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Loopshard - Chapter Eighty-Nine
-Previous Chapter---Encyclopaedia------Next Chapter----With this chapter, Loopshard has hit 300k words!Also, chapter 90 is coming right after this one.-----------------------------Chapter Eighty-NineWhile Emelia controlled the Golden Slug, Adam opened the Relic and Upgrade Chests. The upgrade was his, while the Relic was for Emelia. She was specifically looking for something called Drake’s Wing.The clouds were tinged blue from nightfall, and it gave their surroundings an eerie yet beautiful appearance as they flew with quite some speed toward...
Loopshard - Chapter Eighty-Eight
-Previous Chapter---Encyclopaedia------Next Chapter----Chapters 89 and 90 should be out this weekend, though I might have 89 out tomorrow already.-----------------------------Chapter Eighty-Eight[You are bleeding out. You are losing 1% Health every 5 seconds.][Warning! Health below 5%. You are close to dying.]Adam’s eyes snapped open.Then pain flooded his mind like a carpet of fire.Adam screamed, but an integral part of his brain still retained its function, making him dig his remaining hand into the left pocket of his pants, grabbing the thi...
Madman Book 2 is out on Amazon!
I just released Book 2 of Madman Apocalypse on Amazon today!It is available as an eBook and on Kindle Unlimited.Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6F48FHGThe audiobook is unfortunately delayed until November 25th, but it will still be narrated by the amazing Eric Michael Summerer.Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/Madman-Apocalypse-Book-2-Audiobook/B0F7TDTZS1It'd mean a lot to me if you'd check it out, especially since I'm self-pubbing this series and don't have as much name recognition on Amazon yet. Every little helps!
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 34
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter 34Tyler, Bee, and I landed on a sandy beach close to where Greg was parked.“That’s nice,” Panda remarked. “They could’ve put you back into the water in front of the world boss, but instead they returned you to the surface.”All three of us had a plastic box with sushi inside it in our hands. It was specifically a single piece of nigiri for each of us, with what looked like a slice of rotten flounder on top.Bee sat down and pulled out another item, which was a l...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 33
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter 33“Woah, that’s gnarly!” Tyler exclaimed and scrambled back.Bee came forward while I backed away from the Fishmonger.[Appraisal x ]Level 30 — ‘Fishmonger Spider’ — Boss“You youngins look tasty!”Ahah, so that’s what the Fishmonger was! You know, I’m just as surprised as you. Information on Trick Dungeons is pretty tightly kept within the Dungeon Architect’s department.Believe it or not, this is an actual type of arachnid that exists somewhere out in...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 32
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter 32After a couple of minutes holding my breath while I sank down into Madeville Lake, following the trail made from Bee’s purple soul wing, I had to concede and put Brock’s questionable tube appendage into my mouth. The moment I closed my lips over it, he made a disturbing sound, and then my mouth was suddenly flush with oxygen that had a grape-soda aftertaste to it.“Stop wriggling it so much!” I complained, since the tube kept pushing against the inside of my chee...
Loopshard - Chapter Eighty-Seven
-Previous Chapter---Encyclopaedia------Next Chapter----The internship I started this week has been kicking my ass a bit, hence why you're just getting a chapter now. I'll be pivoting to Madman chapters until Sunday to get back on track with that story, but I'll be returning to Loopshard again from next Monday.Hopefully I can find a good groove at work so I'm not so exhausted, but being an introvert by nature, most of the exhaustion comes from just constantly being around other people. The programming itself is not that mentally ...
Loopshard - Chapter Eighty-Six
-Previous Chapter---Encyclopaedia------Next Chapter----This chapter hasn't been edited yet, but I really wanted to get this out to you, since I don't have time to edit it tomorrow until after I get back from my internship.Also, tomorrow I'm starting my internship. Lol.Sorry for the delay in getting any chapters to y'all. This last week has been so busy and I've been super low on energy to write much. But, I did manage to bake cookies today ^-^I will edit this chapter tomorrow, so if you'd like to wait for an edited versi...
Loopshard - Chapter Eighty-Five
-Previous Chapter---Encyclopaedia------Next Chapter----I have finally added an encyclopaedia to Patreon (sorry it took so long). It will be kept up to date with relics and such as they appear. The link will be listed on at the top of all chapters of Loopshard going forward, sandwiched between the Previous and Next chapter buttons-----------------------------Chapter Eighty-Five“You weren’t kidding…” Adam muttered in disbelief as their stolen airship coasted to a stop just outside the boundary of what could be considered Iffenguard.Twenty...
Loopshard - Relic Encyclopaedia
Encyclopaedia of RelicsThese are mainly only Relics that Adam has encountered (there may be a few he hasn't seen from the Stages and General pool).Everything is loosely ordered according to various sub-categories and rarity, but it's a bit of a mess to be honest.You can easily search through this with Ctrl+F if you are looking for something specifically.---STAGE SPECIFIC RELICS---Healing Apple(stage 1)(consumable)CommonEffect: If the Player’s health falls below 25%, this apple is consumed, healing them back to full. Once consumed, the...
