Volume 14 Author’s Notes
And so the “Volume 14: Unlikely Allies” has been completed. It took much longer to write than I planned, and often there was no time for my proofreaders to go over the parts before I published them. Which naturally resulted in lower quality writing, both typos wise and with some contextual issues – like story inconsistency and inappropriate tone/behavior from some of the characters. Most obvious example being the conversation between the Cardinal of Fire and the Blue Sky Dragon Lord, which actually had to be completely rewritten, in order to better reflect Theocracy’s attitude (ie. they wouldn’t spill the beans to, what is essentially their enemy, in regards to their plan to attack SK.)
Learning about my limitations is also important, and this volume had certainly revealed many of those. After successfully (mostly) overcoming my inner desire to rush the story from one plot point to the next, without ever slowing things down and smelling the roses, I’ve run into my next issue — abrupt endings. Apparently, I have no sense as to what makes a good/appropriate ending for a part. So, I look forward to battling this issue in the next volume.
Those issues aside, I am mostly happy with how this volume has turned out. It had a lot more slice of life content than originally planned, but it sets the tone quite well, and you all seemed to enjoy it. It was also much more focused on the Re-Estize Kingdom than originally planned, but I feel it turned out quite well as well. Re-Estize Kingdom’s conquest is very important to the story, as it contains quite a few characters as well as being a stage for Demiurge and Albedo to impress Ainz and show him how capable the two are (at least that’s what Demiurge thinks.)
So, what’s coming up?
I will be writing “Volume 15: The Myriad Betrayals” next. I wrote the outline for it yesterday and it’s going to be totally awesome, so I am very excited to bring it to life. It resolves the plot point of Renner, her plans for the future and the box she got from Albedo, which I came up with in a moment of inspiration. I am looking forward to your reaction to it, as I consider it some of the best plot ideas I’ve managed to think up for these stories.
I also have plans to write my own book, but that’s for the future. For now, I’ll be focusing on quickly writing Volume 15, so I have the parts edited and ready to go and can keep the updates on schedule while maintaining the quality you have come to expect from me.
looking forward every monday and friday for the next few months if i live that long. amen
culd ainz obtail some mastial arts if he trains hard enough?
Well it’ll be good to see more of your amazing work!
Umm… Excuse me,but I feel that you should have had the next TEN volumes of this amazing story ready by now considering that you have had at least TEN MINUTES to write them!
Okay, okay… I’ll be generous and give you another five minutes. That sounds pretty reasonable, doesn’t it?
Umm… Why are you picking up those rocks and looking at me as if I were a target for throwing them at…!?
Renner make a perfect Area Gaurdian on the sixth floor, and most of the characters get massacre in the fourth floor as they facing both shalltear and gargantua with the buff from Omega and Station Rubedo on the floor just in cast and it legit
It was really nice to hear your thoughts, and very interesting too! I am glad to hear that you feel like developing and still staying with us, as I HAVE TO KNOW how it all will play out, haha. Again, I feel like you were pretty stressed and time-limited during the last volume, so I would just remind you that you can always take a break in order not to burn out. I’d rather read your amazing story less often, than not to read it at all or hear how you struggle with it.
Personally, I’d say the last volume was awesome as always, but a bit confusing for me. You have introduced so many characters and plot branches, that I felt a bit lost, wondering what happened here and there and if there is any continuation to that plot branch. Sometimes stories have concluded after barely being introduced, but that just what I felt. All in all though, it wasn’t too much confusing, and I still greatly enjoyed your writing! And, despite my sometimes short “thank you for the chapter” commentary, I do enjoy it immensely and really appreciate your effort, time and willingness to share this awesome story with us!
Thank you, Jac. Thank you for everything you’re doing for us!
P.S. Now I cant stop thinking about the box… “What’s in the box?!” © SE7EN
I agree, I think you should think more to the extent of your needs and ability to satisfy your followers and community that you give birth to. Waiting for more and eager to know about the box, best wishes for you and your work.
I’m eagerly waiting for your 15th episode
Your stories provide a pleasant handful of minutes a week away from my -super serious- reading and daily grind. I cannot thank you enough for that and I look forward to your continued efforts.
I read the first two volumes as they came out. Sorry I missed the next two by a few months, hopefully I will be here to read the fifth volume as soon as it appears.
You are a wonderful fanfic writer that I believe truly grasps many of the wonderful concepts I loved in overlord, perhaps if you write a book series of your own, it could potentially rival some of my favorite novels.
Say the truth! You are Muruyama! don’t you? :°D
amazing work.
How crazy is the coincidence of you saying you came up with Renner and her box when original Overlord plot surround Renner and her box as well and that being the motivation to bring down Re estize. Not sarcasm….Is it possible for fan fiction to be so similar to original all from guessing…jeez haha
I mean, it was a pretty popular theory that the item inside the box that Renner got from Albedo was a race change item. There was some debate as to what race Renner would change (I think more people thought she’d change to an angel compared to a demon.) I figured a demon transformation was more likely, given Nazarick’s negative karma theme. We knew Renner had to fulfill certain conditions to open the box. Given that the only thing Renner could do that would be of interest to Nazarick was to help them conquer Re-Estize, it was fairly logical to assume that that would be the condition (or part of it at least.)
I am not sure if it was ever clearly stated in my story, but the conditions for Renner to open the Myriad Betrayals lock on the box in my story was that she had to betray her country, her family, and her lover (might’ve been a forth betrayal as well, but I can’t remember atm) hence the name of this volume. Anyway, it’s always nice to see a theory proven right 🙂