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Hey everyone,

I've finished all the scenes for this chapter, which brings the battle to its conclusion.

The fight went on for longer than I expected, so the chapter is bigger than the usual 20k words.

I hope you enjoy it.

Please let me know if you spot any typos or continuity errors.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Comments

sunxia

Yay, first!

Mist

I know what I’m doing for the next hour or so, thanks for the chapter!

Adam

Well done mate! Looking forward to it

Rurik

Looking forward to reading it!

Axi

Woo early birthday present! Thx Tef!

David B

Can you please show me where in 168 did Gahl recover from John cutting off his finger and making him bleed?

David B

My end of 168 shows Sakura knocked out and Rachel trying to heal her..?

David B

Can someone please send me a link to the completed 168? All I see is 168 from April 30?

Gerald Harris

What fun! I'm looking forward to the completion of this chapter. Many thanks.

David B

Ok I had to delete the old 168. The App does not have the updated 168 showing in 168…

Cignal

Thanks Tefler

David B

Wow. Simply wow. Well worth the wait.

David B

Thank you. Finally found and completed reading 168 and now 169. Heart pounding amazing!!

Emma B

Are you going to be adding more place holders this month? We have already ended up paying you in advance for seven chapters.....

Ivan Palinkaš

Tef ... thank you 🍻 hope you get better and stay good. Great fight and I loved the end of it...can't wait for more.

Joel Wyrick

You may have teased us mercilessly, but you ultimately gave up the good stuff. Thanks, Tefler. You're an inspiration.

EroticPoetic

Looking forward to reading this chapter. I’ll probably go back and re-read 168 to get the full effect! Hope you stay well and can get caught up some in August.

DemonHunterCole

Just finished and enjoyed it. I look forward to seeing what the next chapter holds for us.

Dave

Thank you

Rhys

Thank you!

Jim Owens

Thank you so much! I am so glad that fucker is dead.

Who Me

The last 18 added on pages are unbelievable! Fantastic Chapter! Thank You, Mr. T!

node55

Should be Reachel’s hex shield. „It was inevitable that he would eventually smash through Alyssa’s hex shield, and when that terrifying moment happened, the former assassin was determined to be ready. „

Evan

Thank you, Tefler! I very much enjoyed reading the rest of this now complete chapter and seeing how the Progenitor ended. I am *very* curious to see how the battles will now get resolved. What happens to those surviving thralls and his (former) matriarch upon the death of a Progenitor? The last time that we know of that that happened was with Mael’nerak and the Maliri, since the last Progenitor had killed all of his thralls and his matriarch.

Vizth Hal

Thats one hell of a meaty update to this chapter. I'm not surprised it took as long as it did. I'm going to go ahead and say what's on my mind, that conclusion was worth the placeholders.

TF007

Ding dong Gahlly is dead.

BrianM

Wow, just wow and thanks very much Tefler!!! I merged Chapters 165 (wormhole jump to Kythshara) through 169 (Gahl'kalgor losing his head) inclusive into a single document which now totals 103,651 words (including each chapter title) and together they provide an absolutely fantastic account of the end of the Galkiran invasion into Maliri space. Really excellent reading and I'll definitely be re-reading it a couple of times in the days ahead. Now I really look forward to how Tefler wraps up the events on Genthalas along with the mop-up on Kythshara, etc., and Tefler's tease of some "interesting twits". Hopefully our heroes get to enjoy a bit if break before having to confront the next Progenitor!!

andrew finlayson

Great chapter! Just out of interest, how the heck does Jade fly in space?

BrianM

She doesn't. As I understand the sequence of events Gahl's dreadnought was hovering above the city at relatively low altitude and within the planet's atmosphere.

TF007

Standard progenitor invasion fleet size is 30 fleets. Invictus detected 29 fleets coming into Maliri space. It’s assumed one fleet stayed with warp gate. You have 38 fleets in this chapter.

Unresolved Plots

Thanks Tefler. Hope you are feeling better. Looking forward to the conclusion of the battle and what happens with Valeria and the Galkirans.

