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The hour of skeletons comes again! I'm going on my monthly break but hope you enjoy this chapter! I found a 'Cake Pop' in the store and I will try one for the first time shortly. (29,700 Words)

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Inky

Thank you for the chapter!!!

Vedec

Thank you Pirateaba!

Tarc

The hell is a Cake Pop? And why do I want one?

Melry

I……didn’t realize I had an opinion on cake pops until you said you bought one at a store……not a bakery…….i hope the taste is better than I anticipate, for your tongue and stomaches sake. Also yeah thanks for the chappie! Definitely more important than cake pops. Probably.

Matt

How much does it cost to get a chapter with Erin, or another main character

Valmorian

haven't read yet, but thanks for the chapter! super excited time ot not sleep

DocAnthea

I think we have to come to terms with the fact that Erin chapters are going to be extremely sparse this entire volume now lol. It's probably going to be one-two chapters every few months until she gets back to the inn.

StarBat

Larra: I wish we had the less-cute girl. *Ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny flashbacks/Literally Last arc* NO you don't. No you fcking don't.

RedGoblin

I do wonder if Erin would get a [Summon: Torren] spell, and as Carer Toren would get [Bind/Summon to self: Healing Slime]. Because I could see it where Toren reconcile’s with himself to learn that it was his/her basest Instincts of an undead that killed their relationship. (All the while learning the Erin created Healing slime on accident on to let be free and live as a mercy. (From the slime itself that Erin cared too)) All Erin needs is a Undead thought speech of understanding that, Nerhavia knows even though she is not a [Necromancer] whereas it hasn’t been verified that if Erin received her Undead class. That or Toren needs to speak up… which he/she might not considering his/her stubbornness. (I wonder if by chance a little of Pieces youthful arrogant nature rubbed off on to Toren)

James

I'm guessing you're completely wrong. She's going adventuring in Baleros. The dungeon that the Forgotten Wing left behind? No way that's not where she's going. Her plot line has been aimed at this for two volumes. (This is why I'm anxious to go back to Baleros. Plus, everyone cool is there except for the Horns. Well, Lyonette is awesome, but she was huge in the early half of the volume so I assume we're not getting stuff from the inn for some time... also, crap, I guess I think the Silver Swords plotline is cool now, too. Low-key shipping Ylawes and Pekona.)

James

She has wanted to go along with her friends to protect them on their adventures forever, and now she can. It's perfect. It would actually be pretty terrible for Lyonette and everyone, really, if she went home. Including her. This Erin would lose her mind sitting still.

RedGoblin

I don’t think she is going to the Dungeon per say, but to the Tree for the Dryads’ new home which is located near the Dungeon. And everything around it would accommodate around the tree and worse case the dungeon. Which may or may not erupt monsters to fell the tree and all life in it area. Which i still believe somehow Erin would uproot the tree to re-plant it somewhere safe. Or Druids from all over will scour all threats to the trees. Becuase we all know the Trents will probably move again.

Chris

Trust me you don’t want one. It’s a ball of half raw cake mix covered in icing. It’s horrible

James

Bare minimum, she's hitting up the dyed lands. There's no new dryad yet, but it seems like the dyed lands are going to become super relevant to the core plot soon. Also, it's going to be epic. I feel like all non-Baleros chapters are a tease at this point lol. Cmon, ADVENTURER ERIN? Freaking yes please. Somehow the Horns are gonna join her, and I can't wait. She's doing a reverse Larracel. Lyonette has always been a better innkeeper. #fightme I pretty much assume that this will be the main plot of the latter half of this volume, and we're currently enduring (admittedly high-quality, but strong emphasis on "enduring") filler episodes. That, or the Horns going absolutely ham on Chandrar, but I'm guessing that the pacing suggests they'll wrap that up in time to join Erin and declare war on Roshal next volume.... though I suppose the Horns might wrap that up while Roshal is weak, UGH, i wanna read that, too. Ugh. The more I think about it the more excited I am to read it. Back to other book series to distract myself T_T ABA, PLEASE 🙏

