Summary
Travel with a newly born demon as he grows and learns in his own world as well as in other worlds as he gets summoned again and again. Usually to die or kill for others in strange and exciting places, but it’s never certain what the next one will bring. It has its perks. With each new world comes a new story with new experiences and new lessons. There is always more to see, more to learn and more to know. Maybe, someday, it will all make sense. For now he will just work hard to become stronger, to be useful and, hopefully, survive that way.
A coming-of-age story, but different.
Things start to slow down to a crawl. Colors blur into one another until my vision is completely white. All I can think is “Shit, not this again!”
I hate being summoned.
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updates once a week until I get more time
The idea for this story began in two places. One was the ridiculously rapid pace of gaining power in many novels. Both in games and in novels, I enjoy the struggle of the beginning character, why always the rush? The other was the way many monster or non-human MCs always seem to hurry to become human (again). It always felt like a cheap way to grant the character extra powers without the difficulty of writing a non-standard thought process.
Thus I wanted to write the slow(ish) progression of a monster character gaining strength and intelligence, while remaining distinctly non-human. There are no stats, xp or systems, no reincarnated soul or completely formed being to start with – unless I want to make fun of those. While the MC ‘evolves’, the process takes months if not years to proceed step by little step. Sit down with me and imagine, what would it be like if…
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- 51. New Resolutions December 5, 2022
- 50. A Look Inside December 5, 2022
- 49. A Lesson in History December 5, 2022
- 48. Class Again December 5, 2022
- 47. Learning About Myself December 5, 2022
- 46. What If It Isn't All Lies December 5, 2022
- 45. Are You Stupid December 5, 2022
- 44. Introspective December 5, 2022
- 43. Comradery December 5, 2022
- 42. I'm Magic December 5, 2022
- 41. Deal December 5, 2022
- 40. Unseen December 5, 2022
- 39. Lazing About December 5, 2022
- 38. There and Back Again December 5, 2022
- 37. The Only Way Is Up December 5, 2022
- 36. Looking for Things December 5, 2022
- 35. Special December 5, 2022
- 34. Disarmed December 5, 2022
- 33. The Hidden People December 5, 2022
- 32. The Hidden Spaces December 5, 2022
- 31. How To Be December 5, 2022
- 30. Tension December 5, 2022
- 29. New Plans December 5, 2022
- 28. Currents December 5, 2022
- 27. Unwelcome Information December 5, 2022
- 26. Settling in a Routine December 5, 2022
- 25. We Need To Talk December 5, 2022
- 24. Splitting Rocks December 5, 2022
- 23. Not That Bad December 5, 2022
- 22. In Theory December 5, 2022
- 21. Negotiations December 5, 2022
- 20. Sparring? December 5, 2022
- 19. Orders are Orders December 5, 2022
- 18. Something New December 5, 2022
- 17. Lesson Learned December 5, 2022
- 16. Weak December 5, 2022
- 15. Class and Class December 5, 2022
- 14. Learning Lessons December 5, 2022
- 13. The World Outside December 5, 2022
- 12. No Hugs December 5, 2022
- 11. Food Fight! December 5, 2022
- 10. That's The Way It Is December 5, 2022
- 9. Pest Control pt.2 December 5, 2022
- 8. Pest Control pt.1 December 5, 2022
- 7. Thrown Into The Dungeon December 5, 2022
- 6. Exploring The New Home December 5, 2022
- 5. Please be Gentle December 5, 2022
- 4. Caught, Caged December 5, 2022
- 3. My First Time December 5, 2022
- 2. It's Up for Grubs December 5, 2022
- 1. Hatching December 5, 2022