How To Survive a Summoning 101 Genre: Dark Fantasy, High Fantasy, Tragedy, Romance, Swords and Magic fantasy, Sarcasm, Parody, Psychological, Transported. Synopsis: Where mortals are simply instruments for the gods, a man is summoned to do their bidding. He will stop at nothing to forge his own path through his accursed fate. In the land where there are no heroes, a lone man fights against the design with blood, violence and sarcasm. In a world that is not set in black and white, everything has their own tales. How will he pick sides when none of them are what they appear to be? where betrayal is the paycheck, and lies are the payment. Can he break the vicious cycle or will he be consumed by his own hatred? What will he do in a world where things can change in a moment? How will he cope with his own darkness? Every power has its price. Come delve into the epic world of Sangraal, violent and dark with its mythos as well as fresh with its new spin lampooning all the cliched J-novels ever. Kill. Die. Tsukkomi. Warning: If you are uncomfortable with dark, very dark storyline and mature concepts, this story is probably not for you. ( Cover Art by Sleeping Soul In the Sky) A request to readers: Please drop in reviews. Otherwise I won’t even know how to improve or what you guys liked. Help me please. Feel free to ask any questions, I will answer them! Hello there! HTSAS101 is now featured in Web Fiction Guide, a community-run listing of online fiction. If you like it this story, please support it by voting for it in Top Web Fictions so that it can gain more readers. Note: You do not have to register anywhere, even anons can vote, so please do not hesitate to put in a vote if you like How To Survive a Summoning. LINK TO VOTE Release cycle: 1 Chapter each week. Artwork Q&A ACT I- Advent Prologue : Gods, Contracts and Frogs Chapter 1 : Yanderes, Gifts and Nurse Uniforms Chapter 2 : Knights, Grandmas and Dreamcatchers Chapter 3 : Conflicts, Magic and Bottled Fireflies Chapter 4 : Languages, Betrayers and Silent Evenings Chapter 5 : First Battles, Auroras and Moon's Spawns Chapter 6 : Dances, Rivers and Inquisitions Chapter 7 : Mercenaries, Witch Trials and Whistles Chapter 8 : Requiems, Sacrifices and Deaths ACT II- Awakening Chapter 9: Surviving a Magic Washing Machine Chapter 10 : Surviving Feminazis Chapter 11 : Surviving Salrest Nights Chapter 12: Surviving Overprotective Dwarf Dads Chapter 13: Surviving Curses All Things Sangraal Chapter 14: Surviving Exploding Fish-barrels Chapter 15: Surviving Inner Demons Chapter 16: Surviving Serpents Also read it on- Cryptic Fables Rebirth Online
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Actually, this is the first arc. The chapters are 3k-5k so the first introduction arc got completed in that. About the character being calm about him dying, if you are talking about the prologue...it was sort of intentional. It is part of his psychology that I envisoned. As for why he didn't struggle much when he was talking to the god about his death...several allusions has been made in the later chaps about his apparent easy acceptance. He himself ponders a lot why he accepted so easily. That again is part of an exposition where he discovers how he had been made to ahem, not giving spoilers. As for making the character more human...I have tried that in the later chapters. Will you give it a read and tell me if it worked? Your advices are really good to be honest. I have learnt a lot from this post. I will try to improve my writing. Will you give the rest a read and tell me your impressions?
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How To Survive a Summoning Chapter 10 is here!! Now there is Artwork and Q&A session. Chapter 10 Artwork Q&A
Chapter 12 is here! Guys, please leave reviews and ratings on the novel page so that I know what to improve, please? Chapter 12 : Surviving Overprotective Dwarf Dads
Hey guys! Chapter 13 is out with rather interesting developments. Chapter 13: Surviving Curses please check it out!
So. I heard that you guys like Stat windows? Fine! You got one chapter of all you can eat blue stat windows. Choke in them. Actually, it's the guide for all the oddball terms used in How To Survive a Summoning 101 Link- ALL THINGS SANGRAAL
NAVY! WANNABE PIRATES! NAKED CHICKS! All sorts of things go to hell in the 14th chapter of How to Survive a Summoning! Chapter 14 : Surviving Exploding Fish Barrels
The most damning chapter of HTSAS101 yet is out! Warning: If you are uncomfortable with dark, very dark storyline and mature concepts, this chapter is probably not for you. This ain't a loli-catgirl-rape-fantasy, this is true blue psychological dark fantasy. Chapter 15: Surviving Inner Demons
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