Loopshard - Chapter Eighty-Four
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----Had hoped to get this out yesterday, but the time I was supposed to have spent writing in the airport was lost to the fact that it had literally 0 tables and cafes with outlets to use... Just finding a place to sit took me 30 fucking minutes. Anyway, fuck Pisa airport, lol.But! You're getting the chapter now and that's all that matters. It's a bit of a chonker too, coming in at almost 4k words.-----------------------------Chapter Eighty-Four“Fuuuuck!” Emelia screamed into the air outside, her...
Loopshard - Chapter Eighty-Three
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----Going back home tomorrow. Will be nice to get out of the 35-40 degree sweltering heat, not to mention having stable internet again. The place in the mountains we've got has really spotty wifi coverage.-----------------------------Chapter Eighty-ThreeLukas’ Grave was a strange island. Unlike the previous one, which Emelia had found out was called Galtea Minor, it had no sand to speak of, and the ground was paved with grey tiles. Pillars and walls made from grey bricks sprouted here-and-there, and Adam g...
Loopshard - Chapter Eighty-Two
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----I've got 83 done and 84 underway, but I haven't edited 83 yet, so it'll be up tomorrow since it's 1 AM here and I'm crashing hard.-----------------------------Chapter Eighty-Two“Good job convincing the captain to not skin us,” Adam joked as they soared through the air on a barrier, the other two stretched to be longer and curved around them in half-circle screens. They were constantly moving to not block their view of the surroundings, but Adam had given them the command to fly out to...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 31
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter 31“Your brother is the chosen one!?” I asked excitedly.“What?” Isabella replied. “You do know he does the mascot thing for free right? He was fired from his real job because—”“I’ve always wanted to be friends with a mascot,” I said, interrupting her. “It was a good thing we saved you in this dimension.”Isabella paused and gave me a funny look. “What do you mean?”“Gambit, stop,” Panda warned.“I’m just saying, I had to kill you last t...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 30
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----That's it for today. Maybe I'll have one more tomorrow, not entirely sure.I'm currently in Venice. Today I walked 20k steps to see a lot of the 2025 Biennale. It's a pretty cool art event, worth checking out if you're into that sort of stuff.-----------------------------Chapter 30[Choose your reward! x ]I think I understand why the apocalypse had to happen to your species.That was absolutely vile to watch.Pick one of the options:‘System.hiccup( )’ | ‘Shocking Touch’ | ‘Clone’[...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 29
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter 29“Greg! Take us towards the Warden! He should be around here somewhere!” I yelled.[AYE AYE, VICE CAPTAIN!] the Humanbus obeyed.Bee tugged me on my left sleeve, “Gambit! We’ve got a bunch of new upgrades available to us now, because of all the passengers.”“Anything useful to us right this moment?” I asked.“If you give me 300 Coins, then I can afford an upgrade that makes Greg capable of eating unintelligent non-boss monsters to gain coins. It’s only 1 pe...
Loopshard - Chapter Eighty-One
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----Posted while on the highway to Germany (blessed be smartphone wifi-tethering, lol)Check the Discord for updates. As per what I wrote on last chapter, I'll try and get 3 chapters per week out even though I'm abroad, but I can't promise any consistency in when they're posted here.-----------------------------Chapter Eighty-OneHerrman’s shop was a large eight-metre-wide barrel with an opening cut into one side. Ship fins, propellers, ballistae, harpoon-launchers, and all manner of airship part...
Loopshard - Chapter Eighty
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----Spent all day moving to a new apartment. My whole body is sore (. _. ) Also cut up my hand with a butterknife while trying to remove something from a bathroom wall (it's a whole story, lol), so writing is kind of painful while it's healing.Anyway.Eight-One will probably be up tomorrow Monday or Tuesday, although Tuesday I'm going on a vacation to Italy. I'll do my best to write when time permits, but I think I'll be able to at most get out 3 new chapters per week.-------------------------...
Loopshard - Chapter Seventy-Nine
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----Rewrote the ending of the chapter a little bit after discussing the mechanism with one of the readers on discord.-----------------------------Chapter Seventy-Nine“Nice work, you two,” Emelia praised Adam and Leon.“Maybe I should try to use my bow against the next ship,” Maalia contemplated.Leon gave Adam a nod. “I didn’t realise there was magic like this in the Trials,” he said.“Adam is a bit of an outlier,” Emelia commented. “It’s a very specific setup he has. But if you’d gone with ...