Christopher Miller

overall, the last few chapters in my opinion have been the weakest in the series with stupidest and worst decisions that John has made as a warlord and military commander. I grant you the suspense was top notch, but I kept coming back to John's absolutely horrible decisions in and leading up to the fight that cost the lives of tens (hundreds?) of thousands of Maliri, Ilyana, members of the Collective and more Galtyrians than that. That's despite sparing as many women as possible was his primary goal. In Rachel, Alyssa and Calara he has the best advisors in the galaxy and he disregarded their advice and chose to fight a limited war that left Gahlly strong enough to split his forces and attack multiple soft targets. He could have probably destroyed 2 or 3 ships for every one he had to take time to maneuver around and surgically cripple in the fight leading up to Kythshara. THAT would have changed the casualties dramatically in the favor of the Maliri. Yes, I understand he was trying to be merciful to the women enslaved by Gahl, but tens of thousands, if not many more, of Maliri are now dead that wouldn't be otherwise. And then ....there was the decision to just duel an enraged, unthinking Gahl to make sure, you know, he wasn't faking being an idiot. This as opposed to ambushing him and killing in seconds before he could kill a single thrall *facepalm facepalm facepalm*. This despite his team telling him, "Yes, he's an unnuanced, unthinking brute". If there can be a redemption of this arc, it's that he realizes "Yes, I cannot save everyone, and when I seriously try to it means horrible consequences for those I love".

GC

"she’d every tried" --> she’d ever tried A very satisfying end to the chapter. Well done!

PD

That was quite the battle. Looking forward to 170.

Dragondoc

Great chapter loved the finish to the battle.

John the 5th

That was some terrific reading, and writing. I don't understand how people expect that to be done in a few days like it's a nursery rhyme or a cheating wife story. It's like you enable the reader to get right in the story and identify with almost each character . Awesome talent, appreciate your writing so much. I wonder what comes next. I hope your health continues to improve.

Tipp McClure

Please don't try for a redemption arc for Valyria. 1000s of years of being a monster have earned her an ignoble quiet end.

DigitalDreamer

Incredible chapter. I love how the girls all played key roles in taking Gally down.

Colin Wilson

GK didn't exactly *kill* Ilyana. He snapped her neck, and even then only moments before dying himself. Even if she can't breath, Ilyana's heart is probably still beating -- and Rachel is right there! I am holding out hope that Rachel can patch her up before she is gone.

Dracon

Very satisfying ending

Shelton

I am so curious as to when Dana and Tom will find out they are family? Or are they?

anand srivastava

Very nice ending. I had not appreciated it till the whole thing was done.

Mark Strom

John should strip naked and form a big alysium tank, then drop a super sized load for all the girls. Let them "get into their cups".

Joseph Philipps

Out Standing Chapter! Now to pick up all of the battle damaged pieces...

John Fryar

This is why I wait and wait and wait. Excellent chapter!

Amathew2

Fantastic chapter. I’m glad Gal finally met his end but I’m honestly surprised with how sad I felt for him. That last moment felt like he had a bit of clarity and realized that he had someone he cared for that he wanted to protect, and he failed.

Splatz

I have 2 things and I'm sure both have probably been razed by others. 1) I'm looking forward to finding out how Val said No to Gahl. PJ and Rahn both showed absolute absolute control over there thralls/matriarchs, until interventions. 2) I hope/suspect Ilyanna isn't dead a snapped neck while deadly I don't think is instant death

Sean McAllister

Could someone help me out with a link to the discord?

Gort69

Confident that crippling the existing ships not only reinforced Johns total fleet count, but adds to his thralls unless they were the ones drained. Now that this Progenitor has been destroyed I assume his thralls will just cease to fight, except for their enmity towards the Maliri as alternative “thralls l”. It will be interesting to see how you resolve this, but at least you may have crews for the other ships.

Grandizer

Now that this battle is over, I suspect there is little to keep Faye from "being" returned. And interestingly enough, they have a highly damaged Massive ship that the owner just left them. :) I know it is made from the black stuff, but we also know that John banging women on the black stuff can turn it white. Dana will learn from the black stuff and make loads of new things for John and the Lionesses to play with.