James

Can we not move on to not-Toren after this? You're killing me - good chaper, but now I'm worried Aba is gonna keep putting off the Baleros/Chandrar plotlines - aka the good stuff. I don't have enough on the ol' book stack to occupy myself while waiting. Please. Aba. I can only reread this volume so many times. I hope these filler chapters at least qualify as stress relief for Aba. Please. Take pity. Pick a protagonist or three. Or five. Not twenty. We don't need to see literally everything. I feel like I got a taste of a good story with Erin at the beginning of the month after so long waiting for it to continue and... now? Will i not get to continue it all summer? Cruel. I was so excited, invested, and now I'm just disappointed. It was just heating up. Makes me care about Toren all the less. Okay, I'm done whining now, I'll show myself out. For the record, I'm a massive fan. I love the series start to finish, and I've read it all at least 3 times. Some sections more like 5. Even before you put some effort into editing ;)

DocAnthea

@James Oh I don't disagree that Erin is definitely going on an adventure in Baleros, possibly to the dungeon or something else and it'll be a while before she gets back to the inn. I'm just saying that we won't GET those adventures on Baleros this volume because PABA has shown too much interest in other plotlines like new lands and absolutely zero interest in venturing into any of the Baleros plotlines lol.

James

This perspective makes me sad 😔

PearsMan

Okay. Issue of a lot of the details literally being repetition of previous chapters. Yes we know deadlands no magic, everything is new. I feel like some things can be done more consicely. Regarding toren…he has a billion relics on him and yet he still leveled? I feel like he should have gotten the lightning thing from the second fight with the dragon (without the relics). Torens personality shift is a bit odd because we haven’t seen him jn so long. Yes he’s partnered with the the slime for a while but that became a norm not really understood and now more things happening that don’t explain him going from kill everything to having more complex emotions. Brief mention to our Necromancer leveling in Chandra maybe causing it….so he’s not connected to Erin but I thought he wasn’t with Pieces aswell so we don’t know why. Maybe related to his past but he didn’t do the ritual so not explained. Not hinted.

RedGoblin

I foresee it being concluded between a fight in the Dyed-lands (where both the “TREE”(s) and dungeon are located) and the mini war on the Inn and the battle of the Forgotten Wing Company by Erabaith towards the end of volume 10. Only to shift back to Erin Crossing the sea to Chandler by goblin boat to meet the Horns as an Epilogue. Kinda like how it was in Volume 8’th fights of it going back in forth. And in volume 11 we continue on the New lands/ Izeral where true colonization happens ie: land is habitable and towns/cites are being built. Like yes I think most of volume 10 might be the settling of the new lands. But it might be PABA just wants to semi-finish up the new lands and then we shift to Boleros. Because this chapter is showing a future plotline that may happen as the true ruler fighting for her rightful throne. While I don’t know if it would be resolved by Khelta, or Erin would be fighting the corrupt Bishop when she enters Chander. (And if Erin does fight the Bishop I would hope she has some form of -Faith- from others onto her, to fight them.)

John Koor

Wow, the Toren parts in this were amazing. I'm so glad he's getting the attention he's been lacking for so long.

RedGoblin

The only reasonable justification from going from kill everything to having more complex emotions. Would be his time at Az home where he was bullied into submission and gained the [Carer] class. Whilst his Kill everything was based on their Undead nature and finds it kinda fun now and then. I would further say that the melding of their fragments of their soul merged between the [Archmage] and [Innkeeper] into Toren. And maybe for sentient Undead that can level may be influenced hard by Class and past life. They just need to be trained to avoid “kill everything” scenario. Which for like 80% of their life was away from combat for how weak he was. All Toren needs to do is learn and live to understand they were what 1, 1/2years old? Also the ritual was just to make him more whole. Probably to accelerate their maturity. But as we are seeing its been slowly mixing ever since the dungeon home and they just didn’t know. They were never thought and refused to learn or at least go back.

