Hello,

Chapter 38: Farewell To Probet marks the end of the first volume. Colin and company will be moving to the big city in Volume 2.

Before that, I will be taking a one week break. Chapters for the second volume will resume from Monday 21st March.

I have posted a chapter a day (sometimes more) for the last 30 days straight and am a bit burned out. This story was improvised and written on the day of release with no editing and only a quick check for typos (I’m sure I missed loads) and I never knew where I was going.

If you thought the pace was a little slow or it went off on some odd tangents, that’s why. I’m going to use the same process for Volume 2, so a week to recharge feels like a reasonable break.

I know people found the chapters a bit short, but they did get longer as I figured out the story. When I start the next volume the chapters will probably get shorter again as I try to work out a plot. Apologies in advance.

In the meantime, I would love any feedback or thoughts you have on Volume 1. Characters you liked/disliked. Things you want more/less of. Even stuff you’d like to see them deal with (encounters, monsters, character-types). I’m happy to try and work in suggestions as I go. Although I doubt the end results will be anything you (or I) expected.

Someone made a comment that the characters were behaving like bandits and if a real hero came across them, he would probably kill them all. I thought that was interesting and plan to have them meet a typical hero-sama in the upcoming story. Who will come out on top, I wonder?

If you have time, any reviews or ratings would be appreciated (or just like a review already up that you agree with).

I only have 11 ratings: nine 5*, one 1* and one 0.5* (I have a calculator! Well, an app on my phone). You can rate as high or low as you feel, just knowing people think the story is worth a vote is the main thing (although I hope to not piss off anyone else into giving me 0.5 stars, didn’t even know that was possible).

Thanks very much for reading and following the story. See you in a week.

regards,

mooderino