Tefler fan

Looking forward to the aftermath. How will his death impact the thralls? Will they become suicidal? Comatose? Disorientated? Or will most continue fighting until they get a command from the captured dreadnought? Thanks for the great chapter.

Nibbles

Thank you for that and I hope that your getting better and can recover fully Tefler. May your insperation be great and your writing productive.

AzureReader

Thanks for finishing 169 this month. I like that Alyssa, Sakura, Rachel and John came together to end him. I’m am concerned about him Gahl passing on information to Xar’ like Larn’ seems to have.

Redshank

Ok. Loved it! So glad to have it and glad that Tefler is well. Can not wait to see how all the housekeeping with the defeated thralls pans out

Aldo

Ok...Great conclusion of an epic battle, curious to know how the several story lines will conclude.... The interest that Gal took in genthalas, the still closed bunkers...etc... I believe the runesword could have played a bigger role than it had and a combined attack from the girls and John could have ended the battle earlier with less blood shed, but that would have killed all the suspense right? Thank you tefler for conluding this, it has been a long battle for you as well

Azwiz

The strategic and lengthened battle was so intense . Despite the above critics . I truly believe you have already considered all of that . I have thoroughly enjoyed every word of this TEFLER world . And can't wait to see how the massive aftermath transpires . Thank you .

RPGstoryfan

I’m still confused about Queen Edraele. I know she was frozen up for a bit, but when she woke up, with all that extra power, shouldn’t Alyssa or John at least noticed over the bond they share? And shouldn’t she have been able to provide some power and strength to him, I realize she was fighting her own battle, but it didn’t seem to be much of a strain for her, she was destroying the invaders like they were nothing and her power network should now be at least equal to Jade and Alyssa, if not vastly stronger, by the newly boosted sheer numbers in her network? Did she just forget? Not care? Seemed odd. But great finish to a killer chapter and battle.

Puttanegra Ficondo

I think that the magnitude of this part of the story can only be comprehended going back to 164 or 165 and reading them all in a sequence. The battle is perfectly designed, even if the writing is not as brilliant as some similar chapters in the past. To be honest, only chapter 100 has a similar complexity in a battle.

Si

Wow !

Jack M Rotter

Tefler, could you please republish chapter 169 as a single file? Thank you.

William Wallace

It would be nice if the chapter was included in this posting, I see no download file?

Michael56Smith

Hey Braveheart, the complete download is there, dated from 30 April, I hope you got to read it, and the current completed chapter (#169) too on 31 July, with the part 1 to chapter #170, which is pretty good too, .... best of luck, ... ;-) ttfn

Cornbread

A questions: What happened to Larn’kelnar's fleet? Did I miss that fleet showing up to the event?

G E

Brilliant writing. I've lost count of how many years I've been reading and I still don't think there is anyone's battle writings I would rather read more. I am patient and these battles are always worth the wait. Hope you feel better.

Michael56Smith

-- Chapter #169 was worth the long wait (April thru July), ... and that nasty Asshat, Gally, got what was coming to him, .... and now he is a big ole Grotesque Astral Monster, dripping offal and blinking his hundred plus eyes, to hold back the tears, .... ;-) ttfn

Michael56Smith

-- might John, sometime in the near future, gift Astral powers onto both Auralei and Kaija, then as a part of their education, take them into the deep Astral and show them what awful fate becomes those evil Progenitors, eventually, ... ;-) ttfn

Michael56Smith

--- Alyssa used the short-range teleportation ability to run from Gahl'kalgor, in a recent chapter (#169), .... a skill that she recently learned from Athena, .... John and more of the girls need to learn how to do it too. -- Just imagine Dana popping into a fight with a bomb, or an Eldritch Inhibitor, ... could be fun, ... ;-) ttfn

Tom Thumb

John's insistence that his forces try to not kill the invaders is quite unrealistic, solders do not just stop fighting when the top dog dies they keep fighting until told to stand down. And with the apathy between the different "races" I don't see them stopping until dead or receiving a nymphs kiss and being altered.

Chris

Wow this was such an epic chapter! Dramatic, intense and so captivating! Totally worth any wait there was! Kudos!

Tom Ray

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