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Alright guys, I've been reading all the 'What do you want to see in book 4' comments and I've done my best to consolidate and organize the feedback into something a little more manageable. I usually keep this to myself, but there was a lot this time. There's enough to make a post about it, so I think I will just to give you guys a last look at what I'm working with in case you guys thought of anything else, and also as a bit of a sneak-peak at my writing process behind the scenes.

I think I've consolidated everything that two or more people mentioned. Some of this stuff is definitely planned for book 4 already. Others only maybe, but I could tilt the story in that direction. I can't promise that everything you guys have asked for will make it into the series, but accurately predicting what readers' like is the lion's share of good writing, and this is one of my few opportunities where I can simply ask you guys.

What do you guys think? Did I hit the nail on the head with these notes or am I way off the mark?

The explicit spiciness levels in particular are probably the most important thing thing to get right, but everything is important.

Consolidated feedback:

Remaining plotlines to be tied up:

Meet Sakura's father.

Find Sheriff Drayton's surviving policemen.

Meet Lyra (Reaper of the System) again.

Fufill Carter's promise to revive Ben and the others.

Deal with the negative effects of his Death Curse.

Who built the golems on the golem shard?

What's in the bag Carter got from Morgathor?

How does Cyra feel about Carter?

On explicit content:

Sex level can be turned up slightly. On a scale of asexual vocel murderhobo to mafia romance turboslut, the last book was a 2 and can be comfortably turned up to a 5.

In practice, this means fewer snake and rotting monster corpse enemies, and more sexy elf, kitsune, and succubus enemies. Both allies and enemies may have clothing that rips during a fight. In general, the number of beautiful, attractive women will soar.

Kink level can be turned up slightly. On a scale of Blues Clues to Gor, the last book was a 2 and can be comfortably turned up to a 4.

In practice, this means that there will be more attractive allies and enemies who may more eagerly make themselves available to the MC, either in surrender or to secure his assistance. This will still avoid any noncon situations, but there may be some stuff that very stringent people might consider dubcon or unequal relationships (like the princess of a fallen shard offering to have Carter's children if he'll agree to an alliance where he protects her people.)

Content people want to see:

Plotlines:

Explore ties with the Dragon Lodge and their worlds.

Have Carter see a higher-level theory crafter so he can rework his class and race to a higher level of combat.

A little more solo leveling for Carter. Maybe with some time skips to speed through a few integrations of weaker enemies.

Help Cyra secure and expand Samhain territory on Themyscira.

People:

Spend more time exploring Reluna.

Another (longer) romance arc for Bridget.

Check in with the criminals in the swamp.

Many requests for Dragon girl GF. Potential air support?

See the Governess AI controlling Carter's mannequin puppets.

Additional species requests: Kitsune, cat girls, yokai, etc.

Meet other non-hostile potential ally races.

Spend more time with Gobgob and expand her role.

Abilities:

Upgrade Share Curse, Power of Nature, and Fabulous Phallus.

Requests for female Sharky who is sexy and hungry for cock instead of souls.

Faction Building:

Expand Carter's exploitation of modern industrial processes combined with magic to grant greater advantages. (Power armor incoming, maybe?)

Deepen ties with the Dragon Lodge.

More city building stuff. Growing Crownhill. Expanding across additional shards.

General Writing Style feedback:

Be more generous with alternate POV chapters, especially for harem members and potential harem members.

Requests for a potential brief side story, featuring either the girls or another character in the world like Carter who is successful in his own right.

Comments

DJ Johnson

Yes to Kitsune. Pov switch to harem members or potential harem members I'd always welcome.

DJ Johnson

Yes to Kitsune. Pov switch to harem members or potential harem members I'd always welcome.

Indigo

Everything looks good 👍

Josh Miller

this is not a request to rush to start book 4 but some kind of ETA on when the book will start would be nice. more just wondering if we can expect chapter 1 next week or if it is a few weeks till the start

NovaZero

Ugh he actually mentioned Gor... I'm gonna hide lol

kalmarin

If there's a female sharky I hope it's a new summon. I like sharky just the way he is, in all of his soul eating glory.

NovaZero

Buuut yeah good summary

Ens Ui

Love it!!!

Wrathwind

Please don’t do sharkette, sharkie is great as an elderich abomination Carter would have to lose a lot of brain cells to let his junk anywhere near that…… I mean come on that’s how you get a squid dick……

Steven Polanco

I like everything I see for whatever that's worth. Also sick rhyme

MarvinKnight

I have to decide what my schedule is going to be. I will drop some stuff probably next week, but things will be sporadic. I put a bunch of stuff off to do 7 days a week for the last book and now I’ve got a big move and a few other things. Maybe 3 chapters a week for the first 10 chapters or so before I can pick up the pace again.

Kangaroo

Female sharky had me laughing, what about the trolls and the orbs? Could that lead somewhere?

George

For people, since you went the Oni route, maybe also Yuki Onna. Get a cold biome in the mix. Also, and again still reading book 3, are there going to be improvements on travel? Maybe a teleporter network or population for "earth" side. So far the shards have been manageable to get across, but at a certain point it's totally unreasonable because the end result world will be 5x the size of earth right? So how will Carter et all travel around to conquer the rest?

