed by our dear protagonist himself: he can carry the power of a mountain, but he directly eats the charm of Elizabeth's human beings. This shows that our Miss Elizabeth's charm is really very high, and her charm of humans is exempt.
The DC is very high, and the subject's saving throw will be at disadvantage, so take the lower die.
With this foreshadowing, there is nothing strange about Elizabeth using her charm to defeat the enemy Archmage, right?
But while I was writing, I suddenly came up with a better idea: I could ask Elzam to come to the rescue! Judging from the time, he should be resurrected.
After all, in the book, it was almost a month ago that Elzam died last time.
At that time, I said from the character's point of view that if the lich is prepared, it may be resurrected in a few weeks.
Moreover, Elzam also said, "I will come back." So isn't now the best time to bring him back?
So Elizabeth's charm for humans is saved.
Thinking about it carefully, in order to highlight the specialness of this time when the king was charmed by Elizabeth, Elizabeth's charm of humans should be made ineffective on other people in the future, and it only succeeded once on the king.
All in all, that scene was changed into what it is now.
In order to prevent conflict between the previous and later descriptions, I also went back and revised the previously published chapters.
So those who are following this book may find it a bit confusing, but those who have read more than a dozen chapters at a time will find it very smooth.
I am quite satisfied with the content of this third volume.
The protagonist's growth seems very logical and smooth.
The role of Elzam as a villain has also been established, and his character arc is very full. The problem now is that I have to quickly make up what happened in his fourth resurrection.
However... you don't have to edit it, just leave it blank as it is now, I think the effect will be better. If you really write it in detail, people may question "That's it?"
Yes, I don't know what happened when Elzam was resurrected for the fourth time. I was just trying to make it up.
Just tell me if the Lich character has an arc!
Of course, I originally planned to finish talking about the river kingdoms in this volume and then go to Catalonia in the next volume.
But you see, the story is not under my control. So I can only tell the story of Yi Songzuo in the fourth volume.
By the way, what is the story of Yi Songzuo? All I can say now is that it should be all about dungeon exploration, mixed with some farming.
After all, there are now two thousand people on the floating island, and they have to worry about food and other things. The solution currently thought of is to plant "fairy beans" on the floating island, but as mentioned before, fairy beans have side effects.
Eating it will lead to malnutrition.
So while the protagonist saves the world and battles wits and courage with the cult, he also wants to keep everyone on the floating island well fed.
Of course, we also need to find a way to solve the problem of the enemy's high-level spellcasters being in danger when they attack.
Oh, by the way, many people may have noticed that the cult is not the ultimate mastermind, and the leader is also controlled by others. As for who the real mastermind is - do you think I will say I don't know?
Hahaha, I didn’t expect that this time I directly used the official campaign background! Now I can tell you that the masterminds behind the scenes are a group of survivors of the world corrupted and destroyed by Ragnora, and they have become admirers of Ragnora
, guiding Ragnola everywhere to invade the plane and destroy the new plane.
Plus, I’ve been obsessed with playing Baldur’s Gate 3 recently, so I’m going to add some more ideas about Githyanki space pirates, mind flayer masterminds, and more!
Everything can be fixed!
Okay, that’s the end of this volume. There should be no plot twists left in this volume. Except for Elzam, a character who is both good and evil, the BOSS has been defeated.
The nobles who deserved to be destroyed were also destroyed, and the next volume is an independent chapter.
But for the next volume - because my current archives are consumed by Victory 3 and Jagged Alliance 3, there is only one day left. Within the 35 days of the next volume serialization, "Armored Core 6" and "Starry Sky" will be released. It's really incredible.
Make sure you can open the sunroof...
If this is still the case, you should start reading books now and wait until October to read them. That way I will have less pressure.
If there is someone who is stubborn and just wants to read the following story immediately, then we will see you in the first chapter of the fourth volume at 8:00 a.m. on August 15, 2023, one day after our usual end-of-volume holiday!