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Chapter 36: Power and poison (Patreon)

Published:
2025-10-22 11:25:02
Edited:
2026-03-01 04:39:12
Imported:
2026-06

Content

[REDACTED -- Read on RoyalRoad for most recent version]

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

And thus... the tournament arc beings.

Thanks for your support folks! Hope you're still enjoying the story. Have a great rest of the week, and I'll see you Friday.

Jon

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Comments

sjturner79

I'm enjoying the story enough that if I could pay $100 to read the next 50 chapters today I would :}

Jon Stonekey

I’d give this more hearts if I could! Thank you. I hope to keep adding to the early access amount, regardless of milestones hit. I’m just slow to create… and thought even the first goal was a massive stretch. I’ve been blown away by the response.

werotan

Ermm military life here he comes... In his stead I would aim for 3rd place and call it a day... Don't know what protection he can get from the guild.

Msharlo1

Any stone investment is probably tied to a recruitment, especially when you consider that without the MC 1st&2nd place would probably go to the two nobles mentioned previously and 3rd probably goes to the best regional commoner (Narbok?). I feel like the MC is silly not to realize this and discuss it with either the inn keepers or Selara. Nobles can probably buy out somehow but it looks like he is going the army route for plot reasons.

Carlos

Love a good tournament arc tftc

Msharlo1

Will chapter 37 be out today? if not, do you have any kind of posting schedule?

Jon Stonekey

I'm sorry I've done a bad job communicating this. My posting schedule is M/W/F @ 7:25 AM EDT for Patreon, with a caveat of potentially having to drop to twice a week at times because my pre-launch production was somewhere between 2-3 chapters a week. I had been posting daily last week to celebrate making it onto the Rising Stars list of the website RoyalRoad.com. But I'm realizing that if you came from somewhere besides RR... I haven't done a good job communicating this. I'll probably throw it into the welcome post. Apologies. And thanks for reading, and your support!

Msharlo1

Good to know, I came from RR and didn't know that either just FYI.

sdf

Looking forward to seeing how you play this out: Accelerated learning across all cognitive disciplines. Master languages in days, comprehend complex theories in hours, develop new applications of knowledge through innovative connections. ... the mastery of languages, the cross-referencing of information, the sorting through fact and fiction, the weighting of different sources. "Grizbald the Mad thought the young nymphs would be partial to spiced wine. Sadly, yes, but he didn't factor in their dietary requirements. He was remembered fondly and memorialized in several cookbooks."

Jon Stonekey

Haha, this is a great comment. You're setting a high bar!

Touch

Edit This was the frustrating part abo0ut his memory about

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Comment edits

2026-09-06 14:00 A lot of holy mackerels xD Are you a fisherman? Or living at the coast somewhere? 😂
2025-10-30 09:32

Jon Stonekey

There's a comment in the post notes of RR's chapter 15 that speaks to where it comes from.

Jon Stonekey

Hey stubs! Thanks for jumping over dude! Yes, to answer your question. I've probably not done a good enough job explaining how that works in the prose. Thanks for putting this on my radar.

Vas

Thanks for the chapter. Glad he finally found some reading material to increase his knowledge base.

Sol

Tournament seems like an obvious trap for the forcible conscription thing. Bit odd he didn't even think about it.