Vorsayo

This series is your strongest so far and has a ton of potential for ongoing plot lines. It has a DoTF feel to it but with plot lines that actually advance at a good clip and it won’t take 20 books for the MC to reach C grade and doesn’t blue ball the MC. What I’m getting at here is I wouldn’t be in a rush (if that is the plan) to finish off this series to soon. I feel like this world has enough potential to be a 8-10 book series at least. Seriously dude congrats on this series. It has taken the top spot of everything you have written even supplanting Spellheart. I would build out the world more and let the threats go from local to regional to world level, and end with universal level to give the MC a chance to reach and reason for attaining S class. Hopefully this makes financial sense to you as well, because I know at the end of the day it has to come down to being able to pay the bill and understand that. Great work and I will always read your stuff because you never seem to miss in delivering great content.

MarvinKnight

There will definitely be a teleportation network eventually. I just haven't found a good place to add it. Probably very soon into book 4 though.

MarvinKnight

Yeah, I keep meaning for him to do some artificing stuff with them. They've kinda just been gathering dust in his inventory for a while.

jmundt33a

Careful on the time skips. That’s a bell that can’t be unrung.

Julian

One thing that isn't in this list is the Lich. Honestly I think it would be kinda interesting if the Lich turned out to be a beautiful woman who dove a little to deep into the occult just as the system apocalypse finally came, died from the backlash of the ritual, came back to life and finds out that Carter is running the show and is using her underlings to find out what kind of man he is.

MarvinKnight

The lich will definitely be dealt with in book 4. I’ve already used male pronouns for him though, so it’s too late to make him a love interest.

Vorsayo

Forgot to add, some training montages, hyperbolic time chamber, or time skips would be a cool to advance Carter and his groups power. Just had the idea of Carter making something that locks Crown Hill into a bubble of accelerated time and allows all his people to grow even the crafters and gives them all a chance to level the playing field a bit against the larger threats out there.

jmundt33a

Dragon romance good. Not with the Torchdragon, though. He killed three of her kits already. That’s a hate match.

Az

S-Nothing

Carter could use them as material when he brings back Ben and the others.

Kangaroo

Ooh, that an interesting shout. To be honest if I remember they are chipped off a larger artifact. I was wondering if he could artifice a full version or use them to upgrade the goblins etc. I just feel that it goes well with his profesion/non system powers angle of the story.

D

A kitsune milf is what we need😏

Julian

I've got to agree with AZ on this one.

Adam

Other potential plot lines: - Upgrade Carter’s artificer job - What happened to the goblin tribe? - How does fixing the obelisk improve Shadefall? - Jade goddess’s cultivation - What are the chaos gods goals with Carter’s shard?

Just a goat on a mountain

Hey sorry if I missed it when reading the first book, but is mostly all humanity dead and only a few thousand left? Or are is there still a big chunk out there

Mustafa Ali

As funny as it would be yea no please keep Sharky as he is

WhiteRabbit

A fun ability could be to merge with Sharky and become a massive Eldritch abomination temporarily

MarvinKnight

There are still big chunks out there on other cities that have survived and won.

Lazyperson

Definitely would like more races integrating into crownhill to expand the city. Can picture it becoming a big metropolis with tall buildings and more than one dimensional realm thing in the city because i assume you can take them. He did say he would have to empty one to pick it back up. There are at least 2 civilizations in the shards currently bordering his that should have had a chance to get one. Feel like they should be common on the new world and he could take them after a conquest. That would let him have a very large number of civilians to supply his capital with manpower.

S-Nothing

I like to sound of the Metropolis with other races maybe the Dark Elves and the people from Shadefall and the other town Carter received will be the start to that.

jmundt33a

Then seeing some of that would be very interesting.

jmundt33a

Really gotta see Reluna out of her Van Wilder phase for a bit and integrated into the team before we make a call on that.

jmundt33a

Progress on the Quest and Curse is good but wrapping them up in one volume after two volumes of seemingly zero mention would seem sudden

killbot E

Magical Phones, with all the pies he has his fingers in he needs a way to communicate with everyone. Take that dragon lodge tube device, make paired enchantments, have a central relay tower to message his growing kingdom.

Lazai

I would definitely like more city-building and growing crownhill into more shards. I like how Carter set it up such that the day-to-day stuff is done by the council. Maybe a little more of the broad strokes like you’ve been doing. For example, building and upgrading crownhill itself from a post-apocalyptic hodgepodge (at least that’s how I imagine it) to something more planned specifically to the current needs. I like the golems that he created. I would love to see the industrialization of the magic economy (power armor!? When?). Also, is that ‘kingdom-building game’ any specific irl game or just something generic? Please no female sharky.

Sinful Cyanide

It'd be nice if he had a more balanced party in the future. Right now he has 3 melee dps and he's a magical dps, making it very lopsided. Where's the tank, healer or support class? Also, someone to keep track of the bigger picture in battle would likely do them well since right now he's the most level-headed in the group and he enters a magical rage anytime things get dangerous. Then there's the fact that the mc has no one in the harem who shares his hobbies or skills in any way, not even as a friend. It'd be great if there was someone in the group he could actually talk with and bounce ideas back and forth with. Right now he's the only mage surrounded by meatheads and while that works for now, I'd imagine it'd get a bit lonely and isolating long-term.

jmundt33a

Yeah…I’m curious about the gal I’ve been calling Wednesday.

Matt Geller

Maybe add members to Carter’s harem from various other races across the multiverse as well as including the Goddess in Jade, maybe a cultivator or 2, plus lol maybe Lyra and a system AI, this would allow Carter to have the ability to balance the system and the cultivators like the scales of Justice. Helping to get the system back to doing what it was originally intended to do. Between the system and the cultivators in his harem, Carter could potentially become the single most powerful individual in the Multiverse and his harem the driving force to right the wrongs.