Rukshan

Another great chapter! Looking forward to the next and loving the foreshadowing. From the multiverse to the great beyond 🎁🎁

Bo

omg I don’t know what needs to happen to make this happen, but I now think I know who should wield the dope Paladin sword the Horns picked up. I’m really hoping Toren makes it to Chandrar to reconnect with his pops. Loved the chapter!

FEANUR

It was a solid chapter, but to be honest, I find it hard to care about anything that isn't Erin-related. As the volume progresses, it's starting to resemble Volume 8—interesting events happening on the sidelines, but everything feels bloated, while the main character (and really, the heart of what makes this story exceptional) remains absent. Without Erin, The Wandering Inn is still a good fantasy series—but not a great one. I get the feeling Pirate might be unsure what to do with her this volume, and it shows.

Meta Monday

I don’t expect Erin to get back to the inn anytime soon and when/if she does I don’t think she will stay there that long. I think her story is past that now.

Meta Monday

Does the Toren part of this chapter feel off to anyone else?

Splutty

Very funny reference to the age old "Slime with bits of skeleton floating around in it" I think :)

C.K. William

Toren did exactly what Erin would do in that situation, especially that punch and slap. It was pure gold. Thank you for the new next chapters.

C.K. William

Toren can talk, but he chooses not to say anything. I can see something happening to cause Erin or even Lyonette to think about Toren in the theater, and then she sees him helping people in the new lands. “Toren, is that you?” conversation, she tells him where to bring the refugees, slowly building up enough trust for Lyon to tell Erin that Toren is still alive. I can see Erin and Toren talking in the Secrets Pavilion.

DocAnthea

"I feel like some things can be done more concisely". I feel like you haven't been paying attention these last couple of volumes because Paba doesn't do concise lol. Heck the palace of fates just ended and it was the exact opposite of concise :D. But it's why I love reading this series, because of its meandering pace! I just wish that meandering pace was applied to our protagonist more often this volume :/.

Semper Nitor

You'll need to wait just a bit longer, lol! There will be one more chapter to finish this mini-arc, then Paba's moving on.

PearsMan

Agreed. Combat dosent feel interesting at all since the palace arc and its issues. I thought they would dial it back a bit after the palace of fate and its issues. Hopefully it’s still too early to tell.

PearsMan

Feels off with his character

Chargcake

Now I really want more Toren

Dorian Moody

Torn new barmaid/barman at the new inn opening up and start using his voice

PearsMan

But toren isn’t Erin

RedGoblin

No Toren isn’t, but during the whole dungeon home, he adopted an Erin-esk persona. During the whole time trapped he mimicked what Erin might have done, Hence his delusion of an Inn underground. So the female persona Toren has is an Erin flavored memory. And it shows just as Maviola had said, Toren is still 1 Toren even in his female form. (Doesn’t have multiple personalities but acts like he does) So there is “bleed” between both personas.

PearsMan

I thought the female persona was the bones of the that animal necromancer,

RedGoblin

there is bleed over from his past life and a bit of Erin is fitted into that slot of the [Archmage] that was female. (Only other female he’s ever known was Erin his “mother”) Whereas Toren’s male bleed comes from his [Innkeeper] nature of his past life mixed with his undead nature to kill. (Still very immature though) And I had thought Pieces used Ceria’s Master’s bones after her death. (Ie: fresh signature attachment to the bones) thought that this was part of the reason for their schism. Was even stated that through the bones of the [Archmage], Toren was able to level. Like yes their stated to be gone, but i figured they had began to be imprinted onto his soul over time and through his birth with them.

Nik

Such a beautiful chapter. I apologize for ever doubting the Toren chapters. I loved every word and I can't wait for the next one. Toren really did "inherit" the best and worst from both Erin and pisces. He is already redeemed for me. I hope he comes back to the inn. I want him and healing slime to confront Erin and to become part of the inn family again. And I hope that pisces Cameo was more than just that and pisces realizes what's going on with toren and recognizes toren as his skeleton character and gives him the stellar ivory upgrade and whatever else Peril taught him. Can't wait for the next chapter. Idc what anyone says, v10 has been so fun