Loopshard - Chapter Seventy-Eight
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----Chapter 79 will go up Friday August 1st. Sorry for the delay.-----------------------------Chapter Seventy-Eight< < Now Entering > >< Stage 7 >< The Sea of Floating Gold >< 3-day Timer >Adam awoke to find himself in the grips of a cutscene. Golden light filled his eyes as he ran along a grey-brown wooden deck, adjusting the control lines to change the angle of the mainsail. Around him worked four other people, though he couldn’t really tell what they looked like, although one of them was definitely Emelia. ...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 28
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----That's unfortunately it for Madman this week. Only managed 3 chapters since I was studying quite a bit and next week I'm switching back to Loopshard.-----------------------------Chapter 28I used my Blink ability to figure out if the teleport trap was still in effect, but since it was pitch black in the death box, I had to use it a few times to figure out of it was really returning me to the center every time or not.“Bee, come over here,” I said.I heard her footsteps in the darkness as she wandere...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 27
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----Two chapters coming back to back.-----------------------------Chapter 27I hurried to intercept the boss. Bee was deftly avoiding every slash of Delightful’s pink scythe, but I knew that just one hit would be enough to kill her, and she didn’t have the comfort of a respawn skill.Triggering SPRING_HEEL, I flew at the reaper with Brock cocked back. The boss whirled around just before I could hit, putting the sharp blade of his scythe in the way. I swung early, aiming for the blade with my balloon gauntlet a...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 26
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter 26“How was I supposed to know that they still remembered me!?” I yelled as Waldo and his friends chased us out of the starting chamber and through the next room full of Xs on the tiled floor.One of the janitors didn’t look where he was going as he swung his mop to try and hit us. When he stepped on a tile with a spray-painted X, a dozen zombie hands surged up out of the floor and pulled him down into the ground, his scream immediately cut short.The rest of our pursu...
Loopshard - Chapter Seventy-Seven
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter Seventy-SevenAdam and Emelia took the slow scenic route around the island from the Market to the Tavern, riding on the same barrier. She was in the middle of telling him about what to expect in the next Stage.“Like Stage Six, the layout is always a bit different, so I don’t know where our objective will be. But the steps of the journey to find it is always the same. First we have to find a settlement. There are a few across the Sea, but the biggest is Windtop Cove.”...
Loopshard - Chapter Seventy-Six
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----Chapter 77 is almost done, but if I don't finish it before midnight, then I'll have it for you guys early tomorrow.I changed the design of the Status screens in this chapter a little bit. I'll go back and retroactively update these for the rest of the story at some later point. Anyway, it should be easier to tell how things changed, as well as previously hidden buffs from Meta Upgrades and worn Relics.-----------------------------Chapter Seventy-SixAdam spent 4500 Points to fully evolve his Summo...
Loopshard - Chapter Seventy-Five
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----I should have more chapters in the weekend.-----------------------------Chapter Seventy-FiveFor some reason, the statues around the fountain were all panther serpent chimaeras. The implication was that Alepheria was most known for chimaeral transmutation, even though Adam associated her tower more with the creepy bone constructs and the Tome Keeper had said she was more about summoning.Yenna switched to playing a trumpet as they entered the Market, but she still managed to make it sound sombre and longing li...
Loopshard - Chapter Seventy-Four
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter Seventy-Four“You thief!” Gladwyn exclaimed, though it was mostly in good humour. Mostly.Beck was busy eating a plate of pancakes covered in butter and syrup, while Emelia and James just watched the exchange, sipping from their drinks and snacking on stuff Charlie had brought them.Emelia pointed a carrot stick at Gladwyn. “It’s not Adam’s fault you two touched the painting.”“How were we supposed to know!?” he replied, but then paused. “Oh right, you told ...
Loopshard - Chapter Seventy-Three
-Previous chapter----Next chapter----Three chapters coming back-to-back.-----------------------------Chapter Seventy-Three< < Player Leaderboard > >< Adam (MVP) — 14950 Points >< Gladwyn — 13500 Points >< James Kvarnström — 12000 Points >< Maggie Brown Adams — Deceased >< Seung-Hwan Hahn — Deceased >< Marcus Ferguson — Deceased >Adam looked at the way their names and Point totals were listed. He could understand why Emelia had said it led to Players changing their ways after Stage Six, since having your inadequacies rubbed in your ...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 25
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter 25Getting Chris, James, and the MLP Society inside Greg the Humanbus was easier said than done. Bee had predicted than none of them would get inside the bus on their own, so we somehow convinced them all to wait with us in the middle of the road while Bee summoned it to our location.Within 10 seconds, the Humanbus flew around the corner, coming from the nearby street where we’d parked it. Its mouth was wide open, and its crazy eyes looked positively demonic. Unsurprisin...
MADMAN APOCALYPSE - Book 3 - Chapter 24
-Previous chapter----Next chapter---------------------------------Chapter 24Greg came to a stop in front of ‘Sweet Dreams’ and we got off, leaving him in the middle of the street. No one would be foolish enough to get close, and Bee had made it clear that the bus could still defend itself if necessary. Although, if it ate any Players, they would just get sucked into the Safe Zone, which was kind of awkward and not super effective as a defense mechanism, given that violence was banned inside the bus.“Do you think they’re in the dungeon?...
